• Artist Subodh Gupta from India poses on September 1, 2014 at the Modern Art museum (MMK) in Frankfurt am Main by his installation Geheri Neemd (Deep Sleep, 2008). The exhibition entitled Subodh Gupta — Everything is Inside runs from September 12, 2014 until January 18, 2015. Arne Dedert / AFP
    Artist Subodh Gupta from India poses on September 1, 2014 at the Modern Art museum (MMK) in Frankfurt am Main by his installation Geheri Neemd (Deep Sleep, 2008). The exhibition entitled Subodh Gupta — Everything is Inside runs from September 12, 2014 until January 18, 2015. Arne Dedert / AFP
  • Dutch director Anton Corbijn arrives on the red carpet for the Dutch premiere of his movie A Most Wanted Man at the EYE Dutch Film Museum in Amsterdam on September 1, 2014. The movie will be released in Dutch theatres on September 4. Martijn Beekman / EPA
    Dutch director Anton Corbijn arrives on the red carpet for the Dutch premiere of his movie A Most Wanted Man at the EYE Dutch Film Museum in Amsterdam on September 1, 2014. The movie will be released in Dutch theatres on September 4. Martijn Beekman / EPA
  • Ontario Ghostbusters from left: Michael Tigani, Seulenge Houle, and Adriana Munoz pose during Bill Murray Day, to commemorate actor Bill Murray, at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) in Toronto, September 5, 2014. Mark Blinch / Reuters
    Ontario Ghostbusters from left: Michael Tigani, Seulenge Houle, and Adriana Munoz pose during Bill Murray Day, to commemorate actor Bill Murray, at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) in Toronto, September 5, 2014. Mark Blinch / Reuters
  • Memorial for Joan Rivers on the Marquee of the Gotham Comedy Club on September 4, 2014 in New York City. Joan Rivers passed away on September 4, 2014 after suffering respiratory and cardiac arrest during vocal cord surgery on August 28, 2014. Jamie McCarthy / Getty Images / AFP
    Memorial for Joan Rivers on the Marquee of the Gotham Comedy Club on September 4, 2014 in New York City. Joan Rivers passed away on September 4, 2014 after suffering respiratory and cardiac arrest during vocal cord surgery on August 28, 2014. Jamie McCarthy / Getty Images / AFP
  • Country music star Garth Brooks, centre wearing black cowboy hat, performs with band members kicking off his Garth Brooks World Tour at the Allstate Arena on September 4, 2014, in Rosemont, Illinois. Barry Brecheisen / Invision / AP
    Country music star Garth Brooks, centre wearing black cowboy hat, performs with band members kicking off his Garth Brooks World Tour at the Allstate Arena on September 4, 2014, in Rosemont, Illinois. Barry Brecheisen / Invision / AP
  • Al Pacino arrives on the red carpet at the 3rd Annual Charity Gala during the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto on September 3, 2014. Chris Young / AP photo
    Al Pacino arrives on the red carpet at the 3rd Annual Charity Gala during the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto on September 3, 2014. Chris Young / AP photo
  • Actor Robert Downey Jr arrives for the premiere of his film, The Judge during the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto on September 4, 2014. Nathan Denette / AP photo
    Actor Robert Downey Jr arrives for the premiere of his film, The Judge during the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto on September 4, 2014. Nathan Denette / AP photo
  • Assistants look at the work by Portuguese artists Tiago Borges and Yonamine called Afro UFO, during the opening for guest and educators of the 31st edition of Sao Paulo’s Biennale, in Brazil, on September 5, 2014, under the name How to talk about things that don’t exist, which will be open to the public from September 6 to December 7, 2014. Sebastiao Moreira / EA
    Assistants look at the work by Portuguese artists Tiago Borges and Yonamine called Afro UFO, during the opening for guest and educators of the 31st edition of Sao Paulo’s Biennale, in Brazil, on September 5, 2014, under the name How to talk about things that don’t exist, which will be open to the public from September 6 to December 7, 2014. Sebastiao Moreira / EA
  • The Duke and Duchess of Devonshire view the work Hoop-La by Alice Acock which is part of the annual Sotheby’s monumental sculpture exhibition Beyond Limits at Chatsworth House on September 4, 2014 in Chatsworth, England. The work is part of the Beyond Limits exhibition of modern and contemporary sculpture displayed in the gardens of Chatsworth by Sotherby’s between September 8 to October 26, 2014. Christopher Furlong / Getty Images
    The Duke and Duchess of Devonshire view the work Hoop-La by Alice Acock which is part of the annual Sotheby’s monumental sculpture exhibition Beyond Limits at Chatsworth House on September 4, 2014 in Chatsworth, England. The work is part of the Beyond Limits exhibition of modern and contemporary sculpture displayed in the gardens of Chatsworth by Sotherby’s between September 8 to October 26, 2014. Christopher Furlong / Getty Images
  • Visitors look at the Thun Panorama in Schadau Park, in Thun, Switzerland, September 4, 2014. The painting, that belongs to the art museum of Thun, was painted between 1809 -1814. It shows a circular image of the town of Thun, Switzerland, and was the first of its kind. It is one of the world’s oldest surviving panorama paintings. The artist German-Swiss Marquard Wocher sketched this 360 degree image of the town while seated on a roof in the middle of the Old Town. Peter Schneider / EPA
    Visitors look at the Thun Panorama in Schadau Park, in Thun, Switzerland, September 4, 2014. The painting, that belongs to the art museum of Thun, was painted between 1809 -1814. It shows a circular image of the town of Thun, Switzerland, and was the first of its kind. It is one of the world’s oldest surviving panorama paintings. The artist German-Swiss Marquard Wocher sketched this 360 degree image of the town while seated on a roof in the middle of the Old Town. Peter Schneider / EPA
  • Models present creations by Monique Lhuillier during the Mercedes-Benz Spring Fashion Week in New York, New York, on September 5, 2014. The Spring 2015 collections are presented from September 4-11. Stephen Chernin / EPA
    Models present creations by Monique Lhuillier during the Mercedes-Benz Spring Fashion Week in New York, New York, on September 5, 2014. The Spring 2015 collections are presented from September 4-11. Stephen Chernin / EPA
  • Film Festival therapist Amanda Burt talks to fan Anna Leber at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) in Toronto, September 5, 2014. At the booth on King Street Burt talks to fans about how they are feeling and then directs them to see a film that will help address those feelings. The booth is sponsored by TIFF. Fred Thornhill / Reuters
    Film Festival therapist Amanda Burt talks to fan Anna Leber at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) in Toronto, September 5, 2014. At the booth on King Street Burt talks to fans about how they are feeling and then directs them to see a film that will help address those feelings. The booth is sponsored by TIFF. Fred Thornhill / Reuters

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