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Peaches’ playmates: The raunchy performance artist’s Hollywood network
The pioneer of Toronto electro-punk is a flashy provocateur who shrieks, hollers and writhes around onstage surrounded by giant...
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Culture
You decide: which female celeb dressed the best on the first weekend of TIFF?
TIFF red carpet premieres, September 10—13: Demolition , Eye in the Sky, About Ray, Sicario, Freeheld, The Lobster, Miss You...
Culture
Your star-spotting guide for the weekend of Saturday, September 12 and Sunday, September 13
This weekend is a dream come true for die-hard star-spotters, as TIFF parties ramp up and A-listers swarm the city for premieres...
Culture
George Stroumboulopoulos goes the full Angelina, named World Food Programme ambassador
The World Food Programme—an enormous international aid program that feeds 90 million people a year—has named George...
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TIFF’s worst dressed
This year's worst-dressed list was far easier to put together than our best-dressed roundup . (Overall, the fashion choices were...
Culture
The swag series: George Stroumboulopoulos’s celeb guests take ketchup chips and Clamato back to the U.S.
What it is: Guests of Strombo’ s new show, George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight, get their pick of some sweet swag in the Made in...
City News
From the Archives: a look back on TIFF’s most memorable moments
Oh, Snap 1978 Festival judge Robbie Robertson orders the Plaza II Hotel’s entire stash of Dom Perignon within an hour of...
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Tease those TIFF taste buds with a Shinan Govani Q&A
Local gossip king Shinan Govani landed the cover of the premiere issue of In Toronto magazine this week (it's like Xtra or Fab for...
Style
Grey hair trend makes its way to Toronto
We've been wondering when the grey hair trend would make its way from celebrities, teen bloggers and fashion runways to the...
Style
The year in fashion: a roundup of 2009 retrospectives
• Judith Thomson takes a look at the most memorable fashion moments of the Obama era. The highlights: the cardi-skirt combo...
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The best and worst of TIFF 2009
TIFF is toast for 2009, so we asked our team of writers and photographers report back on the best and worst, the scary and the...
Style
PHOTO GALLERY: 31 TIFF red carpet looks
Jennifer Garner and Julianne Moore opted for green and strapless, Amanda Seyfried chose sequins and Louboutins, and Drew Barrymore...
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...
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The fun dozen stop: our top 12 TIFF tales
This Saturday night, TIFF volunteers will roll up the red carpet for the last time in 2009. With the festival’s imminent...
Culture
Drew Barrymore plays cuteness Ping-Pong with Ellen Page
Sitting at opposite ends of the table at the press conference of the roller derby comedy, Whip It, Drew Barrymore and Ellen Page...
Culture
Patrick Swayze passes away during TIFF and the awkwardness of getting celebrity death reactions
Every time a famous person passes away, news organizations call up a bunch of celebrities to get reactions, usually consisting...
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RED CARPET INTERVIEW: Drew Barrymore, Ellen Page, Juliette Lewis and the cast of Whip It! at the Visa Screening Room
Culture
Loo styles of the rich and famous
Based on some recent indecent exposure, we’re thinking the key to TIFF reporting may be camping out next to the lav. The...
Culture
Whip It good: Drew Barrymore and Ellen Page at Tattoo Rock Parlour
Roller derby chicks whirled around a TTC streetcar outside Tattoo Rock Parlour on Queen West on Sunday, giving the red carpet...
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Drew Barrymore ditches her Whip It after-party for Sweaty Betty’s
Still a wild child, Drew Barrymore ditched her own party for Whip It (see the red carpet photos here ) at Tattoo Rock Parlour for...
Culture
PHOTO GALLERY: Drew Barrymore on the red carpet at the premiere of Whip It
We caught up with Drew Barrymore on the red carpet of the Ryerson Theatre for her premiere of Whip It . See the photos below.
Culture
TIFF weekend round-up: the top 10 stories from the Toronto International Film Festival, September 11 to 13
1. We chat with George Clooney at the Men Who Stare at Goats after party on the Bridle Path 2. Jennifer Connelly is torn apart by...
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We don’t care about the young folks: the Park Hyatt is overrun with stargazing 20-somethings
Did Gossip Girl put out an APB directing all 19-year-old girls from the GTA to the Park Hyatt roof? The hotel has been so...
Culture
Today at TIFF: September 13, 2009
Our daily roundup of the most buzz-worthy opening galas, parties and screenings. • Woodstock free public...
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Deep Dives
Inside the rise and fall of the Vaulter Bandit, the 21st century’s most notorious bank robber
To fellow tourists he met around the world, Jeffery Shuman was a semi-retired developer with a bright smile, an even tan and a fat wallet. In truth, he was a legendary bank robber on the run from the Toronto police and the US Marshals
Deep Dives
Anchor Man: Fox News host John Roberts on Trump, the trade war and the American psyche
If Fox News seems an unlikely landing spot for a guy who got his start pumping out Platinum Blonde on MuchMusic, you probably haven’t heard his thoughts about joining the notorious network, the Canada–US relationship and what he misses most about Toronto
Deep Dives
Trump’s Loss, Toronto’s Gain: Meet the artists, professors, scientists and other luminaries ditching the US and moving north
They’re coming from Big Law, the Ivy League, arts institutes and beyond, brimming with smarts and energy and united by a common cause: avoiding the carnage of Donald Trump. True tales from the brain gain
Deep Dives
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
Deep Dives
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
Deep Dives
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
Deep Dives
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,
Small Achievable Goals
The
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?
Deep Dives
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
Deep Dives
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
Deep Dives
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?
Deep Dives
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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
Deep Dives
“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
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Food & Drink
“We felt disconnected from the outdoors before”: What St. Lawrence Market North vendors think of their new home
And what locally made and grown goods they’re selling
Food & Drink
Sort-of Secret: Amelia’s Market, a Geary Avenue grocer selling local goods and light lunches
Like lovely cheese plates paired with glasses of Ontario-made wine
Food & Drink
“There’s more attention now on shopping close to home”: How Broadfork Produce is connecting Toronto’s top chefs with Ontario farmers
And the west-end supplier is opening to the public soon
Food & Drink
The US tariffs are coming for your espresso martini
With Kahlúa no longer available at the LCBO, Toronto bartenders are getting creative