September 15th, 2025

Entertainment News

Jodie Foster, Catherine O’Hara, Guillermo del Toro feted at TIFF Tribute Awards

By Canadian Press on September 7th, 2025

TORONTO — When Jodie Foster began working in Hollywood as a child actress, she says there weren’t very many women around. “Occasionally there was a script supervisor or maybe a makeup and hair person, but then mostly not,” Foster said on the red carpet ahead of the Toronto International Film Festival’s Tribute Awards. Foster was ... Read More »

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Lady Gaga dazzles at MTV Video Music Awards, which honor Mariah Carey, Ricky Martin and Ozzy

By Canadian Press on September 7th, 2025

Lady Gaga kicked off the MTV Video Music Awards with a win for artist of the year, immediately setting the night’s tone. The show’s top nominee promised a performance later and delivered, hitting the stage at Madison Square Garden after her acceptance speech, which sent the audience into a frenzy at the UBS Arena where ... Read More »

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Photo highlights from the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards

By Canadian Press on September 7th, 2025

ELMONT, N.Y. (AP) — The MTV Video Music Awards kicked off Sunday with Lady Gaga winning Artist of the Year, setting up the evening’s leading nominee for a big night. ___ This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors. Charles Sykes And Evan Agostini, The Associated Press... Read More »

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MTV VMAs kick off with Lady Gaga winning artist of the year and Doja Cat performance

By Canadian Press on September 7th, 2025

The MTV Video Music Awards kicked off Sunday with Lady Gaga winning artist of the year, setting up the night’s leading nominee for a big night. Gaga is also set to perform on the show and ended her acceptance speech by saying she had to leave the UBS Arena where the VMAs are being held ... Read More »

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A bold, queer ‘Hedda,’ from Nia DaCosta and Tessa Thompson, debuts at TIFF

By Canadian Press on September 7th, 2025

TORONTO (AP) — Nia DaCosta was thunderstruck when she first read Ibsen’s “Hedda Gabler” in drama school. But when she saw a production of it, something was missing. “I was like, ‘Oh, that’s not as crazy as I thought it would feel,’” DaCosta says. “I thought: I guess I knew what I wanted to pull ... Read More »

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‘I stole a few’: Director Guillermo del Toro goes wild at TIFF’s Criterion Closet

By Canadian Press on September 7th, 2025

TORONTO — Guillermo del Toro slipped into the Criterion Closet at the Toronto International Film Festival and some wondered if he might ever come back out. The Oscar-winning “Shape of Water” director popped by the viral TIFF hot spot, which affords movie lovers three minutes to make their own social media moment by picking from ... Read More »

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Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley on making sense of Shakespeare’s art with ‘Hamnet’

By Canadian Press on September 7th, 2025

TORONTO — Paul Mescal says that to him, “Hamnet” feels so true it’s “almost like a documentary.” On the red carpet at the Toronto International Film Festival, the star of the William Shakespeare biopic says there’s an emotional truth to the story, even though little is known definitively about the bard’s life. “Hamnet” is based ... Read More »

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‘The Conjuring: Last Rites’ creeps its way to another box office win for horror genre

By Canadian Press on September 7th, 2025

LOS ANGELES (AP) — It’s the year for horror and “The Conjuring: Last Rites” was no exception. Its opening weekend tipped the genre over $1 billion in earnings for this year’s domestic box office. The horror sequel raked in $83 million domestically in 3,802 theaters, making it the third-highest domestic opening for a horror movie, ... Read More »

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Another ‘Knives Out’ makes a raucous premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival

By Canadian Press on September 7th, 2025

TORONTO (AP) — For the third time, the knives were out at the Toronto International Film Festival. Rian Johnson on Saturday night premiered the third movie in his whodunit series, “Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery.” Like the previous two movies, “Knives Out” and “Glass Onion,” Johnson brought a cavalcade of stars to ... Read More »

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Catherine O’Hara, Guillermo del Toro, Jodie Foster to be feted at TIFF Tribute Awards

By Canadian Press on September 7th, 2025

TORONTO — Filmmaker Guillermo del Toro and actors Jodie Foster and Catherine O’Hara are among the names being honoured tonight at the Toronto International Film Festival’s Tribute Awards. The annual gala fundraiser has selected Del Toro for the TIFF Ebert Director Award in celebration of his decades-long career that includes an Academy Award win for ... Read More »

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Family drama ‘Meadowlarks’ brings scattered ‘60s Scoop siblings together for one weekend

By Canadian Press on September 7th, 2025

TORONTO — Indigenous performers Michael Greyeyes and Michelle Thrush say the power of film is in bringing light to dark places, and that’s what they hope they can do with their ‘60s Scoop drama, “Meadowlarks.” Directed by Tasha Hubbard, the family saga about four scattered siblings brought together for one weekend makes its world premiere ... Read More »

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