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Toronto International Film Festival plans scaled-down event, virtual red carpets
The Toronto International Film Festival, one of the leading launching pads for fall movies and Oscar contenders, on Wednesday announced plans for a smaller 2020 edition that will include in-person and digital movie screenings, drive-ins and virtual red carpet premieres.
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Toronto International Film Festival group lays off 31 full-time staffers
Organizers of the Toronto International Film Festival have announced they are laying off 31 employees, a 17 per cent cut of the organization's full-time staff, due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Enoch Cree Nation model face of Nike ad campaign
Ashley Callingbull has worn many hats — and crowns — in her career. She’s a model, actress, motivational speaker and former Mrs. Universe. Now the Enoch Cree Nation-born Callingbull is one of three faces for Nike’s new Indigenous-inspired shoe, the N7.
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Sheena Rossiter
Canada -Edmonton |
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Universal brings back Spike Lee's Do the Right Thing for free rental
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Director Joel Schumacher, known for Lost Boys, St. Elmo's Fire and Batman films, dead at 80
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Jake Coyle
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Justin Bieber denies sexual assault allegations circulated online
Canada -Kitchener-Waterloo |
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Ben Mulroney to depart etalk anchor chair
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Adina Bresge
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Dwayne Johnson, Shakira, Justin Bieber highlight coronavirus equity concert
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TikTok teens, K-pop fans appear to have punked Trump's Tulsa comeback rally
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Barbara Ortutay
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Brett Kissel performs 3 shows to drive-in crowds in Regina
Canada -Saskatchewan ||
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Lights, camera, action? How movie theatres, studios are struggling to reopen post-COVID
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Jackson Weaver
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Innovation, creativity and safety on display as art galleries, museums reopen amid pandemic
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Jessica Wong
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Choirs reimagine themselves as singing proves an effective way to spread COVID-19
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Michelle Ghoussoub
Canada -British Columbia ||
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Last of Us 2 has 'changed the game' for accessibility
Zulekha Nathoo
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Canada's Cineplex theatres to stick with optional face mask policy amid pandemic
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Massey College reviewing Margaret Wente appointment amid campus uproar
Canada -Toronto |
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Ian Holm, actor known for Chariots of Fire and Lord of the Rings, dead at 88
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Danica Kirka and Jill Lawless
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Shadow of the Wind author Carlos Ruiz Zafon dead at 55
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Into the Wild bus removed from Alaska backcountry
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U.K. foreign secretary under fire after saying taking a knee as protest comes from Game of Thrones
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Dame Vera Lynn, beloved British singer, dead at 103
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Spain's Asturias award honours Canadian poet Anne Carson
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Bluesfest, NAC team up for drive-in concert series
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Sandra Abma
Canada -Ottawa |
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'Milestone year' for Nova Scotia film industry spoiled by COVID-19
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Jean Laroche
Canada -Nova Scotia ||