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Spotted at TIFF 2017: Jake Gyllenhaal holds a puppy and Roland Møller gets a blister
Celebs continue to roll in
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Spotted: Christian Bale keeping his promises, Taraji P. Henson eating cake and Nick Kroll being droll about Wayne Gretzky’s eatery
Sunday proved a good day for our national pride as different celebrities showed love for the Jays, Wayne Gretzky and even Shania...
Culture
Spotted: Leonardo DiCaprio hits Soho House, Joseph Gordon-Levitt enjoys a grilled cheese
TIFF’s most hotly anticipated actors stepped out to kick off the weekend in style
Culture
Spotted: Jake Gyllenhaal takes a selfie with a fan
Jake Gyllenhaal briefly stepped off the the red carpet at the premiere of his new movie Demolition to pose for a selfie with a...
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Spotted: Patrick J. Adams shares his gift bag
Looks like Patrick J. Adams is a man of the people. According to an attendee at Wednesday night's TIFF Soirée fundraiser, the...
City News
SPOTTED: Rob Ford secretly meeting alleged drug dealer Alexander Lisi
A large portion of a police document about the investigation of Rob Ford’ s friend and alleged drug dealer Sandro Lisi has now...
Culture
SPOTTED: Julia Roberts making one Queen West shopkeeper very happy
August: Osage County star Julia Roberts stopped by Magic Pony on Queen West yesterday to buy Christmas presents for her three...
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SPOTTED: Al Pacino hanging at dbar very early this morning
A couple of fans sighted Al Pacino at dbar in the Four Seasons just past 3 a.m. this morning, a few hours after his...
Culture
SPOTTED: Pierce Brosnan eats eggs at Stock in the Trump Tower
Stock —the pricy eatery on the 31st floor of the Trump Tower—is one of the better spots to happen upon celebs during...
Culture
SPOTTED: Paul Giamatti picks up takeout from Fresh
Sometimes the lives of celebrities aren’t quite as glam as we imagine. Case in point: a tipster spotted Paul Giamatti trying to...
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SPOTTED: Kate Winslet shops at Hudson’s Bay
A very pregnant Kate Winslet might’ve ducked out of her Labor Day screening (with good reason), but the Oscar-winner wasn’t...
Culture
SPOTTED: Jason Bateman looks glum at the Ritz-Carlton
Good grief Jason Bateman, what’s wrong? The Arrested Development star looked like he needed a Vince Guaraldi backing track as he...
Culture
SPOTTED: Mila Kunis munching with a gal pal at the Royal York’s Epic Restaurant
Mila Kunis avoided the TIFF party circuit last night, instead dining with a gal pal at Epic Restaurant in the Royal York...
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SPOTTED: Chris Hemsworth looks swoon-tastic at the Four Seasons
Apparently Thor star Chris Hemsworth has his own superpower: the studly Australian, in Toronto to promote Ron Howard’ s...
Culture
SPOTTED: True Blood’s Stephen Moyer picks up duds for wife Anna Paquin
A preponderance of gifting suites means every day is shopping day for celebs during TIFF. Yesterday afternoon, we spotted True...
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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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SPOTTED: Kristen Wiig eats noodles with a pesky wasp
We love Kristen Wiig all the more after spotting her at the Gansevoort hotel group’s fête at C Lounge on Friday evening. The...
Culture
SPOTTED: A shirtless Colin Hanks swears he’s in Toronto, and proves it
Colin Hanks posted this Vine yesterday to show the world that he is, in fact, in Toronto (and that he is not, in fact, wearing a...
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SPOTTED: Josh Brolin flirts with an unknown brunette at the Ritz-Carlton
A tipster spied True Grit star Josh Brolin hanging out with an anonymous lady friend at the Ritz-Carlton’s front bar last...
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SPOTTED: Hollywood moneyman Harvey Weinstein looking casual at a Yorkville hotspot
The big brass is back at TIFF and he is eating well: a dressed-down Harvey Weinstein was spotted at Hazelton’s ONE restaurant in...
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SPOTTED: Brad Pitt dines on Dundas West, then dashes
After Brad Pitt snuck out of the premiere of 12 Years A Slave, it was leaked— supposedly by his driver —that he would be...
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SPOTTED: television power couple Claire Danes and Hugh Dancy supping at Woodlot
A tipster dining at College Street eatery Woodlot last night spotted Homeland’ s Claire Danes noshing with her hubby, actor Hugh...
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CONFIRMED: Brad Pitt has landed in Toronto
After weeks of will-he, won't-he speculation , the flaxen-haired hunk touched down at Pearson this afternoon, according to tweets...
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SPOTTED: Patti Smith in the audience at a vampire romance movie
Punk rock poet laureate Patti Smith is in town to perform at Massey Hall tonight, and is filling her downtime by catching some...
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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
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
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Deep Dives
Sex worker and
Anora
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
Deep Dives
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
Deep Dives
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
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
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Food & Drink
An all-Canadian wine festival is coming to Fort York
Elbows Up aims to make it easier (and cheaper) to buy Canadian-made bottles
Food & Drink
This Toronto Italian restaurant is launching a pasta tasting menu made with all-Canadian ingredients
It’s Amano Trattoria’s elbows-up moment
City News
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
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