Where to celebrate Leonardo DiCaprio in London
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Has Leonardo DiCaprio been nominated for an award or something? Since the bloke off Titanic won the Bafta Best Actor gong for The Revenant, Leo-mania has reached fever pitch, with his legions of fans gearing up to celebrate his expected Oscar triumph on Sunday.
So where should you be paying tribute to St Leo? Well, you could start with a sandwich. As Leo is renowned for his love of healthy fast-food chains, LEON has been trying to get its name legally changed to LEONardo DiCaprio if he wins.
Such trifling matters as the law haven’t stopped the Leicester Square Odeon changing its name to Leodeon in the run-up to Sunday.
Leicester Square is the location for the unofficial Leo love-in after-party: those who WLTM a fellow addict should nip into central London sometime after 4am on Monday for the “If Leonardo DiCaprio wins the Oscar, everyone meet in Leicester Square” Facebook event, to which 11,000 people are currently going, with a further 30,000 “interested”.
To fill the time until Sunday there’s always Red Carpet Rampage: a computer game in which a pixelated Leo chases an Oscar statue. As you advance, there’s the chance to outrun Michael Fassbender as Steve Jobs, as well as mini-games such as Find the Black Nominee. Spoiler alert: you can’t.
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