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TIFF 2011 Roundup: How to be Don Draper (er, Jon Hamm)

Jon Hamm at the George Stroumboulopoulos Hazel Hotel Takevoer party (Image: JJ Thompson)

One of the many A-list celebrities to grace Toronto’s streets last week for TIFF 2011 was none other than Jon Hamm himself—or as he’s perhaps better known, Don Draper, the enigmatic ad executive he plays on the television show Mad Men. Hamm was a class act throughout TIFF: he took in Toronto sights, went to all the right parties and, of course, looked devastatingly handsome while doing it. Based on Hamm’s short but sweet stay in the Big Smoke, we’ve distilled four rules on how to be a gentlemen—Mad Men style—whilst in Toronto, after the jump.

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September 13, 2011 | 4:26 pm

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Channing Tatum carries his wife up a flight of stairs and Justin Long gets fashion help from a hotel concierge

Channing Tatum and Scott Porter (Image: Alexandra Wyman)

The Ten Year dinner at the Grey Goose Soho House may have started at the early-bird time of 5:30 p.m., but it didn’t stop the film’s stars Channing Tatum, Kate Mara, Scott Porter and Justin Long from showing up. Tatum carried wife Jenna Dewan up the first flight of stairs—An Officer and a Gentleman style—because her fuchsia Zac Posen dress was too tight. Tatum didn’t dig into the spread of prosciutto, risotto (served in the biggest Parmesan wheel we’ve ever seen) and roast beef, or even take in any of the generously poured drinks—instead he drank from an enormous water bottle (hey, he’s got to keep in shape in case he ever makes another Step Up movie). Find out who else showed up to the party after the jump.

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TIFF Talk

September 13, 2011 | 11:30 am

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TIFF PHOTO GALLERY: the Ten Year red carpet gala features a lot of pretty young things posing for the camera

We learned something last night at the gala presentation for Ten Year at the Ryerson Theatre: ensemble cast movies about high school reunions deliver very crowded red carpets. Shining young face after shining young face glided by, stopping only briefly to do some intense posing. Seriously, these guys were posers. Cast member Beth Whitson came first. She’s modelled for Vogue, and in an elegant floor-length gown she looked like, well, a Vogue model. She was followed by Kelly Noonan (note: saucy neckline) and director Jamie Linden. Scott Porter dressed like he was coming straight from class, and Aaron Yoo spiced things up with a plaid shirt and vest combo. And oh, look at Oscar Isaac: that hair, those eyes, that…velour blazer? Ari Graynor went a tad overboard with the whole pouting for the camera thing. Then, finally, the (sort of) big guns: Jenna Dewan-Tatum, wife to Channing, strolled by in fuchsia, followed by Max Minghella in his second carpet appearance of the festival (he’s also in The Ides of March). We barely noticed Kate Mara, but only because Channing Tatum was hot on her heels, eliciting shrill shrieks from the audience. Last but not least came Justin Long, whom you may recognize as a Mac (not a PC). See our photo gallery, after the jump.

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September 13, 2011 | 11:18 am

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Madonna bails on her after-party, but that doesn’t stop Harvey Weinstein from throwing a great one at Grey Goose Soho House

Michael Fassbender swings and misses. (Image: Alexandra Wyman)

For the fourth and final evening, Grey Goose Soho House was the celebrity venue of choice, with back-to-back-to-back parties for Ten Year (starring Channing Tatum, Kate Mara, Rosario Dawson and Justin Long), Coriolanus (starring Gerard Butler, Ralph Fiennes and Jessica Chastain), and a star-studded, multi-floor party hosted by legendary Hollywood hitmaker Harvey Weinstein. Earlier in the evening, Madonna, the hydrangea hater herself, joined a very select group of people for a private dinner celebrating W.E., but she slipped out the back door before things got crazy (does this surprise anyone?). Butler stayed for the entire night (in excess of five consecutive hours) and was never too far from a bevy of unknown models and one Megan Fox lookalike. Coriolanus castmate Fiennes dipped out early, refusing autographs as he made his exit. No sweat off our backs—the room was beginning to fill with so many recognizable faces we could barely keep up. Find out who and what they were wearing in a gallery after the jump.

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September 11, 2011 | 2:25 pm

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SPOTTED: Every famous person ever (well, almost) at Grey Goose Soho House last night

Apparently, David Cronenberg knows how to throw a party: pretty much every celebrity currently in town for TIFF attended the Canadian director’s party at Grey Goose Soho House last night in honour of his new film, A Dangerous Method (click here to see our photo gallery). The list of bold-faced names included: Cronenberg, George Clooney, Win Butler, Régine Chassagne, Bono, Stacy Keibler, Keira Knightley, James Righton, Evan Rachel Wood, Emily Blunt, Kate Mara, Max Minghella, Adam Scott, Richard Kelly, Jonah Hill, Chris Pratt, Anna Faris, Jon Hamm, Jennifer Westfeldt, Justin Long, Scott Porter, Jimmy Kimmel, Guillermo Diaz, Ewan McGregor, Kirsten Dunst, Emile Hirsch, Michelle Monaghan, Gina Gershon, Dave Matthews, Morgan Spurlock and Paz de la Huerta. Also, the Twitter machine provided a running commentary for the evening. Check out the highlights, after the jump.

