Toronto Film Festival

Corporate Culture on Trial in Toronto

Erica Abeel | Posted 11.12.2009 | Entertainment

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Erica Abeel

One of the more robust themes to emerge in the early outings of this year's Toronto International Film Festival is corporate malfeasance.

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Matt Damon Talks 'Testosterone Deficient' Home Full Of Pink

people.com | Paul Chi | Posted 11.12.2009 | Entertainment

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As the only male in a household of four females, Matt Damon's life is filled with love and fairy princesses. "I call it the 'testosterone deficit.'...

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George Clooney Stretched Thin Promoting Multiple Films

nytimes.com | MICHAEL CIEPLY | Posted 11.12.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Toronto Film Festival, Up in the Air, George Clooney, Film, The Men Who Stare at Goats, Entertainment News

As of late last week, a slightly frantic army of studio executives, publicists and agents in Los Angeles was still fretting through the intricacies of...

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Live from the Toronto Film Festival: Day 2

Marshall Fine | Posted 11.12.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: An Education, Sony Pictures Classics, Penelope Cruz, Up in the Air, Toronto International Film Festival, Jason Reitman, The Damned United, George Clooney, Broken Embraces, The Coen Brothers, Toronto Film Festival, Entertainment News
Marshall Fine

Directed by Jason Reitman, Up in the Air puts Reitman at three for three, in terms of movies that manage to be both smart and wickedly witty. This film could easily put a second Oscar on George Clooney's mantle.

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Toronto Day 1: Penelope Cruz and the Coen brothers

NJ.com | NJ.com | Posted 11.11.2009 | Home

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Film critic Stephen Whitty lands in Toronto, and brings back word of the upcoming (and good) Coen brothers comedy, "A Serious Man." ...

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Toronto Film Fest Day 2: Two Hits, A Fun Miss and Then Malaise

Michael Giltz | Posted 11.11.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Toronto Film Festival, The Coen Brothers, Vera Farmiga, George Clooney, Film Festival, Vikings, Movies, Jason Reitman, Entertainment News
Michael Giltz

Reviewed: the new Coen brothers movie, George Clooney, fuzzy Ukrainian subtitles and a pack of arty Vikings.

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Jennifer Connelly's See-Through Dress: Love It Or Leave It? (PHOTOS, POLL)

Huffington Post | Posted 11.11.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Jennifer Connelly Red Dress, Jennifer Connelly, Toronto Film Festival, Poll, Breasts, Celebrity Skin, Film, Creation, Entertainment News

The Toronto Film Festival opened Thursday night and Jennifer Connelly attended the premiere of her new movie 'Creation,' a Charles Darwin biopic costa...

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Penelope Cruz: Pregnant Or Not? (PHOTOS, POLL)

Huffington Post | Posted 11.11.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Broken Embraces, Penelope-Cruz-Pregnant, Penelope Cruz, Poll, Toronto Film Festival, Entertainment News

Strategically placed pleats or no baby bump at all? Rumors have been swirling for months that Penelope Cruz is pregnant with Javier Bardem's child, bu...

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Live from the Toronto Film Festival: Day 1

Marshall Fine | Posted 11.11.2009 | Entertainment

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Marshall Fine

The Toronto International Film Festival suffers from its own success. There are too many damned commercials before the start of each film.

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Toronto Film Fest Day 1: Peasants, Cats, Goats, Nymphs and War

Michael Giltz | Posted 11.10.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Paranormal, Esp, Film Festivals, Toronto Film Festival, Chile, George Clooney, Thailand, China, Japan, Greece, Nanking, Entertainment News
Michael Giltz

While Cannes is still the Wimbledon of festivals, Toronto is the other one that matters most. Come here to catch the hottest films from Cannes, fall releases looking to tout themselves, and Oscar hopefuls.

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Here We Go Again! The Toronto Film Festival is about to start!

Eric Lurio | Posted 11.08.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Toronto, Toronto Film Festival, Travel, Travel Tips, Canada, Film Festivals, Toronto-Canada, Entertainment News
Eric Lurio

Food? The supermarket at basement of the Manulife center has really good take-out, and Toronto has the best hot dog carts in the World. What more do you want?

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Dust-Up in Toronto

Erica Abeel | Posted 11.08.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: "Bleak Is the New Black, Cannes Versus Toronto, " George Clooney, Michael Haneke, Protest, Toronto Film Festival, Michael Moore, "Brand Israel" Controversy, Capitalism Movie, Entertainment News
Erica Abeel

Many of the biggest films coming to the Toronto Film Festival this year have inspired the motto from Telluride: "bleak is the new black."

