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Toronto International Film Festival 2009
September 12, 2009 | 3:36 pm

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Chatting up Being Erica hunk Tyron Leitso at the Celebrate Ontario party

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What a coif! Being Erica star Tyron Leitso

With politicians talking tax credits, Celebrate Ontario was hardly the average stiletto-studded TIFF affair. Hazelton Lanes’ Manyata Courtyard Café was flooded with yours-to-discover devotees feting the festival’s eight Ontario titles. Alongside pinstriped suits and the occasional popped collar pink polo, casual arty types like Sook-Yin Lee (see coverage of her directorial debut, Year of the Carnivore, here), rocked low ponies and denim jackets. Are we still in Yorkville, Toto?

We weren’t lost long. Young and the Restless lass Tonya Lee Williams was cruising the locavore circuit with The Border’s brooding James McGowan. She’s toned down her typical four-film-a-day frenzy: “I’m old now!”

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Toronto International Film Festival 2009
September 11, 2009 | 2:42 pm

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Sook-Yin Lee demands party guests share an orgasm story

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Sook-Yin Lee subscribes to a kiss-and-tell philosophy

“Who is going to share a story of their first orgasm?” belted director Sook-Yin Lee from a mic at the back of Rolly’s Garage on Oz. Silence. The crowd gathered to celebrate The Year of the Carnivore had a drunken gaze and nervous laughter, so Lee broke the ice “I had my first orgasm on a bunk bed post.” Still, no one was willing to share. She grew impatient, “You! YOU COME UP! YOU!! YOU WITH THE CAMERA TRYING TO HIDE BEHIND IT!!” (Er, that would be us.) Just when we thought we’d get kicked out for not divulging our most private acts to a room packed with strangers, a man ran to the rescue. Unfortunately, it was also last call so his tale of having an orgasm with a British accent was muffled by drunk people rushing to the bar.

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Toronto International Film Festival 2009
September 11, 2009 | 1:12 pm

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Midnight dance party with Sook-Yin Lee and Buck 65 on Ossington

Sook Yin Lee and Buck 65 get friendly at Rolly's Garage (Photo by Karon Liu)

Sook-Yin Lee and Buck 65 get friendly at Rolly's Garage (Photo by Karon Liu)

Maybe it’s lack of hoops to jump through or three-hour waiting period to secure a viewing location, but parties thrown by Toronto filmmakers are always among the most enjoyable at TIFF. Last night’s Year of the Carnivore bash hosted by director and writer Sook-Yin Lee felt more like a wrap party than a calculated industry event. Set inside Rolly’s Garage—a small car repair shop-cum-gallery—and spilling on to its front steps, the open bar and swag table containing CDs, Crystal Castle T-shirts and Come As You Are gift packs created icebreakers.

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Toronto International Film Festival 2009
September 10, 2009 | 9:33 am

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Today at TIFF: September 10, 2009

Our daily roundup of the most buzz-worthy opening galas, parties and screenings.

• Leonard Cohen: I’m Your Man free public screening, Yonge–Dundas Square, noon
• Steamboat Bill Jr. free public screening, Yonge–Dundas Square, 3 p.m.
• Live video feed from the opening night gala at Roy Thomson Hall, Yonge–Dundas Square, 7 p.m.
• Year of the Carnivore premiere, Varsity 8, 7:30 p.m.
• Creation premiere, Roy Thomson Hall, 8 p.m.
• Free opening night concert featuring DJ Champion, Yonge-Dundas Square, 9 p.m.
• TIFF opening night party, Liberty Grand, 9 p.m.
• Broken Embraces premiere, Roy Thomson Hall, 9:30 p.m.
• Year of the Carnivore party (guests include Sook-Yin Lee and a performance by Buck 65), Rolly’s Garage

Toronto International Film Festival 2009
August 31, 2009 | 3:57 pm

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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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