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Celebrity speculation begins: are Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush and Freida Pinto coming to TIFF?

Colin Firth and A Single Man director Tom Ford (Image: Karon Liu)

We have a preliminary leak of some stars expected to attend TIFF this September. Martin Knelman of the Star dishes that The King’s Speech (starring Mr. Darcy himself, Colin Firth, and Geoffrey Rush) and Miral (Julian Schnabel’s new film starring Slumdog Millionaire beauty Freida Pinto, Vanessa Redgrave and Willem Dafoe) will have their world premieres at the festival.

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Hermès accused of hoarding alligator skins, Karl Lagerfeld creates SpongeBob doll, Tom Ford disses Jason Reitman

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Tom Ford at the TIFF premiere of A Single Man (Photo by Karon Liu)

• Canadian model Coco Rocha announced last week that she’s launching her own fashion line. No details yet, but her sketches include high-waisted skinny jeans, ankle-skimming pants, and a shirt, skirt and cape. We’re not impressed with the initial designs, but if her line comes out anything like Kate Moss for Topshop (we hope, coming to The Bay), we won’t complain. [Oh So Coco]

SpongeBob SquarePants got a makeover courtesy of Karl Lagerfeld, who moulded the cartoon creature into a golden mini-Karl, complete with sunglasses, fingerless gloves, shirt and tie. The figurine fetched 1,000 euros at a World Wildlife Fund charity auction. Lagerfeld has already designed a teddy bear in his image, but fans shouldn’t wait for a Karl doll. The designer told W magazine, “Nothing scares me more than people with some doll collection. Frightening.” [WWD]

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Toronto International Film Festival 2009

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Tom Ford does not want to talk about the reason he’s famous

Tom Ford at the press conference for A Single Man at the Toronto International Film Festival 2009 (Photo by Karon Liu)

Fashion icon Tom Ford has a thing for Mr. Darcy, just like everyone else (Photo by Karon Liu)

Hoping to get a glimpse of fashion icon Tom Ford, we visited The Sutton Place Hotel, where he was holding a press conference to discuss his directorial debut, A Single Man, which stars Colin Firth and Julianne Moore and premiered at TIFF. Ford is best known for being the creative head of Gucci and starting his own line of men’s clothes under his own name. Much to our chagrin, however, he was hesitant to answer questions about fashion, making sure to repeat ad nauseam, “fashion and film are two separate types of expression. Fashion is a commercially creative outlet, whereas film is purely impressionistic.” The costumes, he said, were “to serve these characters. It wasn’t a costume parade for me.” When a reporter asked him what he was wearing, he scoffed, “Oh, we’re wearing… clothes.”

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Toronto International Film Festival 2009

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Today at TIFF: September 14, 2009

Our daily roundup of the most buzz-worthy opening galas, parties and screenings.

Stop Making Sense free public screening, Yonge–Dundas Square, noon
The Busher free public screening, Yonge–Dundas Square, 3 p.m.
Ondine premiere, Winter Garden Theatre, 5 p.m.
Mother and Child pre-screening cocktail party (guests include Naomi Watts, Annette Bening and Samuel L. Jackson), Royal York
Mother and Child premiere, Roy Thomson Hall, 6:30 p.m.
Neil Young Trunk Show public screening and premiere hosted by Jonathan Demme, Yonge–Dundas Square, 8 p.m.
Life During Wartime premiere, Scotiabank Theatre 1, 8:15 p.m.
Partir (Leaving) premiere, Winter Garden Theatre, 8:30 p.m.
The Invention of Lying premiere, Visa Screening Room, 9 p.m.
Leaves of Grass world premiere, Ryerson Theatre, 9 p.m.
A Single Man premiere, Isabel Bader Theatre, 9:30 p.m.
The Damned United premiere, Roy Thomson Hall, 9:30 p.m.
Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel premiere, AMC 7, 9:30 p.m.
Leaves of Grass after party (guests include Edward Norton and special DJ K-os), Cheval, 10:30 p.m.
Leslie, My Name is Evil party, Berkley Church

Toronto International Film Festival 2009

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Celeb spotting warm-up 4: Ewan, Demi, Weisz, Viggo and, yes, even more Clooney

Where Demi goes, can Ashton be far behind? (Photo by TechCrunch50-2008)

Where Demi goes, can Ashton be far behind? (Photo by TechCrunch50-2008)

In today’s lineup of galas and special presentations we have Ewan McGregor and Clooney chasing government conspiracies, Natalie Portman playing a stepmom (in non-Julia Roberts fashion) and Demi Moore and David Duchovny at war with their neighbours. Learn about all of these, plus the directorial debut of designer Tom Ford and many other screenings, after the jump.

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