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TIFF 2010
Culture
TIFF to Tinseltown: a tour of the 14 Oscar-nominated films that screened at TIFF
The Toronto International Film Festival may not have the glamour of Cannes, the street cred of Berlin or the skiing of...
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Shafted! (Or, our requisite article on how Canada fared in the 2011 Oscar nominations)
When the Oscar nominations came out this morning, we scrolled right past the laundry list of best picture nods (that 10-picture...
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Some of TIFF’s best films headed to the Oscars
No sooner has TIFF rolled out of town, taking all of its botoxed goodness with it, than awards show season rolls in, binding us to...
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One last after party: hanging out with Harvey Keitel, Jason Jones and Tricia Helfer
The TIFF party scene was winding down by Friday night, but that didn’t keep the makers of A Beginner’s Guide to Endings from...
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TIFF PHOTO GALLERY: Abigail Breslin, Alessandro Nivola and Elisabeth Shue at Janie Jones gala
The second-last red carpet event at this year’s TIFF was for Janie Jones . The screening brought out child star Abigail Breslin...
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Behind the barricade: meet eight TIFF celebrity hunters
Behind the barricades of the TIFF red carpets are hundreds of fans, autograph collectors and amateur photographers...
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Looking back at TIFF 2010: Nick Di Donato on how to throw a film festival party
Nick Di Donato , president and CEO of Liberty Entertainment Group, is sitting in his newest Yorkville restaurant, Ciao , where...
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The best and worst moments of TIFF 2010
That's all, folks—TIFF is toast for 2010, but we still have the memories. We asked our team to dish on the best and worst, the...
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The King’s Speech takes TIFF’s top honour (and becomes Oscar bait)
And that’s a wrap. The official closing ceremony for the 35th Toronto International Film Festival took place at the...
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TIFF’s most memorable couples
Is it just us, or were significant others one of the most commonly spotted red carpet accessories? Nicole, Jon, Megan (to name a...
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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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Looking back at TIFF 2010: Eight films to watch
As with any film festival, TIFF 2010 had its share of disappointments (Miral, Hereafter) and outright disasters (Passion...
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TIFF PHOTO GALLERY: At the closing gala with Eva Mendes and Sam Worthington (who spent a whopping 35 minutes signing autographs)
Last year, we gave the title of most fan-friendly TIFF celebrity to George Clooney . This year, it has to go to Avatar and Last...
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TIFF’s worst dressed
This year's worst-dressed list was far easier to put together than our best-dressed roundup . (Overall, the fashion choices were...
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TIFF’s best dressed
Admittedly, this was a harder list to put together than our worst-dressed roundup . But we dug through the TIFF photo archives and...
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Looking back at TIFF 2010: actor Emily Hampshire on how the festival has gone for her
With TIFF wrapping up, Good Neighbours actress Emily Hampshire is ready to let her hair down. When we talked with her on...
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Looking back at TIFF 2010: an Alliance Films VP gives her run down of this year’s fest
On Friday morning, Carrie Wolfe , the vice president of publicity and promotion for Alliance Films, was packing up her...
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Spotted: Hilary Swank, Bill Murray and Helen Mirren at Roots
Hilary Swank swept by Roots not once but twice on Monday. The two-time Oscar winner, in town gunning for her third as a waitress...
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Coming soon to a theatre near you: 13 films that got distribution deals during TIFF
More than ever, TIFF is an event to which filmmakers come to get North American distribution for their films (and not just a...
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Variety on TIFF: the Hollywood paper names six trends from the film festival
As the din of snapping cameras and movie buzz dies down in Toronto, cineastes south of the border are weighing in on how this...
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Indies thriving in Canada says Daydream Nation director
Whoever says high school is the best time of your life obviously never went to high school in Arva. The small town—population...
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TIFF PHOTO GALLERY: Aidan Quinn and Kristin Scott Thomas at the premiere of Sarah’s Key
This is Kristin Scott Thomas's second TIFF visit for a French-language film. In 2008, the bilingual beauty was in Toronto to plug...
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Casey Affleck admits I’m Still Here is fake, Joaquin Phoenix is an actor after all
Casey Affleck has finally given into the public's badgering and admitted that I'm Still Here, his Joaquin Phoenix documentary that...
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TIFF PHOTO GALLERY: Yeardley Smith’s hilariously frank explanation of what producers do at the What’s Wrong With Virginia press conference
Movie press conferences, for the most part, are 40-minute long, self-congratulation sessions for the director and the cast as well...
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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
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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
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?
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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
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
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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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“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
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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