September 13, 2011 at 3:01 pm
TIFF Scenes: the Material Girl on the Red Carpet
Madonna pays a visit to TIFF for the opening of W.E. , and Michael Fassbender inspires much screaming.
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Torontoist • Photos by Christopher Drost
Geoffrey Rush at the premiere of Eye of the Storm on Sunday night.
78827 Photos by Christopher Drost Geoffrey Rush at the premiere of Eye of the Storm on Sunday night. 20110913tiff1eyes1 https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/20110913tiff1eyes1-100x100.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/20110913tiff1eyes1.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/20110913tiff1eyes1.jpg 1024 683 {"copyright":"shiftFOCUS Digital. 4162539979 [email protected] "} https://torontoist.com/2011/09/tiff-scenes-the-material-girl-on-the-red-carpet/slide/20110913tiff1eyes1/ 20110913tiff1eyes1 0 0
Geoffrey Rush at the premiere of Eye of the Storm on Sunday night.
78828 Photos by Christopher Drost Co-star Charlotte Rampling 20110913tiff2eyes2 https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/20110913tiff2eyes2-100x100.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/20110913tiff2eyes2.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/20110913tiff2eyes2.jpg 1024 683 {"copyright":"shiftFOCUS Digital. 4162539979 [email protected] "} https://torontoist.com/2011/09/tiff-scenes-the-material-girl-on-the-red-carpet/slide/20110913tiff2eyes2/ 20110913tiff2eyes2 0 0
Co-star Charlotte Rampling
78829 Photos by Christopher Drost Director Fred Schepisi (on the left) joins the stars. 20110913tiff3eyes3 https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/20110913tiff3eyes3-100x100.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/20110913tiff3eyes3.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/20110913tiff3eyes3.jpg 1024 936 [] https://torontoist.com/2011/09/tiff-scenes-the-material-girl-on-the-red-carpet/slide/20110913tiff3eyes3/ 20110913tiff3eyes3 0 0
Director Fred Schepisi (on the left) joins the stars.
78830 Photos by Christopher Drost A couple of hours later, much screaming for Michael Fassbender at the opening of Shame. 20110913tiff4shame1 https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/20110913tiff4shame1-100x100.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/20110913tiff4shame1.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/20110913tiff4shame1.jpg 1024 842 {"copyright":"shiftFOCUS Digital. 4162539979 [email protected] "} https://torontoist.com/2011/09/tiff-scenes-the-material-girl-on-the-red-carpet/slide/20110913tiff4shame1/ 20110913tiff4shame1 0 0
A couple of hours later, much screaming for Michael Fassbender at the opening of Shame.
78831 Photos by Christopher Drost Much, much screaming. 20110913tiff5shame2 https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/20110913tiff5shame2-100x100.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/20110913tiff5shame2.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/20110913tiff5shame2.jpg 1024 683 {"copyright":"shiftFOCUS Digital. 4162539979 [email protected] "} https://torontoist.com/2011/09/tiff-scenes-the-material-girl-on-the-red-carpet/slide/20110913tiff5shame2/ 20110913tiff5shame2 0 0
Much, much screaming.
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78833 Photos by Christopher Drost Shame director Steve McQueen. 20110913tiff7shame4 https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/20110913tiff7shame4-100x100.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/20110913tiff7shame4.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/20110913tiff7shame4.jpg 1024 683 {"copyright":"shiftFOCUS Digital. 4162539979 [email protected] "} https://torontoist.com/2011/09/tiff-scenes-the-material-girl-on-the-red-carpet/slide/20110913tiff7shame4/ 20110913tiff7shame4 0 0
Shame director Steve McQueen.
78834 Photos by Christopher Drost Film honcho Ivan Reitman brought his daughter. 20110913tiff8shame5 https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/20110913tiff8shame5-100x100.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/20110913tiff8shame5.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/20110913tiff8shame5.jpg 1024 683 {"copyright":"shiftFOCUS Digital. 4162539979 [email protected] T.com"} https://torontoist.com/2011/09/tiff-scenes-the-material-girl-on-the-red-carpet/slide/20110913tiff8shame5/ 20110913tiff8shame5 0 0
Film honcho Ivan Reitman brought his daughter.
