Revolutionary Road Premiere!

Today Patricia, Kelly and I went to the Revolutionary Road premiere. I totally recommend going to a premiere if a) you really like the celebrities that will be there, b) the weather is tolerable and c) you don't mind standing in the same spot for at least 4-5 hours or longer. It sounds really unappealing and believe me it wasn't fun to stand there for so long in the super cold but the payoff was definitely worth it. Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet were there...they were the only celebrities there but frankly, that's plenty for me. Not only are they amazing at what they do, but they really seem like they're nice people and care about the fans who were standing there in the cold for so many hours. They both looked super gorgeous and I was pretty impressed with how long they stayed out on the Red Carpet. It was probably 40 degrees or something like that, maybe lower, but there was a really cold wind that blew on and off. Leo at least had a suitjacket on but Kate was wearing a dress so she must have been freeeeezing. I mean, we were all in huge winter jackets and gloves and were still being frozen. Anyway, they all walked down the Red Carpet and did their interviews with all the press that was there...which included MTV News [not surprising] but also CNN International which was surprising to me. After their interviews they walked all along where the fans were and were signing autographs...like a ton of them. I was mostly busy trying to get good pictures of them both, which was hard because even though I was about three rows from the barricade, there was a huge push of people from behind, and tons of arms with cameras and people holding up things to get signed. I managed to get a few good ones though. When Kate was going past us I was more focused on the picture-taking but by the time Leo came around I figured that I would actually have a decent chance of getting him to sign something since we were so close. So I whipped out a postcard I had bought at Westminster and reached out toward him and he grabbed it and signed it! You can't really decipher what it says, which I feel like is typical but what do you expect when they're signing their name hundreds of times in an hour? As he was autographing things for people I think he was kinda talking to us although it was really a blur to me. I think I remember someone thanking him and he said you're welcome. Then someone must have asked how he was liking London and he said something like "it's nice, but it's a little cold." An understatement. Another cool thing was that Patricia told me that as she was reaching out to him to get something signed, some guy pushed by her to pass Leo some big laminated portrait or something and Leo bypassed that guy and reached for Patricia's thing. She said the guy was most likely one of those people who sells autographs online for a lot of money so I thought it was cool that Leo wasn't contributing to that and he could tell who were fans and who were people who just wanted the autograph to make money.
Overall it was probably one of the best nights ever. The conclusion is a) I love London and b) Kate and Leo are amazing and I want to go see the movie soon.

Here's the two best pictures I took