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This past Saturday, Vancouver was treated to the 3rd annual Legends & Stars charity soccer game at B.C. Place.

Despite quite miserable weather, and a plethora of cancellations from a couple of the more notable names originally attached to it, 100s of fans came out to watch stars of TV, movies, music & sports play to help various charities, including the BC Childrens Hospital.

In past years, main stars from many of the shows that film here like Once Upon A Time, Riverdale, iZombie, The 100, and others have taken part, but to date, they had not been able to nab any of the leads from the longest running show currently filming in Vancouver, Supernatural.

Although Jared Padalecki bailed on the event that he originally was schedule to take part in, so he could hang out at a UFC fight literally across the street, the show was represented by the one & only Jensen Ackles.

While Jensen may have been the largest draw at the game, there was no shortage of other stars that had their fans there too. Other former Supernatural recurring & guest stars were there too, like Aleks Paunovic, Tahmoh Penikett, Jonathan Lloyd Walker, and Chris Gauthier. Ross Lynch from "Chilling Adventures Of Sabrina", Jacob Tremblay from the Oscar nominated film "Room". Adam Tsekhman from "Legends Of Tomorrow" and Dan Payne, who recently played King Shark in "The Flash" repped the Arrowverse. Chandler Riggs, Lizzy Greene and Chance Hurstfield all from "A Million Little Things" were there. Locally shot teen dramas like "Riverdale" which was repped by Jordan Connor, Martin Cummins and Drew Ray Tanner, as well as a plethora of "The 100" cast, including Marie Avgeropoulos, Richard Harmon, Tasya Teles, Jarod Joseph, Sachin Sahel and Lee Majdoub, were some of the more popular draws for non-Supernatural fans.

Others in the game included "Siren" castmates Alex Roe, and Curtis Lum. Colin Lawrence (Riverdale, Supernatural, iZombie, The Killing), Ryan Robbins (Pure, The Killing, Sanctuary), Kayla Wallace (When Calls The Heart), Benjamin Hollingsworth (Code Black, Virgin River), Dean Redman (Mech X4, Smallville), Aria Birch (Pup Academy, Somewhere Between), Jean Luc Bilodeau (Baby Daddy, Kyle XY, Piranha 3DD), Teach Grant (It Chapter 2, Van Helsing) & Tyler Shaw "musician" were the other TV, movie & music people on the rosters.

Former soccer players John Catliff, Davide Chiumiento, Jeff Clarke, Terry Dunfield, Erin McNutly, Guido Titotto, Rob Merkl, and Johnny Sulentic were joined by former Vancouver Canucks star Cliff Ronning to round out the former athletes on the roster.

Here are some photos from the game, the anthem, and introductions.
I have over 200 photos selected to post, but cant get to them all at once. So heres about 40 or so right now. The rest, I will post as time permits throughout this month.

First up, some photos of the stars showing up for the game. Pics of Aleks, Tahmoh, Chandler, Lizzy, Chance, Jacob, Ross, Jensen, Alex, Richard & Adam in that batch.

Also, for the Jensen fans.... there is a 4 minute video at the bottom of him playing in the game. Sorry other fans, he was the only one I got any good video of.

Next up, some photos from the warm ups, pre-game ceremonies, and national anthem playing. There is a vast assortment here, when I have more time, I will try to label them all. But, fair to say, MOST everyone in the game I got a photo of at some point. If you do not see who you want in here right now, let me know and I will try to find some for the next batch.

**If you are one of the players, or the family of one of the children on the field during these ceremonies and would like the photos that you are in, please use the contact form at the side of the page on desktops, or the drop down menu on mobile devices, and let me know which photos you want. I will then ask you some follow up questions to confirm identity, and send them at no charge once identity is confirmed.**

More photos to be added later on.... but till then, heres a video to hold you over of Jensen Ackles sort of, technically, playing some type of ball based game.

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The cast & crew of DC's Legends Of Tomorrow were on location for the 5th episode of the season earlier this week in the Chinatown area of downtown Vancouver. This is of course the episode many fans were waiting for, as it will be the directing debut of one of the shows leads, Caity Lotz.

