Doctor’s orders. Ian McKellen backed out of the Toronto International Film Festival premiere of his new movie, “The Christophers,” on Sunday because his “medical advisers” told him he shouldn’t fly. “Better safe than sorry,” the “Lord of the Rings” star, 86, said in a pre-taped introduction, per Variety. Ian McKellen arrives at the Wimbledon Tennis … Read more
Angelina Jolie is remembering her late mother, Marcheline Bertrand. The Oscar winner, 50, got emotional talking about her mom’s 2007 cancer death at the Toronto International Film Festival on Sunday. During a Q&A for Jolie’s new movie, “Couture,” an audience member who recently lost a friend to cancer asked the actress and her co-stars what their … Read more
Sydney Sweeney is back to bombshell. The 27-year-old actress made jaws drop at the Toronto Film Festival on Friday, flaunting her show-stopping curves in a daring pale pink gown and plunging neckline ahead of the world premiere of her newest film, “Christy.” Sydney Sweeney attends the premiere of “Christy” during the 2025 Toronto International Film … Read more
Sydney Sweeney won’t let the backlash from her American Eagle ad overshadow her latest work. The 27-year-old actress shut down questions surrounding the brand’s “Sydney Sweeney has great jeans” campaign, instead keeping the focus on her upcoming biopic, “Christy,” which will make its world debut at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) this weekend. Sydney Sweeney … Read more
movie review THE LIFE OF CHUCK Running time: 110 minutes. Not yet rated. “Life is very long,” wrote T. S. Eliot. So is “The Life of Chuck,” horror maestro Mike Flanagan’s sap-fest that premiered last week at the Toronto International Film Festival. Based on Stephen King’s not-at-all-scary short story, the one-note tale unfolds backward in … Read more
To be a fly on the wall for that conversation. Jennifer Lopez and Matt Damon were photographed having an intimate chat while holding hands at an afterparty for their new movie, “Unstoppable,” at the Toronto International Film Festival on Friday. The pair enjoyed alone time amid Lopez’s divorce from Ben Affleck, who has been best … Read more
Ben Affleck doesn’t appear stressed about missing his movie’s premiere at the Toronto Film Festival — because he won’t have to face his soon-to-be ex-wife, Jennifer Lopez. The 52-year-old Oscar winner was all smiles as he headed into his Los Angeles office on Friday, September 6, the same day “Unstoppable,” the sports film Lopez co-produced with … Read more
It’s not very often that a social media beef ends so civilly, but perhaps the rest of the internet can learn a thing or two from Paige Spiranac and Scott Baio. In one of the more random tiffs to spring up, actor Scott Baio — best known for playing Chachi on the hit 1970s sitcom … Read more
The Grammys 2023 ceremony was something of a “take your husband to work day” situation, according to Ben Affleck. The actor-director has finally responded to the viral Grammys moment when cameras caught him and his newlywed wife, Jennifer Lopez, appearing to get into a tiff. Affleck, 50, recalls the incident as a typical “husband-and-wife thing,” … Read more
Brian Cox is so over Logan Roy. Or at least, he left Succession’s reigning media-empire patriarch behind on the set of HBO’s Emmy-winning TV drama as the gruff Scottish performer blasted Method acting during a post-screening Q&A at the Toronto Film Festival for Prisoner’s Daughter. “I don’t hold a lot of the American shit, having … Read more
Brendan Fraser Photo: Tommaso Boddi (Getty Images) The long-overdue renaissance of Brendan Fraser reached a new high point last night at the Toronto International Film Festival, a homecoming in some ways for the Canadian actor. Fraser received one of TIFF’s highest honors, the Tribute Award for Performance, in recognition of his starring turn in Darren … Read more