Robin Wright Penn's Private Lives
September 17, 2009Robin Wright Penn is at TIFF to promote her new film, The Private Lives of Pippa Lee, but she's got a lot going on in her own private life as well. When asked about her impending divorce from actor Sean Penn, to whom she's been married for 13 years, she told the Toronto Star: "It [...]
Lisa Kudrow & Scott Cohen at TIFF for Love and Other Impossible Pursuits
September 17, 2009Tribute's Toni-Marie Ippolito sat down with Lisa Kudrow and Scott Cohen to talk about their roles in the Don Roos film, Love and Other Impossible Pursuits. In Love and Other Impossible Pursuits, Kudrow and Cohen play a formerly married couple, struggling to deal with the complexities of their broken family in the wake of their [...]
Amy Sedaris and Chris Kattan talk Tanner Hall at TIFF
September 17, 2009Tribute's Bonnie Laufer-Krebs caught up with Amy Sedaris and Chris Kattan at TIFF to talk about their roles in the coming-of-age drama, Tanner Hall. In Tanner Hall, Kattan plays Mr. Middlewood, a teacher at an all-girls boarding school who is dealing with a mid-life crisis. Sedaris is his wife, Mrs. Middlewood, who helps to run [...]
Natalie Portman protests Tel Aviv protest
September 17, 2009During a roundtable interview yesterday for her film Love and Other Impossible Pursuits, which had its gala screening at Roy Thomson Hall last night, Golden Globe-winning actress Natalie Portman explained why she signed a letter to support Tel Aviv's inclusion in TIFF's City to City program. Last week, several artists signed a letter of protest [...]
Galas and freebies today at TIFF
September 17, 2009At noon, Yonge-Dundas Square is offering a free screening of the concert film U2: Rattle & Hum, to coincide with U2 being in Toronto for two live concerts at the Rogers Centre. At 3 p.m. as part of TIFF's Silent Film Series, the 1927 romantic comedy It, starring Clara Bow will be screened. Then at [...]
Producer's script and cash stolen at TIFF
September 16, 2009A suitcase belonging to an Italian film producer who was attending the Toronto International Film Festival was stolen from the lobby of the Four Seasons hotel on Bloor street, according to Toronto police. The producer, whom police would not name, saying only that he's "apparently well-known in Italy," briefly set down the suitcase, containing 7,000 [...]
Robin Wright Penn & Keanu Reeves at TIFF
September 16, 2009Tribute’s Bonnie Laufer-Krebs sat down with Robin Wright Penn and Keanu Reeves at TIFF to talk about their work in the Rebecca Miller film, The Private Lives of Pippa Lee. In Pippa Lee, Wright Penn plays Pippa, the dutiful wife of an older book publisher (Alan Arkin), who finds herself at an emotional crossroads and [...]
Timothy Olyphant at TIFF for High Life
September 16, 2009Tribute’s Bonnie Laufer-Krebs sat down with Timothy Olyphant at TIFF to talk about his role in Gary Yates’ heist film, High Life. In High Life, Olyphant plays Dick, a drug addict who hatches a get-rich-quick plan with his friend, Bug (Stephen McIntyre) and their accomplices, Donny (Joe Anderson) and Billy (Rossif Sutherland). But of course, [...]