I got to the set around the time they were supposed to start, and in typical film industry fashion, they didn't start at the time posted. Caity was there, going through the set with a couple different people at different points either telling them what she wanted to do there, or asking them if they would be able to do something there.

When they  finally started filming, they were doing a scene with Nick Zano as Nate Heywood. He was on a scooter, when he sees a man riding a motorcycle stop, get off his motorcycle & walk away.

A bit later, a continuation of that scene was set up, this time with the man riding the motorcycle switched out for the on screen face of the scene. Terry Chen, who some may remember from another Vancouver shot time traveling show Continuum, showed up to take over the part. He is playing former Mongolian emperor Ghengis Khan for this episode. It seems time has done an oopsie, because Genghis finds himself in a more modern day location, ad he rides a motorcycle & carries a briefcase for some reason. Once Khan walks away from his ride, Nate walks up to the bike and starts looking at it, and even at one point pushes down on it. Not sure what Nate was doing, was he planning to steal Genghis Khans ride? Or was he checking to see if it was real? Not too sure.

The day after, the crew moved to a place known as The Fortress, which is used by a lot of crews for high impact stunts. On set that day was Maisie Richardson Sellers, Nick Zano, and Terry Chen. But I don't really know anything about the scenes since they were all inside, except for 1 exterior done earlier in the day before I had a chance to get there.

Legends Of Tomorrow will return for season 5 in January 2020.

If you want to see my autograph gallery for DC's Legends Of Tomorrow go HERE

To see other Arrowverse shows, you can go to these links

BEHIND THE SCENES of Batwoman go HERE

BEHIND THE SCENES of Arrow go HERE
AUTOGRAPHS for Arrow go HERE

BEHIND THE SCENES of The Flash go HERE
AUTOGRAPHS for The Flash go HERE

BEHIND THE SCENES of Supergirl go HERE
AUTOGRAPHS for Supergirl go HERE

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The cast & crew of DC's Legends Of Tomorrow was on location for the 4th episode of the season earlier this week at the Vancouver Art Gallery in downtown Vancouver. The episode is being directed by Avi Youabian, Arrowverse fans would know Avi from directing last seasons Arrow episode "Spartan".

A few cast were on set through out the day including Tala Ashe as Zari Tarazi (wasnt her last name different before?), Jes Macallan as Ava Sharpe, Nick Zano as Nate Heywood and Shayan Sobhian as Behrad Tarazi.

In the early scene of the day, Zari was shooting scenes with a couple other actors. The scene had Zari at a red carpet/party event for a perfume called "Dragonesque" in New York City in the year 2044. Whether Zari is a spokesperson for it, or what, was a bit unclear, but it did seem she was focal to the brand in some way. She had an assistant, which was a case of the Legends Of Tomorrow writers over the top hit you over the head with obviousness named Les-Lay (yes, spelled that way). Les-Lay finds Zari on the carpet, and tells her how shes been keeping Zaris social media account on "Cat-Chat" updated with a pic of a cat licking her perfume (really hope there is another Zaricat appearance connected to all of this). They did a scene with another guy dressed in an all white suit, with a gold chain who was wearing a s'mores mask. Why?? Because Legends sometimes Legends. The character, titled DJ S'more Money (of course he is) comes up, chats to the two, before he leaves with Les-Lay, then Zari follows along. Zari was holding a bottle of the perfume in the shoot that is connected to a character that will be featured in the episode, Marie Antoinette.

After that shoot, they moved over to a red carpet photo pit set up where Zari, DJ & others were on the carpet. Between the photogs for the scene, and some unfortunately placed plants by the Art Gallery, the scene was only partly seen. What was known was that DJ proposes to Zari before spilling her perfume all over her, which ends with the group of reporters & party guests chasing Zari for some reason in an obsessive psycho fan style. A couple more scenes were shot with Zari being chased around the party by party guests.

In between filming that, the crew and the other cast would take breaks in filming those scenes to prep for later scenes that I didnt stick around for (it was hot, and I was tired & made the mistake to go home for a "nap" that turned into a 6 hr sleep) with Ava, Behrad and Nate standing up on the staircase at the VAG and it seems like Ava tells the guys to head off in different directions in a clear effort to look for something. Then there was a scene that had just Ava standing on the edge of the fountain (clearly connected to a scene done with Zari later).

