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TIFF Party: Webers burgers, foul language and a charitable dunking at the star-studded APJ fundraiser
A hodgepodge of Hollywood elites and local royalty gathered at the Forest Hill home of Michael Budman and Diane Bald (otherwise...
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Colin Firth and Stephen Moyer attend pre-drinks with Atom Egoyan at Hudson Kitchen
"Go west, young man" seems to be the credo for stars at this year's TIFF. While Grey Goose Soho House has hosted some major...
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TIFF Party: Nicole Kidman holds court and Colin Firth is downright dashing at The Railway Man after-party
Firth wore the crap out of his tux (of course, when a man can wear the crap out of a Christmas sweater, a tux isn’t much of a...
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The 50 Buzziest Films of TIFF: We Cut Through the Hype So You Don’t Have To
Single tickets for the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival go on sale this Sunday, September 1. The schedule, packed with...
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The insider dish on Soho House: who made the cut and who didn’t at the city’s new, exclusive private club
On Wednesday, July 25, a group of 30 people gathered for a secret meeting in the boardroom of a nondescript office building on...
Culture
TIFF RED CARPET: Colin Firth celebrates his 52nd birthday with Emily Blunt at the Arthur Newman premiere
Since TIFF began, the seemingly tireless Emily Blunt has walked the Argo red carpet, snuggled up to husband John Krasinski at Soho...
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TIFF PARTY: Naomi Watts is a dancing queen at the CAA bash
Watching Naomi Watts shake her groove thang to the sultry sounds of George Michael at the CAA party at Cinema in Liberty Village...
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TIFF 2012 Insider’s Guide: top 10 spots for boozing and schmoozing with stars
TIFF can be the most exhausting event of the year—10 days of near constant drinking, schmoozing and...
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The 50 buzziest films of TIFF 2012: we slice through the hype so you don’t have to
Single tickets for the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival go on sale this Sunday, September 2. And with a record 372 films...
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CONFIRMED: Mr. Darcy (er, Colin Firth) is coming to TIFF
No matter what he does, Colin Firth will always be remembered as the sometimes dashing, sometimes devious Mr. Darcy from Pride and...
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Photos from the Vanity Fair Oscar party: George Pimentel takes us through his shots of Bieber, Gwyneth and many more
Toronto’s top celebrity shutterbug, George Pimentel , spent last week—Oscar week—stargazing in Tinseltown. His tour included...
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TIFF to Tinseltown: a tour of the 14 Oscar-nominated films that screened at TIFF
The Toronto International Film Festival may not have the glamour of Cannes, the street cred of Berlin or the skiing of...
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Shafted! (Or, our requisite article on how Canada fared in the 2011 Oscar nominations)
When the Oscar nominations came out this morning, we scrolled right past the laundry list of best picture nods (that 10-picture...
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Justin Bieber gets new hair, plus top five Canada moments at the Golden Globes
Moment 1: The kid is all right He’s just growing up, that’s all. Justin Bieber presented an award sporting a brand new hairdo...
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Canadian novels to be given away for free in Britain
Three revered Canadian novels will be getting both a publicity and sales boost, thanks to a new reading campaign across the...
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TIFF’s most memorable couples
Is it just us, or were significant others one of the most commonly spotted red carpet accessories? Nicole, Jon, Megan (to name a...
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Looking back at TIFF 2010: Eight films to watch
As with any film festival, TIFF 2010 had its share of disappointments (Miral, Hereafter) and outright disasters (Passion...
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TIFF’s best dressed
Admittedly, this was a harder list to put together than our worst-dressed roundup . But we dug through the TIFF photo archives and...
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Looking back at TIFF 2010: an Alliance Films VP gives her run down of this year’s fest
On Friday morning, Carrie Wolfe , the vice president of publicity and promotion for Alliance Films, was packing up her...
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TIFF PHOTO GALLERY: Colin Firth and Geoffrey Rush at the King’s Speech premiere
The King's Speech is already garnering Oscar speculation for Colin Firth's role as King George VI's struggle to overcome a stutter...
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TIFF PHOTO GALLERY: Colin Firth’s 50th Birthday at Soho House Club
The Toronto International Film Festival happened to coincide with the birthday of one of its most frequent guests: Colin Firth...
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Year of the silver fox: TIFF’s 10 hottest celebrities over 50
Today is Colin Firth’ s 50th birthday, and you know what that means. Time to praise the lord for tight-fitting sweaters and...
