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Spotted at TIFF: Mary J. Blige goes to Pablo, Charlie Hunnam tells off stalkers
Everywhere the stars have been spotted over the last 24 hours
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Robert De Niro, Jessica Chastain and 30 other stars filming in Toronto this fall
Films by Aaron Sorkin, Guillermo Del Toro and many more
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Spotted: Justin Timberlake getting kissed, James Franco phoning it in and Maria Bello proving two selfies are better than one
While we're in the home stretch of this year's festival's wrap, and so many of our favourite celebs took off yesterday, there were...
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Martin Short goofed off with Pamela Anderson (and James Franco arrived fashionably late) at the AMBI Gala
Inside TIFF's swankiest party so far, with Danny Glober, Mike Tyson, Sylvia Mantella and more
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25 celebrities that are (probably) coming to Toronto for TIFF
From long-shot Timberlake to for-sure Franco
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What happens when you put Helen Mirren, Moby, Paul Haggis and the Arcade Fire together in a castle?
As the sunset loomed over Casa Loma last night, partygoers arrived at the Artists for Peace and Justice fundraiser and posed for...
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Diana Ross and James Franco carouse at the AMBI Gala
The stars had their pre-TIFF party on Wednesday at the AMBI Gala, a charity ball benefitting Prince Albert of Monaco’s eco...
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A wink from James Franco, a date with Douglas Booth and other fantasies from TIFF fans camped out in front of the Trump Tower
Provided you have the patience, one good star-spotting technique during TIFF is to camp out in front of one of the city's fanciest...
Spotted: James Franco flipping the bird
Aspiring auteur and sometimes–Twitter lecher James Franco might be an English Lit PhD candidate at Yale, but the newly bald star...
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Here is a video of some General Hospital characters talking about Rob Ford
How can we be sure that Rob Ford has truly seeped into the pop-cultural groundwater? This conversation between General Hospital...
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TIFF Party: James Franco proves he’s just as well-rounded as he seems at a fête for The Director
Basement parties were the height of luxury last night as Gucci fêted the James Franco- produced documentary The Director in the...
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SPOTTED: Intellectual hottie James Franco lands at Pearson airport
This year’s festival has been all about the sexy men, and more pulse-quickening hunks just keep on arriving. An anonymous...
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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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TIFF Roundup: the winners and losers from this year’s fest
Make no mistake: While the TIFF red carpet is all air kisses and man-hugs, the festival is also a competition—for distribution...
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TIFF PARTY: Ray Liotta and Stephen Dorff eventually turn up for The Iceman after-party
Although a number of The Iceman’ s A-list stars, including Winona Ryder, David Schwimmer and James Franco, were no-shows at the...
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TIFF WEEKEND ROUNDUP: The five hottest parties from the festival’s first few nights
Movie debuts and closed-door distribution deals may be the driving forces behind the Toronto International Film Festival, but...
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TIFF PARTY: Selena Gomez, Vanessa Hudgens and a pair of hard-partying twins at the Spring Breakers shindig
Spring Breakers may not really be about spring break, but the after-party sure was. Stars Selena Gomez, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley...
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TIFF PRESS CONFERENCE: James Franco holds court with Selena Gomez and Vanessa Hudgens at the Spring Breakers presser
Bless James Franco! Without him, filmmakers might actually have to talk about their own films. Oddball American director Harmony...
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TIFF 2012 Insider’s Guide: top 10 places to eat
Amid the cocktail swilling and celebrity gawking, eating can be an afterthought during TIFF. Good news: there are plenty of...
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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: James Franco returns for another TIFF (this time, to promote a film)
This year, James Franco appears on TIFF screens as a gangster who rescues (or ruins?) the spring break of four female...
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Year in Review: TIFF 2011, where we saw celebrities everywhere (and even shared a bathroom with one)
TIFF this year was a a non-stop gauntlet of activity, from press conferences to movie screenings (actually), swag lounges and some...
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James Franco grabs a man’s tush and Johnny Rotten tells a fan “we’re fucking done here” at Bad Day Magazine’s TIFF party
Bad Day magazine took over the Hoxton on Sunday night to celebrate Gus Van Sant and James Franco’ s Memories of Idaho . The...
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Canada Day Bar Cart: Summer sips
Make the most of this momentous occasion with these easy sippers, including wines, brews, spirits and low-alcohol bevs
Best New Restaurants
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These are Toronto’s best new restaurants of 2025
This year’s list includes a Korean Ecuadorian diner, a supper club that showcases regional Chinese dishes tweaked with seasonal Canadian ingredients and a Parkdale chaat house that makes a mean Pakistani Sloppy Joe. It’s official: fusion is in
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Sex worker and
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consultant Andrea Werhun’s journey from strip clubs to Hollywood
Andrea Werhun’s dream was to be a writer, but there was a lot more money in sex work. She told herself she’d quit soon, then spent years working as a stripper. In 2022, Sean Baker hired her as a consultant on his Oscar-sweeping film. Now she’s stepping into her own spotlight
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Game Over: Inside fallen Toronto Raptor Jontay Porter’s sports betting scandal
As the pivotal member of a notorious betting ring, Porter was playing for another team. The story of a cheater, his bookmakers and the wager that brought them all down
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Megan Savard for the Defence: Meet the lawyer representing a player at the centre of the Hockey Canada trial
She’s fierce, shrewd and relentless. And she doesn’t just want to win—she wants to dismantle the prison system altogether
Food & Drink
These are Toronto’s best new restaurants of 2025
This year’s list includes a Korean Ecuadorian diner, a supper club that showcases regional Chinese dishes tweaked with seasonal Canadian ingredients and a Parkdale chaat house that makes a mean Pakistani Sloppy Joe. It’s official: fusion is in
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
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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
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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
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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
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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?
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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
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An all-Canadian wine festival is coming to Fort York
Elbows Up aims to make it easier (and cheaper) to buy Canadian-made bottles
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This Toronto Italian restaurant is launching a pasta tasting menu made with all-Canadian ingredients
It’s Amano Trattoria’s elbows-up moment
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A high-tech greenhouse in King City is sticking it to Trump’s tariffs
How to reduce our reliance on American farmers? Rely on robot ones instead
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“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