London has Premieres. And I have a Camera.
Over the course of an average year. London probably has about 40-60 movie premieres. They're free to attend. You can bring a camera. And then wait for hours. And be pushed and shoved by fans, autograph dealers and teenage girls from Spain grasping desperately at Logan Lerman.
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Good news for those who like Corgis more than people, and don’t care what the event is if there’s corgis! The Queen’s Corgi.
It wasn’t a premiere, but it was certainly a spectacle: POTUS in London, featuring Trump (through window) and Protesters.
The “Rocketman” premiere journal also features Elton John in a glasses-wearing mini-humvee. Not sure why I didn’t put it here.
Benedict Cumberbatch! Phoebe Waller-Bridge! Kelsey Grammer! The Goss Twins! David Schwimmer! THE 2019 TV BAFTAS!
Scream as much as you want for Zac Efron, because that was yesterday. Today it’s CHARLIZE THERON for “Long Shot”
You’re absolutely right : what we need is a 10th Anniversary Black’n’White’n’LensFlare “Star Trek (2009)” journal
Avengers Endgame. Come for the whiny profanity-filled rant, stay for a photo of Chris Hemsworth? Sorry for posting this…
Not many movies get a second premiere, but Ralph Fiennes’ “The White Crow” had one in 2018 AND in 2019!
It’s here again! London Fashion Week (2019.1 (AW) ) - and where else would I be but outside where it’s cold?
The 2019 Baftas, in (much classier) commentary free and black’n’white RedCarpetMonochrome format!
It’s 2019 and somehow I’m still doing this! First premiere for the year - the world premiere for “Alita : Battle Angel”.
Rain, Heavy Rain, Constant Rain… and Hugo Weaving at the world premiere of “Mortal Engines” !
JohnCReilly & Sarah Silverman star (and attended the premiere) as leads of ‘Ralph Breaks the Internet’ but… Gal Gadot !!
The weather was cold, and the fashion was wildly questionable at the ‘Surviving Christmas with the Relatives’ World Premiere
It was big, and crazy, and I made some weird decisionsat the “Fantastic Beasts : The Crimes of Grindelwald” premiere
“Proud of Britain? Yes, but a cheap Chinese windbreaker would be great right now too!” - it’s the 2018 Pride of Britain Awards!
London Film Festival 2018 is over and gets a ‘classy’ and ‘stylish’ commentary-free Red Carpet Monochrome journal. Art, Baby.
Chris Pine! Aaron Taylor Johnson! Santa Clauses Old And New! And the lamentable absence of Florence Pugh at “Outlaw King”
I’ll let you know if I bother to re-edit the Johnn English Strikes again journal so it’s got less anti-Pentax-ness. But maybe I won’t.
It’s a Prince Charles Cinema Premiere!! - and it’s for a movie the stars of which attended (“Gloves Off”)
Ewan McGregor doesn't want mentions of Star Wars at the premiere of another Disney movie, at "Christopher Robin"
The 2018 GQ Awards featuring McGowan! Zendaya! Hiddleston! Boseman! Kaluuya! And Kate Beckinsale's dress!
I put Autographs before Photographs... but it worked out okay! At the Mission Impossible : Fallout Premiere.
Streep! Cher! Skarsgard! Garcia! Irvine! Seyfried! Benny! Bjorn! And Pierce Brosnan... at "Mama Mia! Here We Go Again"
I'd both prepared for another premiere entirely, and didn't know who anybody was at "Welcome to Curiosity"
Just one day after the snow of the Empire Awards, it's the European premiere for Ready Player One with Steven Spielberg!
It's 2018 and I'm back, and not entirely sure whether I should put an exclamation mark here! Premiere #1: "The Mercy"
Ben Whishaw is the voice of Paddington Bear, and will also sign autographs on the bear's behalf at the sequel's World Premiere.
FLASHBACK : in Berlin, Germany for the World Premiere of The Hunger Games : Mockingjay part2!