78835 Photos by Christopher Drost Also on Sunday, the opening of The Deep Blue Sea starring Rachel Weisz. 20110913tiff9sea1 https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/20110913tiff9sea1-100x100.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/20110913tiff9sea1.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/20110913tiff9sea1.jpg 837 1024 {"copyright":"shiftFOCUS Digital. 4162539979 [email protected] "} https://torontoist.com/2011/09/tiff-scenes-the-material-girl-on-the-red-carpet/slide/20110913tiff9sea1/ 20110913tiff9sea1 0 0
Also on Sunday, the opening of The Deep Blue Sea starring Rachel Weisz.
78836 Photos by Christopher Drost She was joined by co-star Tom Hiddleston. 20110913tiff10sea2 https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/20110913tiff10sea2-100x100.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/20110913tiff10sea2.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/20110913tiff10sea2.jpg 873 1024 {"copyright":"shiftFOCUS Digital. 4162539979 [email protected] "} https://torontoist.com/2011/09/tiff-scenes-the-material-girl-on-the-red-carpet/slide/20110913tiff10sea2/ 20110913tiff10sea2 0 0
She was joined by co-star Tom Hiddleston.
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78838 Photos by Christopher Drost And Tom was joined by his girlfriend, leading to... 20110913tiff12sea4 https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/20110913tiff12sea4-100x100.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/20110913tiff12sea4.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/20110913tiff12sea4.jpg 796 1024 {"copyright":"shiftFOCUS Digital. 4162539979 [email protected] "} https://torontoist.com/2011/09/tiff-scenes-the-material-girl-on-the-red-carpet/slide/20110913tiff12sea4/ 20110913tiff12sea4 0 0
And Tom was joined by his girlfriend, leading to…
78839 Photos by Christopher Drost ...the first red carpet kiss of the fest. 20110913tiff13sea5 https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/20110913tiff13sea5-100x100.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/20110913tiff13sea5.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/20110913tiff13sea5.jpg 777 1024 {"copyright":"shiftFOCUS Digital. 4162539979 [email protected] "} https://torontoist.com/2011/09/tiff-scenes-the-material-girl-on-the-red-carpet/slide/20110913tiff13sea5/ 20110913tiff13sea5 0 0
…the first red carpet kiss of the fest.
78840 Photos by Christopher Drost On Monday, fans gathered in the hot sun to wait for the Material Girl herself, Madonna. 20110913tiff14we1 https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/20110913tiff14we1-100x100.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/20110913tiff14we1.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/20110913tiff14we1.jpg 1024 683 {"copyright":"(C) 2011 CJD | [email protected] "} https://torontoist.com/2011/09/tiff-scenes-the-material-girl-on-the-red-carpet/slide/20110913tiff14we1/ 20110913tiff14we1 0 0
On Monday, fans gathered in the hot sun to wait for the Material Girl herself, Madonna.
78841 Photos by Christopher Drost Apparently this produced a great deal of anxiety. 20110913tiff15we2 https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/20110913tiff15we2-100x100.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/20110913tiff15we2.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/20110913tiff15we2.jpg 1024 683 {"copyright":"(C) 2011 CJD | [email protected] "} https://torontoist.com/2011/09/tiff-scenes-the-material-girl-on-the-red-carpet/slide/20110913tiff15we2/ 20110913tiff15we2 0 0
Apparently this produced a great deal of anxiety.
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78844 Photos by Christopher Drost In which a reporter tries to get fans to sing their favourite Madonna song. It went about as well as you'd expect. 20110913tiff18we5 https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/20110913tiff18we5-100x100.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/20110913tiff18we5.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/20110913tiff18we5.jpg 1024 683 {"copyright":"(C) 2011 CJD | [email protected] "} https://torontoist.com/2011/09/tiff-scenes-the-material-girl-on-the-red-carpet/slide/20110913tiff18we5/ 20110913tiff18we5 0 0
In which a reporter tries to get fans to sing their favourite Madonna song. It went about as well as you’d expect.
78845 Photos by Christopher Drost This fan really didn't like the song. 20110913tiff19we6 https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/20110913tiff19we6-100x100.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/20110913tiff19we6.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/20110913tiff19we6.jpg 1024 683 {"copyright":"(C) 2011 CJD | [email protected] "} https://torontoist.com/2011/09/tiff-scenes-the-material-girl-on-the-red-carpet/slide/20110913tiff19we6/ 20110913tiff19we6 0 0
This fan really didn’t like the song.
