The Toronto International Film Festival is in town and the town is abuzz with all the celebrities on hand for the festivities. Commonly written stories include star appearances in and around town, at their movie premiers and at fancy shmooze parties. Not often will you hear of a feel good story such as this recent story which has generated a lot of press due to the sheer charity and compassion given. Colin Farrell Saves a Street Bum.

Megastar Hollywood actor, Colin Farrell, basically took a street pan handler with him (to which they’ve only met once before) and went out to spend $2,100 on clothing and related apparels at an upscale store but also goes out of his way and pays rent for an entire year to an apartment in a highly concentrated part of town. Talk about a life changing experience and being there at the right time.

What I’ve learned and thoughts regading this story:


  • Hollywood Actors/Actresses are rich as hell.
  • Being a bum actually pays well?
  • Colin Farrell isn’t as big of a douchbag as the media portrays him to be.
  • Colin Farrell and his PR firm know how to generate great publicity.
  • Its sad that there aren’t many other stories like this being told.
  • Street pan handlers know how to survive as witnessed by his purchases at the store.
  • This will get you a lot of female fans (not that he needs anymore).
  • Stress is now unemployed as no one will give anything to a nicely dressed bum.
  • Other homeless folks will take notice and try to capitalize on similar techniques in order to strike gold.
  • Colin Farrell and his PR firm know how to generate great publicity.

I’m pulling for the homeless man but is it truly better to change one person’s life entirely than to have a small effect on a larger number of lives by donating to charity? Colin did the right choice changing a man’s life instead of purchasing that $35,000 Jaeger LeCoultre Watch. If you think hard about it, its a win-win situation for both individuals in many more ways than one.

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