Although I wasnt there for the evening scenes, I have some input on what they entailed. There was a scene shot at one point with Ava & Zari jumping into a fountain. In the scene Ava tells Zari to trust her, so it seems for some reason Zari doesnt know who Ava is at this time. But Zari follows her, and the pair jump into a fountain.

There was also a scene a bit later I did not see where Nate punches out DJ S'more Money for something. I do kind of wish I had been there for whatever that scene was.

Sometime in the next little while (assuming schedule doesnt get busy) I might have a bit of video of a couple of these scenes to add. So check back here in a couple weeks, or follow me on twitter for updates on when that is posted.

Other details I found out from being there was, in this episode Astra is trying to kill John Constantine. Roy & Nora are still around as of episode 504. In episode 505, we will apparently see Prince Charles.

Legends Of Tomorrow will return for season 5 in January 2020.

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UPDATE: OCTOBER 25, 2019 - Video has been added below of the bike rental scene.

There are a lot of shows that film in Vancouver, from the entire Arrowverse, to The Good Doctor, Riverdale, Supernatural, Project Blue Book and more, so sometimes a show slips through the cracks for a bit before I get a chance to catch up with them much.

A Million Little Things is well into their 2nd season of filming for the ABC drama. Last week, I caught up with them shooting in a couple spots in the Downtown Eastside and Gastown areas of Vancouver. These were scenes for episode 6, directed by Tessa Blake.

On the first day I caught up with them in the downtown eastside area at a place used by almost everyone at some point, Burrard Ironworks. Its a multi purpose building that on this day they had decorated to look like a storefront.

When I got there a scene was going on between a man and a younger kid. At the time I was unaware who either was, but as the day went on I clued in that the kid was former The Walking Dead star Chandler Riggs as Patrick "PJ" Nelson. I still was unsure on the adult till I got home and had a chance to look at the photo details and do a little digging into the cast, and found it was former Entourage star Rhys Coiro as "Mitch Nelson". The scene had PJ talking to Mitch at his truck before PJ would leave.

A scene I didnt really get to see was done with Romany Malco as Rome Howard and Christina Moses as Regina Howard standing infront of the storefront. I dont know if the other cast were also in the scene as the position I had during the scene was mostly obstructed.

A bit later I got to see the scene from earlier from the other side of the streets angle, as PJ was walking along with Lizzy Greene as Sophie Dixon. In that portion of the scene they had PJ crossing back across the street to meet up with Sophie before the couple walked away together holding hands. On the walk backs from the scene, it seemed like the pair were having a good time working with each other, as there was lots of laughs & smiles. After they wrapped that scene I got an autograph from lizzy as she left for the day.

The next day, I caught up to the cast & crew filming several blocks west of the day priors shoot in Gastown. By the time I got to their set, they had already wrapped one location, and were nearing the completion of their 2nd location. So I only got to see shooting from their final location of that day.

In the scene we had Rome, Regina, Sophie & PJ again, this time all in a scene together as the two couples went out for a bike ride together. The scene had the two couples walking down the street when they see a rack of rental bikes sitting there (cleverly disguised versions of our own rental bike program, interesting use of whats around) and decide to take some out and go for a ride. As Rome & Regina stare at the payment machine for a moment, the kids go and pick out their bikes.

I managed to get Chandler and Romany to sign at different points during the day while I was there during breaks in their filming.

A Million Little Things returns to TV for the 2nd season this September on ABC in the U.S.

I have some photos from season 1 filming of a scene with David Giuntoli that I never got to posting. If there is still some interest in those, let me know and I will try to get to them sometime soon. If I see some good traffic for this post, I will make an effort to try and get to their sets a bit more often for you.

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There is a new show coming to the History Channel later this week. Project Blue Book, a TV series about the U.S. Air Force doing secret investigations into the possibility of UFO encounters & unexplained phenomenons in the 1950s & 60s.