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Official TIFF guest list released: Jon Hamm, James Franco, Javier Bardem, Marion Cotillard, Will Ferrell and more
Woot! Woot! The exhaustive official guest list for TIFF has been released (James Franco! Jon Hamm! Uma Thurman!), meaning we can...
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Celebrities confirmed for TIFF: Edward Norton, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Helen Mirren and more
Alliance Films is the first distributor to confirm its TIFF lineup and talent, giving us a preliminary look at the stars we'll be...
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Dancing Queens: Patrons, staff and performers share their wildest memories of Crews and Tangos, Toronto’s most storied drag bar
Crews and Tangos has been enforcing the rules of the Village for more than 30 years: wear what you want, kiss who you want, but don’t forget to tip the drag queens. With a condo development looming, we asked around for tales from the iconic spot
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The Joy of Sex with Strangers: A Toronto hotwife’s adventures in ethical non-monogamy
Three months ago, I was a suburban mom in a monogamous relationship. Now I’m sleeping with people I meet online—with my husband’s blessing—and we’ve never been happier. Don’t judge us until you’ve read our story
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The Scandal, the Firing and the Fallout: Anatomy of a Bay Street fiasco at RBC
Nadine Ahn was a high-ranking executive at the bank. Ken Mason, her subordinate, was rapidly promoted. Then someone claimed to see them canoodling at the Royal York, tipped off HR and triggered an inquisition
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Edward the Conqueror: The unlikely ascent of Canada’s telecom king
Edward Rogers was dismissed as a meddling nepo baby—until he muscled out his siblings, acquired his competitors, cornered the telecom market and became the dominant force in Canadian sports
Deep Dives
Lady Parts: Inside Meredith MacNeill and Jennifer Whalen’s new show,
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Baroness von Sketch Show
alumnae have elevated joking about women’s issues to an art. Their new show takes aim at menopause. How funny is that?
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Murder in the Blue Mountains: The story behind the killing of Ashley Schwalm
Ashley and James Schwalm had what seemed like a fairy tale life—two wonderful children, fulfilling careers and a gorgeous home close to the private ski club where they’d fallen in love. Then Ashley’s remains turned up in a burned-out car at the bottom of a ditch, and all signs pointed to her husband
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Dark Horse: Inside the fall of Eric Lamaze, Canada’s most famous equestrian
For years, Lamaze was the world’s top-ranked show jumper, living an enviable life filled with fancy cars, international travel and adoring fans—the kind of life a person might do anything to protect
Deep Dives
Dividing Line: How the Bloor Street bike lane turned the city into a battlefield
A few kilometres along Bloor has become Toronto’s most contested strip of concrete, igniting fights over congestion, safety and the future of downtown
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The Chosen One: At just 23, Scottie Barnes is the new face of the Raptors—and the team’s best chance of salvation
Barnes is shouldering the weight of an impatient, basketball-mad city, a hit-and-miss team, and his own colossal ambitions. Does he look worried?
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Famous: Inside the Beaches’ rise to rock stardom
A viral earworm about a breakup turned the Beaches into Toronto’s hottest export. Now, the panty-throwing, stage-diving, all-girl rock band is seducing fans around the world
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“I was nearly beaten to death by my partner. The case was dismissed because it took too long to get to trial”
How an overburdened justice system is failing survivors of intimate partner violence
Deep Dives
Brave New Year: The ultimate try-anything-once bucket list for 2025
For inspiration on wonderful, wild and even some slightly reckless experiences to enjoy in the year ahead
Deep Dives
The stars of the PWHL’s Toronto Sceptres on finally having a league of their own
After kicking off a new chapter for hockey with the PWHL, Natalie Spooner, Sarah Nurse and Blayre Turnbull are blazing a trail for women in sports
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The 50 Most Influential Torontonians of 2024
Our annual ranking of the people whose courage, smarts and clout are changing the world as we know it
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Food & Drink
The US tariffs are coming for your espresso martini
With Kahlúa no longer available at the LCBO, Toronto bartenders are getting creative
Food & Drink
These Ontario-made booze collaborations are coming to a restaurant near you
Toronto bars and restaurants are partnering with their favourite distillers, winemakers and brewers to produce custom-made drinks. Here, nine crushable new concoctions
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“We have over 100 cases of American wine trapped at the LCBO”: Toronto’s Grape Witches on what it’s like to run a bottle shop during a trade war
It’s not as simple as taking sides when you’re a small business
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Six Toronto restaurants serving up all-Canadian menus
With a trade war upon us, our city’s chefs are taking a stand