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Toronto International Film Festival 2009

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Oscar buzz, vodka and stalking advice doled out at the Hazelton Hotel

To be Blunt: early rumblings suggest Young Victoria could be Emily Blunt's big break

To be Blunt: early rumblings suggest Young Victoria could be Emily Blunt's big break (Photo by chloe004)

With two weeks left until the opening gala of the Toronto International Film Festival, reporters gathered at the Hazelton Hotel to get a rundown on the buzziest films (Precious), parties (One X One), possible Oscar contenders (Mo’Nique, the woman from Soul Plane) and TIFF-inspired cocktails (Skyy vodka for all).

CTV film critic Richard Crouse said the Oprah-backed film Precious could mean a possible Oscar nomination for Mo’Nique, while co-star Mariah Carey can finally shake off the tarnished glitter from, well, Glitter. Closing film Young Victoria also got a thumbs-up and was predicted to be Emily Blunt’s big break. But the most intriguing film tidbit (and a brilliant marketing move to boot) was that everyone who went to the pre-screening of Heath Ledger’s last film, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, had to sign a waiver that forbid them from talking about it.

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Cause Célèbre: Let’s dress TIFF stars out of the Style Box

<strong>EMILY BLUNT</strong><br />The hot little embodiment of the queen in <em>The Young Victoria</em> has established a preference for all frocks strapless and snug, though not blatantly sexy. In a smart Mulcair number, all too likely inspired by <em>Mad Men,</em> she’d look like a martini olive. (We mean that nicely. Martini olives are really tasty.) It’d be especially smashing were she to return to the hellion-red hair of her <em>Devil Wears Prada</em> days.On Thursday, Gail McInnes and Amanda Brugel flung open the Style Box, a Canadian designer showroom and celeb-dressing service that aims to put the shine on A-list stars. And though the city’s socialites might not believe this, there is a higher firmament to be reached. So we decided to play dress-up and outfit some of TIFF’s most hotly anticipated arrivals—Emily Blunt, Jennifer Connelly and Penélope Cruz among them—in homestyle creations from the Box’s inaugural red-carpet parade.

View the slide show after the jump.

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Toronto International Film Festival 2009

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Celeb spotting warm-up 5: The full list of celeb guests is out, and Oprah and Clooney are on it

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He's a-coming (Photo by Attit Patel)

The much-anticipated official list of celebrities scheduled to attend TIFF arrived in our in-boxes this morning. We’re happy to report that two of the biggest names rumoured to be heading our way, George Clooney and Oprah, are definitely coming.

A lot of our other favourites have also confirmed: Big Love’s Amanda Seyfried, a reformed David Duchovny, Demi Moore, Drew Barrymore (perhaps we’ll spot her making eyes at locals at Sweaty Betty’s again), two of our three favourite Jennifers (Garner and Connelly; Aniston is a no-show), many Michaels (Caine, Cera, Douglas, Moore), the always lovely Natalie Portman, Nicolas Cage, Penélope Cruz, Ricky Gervais, Sarah Polley, Tilda Swinton, Tom Ford, Viggo Mortensen and so many more.

See the full list of guests after the jump.

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Toronto International Film Festival 2009

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CanCon at TIFF: Atom Egoyan’s latest and Heath Ledger’s final film among newly announced titles

Even though it’s just a press conference, the announcement of TIFF’s Canadian lineup is considered to be the unofficial pre-gala kickoff for locals. Homegrown filmmakers, actors and distributors packed into the Royal York’s Imperial Room yesterday to pose for the camera and decimate the open bar and buffet table in a manner befitting this country’s underfunded film industry. Since a British film—Creationwas chosen for opening night, a Canadian project was widely expected to close the festival. Organizers didn’t disappoint. The honour went to The Young Victoria, a look at titular queen’s early years on the throne directed by C.R.A.Z.Y. filmmaker Jean-Marc Vallée. Other notable announcements included:

Atom Egoyan’s Chloe, about a wife (Julianne Moore) who hires a PYT (Amanda Seyfried) to catch her husband (Liam Neeson) in the act of cheating;
Reginald Harkema’s follow-up to Monkey WarfareLeslie, My Name Is Evilwill have its world premiere;
Terry Gilliam’s The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, the tale of a travelling theatre show staring Johnny Depp, Jude Law and Heath Ledger in his last role. A Canada-U.K. co-production, this one just squeaked into the CanCon category.

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