Starring recently departed Game Of Thrones star Aidan Gillen in the lead role of Dr. Josef Allen Hynek, a professor who eventually became an ufologist. The show will also star Laura Mennell (Van Helsing, Haven, Alphas) as Hyneks wife Miriam "Mimi", Michael Malarkey (The Vampire Diaries) as "Captain Michael Quinn", Michael Harney (Orange Is The New Black, A Star Is Born, Deadwood) "General Hugh Valentine", Neal McDonough (Arrow, Legends Of Tomorrow, Suits) as "General James Harding" & Ksenia Solo (Lost Girl, Orphan Black) as "Susie Miller"

I caught up to them filming on 1 of their final days of the season in downtown Vancouver. I went there to see if I could get Aidan or Ksenia to sign some photos I had for them. As it turned out, Aidan was there. I got a few photos of him on set with Michael Malarkey, doing a scene where Dr. Hynek walks out of a building and stops to talk to this Captain Quinn. When they wrapped, I hustled across the street to get my GOT photos signed. He was nice enough to open his door to sign them for me, as he had already got to his car before I got over there.

Project Blue Book premieres on History Channel January 8, 2019.
You can see their official trailer below
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The 3rd season of the now Netflix exclusively produced Travelers filmed this past spring & summer in Vancouver. I was lucky enough to catch up to them a couple days late in their filming.

On the first day, I caught them filming in Gastown.

The first scene I caught up to them filming had Patrick Gilmore as David Mailer on set with a pretty special guest star. The legendary actor & musician Jim Byrnes was on set shooting with Patrick. In the scene, Byrnes character is walking along with David, when some type of medical issue (perhaps a heart attack?) happens and he falls down, before David gets an ambulance to come and take him.

After that scene wrapped, they crossed the street to film in an alley with Patrick, and J. Alex Brinson as Jeff Conniker walking thru the alley, before a kid briefly interrupts 1 of them (I actually forgot now which one stops).

Based on when this was shot in comparison to the final day of filming, I feel this would be for 1 of the last 2 or 4 episodes. But I cant say for certain.

Just a week later, I caught up to them again in downtown Vancouver in an area that EVERY show has used at some time called Oceanic Plaza.

Another Vancouver based legend was on set that day. While Amanda Tapping has been on the show in the past, this time she was on there to direct the episode.

They shot a scene with Reilly Dolman as Philip Pearson, shooting a scene where he interacts with a random homeless person in the middle of the road, before looking up at.... something?

A little bit later, they moved down the street for a scene with J. Alex Brinson as Jeff and Nesta Cooper as Carly Shannon.

The scene seems to have the former couple sitting down having crepes together in a park. Are they reconciling? Or is this just talking about the insanity of their worlds?

I did manage to find out a couple other details from being around that set, including there will be some type of massive explosion late in the season (whether its the last episode or 2nd to last, I dont know). I also was able to find out that the final episode (at least when it was filming) was called "Protocol Omega".

Travelers season 3 begins December 14 on NETFLIX

The 2018 Toronto International Film Festival has ended, and here is my reports on the festival.

This is part 3, day 6 to day 8.
For part 1, day 0 to day 2, go HERE
For part 2, day 3 to day 5, go HERE

Day 6 started for me with a premiere at the Elgin for the movie Viper Club. It started with seeing former Once Upon A Time star Julian Morris there. Unfortunately I had nothing with me, since he was not on the original confirmed list. A little while later Susan Sarandon showed up, I managed two from the acting icon. A bit after that Matt Bomer arrived. He signed a handful of things, and took some photos, I managed to get 1 out of him there, but I was a little disappointed I couldn't get two considering where I was positioned. But, 1 is better than none.

Next up was the premiere for Green Book at Roy Thompson Hall.  I did pretty good there, I had a row 1A spot (its when you have part of your body in Row 1, but you arent fully in row 1), and it helped me in getting 3 Viggo Mortensen, 2 Linda Cardellini, a Mahershala Ali and a Peter Farrelly without ever having to leave my corner (which is an important fact coming up soon in this post). Everyone from this premiere was fairly accommodating, but Viggo certainly won it by going to every single person in the line.