78846 Photos by Christopher Drost Consolation! 20110913tiff20we7 https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/20110913tiff20we7-100x100.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/20110913tiff20we7.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/20110913tiff20we7.jpg 856 1024 {"copyright":"(C) 2011 CJD | [email protected] "} https://torontoist.com/2011/09/tiff-scenes-the-material-girl-on-the-red-carpet/slide/20110913tiff20we7/ 20110913tiff20we7 0 0
Consolation!
78847 Photos by Christopher Drost Madonna was here for the opening of W.E., starring Abbie Cornish. 20110913tiff21we8 https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/20110913tiff21we8-100x100.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/20110913tiff21we8.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/20110913tiff21we8.jpg 683 1024 {"copyright":"(C) 2011 CJD | [email protected] "} https://torontoist.com/2011/09/tiff-scenes-the-material-girl-on-the-red-carpet/slide/20110913tiff21we8/ 20110913tiff21we8 0 0
Madonna was here for the opening of W.E., starring Abbie Cornish.
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78849 Photos by Christopher Drost Co-star Andrea Riseborough was also in town. 20110913tiff23we9 https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/20110913tiff23we9-100x100.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/20110913tiff23we9.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/20110913tiff23we9.jpg 683 1024 {"copyright":"(C) 2011 CJD | [email protected] "} https://torontoist.com/2011/09/tiff-scenes-the-material-girl-on-the-red-carpet/slide/20110913tiff23we9/ 20110913tiff23we9 0 0
Co-star Andrea Riseborough was also in town.
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78851 Photos by Christopher Drost Finally, we ended the night with The Lady at Roy Thomson Hall, directed by Luc Besson. 20110913tiff25lady1 https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/20110913tiff25lady1-100x100.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/20110913tiff25lady1.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/20110913tiff25lady1.jpg 736 1024 {"copyright":"(C) 2011 CJD | [email protected] "} https://torontoist.com/2011/09/tiff-scenes-the-material-girl-on-the-red-carpet/slide/20110913tiff25lady1/ 20110913tiff25lady1 0 0
Finally, we ended the night with The Lady at Roy Thomson Hall, directed by Luc Besson.
78852 Photos by Christopher Drost Star David Thewlis. 20110913tiff26lady2 https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/20110913tiff26lady2-100x100.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/20110913tiff26lady2.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/20110913tiff26lady2.jpg 683 1024 {"copyright":"(C) 2011 CJD | [email protected] "} https://torontoist.com/2011/09/tiff-scenes-the-material-girl-on-the-red-carpet/slide/20110913tiff26lady2/ 20110913tiff26lady2 0 0
Star David Thewlis.
78853 Photos by Christopher Drost The film tells the story of pro-democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi, and many of the fans who came out last were bearing political messages. 20110913tiff27lady3 https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/20110913tiff27lady3-100x100.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/20110913tiff27lady3.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/20110913tiff27lady3.jpg 683 1024 {"copyright":"(C) 2011 CJD | [email protected] "} https://torontoist.com/2011/09/tiff-scenes-the-material-girl-on-the-red-carpet/slide/20110913tiff27lady3/ 20110913tiff27lady3 0 0
The film tells the story of pro-democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi, and many of the fans who came out last were bearing political messages.
78854 Photos by Christopher Drost Michelle Yeoh, who plays Suu Kyi, spent some time listening to their concerns. 20110913tiff28lady4 https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/20110913tiff28lady4-100x100.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/20110913tiff28lady4.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/20110913tiff28lady4.jpg 1024 683 {"copyright":"(C) 2011 CJD | [email protected] "} https://torontoist.com/2011/09/tiff-scenes-the-material-girl-on-the-red-carpet/slide/20110913tiff28lady4/ 20110913tiff28lady4 0 0
Michelle Yeoh, who plays Suu Kyi, spent some time listening to their concerns.
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TIFF does not give up. In fact, TIFF keeps on going. You know who else keeps on going? Madonna, who is still doing new things. In this case, writing and producing a movie about British royalty. W.E. had its festival opening last night, followed by a very different kind of film, one about pro-democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi. “I’m originally from Detroit so I’m practically a Canadian,” Madonna said—as though the fans needed any inducement to love her harder. Those fans were later replaced by others with a more activist bent, Burmese pro-democracy supporters out showing their thanks for The Lady , which helps call attention to their cause.