The Globe and Mail - TIFF 2008

Tina Brown was right

shoupt — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 15:40 EDT

Hey, kids, remember Talk magazine? (Don't feel bad if you don't: it didn't last very long.) It was this glossy European-style publication launched by Tina Brown, the one-time British wunderkind who had reignited both Vanity Fair and the New Yorker magazines before she was seduced by all that crazytalk - Follow link to read full post

McGowan: one angry Irish Rose?

shoupt — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 20:05 EDT

This from my colleague Guy Dixon, an honourary staff member of Hollywood [amp]amp; Yonge:Today's press conference for Fifty Dead Men Walking, a film set during the times of The Troubles in Belfast, had so far been largely unpolitical – if you didn't count Canadian director Kari Skogland's lengthy - Follow link to read full post

Breaking: IFC acquires Che

shoupt — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 11:57 EDT

Hey, you, sitting in line outside the Elgin waiting to pay 40 bucks tonight to see only one half of Steven Soderbergh's Che: IFC Films just announced it has acquired all North American rights to the sweeping history of the late, great Senor Guevara. This is a bit of a surprise, especially since the buzz - Follow link to read full post

Wednesday's red carpet camera call

shoupt — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 11:07 EDT

Here are the celeb-hunting orders for today's TIFF red carpet events, as compiled by the staff of Hollywood [amp]amp; Yonge. Go forth and capture! (And if you see Ben Kingsley, do us all a favour and tell him to drop that whole "call me Sir Ben" thing; it's starting to make him look a little pathetic - Follow link to read full post

Paris, Not France, Not Deep

shoupt — Tue, 9 Sep 2008 23:48 EDT

Someone tell Paris Hilton: there is such a thing as bad publicity, and it has nothing to do with the online distribution of a private sex tape.During the run-up to this evening's World Premiere (!) of Paris, Not France, the slight documentary about the globe's most famous living Barbie, the film - Follow link to read full post

Michelle Williams is here in spirit

shoupt — Tue, 9 Sep 2008 15:52 EDT

Actress Michelle Williams hasn't spoken to the press since her ex-partner Heath Ledger died of a drug overdose back in January. While everyone understands the reasons, her silence could make it awfully tough to promote her upcoming films, especially since they tend to be small productions depending on - Follow link to read full post

Sally Hawkins misses her own party

shoupt — Tue, 9 Sep 2008 14:38 EDT

There's so much chatter about diminished Oscar expectations coming out of TIFF this year that it can be a shock to realize this is still where a number of films are beginning their March of a Thousand Cocktail Parties. Miramax is planning a big push for Happy-Go-Lucky, Mike Leigh's charming new comedy - Follow link to read full post

Fifty Dead Men Walking the red carpet tomorrow

shoupt — Tue, 9 Sep 2008 13:23 EDT

What a difference a few thousand dollars makes. Martin McGartland, the former IRA informer whose memoir Fifty Dead Men Walking inspired the drama of the same name at this year's TIFF, has withdrawn his threat of legal action against the film's producers after having seen the film and getting a nice little - Follow link to read full post

Calling all amateur paparazzi

shoupt — Tue, 9 Sep 2008 12:46 EDT

Alrighty, celebrity stalkers, here's the camera call sheet for today's red carpet events, as complied by the staff of Hollywood [amp]amp; Yonge. When you head out today, please be respectful of the celebrities; true, you are hunting them in their natural habitat, but they may bolt off the red carpet - Follow link to read full post

Paris, not France, an enigma

shoupt — Tue, 9 Sep 2008 11:41 EDT

Never mind whether Barack Obama, John McCain, and Stephen Harper are flip-floppers. (Fixed election dates: good / Fixed election dates: bad.) Paris Hilton, whose minders had reportedly pressured TIFF into cancelling all but one screening of the documentary about her, Adria Petty's Paris, Not France - Follow link to read full post