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Spotted: Jason Reitman does karaoke, Dev Patel is beautiful, and Ryan Reynolds wants to haunt Roy Thomson Hall
Now that the most intense parts of TIFF are tapering off, the celebrity sightings are getting a little more chill—think fewer red-carpet pageants and more casual city strolls.
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Your star-spotting guide for the weekend of Saturday, September 12 and Sunday, September 13
This weekend is a dream come true for die-hard star-spotters, as TIFF parties ramp up and A-listers swarm the city for premieres...
Culture
Jake Gyllenhaal and Naomi Watts dance to Drake at the
Demolition
premiere
Last night, as guests piled into the the King West resto-lounge Patria to fête TIFF’s opening-night film Demolition , the first...
Culture
Famous people party (and drop cash) for Haiti at the Artists for Peace and Justice fundraiser
The annual Artists for Peace and Justice fundraiser upped the ante this year, charging $15,000 a table (up from last year’s...
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Adam Sandler and Jennifer Garner fête the debut of
Men, Women & Children
at Montecito on Adelaide West
The after-party for Men, Women and Children, sponsored by Las Vegas (yes, the city itself), proved an interesting one—not only...
Culture
Adam Sandler talks Rob Ford at
Men, Women & Children
red carpet
Considering that most of his early comedies are about blubbering, barely coherent man-children flailing to redeem themselves and...
Culture
Jason Reitman, Adam Sandler and Jennifer Garner talk about today’s youth, or social media, or something
After much delay, the cast of Men, Women & Children finally arrived in the Lightbox's HSBC gallery for their film's press...
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Here are five trailers for films we now know are coming to TIFF
This morning, the Toronto International Film Festival made its first in what will certainly be a long series of programming...
Culture
The 50 Buzziest Films of TIFF: We Cut Through the Hype So You Don’t Have To
Single tickets for the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival go on sale this Sunday, September 1. The schedule, packed with...
Culture
TIFF WEEKEND ROUNDUP: The five buzziest red carpets
It’s no secret that TIFF is obscenely, absurdly front-loaded, with the premieres for all the biggest films—and the red-carpet...
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TIFF PARTY: Emma Watson and Nina Dobrev go back to school at the Perks of Being a Wallflower party
Last night we left the TIFF bubble of King West and headed to a converted garage near Trinity-Bellwoods for the after-party for...
Culture
TIFF RED CARPET: Joaquin Phoenix, Amy Adams and a bespectacled Joseph Gordon-Levitt at The Master
Sure, it’s early, but we suspect the cutest, most endearing and funniest #TIFF12 celeb-spotting moment will be the hunched-over...
Culture
TIFF Gallery: Christina Hendricks cheats on Bryan Cranston (in a live read of American Beauty)
Juno and Up in the Air director Jason Reitman packed Ryerson last night (seriously, the line wrapped three-quarters of the way...
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TIFF PARTY: Emily Blunt and John Krasinski have a threesome with a moose at Soho House
At long last, the much-anticipated, members-only, super-impossible-to-sneak-into Soho House opened its permanent Toronto location...
Culture
SPOTTED: Christina Hendricks ditches the office for TIFF
The Toronto Star spotted Mad Men’ s office maven Christina Hendricks as she arrived at Pearson Airport last night (the redhead...
Culture
Today at TIFF (Thursday, Sept. 6): American Beauty table read, Looper gala and more
Our daily roundup of opening galas, parties, screenings and more. • 6 p.m. Jason Reitman’s live read of American Beauty at...
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Jason Reitman brings his live table read series to TIFF with American Beauty
Since last October, Juno and Up in the Air director Jason Reitman has been organizing a series called “Live Read” at the Los...
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Another TIFF party announcement: Norman Jewison’s annual BBQ
Canadian Film Centre founder Norman Jewison ’ s annual private BBQ is a bit of a trek from TIFF central on King Street West, but...
Culture
Year in Review: TIFF 2011, where we saw celebrities everywhere (and even shared a bathroom with one)
TIFF this year was a a non-stop gauntlet of activity, from press conferences to movie screenings (actually), swag lounges and some...
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TIFF 2011 Roundup: Jason Reitman, Jamie Campbell Bower and Robert De Niro are among TIFF 2011’s worst dressed
Some of TIFF 2011’s men dressed well, some dressed boring in black and white, and some dressed downright casual. Director Jason...
Culture
SPOTTED: George Clooney, Stacy Keibler and Jason Reitman enjoying a friendly chat at the Ritz
The CBC had a mole inside the Ritz-Carlton last night and managed to spot a friendly get-together among George Clooney and some...
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Spotted! Uma Thurman orders off-menu Mexican at private Brassaii dinner with Jason Reitman
Brassaii chef Bruce Woods served up honey-mustard-glazed salmon, goat cheese–stuffed chicken and champagne risotto for the cast...
