Camera: Michael and Diane Budman host a private screening of Frank Marshall’s new doc in their Forest Hill home
Camera: Michael and Diane Budman host a private screening of Frank Marshall’s new doc in their Forest Hill home
By Frances McInnis | May 2, 2012
By Frances McInnis | 05/02/2012
By Frances McInnis | Photography by George Pimentel
February 29. It wasn’t quite musical chairs, but there was a flurry of seat swapping between courses during a dinner at the Forest Hill home of Michael and Diane Budman. The buzz was mostly about a new ESPN documentary by Hollywood producer Frank Marshall that they’d just previewed in the basement theatre. Right to Play centres on Budman’s friend, Johann Olav Koss, the founder of the humanitarian sports organization of the same name. Things started slow as Budman spent a few minutes figuring out the DVD player, leaving the guests in the dark. (Martin Short couldn’t resist: “It’s a triumph, Frank.”) After dinner, Short nudged musician Stephan Moccio, his fellow judge on Canada’s Got Talent, toward the piano and delivered a semi-improvised, mostly nonsensical song that referenced bin Laden, deadbeat dads, dirty beards and Navy SEALS, and left the crowd howling. The moral of the story: when throwing a dinner party, always invite a comedian.
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134015 Roots co-founder Michael Budman and Right to Play CEO Johann Olavkoss (Image: George Pimental) Camera: Movie Night at the Budmans Camera: Movie Night at the Budmans https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/may12Camera2-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/may12Camera2.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/may12Camera2.jpg 624 414 [] https://torontolife.com/city/camera-movie-night-at-the-budmans/slide/may12camera2/ may12camera2 0 0
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134017 E-talking head Ben Mulroney and Roots Director of Culture Raymond Perkins (Image: George Pimental) Camera: Movie Night at the Budmans Camera: Movie Night at the Budmans https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/may12Camera4-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/may12Camera4.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/may12Camera4.jpg 624 414 [] https://torontolife.com/city/camera-movie-night-at-the-budmans/slide/may12camera4/ may12camera4 0 0
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134018 Investment advisor Jennifer Lee Koss and film producer Frank Marshall (Image: George Pimental) Camera: Movie Night at the Budmans Camera: Movie Night at the Budmans https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/may12Camera5-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/may12Camera5.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/may12Camera5.jpg 624 414 [] https://torontolife.com/city/camera-movie-night-at-the-budmans/slide/may12camera5/ may12camera5 0 0
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134020 Gossip columnist Amoryn Engel and entrepreneur Marcus Doyle (Image: George Pimental) Camera: Movie Night at the Budmans Camera: Movie Night at the Budmans https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/may12Camera7-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/may12Camera7.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/may12Camera7.jpg 624 414 [] https://torontolife.com/city/camera-movie-night-at-the-budmans/slide/may12camera7/ may12camera7 0 0
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134019 Rogers VP Phil Lind and senior associate at IBI Group Ellen Roland (Image: George Pimental) Camera: Movie Night at the Budmans Camera: Movie Night at the Budmans https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/may12Camera6-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/may12Camera6.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/may12Camera6.jpg 414 486 [] https://torontolife.com/city/camera-movie-night-at-the-budmans/slide/may12camera6/ may12camera6 0 0
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134016 Funny guy Martin Short and former model Velvet Haney (Image: George Pimental) Camera: Movie Night at the Budmans Camera: Movie Night at the Budmans https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/may12Camera3-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/may12Camera3.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/may12Camera3.jpg 414 592 [] https://torontolife.com/city/camera-movie-night-at-the-budmans/slide/may12camera3/ may12camera3 0 0
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134021 Art collector Murray Frum and Cineplex media president Salah Bachir (Image: George Pimental) Camera: Movie Night at the Budmans Camera: Movie Night at the Budmans https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/may12Camera8-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/may12Camera8.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/may12Camera8.jpg 624 414 [] https://torontolife.com/city/camera-movie-night-at-the-budmans/slide/may12camera8/ may12camera8 0 0
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134022 Pianist Stephan Moccio (Image: George Pimental) Camera: Movie Night at the Budmans Camera: Movie Night at the Budmans https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/may12Camera9-96x96.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/may12Camera9.jpg https://torontolife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/may12Camera9.jpg 624 414 [] https://torontolife.com/city/camera-movie-night-at-the-budmans/slide/may12camera9/ may12camera9 0 0
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Who the heck are Michael and Diane Budman?
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haha Chris!
This people are, as a group, supporting the scarf industry by themselves.