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PHOTO GALLERY: Creation opening night gala at Roy Thomson Hall with Jennifer Connelly and Paul Bettany

By Karon Liu

| September 11, 2009

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Jennifer Connelly greets fans at the world premiere of Creation, the opening gala of the Toronto International Film Festival 2009, at Roy Thomson Hall (Photo by Karon Liu)

The Toronto International Film Festival 2009 kicked off last night with the evening premiere of John Amiel‘s Creation, a British (and notably not Canadian) biopic about Charles Darwin. The stars of the film—real-life husband and wife Jennifer Connelly and Paul Bettany—took a glitzy stroll down the red carpet at Roy Thomson Hall and we were there.

PHOTO GALLERY: Creation opening night gala at Roy Thomson Hall with Jennifer Connelly and Paul Bettany

PHOTO GALLERY: Creation opening night gala at Roy Thomson Hall with Jennifer Connelly and Paul Bettany

PHOTO GALLERY: Creation opening night gala at Roy Thomson Hall with Jennifer Connelly and Paul Bettany

PHOTO GALLERY: Creation opening night gala at Roy Thomson Hall with Jennifer Connelly and Paul Bettany

PHOTO GALLERY: Creation opening night gala at Roy Thomson Hall with Jennifer Connelly and Paul Bettany

PHOTO GALLERY: Creation opening night gala at Roy Thomson Hall with Jennifer Connelly and Paul Bettany

PHOTO GALLERY: Creation opening night gala at Roy Thomson Hall with Jennifer Connelly and Paul Bettany

PHOTO GALLERY: Creation opening night gala at Roy Thomson Hall with Jennifer Connelly and Paul Bettany

PHOTO GALLERY: Creation opening night gala at Roy Thomson Hall with Jennifer Connelly and Paul Bettany

PHOTO GALLERY: Creation opening night gala at Roy Thomson Hall with Jennifer Connelly and Paul Bettany

PHOTO GALLERY: Creation opening night gala at Roy Thomson Hall with Jennifer Connelly and Paul Bettany

PHOTO GALLERY: Creation opening night gala at Roy Thomson Hall with Jennifer Connelly and Paul Bettany

Jennifer Connelly greets fans at the world premiere of Creation, the opening gala of the Toronto International Film Festival 2009, at Roy Thomson Hall (Photo by Karon Liu)

PHOTO GALLERY: Creation opening night gala at Roy Thomson Hall with Jennifer Connelly and Paul Bettany

PHOTO GALLERY: Creation opening night gala at Roy Thomson Hall with Jennifer Connelly and Paul Bettany

PHOTO GALLERY: Creation opening night gala at Roy Thomson Hall with Jennifer Connelly and Paul Bettany

PHOTO GALLERY: Creation opening night gala at Roy Thomson Hall with Jennifer Connelly and Paul Bettany

PHOTO GALLERY: Creation opening night gala at Roy Thomson Hall with Jennifer Connelly and Paul Bettany

PHOTO GALLERY: Creation opening night gala at Roy Thomson Hall with Jennifer Connelly and Paul Bettany

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