WFE Premiere London!

So you may have heard (or not) that my sister (@moaningmegan) and I got the chance to go to the Water For Elephants UK premiere in London's Westfield Centre. Here's our account of the evening. Megan has added her thoughts in red.

So we booked the hotel, booked the train tickets and bought our outfits. Everything was running smoothly. Yes, because buying your dress the day before you first ever premiere is organised. Well, until we suddenly realised on the train that the scheduled change would perhaps have been a good idea… we were actually on the slow train to London, not the fast train, which we would have been on had we changed.


But no problem! We'd still reach London with enough time. Probably. Hopefully.


So we reached London Euston, hopped on the underground and made our way to Kensington, where our hotel was. However we got to Shepherd's Bush station, got out and realised it was where the premiere was. Change of plan. We would not go to the hotel first, we'd get ready here and go straight to the premiere.


Next problem. What do we do with our luggage? Find a valet place, but they close at 9pm. Premiere doesn't finish until at least 20 past 9… Argh! Practically crying at this point.


We found a person who was helping with the premiere and THANKFULLY they pulled a favour with the valet people and we managed to get ready and leave our bags with them. We also left our mobile numbers so the guy could text us to pick up our bags.


Now the fun could begin! We joined the queue for getting into the premiere and there were lots of very glamourously dressed people. Now the arrival stress had started to fade, Megan and I were definitely starting to feel excited.

We made it! In one piece, with time to spare. An actual miracle.
(sue here to say these two look so adorable!)

British queuing at it's finest. Everyone was looking very glamorous

As soon as we were inside we heard the T4 presenter introduce Christoph freakin' Waltz to the stage.

That's T4 guy talking to Christoph Waltz... you can just about see him.

Megan and I may have started flailing (more Hannah than me) in quite a major way… So we went under the curtains that marked the official start of the red carpet and were confronted with LOTS of people and flashbulbs.

So many people. And yes, I did VERY NEARLY fall over in my heels.
That would have been the most embarrassing thing ever...

Immediately we spotted Reese freakin' Witherspoon on our left signing autographs. Lots of squeeing ensued… THEN I spotted Christoph Waltz standing in front of the paparazzi! I was literally less than a metre away from both of them.

Reese Witherspoon. She's a tiny little thing.

Christoph Waltz. He was looking very suave that night ;)

Distinct flailing going on.


We reached the circular centre of the red carpet, where Francis Lawrence was being interviewed by the T4 guy.

Francis Lawrence with T4 guy.

And JUST there was actual Robert freakin' Pattinson, signing at top speed for the crowds. Anyone else feel like Hannah's overusing 'freakin'' a little? Just me?  I'm feeling it too Megan but give the girl a break she is excited!

Robert Freakin' Pattinson. As we live and breathe. That is him, I swear.
You could tell by the screaming fans... lol!

Unfortunately, to keep the line moving as there were so many people coming to the premiere, we had to start the ascent up the escalators to the cinema. This red carpet was stupidly long, and heels turned out to be a bad descision lol! Only ones that didn't fit, I was perfectly fine in mine. Pfft. Whatever...girls behave!


Finally reached the cinema, and went in to the Champagne Reception put on by the charity which we got the tickets from. Not a lot happened there apart from seeing Ruby Wax off of the telly and several glasses of champagne ;).

Ruby Wax. We were quite excited by this. She was hilarious...

Finally we were let into the screen, 1 of 7. On our seats were bags of popcorn with WFE written on them. This excited us probably more than it should…

Popcorn, that mainly Megan devoured... om nom nom.

Suddenly, there was an air of anticipation. The stars were about to enter to introduce the film. The T4 guy entered and introduced them one by one. Francis Lawrence, Reese Witherspoon, Christoph Waltz AND Robert Pattinson. Flail, squee, etc.

Francis Lawrence thanked us for all the support for the film and hoped we will like the film, and that was it. Yes, it was a little disappointing that none of the actors said anything but I'm putting it down to them having to go around to all 7 screens, and then Rob having to rush off to film Graham Norton.


It was still very exciting and extremely cool to be in the presence of 2 oscar winners and Cedric freakin' Diggory! And Rob is very handsome in real life, I have to agree with everyone on that point :D.


So we watched the film, which was amazing. I loved it. The feel of the film was so luxurious, nothing was forgotten about. The three leads nailed their individual parts, particularly Christoph Waltz, who KILLED it. There were several moments where I was bricking it about what August was going to do next. Rosie(Tai) the elephant was immense (both literally and figuratively) and she definitely stole every scene she was in.


