We love airplanes, you love airplanes, so let's go look at airplanes! In our Prime Plane Spotting series, we'll let you in on all the best spots to whip out your cameras and binoculars for a piece of the aviation action.
On the Pacific coast of Canada, in Vancouver, there is a jetty ideally situated for watching landing planes. On almost the other side of the North American continent in Toronto, it's a Wendy's fast food restaurant that makes for the perfect lookout. ]]>
Hilary Swank as photographed by Norman Jean Roy
From a nude and pregnant Demi Moore to Tom Ford cozying up next to Scarlett Johansson and Keira Knightley (also nude, naturally), Vanity Fair is well-known for reflecting what's hot—and, apparently, clothes-free—in pop culture since the early 20th Century. In our celebrity-centric culture, Vanity Fair is bar none when it comes to showcasing the mythological glitz of Hollywood life, consistently attracting the curiosity of readers with photo spreads that are sometimes sexy, but always elegant.
With such a storied past, a retrospective seems like a natural way to commemorate 95 years of the magazine's glamorous perspective. Labeled a "smash" after its European tour (because Annie Leibovitz is the Bono of photographers), Vanity Fair Portraits: Photographs 1913-2008 is a collection of iconic images from the magazine's history. The exhibit will make a stop at Toronto's Institute for Contemporary Culture at the Royal Ontario Museum from September 26th of this year through January 3, 2010, the first North American destination. Amelia Earheart, Charlie Chaplin, and Madonna are just some of the marquee names—and images—being used to draw crowds in Canada's capital city. ]]>
· New York City
We've already extolled the awesomeness of NYC's newly opened High Line park, and this Sunday, July 12, it'll host a family fun party complete with crafts and live music. We kind of want to go simply to get our picture taken in the "Hi from the High Line!” photo postcard booth and see the World's Largest Lemonade Stand, a 1,300-gallon tank whose purpose is only to refresh the thirsty on hot days. The event is sponsored by Target, so there could also be some cool Target coupons or temporary tattoos. Read more at the High Line's blog. ]]>
When we last left the biggest bird in the sky, The A380, she was looking to welcome her one-millionth passenger aboard Singapore Airlines. Now she’s looking to continue her world dominance, by initiating service from Toronto to Dubai three times a week starting in June thanks to Emirates. Hopefully the citizens of Canada can provide some life into the Middle East party zone, because all we here about it lately is more and more bad news.
To handle the big beast, Toronto Pearson International Airport had to fix up some of its infrastructure. Over the last 10 years the airport had been sprucing things up, including strengthening and widening the runway. They’ve also got two new double-decker gates that can handle the unloading of almost 500 passengers and their 1,000 pieces of carry on luggage. ]]>
Looking to celebrate Pride Month out of town? Look into Pride Toronto, which is so much more than a march: Held June 20 to 29--that's right, over two weekends!--the citywide celebration includes such diverse events as a Mount Olympus-themed gala featuring comedian Sandra Bernhard, a party hosted by Limelight head honcho Peter Gatien and a ceremony to honor the Grand Marshal and co-chair of Jamaica's first LGBT organization.
As in many affairs of state, Canada has so far led the US as a whole in recognizing the rights of its gay and lesbian citizens, from a minister of justice's statement in 1969 that "the state has no place in the bedrooms of the nation" to legalizing same-sex marriage in 2005.
Toronto's first pride event was held in 1970, and the mayor himself will be in attendance this year.
Related Stories:
· Pride Toronto [Official Site]
· LGBT Travel coverage [Jaunted]
[Photo from Pride Toronto 2006: mangomargarita]]]>
First up, we want to congratulate our dearest Natalie. She was voted the "World's Sexiest Vegetarian" by PETA for 2006. Barring a Dewey defeats Truman moment over at PETA, it looks like Natalie has claim to those bragging rights. She says she hasn't eaten meat for 16 years, thought we did catch her at Mr. Tastys Drive In a couple weeks back.
So what was the world's sexiest vegetarian and her gang of merry actors up to this past weekend? Threesomes! According to our tipsters, Padme attended a screening of Wordplay at the Hot Docs film festival with Dustin Hoffman and her former beau, Gael Garcia Bernal.
Dustin was so fired up by his Sunday night threesome, he was spotted by another Jaunted tipster "humming to himself while walking a small, dark dog, with no leash" earlier that day. Definitely small, yeah. Definitely.
Oh, and that treasure trove of Toronto celebwatching, the Yorkville Starbucks--because fame smells like a no-whip toffe nut frappucino--produced yet another sighting. Jason Bateman was spotted coming out with some sort of grande latte concoction. Really, does anyone care about Jason Bateman and his coffee when Natalie is openly dating two men? OK, so openly is a stretch. And so is dating. But enjoy our map nontheless.
Send all of your sightings and Toronto info to tipsATjauntedDOTcom. We must continue our important anthropological studies in TO.
Related Stories:
· Chasing Natalie Coverage [Jaunted]
· Stalking Natalie [Toronto Star]
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