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TIFF PHOTO GALLERY: Abigail Breslin, Alessandro Nivola and Elisabeth Shue at Janie Jones gala
The second-last red carpet event at this year’s TIFF was for Janie Jones . The screening brought out child star Abigail Breslin...
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The King’s Speech takes TIFF’s top honour (and becomes Oscar bait)
And that’s a wrap. The official closing ceremony for the 35th Toronto International Film Festival took place at the...
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TIFF PHOTO GALLERY: Harvey Keitel and company walk out on producer’s speech at gala for A Beginner’s Guide to Endings
No one likes to sit through a thank-you speech that lasts more than 30 seconds, so when the cast and director of A Beginner’s...
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TIFF PHOTO GALLERY: At the closing gala with Eva Mendes and Sam Worthington (who spent a whopping 35 minutes signing autographs)
Last year, we gave the title of most fan-friendly TIFF celebrity to George Clooney . This year, it has to go to Avatar and Last...
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Coming soon to a theatre near you: 13 films that got distribution deals during TIFF
More than ever, TIFF is an event to which filmmakers come to get North American distribution for their films (and not just a...
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TIFF PHOTO GALLERY: Aidan Quinn and Kristin Scott Thomas at the premiere of Sarah’s Key
This is Kristin Scott Thomas's second TIFF visit for a French-language film. In 2008, the bilingual beauty was in Toronto to plug...
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TIFF PHOTO GALLERY: Yeardley Smith’s hilariously frank explanation of what producers do at the What’s Wrong With Virginia press conference
Movie press conferences, for the most part, are 40-minute long, self-congratulation sessions for the director and the cast as well...
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TIFF PHOTO GALLERY: Kevin Spacey, Kristin Scott Thomas, Kelly Preston, Jon Lovitz at the premiere of Casino Jack
Casino Jack, based on the true events surrounding real-life D.C. lobbyist “Casino” Jack Abramoff, has all the sexy keywords of...
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TIFF PHOTO GALLERY: Jennifer Connelly, Ed Harris and Yeardley Smith at the What’s Wrong With Virginia premiere
Photographers, reporters and publicists all agree that TIFF madness peaked with Monday’s Kidman-Portman double-header. Despite...
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TIFF PHOTO GALLERY: Ryan Phillippe and Malin Akerman walk the red carpet at the premiere of The Bang Bang Club
At last night’s premiere of The Bang Bang Club —a Canadian–South African collaboration about real-life war photographers...
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Keanu Reeves bears witness to TIFF’s most awkward moment yet
What was possibly the most awkward hour of TIFF so far took place yesterday at the press conference for the new Keanu Reeves...
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Grief group shot down Nicole Kidman for Rabbit Hole research
We often hear about people bending rules for celebrities, so it was refreshing to hear that Nicole Kidman was told no when she was...
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Black Swan director owns up to girl-on-girl action, apologizes to Natalie Portman for making her eat carrots
“How do you make an independent film that makes people curious and want to come to it? Just get a couple of girls kissing, and...
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TIFF PHOTO GALLERY: Keanu Reeves dodges traffic and Vera Farmiga shows off baby bump at gala screening of Henry’s Crime
Today’s lesson in red carpet photography is that photos of pregnant actresses sell very well. As a result, all the photographers...
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TIFF PHOTO GALLERY: Catherine Deneuve and François Ozon gossip about Gérard Depardieu at the Potiche press conference
Potiche , which got its TIFF premiere last night at Roy Thomson Hall, marks the second time that legendary French actor Catherine...
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TIFF PHOTO GALLERY: Hilary Swank and the woman she portrays at the Conviction press conference
"If I didn't do justice to this story, which is so beautiful and inspiring, I don't think I could live with myself," said...
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Worst-dressed couple at TIFF? Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban
Who spent more time on their hair, Nicole Kidman or Keith Urban ? That was our first thought when we saw the celebrity couple on...
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TIFF PHOTO GALLERY: Helen Mirren and Andrea Riseborough at the Brighton Rock premiere
At last night's premiere of Brighton Rock , Helen Mirren kept it casual, looking as if she had just come from a fancy garden...
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Tales from the Elgin, wherein we accidentally attend the premiere of Another Year
Sometimes a gala is so highly anticipated that it completely overshadows the preceding special screenings. Last year, while...
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TIFF PHOTO GALLERY: Talking with Ryan Reynolds about snakes, the Green Lantern, and inviting viewers into his box in Buried
We can all name a scene from a movie or TV show in which someone gets buried alive and escapes just in the nick of time— Kill...
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Guillaume Canet narrowly escapes disaster at his Little White Lies premiere
Director and actor Guillaume Canet almost cancelled his own premiere for Little White Lies at Roy Thomson Hall because there was a...
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TIFF PHOTO GALLERY: Paul Giamatti, Minnie Driver and Robert Lantos sit down to talk about Barney’s Version
After the dismal showing of Score: A Hockey Musical, Canadians should be happy that there’s more than one high-profile CanCon...
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TIFF PHOTO GALLERY: Woody Allen, Anthony Hopkins and Josh Brolin at the premiere of You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
Yonge Street was abuzz Sunday evening as veteran director Woody Allen arrived for the premiere of his latest film, You Will Meet a...
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Bill Gates and Davis Guggenheim talk about new doc Waiting for Superman
Oscar-winning director Davis Guggenheim hopes that Waiting for Superman , his new documentary about the American education...