About ten minutes from the end, Megan got a text from the valet:

We particularly liked the smiley face and kiss... ;) I pulled *nods* ;)

So as soon as the credits rolled, we rushed out the screen (well as much as you can rush when 7 cinema screens are emptying at once) and picked up our bag, thanking the guy profusely for waiting for us and tipped him nicely.


You might think that was the end of our comedy day of errors… but no.


We got a taxi to the hotel, walked in and… there was no receptionist. After a good 10-15 mins of waiting, someone finally walked out. "Oh sorry, wasn't expecting anyone." o_O


Got to our room. Cue hysterical laughter at the RIDICULOUSLY SMALL hotel room. Literally not enough room to swing a cat. And only 1 plug for phone charging…

Smallest hotel room EVER. Thankfully we'd got a discount price on it...

Anyway… That was our premiere experience. We had a great time and spent the next day in London too, which thankfully went off with no hitches.

WFE Premiere London!

WFE Premiere NEW YORK!

As many of you know I went to New York for a couple reasons:
1) because it is NEW YORK. I wanted to see stuff.
2) to experience a movie premiere


Now, I probably should have EASED myself into movie premieres and NOT chosen one that Rob was gonna be at but Im crazy so I went to the WFE premiere. Check one thing off my bucket list, well, two technically:
* I went to New York
* I went a movie premiere


There is only one movie besides Water for Elephants that tempted me to want to go to a premiere. That would have been The Kings Speech. Well, it is COLIN after all.


Now, let me talk about New York before I get too distracted.

Sarah (my adult niece) and I went there in the hopes of standing in a long line for hours. Also, possibly getting the much coveted wrist band so we could get our 4 seconds with the stars.


We went in with low expectations and were pleasantly surprised. I am not being sarcastic here, we had a grand time! Sarah and I are both the type of people that can have fun anywhere we go and it is a good thing!


We went to this Team Rosie/ WFE party thing at the Hilton in hopes of meeting Sara Gruen, who had not shown up yet. While standing in line inside the hotel bar, we could see the Zeigfield theater out the bar windows. We noticed people starting to line up at about 6pm. After standing in line for a bit, we ended up getting Mark Povinelli's (played Kinko in the movie) autograph.We quickly went outside to stand for many dreaded hours in the rain.


Yes, it was raining lightly at first. It did downpour a few times. Luckily, we had our umbrellas! I had my very stylish rain poncho that I bought from CVS pharmacy. We had another friend there that thought we were insane to want to wait overnight for anything. So, she became the "runner" for us and other assorted friends of hers in line. She got things like; rain ponchos, drinks, charging phones, and she even got me a gyro. My eternal thanks to Molls for doing this for everyone! All because she loves us and takes good care of her girls.


You see, once you got in line you could not leave. Unless, you told one of the security guys that you were leaving and what for, you were not going anywhere. So basically, you could leave to go to the bathroom or get food, but that was it. If you took too long, you would lose your place in line. Many people had left and did not come back.


NOW, while we were waiting, there was some noise further up the line. This was early in the night around 9pm (I assume) and guess what?


Someone came to visit us!


There she was, Sara Gruen, signing autographs. I was giddy with excitement. Also, I was embarrassed beyond belief because I looked like a soaking wet veruca salt (its actually violet beauregarde) (please I can barely remember my name let alone some character from a book I read when I was 10 and I have NO IDEA where I got the name Veruca Salt O.o) after she chewed the gum (yes my poncho was blue).


She came by and chatted with people in line. Sara Gruen did this for ALL the people that missed her at the book signing. As you can see, the dear lady was getting wet with only an umbrella over her. 


I told her, "thank you for writing such a marvelous story. That I should have listened to my niece who told me to read the book about 2yrs ago". We talked about old Jacob. I told her how my hubs works in a nursing home and those parts in the book touched me the most. I told her, "I would ask for a hug, but I did not want to get her any more wet than she already was". Sara got this big grin on her face and opened her arms! I got a huge hug! I thanked her again for writing a great book !


I did not have my copy of the book Water For Elephants with me. So she drew me an Elephant with her autograph. 

I swear that was the highlight of my night! I was all giddy and bouncing for HOURS after that happened. I GOT TO TALK TO A PUBLISHED AUTHOR!! (SQUEEEEEEEEEE)


Do you want know what I loved about waiting in line? I got to talk to people and we all know how I love to talk. So, basically I spent 16 hours with my niece talking, singing, and dancing. We did anything to stay awake and keep our feet from hurting. You see while most people either had chairs or plastic garbage bags to sit on, Sarah and I thought that standing all night would be best. After all, this way we would stay warm and awake.

