TIFF 2012 - A Gift From ET Canada

Joseph Gordon-Levitt helped me win a prize.

Okay, sort of. Thanks to my photo of the gorgeous actor (who I hope my future husband will slightly resemble) at his Looper premiere at TIFF earlier this month, I won a stellar TIFF swag bag courtesy of ET Canada. My photo was chosen to be featured in their TIFF fan celeb spotting gallery on their website and the prize was one of the awesome gift bags from the multiple lounges that took place throughout the festival. 

After being contacted that I was a winner, I couldn't wait to see what I had won...so I was SUPER excited to come home to this a couple days later:

 

 Oh the suspense.

I opened up the mysterious box and found a bag full of goodies from EGPR's Essentials Lounge:

 

Things are just better when they're free...

Here are a few of my favourites:

And since everyone loves JGL, here is the photo that won me the swag:

 

You're welcome.

- Christina
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TIFF 2012: Shit Girls Say

Although I never actually had time to go and see any of the fantastic movies at TIFF, I did however get to attend a Mavericks session at the TIFF Bell Lightbox. Through Twitter (oh how I love social media), I won an invite to the TIFF 12 Tweet Up on September 14th - an event for (hyper)active tweeters to meet and interact, face to face, rather than from behind a computer screen; and to mingle with the creators of the hilarious Twitter account and viral YouTube video series Shit Girls Say. We all got to hang out with Graydon Sheppard and Kyle Humphrey in the TIFF green room before their session in the theatre with George Stroumboulopoulos. BTW, did you know they're from Toronto? Another reason why Canada is awesome.

If you haven't seen this, you've been under a rock. Here you go:

Check out some pics from the Tweet-Up:

 

Cookies and candy galore...

 

 

 

TIFF artistic director, Cameron Bailey

 

Kyle Humphrey (left) & Graydon Sheppard (right)

 

And then the discussion began!

 

They talked about everything from where the idea came from and what went into the making of the videos to how they handled the instant online stardom and even the release of their own book.

 

 Their book was launched this past Tuesday September 18 - get your copy now! We got to see some of the photos during the session and they are oh-so cute.

And since I know you want to watch the rest of the Shit Girls Say videos, here you go.

And their NEWEST addition, episode 4, which they showed us during the TIFF session:

 

 

Kyle and Graydon were hilarious during the Q&A and I'm glad I got to take part in the event! Thanks to TIFF for the invite!  

Be sure to check out http://www.shitgirlssay.com/ and follow @ShitGirlsSay

- Christina

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TIFF 2012 - Spring Breakers Premiere

Another great film bringing a stellar cast to the red carpet at Ryerson was Spring Breakers, starring Selena Gomez, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Benson and James Franco, who all made an appearance. A huge crowd had turned up to see them, so I was glad that I got there pretty early to get a spot.

Check out a clip from the movie:

Also spotted: eTalk's Jessi Cruickshank ready with Mardi Gras beads and Vitamin Water shots

Pretty Little Liars' Ashley Benson looking stunning...I saw her when she came to MuchMusic for a visit with the rest of the PLL cast - check out my blog post from that event HERE

Selena Gomez, gorgeous as usual! It's so amazing to see how far she's come. Did you know that Selena was one of my first interviews? We were both 15 years old and we did the interview during the filming of Another Cinderella Story (you can watch that interview HERE). I've also met Selena a couple other times; from randomly running into her while she was strolling along Robson Street with Taylor Lautner  (see the photos from that encounter HERE) to the time she made an appearance on New.Music.Live (check it out HERE), she's always super sweet.

Hahaha I love this photo - Jessi waiting patiently and Selena making a funny face. Golden.

James Franco was here last year for his movie 127 hours (which I JUST realized I never even posted, so I'll be doing that now...only a year late...)

James Franco being interviewed by Matt Babel

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Selena Gomez's autograph

James Franco's autograph

- Christina

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TIFF 2012 - Imogene Premiere

As the festival goes on, the number of celebs in the city continues to rise and I love getting a chance to even catch a glimpse of some of my favourites. On Friday, Sept. 7, the hilariousness that is Kristen Wiig made an appearance at the Ryerson Theatre for the premiere of Imogene. From SNL to Bridesmaids, Kristen Wiig has been one of my favourite actresses for a while now, so it was so awesome to see her up close - I even got an autograph!

The film also stars Glee's Darren Criss, who looked wonderful......sighhhhh. There were tons of girls -and guys - waiting at the carpet specifically for him.

Check out my photos from the red carpet:

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Kristen Wiig's autograph :)

- Christina
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TIFF 2012 - On The Road Premiere

One of the many reasons why I love Ryerson University is that our very own theatre is one of the major celeb spots for the Toronto International Film Festival, holding movie premieres right here on campus. And some of the biggest stars have sat in our Ryerson Theatre seats - pretty cool eh?

The first red carpet I checked out on campus this year was the premiere of On The Road, starring Kristen Stewart, Kirsten Dunst and Garrett Hedlund. This was actually Kristen Stewart's first public appearance since the big cheating on RPatz scandal....but she had lots of fan support, many with signs and Bella Swan posters.

Here's the trailer for the film:

Some of my photos from the red carpet:

Kirsten Dunst was also here at Ryerson last year for the premiere of Melancholia - check out my photos HERE

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- Christina

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