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By Elli Stuhler | September 20th, 2010 | 2:53 pm
Ryan Gosling hoists co-star Faith Wladyka at the Blue Valentine premiere. Photography Sam Javanrouh
Yes, our foremost interest in TIFF is style (see some of our favourite moments), but we attended enough premieres and parties to have more than a few brushes with celebrity. Click the images below to see our roundup of our favourite celeb run-ins, parties, gossip, and the one thing that was on everyone’s lips: Golf carts.
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By Elli Stuhler | September 17th, 2010 | 3:50 pm
One of our favourite spots for celeb-spotting at this year’s TIFF was the Roosevelt Room. For the fest, the Adelaide St. club, Rock-it Promotions and Arts & Crafts Records put on a three-night music festival showcasing some of Canada’s happening-est artists. The point was to invite visiting VIPs of the TV and movie biz to peruse Canadian music and to maybe, just maybe use some of their music in upcoming films. Consider it an audition.
We saw Stars and Basia Bulat on Monday night and we’re still kicking ourselves for checking out another rooftop party prior to the Roosevelt, thus missing one of our favourite, impossible-to-catch-live artists Coeur de Pirate.
While we were busy seeing Abigail Breslin sing at the Horseshoe on Tuesday night, that same evening, City and Colour, Hawksley Workman and Tokyo Police Club played the showcase. Wednesday night saw Toronto band Born Ruffians, Beast, Zeus and the Tragically Hip lead singer Gord Downie perform. While the Roosevelt Room doesn’t often play host to such gigs, the hors d’oeuvres floating around the room were a nice touch–something that would never fly at the city’s dingier watering holes. Leslie Feist was there on Monday, and on Wednesday I spied Jian Ghomeshi, Strombo, Natalie Brown (who has just been everywhere this week) and even Nikita‘s Shane West out of the corner of my eye.
On top of the music showcase, the Roosevelt Room also played host to a handful of film parties, which saw M.I.A., Edward Norton, Robert De Niro and Milla Jovovich stopping by.
By Elli Stuhler | September 15th, 2010 | 3:30 pm
After trolling through the Yorkville and King West neighbourhoods, it was a delightful refresher to attend a party at a venue I actually enjoy. Last night at the Horseshoe Tavern, the folks from the film Janie Jones had themselves a little soiree, where cast member Abigail Breslin even got up on stage. Read more »
By Elli Stuhler | September 14th, 2010 | 4:44 pm
Photography by Elli Stuhler
On the red carpet at the star-studded Cinema Against AIDS event, we had the chance to chat up Kelly Rowland . When we talk Fashion’s Night Out, she almost tries to cover up that she did some shopping herself. Not that it’s a crime.
What brings you here tonight? “AmfAR brings me here tonight, Kenneth Cole brings me here tonight, their passion brings me out here tonight, finding a cure brings me out here tonight, so I’m excited to be here tonight amongst so many great people, people with passion and I’m excited to see what the night holds.
Did you come to Toronto specifically for the event? “I did, we’re all flying back tonight.” Read more »
By Elli Stuhler | September 14th, 2010 | 10:40 am
Kenneth Cole on the red carpet. Photography by Elli Stuhler
There’s nothing like celebrity endorsement to open hearts (read: wallets) for a good cause. So when Kenneth Cole, Kelly Rowland, Martin Sheen, Emilio Estevez signed up to attend the event, so did the majority of the Porche-driving population of Rosedale.
The result was some yummy black tie style, and some yummier conversations with Kenneth Cole and Kelly Rowland. See my Q&A with Cole after the jump.
By Elli Stuhler | September 14th, 2010 | 9:45 am
Photo by Kira Crugnale
When it comes to a party with on-site battle tag without being a 12th birthday party, who would be a better fit to to DJ than Peaches Geldof?
Her name doesn’t come without mild (okay, major) undertones of her extreme hipster-ness, It girl-ness, and–dare we say it– riding on daddy’s fame-ness, but if you’ve looked at her Twitter feed lately you’d know that at heart she’s just a nerd with a deep affinity for 2001: A Space Odyssey. Read more »
By Jennifer Campbell | September 13th, 2010 | 1:31 pm
Loulou De La Falaise, Betty Catroux and Pierre Bergé. Photography by George Pimentel/WireImage
It is a rare occasion indeed for Torontonians to rub shoulders with a fashion titan like Yves Saint Laurent‘s longtime partner, and co-ounder of YSL Rive Gauche, Pierre Bergé. But rub shoulders they did–an elite group, anyway–at the after party for the world premiere of Pierre Thoretton‘s documentary, L’amour fou. The film, which traces Saint Laurent’s career through the lens of his relationship with Bergé, and the ultimate auctioning off of their collection of art, furniture and objets, features extensive conversations with Bergé, as well as talks with the designer’s muses Loulou de la Falaise and Betty Catroux, who were staples on the Paris fashion scene. Read more »
By Elli Stuhler | September 13th, 2010 | 12:30 pm
Oh, M.I.A., we never talk anymore. Photography by Kira Crugnale
M.I.A.’s in town supporting Our Day Will Come by Romain Gavras, the same French director who did her creepy ginger genocide vid for Born Free. After the premiere the crew headed to the Roosevelt Room for an after party, but M.I.A. wasn’t in much of a mood to stop and chat. Makes sense, if the film was anything like a two-hour version of Born Free, we wouldn’t be either. With M.I.A. and Gavras was an entourage of well-heeled French women and Ed Banger records founder Busy P.
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