Gangs of New York Premiere Report

[LeoFan]

I'm going tomorrow to take pics at the GONY premiere in NYC. I will post a detailed report of the premiere when I get home tomorrow night...so check back here!

[KittyKat]

hey! im glad ya going - i wanna go, but i dont even know how to get there grrrrr and the d**n time! i dont wanna wait all day! =)

[LeoFan]

Here's my report: The Premiere

So I got to 54th St between 7th and 6th Avenue way too early at 5pm. No one was there really but I could see across the street perfectly. The red carpet was out and two platforms were set up in the center for Access Hollywood and Entertainment tonight. Jann Carl wore a tan coat.

The press photographers were assembled on the right side and other TV camera crews on the left. Then we waited...and waited...and waited...in 20F no less! I froze I'm telling you!

Then the limos began arriving around 6:30pm. Turns out the screening didn't start til 8pm. My bad! LOL.

Martin Scorsese arrived. So did Harvey Keital, Denis Leary, Bono, Nicole Kidman (who was nice enough to turn and wave when we screamed her name), Daniel Day Lewis, Cameron Diaz (with her hair in 2 ponytails, a purple crusher hat and a long black coat).

So we're waiting for Leo to arrive...and waiting...and waiting...as usual he was the last to arrive! LOL. He got there 5 minutes to 8pm. We began screaming "Leo!" and one girl even screamed "I love you, Leo!"

He talked to ET and AC and one more camera crew before hurrying inside. He was wearing a suit and looked great as usual!

P.S. I took pics with my zoom lens camera. Let's pray they came out well so I can post them on this site later.

[LeoFan]

The After Party:

So smart and crazy girl that I am I decide to wait until the premiere lets out around 10:40pm to see if I can get better shots with my camera. So I'm in the bathroom of the Hilton across the street from the Ziegfeld and I overhear 2 girls talking. Somehow they found out where the after party was!!!

It was at the NY Public Library like the one for "The Man in the Iron Mask" had been. I had to go down to 42nd St. anyway so I took the bus down and waited in a nearby McDonalds. ;D

At 10:45pm I was there standing on the side with a few press photographers watching people arrive. I was so much closer now and knew I could get better pics...

[LeoFan]

The After Party (continued):

Who arrived: Matthew Broderick, Peter Gallagher, Denis Leary, Martin Scorsese, Cameron Diaz, Jimmy Fallon, Naomi Campbell, Heidi Klum, Liam Neeson with Natasha Richardson, Natalie Portman, Joey Fatone (NSYNC)...

So I'm waiting for Leo to arrive and waiting and waiting...

Here's the sad part...around 12pm I hear one of the press photographers say that Leo's limo arrived around the side of the building. He snuck in! I totally missed him... Oh Leo! Why? Why? Martin and Cameron came in the main entrance...

Oh well. Hopefully my shots of him at the Ziegfeld turned out well. I might have a good shot of Cameron arriving at the after party too!

P.S. If you saw a girl wearing a black leather jacket with a long striped black and ivory scarf...that was me! ;D

[hollyp]

LEOFAN!
You are an Hero!

See, I am going to NYC by the end of the Year and I will be staying at New York Hilton, where you searched for the Bathroom! LOL!
What a great coincidence!

And do you know that Leonardo was staying at Hilton Hotel when he was here in Rome?

Yeah, I know how incredibly gorgeous he is! **sighs**

Well, I hope your pics will show up soon! I really want to see your exclusive shoots!

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HollyP

[kappy]

Wow ~ Great report, Journalist! I'm just sorry you didn't get to see him at the after party after all the effort you went through! But thank you for sharing what you did you see last night! I enjoyed reading it!