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“I lost my home and my collection of 30 original Andy Warhol artworks in the LA fires”
Ron Rivlin thought he could ride out the Pacific Palisades wildfire at his LA home—until the winds shifted, putting his life and his $15-million art collection at risk
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POLL: White carpet style, Rachel McAdams edition
Remember when we told you about The Vow ? You know, that movie where Channing Tatum and Rachel McAdams play a married couple who...
City News
The people versus the athletes: are Toronto fans incessant boo-birds?
When former Toronto Blue Jays ace Roy Halladay returned to town this weekend, the sold-out crowd at the Rogers Centre showered him...
Real Estate News
Mark Wahlberg purchases an exclusive penthouse property in the city that saved his life
TIFF is still a few months away, but the celebrity sightings are already starting. In the last week alone , Robert Pattinson made...
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The art of self-defence: the unbearable anxiety of being Ken Finkleman
His shows are nasty, sophisticated, hilarious—and often dismissed as derivative. The unbearable anxiety of being Ken Finkleman...
Food & Drink
Think you’re a food snob? Wait until you see the pilot of Foodies, a new Web series
Are you worried that your food obsession is turning your friends off? Foodies, a new Web TV series that launched yesterday, will...
Culture
We try to find five top Canadian Oscar moments from Sunday’s Academy Awards snoozefest
Well, there you have it. Awards season is over, but the hangover—or, in the case of The Social Network gang, the lingering...
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Culture
Oscar watch: 10 questions about the Academy Awards with Canada’s gossip girl Lainey
Elaine Lui is Canada’s gossipmonger extraordinaire, with a master's in Gaga and a black belt in Brangelina. This week, the...
Culture
Captain Canuck goes Hollywood: possible movie in the works, with Justin Bieber as the red-caped crime fighter
Move over, Captain America. According to the L.A. Times , Richard Comely , creator of the comic book character Captain Canuck , is...
City News
Battle of the big-screen porn stars: Toronto’s Malin Akerman on replacing Lindsay Lohan
Late last year, we found out that North Toronto C.I.’s own Malin Akerman would be starring as Linda Lovelace in Inferno , a...
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Rob Ford wants to make Toronto “world class” by bringing NFL to the city
We woke this morning to the news that Rob Ford and his brother and colleague on council Doug Ford have their eyes on a new prize:...
City News
Toronto road tolls go from abhorrent to approved: how’d that happen?
The Star reported on Saturday, and other papers have followed since, that the Toronto City Summit Alliance has released a new...
City News
Toronto named one of the world’s “emerging” destinations
In this weekend's New York Times Style Magazine, Toronto was singled out as an up-and-coming travel destination, along with...
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Culture
Programmer responsible for The Tudors, Being Erica quits CBC
At a time when CBC recruiters are in L.A. trying to lure back Canadian writing talent , CBC programming chief Fred Fuchs, who's...
Culture
CBC execs head to L.A. to poach Canadian writers
Much like a man trying to woo back a girlfriend who left him for a hunky rich guy, the CBC is going to Los Angeles this week to...
City News
The inn crowd: Toronto’s five new luxury hotels
Over the next couple of years, this city will get five new luxury hotels. It starts with the Thompson, which opens its...
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Virgin to start flying out of Pearson, hopes it goes better than last time
Virgin America announced yesterday via Twitter it would soon be offering daily flights from Toronto to California’s west...
City News
Toronto has worse gridlock than New York, Montreal, Berlin, London and L.A.
Sure, there's some good news in the latest Toronto Board of Trade report: Toronto is among the most prosperous of global...
Food & Drink
L.A. is king of the delis, Quebec’s cheese war, Halloween candy buy-back program
• Some dentist offices in the U.S. are offering a Halloween candy buy-back program to encourage trick-or-treaters to take it...
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America’s best coffee, unilingual DineSafe rules, World Pasta Day
• In its November issue, GQ travels the States to pick America’s best coffee shops. Blue Bottle Coffee in San Francisco scores...
Style
Toronto’s Best Dressed: Jessica de Ruiter
Picking the perfect wedding dress is arguably the most important fashion decision some women will ever make. Los Angeles–based...
Food & Drink
Degrassi cast works together and plays together
Spotted outside The Windsor Arms today was the Degrassi squad: Adamo Ruggiero, Nina Dobrev and a couple of buds fresh from the IT...
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Inside the InterContinental Hotel: deep in the trenches of TIFF, where publicists, celebrities and journalists collide
The celebs may rest their weary heads at the Four Seasons, but in the daytime they are marched through Yorkville by irate...
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When it comes to the ethics of embedding journalists, Christie Blatchford misses the big picture (again)
I spent last week working in L.A.—an experience like no other, one that could make even the most deluded dreamer crave...
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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
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?
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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
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
Deep Dives
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
Food & Drink
“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
Food & Drink
Six Toronto restaurants serving up all-Canadian menus
With a trade war upon us, our city’s chefs are taking a stand