What went down at Toronto Life and Hello! Canada’s Hollywood North party
Filmmakers, music executives, celebrity chefs and Olympians gathered to celebrate the world’s greatest film festival
By Toronto Life| Photography by George Pimentel
| September 10, 2024
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On September 5, Toronto Life and Hello! Canada kicked off TIFF with a star-studded celebration at the University Club of Toronto. Dressed to the nines for the theme of ’40s old-Hollywood glam, guests included superstar sprinter Andre De Grasse, gossip maven Elaine Lui, Universal Music Canada CEO Jeffrey Remedios and screen star Tamara Podemski. See what went down below.
A special thanks to the evening’s generous partners: World Class Canada, Don Julio Tequila, Select Wines, ICON Wines, Ocean Spray, Fort Myers, Coveted Co., RBCxMusic First Up and ROOM.
Julien Lutz, also known as Director X
Host Sangita Patel
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Reporter Elaine Lui, host Brandon Gonez, Olympian Andre De Grasse, SportsCentre anchor Kayla Grey and Refinery29 editor Kathleen Newman-Bremang
Seven-time Olympic medallist Andre De Grasse
Actor and screenwriter Tamara Podemski
Brandon Gonez and Kayla Grey
Kirk Pickersgill of Greta Constantine, stylist and designer Jordan Zebedee, and Nikki Yassemi and Stefan Wirthensohn, both of Narces
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Etalk anchor Tyrone Edwards, Elaine Lui and Kathleen Newman-Bremang
Toronto Life publisher Jason Maghanoy
Jeffrey Remedios, CEO of Universal Music Canada, and Lucia Remedios, owner of Analogue Gallery
Chloe Benner of Arts and Crafts Music, two-time NBA champion Matt Bonner, Clement Chu of the Canadian Chinese Youth Athletic Association and Kamen Sun, co-owner of Sushi Yugen
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Alison Eastwood, editor-in-chief of Hello! Canada
Style guru Nicholas Mellamphy, painter Andrea Bolley and columnist Shinan Govani
Robin Verduyn and Malcolm Johnston, editor-in-chief of Toronto Life
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Producer Kate Daniels and developer David Daniels
Anne-Marie Kypreos and Nick Kypreos, Sportsnet commentator
Drag performer Jada Shada Hudson
Breakfast Television host Tracy Moore
Breakfast Television host Cheryl Hickey
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Gurdeep Ahluwalia, host of 98.1 CHFI
Laura Miller, director of public policy and communications at Uber, and Sportsnet commentator Jamie Campbell
Chef Rodney Bowers and Breakfast Television co-host Meredith Shaw
George Antonopoulos and Deidre Marinelli, senior creative director and publisher, respectively, of Fashion magazine
Nicolina Bozzo and Darnell Thomas, RBCxMusic performers
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