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Twilight
City News
Mommy Porn Goes Global: with 50 Shades of Grey and Gabriel’s Inferno, BDSM-tinged bodice-rippers are changing the way we read
In September 2009, a serialized novel called The University of Edward Masen debuted on Twilighted, an online fan fiction forum...
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Culture
QUOTED: David Cronenberg on what he really thinks about the Dark Knight movies
—D David Cronenberg in an interview with The Next Movie alongside Cosmopolis star Robert Pattinson. Later in the Q&A, the...
Culture
Metric announces it will score David Cronenberg’s Cosmopolis, and Emily Haines is excited about rat currency
Emily Haines , frontwoman for the band Metric , announced that the group will be scoring David Cronenberg’ s new film Cosmopolis...
Culture
Sarah Gadon to play Robert Pattinson’s wife in Cronenberg’s Cosmopolis
Move over, Kristen Stewart . Twilight ’s Team Edward fans now have a new actress to obsessively hate . Toronto’s Sarah Gadon...
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Culture
Take that, Twilight! Rachelle Lefevre to star in ABC medical drama
Like Sandra Oh before them, Canadian actors Rachelle Lefevre (who also stars in the recent film adaptation of Barney's Version )...
Culture
Being Erica BS Detector: Season 3, Episode 10
Call us curmudgeons, but even in the realm of the supernatural, we here at the BEBSD appreciate rules of governance. (Like on...
Culture
Canadian filmmaker Bruce McDonald gets in on vampire trend
Bruce McDonald' s latest project is like the Canadian answer to Vampires Suck , the Twilight spoof film. He's sending up the teen...
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Food & Drink
Twilight-themed energy drinks thankfully banned in Canada
When it comes to following the vampire diet, local Twilight fans are being deprived. Canada Customs is holding up a proverbial...
Style
Hot Topic turns teenage angst into clothing
Most parents won't have heard of Hot Topic, that is, unless they went through a heavy-black-eyeliner phase in the late '90s. The...
Food & Drink
Jessi Cruickshank moves to L.A., MTV cancels the After Show
After our favourite fiery-haired MTV host, Jessi Cruickshank, confirmed that she was moving to L.A. for a still-secret job, MTV...
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Food & Drink
The Long Weekender: Drake’s music festival, Caribana and six other events on our to-do list
1. THE OVO FEST Lucky for us, Drake is over his fear of the mean streets of Toronto just in time to launch a new music fest, the...
City News
Tee hee: Toronto Star says Twilight stars James Pattinson
Sure, we all make mistakes, but when a paper runs a story about Twilight and says it stars James Pattinson, we are obliged to take...
Culture
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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Culture
Metric has written the new Twilight theme song
Along with acclaimed Canadian film composer Howard Shore ( The Lord of the Rings, A History of Violence , Philadelphia —the list...
City News
Bloody hell: Brits complain Yanks are stealing their vampires
Vampires: too sparkly, too emo and now too American in the eyes of “vampire experts” (what a job title!) who congregated at a...
Culture
The Twilight brand may not be as immortal as its characters
For the past two years, we've been trying to develop a Twilight -related business. The brand is responsible for bringing in...
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City News
If elected, Mammoliti will propose 11 p.m. curfew for tweens
Following the brouhaha over bands dropping out of a Giorgio Mammoliti campaign concert, we decided to check out Mammoliti's...
Style
Christian Louboutin calls his customers ‘sluttish,’ Demi Moore denies Photoshop work, Toronto toy company takes on Barbie
• Christian Louboutin, the man who made six-inch heels the norm, describes his shoes as tarty, saying women sometimes buy them...
Style
My Edward Cullen Twilight make-over
Even non-Twihards know that associating oneself with the Twilight series is a wise move, so when my editor found out that Norma...
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Style
Brad and Angelina are jewellery designers, MC Hammer won’t discuss harem pants, man-gagement rings are the next wedding trend
• Zac Posen, beloved by stars for his red carpet numbers, is reaching out to Lower East Siders (read: hipsters) with Z Spoke, a...
Shopping
Sales roundup: 90 per cent off at William Ashley, 80 per cent off athletic wear, Rita Tesolin sample sale
FASHION AND BEAUTY ATHLETIC LOCKER OUTLET Find holiday presents for sporty family members at this 25th-anniversary warehouse sale...
Shopping
Sales roundup: Discounts on Lacoste, Linda Lundström, Alexander McQueen, Lanvin and more
FASHION AND BEAUTY ALYSSA AGENCY SAMPLE SALE This sample sale includes such must-have brands as Fidelity Denim, Snob and...
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Culture
PHOTO GALLERY: Up in the Air premiere with George Clooney, Melanie Lynskey and Anna Kendrick
We went to the premiere of Up in the Air and spotted the film's stars George Clooney, Melanie Lynskey and Twilight' s Anna...
Culture
Paul Haggis closes the bar at the Artists for Peace and Justice fundraiser
The opportunity to walk on the set of an undisclosed major picture starring Russell Crowe was sold for $6,000, tea time with Diane...
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Summer Camp Guide
City News
Summer Camp Directory 2026
Discover our top-rated summer camps for kids of all ages
Best New Restaurants
TL Events
Toronto Life
’s Best Restaurants returns for its 10th-anniversary edition on June 8
General admission tickets are now on sale for Toronto’s biggest culinary night, featuring top chefs, restaurants and drinks
Big Stories
Deep Dives
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
Deep Dives
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!”
Just Listed
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For Sale: 92 Arjay Crescent
As luxury buyers become increasingly focused on wellness, privacy, and long-term livability, a new generation of custom homes is emerging – one defined less by excess and more by thoughtful design
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For Sale: 171 Durant Ave
This rare property features 2 houses on 1 lot
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For Sale: 50 First Avenue
A testament to time presiding over one of Uxbridge's most storied streetscapes, this magnificently preserved circa 1880 residence commands its prominent corner lot with the quiet confidence of a true architectural landmark
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For Sale: 7 Bentley Drive
A commanding architectural statement in prestigious Stonegate–Queensway, this newly completed custom residence by Bali Homes Group presents a refined interpretation of contemporary luxury living
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