Eventually, we were moved from one side of the street to the other. Our small group got to wait under an awning. Finally out from under the rain! Here is a pic of the line. 
Also, this picture, which in my punch drunk state I thought was cool to take. We were given pizza and bottles of water. 

Finally, morning came. Then came the donuts and hot cocoa. We got donuts, but the hot cocoa never came down to our end. I think the funniest thing was being told that Reese, Rob, and Sarah Gruen paid for it. That part made me laugh, yeah right!


Only a few more hours to pass the time. People were beyond cranky and crabby. I was of course in my super goofy, I'm over tired mood. At around 6a.m., construction crews started cleaning and setting up for the red carpet premiere. At this point, my niece started flirting with one of the hot construction men to pass time. I had to remind her "SAFETY FIRST", after an almost accident that the hot construction guy had. He was too busy staring at her and she waved. That is all it took! 


FINALLY! The magic hour we had been waiting for came, 9am.They started handing out the much anticipated bracelets.

Sarah's Bracelet

I was lucky number 139. My niece was number 140. We were told to leave for a few hours and get back by 3p.m.


So we left changed clothes at our hotel. No shower was needed. I was standing in one all night. By the way, rain only makes my hair look awesome( be jealous I have naturally curly hair). Sarah and I then headed back over toward the Hilton to stop at this deli to get food.
I am telling you, standing in another line to get something to drink and get food, I was in near tears. That is how bad my feet hurt.
Sarah and I met up with Molls. We went walking around to go shopping and pass time. We stopped at this store (Express) that only sells clothes up to a size 12. So me being me, I asked the clerk if they carried anything for a woman of substance (yes, it is my nice way of saying fat chick).
I still bought something cute that Molls found for me. It actually fit! (go fig) I also got a fabulous scarf because I love those.


Eventually, Sarah and I went back to the premiere. NOW, here is where more fun happened.
We were waiting in cage with other people watching them finish up setting up.  This is where we got to see HOT CONSTRUCTION WORKER GUY continue working. In his white, snug t-shirt. Yum!


You see, Sarah and I are all about the pretty men. I don not care if you played sparkly Cederic or not. If you are hot, we will appreciate that pretty!

Carlos and another security guy waving to a crowd of screaming women

my best celeb photo the back of Hal's head this is why I am NOT a photographer

So the stars started arriving.


Now I have to tell you that Carlos got more cheers than Rob. Yes, I was the crazy woman screaming for Carlos's autograph. (Do not worry you will get to see it. Just wait until the end. I had to!)


While ALL of the assorted stars were getting out of fancy cars, Hal Holbrook came in a cab. Now that is classy. The crowd started getting anxious and you could feel it. Then the noise level went up and you KNEW HE was here. By this time I was tired and cranky. The women (and the few men that were in the cage) started screaming his name and getting all fan girly.

lets enter pretend land with SUE he is signing my book ! yeah, in pretend land

Here is Rob near us. 

 Then Reese(She is so dang cute!)

Christoph did not walk the line to autograph our stuff. I was sad! His reasoning was that we were ALL there for Rob. Sarah said that we should of had a sign for him. That way, we might have gotten his autograph.

Robs Scrawl Im shocked I can see an R poor boys hand must have been so tired !

That was pretty much it. We were asked to wait for a possible surprise. They were trying to see if there would be seats for us in the theater. They came back and said no. I did not expect to be able to see the movie. So, I was good with that at this point. I was just worried that if I sat down in a dark room, I would fall asleep.

Reese's Autograph

Sarah with hot construction worker guy 

Carlos

A pic of him with my niece, Sarah. Everyone wanted hugs from him. Sarah had gotten many hugs from him. All I asked for was a propane bullet heater and a siggy.

 

At least I got his autograph!

WFE Premiere NEW YORK!

New Moon Moments... funny fan happenings

This week, we decided to forgo Teas with Rob because ..well, Sue forgot to gather questions and Lady Tater had stuff to do. You know... cleaning the tea room after their last encounter and Rob, well, the poor dear boy is knackered after his week of insanity.

There are only so many times a man can answer the same boring questions over and over again before he needs a rest. Seriously, how often can you be asked about your "relationship" with a costar??

SO Lady tater, being the genius that she is, gathered these funny fan encounters from New Moon. These are what WE, the fans, have seen at our own New Moon theaters.

ENJOY!!!

New Moon Moments... funny fan happenings