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The swag series: IT Lounge is gifting stars with Kobo eReaders

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What it is: NKPR is hosting a lounge in its Adelaide Street office with a make-over courtesy of star designer Yanic Simard. As part of NKPR’s partnership with Paul Haggis’s charity Artists for Peace and Justice, founder Natasha Koifman will donate $5 for each new person who follows her on Twitter (@natashankpr).

Who goes: Hollywood bigwigs including Edward Norton, Tim Robbins, Jennifer Garner and Sissy Spacek camped out last year. This year, Artists for Peace and Justice hosts such as James Franco are expected.

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From the Archives: a look back on TIFF’s most memorable moments

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This month, the Toronto International Film Festival celebrates its 35th year with a glossy new home in the Bell Lightbox. Much has changed since the inaugural year, when Hollywood studios turned up their noses at the fledging fest. Then again, much hasn’t. It’s still two weeks of celebrities and fans behaving badly. Here, a look back on TIFF’s most memorable moments, from the coke-fuelled ’70s to the paparazzi-riddled oughties.

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Toronto International Film Festival 2009

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The fun dozen stop: our top 12 TIFF tales

FunDozenThis Saturday night, TIFF volunteers will roll up the red carpet for the last time in 2009. With the festival’s imminent end, we’ve compiled a list of the our most-read stories since the beginning of festivities on September 10. Here, the top dozen:

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Toronto International Film Festival 2009

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The invisible (Venk)man: Bill Murray golfs instead of attending Get Low press conference with Sissy Spacek and Robert Duvall

Robert Duvall and Sissy Spaseck contemplate Bill Murray's absence at the Get Low press conference yesterday (Photo by Fraser Abe)

Robert Duvall and Sissy Spacek contemplate Bill Murray’s absence at the Get Low press conference (Photo by Fraser Abe)

Yesterday, we went to the press conference for Get Low, a film about an eccentric man who throws his own funeral while he’s still alive. While there, we learned about another eccentric fellow: Bill Murray. Murray was absent from the conference, but co-stars Robert Duvall and Sissy Spacek were there along with the film’s director Aaron Schneider and producer Dean Zanuck (son of legendary producer Richard D. Zanuck of Cocoon, Driving Miss Daisy and more).

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Celeb-spotting warm-up: let the speculation begin

TIFF bound? She has a film in the festival, so we hope to see Tina Fey sipping lattes in Yorkville

TIFF bound? Tina Fey stars in The Invention of Lying (Photo by George Arriola)

No celebrity’s attendance at TIFF has been officially confirmed, but yesterday’s announcement of opening galas and special presentations gives us a good idea of who’s expected to venture to Toronto in September. Here’s a quick breakdown of which movies are being screened and which stars we expect to see milling about Yorkville 50 days hence.

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