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Year in Review: TIFF 2011, where we saw celebrities everywhere (and even shared a bathroom with one)

TIFF this year was a a non-stop gauntlet of activity, from press conferences to movie screenings (actually), swag lounges and some of the splashiest parties this city has ever seen. We saw Jon Hamm, Madonna, Keira Knightley, the Ryan Gosling, George Clooney, Johnny Rotten, Rachel Weisz and hundreds more (seriously, there wasn’t a corner of Yorkville or King West that didn’t have a star sighting—we even shared a bathroom break with Gerard Butler; no big deal). Here, a top 10 list of our favourite TIFF moments

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TIFF Talk

September 20, 2011 | 2:20 pm

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TIFF 2011 Roundup: Jason Reitman, Jamie Campbell Bower and Robert De Niro are among TIFF 2011’s worst dressed

Some of TIFF 2011’s men dressed well, some dressed boring in black and white, and some dressed downright casual. Director Jason Reitman showed up to most events wearing an untucked shirt, jeans and sneakers—there’s nothing wrong with slumming it a little bit, but we think this kind of easy dressing is perfect for a 4 a.m. last call and not a red carpet for an Artists for Peace and Justice-sponsored party. We like actor Jamie Campbell Bower’s blousy dotted top, but the tongue-out shoes and wild hair are begging for attention, and we’re not willing to acknowledge either as effortless. As for Robert De Niro, he may be one of the biggest actors of our time, but that doesn’t mean wearing a golf shirt under a blazer with dad jeans and sneakers is any more appealing. Who do you think dressed the worst at TIFF 2011?

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(Images: Jason Reitman, George Pimentel/WireImage; Jamie Campbell Bower, Ernesto Di Stefano/Getty Images Entertainment; Robert De Niro, Jason Merritt/Getty Images Entertainment)

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TIFF Talk

September 9, 2011 | 1:00 pm

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SPOTTED: George Clooney, Stacy Keibler and Jason Reitman enjoying a friendly chat at the Ritz

The CBC had a mole inside the Ritz-Carlton last night and managed to spot a friendly get-together among George Clooney and some pals. The star was seen with rumoured girlfriend Stacy Keibler on his arm (careful George, she’s a former wrestler) as the pair ran into Montreal-born Jason Reitman, who directed Clooney in the 2009 TIFF film Up in the Air. Pleasantries were exchanged (and photographed, hazily).

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The Hype

TIFF Talk

September 15, 2010 | 10:45 am

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Spotted! Uma Thurman orders off-menu Mexican at private Brassaii dinner with Jason Reitman

Actor Uma Thurman attends the Ceremony after party at Brassaii (Image: George Pimentel)

Brassaii chef Bruce Woods served up honey-mustard-glazed salmon, goat cheese–stuffed chicken and champagne risotto for the cast of Ceremony Monday night. However, the guest of honour, one Uma Thurman, opted for something a little more caliente. Apparently, the Tarantino muse eats only Mexican. Of course, the kitchen was only too happy to comply for the 40-year-old, who looked comfortably cool in a grey sweater, black vest and men’s suit pants.

Uma came to Brassaii to dine with Ceremony executive producer Jason Reitman; actor Lee Pace; the film’s director, Max Winkler; and his dad, Henry Winkler (better known as The Fonz).

As they dined behind a white curtain, the restaurant was still buzzing about Hangover star Zach Galifianakis’s visit on Saturday night. Arriving with a bevy of bearded companions, he cemented his rep as the anti–movie star by blowing off an umbrella carrier despite pouring rain, then tipping—yes, tipping!—his server, a refreshing and rare move from the superstar crowd.

: Director Max Winkler attends the Ceremony after party at Brassaii (Image: George Pimentel)

: Actor Henry Winkler—a.k.a. the Fonz—arrives at Brassaii for the after party celebrating Ceremony, which was directed by his son (Image: George Pimentel)

: Executive producer Ivan Reitman attends the Ceremony after party at Brassaii (Image: George Pimentel)

: Actor Lee Pace attends the Ceremony after party at Brassaii (Image: George Pimentel)

: Actor Uma Thurman attends the Ceremony after party at Brassaii (Image: George Pimentel)

: Actor Uma Thurman signs an autograph before the Ceremony after party at Brassaii (Image: George Pimentel)

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TIFF Talk

September 9, 2010 | 4:22 pm

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TIFF PHOTO GALLERY: Dan Aykroyd, Jason Reitman at the dedication of Reitman Square

Ivan Reitman at the Reitman Square dedication held at TIFF Bell Lightbox (Image: Sonia Recchia/Getty Images)

Yesterday wasn’t quite TIFF, but it was the perfect occasion to get some buzz for a homegrown project before the celebrities arrive. Piers Handling, Dan Aykroyd and Adam Vaughan were on hand for the dedication of Reitman Square, named after Leslie and Clara Reitman, the parents of Ivan (and grandparents of Jason), who once owned a car wash at this site. Ivan, along with his sisters Agi Mandel and Susan Michaels, donated the $22-million plot of land that now houses the Bell Lightbox.

