Red Carpet Photos : Charlize Theron At AFI Dallas

Dallas isn’t exactly LA. When celebrities roll into town, it’s kind of a big deal. So Saturday’s red carpet event at AFI Dallas’s closing festivities was crowded, with media and shoppers alike. That’s right, I said shoppers. This is Dallas, a city with no real culture of its own, so of course we hold our red carpets in the lobbies of Malls, and then all trundle upstairs for coffee from Starbucks and a screening of the movie being red carpeted. In this case it was Battle in Seattle, and the cast was there to get the word out on the film.

After waiting patiently through a host of minor celebrities and indie filmers, the night’s red carpet centerpiece arrived. Charlize Theron was there, looking resplendent, talking cordially with the swarming press, and enduring the screams of “We love you Charlize!” as they wafted down from the gaggle of shoppers assembled in the level above her, almost assuredly staring down her blouse.

She worked the red carpet with style, and as she was escorted up the escalator the AMC Northpark theater above, she was instantly mobbed by the rowdy mess of human infestation lurking in the rafters. Droves of people quite literally bum rushed her, running full tilt across the food court by the dozens, looking for all the world like an army of suicide bombers careening madly through the mall to blow her to hell. Luckily Charlize was already surrounded by security, and they rushed her upstairs without incident. At that moment though, I don’t think I’ve ever felt sorrier for someone richer and more successful than me. If that’s what it’s like for Charlize Theron to walk through a mall, her life must be a living hell.

You wouldn’t know it though from the smile on her face as she worked the carpet. Check out the image gallery below to see her radiance, as she works her way graciously through the assembled throng of red carpet press.

By : The Author