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It’s the Lion King (2019) Premiere - feat. Harry! Meghan! Hans! Pharrell! Jon! Florence! and others not able to be photographed!
It’s yet another Sunday premiere - this time for ‘Horrible Histories : Rotten Romans’ - feat. Warwick Davis!
“Am I missing anything?”
”Well, it’s a Disney premiere, so NO” It’s Toy Story4 (apparently)
It’s all happening on that balcony… three cameras and three location changes for me for Trooping The Colour 2019.
Adria Arjona’s dress at “Good Omens” was quite the structural accomplishment at Amazon’s “Good Omens” World Premiere.
For the first time in a quarter of a year, London’s Home Of Premieres gets… a Gala! And it’s for Aladdin, with Will Smith!
For the second time in less than a week : Lily Collins! - this time of the premiere of ‘Tolkien’ at Curzon Mayfair.
EEEEEEeeee! Zac Efron!! and Ooooooh!!! Lily Collins!! - for the lengthily titled “Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil, and Vile”.
Good news for fans of the Olivier Awards who don’t know much about theatre : I went to the 2019 Olivier Awards…
Another Disney premiere photographed from outside the premiere? Sigh… sure, why not : for Dumbo (2019).
Shoot the event from outside the event because they gave out less than 80 wristbands? Sure, why not, it’s Captain Marvel after all.
Like last year, I couldn’t get INTO the baftas… but that doesn’t mean I didn’t have a view OF the 2019 Baftas. (phew!)
“It was either he go bald or I wore a wig, and sadly I lost this time.” - Sir Patrick Stewart at ‘The Kid Who Would Be King’.
The BIFAs are one of the harder events to photograph - roadside, with passing traffic and minimal light (ie. they’re fun)
My last photographic event in London in 2018 : the Fashion Awards, featuring (among others) Kendall Jenner.
“Remember to straighten those horizons in your photography : it’s important” - Michael B Jordan + Cast at “Creed II”
Amber Heard and a Shower Cap at the “Aquaman” World Premiere. (Sure, Jason Momoa also attended if that’s your thing)
A day I wished I knew more about theatre… but it’s past midnight so the 2018 Evening Standard Awards was yesterday
“Fantastic Beasts The Crimes of Grindelwald” - big enough to get its own commentary free RedCarpetMonochrome journal!
A purple carpet and a Wembley location: the world premiere of the Queen flick “Bohemian Rhapsody”
It was Yorgos Lanthimos’ “The Favourite” and Ralph Fiennes’ “The White Crow” on London Film Festival Day 9.
It’s the BFI LFF premiere for Alfonso Curzon’s “Roma” featuring Alfonso Cuaron!
Compared to what it could have been, that dress could almost count as ‘conservative’ - Lady Gaga at “A Star Is Born”
Good news for fans of Blake Lively : she’s in 80% of the photos for “A Simple Favour” (and mentioned in most of the rest)
Harry and Meghan! William and Kate! Horses! Drums! Fly-bys! Crowds! And Her Majesty at Trooping the Colour 2018
Lily James and Jessica Brown Findlay at the world premiere for a movie so big they couldn't fit the name of it on the marquee!
Dwayne Johnson has charms to soothe the savage beast (but not Charlie Chaplin lookalikes or autograph dealers) at "Rampage"
Rain!Umbrellas!Cuba Gooding Jnr!The Hamilton Cast! And Time'sUp Badges. Lots of those. At the 2018 Olivier Awards.
2017 Finishes (for me) with arguably the biggest premiere of the year - the European premiere of Star Wars : The Last Jedi
Luke Skywalker prefers to go by the name 'Mark Hamill' when he's attending the 2017 GQ Awards...
FLASHBACK : Scarlett Johansson and I share a private/public moment at the premiere of The Avengers
FLASHBACK : Daniel Craig looking supercool at the World Premiere of the James Bond movie "Skyfall"
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