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Toronto International Film Festival 2009
September 15, 2009 | 12:37 pm

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Whip It good: Drew Barrymore and Ellen Page at Tattoo Rock Parlour

Rock 'n' roller debry: performers prepare for the Whip It after party (Photo by Jen McNeely)

Rock ’n’ roller derby: performers prepare for the Whip It after-party (Photo by Jen McNeely)

Roller derby chicks whirled around a TTC streetcar outside Tattoo Rock Parlour on Queen West on Sunday, giving the red carpet crowd a terrific tease for the arrival of director Drew Barrymore and homegrown sweetheart Ellen Page to the Whip It after-party. Blaring classic rock tunes and serving up mac and cheese, this was a Hollywood party with a dirty, down-home feel. We stood in line to get a Whip It tattoo branded on our arm and chatted up some of the real-deal derby girls before sneaking into the VIP section to hang with—well, adjacent to—Drew, Ellen, Jason Reitman and Justin Long.

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Toronto International Film Festival 2009
September 14, 2009 | 1:00 pm

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Drew Barrymore ditches her Whip It after-party for Sweaty Betty’s

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Drew Barrymore behind the bar at Sweaty Betty's

Still a wild child, Drew Barrymore ditched her own party for Whip It (see the red carpet photos here) at Tattoo Rock Parlour for Ossington’s Sweaty Betty’s. We knew that she had been before so pre-TIFF, we chatted with owner Pol-Cristo Williams. “If Drew came back, I wouldn’t be surprised,” he told us. “She had a great time.” It was this quote we remembered when we watched Barrymore, Ellen Page and Justin Long shuffle down the graffiti back alley of Tattoo and pile in an SUV. With no verification, we decided to chance it.

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Toronto International Film Festival 2009
September 14, 2009 | 12:48 pm

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PHOTO GALLERY: Drew Barrymore on the red carpet at the premiere of Whip It

Drew Barrymore wears Galliano on the red carpet for the premiere of Whip it at the Ryerson Theatre during the Toronto International Film Festival on Saturday September 13, 2009. (Photo by James Helmer)We caught up with Drew Barrymore on the red carpet of the Ryerson Theatre for her premiere of Whip It. See the photos below.

Toronto International Film Festival 2009
September 14, 2009 | 9:33 am

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TIFF weekend round-up: the top 10 stories from the Toronto International Film Festival, September 11 to 13

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Photo by Karon Liu

1. We chat with George Clooney at the Men Who Stare at Goats after party on the Bridle Path

2. Jennifer Connelly is torn apart by bigwig exec but exacts her revenge flawlessly

3. Of all places: was George Clooney dining at Jack Astor’s?

4. Michael Douglas watches sports more than movies; is not a fan of ‘MyFace’ or Twitter

5. Perez Hilton tells us why TIFF is better than Cannes and how he is happy that Drew Barrymore and Ellen Page are making out

6. Q&A with Hugh Hefner: the patron saint of Viagra is featured in a new Canadian documentary

7. “Anti-TIFF” party at Lo’La delivers old-time Hollywood with flair

8. Mena Suvari spent most of the Vitamin Water party playing with goats

9. Sook-Yin Lee demands party guests share an orgasm story

10. We don’t care about the young folks: the Park Hyatt is overrun with stargazing 20-somethings in short skirts

Toronto International Film Festival 2009
September 13, 2009 | 4:46 pm

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We don’t care about the young folks: the Park Hyatt is overrun with stargazing 20-somethings

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Bored of the dance: many seemed exasperated with the deluge of short-skirted 20-somethings in Yorkville (Photo by Jen McNeely)

Did Gossip Girl put out an APB directing all 19-year-old girls from the GTA to the Park Hyatt roof? The hotel has been so inundated with stargazers that metal fences are required to block the driveway at night and elevators are crammed with intoxicated 20-somethings vying for a lewd stare from any Hollywood hunk. We managed to squeeze through the human wall (thanks to National Post’s Shinan Govani) and bypass the party crashers to get a glimpse of the hoopla at the Hyatt’s Nikki Beach. Drew Barrymore was sitting pretty on the patio, but a somewhat stunned Elijah Wood was seemingly scared off by the masses of miniskirts and lipstick-stained teeth.

