2001- 18th December
Crowds, barricades and thousands of screaming fans.
Location: Outside the Shaw Centre, in the heart of Orchard Road.
Event: The Gala Premiere of Vanilla Sky at Lido cinema attended by no less than Internaional filmstar Tom Cruise, his main squeeze at that time Penelope Cruz and Director Cameron Crowe.
Hours before the red carpet arrival of the megastar, hundreds of fans were already at the venue, with cameras, movie posters and notebooks in tow, jostling and shoving their way to the front of the barricades. It was a very warm day,but nobody seemed to mind as the sweaty crowd waited in frenzied anticipation. Their singular purpose, to catch a glimpse of Tom Cruise in the flesh, a prized photo opportunity and hoping against hope to bag a rare autograph by the film star himself.
When Tom Cruise finally arrived hand in hand with Penelope Cruz, security personnel could hardly contain the excitable and screaming crowd from pushing, shoving and waving frantically to catch his attention. Tom was all smiles and happily rewarded his fans with handshakes and signing a number of autographs before he was pulled away by his minders.
