Erin Karpluk
We ran into many a star at the Hello! magazine party, including Russel Peters, Kristin Booth and Erin Karpluk. See the slide show below.
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PHOTO GALLERY: Harry Brown premiere at the Visa Screening Room
Michael Caine and Emily Mortimer on the red carpet for the premiere of Harry Brown
Harry Brown premiered at the Visa Screening Room last night, and we were on the red carpet to snap pictures of Michael Caine and Emily Mortimer.
PHOTO GALLERY: Gaspard Ulliel and Keisha Castle-Hughes on the red carpet before the Vinter’s Luck premiere
Director Niki Caro and Keisha Castle-Hughes share a laugh on the red carpet on the red carpet
We caught actors Keisha Castle-Hughes and Gaspard Ulliel, as well as director Niki Caro, as they walk the red carpet at the Visa Screening Room for the premiere of Vinter’s Luck.
PHOTO GALLERY: on the red carpet at the Visa Screening Room for the premiere of Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel
We were on the red carpet at the Visa Screening Room for the world premiere of the Canadian documentary Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel.
PHOTO GALLERY: Up in the Air premiere at Ryerson Theatre with George Clooney and Jason Bateman
One of the most anticipated premieres at 2009′s Toronto International Film Festival took place yesterday at the Ryerson Theatre. Up in the Air, the story of a frequent flyer who just met the woman of his dreams, stars George Clooney, Jason Bateman and Vera Farmiga. It’s directed by Jason Reitman. Check out our red carpet photos.
PHOTO GALLERY: Cracks premieres at the Visa Screening Room
Cracks, a 1930s period film set in a girl’s boarding school, premiered at Visa Screening Room yesterday. We were on the red carpet to snap shots of Eva Green, María Valverde, Ridley Scott and Jordan Scott. (Is it just us, or is Jordan Scott not a shoe-in for a vampire role in the next Twilight movie?)
PHOTO GALLERY: Men Who Stare Goats after party with Jason Bateman, Jeff Bridges, Mena Suvari, Peter Gallagher and more
Last night’s glitziest party was the Vitamin Water event for The Men Who Stare at Goats on the Bridle Path. The celebrities (and goats) were out in full force, and we captured some great shots on the red carpet. View the slide show below.
PHOTO GALLERY: The Informant! premiere at the Visa Screening Room with Matt Damon
The Informant! premiered last night at the Visa Screening Room. We were there to capture pictures of its star, Matt Damon, as well as Scott Bakula, Scott Burns, Chelsea Field and director Steven Soderberg as they walked the red carpet.
PHOTO GALLERY: Bright Star premiere at the Visa Screening Room with Ben Whishaw
Jane Campion’s TIFF offering, Bright Star, premiered last night at the Visa Screening Room. The film tells the story of the relationship between the poet John Keats (Ben Whishaw) and Fanny Brawne (Abbie Cornish). Take a peek at our red carpet photos below.
PHOTO GALLERY: Jennifer’s Body premiere at Ryerson Theatre with Megan Fox, Amanda Seyfried and Diablo Cody
TIFF‘s Midnight Madness program launched last night in full sexy style, with Megan Fox, Amanda Seyfried and Diablo Cody all walking the red carpet. Their film, Jennifer’s Body, promises schlock, horror and comedy. Check out the photos below.
PHOTO GALLERY: Broken Embraces North American premiere at the Visa Screening Room with Penélope Cruz and Lluís Homar
The red carpet at the Visa Screening Room on Yonge Street was hotter than ever last night with the arrival of Penélope Cruz, star of Pedro Almodovar‘s latest offering, Broken Embraces. Her co-star Lluís Homar was also there to introduce the movie’s first North American audience to the story of a young actress trying to make it big.
PHOTO GALLERY: Creation opening night gala at Roy Thomson Hall with Jennifer Connelly and Paul Bettany
Jennifer Connelly greets fans at the world premiere of Creation, the opening gala of the Toronto International Film Festival 2009, at Roy Thomson Hall (Photo by Karon Liu)
The Toronto International Film Festival 2009 kicked off last night with the evening premiere of John Amiel‘s Creation, a British (and notably not Canadian) biopic about Charles Darwin. The stars of the film—real-life husband and wife Jennifer Connelly and Paul Bettany—took a glitzy stroll down the red carpet at Roy Thomson Hall and we were there.
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- Jennifer Connelly greets fans at the world premiere of Creation, the opening gala of the Toronto International Film Festival 2009, at Roy Thomson Hall (Photo by Karon Liu)
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- Jennifer Connelly and Paul Bettany pose for photographers at the world premiere of Creation, the opening gala of the Toronto International Film Festival 2009, at Roy Thomson Hall (Photo by Karon Liu)
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- Jennifer Connelly and Paul Bettany pose for photographers at the world premiere of Creation, the opening gala of the Toronto International Film Festival 2009, at Roy Thomson Hall (Photo by Karon Liu)
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- Paul Bettany greets fans at the world premiere of Creation, the opening gala of the Toronto International Film Festival 2009, at Roy Thomson Hall (Photo by Karon Liu)
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- Paul Bettany greets fans at the world premiere of Creation, the opening gala of the Toronto International Film Festival 2009, at Roy Thomson Hall (Photo by Karon Liu)
TIFF’s 12 Best Dressed
In time for TIFF, we rolled out the red carpet and played dress-up with some of the most stylish people in the city’s film industry.
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Interviews by Karon Liu and Chloë Ellingson. Photographs by Lee Towndrow.
Goodbye, Yorkville, our old friend: A peek inside TIFF’s skeletal new home, the Bell Lightbox
Noah Cowan, Bell Lightbox artistic director, shows off the fourth floor of the building that will be used as a film reference library (All photos by Karon Liu).
Although the Toronto International Film Festival won’t be settling into its new home until this time next year, last week we donned hard hats, construction boots and goggles (and signed a spooky-looking safety waiver) and took a tour of the half-built Bell Lightbox. Oh, the perils of entertainment reporting.
The five-storey tower at the corner of King and John Streets (a $22-million piece of land donated by Ivan Reitman, his sisters and the Daniels Corporation) will have five theatres with a total of 1,300 seats, learning studios for film students and two dining spaces occupied by Oliver and Bonacini. Noah Cowan, artistic director of the Bell Lightbox and a former TIFF co-director, says that the goal is to move the festival into a more central downtown location over the next three years.
Cause Célèbre: Let’s dress TIFF stars out of the Style Box
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.
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