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September 11, 2011 | 12:33 pm

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At A Dangerous Method’s party at Soho House, A-list celebrities outnumbered the common folk

Ryan Gosling is with this guy (Dave Matthews) (Image: Soho House)

The sheer abundance of A-listers at A Dangerous Method’s party at Soho House put celeb gossip mongers on overload, and by 2:30 a.m., the party was still going strong, making those working the event wish George Clooney would just go back to his hotel already so the rest of us could call it a night. Who we spotted, who they hung out with and what we overheard after the jump (plus pictures, lots of pictures).

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September 22, 2010 | 3:14 pm

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Netflix is now in Canada, so we put it to the test

The Hangover and Memento: what's the difference?

The biggest news in the entertainment world today is the Canadian debut of Netflix, the movie and TV series subscriber service that’s threatening pay-per-view cable offerings and the already beleaguered video rental business. But Netflix’s chief executive Reed Hastings denies that his company will kill cable. “We’re like a bicycle compared to the car,” he said at a press conference. “We’re a supplement.”

Indeed. Between caps on bandwidth and the inability to deliver DVDs to users’ doorsteps, which is an option for American Netflix users, Hastings is right in his conservative approach to the Canadian launch. And since the service is still new, the film options aren’t as bountiful as we’d expected. Popular titles, like The Hangover, were missing, and the site offered some interesting alternatives:

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TIFF Talk

September 12, 2010 | 1:48 pm

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TIFF PHOTO GALLERY: James McAvoy, Robert Redford, Alexis Bledel, Robin Wright at The Conspirator gala

Scottish actor James McAvoy at the gala premiere for The Conspirator at Roy Thomson Hall (Image: Karon Liu)

At yesterday’s premiere of Robert Redford’s period drama The Conspirator, stars James McAvoy, Alexis Bledel, Kevin Kline, Justin Long and Robin Wright showed up in their red-carpet finery… that is, if you can describe Wright’s dress as fine. See the photos in our slide show.

: Actor Alexis Bledel at the gala premiere for The Conspirator at Roy Thomson Hall (Image: Karon Liu)

: Actor Alexis Bledel at the gala premiere for The Conspirator at Roy Thomson Hall (Image: Karon Liu)

: Actor Justin Long at the gala premiere for The Conspirator at Roy Thomson Hall (Image: Karon Liu)

: Actor Justin Long at the gala premiere for The Conspirator at Roy Thomson Hall (Image: Karon Liu)

: Actor Kevin Kline at the gala premiere for The Conspirator at Roy Thomson Hall (Image: Karon Liu)

: Actor Kevin Kline at the gala premiere for The Conspirator at Roy Thomson Hall (Image: Karon Liu)

: Actor Robin Wright Penn at the gala premiere for The Conspirator at Roy Thomson Hall (Image: Karon Liu)

: Actor Robin Wright Penn at the gala premiere for The Conspirator at Roy Thomson Hall (Image: Karon Liu)

: Actor Robin Wright Penn at the gala premiere for The Conspirator at Roy Thomson Hall (Image: Karon Liu)

: Actor Robin Wright at the gala premiere for The Conspirator at Roy Thomson Hall (Image: Mauricio Contreras-Paredes)

: Scottish actor James McAvoy at the gala premiere for The Conspirator at Roy Thomson Hall (Image: Mauricio Contreras-Paredes)

: Scottish actor James McAvoy at the gala premiere for The Conspirator at Roy Thomson Hall (Image: Mauricio Contreras-Paredes)

: Scottish actor James McAvoy at the gala premiere for The Conspirator at Roy Thomson Hall (Image: Mauricio Contreras-Paredes)

: Scottish actor James McAvoy at the gala premiere for The Conspirator at Roy Thomson Hall (Image: Karon Liu)

: Scottish actor James McAvoy at the gala premiere for The Conspirator at Roy Thomson Hall (Image: Karon Liu)

: Actor James Badge Dale at the press gala for The Conspirator at Roy Thomson Hall (Image: Karon Liu)

: Screenwriter James Solomon at the press gala for The Conspirator at Roy Thomson Hall (Image: Karon Liu)

: Director Robert Redford at the gala premiere for The Conspirator at the Roy Thomson Hall (Image: Karon Liu)