I then went and lined up for Boy Erased, across the street. When it finally came time to let people in to the fan zone, me, and another autograph hound, were asked to get out of line. A security guy then told us we werent going in. When we asked why, he said because WE were "using our elbows and pushing" and when I asked where & when, he said last premiere. Now remember what I said about that earlier premiere.... I was in row 1A. Thus I didn't need to push, and outside of perhaps intentionally trying to injure someone, having your arms at such an angle that your elbows become prominent is NOT a goods technique to getting an autograph. You really want your arm extended as fully as possible, to get the best position. To top all that off, remember how I said, I never actually had to go anywhere? Its pretty common place in a premiere to move around and try at another place... but I didn't have to. I brought 6 items to the premiere, and got all of them done, right where I was standing the whole time. Thats also an important point, because do you know who was beside me, infront of me, and behind me? ALL autograph hounds. EVERY SINGLE FUCKING ONE of us in that corner were hounds... and you damn well know not of them complained. It gets better though, as I pointed out to the misinformed "head of security" that I can prove they are at least mostly wrong.... as the person with me was NOT even at that premiere..... so whoever made the claim, clearly targeted two people that couldn't have done it. An argument between me, 1 of the "head" guys peons escalated to him demanding I give back the wrist band they give to people lining up. I said, no, he told me its, get this "TIFF property" which I told him it stopped being theirs when they gave it to me. He then pursued after me to pester me to give it back. I ignored him, and he escalated things to "you are never coming back in ever again", which is funny since he isn't in charge. I then went back to arguing with the head guy. That eventually escalated to HIM asking for "TIFF property" back as well. He got the same reply, with me adding "go get a cop". Amazingly enough, for this 1/3 cent piece of fabric that has no use once the premiere starts... he went and got a cop. Cop then came, asked me as well, I told him no. TIFF head security guy fell back on their "TIFF property" claim, I told the cop, not true. It was given to me BY TIFF. It is now mine to do with as I wish. As I stated "if I want to take it off and piss on it, I can". The cop, realizing I was in the right moved to more of a "please, can you give it back?" attitude, which I then addressed the head security guy and said to him "you know why I'm not giving it back?"" he of course asked why, I told him "pettiness". Which he replied "fair enough". From that moment, his attitude did a 180 & he then went from "you are never coming in again, to, if you give us the band back, come see me tomorrow. I will review the case with the guard who made the claim, and if he says its mistaken identity, you can come back in". So I gave him the band back in front of the cop... and proceeded to try and work without access to the premiere.

I then tried the departures of Colette. I managed an autograph from Dominic West, but Keira Knightley ignored all requests going in (despite there only being about 4-5 people there at that time) & coming out.

Next up, I tried Hilary Swank at a talk at CBC. I got there, saw a much larger crowd than the night before talk had. Reports were she stormed right in on the way in. For the first, and ONLY time ever at this venue for events I have gone there for, the entertainer there didn't sign at all. Swank came out & went directly to her vehicle.

This nights "Midnight Madness" was unusually early as well. As long as I have done TIFF, its always been 11:59 PM. But for the second time this TIFF, they had one start before 11. The premiere of Assassination Nation had a lot of potential, but unfortunately, little of that potential showed up. I left there with 1 whole Odessa Young autograph, which I went there with 2 photos for her.... so its pretty sad when someone with that resume is that unwilling to sign that you can only get 1 at a "Midnight" Madness. I did see the other cast who showed signing, Colman Domingo was good, Suki Waterhouse scrawled her useless "S" on a variety of items, but the big stars no showed. Joel McHale and Bella Thorne were both not confirmed, but there was at least a hope they would come. Bill Skarsgard, who is literally in Toronto filming, also didn't come. Leaving me with little to get signed at this premiere, thus why I left there with only 1 autograph in total.

I hurried back across to the premiere I wasn't allowed in for their departures. LUCKILY I DID... because the person i went there for, Joel Edgerton, I managed to coerce to come out & meet the fans on the other side of the lane they are in. He came over & told fans "I wont take photos, but I'll sign some things" and boy did he ever, I managed to get the 3 items I brought with me all done in a span of maybe 45 seconds. Of course Nicole Kidman did NOT meet any fans there... but that wasn't who I went there for, so I left there pleased. All that drama from earlier, was technically for nothing, as I got all the things I wanted to get done in the fan zone, anyways.

