Camera: rock stars vs. movie stars at Paul Haggis’ Artists for Peace and Justice fundraiser
Camera: rock stars vs. movie stars at Paul Haggis’ Artists for Peace and Justice fundraiser
By Peter Saltsman | September 10, 2012
By Peter Saltsman | 09/10/2012
By Peter Saltsman | Photography by George Pimentel
U of T President’s Lodge, September 8. Attendees shelled out $1,250 a head to hobnob with celebrities at the Artists for Peace and Justice fundraiser, the annual bash hosted by Oscar-winning screenwriter, lapsed Scientologist and Hollywood power player Paul Haggis. But the celebs themselves seemed most interested in headliners Arcade Fire, particularly when frontman Win Butler led his bandmates on an acoustic parade through the audience, pausing to climb up on a table covered in “Reserved for VIP” placards (take that, Establishment!). True Blood’ s Alexander Skarsgård stopped talking Swedish to his comparably hunky brother and nodded to the beat, six-foot-five tennis stud Milos Raonic galomped to the front to get a better view, and Jude Law stripped down to a T-shirt and dance-clapped like a dad at a wedding. The moral of the story: in celebrity hierarchy, rock stars take top rung.
172808 Arcade Fire warbler Win Butler (Image: George Pimentel) Camera: Artists for Peace and Justice fundraiser Camera: Artists for Peace and Justice fundraiser https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/nov12Camera01-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/nov12Camera01.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/nov12Camera01.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/city/camera-rock-stars-vs-movie-stars/slide/nov12camera01/ nov12camera01 0 0
(Image: George Pimentel)
172809 <em>Rookie Blue’</em>s Lyriq Bent (Image: George Pimentel) Camera: Artists for Peace and Justice fundraiser Camera: Artists for Peace and Justice fundraiser https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/nov12Camera02-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/nov12Camera02.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/nov12Camera02.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/city/camera-rock-stars-vs-movie-stars/slide/nov12camera02/ nov12camera02 0 0
(Image: George Pimentel)
172810 Roots heiress Alex Budman and Roots PR boss Raymond Perkins (Image: George Pimentel) Camera: Artists for Peace and Justice fundraiser Camera: Artists for Peace and Justice fundraiser https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/nov12Camera03-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/nov12Camera03.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/nov12Camera03.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/city/camera-rock-stars-vs-movie-stars/slide/nov12camera03/ nov12camera03 0 0
(Image: George Pimentel)
172811 Model and runway coach Stacey McKenzie (Image: George Pimentel) Camera: Artists for Peace and Justice fundraiser Camera: Artists for Peace and Justice fundraiser https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/nov12Camera04-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/nov12Camera04.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/nov12Camera04.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/city/camera-rock-stars-vs-movie-stars/slide/nov12camera04/ nov12camera04 0 0
(Image: George Pimentel)
172812 Musician Bryn Mooser and <em>Vampire Diaries’</em> Ian Somerhalder (Image: George Pimentel) Camera: Artists for Peace and Justice fundraiser Camera: Artists for Peace and Justice fundraiser https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/nov12Camera05-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/nov12Camera05.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/nov12Camera05.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/city/camera-rock-stars-vs-movie-stars/slide/nov12camera05/ nov12camera05 0 0
(Image: George Pimentel)
172813 Alison Mosshart of The Kills (Image: George Pimentel) Camera: Artists for Peace and Justice fundraiser Camera: Artists for Peace and Justice fundraiser https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/nov12Camera06-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/nov12Camera06.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/nov12Camera06.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/city/camera-rock-stars-vs-movie-stars/slide/nov12camera06/ nov12camera06 0 0
(Image: George Pimentel)
172814 <em>NCIS: Los Angeles</em> special agent Claire Forlani and <em>Mission Impossible II</em> bad guy Dougray Scott (Image: George Pimentel) Camera: Artists for Peace and Justice fundraiser Camera: Artists for Peace and Justice fundraiser https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/nov12Camera07-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/nov12Camera07.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/nov12Camera07.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/city/camera-rock-stars-vs-movie-stars/slide/nov12camera07/ nov12camera07 0 0
(Image: George Pimentel)
172815 <em>True Blood’</em>s Alexander Skarsgård tries to glamour us (Image: George Pimentel) Camera: Artists for Peace and Justice fundraiser Camera: Artists for Peace and Justice fundraiser https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/nov12Camera08-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/nov12Camera08.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/nov12Camera08.jpg 416 624 [] https://torontolife.com/city/camera-rock-stars-vs-movie-stars/slide/nov12camera08/ nov12camera08 0 0
(Image: George Pimentel)
172816 Screenwriter/Oscar winner Paul Haggis and actor/playboy Jude Law (Image: George Pimentel) Camera: Artists for Peace and Justice fundraiser Camera: Artists for Peace and Justice fundraiser https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/nov12Camera09-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/nov12Camera09.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/nov12Camera09.jpg 624 416 [] https://torontolife.com/city/camera-rock-stars-vs-movie-stars/slide/nov12camera09/ nov12camera09 0 0
(Image: George Pimentel)