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The Toronto International Film Festival has only been on for four days and Torontoist is already sick of overhearing conversations like:
"I saw George Clooney walking down Bloor Street!"
"Oh my God, no way! I walk down Bloor Street all the time!"
But that's probably because we haven't had any of our own celebrity encounters as of yet. In fact, contributors to our Flickr Pool seem to be having better luck than us. We're featuring the best celeb photos from the lot in our ongoing coverage of TIFF 2007*.
*Because TIFF isn't all screenings and reviews, you know.
Photo by Taylor Zhou.
lose one's shit
v., slang
1. To freak out.
2. To experience a mental or emotional breakdown.
3. To behave like the crowd outside of the Elgin Theatre when Brangelina walked the TIFF '07 red carpet.
Photo by Taylor Zhou.
Look at Angelina's legs. Someone tell that girl to eat a sandwich. In related news, Star Magazine recently hypothesized that Angie has hepatitis. While her publicist has neither confirmed nor denied this claim, it is evident that Ms. Jolie's body weight just ain't natural.
Photos by David R. Hesketh.
George Clooney. What's the big deal?
Photo by Louis Tam.
Ben Affleck speeds away from the Four Seasons Hotel.
Photo by Taylor Zhou.
Don't know who Kelly MacDonald is? Come on, yes you do.
Photographer PDPhotography and Geoffrey Rush.
Photos by PDPhotography.
Cate Blanchett, looking ethereal (despite the awful gown).
Photo by Taylor Zhou.
Clive Owen.
Photo by Taylor Zhou.
Don Cheadle.
Photo by Taylor Zhou.
Brooklynn Proulx.
Photo by Taylor Zhou.
Eric Bana, star of the last Incredible Hulk movie, but not the star of the current Incredible Hulk movie. Rough!
Photo by Taylor Zhou.
Gael García Bernal, Mexico's Brad Pitt.
Photo by Taylor Zhou.
Helen Hunt, WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?
Photo by Taylor Zhou.
Jim Broadbent.
Photo by Taylor Zhou.
Matt Damon, about to be eaten by a large bald man.
Photo by Taylor Zhou.
Woody Harrelson.
Photo by David R. Hesketh.
This is how we imagine Reese Witherspoon is all the time. "Hi, everyone! I'm here to pick up my laundry!" "Hi, everyone! The women's bathroom is out of toilet paper!"
If you've spotted any big names around town, add your photos to the Torontoist Flickr Pool and give us your story.
A much-belated correction, but a deserved one nonetheless: we misidentified the young girl in this photo as Elle Fanning ("Dakota's sister, presumably? It seems that they're breeding unnaturally talented and perky young blonde actresses nowadays."); the photographer had captioned it as being of her. A commenter, however, noticed that the photo is in fact of Brooklyn Proux.
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Hey, there's some top shots here and thanks for including mine of Cate Blanchett and Geoffrey Rush and I. To see my head amongst all the celebs is weird to say the least.
There's a shot of George Clooney attributed to me which isn't mine, however. I wish I had taken it, it's a top shot, but please track down who took it so they are recognized too.
Cheers! Patrick aka PDPhotography
Thanks Patrick. Geoffrey Rush is awesome.
As for George Clooney, it must have been some faulty copy-and-pasting on my part. All fixed now!
Celebrity strokefest, can`t wait til it`s over.
Does seeing a celebrity on the street or walking into a movie theatre really enrich people's lives that much? Are people somehow unconvinced of their existence until then? I just don't get it. I'd rather see them on a movie screen myself, or maybe on stage or something. You know, acting.
Seeing Gael Garcia Bernal on the street would enrich my life very much. Mmmm.
If only we were as enthralled about other strangers on the street, the world might be a better place.
Christ, Angelina looks awful. The legs are usually the longest-lasting feature of a woman, and hers look like they belong to an 80-year-old.
EAT SOMETHING!
I so sick of people using the whole "eat a sandwich" line. It's been done. Thanks for such original writing, Torontoist...
I also remember when TIFF was at least meant to be about the films, not making fun of a person's physique. Just a thought.
I think making fun of, and commenting on the fact that someone looks like they are dying are two completely different things. If she isnt anorexic, she is really sick. Why should we pretend not to notice?
This is why I can`t wait until it`s over. This and the fact that most movies simply just aren`t that good.
If strangers on Toronto streets were as beautiful as Brad, George, Cate, Angelina ... et al, I WOULD be enthralled. But they're not. So I don't.
You're wrong! That's not Elle Fanning! That's Brooklynn Proulx from The Time Traveller's Wife! Please correct yourself, if you're going to make bad comments about the Fannings please check your facts first!
You're right; our mistake. A Google image search of "Brooklyn Proulx TIFF 2007" confirms it. I've made the change and added a correction above.