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Quality Trash: Meet director Ron Oliver, Hallmark’s king of schmaltz
Over two decades and dozens of made-for-TV Christmas films, Oliver has become the Hallmark Channel’s most prolific, flamboyant and unapologetically sappy director
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Small Space, Big Ambition: Twenty Torontonians embracing tiny living with small-footprint homes and space-saving hacks
From laneway homes to garden suites to houseboats, these creative living spaces offer style, affordability and comfort in a city where land is in short supply
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“I spent eight months locked up in an Ontario reform school. The abuse I endured almost destroyed me”
For 50 years, the Ontario government incarcerated kids accused of infractions as minor as truancy, drinking or shoplifting in so-called training schools
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The Mensch: Inside the culinary empire of Chinese-food king David Schwartz
The chef behind Mimi and Sunnys Chinese spent years mastering the cuisine of a culture not his own. Now, he’s risking it all to return to his roots
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Meeting Mr. Right: What a Pierre Poilievre election win could mean for Toronto
Anti-Trudeau sentiment has officially breached the GTA. But what does the alternative look like? Here, 12 prognosticators weigh in on the impact of a Poilievre government for Canada’s largest city
Deep Dives
Ontario’s health care system is in chaos, and these doctors and patients are fed up
Half a million Torontonians are without a primary care physician. The search is maddening, exhausting and often futile. Dispatches from the front lines
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Turf War: Old money versus new money at the Toronto Lawn Tennis Club
For 148 years, the country’s oldest tennis club was an ivy-covered bastion of civility with a roster of like-minded, blue-blooded members. Then chaos erupted
Deep Dives
The Cult of Wellness: Othership, Nutbar and the expensive, obsessive quest for a perfect life
A growing cohort of Torontonians are swapping the coke-fuelled, booze-soaked club scene for cold plunges, sobriety and superfood smoothies. Here’s what it takes (and costs) to foster the ideal body and mind
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Michelin Men: Inside the making of LSL, Toronto’s wildly ambitious new fine-dining powerhouse
The $680-a-head uptown restaurant everyone’s talking about has three giant egos in the kitchen and one very rich benefactor calling the shots. If they don’t self-destruct, they may well produce something spectacular
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Inside Toronto’s explosion of bad dogs and worse owners
Boisterous, barky, humpy, mean: they’re everywhere and no one’s happy. Dispatches from the canine wars
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The Battle for Leslieville: Gentrification, opioids and murder in the city’s most divided neighbourhood
Last summer, when a stray bullet killed a young mother near the South Riverdale supervised consumption site, it sparked a vicious fight between area residents. One year later, tensions are high, neither side will back down and the overdose crisis rages on
Deep Dives
Scatterbrain: Inside the explosion of adult ADHD
Five years ago, hardly anyone was talking about adult ADHD. Now it’s all over social media, and self-diagnosis is rampant. How a complex neurological condition became the new superpower
Deep Dives
Who Earns What: The stories behind Toronto’s top salaries
From Olivia Chow to Galen Weston Jr. to Drake, here’s everything we could find on what the city’s biggest names are bringing home
Deep Dives
How the abuses of a small-town family doctor tore his community apart
Wameed Ateyah was the answer to Schomberg’s prayers: a family physician who took walk-ins, made house calls, gave to local charities. Then his dark secret was revealed
Food & Drink
These are Toronto’s best new restaurants of 2024
This year’s winners include a tiny perfect snack bar, a Japanese listening lounge and a high-flying steakhouse. What they all have in common is a fanatical commitment to excellence
Deep Dives
The professor, the caregiver and the missing $30 million
Before he died, William Waters transferred his fortune to his wife’s caregiver. His lawyers say she coerced him. She says they were having an affair. The untold story of a scandalous estate battle
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My Psychotic Break: The postpartum nightmare no one talks about
After the birth of my first child, I split with reality. I had terrifying hallucinations, received messages from the spirit world and spent so much on New Age paraphernalia that I had to sell my house. A memoir on finding my way back to reality
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The Great Pretenders: How two faux-Inuit sisters cashed in on a life of deception
Karima Manji wanted it all for her twin daughters, Amira and Nadya. And she found a way to help them get it: financial aid earmarked for Indigenous kids. The fact that they weren’t remotely Indigenous wasn’t going to stop her
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“My world tour doesn’t feel complete without a Toronto show”: This Swiftie has spent over $5,200 on the Eras Tour
Expenses include: a pre-concert blowout, a DIY replica of Taylor Swift’s beaded bodysuit and two round trips to Europe
City
This accountant makes $76,000 a year. How does she spend it?
“I haven’t bought an office lunch in two years”
City
This actor, bartender and financial planner makes $264,000 a year. How does she spend it?
“I’ve spent almost $5,000 on my dog this year”
City
This Wychwood couple makes $123,800 a year. How do they spend it?
“Ontario was too expensive, so we’re having our wedding in Mexico”
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House of the Week: $1.5 million for a loft that used to be a yarn factory
The 1,700-square-foot property comes with 18-foot ceilings, a fishbowl bedroom, a cobblestone lane and a private terrace
Real Estate
House of the Week: $8.5 million for an Etobicoke prairie home familiar to Netflix fans
The 6,300-square-foot property comes with a safe room, 30 skylights, 18 parking spots and a funky soaker tub in the main bedroom
Real Estate
House of the Week: $4.4 million for a gated Summerhill semi overlooking a soccer pitch
The 3,500-square-foot property comes with an elevator, two underground parking spots, landscaping service and a fireplace on the roof
Real Estate
House of the Week: $4.9 million for an enormous ex-schoolhouse near Trinity Bellwoods stuffed with stunning art
The 5,000-square-foot property comes with classroom layouts, an elevator, a kooky catwalk and skylights everywhere
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House of the Week: This East York property nearly tripled its asking price in two years
The 2,700-square-foot home comes with a wine rack suspended in mid-air, 20-foot vaulted ceilings and a basement with nanny-suite potential