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TIFF 2012 Insider’s Guide: top 10 spots for boozing and schmoozing with stars
TIFF can be the most exhausting event of the year—10 days of near constant drinking, schmoozing and stargazing, all, ostensibly, in the name of movies. Choosing the best parties requires insider intelligence and expert planning. Here, a highly discerning look at the festival’s hottest hot spots.
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CONFIRMED: Kiefer Sutherland returns for TIFF 2012
Sutherland outside the Ritz-Carlton during TIFF last year (Image: Ken Munday)
Former Toronto resident and 24 star Kiefer Sutherland joined Kirsten Dunst and Alexander Skarsgård to walk the red carpet for one of the buzziest flicks at last year’s festival—Lars von Trier’s Melancholia. At this year’s festival, Sutherland will be in town to promote The Reluctant Fundamentalist, an international political thriller co-starring Kate Hudson and Liev Schreiber (who are both coming to town as well).
Another TIFF party announcement: Norman Jewison’s annual BBQ
Jim Cuddy, Gary Slaight, Norman Jewison, Slawko Klymkiw and Mychael Danna (Image: Ernesto DiStefano)
Canadian Film Centre founder Norman Jewison’s annual private BBQ is a bit of a trek from TIFF central on King Street West, but it’s definitely worth the trip. This year’s fete will take place on September 9 at the CFC Windfields Estate, the centre’s colonial revival–style home base just north of the Bridle Path. It boasts orchards, a formal terrace and woodlands, plus stunning views of the city—and of celebrities like Sarah Gadon, Paul Haggis, Jim Cuddy, Kiefer Sutherland and Jason Reitman, who have all been seen touring the grounds during the festival.
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TIFF Weekend Roundup: the five buzziest red carpets
Angelina Jolie wears a gold purse handcuffed to her wrist as she poses with Brad Pitt (Image: Lia Grainger)
The first weekend of TIFF is basically one big long party, with a non-stop crush of big premieres, boldface names and tremendous amounts of running around (sleep is usually not involved). In case you missed it, here are last weekend’s five most talked about red carpets:
- A wall of screams surrounded Roy Thomson Hall on Friday for the gala presentation of Moneyball. The culprits? Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie (whose purse was handcuffed to her wrist), Philip Seymour Hoffman and Jonah Hill. Check out our red carpet gallery »
- The Ides of March was a kind of passing of the torch from the charming, ageless George Clooney to the charming, youthful Ryan Gosling (who brought his mother along as his date). Marisa Tomei and Evan Rachel Wood also shone. Check out our red carpet gallery »
- Michael Fassbender didn’t show, but Keira Knightley and Viggo Mortensen brought star power to the Canadian premiere of David Cronenberg’s A Dangerous Method. Check out our red carpet gallery »
- Kirsten Dunst, elegant as ever in a polka-dot top, stole the show at the gala for Lars von Trier’s Melancholia (although Alexander Skarsgård and Kiefer Sutherland were also there). Check out our red carpet gallery »
- Take This Waltz saw a gushing Sarah Polley (it’s only her second feature, after all) and a very pregnant Jennifer Podemski (along with co-stars Seth Rogen and Sarah Silverman). Check out our red carpet gallery »
TIFF PHOTO GALLERY: Kirsten Dunst, Alexander Skarsgård and Kiefer Sutherland at the red carpet gala for Melancholia
Kiefer Sutherland provided a little Can-Con at the Ryerson Theatre last night for the early evening premiere of Lars von Trier’s much-ballyhooed new film, Melancholia. Of course, the cheers for homegrown Sutherland were quickly drowned out when True Blood’s Alexander Skarsgård rolled in. He seemed to enjoy the attention, which we think is, you know, nice and all (also nice—all six feet, four inches of that vampire goodness). Not surprisingly, however, the movie’s star, Kirsten Dunst, ultimately stole the show, smiling profusely as she strolled along the carpet, looking retro-chic in a pleated white skirt and polka dot blouse. Fresh! But we have to wonder: where were the Charlottes (Rampling and Gainsbourg)? See the gallery, after the jump.
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SPOTTED: Kiefer Sutherland at the Ritz-Carlton
(Images: Ken Munday)
A Toronto Life tipster caught a glimpse of former Toronto resident and 24 star Kiefer Sutherland leaving the Ritz-Carlton and going out for a casual stroll along Wellington Street. Then, our intrepid—and trusted—tipster saw him pose with a screaming fan before continuing on on his merry way (and into the TIFF Bell Lightbox).
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