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TIFF Scenes: Opening Night
Star of Exit Through the Gift Shop and potential Banksy-proxy Mr. Brainwash showing off his giant spray cans outside the red carpet.
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- Star of Exit Through the Gift Shop and potential Banksy-proxy Mr. Brainwash showing off his giant spray cans outside the red carpet.
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- Official unveiling of the red carpet.
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- Bono gets mugged by a swarm of reporters who all want to know which futuristic robot he bought his sunglasses off of.
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- On stage at Roy Thomson Hall, Bono and The Edgeman work through their spot-on “Who’s On First?” routine.
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- “Hey look it’s the guy with the stupidest name in the whole world!!!” these adoring fans scream.
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- Bono and a very shiny fan. Mark Baker is his name and he came prepared with a playlist from a Winnipeg show on May 29 and a photo of him with Bono.
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- Opening night party at the Liberty Grand.
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- At the TIFF Opening Night Party, star of Exit Through the Gift Shop and potential Banksy-proxy Mr. Brainwash mugs for the camera.
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- Jian Ghomeshi probably said something really adorable to make his date smile like this. Something like, “Come on, baby, you have to make it seem like you’re in love with me. This is your life now.”
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- Kardinal Offishall shows off the coolest jacket since Will Smith turned his inside out on Fresh Prince.
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- TIFF honcho Cameron Bailey looking as unflappable as ever.
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- Canadian actress Katie Boland looking all bothered. To be fair, it is way past her bedtime.
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- From the Sky Down director Davis Guggenheim with Elisabeth Shue. Hopefully when Nic Cage gets to town he’ll go on some crazy bender and Elisabeth Shue will run to his rescue, ever the hooker with the heart of gold.
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- Remember Chantal Kreviazuk? Well it’s hard not to when she keeps showing up places. Fade, Chantal! Fade into the ether of our cultural memory!
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- TIFF CEO Piers Handling with his niece and his niece’s friend. What? You thought we had some wiseass comment about it? Listen pal, the Handlings are a very close family. Maybe you’re the weird one for not spending your nights strutting down red carpets with your niece and her friends.
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- Being Erica “star” Erin Karpluk.
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- Fashion Television personality Jeanne Beker.
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- Members of popular musical band Bonzo and The Cliff make an early exit from the party.
TIFF kicked off its…uh…self last night, with the red carpet premiere of this year’s opener, Davis Guggenheim’s U2 doc From the Sky Down. And U2 even took time out from solving all the world’s problems to show up! And there was a party! And we took pictures!
