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TIFF 2014
Spotted: James Franco flipping the bird
Aspiring auteur and sometimes–Twitter lecher James Franco might be an English Lit PhD candidate at Yale, but the newly bald star...
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Jessica Chastain, Denzel Washington and Chloë Grace Moretz zoom up the CN Tower to mingle on high
Last night’s Armani party pulled out all the stops: a black carpet studded with male models (like a sexy gauntlet), an array of...
Culture
Chris Rock leads a troupe of comedians down the carpet at the premiere of
Top Five
If the horseplay and high spirits at the Top Five world premiere Saturday at the Princess of Wales Theatre were any...
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Ben Stiller, Naomi Watts and Adam Driver breeze by the crowds at
While We’re Young
’s red carpet
What gives, guys? At the Princess of Wales Theatre on Saturday, the stars of While We're Young —an offbeat comedy about an older...
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Adam Sandler talks Rob Ford at
Men, Women & Children
red carpet
Considering that most of his early comedies are about blubbering, barely coherent man-children flailing to redeem themselves and...
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The Drop
director Michaël R. Roskam talks about being one of the last to work with James Gandolfini
The crime thriller The Drop features one of the final on-screen performances by James Gandolfini . Questions about what it was...
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Michael Douglas and Jeremy Irvine get pally at the premiere of human-sport-hunting thriller
The Reach
For the debut of a cat-and-mouse thriller about one man's attempts to sport-hunt a living, breathing human being, the red carpet...
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Jason Reitman, Adam Sandler and Jennifer Garner talk about today’s youth, or social media, or something
After much delay, the cast of Men, Women & Children finally arrived in the Lightbox's HSBC gallery for their film's press...
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Four die-hard stargazers lament the celebrity that got away
Getting the chance to come face-to-face with a favourite celebrity at a TIFF red-carpet gala usually involves camping out for...
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Morgan Freeman and Diane Keaton hit the after-party for
Ruth and Alex
The fervent energy of TIFF-goers is never more obvious than in the rabid pursuit of an autograph. Yesterday night, we saw...
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Tom Hardy and Noomi Rapace
Drop
by the Princess of Wales Theatre
In the gritty crime drama The Drop , living meat man Tom Hardy plays a Brooklyn bartender drawn into the seedy Chechen crime...
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Jake Gyllenhaal and Rene Russo teetotal their way through
Nightcrawler
’s pre-party
At the Grey Goose Soho House pre-party for the film Nightcrawler , on what felt like one of the hottest (or at any rate, the...
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Spotted: Will Ferrell eats spaghetti on Dundas West
Will Ferrell at Campagnolo on Dundas West Will Ferrell evidently felt the need to carb-load after sweating it out on the red...
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Dustin Hoffman’s arrival is heralded by hallelujahs at
Boychoir
’s debut
Dustin Hoffman is an avuncular guy. On the red carpet premiere of Boychoir on Friday at Roy Thomson Hall, we heard over and over...
Culture
Bill Murray gets caught in a downpour at his
St. Vincent
premiere
Friday was Toronto's inaugural Bill Murray Day, a soon-to-be-statutory holiday in celebration of the Groundhog Day actor, who has...
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Love TIFF or hate it? King Westers share their views on the film festival
TIFF started on Thursday, and King Street (from University to Peter) has been turned into a pedestrian-only walkway filled with...
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Kristen Wiig and Will Ferrell debut their oddball ode to fame and mental illness,
Welcome to Me
Kristen Wiig , Will Ferrell , and Linda Cardellini in an oddball picture about talk shows, fame and mental illness seems like the...
Spotted: Bill Murray biking around the Financial District, in safety glasses
Bill Murray in the Financial Distrcit Would it be more apropos if Bill Murray Day coincided with Groundhog Day? Maybe. But, since...
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Robert Downey Jr. makes a threesome joke, because that’s his job
Oyez! Oyez! Oyez! Here comes the cast of TIFF 2014 opener, The Judge: Robert Downey Jr., Robert Duvall , Vera Farmiga , Vincent...
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Al Pacino barrels past fans and reporters on his way into
The Humbling
’s premiere
So you think you're some hotshot reporter with your fancy press pass and an assigned foothold on the Elgin Theatre red carpet for...
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Robert Downey Jr. and Robert Duvall open the festival with
The Judge
Stargazers got their first taste of TIFF 2014’s celebrity megatonnage at the opening-gala presentation for The Judge Thursday...
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Al Pacino’s stomach rumbles at the after-party for
The Humbling
Al Pacino arrived at the Virgin Mobile and Ketel One sponsored after-party for his TIFF film The Humbling, based on the novel by...
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Spotted: Al Pacino dines at Opus in the Annex
Toronto's godfather of gossip, Shinan Govani, reports that Al Pacino ditched the charity gala he was hosting last night to enjoy...
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50 films you need to see at TIFF this year
"This is your film festival," TIFF's slogan boasts this year, and to prove it, they’ve got nearly 400 films, something for every...
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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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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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An all-Canadian wine festival is coming to Fort York
Elbows Up aims to make it easier (and cheaper) to buy Canadian-made bottles
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This Toronto Italian restaurant is launching a pasta tasting menu made with all-Canadian ingredients
It’s Amano Trattoria’s elbows-up moment
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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
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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