My day 6 total autographs - 15
My TIFF 2018 Total - 99 (ohh, so close.. damn you Odessa Young)

A+ Viggo Mortensen
A+ Joel Edgerton
A  Colman Domingo
A- Linda Cardellini
A- Julian Morris
B+ Susan Sarandon
B+ Dominic West
B+ Peter Farrelly
B  Matt Bomer
B  Suki Waterhouse
B  Mahershala Ali
C  Odessa Young
F+ Nicole Kidman
F  Hilary Swank
F  Keira Knightley

Day 7 was when you could feel the fest was really winding down. With only 5 total events all day, it was a late start for me.

First thing I did, was head to Roy Thompson Hall, the place where I allegedly "elbowed" people the day before. I instantly searched out any guard I recognized, and found one I know all too well. The guy I always thought WAS the head of security. I told him what happened the day before, I told him what the head guy told me to do today. After a breif talk, he ok'ed me to line up, with the knowledge, we might still say no. So I did, as it turned out, I was allowed in. They 1 of the main wrist band guys came to talk to me as well, I told him what I was told the day before, what the security guy here said, and he said ok. Then he gave me a lecture on being good and not pushing and shoving, which I listened to, then told him that I realize he was under the impression I did something wrong, but that I already knew all of that.

The red carpet eventually started for What They Had, and first up for me was Robert Forster. Thankfully I had a good enough spot that I managed to get one from Robert.  A bit later, I managed an autograph from Michael Shannon. However, the person most everyone was there to see, Hilary Swank ignored MOST requests, and the few times she did sign, I was told (my angle I couldn't see WHO she signed for, just that she did) seemed to be mostly for women. Taissa Farmiga also showed up for the carpet, and signed for most people, but I did not bring her since she was not on the original confirmed list.

In between red carpets, I squeezed in time to try the CBC building for Maggie Gyllenhaal, but unfortunately she told us "not right now" and went in side.

A few hours later, another red carpet at the same venue. This time for The Land Of Steady Habits. With several names confirmed, this SHOULD have been a good carpet. It. Was. NOT! While the 4 stars who DID show all signed at some point, their level of willingness varied greatly. Elizabeth Marvel was pretty good for those who knew who she was, while I managed to get Thomas Mann to sign, I was pretty disgusted to see Charlie Tahan ignore my multiple requests while he literally was just standing in a corner doing NOTHING, before he decided to go down the carpet just to avoid being asked again. Ben Mendelsohn on the other hand, did sign some, but turned down MOST items, including 3 different items I showed him. Thats some top shelf divaness there. So I left a premiere that I SHOULD have got at least 4 autographs from, with 1. Not the best of uses of my time.

After the premiere, I headed back to CBC to wait for Maggie Gyllenhaal leaving, and it was worth the effort. I managed 3 autographs from her leaving.

My night ended at the Midnight Madness premiere for The Standoff At Sparrow Creek. I managed to get both James Badge Dale items I brought signed, but after being told by another hound that the studio for the film said all the cast was coming, I was disappointed the only other person I brought, a Patrick Fischler photo, didn't get signed, because he wasn't there. Brian Geraghty was asked by quite a few people for photos and autographs, and he obliged most or all of the requests.

My day 7 autographs Total - 8
My TIFF 2018 Total - 107

A+ Michael Shannon
A+ Robert Forster
A  Maggie Gyllenhaal
A  Brian Geraghty
A  James Badge Dale
A  Thomas Mann
A  Elizabeth Marvel
A- Taissa Farmiga
C- Ben Mendelsohn
C- Hilary Swank
D- Charlie Tahan

Day 8, which I did not know when I started the day, would be my last TIFF day ever, started pretty late. With only 4 events going, I didn't have to get in to Toronto till late afternoon.

I started my day off going to the Roy Thompson Hall for the premiere of The Lie. For a fan of The Killing, such as I am, this was a pretty exciting premiere to do. It had Mireille Enos AND Peter Sarsgaard in it. As well, show creator Veena Sud directed this, and also had Patty Kim, who had a role in season 3 of the series. Of course, the unknown factor was, would Alan Ruck, the husband of Mireille, also come to the premiere. The first car to show up was Mireille, and to my excitement, Alan came with her. So I managed to get the two photos I brought of him with me done, as well as a couple autographs from her. Shortly after Peter showed up, and I managed 1 from him. Patty Kim arrived a bit later, and signed for those who needed her, I had not prepared for her.. so that was an opportunity missed moment. Lastly, Joey King arrived, and signed quite a lot... but more disappointing, was she had a peon lurking over her like an abusive guardian telling her what not to sign. Don't forget, shes an ADULT. This guy would go through and push away photos HE didn't want her signing. I don't know who this moron is, but it was pretty outrageous in this current social climate we are in, seeing a man making decisions for an adult woman without her having a say in the matter. It was fucking weird & creepy. I hope she manages to get away from this guy eventually.