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TIFF Talk

September 12, 2010 | 11:36 am

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Robert Redford returns to TIFF after 18 years for The Conspirator

The cast of The Conspirator (Image: Karon Liu)

Robert Redford spent a good portion of Saturday’s press conference for his film The Conspirator (he is both director and producer) brushing off old quotes an Italian journalist lobbed at him, including “As an actor, I wouldn’t like me as a director; as a director, I wouldn’t like me as an actor.” It’s been 18 years since Redford’s last visit to TIFF (for A River Runs Through It), and it’s the only festival he’s attended other than Sundance, which he founded. The new film is about the trial of Mary Surratt (played by Robin Wright Penn), who was convicted without evidence and eventually hanged as a conspirator in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Actors James McAvoy, Kevin Kline, Alexis Bledel and Justin Long all attended the presser. See photos of the stars below.

: The cast of The Conspirator (Image: Karon Liu)

: James McAvoy at the Toronto press conference for The Conspirator (Image: Karon Liu)

: Robin Wright Penn and Robert Redford at the Toronto press conference for The Conspirator (Image: Karon Liu)

: James McAvoy and Robin Wright at the Toronto press conference for The Conspirator (Image: Karon Liu)

: James McAvoy at the Toronto press conference for The Conspirator (Image: Karon Liu)

: Alexis Bledel at the Toronto press conference for The Conspirator (Image: Karon Liu)

: Justin Long and Alexis Bledel at the Toronto press conference for The Conspirator (Image: Karon Liu)

: Justin Long at the Toronto press conference for The Conspirator (Image: Karon Liu)

: James Solomon and Justin Long at the Toronto press conference for The Conspirator (Image: Karon Liu)

: Robert Redford at the Toronto press conference for The Conspirator (Image: Karon Liu)

: Robert Redford at the Toronto press conference for The Conspirator (Image: Karon Liu)

: Robert Redford at the Toronto press conference for The Conspirator (Image: Karon Liu)

: Robert Redford at the Toronto press conference for The Conspirator (Image: Karon Liu)

: Kevin Kline at the Toronto press conference for The Conspirator (Image: Karon Liu)

: Kevin Kline at the Toronto press conference for The Conspirator (Image: Karon Liu)

: Kevin Kline at the Toronto press conference for The Conspirator (Image: Karon Liu)

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TIFF Talk

September 2, 2010 | 2:31 pm

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It’s business time: TIFF outgrows relaxed vibe, prepares for major film deals

The Hyatt Regency will be a sales hub this year (Image: Hyatt)

For most of us, TIFF is synonymous with glamorous parties and getting to see major films before the rest of the world, but for many in the industry, it increasingly means big business. According to Variety, Toronto has become the “unofficial marketplace” for the world’s top film execs to sell premium films that debut at Cannes and to launch films they’ll take to the American Film Market (AFM) in November.

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July 27, 2010 | 1:00 pm

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TIFF announces 50 films starring awesome famous people who might come to Toronto

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Robin Wright, shown here at TIFF last year, stars in Robert Redford's The Conspirator (Image: James Helmer)

Today’s edition of TIFF celebrity stalking is a little meatier, as co-directors Piers Handling and Cameron Bailey announced 50 films (15 galas, 35 special presentations, including 25 world premieres) and the whackitude of celebrities associated with them. We’ve got two Friends (Lisa Kudrow and David Schwimmer), the Gilmore Girls (Lauren Graham and Alexis Bledel), the Mad Men man himself (Jon Hamm), Office favourite Rainn Wilson, the ever-intriguing Winona Ryder, plus Robert Redford, Woody Allen, Helen Mirren, Natalie Portman, Javier Bardem and more. This year might just top 2009’s Oprah-Clooney juggernaut appearances. Too lazy to go through the list? The lowdown, after the jump.

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Toronto International Film Festival 2009

September 17, 2009 | 11:45 am

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Michael Cera dishes on the status of the Arrested Development movie to a press conference with a paltry attendance of 10

Future Dillinger: Michael Cera declares range wider than awkward teens (Photo by Karon Liu)

“This is brutal,” said a film critic as we sit in the largely empty media room at Sutton Place. There were only five minutes left before the arrival of the cast and crew of the new Michael Cera awkward-teen rom-com (is there any other kind?), Youth In Revolt. Aside from us, there were four photographers and five reporters. The low turnout must have been due to TIFF burnout and the fact that most of the cast members—Justin Long, Ray Liotta, Steve Buscemi—didn’t show up.

The emptiness got so bad that organizers had to pull in the guys working at the BlackBerry booth outside to be seat fillers. And since all TIFF press conferences last 40 minutes, we all (including the BlackBerry guys) got together to brainstorm as many questions as we could to fill up the time.

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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

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 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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