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TIFF 2011 Spotted
Culture
SPOTTED: Steve McQueen at the Spoke Club
Another tip from the Spoke Club’s cultural curator: Steve McQueen, director of the Michael Fassbender/Carey Mulligan pic...
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Culture
SPOTTED: Scott Speedman at the Alliance Films/Ben Sherman Lounge
Our TIFF eyes and ears are telling us that Scott Speedman, whom you may remember best from his days as the hunky Ben Covington on...
Culture
SPOTTED: Top Chef head judge Tom Colicchio feeding the stars at last week’s Moneyball cast dinner
When you’re feeding Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Anna Faris and Jonah Hill at the Moneyball cast dinner, it makes sense to spring...
Culture
SPOTTED: Andrew Garfield and Francis Ford Coppola dining at Oro
Golden Globe nominee Andrew Garfield and legendary Godfather director Francis Ford Coppola were spotted eating at Elm Street...
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Culture
SPOTTED: James Franco, fan art collector
James Franco was in town yesterday to promote Memories of Idaho , an art installation presented in collaboration with Gus Van Sant...
Culture
SPOTTED: Jon Hamm drinks old-fashioneds at Goodnight Gansevoort
We figure men and women alike who want to model their future alcoholism after Mad Men’ s Don Draper might be interested to know...
Culture
SPOTTED: Don McKellar at the red carpet—but not on the red carpet—at The Eye of the Storm
We saw Canadian actor, writer and director Don McKellar waiting outside the Winter Garden Theatre yesterday for the premiere of...
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Culture
SPOTTED: Abel Tesfaye (a.k.a. The Weeknd) at Goodnight Gansevoort
The rise of the post- Drake R&B sensation The Weeknd has been pretty meteoric, so we weren’t too surprised to see him in the wee...
Culture
SPOTTED: Willem Dafoe pulls a (semi-terrifying) face
Willem Dafoe is an incredibly talented actor but he seems to be having bad luck with photos taken at inopportune moments at this...
Culture
SPOTTED: A snap-happy Dave Matthews outside Grey Goose Soho House last night
Dave Matthews is in town for TIFF and has been spotted socializing with A-listers at Grey Goose Soho House over the last couple...
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Culture
SPOTTED: Every famous person ever (well, almost) at Grey Goose Soho House last night
Apparently, David Cronenberg knows how to throw a party: pretty much every celebrity currently in town for TIFF attended the...
Culture
SPOTTED: Elisha Cuthbert and Dion Phaneuf at Holts
It seems Prime Minister Harper isn’t the only one that’s in town to hobnob with hockey players — Elisha Cuthbert was spotted...
Culture
SPOTTED: Sarah Silverman at the Alliance Films soiree last night
The very funny Sarah Silverman showed her face at the very exclusive Alliance Films party last night wearing a suit-inspired...
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Culture
SPOTTED: Kirsten Dunst walking Toronto’s streets
The Toronto Star is reporting that Kirsten Dunst is out and about in the city today, looking melancholy in head-to-toe black...
Culture
SPOTTED: Jon Hamm at Strombo’s Hazelton Takeover party at One restaurant at the Hazelton Hotel
We saw Don Draper last night—with our own eyes! That’s right, Jon Hamm in the flesh. Only, rather strangely, Hamm was looking...
Culture
SPOTTED: Emily Blunt and Ewan McGregor lunching at the InterContinental Toronto Centre
We just got wind from a source that Emily Blunt and Ewan McGregor lunched together today at the Ben Sherman lounge at the...
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Culture
SPOTTED: Leighton Meester lands in Toronto and, apparently, knows our national anthem
Leighton Meester, the sassiest and, arguably, most put-together cast member of Gossip Girl (only Blair could pull off extreme...
Culture
SPOTTED: Stephen Harper (yes, that one) partying with Ludacris (yes, that one) at the Thompson Rooftop Lounge
We’d say this is the kind of pairing that could happen only at TIFF, but for all we know it’s not the first time that Prime...
Culture
SPOTTED: Woody Harrelson getting harassed outside the Elgin Theatre
Woody Harrelson has now been officially spotted in Toronto for TIFF—but we wonder if he ever really left. Before attending...
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Culture
SPOTTED: Paul Haggis kibitzing with fans at The Hazelton
We spotted three A-listers at George Stroumboulopoulos’ s Hazelton Takeover last night, two of whom kept strictly to...
Culture
SPOTTED: Kiefer Sutherland at the Ritz-Carlton
A Toronto Life tipster caught a glimpse of former Toronto resident and 24 star Kiefer Sutherland leaving the Ritz-Carlton and...
Culture
SPOTTED: George Clooney gives a friendly salute to his adoring public
A Toronto Life tipster shared this shot of George Clooney heading back to the Ritz-Carlton less than 24 hours after being spotted...
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SPOTTED: Paul Giamatti declining to mug for the cameras on King West (allegedly)
Now that every fan with a cell phone has become a part-time paparazzo, it ain’t easy out there for a star. Apparently, Paul...
Culture
SPOTTED: A svelte Jonah Hill eating sushi at Japango
After polling his legion of Twitter followers on the best sushi joint in the city, Superbad funnyman Jonah Hill was spotted at...
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Canada Day Bar Cart
Food & Drink
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
Big Stories
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
Buy Canadian
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