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Toronto International Film Festival 2009
September 13, 2009 | 8:30 am

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Today at TIFF: September 13, 2009

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

• Woodstock free public screening, Yonge–Dundas Square, noon
• My Heart Goes Hadippa (Dil Bole Hadippa) premiere, Roy Thomson Hall, 1:30 p.m.
• Agora premire, Roy Thomson Hall, 1:30 p.m.
• Whip It spotlight featuring the Toronto Roller Derby League and stars of the film, Yonge-Dundas Square, 5:30 p.m.
• Chloe premiere, Roy Thomson Hall, 6:30 p.m.
• Untouchable Girls showcase featuring a free show by the Topp Twinns, New Zealand’s “top yodelling comedy duo,” Yonge–Dundas Square, 9 p.m.
• Capitalism: A Love Story premiere, Visa Screening Room, 9 p.m.
• Whip It premiere, Ryerson Theatre, 9 p.m.
• Precious world premiere, Roy Thomson Hall, 9:30 p.m.
• Norman Jewison’s annual barbecue for the Canadian Film Centre, Canadian Film Centre
• Edward Rogers’s gala fundraiser for One X One, Roger’s Forest Hill home
• Whip It party (guests include Drew Barrymore and Ellen Page), Tattoo Rock Parlour
• Cairo Time premiere party (guests include Patricia Clarkson and Alexander Siddig), Spice Route
• Good Hair premiere party (guests include Chris Rock), One King West

Toronto International Film Festival 2009
September 12, 2009 | 5:45 pm

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Perez Hilton tells us why TIFF is better than Cannes and how he is happy that Drew Barrymore and Ellen Page are making out

Perez Hilton on tour (Photo by Oscar Rohena)

Perez Hilton on tour (Photo by Oscar Rohena)

Perez Hilton, the incomparable celeb soothsayer and gossipmonger, sends his tour to Toronto on September 17 for a show at the Opera House. We caught up with him over the phone (as he made his way to a mall) to talk about Demi, Drew and the Toronto International Film Festival.

TIFF.TO: Will you be here during TIFF? Or did getting punched in the face at Cobra nightclub put us in your bad books?
Perez Hilton: It’s possible I’ll be there on the 17th. I love Toronto. I love Canadians and Canada. I mean that!

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Toronto International Film Festival 2009
September 9, 2009 | 3:13 pm

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Canada’s queen of gossip, Lainey, tells us what she knows about the coming of Oprah, Mariah, Clooney, Cage and more

Goss boss: The queen of "fun" smut, Lainey Gossip

Goss boss: The queen of "fun" smut, Lainey (Photo courtesy of CTV)

TIFF starts tomorrow, so for our last-minute update on what to expect, who to look for and where to go, we sat down with none other than Elaine Lui, a.k.a. Lainey of eTalk and Lainey Gossip.

Where Oprah goes, the congregation will follow—even to Sotto Sotto.

TIFF.TO: What does it mean that Oprah Winfrey is coming to Toronto for the world premiere of Precious?
LAINEY: For a long time I’ve referred to Oprah as ‘The Mighty O’ and use capitalized pronouns when referring to her because people act like she’s God. Sometimes, I feel like she acts like she’s God. So it’s almost like God is coming to Toronto…like we should have a temple or something in her honour.

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Toronto International Film Festival 2009
August 12, 2009 | 5:01 pm

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Thank you, recession: this year’s free TIFF events are surprisingly wonderful

Young on Yonge: sideburned Canadian rockstar Neil Young appears for free during TIFF (Photo by Félix Antolín Hernández)

Rock star Neil Young gives a free performance (Photo by F.A. Hernández)

Synonymous with velvet ropes, lavish parties and celebrities whose annual income rivals the GDP of Palau, the Toronto International Film Festival has never been a particularly thrifty affair—until now. TIFF is getting recession friendly in ’09 by offering expanded free programming at Yonge-Dundas Square (the kind that so irked Rex Reed last year), not to mention some A-list celebrity appearances. “It’s been a tough year for everyone, so everyone deserves a bit of a break,” says festival managing director Michele Maheux. And judging by the press release, it’s good to see they’re not phoning it in with the freebies: planned events include appearances by Neil Young, George A. Romero, Joan Baez, Sapphire and many more. The full list, after the jump.

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Toronto International Film Festival 2009
July 29, 2009 | 4:28 pm

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Celeb spotting warm-up 2: let the speculation begin (again)

Drew Barrymore, seen here with Corey Feldman at the 1989 Oscars, screens her directorial debut, Whip It, at TIFF '09 (Photo by Alan Light)

Drew Barrymore, seen here with Corey Feldman at the 1989 Academy Awards, screens her directorial debut, Whip It, at TIFF 2009 (Photo by Alan Light)

The titles of some of TIFF‘s films (and stars speculated to show up to promote them) have been announced over the past few days. They range from Drew Barrymore’s directorial debut—with a surprisingly star-studded, funny-lady cast—to Michael Moore’s latest documentary. The sequel to Todd Solondz’s Happiness (which we thought was unsequalable), the latest comedy by the Coen brothers and Werner Herzog’s new crime-fest will also be screened. A full run down of the latest flicks to be added to the Toronto International Film Festival schedule, after the jump.

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