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Bettany & Connelly's Darwin Movie To Open Toronto Film Festival

AP | Posted 08.14.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Toronto Film Festival, Creation, Film, Charles Darwin, Jennifer Connelly, Paul Bettany, Entertainment News

TORONTO — Real-life couple Jennifer Connelly and Paul Bettany will kick off the Toronto International Film Festival with the life story of Charl...

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Rose McGowan Rapped For Pro-IRA Remarks

Reuters | Posted 10.19.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Toronto Film Festival, Rose McGowan, Film, Fifty Dead Men Walking, Rose McGowan IRA, Ira, Entertainment News

The producers of the IRA drama "Fifty Dead Men Walking" have taken the unusual step of distancing themselves from incendiary comments made by the film...

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Dakota Fanning: All Grown Up And Promising To Behave

AP, Foxnews | Posted 10.09.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: The Secret Life of Bees, Toronto Film Festival, Dakota Fanning, Film, Entertainment News

Dakota Fanning, the precocious child actress who help her own against Sean Penn in "I Am Sam" and who has been a big screen fixture since the 2001 fil...

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Brad Pitt On Sleepless Nights And Funny Kids

People | Posted 10.07.2008 | Entertainment

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Brad Pitt will have audiences laughing out loud as a knucklehead fitness employee in Burn After Reading, but what makes PEOPLE's two-time Sexiest Man ...

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Brad Pitt Talks Jesse James, Crazy Fans: "I've Had Break-Ins"

AP | David Germain | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Toronto Film Festival, Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, Casey Affleck, Entertainment News

While news about Jesse James crawled its way across 19th century America -- compared to today's lightning-fast Internet -- the tone was uncannily comp...

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Phil Donahue-Backed Anti-War Film Debuts At Toronto Film Fest

Reuters Canada | Ka Yan Ng | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

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Sign up for the army, but know you could come home in a wheelchair. That was the hard lesson for Iraq war veteran Tomas Young, whose experience is det...

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Celebrities Name Their Favorite Beatles Songs

AP | David Germain | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Across the Universe, Brad Pitt, John Lennon, Ringo Starr, George Harrison, Paul McCartney, Toronto Film Festival, Jimmy Carter, Beatles Songs, Entertainment News

What's the best Beatles song? The revolutionary tunes of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr are back on the big-screen with...

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George Clooney: "The Problem With Famous People" Is "They Actually Think They're Geniuses

Telegraph (UK) | David Gritten | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Toronto Film Festival, George Clooney, Venice Film Festival, Michael Clayton, Entertainment News

Even people who don't care much for George Clooney (and there are some) would admit he handles this fame business with consummate skill. At a time wh...

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Sean Penn Joins List Of Actors Who Direct With "Into The Wild"

AP | David Germain | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Toronto Film Festival, George Clooney, Sean Penn, Into the Wild, Tommy Lee Jones, Entertainment News

Sean Penn is one of the great actors of his generation, yet he'd like to give it all up to remain behind the camera. "It's a good idea," Penn said at...

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Charlize And Stuart: "We're Husband And Wife" Despie Not Marrying

People | Paul Chi | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Toronto Film Festival, Battle in Seattle, Charlize Theron, Stuart Townsend, Entertainment News

Stuart Townsend and Charlize Theron are husband and wife - even if not legally. "I'm married," Townsend told PEOPLE this week. "I didn't do a church ...

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Brian De Palma's On His Iraq Docu-Fiction Comeback

Globe And Mail | James Adams | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Toronto Film Festival, Brian De Palma, Venice Film Festival, Redacted, Entertainment News

Suddenly, Brian De Palma is hot. Again. The veteran director - 67 today - has been in the film business for at least 40 years and made almost as many...

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Helen Hunt Opens Up About Her Well-Received Directorial Debut

Entertainment Weekly | Gregory Kirschling | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Toronto Film Festival, Helen Hunt, Bette Midler, Then She Found Me, Entertainment News

Wondering why you haven't seen much of Helen Hunt lately? For the past 10 years, the Academy Award-winning actress has been fighting to get her direct...

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Aaron Eckhart's New Film Startles With Scenes Of Pedophilia

FOXNews | Roger Friedman | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Toronto Film Festival, Aaron Eckhart, Alan Ball, Nothing Is Private, Entertainment News

"Nothing Is Private" is written and directed by Alan Ball, the man behind "Six Feet Under" and "American Beauty." But it's caused outrage here for its...

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