Next up was another premiere at RTH. This time it was for The Kindergarten Teacher. Luckily it was a short carpet, as the only cast to come for it was Maggie Gyllenhaal. I still had a couple left overs from the day before, so I went in, and managed to nab 2 more autographs from her.

I ended my TIFF (not that I knew it at that time) with a Midnight Madness premiere for In Fabric. It starred Star Wars & Game Of Thrones star Gwendoline Christie. Up till this meeting, I had heard from others she wasn't the most friendly, so I was nervous that this was going to take some effort to get the 3 photos I brought done... but nope. I got all 3 done in the first minute she was there, and left that evening feeling really good about things.

What happened next, unfortunately, ended my TIFF career 1 event short. Lets just say cliff notes version, I sprained my ankle.
Longer version, Once I returned to Hamilton I was in the almost always happening position, of having to race from the intercity Go Bus, to the Hamilton Bus stop. Somehow, despite probably hundreds of times of this happening since GO moved to double decker buses for the route, The City Of Hamilton has not clued in to the routes slightly longer run times, and have their city buses run at a time that frankly, they could change to adapt to the change in the GO scheduled arrivals... but they haven't. This has gone on for TWO straight TIFFs now... but this year was the worst yet. Of the 6 nights prior where I took that specific GO bus, 1 time I raced to the Hamilton Bus stop, just to get on while the bus was already there getting ready to leave, another time, my GO driver was nice enough to get the Hamilton bus drivers attention to ask if I could get on right there, and he allowed it. Four other times, I had to take a cab up the hill... and in ALL FOUR cases, I could SEE my bus just ahead of us. We were literally missing it by seconds, or at most a minute every time. So to my joy, we were slightly ahead of the buses on Thursday night. I was set to use some of the limited sprinting skills I still have left to get there before it goes by, since I did not exactly know HOW far ahead we were, all I knew for certain was, it was scheduled to leave its starting spot about 20-80 seconds after we passed it. So I got off the bus first, and went into full sprint mode. I remember on my 1st or 2nd step actually feeling like I caught an edge. It wasn't enough to break my stride, but I didn't know yet, it caused a juice in my backpack to pop out and down under me. I remember hearing it hit the ground, and less than a fraction of a second later, I stepped right on it. This caused multiple discomforts in my leg, which eventually eased up to just the ankle problem. Adrenaline alone got me to the bus stop... and wouldn't you know it, I really didn't have to run at full speed, I could have made it there with probably a hurried walk & a little bit of light sprinting.... but I couldn't have known that beforehand. So, I got a serious ankle sprain out of the deal... and it took more than a week before I started walking on it without the aid of crutches. It will probably be at least another week before I am walking on it normally. It will probably be a few more weeks before its fully healed. All because of the fucking Hamilton Bus Schedules cant fucking adapt to changes to the intercity bus routes... but yeah, I realize I did this to myself too... but I wouldn't have done it, it I didn't feel pressured to make that bus. Anyways... because of the injury, I was unable to do the final event of TIFF, and thus, end my TIFF career on my own terms. It sucks. It sucks even more that I will never know if I could have broke my record. I was less than 10 away. While thats a lot to get form 3 people, it isn't impossible. But, instead, I end this TIFF tied for my 3rd highest total..... also, I managed to break the 1,000 career autographs mark at TIFF the day before. So not a terrible TIFF. In fact, I'd say it was decent... till my ankle injury.

My day 7 autographs total - 14
My TIFF 2018 total - 121 (tied for my 3rd best)

A  Gwendoline Christie
A  Patty Kim
A  Maggie Gyllenhaal
A- Mireille Enos
A- Joey King
A- Alan Ruck
C  Peter Sarsgaard