Evans Above

I spend a lot of time in the PATH, Toronto’s underground walkway that connects blocks and blocks of downtown buildings. I can’t believe the number of able-bodied people that can’t open their own doors, instead smashing, and wearing out, the buttons that open the doors for folks in wheelchairs. It bugs me.

Bachelor 2 results: Helene yes, Brooke no, who cares?

I can’t necessarily name all of James Coburn’s films, but I was always aware of his presence in the industry.

The Digital Hit team was in the press room when he won his Oscar for Affliction and when he came back to the press room, you could tell the guy was as pleased as punch.

He’ll be missed.

Why is Diana’s butler still getting so much attention from the mainstream press? That’s it. I just want to know WHY.

Our congrats to the Academy for choosing Steve Martin as the host of the 75th Annual Academy Awards®.

Martin did a great job hosting the awards in 2001 and we were actually able to get back to the hotel early that night.

Hey CNN! Did ya hear about the election?

A day after midterm elections put the GOP firmly in control of the USA agenda for the next two years, CNN’s Wolf Blitzer Reports spent the first 10-12 minutes of the show covering the Winona Ryder verdict. Okay, Robert Blake is charged with murder, but this is a flipping shoplifting case. I’m an entertainment reporter and even I don’t care about this story!

I wonder if Disney World has one of their Mickey’s running around wearing a big purple fedora, because the folks at ABC are still televising their pimping efforts with The Bachelor 2.

I noticed that the women aren’t as attractive this time around. I guess they’re really scraping the barrel to find women who’ll humiliate themselves like this, especially after seeing what the gals in the first series went through.

This story doesn’t have anything to do with entertainment, but a friend’s mother is involved in this case and the more media outlets that cover it, the more likely a coroner’s inquest will be called.

It’s a tragic story about a pregnant mother, a careless EMS team, and an awful landlord. So many unanswered questions. Apparently, the only working elevator was being used to move someone in. I know in my building only one elevator has the emergency recall feature, but surely this points out that all elevators in an apartment should have this feature.

As soon as it was revealed that American Idol contestant Nikki McKibbin once had a job as a stripper in a Texas strip club, you can be sure that millions of horny fans headed (and are still heading) towards the search engines to blow their time looking for “nude photos of Nikki McKibbin”.

I’m bored right now, so by typing this up, we just may end up as the end destination for this search and I’ll chuckle and spend the resulting ad money on a coffee.

Thanks.

The 27th Toronto International Film Festival is over. I’ve had my sleep. I think I’m rested after the 10 days, but I still have the urge to stand and photograph red carpets.

The Festival was a little low key this year, but that’s only fitting considering it straddled the first anniversary of the Sept. 11th attacks.

High point: Watching the amazing chemistry between Moonlight Mile stars Dustin Hoffman and Susan Sarandon.

Low point: Dealing with a snotty young photographer from New York who was loud, obnoxious and insulting. His good point: He united all the other photographers who all thought he was an idiot. He said he won’t be coming back. Let’s hope that’s a promise.

We’ll be fleshing out our daily TIFF reports with some press conference anecdotes ASAP.