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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
What went down at Toronto Life and Hello! Canada ’s Hollywood North party

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.

 

Director X
Julien Lutz, also known as Director X

 

Host Sangita Patel
Host Sangita Patel

 

Elaine Lui, Brandon Gonez, Andre De Grasse, Kayla Grey and Kathleen Newman-Bremang
Reporter Elaine Lui, host Brandon Gonez, Olympian Andre De Grasse, SportsCentre anchor Kayla Grey and Refinery29 editor Kathleen Newman-Bremang

 

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Olympic sprinter Andre De Grasse
Seven-time Olympic medallist Andre De Grasse

 

Tamara Podemski
Actor and screenwriter Tamara Podemski

 

Brandon Gonez and Kayla Grey
Brandon Gonez and Kayla Grey

 

Kirk Pickersgill of Greta Constantine, stylist and designer Jordan Zebedee, Nikki Yassemi of NARCES and Stefan Wirthensohn of NARCES
Kirk Pickersgill of Greta Constantine, stylist and designer Jordan Zebedee, and Nikki Yassemi and Stefan Wirthensohn, both of Narces

 

Tyronne Edwards, Elaine Lui and Kathleen Newman-Bremang
Etalk anchor Tyrone Edwards, Elaine Lui and Kathleen Newman-Bremang

 

<em>Toronto Life</em> publisher Jason Maghanoy
Toronto Life publisher Jason Maghanoy

 

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What went down at Toronto Life and Hello! Canada ’s Hollywood North party

 

Jeffrey Remedios, CEO of Universal Music Canada, and Lucia Remedios, owner of Analogue Gallery
Jeffrey Remedios, CEO of Universal Music Canada, and Lucia Remedios, owner of Analogue Gallery

 

Chloe Benner of Arts & Crafts Music, former NBA player Matt Bonner, Clement Chu of CCYAA and Kamen Sun,co-owner Sushi Yugen
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

 

Alison Eastwood, editor-in-chief of <em>Hello! Canada</em>
Alison Eastwood, editor-in-chief of Hello! Canada

 

Style guru Nicholas Mellamphy, painter Andrea Bolley and columnist Shinan Govani
Style guru Nicholas Mellamphy, painter Andrea Bolley and columnist Shinan Govani

 

Malcolm Johnston, editor-in-chief of Toronto Life and Robin TK
Robin Verduyn and Malcolm Johnston, editor-in-chief of Toronto Life

 

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What went down at Toronto Life and Hello! Canada ’s Hollywood North party

 

What went down at Toronto Life and Hello! Canada ’s Hollywood North party

 

Kate Daniels and David Daniels
Producer Kate Daniels and developer David Daniels

 

Anne-Marie Kypreos and Nick Kypreos
Anne-Marie Kypreos and Nick Kypreos, Sportsnet commentator

 

Drag performer Jada Shada Hudson
Drag performer Jada Shada Hudson

 

Tracy Moore
Breakfast Television host Tracy Moore

 

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Cheryl Hickey
Breakfast Television host Cheryl Hickey

 

Gurdeep Ahluwalia
Gurdeep Ahluwalia, host of 98.1 CHFI

 

Jamie Campbell and guest
Laura Miller, director of public policy and communications at Uber, and Sportsnet commentator Jamie Campbell

 

Chef Rodney Bowers and <em>Breakfast Television</em> co-host Meredith Shaw
Chef Rodney Bowers and Breakfast Television co-host Meredith Shaw

 

George Antonopoulos and Deirdre Marinelli
George Antonopoulos and Deidre Marinelli, senior creative director and publisher, respectively, of Fashion magazine

 

Nicolina Bozzo and Darnell Thomas, RBCxMusic performers
Nicolina Bozzo and Darnell Thomas, RBCxMusic performers

 

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What went down at Toronto Life and Hello! Canada ’s Hollywood North party

 

What went down at Toronto Life and Hello! Canada ’s Hollywood North party

 

What went down at Toronto Life and Hello! Canada ’s Hollywood North party

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