: Director Jason Reitman, Genevieve Robert-Reitman, director/producer Ivan Reitman, Catherine Sternberg and Philip Sternberg attend the Reitman Square dedication held at TIFF Bell Lightbox just before TIFF kicks off (Image: Sonia Recchia/Getty Images)

: Susan Michaels, director Ivan Reitman and Agi Mandel attend the Reitman Square dedication held at TIFF Bell Lightbox just before TIFF kicks off (Image: Sonia Recchia/Getty Images)

: Dan Aykroyd (a.k.a. Ray Stantz) at the Reitman Square dedication held at TIFF Bell Lightbox just before TIFF kicks off (Image: Sonia Recchia/Getty Images)

: Adam Vaughan speaks at the Reitman Square dedication held at TIFF Bell Lightbox just before TIFF kicks off (Image: Sonia Recchia/Getty Images)

: Director Jason Reitman and director and CEO of TIFF Piers Handling at the Reitman Square dedication held at TIFF Bell Lightbox (Image: Sonia Recchia/Getty Images)

: Ivan Reitman at the Reitman Square dedication held at TIFF Bell Lightbox (Image: Sonia Recchia/Getty Images)

: Signs mark the new name of the urban square near the TIFF Bell Lightbox in downtown Toronto (Image: Sonia Recchia/Getty Images)

The Hype

Cinemania

June 4, 2010 | 10:30 am

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The top-secret formula for decoding Toronto Star movie reviews, revealed

Everyone’s a critic, right? Well, at the Toronto Star, even its film critics don’t seem to be too, well, critical these days. Every other week, there’s a three- or four-star (out of four) review popping up. And unless it’s been an especially good year for movies (editor’s note: it has not), then there’s only one answer to why the reviews are so darn positive: math.

Through some crack investigative work—and one very-soon-to-be-sorry radio room intern—The Hype has managed to get a hold of the entertainment department’s top-secret “ridiculously absurd virtues for entertainment” equation, or RAVE for short. This classified formula reveals just how critics manage to award stellar reviews to such universally acknowledged dreck as Alice in Wonderland (3 1/2 stars, but 53 per cent on metacritic.com), the remake of Death at a Funeral (three stars, but 51 per cent on metacritic) and, shudder, The Twilight Saga: New Moon (three stars, but a pitiful 44 per cent on metacritic).

Herewith, the math behind a Toronto Star movie review.

The formula breakdown, after the jump.

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The Goods

Required Reading

December 3, 2009 | 2:15 pm

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

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

September 16, 2009 | 11:47 am

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RED CARPET INTERVIEW: We talk to Jason Bateman, Jason Reitman and Vera Farmiga at the premiere of Up in the Air

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 | 3:12 pm

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PHOTO GALLERY: Chloe premiere with Amanda Seyfried, Julianne Moore, Atom Egoyan and Jason Reitman

Amanda Seyfried at the premiere of Chloe. (Photo by Karon Liu) Full disclosure: we arrived at Roy Thomson Hall yesterday around 4 p.m. to secure a spot behind the barricades for the Precious premiere that night and completely forgot about the gala for Atom Egoyan’s Chloe earlier in the evening.

However, things worked out for the best as we had the best view to catch a glimpse of stars Julianne Moore and Amanda Seyfried (Liam Neeson pulled out of TIFF after the death of his wife) as well as Egoyan and Jason Reitman (his dad Ivan also made an appearance). Mayor David Miller, apparently suffering from a George Hamilton-level faux tan, walked to the red carpet instead of arriving in a car, but his thunder was quickly stolen when Seyfried arrived seconds later.

We’d like to thank Oprah for this bountiful gift.

Toronto International Film Festival 2009

September 14, 2009 | 10:03 am

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PHOTO GALLERY: Jason Reitman, Jason Bateman and George Clooney at the Up in the Air Press Conference

George Clooney and Jason Reitman discuss their new film Up in the Air, which premiered during the Toronto International Film Festival, at the Sutton Place hotel on September 12, 2009 (Photo by Karon Liu)

George Clooney and Jason Reitman joke during the press conference for Up in the Air (Photo by Karon Liu)

Up in the Air landed smoothly at TIFF over the weekend and the cast, including two Jasons and a George, talked about the film with the press on Saturday. Check out our pictures below.

Toronto International Film Festival 2009

August 4, 2009 | 2:04 pm

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Celeb spotting warm-up 3: Clooney! Bollywood! The guy who directed Gremlins!

Clooney cometh? (Photo by Culture Culte)

The organizers of Toronto International Film Festival continue to quietly release screenings confirmed for the 2009 festival. In the latest batch are offerings from Jason Reitman (Juno), Jean-Pierre Jeunet (Amélie) and Joe Dante (Gremlins). And to top it off, there’s a possible Clooney sighting in the works. A full round-up of the latest titles, after the jump.

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