Toronto starwatching

Mark Wahlberg, outside our building yesterday.


Today's pics are from the Toronto Film Festival and outside the CityTV Schmooze party. I meant to only stay just long enough to catch a glimpse of Dustin Hoffman, but admit I got hooked into the whole star-watching thing, especially since I ended up standing with no one in front of me, right in front of the entrance to the Schmooze party. I don't think I could have gotten out even if I had wanted to; people were packed in around me.




I didn't recognize a ton of celebrities, of course. Like this woman, who signed the autograph book of the person next to me:





Since she was standing so close, I figured I had to take a photo of her. It was only later I found out she's Trish Status, apparently well-known to wrestling fans:




And I did see Dustin Hoffman, yay:







The Schmoozething later that evening was interesting, mainly because what was happening on the giant television screens (and being televised) often had very little to do with reality. They kept showing clips of famous actors getting out of cars and such, for example, but we in the crowd had already seen this clips in the warm-up and KNEW they weren't there. Hm.

I also found it interesting because of the reactions of the actors themselves, and of the crowd. I love people-watching, and this was great for that. I was standing beside an obviously experienced fan, who told her companion, "Remember, you've got to YELL LOUD, or they won't come over."

And she was right! As the actors and other celebrities walked down the red carpet, they watched the crowd, looking for fans who knew who they were. Most were pretty willing to come over and sign autographs, shake hands. If I had a pad of paper with me, I could have gotten a bunch of autographs, darnitall.




Anyway, it was fun, and I also dropped by the Taste of the Entertainment District (more on that in a future Blathering). Here are just a few of the photos I took yesterday...

Atom Egoyan:







The cast of Saint Ralph, one of the films premiering at the Festival. To you Canadians: that's Gordon Pinsent on the right:





Neve Campbell on the left:





And here are two people who look very familiar but I couldn't place their names. Can anyone out there identify them?




Sonja Smits (thanks, Kristen!)

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