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On the festival’s penultimate night, Shinan Govani and Barry Avrich held a fête for Boldface Names
“Another book launch party?” we asked. “This is number three—officially,” said the paperback writer in Prada. Third...
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Culture
Entourage star buys Canadian art during TIFF
Vancouver art, meet L.A. stardom: Entourage star Adrian Grenier strolled into the Toronto art gallery 107 Shaw for The Video Word...
Culture
The Tastemakers’ Lounge: generous to the famous
Where’s a TIFF -goer to head for a semblance of home when they are miles before sleep? To the Tastemakers Lounge, of course. In...
Culture
Precious wins People’s Choice Award, screens free tonight
right after the closing gala, The Young Victoria .
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Culture
Why Jack White has no film career in his future
Jack White only looks like a man just waiting to be immortalized by Johnny Depp. In the press conference for Emmett Malloy' s tour...
Culture
The buzz around TIFF awards is running rampant
We are thinking that the Cadillac People's Choice Award should be renamed Teenager's Choice this TIFF. High school horrors like...
Food & Drink
Cooking with Tyler at Mildred’s Temple Kitchen
Serving Indian food to the Indian stars of a film about cooking— Dilip Mehta' s Cooking With Stella, to be precise—sounds like...
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Culture
The TIFFing point: last night at 9 p.m., the film fest ended in spirit, if not in fact
We regret to inform you that TIFF 's party circuit is dead. The knell sounded just before 9 p.m. last night, on a quiet Yorkville...
Culture
A brush with (almost) fame at the Film Italia party
The Italian Film Commission scouts the best locations for their annual TIFF gala—two years ago, they were the first to take over...
Culture
A film festival photographer tells us about the best and worst celebrity subjects
If not all-seeing, the most-seeing eyes of TIFF are the big photographers: George Pimentel, the Getty peeps, and so on. Last...
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Culture
Keanu Reeves is not going to be this year’s Sean Penn, sorry
“He talked to me, you know,” breathed a girl at Joe Fresh’s dinner for The Private Lives of Pippa Lee and its players:...
Culture
A limo driver dishes on chauffeuring George Clooney
Like most of TIFF’s A-list, George Clooney and company drive to and fro in Richmond Limousines. We asked one of the Men in Black...
Culture
Why it’s easy (and a bad idea) to hate Megan Fox
We didn’t want to like her: she dresses tackily, probably can’t act and brazenly embraces ubiquity. Her hotness seems...
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Culture
Arctic Monkeys singer Alex Turner is denied VIP access at the Holts party
The VIP rooftop of the Burroughes was the coolest spot at the Holt Renfrew party last night, literally. The night air was...
Style
We hit up Coco Rocha at the Holt Renfrew fash bash
Holt Renfrew took their annual gala, always the festival’s most fashionable bash, to new heights last night—the very top of...
Culture
We chat with George Clooney at last night’s Men Who Stare at Goats after party on the Bridle Path
Women who stare at George Clooney ? All of them. No exceptions. There’s no point in pretending. We had only to follow the female...
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Culture
John Riley apologizes to Jennifer Connelly; original remarks were “in jest”
It didn't take long for Astral Media to respond to Jennifer Connelly 's press-conference message to John Riley , which was this:...
Culture
The long-distance love of Lars von Trier and Willem Dafoe
The Scotiabank Theatre screen used to project Antichrist director Lars von Trier (he refuses to fly, so he appeared at this...
Style
Dressing for TIFF: Borrowing glad rags with Emily Hampshire
We hope The Trotsky turns out to be the big break for winsome Canadian actress Emily Hampshire , if only so we can tell our kids...
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Culture
Jennifer Connelly is torn apart by bigwig exec but exacts her revenge flawlessly
Jennifer Connelly was literally ripped apart by Astral Media bigwig John Riley for failing to show at his gala yesterday—when...
Culture
Smiths bassist Andy Rourke is a blowhard
The Drake threw the least official—ergo, most fun—opening party last night. Hired to spin can’t-go-wrong songs like “Stuck...
Culture
Jennifer Connelly hits the Rosewater Supper Club, where no one cares about the movies
Lesson learned on festival Day One: stop trying to make film discussion happen. It’s not going to happen! Shut up and down your...
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Culture
Jay Baruchel: Commie hero in film, capitalist burger devourer in life
Should you find yourself in love with the nerd-hero Jay Baruchel, in town for The Trotsky, there are two things to know:...
Culture
Spill it: Our six TIFF essentials (so far)
Walk softly and carry a big bag: the official motto of a TIFF survivalist. We chose a double-duty Danier bag ($199)—it’s big...
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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
Deep Dives
“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
Deep Dives
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
Deep Dives
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
Deep Dives
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
Deep Dives
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
Deep Dives
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
Deep Dives
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
Deep Dives
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
Deep Dives
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
Cost of Living
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”
City
This Distillery District couple makes $120,000 a year. How do they spend it?
“I like fancy brunch and he likes dives—but all of it is expensive”
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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
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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
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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
Real Estate
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