Jessica Allen at TIFF

Flashback to TIFF2011: My top 5 moments

I rode my bike a lot, ate a ton of free food, and became best friends with Angelina Jolie

Whipping it up at the Butter soirée

‘Hollywood people are so strange’

Juliette lewis liked my purse!

Novice on the red carpet: Juliette Lewis liked my purse!

At TIFF2011, Jessica Allen learned the ins and outs of celebrity hunting. Now she’s back …

Dirty jokes abound at amFAR Cinema Against AIDS gala

Kathy Griffin would drop F-bombs whenever the crowd stopped laughing at her dirty jokes

Cocktails at the Soho House

Jessica Allen sampled the cocktails at TIFF2011

Jessica Allen hits the red carpet at the ‘Coriolanus’ premiere

Our intrepid reporter chats up Ralph Fiennes, Brian Cox and Jessica Chastain

Working the room: Learning how it’s done

If George Clooney and Ryan Gosling are good at anything, it’s attracting a crowd — as they demonstrated at TIFF2011

TIFF2011: Random revelers on opening night party

Everybody from bow-tied festival volunteers to wannabe actresses who forgot to wear bottom parts to executives in form-fitting fancy suits showed up. Except celebrities.

Dinner with Harvey Weinstein and friends

I sat at a table with a lively crew of film critics who had no shortage of opinions

‘What’s your favourite sports movie?’

At TIFF2011, we snagged Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie on the red carpet. Sorta.

Everybody at TIFF is so nice!

Well, close to everybody anyway