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TIFF PHOTO GALLERY: Dan Aykroyd, Jason Reitman at the dedication of Reitman Square
Yesterday wasn't quite TIFF, but it was the perfect occasion to get some buzz for a homegrown project before the celebrities...
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The top-secret formula for decoding Toronto Star movie reviews, revealed
Everyone's a critic, right? Well, at the Toronto Star, even its film critics don't seem to be too, well, critical these...
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Dead Reckoning: The executor of their estate was supposed to divide it among their friends and family. Instead, he bankrupted it
When Sami and June Suomalainen died, it fell to the executor of their wills, a lawyer they hardly knew, to sell their million-dollar midtown home and split the proceeds among their inheritors. Seven years and six lawsuits later, the beneficiaries haven’t seen a cent
Deep Dives
These are Toronto’s best new restaurants of 2026
This year’s list includes a 150-square-foot omakase counter, a Parisian brasserie in the Annex, Korean comfort food, Filipino karaoke and a Summerhill seafood spot that’s reinventing the raw bar
Deep Dives
Hoop Dreams: Inside the making of the Toronto Tempo, the city’s newly assembled WNBA team
After years of false starts, months of nail-biting negotiations between the league and the players’ union, and an 11th-hour scramble to build a roster, Toronto finally has its own major-league women’s basketball team. Now it just has to live up to the hype
Deep Dives
Live From New York: Inside the slay-or-be-slayed world of Studio 8H with
SNL
rookie Veronika Slowikowska
Slowikowska is the first Canadian to join the cast of
Saturday Night Live
in more than 25 years. She’s also this season’s breakout star. Now all she has to do is keep crushing it
Deep Dives
Better Call Deepak: Meet drug lord Ryan Wedding’s self-styled cocaine lawyer
The man who represented the infamous drug lord is unapologetically flashy—he has a Lamborghini and two Maseratis and wears $1,200 Louboutins. But did he become an accomplice to his client’s crimes? Deepak Paradkar says he was just doing his job. The FBI says he crossed a line
Deep Dives
The Redemption Tour: The Blue Jays are back. Can they finish what they started?
We’re not over it, but they are. Six months after that devastating defeat, the Jays take the field once more, bent more than ever on winning the World Series. Dispatches from the dugout
Deep Dives
My Life as a True Crime Spectacle: My father’s crimes fractured our family. Then came the press
My dad was the infamous Rolex Killer. The news of his crimes nearly broke me. And ever since, my family has been hounded by reporters, podcasters and true crime fanatics—a whole new circle of hell
Deep Dives
Robby on the Line: Out and about with Robby Hoffman, comedy’s equal opportunity assassin
Larry David is the indisputable king of brutal honesty. But if anyone comes close, it’s Robby Hoffman, the suddenly everywhere comic from whom no group is safe
Deep Dives
Notes on an Academic Scandal: Why did TMU demote a leading advocate of DEI?
Pamela Sugiman, a former arts dean at Toronto Metropolitan University, was a key player in the school’s push for diversity, equity and inclusion. When the backlash against DEI arrived, she was demoted. The school says it was a coincidence. She disagrees
Deep Dives
City of Renters: The dream of home ownership isn’t dead. Maybe it should be?
Scenes from the rent-for-life revolution
Deep Dives
This generation was pummelled by Covid high school. Now the job market wants to replace them with AI
It’s hard out here for a 20-something
Deep Dives
The High Price of Hope: Inside Toronto’s white-hot fertility market
Desperate wannabe parents are betting their life savings on unproven treatments and false promises
Deep Dives
Man vs. Machine: ChatGPT caused him to spiral into delusion. Now he’s suing OpenAI
Last spring, a chatbot convinced Allan Brooks that he had discovered a revolutionary mathematical theory. He says it nearly destroyed him
Deep Dives
Smart City: 20 mind-blowing Toronto inventions that are changing the world
Homegrown innovations that will transform lives for the better
Deep Dives
293 Days Without My Son: I gave up everything to rescue my kidnapped child from my abusive husband
When Valentino was abducted, I knew three things: he’d been taken by his father, he was somewhere in India and I would not rest until I found him
Deep Dives
The Violent Life of a Tow Truck Driver: How an unremarkable profession turned Toronto into a war zone
The towing industry has been hijacked by criminals and kingpins who fleece customers, beat up dissenters and shoot their enemies. Inside the brutal turf war for the city’s wrecks
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Street Fight: Inside the battle raging over Toronto multiplexes
If this city stands any chance of solving the housing crisis, it will need buildings with multiple units in residential neighbourhoods—a move that has many residents saying, “Anywhere but here!”
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