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Toronto’s 50 Most Influential: #14, Cameron Bailey and Piers Handling
The film festival gatekeepers
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The 10 biggest moments at TIFF in the last 50 years
The movies, stars and stunts that mattered most
Culture
Toronto’s 50 Most Influential: #14, Piers Handling and Cameron Bailey
Handling and Bailey rep the most important movie marketplace not named Cannes
Culture
Guests and programming announced for TIFF Asian Film Summit
TIFF has confirmed the programming (and guests) for its Asian Film Summit, which will be held on September 10 at the...
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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...
Culture
TIFF 2012: Looper, a time travel thriller starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Bruce Willis, set to open the festival
At a press conference at the TIFF Bell Lightbox this morning, Piers Handling, TIFF’s CEO, and Cameron Bailey, its artistic...
City News
Gallery: David Miller, Jully Black and others share the one thing you should know before you die at the Top Ten Event
Here’s the concept: nine notable Torontonians (chef David Rocco couldn’t make it)—or honorary Torontonians for the...
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Camera: Toronto’s peerage class gets dolled up for a royal visit at the TIFF Lightbox
November 2, TIFF Lightbox. It’s not often that royalty comes to town (not that we’re bitter, Will and Kate). So when Prince...
City News
Camera: the $1,500-a-plate fundraiser celebrating the new Marc Chagall exhibit at the AGO
October 15, AGO. If ever there were an event to rouse the city’s tastemaking, power-brokering elite, the $1,500-a-plate...
City News
The Loaded List: we catalogue the astronomical salaries of Toronto’s ruling class
It’s not particularly polite to ask rich people what they earn. But tact is overrated, and we wanted to know, so we asked...
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Nadine Labaki’s Where Do We Go Now? wins the Cadillac People’s Choice Award—but will it be Oscar bait?
And that’s a wrap. The official closing ceremony for the 36 annual Toronto International Film Festival took place at the Four...
Culture
Festival Music House’s second night is a bluesy, country, rock ’n’ roll affair, with Sam Roberts and more
Yesterday we gave you a play by play of night one at Festival Music House, and last night we were back, ogling the good-looking...
Culture
Apparently, TIFF co-director and CEO Piers Handling isn’t too excited about the state of post-9/11 cinema
We’re pretty sure most of the city is having a good time taking in the hype and hoopla surrounding the 10-day celebrity bonanza...
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Kathleen Turner got people talking at this year’s annual George Christy luncheon
Famed Hollywood reporter George Christy ’s annual Four Seasons cocktail party and luncheon saw Toronto’s upper-crustiest...
City News
Secrets of a society photographer: George Pimentel shares his favourite shots
Galen Weston Jr. ’s Bieber haircut, a commando mission to shoot Conrad Black, and the never-ending battle for fashion...
Culture
TIFF PHOTO GALLERY: Harvey Keitel and company walk out on producer’s speech at gala for A Beginner’s Guide to Endings
No one likes to sit through a thank-you speech that lasts more than 30 seconds, so when the cast and director of A Beginner’s...
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TIFF PHOTO GALLERY: Olivia Newton-John, Nelly Furtado and the rest of the cast walk the red carpet at the Score gala
Reaction to the movie itself may have been mixed , but excitement was universal as TIFF kicked off with the gala premiere of...
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TIFF PHOTO GALLERY: Dan Aykroyd, Jason Reitman at the dedication of Reitman Square
Yesterday wasn't quite TIFF, but it was the perfect occasion to get some buzz for a homegrown project before the celebrities...
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King West city block named after Reitman family
Ivan Reitman and his sisters Agi Mandel and Susan Michaels might have been a little emotional when they handed over the...
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Quoted: the latest TIFF talk
We'll update Quoted regularly before and during the festival. Check back often. “Taking the Toronto Transit Commission's...
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David Suzuki, Jay Baruchel and Fubar II: TIFF’s CanCon lineup
TIFF co-directors Piers Handling and Cameron Bailey announced this year’s Canadian lineup yesterday to a room of film industry...
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TIFF announces 50 films starring awesome famous people who might come to Toronto
Today’s edition of TIFF celebrity stalking is a little meatier, as co-directors Piers Handling and Cameron Bailey announced 50...
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How Matthew Teitelbaum made 13 times more in bonuses than William Thorsell
The CEOs of Canada's top cultural institutions were likely choking on their morning croissants last week when they read reports...
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Geoff Pevere talks to us about Toronto’s role in cinema history
“It’s kind of like living in the world’s biggest stand-in,” writes Toronto Star veteran film critic Geoff Pevere in his...
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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