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Where to see the stars tonight

September 14, 2009

To catch a glimpse of the celebrities tonight at TIFF, head on over to Roy Thomson Hall where prior to the 6:30 p.m. screening of Mother and Child, you can watch Naomi Watts and Jimmy Smits walk the red carpet. Later in the evening at the same venue,  Michael Sheen (who also stars in The […]

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Bright Star at TIFF

September 14, 2009

At first glance, Bright Star looks like another stuffy period piece, this time about the doomed Romantic poet John Keats (Ben Whishaw) and his love affair with the girl next door, Fanny Brawne (Abbie Cornish). But in Jane Campion’s hands, the film lifts out of its era and becomes a vivid and intimate love story, […]

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Colin Farrell has "tiff" on red carpet

September 14, 2009

Colin Farrell walked the red carpet on Saturday with his sister Claudine, who's also his assistant, at the Elgin Theatre for the premiere of his movie Triage.  But when a photographer yelled at Claudine to get out of the way so he could get a single shot of the actor, Farrell got hot under the […]

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Defendor's Kat Dennings at TIFF

September 14, 2009

Tribute’s Bonnie Laufer-Krebs caught up with Kat Dennings at TIFF ’09 to talk about her role in Peter Stebbings’ film, Defendor. In Defendor, Dennings plays Kat, a young, drug-addicted prostitute who befriends Arthur Poppington (Woody Harrelson), a regular man with superhero aspirations.  Poppington tries to bring down his arch nemesis, “Captain Industry,” with help from […]

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Twilight star at TIFF

September 14, 2009

Anna Kendrick, who plays Jessica in the Twilight movies, was at TIFF to promote her new movie, Up in the Air, which stars George Clooney. Plenty of Twilight fans were thrilled to catch a glimpse of her at the festival. She told Canada.com what it was like to constantly be besieged by fans of the […]

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Jennifer Connelly in tears at TIFF

September 14, 2009

Jennifer Connelly was in tears at a Toronto film festival news conference for the film Creation after Astral Media president John Riley made unkind comments at the film's official after-party on Thursday night. Connelly and her husband, Paul Bettany, left after making a brief appearance at the party, and in response, Riley held up a […]

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Drew Barrymore calls Ellen Page "the real deal"

September 13, 2009

Drew Barrymore had nothing but praise for Canadian actress Ellen Page at today's TIFF conference to promote her new movie, Whip It. Though Page is best known for her starring role in the American film Juno, Barrymore says she had the actress on her radar before the movie came out. "I actually asked her to […]

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Emily Mortimer (Harry Brown) Interview at TIFF

Emily Mortimer (Harry Brown) Interview at TIFF

September 13, 2009

Tribute’s Bonnie Laufer-Krebs sat down with Emily Mortimer at TIFF ’09 to talk about her role in Daniel Barber’s Harry Brown. In Harry Brown, Mortimer plays Frampton, a detective struggling to deal with the violence in a very rough neighbourhood in England. Her deep belief in the law and its ability to protect the innocent […]

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Viggo Mortensen denies he's quitting acting

September 13, 2009

At the TIFF press conference promote his new film The Road, Viggo Mortensen angrily denied that he's quitting acting. A prolific actor who's had films screening at the Toronto festival for the past several years, he told reporters how the rumor got started. "I was just honest with someone a little while back who asked […]

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Kiefer Sutherland's surprise TIFF announcement

September 13, 2009

At Norman Jewison's annual TIFF barbecue for his Canadian Film Centre, Kiefer Sutherland, star of the hit television series 24, made a surprise announcement: he's been named the first chair of the Canadian Film Centre's Actors Conservatory. The new school for actors is presented by Canwest and supported by the Brian Linehan Charitable Foundation, which […]