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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 Roundup: the fest’s best-dressed stars
For a truly killer red carpet look, a celebrity—or their stylist—must find a show-stopping ensemble that’s...
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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 WEEKEND ROUNDUP: The celeb sightings, best fashion and gossip
There’s more to TIFF than just red carpets and parties. There’s also shameless celeb gawking and stalking, glamorous gowns and...
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TIFF PARTY: Jennifer Lawrence and Kristen Stewart hang out in the ultimate tweenage fantasy at Soho House
The party gods smiled on Soho House again last night, which is not at all surprising at this point (though we suspect they’ll...
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TIFF PARTY: Joseph Gordon-Levitt outlasts most of the partygoers at a late-night Looper bash
King West can be a mixed bag (it’s the stomping grounds of rowdy businessmen and drunken groups of girls), so it was only...
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Preparations for Soho House Toronto’s first party go down to the wire
Soho House is, without question, the most anticipated new venue at TIFF this year. After all, the Grey Goose Soho House pop-up at...
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TIFF RED CARPET: Looper’s Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bruce Willis and Emily Blunt (plus John Krasinski!) open the festival
For the first red carpet of TIFF 2012, the world premiere of Looper at Roy Thomson Hall was fairly subdued. The fans were well...
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SPOTTED: Jim Halpert, a.k.a. John Krasinski, arrives at Pearson
John Krasinski, stalwart of The Office , was spotted by @SpottedbySerena, stalwart of Pearson airport. Since he's film-less at...
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Today at TIFF (Thursday, Sept. 6): American Beauty table read, Looper gala and more
Our daily roundup of opening galas, parties, screenings and more. • 6 p.m. Jason Reitman’s live read of American Beauty at...
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The Weekender: TIFF, Lewis Black and five other events on our to-do list
1. LEWIS BLACK: RUNNING ON EMPTY If Lewis Black comes across as a shouting man more than a funny man, that’s because there just...
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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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TIFF 2012 Film Schedule: Thursday, September 6
Sans Soleil, 12 p.m. at Jackman Hall (Art Gallery of Ontario) (100 minutes) Tess, 3:15 p.m. at TIFF Bell Lightbox 3 (173 minutes)...
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TIFF Teaser: Looper, the latest mind-bending movie to star Joseph Gordon-Levitt
In director Rian Johnson’ s world, “loopers” are assassins who kill targets from the future who have been sent back in time...
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CONFIRMED: Bruce Willis and Joseph Gordon-Levitt will be at TIFF 2012
As predicted , Inception star Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Bruce Willis (of Pulp Fiction, The Sixth Sense, Armageddon— need we go...
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TIFF 2012: 17 galas, 45 special presentations and a lot of star power at this year’s festival
This morning, TIFF CEO Piers Handling and Artistic Director Cameron Bailey announced TIFF 2012’s opening night gala, galas and...
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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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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
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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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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