Argo’s World Premiere will be held at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival on Friday, September 7, 2012. During the Iranian revolution in 1979, militants storm the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, taking 52 Americans hostage. Six manage to get away and hide in the home of the Canadian ambassador, but the solution is temporary because they know as soon as the militants figure out where they are, they’ll be killed. Read More
Anyone who follows my blog knows that the Toronto International Film Festival is a yearly event for my daughter and I. In fact, I’ve had so many people comment on how they respect my relationship with my daughter as I have included her in everything that I do on my blog. In actual fact, our yearly adventure together is how my simple online journal turned into a blog long before she started writing on it. This year will mark our 5 anniversary of celebrity stalking, movie watching, and junk food eating fun. We are both looking forward to it again this year. This year I’m having a bitter-sweet time as I prepare for this adventure. She’s now seventeen, growing up, and wanting more freedom for herself. Will this year be the last time we share this experience together? So in remembrance of the years gone by, I celebrate TIFF through the eyes of a mother who is seeing her daughter growing up with her dreams in tow. 2008 – The year of wonder I was reading in the KW Record about the Toronto Film Festival. I had always been curious about the festival and asked my family if […] Read More
As you know, my daughter and I have taken in the Toronto Film Festival since 2008. As a child, we were unable to take advantage of watching the films but had a lot of fun celebrity watching and having some mother and daughter time. Over the past four year, the Toronto Film Festival has been a significant part of our mother and daughter relationship. We plan for this, we reminisce, and we both love the event. Last year, we were able to take in four movies over the course of the three-day journey. My daughter keeps asking me to rent an apartment so we can enjoy all ten days there. Nice try sweet thing. I’m waiting until you move to Toronto so I can bunk with you 🙂 Today, the Gala and Special Presentations for the 2012 Toronto Film Festival were announced. This is the day where list building begins. What we want to see? Who are the sponsors of TIFF? Who will be in town? This task can be just as fun as the event itself because it instils excitement and anticipation for the fall of September. So for our first list, here is the 62 Gala (17) and Special […] Read More
44 Days to go until the 2012 Toronto Film Festival. The press conference announced all of the films that will be gracing the screens in the various theaters across Toronto. World premiere galas at TIFF 2012 includes Argo, Silver Linings Playbook, Hyde Park on Hudson, and Great Expectations. With great movies coming to our great city of Toronto come great actors and actresses walking the Red Carpet at TIFF 2012. Here are just some of the celebrities expected to attend this annual event celebrating the best in film. Bruce Willis Ben Affleck Robert Redford Robert De Niro Kate Hudson Gwyneth Paltrow Uma Thurman Bradley Cooper Sam Elliot John Cleese Emma Watson Rachel McAdams Tom Hanks Hugo Weaving Hugh Grant Halle Berry Keith David Emily Blunt Joseph Gordon-Levitt Matt Dillon Jackie Chan Keira Knightley Noah Segan Annette Benning Shia Labeouf Christian Scott Thomas Phillip Seymour Hoffamn Susan Saradon Anna Kendrick Read More
The 2012 Toronto Film Festival will open with Rian Johnson’s film Looper, starring Bruce Willis, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Emily Blunt. In 2072, when the mob wants to get rid of someone, the target is sent 30 years into the past, where a hired gun awaits. Someone like Joe, who one day learns the mob wants to ‘close the loop’ by transporting back Joe’s future self. Read More
The MMVA’s, TIFF and the Juno Awards were the best experiences of my whole entire life! I want to share to you the experiences I’ve had! Heres a photo from a few years ago, Colin Firth. He was sweet and incredibly nice! Meeting Will Ferrell was the best moment of my life! Well one of them! He shook my hand and smiled at me. I looked right into his eyes and said “You have really inspired me and made me feel like I want to be someone” He stared back into my eyes and said “Thank you” he was smiling but holding back one. I wish I grabbed a photo of him and I! It would have been awesome but he did give me his autograph -this was backstage at 9:00 pm it was dark. My mom didn’t grab a shot sadly. but I will always remember that moment Juliette Lewis, is super nice I’ve been a fan since I was 8. One of my Fave Juliette Lewis flicks is – That Night! (And old School but she isn’t in it much) Plus who doesn’t love Juilette and the Licks? Emma Stone is such a great person! I love […] Read More
