TIFF 09

Yonge-Dundas Square prepares for a screening.*

Tonight is the final night for the Toronto International Film Festival. In its 33rd year of existence, TIFF is a big deal to a lot of people - especially in my neighbourhood of Bloor-Yorkville - where numerous screenings, parties and wheeling-and-dealings take place. When I manage to bump into industry insiders, it's fun to get a glimpse into the wild world of Hollywood filmmaking, but we all know it's really about the stars. Everyone and their dog sitter wants to know what they're wearing, who they're with, and most importantly: What ARE they wearing??? So, who dropped by this year's air kissing marathon? Well, let's see...

Ben Barnes__Dorian Gray

"The whole Hollywood hunk thing just doesn't fit for me," says Barnes, "I'm just too skinny."

Carey Mulligan__An Education

Not your typical 24-year-old.

Anna Kendrick__Up in the Air

She looks fresh-off-the-farm wholesome.

Zhu Xuan__Prince of Tears

Leave the vampire lipstick for clubbing, hun.

Ben Whishaw__Bright Star

Bright Star Rising
"At age 23 he was hailed as one of the greatest Hamlets of all time."

Amanda Seyfried__An Education

The dress is meh, the shoes too punk for her "good girl" image and the hair colour and style overwhelm her pretty face.

Amanda Seyfried__Jennifer's Body

She'd look so much hotter as a brunette.

Adam Brody__Jennifer's Body

This guy has potential for great things; he's yet to prove it.

Colin Firth & Tom Ford (dir.)__A Single Man

I have it on good authority that Tom's new movie is worth checking out.

Viggo Mortensen__The Road

The hair. It's for a part, right?

Natalie Portman__Love and Other Impossible Pursuits

The dress is an improvement but the print is garish - and no - she doesn't get a free pass cause she's pretty.

Jennifer Connelly__Creation

Jen's looking sleek and stylish although the top's a bit severe.

Keanu Reeves__The Private Lives of Pippa Lee

Look what the cat dragged in.

Diablo Cody__writer__Jennifer's Body

I kinda like her punky new do. The fake rack is another story.

Great shot.*

Jennifer Garner__The Invention of Lying

Fug dress. Fire stylist now.

An attractive moment preserved forever.

Wow.*

Ed Norton__Leaves of Grass

"Hey, it's that guy from Fight Club!"

Oh Eddie, when did you get to be an old?

Ewan McGregor__Men Who Stare at Goats

The hair. It's for a part right?

Penelope Cruz*__Broken Embraces

She bores me.

Drew Barrymore__dir.__Whip it

Sometimes I can't decide whether Drew's trying too hard to be "whacky" or has lost her damn mind. This is one of those moments.

Ellen Page, Drew Barrymore & Kristen Wiig__Whip it

Ellen glows in spite of - or maybe because of - Drew's neon disaster.

Colin Farrell__Ondine

Looking like the cat that swallowed the canary.

Matt Damon__The Informant!

Damon used to be hot. What the hell happened???

Clive Owen__The Boys Are Back

I'd do him.

Official TIFF portrait

There's a definite twinkle in those baby blues.

Megan Fox__Jennifer's Body

Meg's had more work done: Check out her jawline.

She's thinking: Just take the damn shot, already.

Contrary to popular belief, there is an off switch.

This is called a photo op. Nothing you see here is real.

So let me get this straight: Megan Fox - who looks like a porn star - doesn't do porn whilst Sasha Grey - the "girl-next-door" type - does. Not only that, but A-list director Steven Soderbergh handpicked Grey to star in his commercial feature, The Girlfriend Experience. Even the caption to her pic in the linked Guardian article claims: Sasha Grey ... joining the ranks of Andie MacDowell, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Julia Roberts. All of this begs me to ask the question: Is this further evidence of the mainstreaming of porn? Will there come a time when there's butt sex in a James Bond movie and 2 Girls, 1 Cup will be turned into a 3D animated feature? Do I have to poke out my eyeballs now???

Megan Fox shows classic signs of DGS. Deal with it.

George Clooney__Men Who Stare at Goats

His smile looks expensive.

Is this his "O" face?

No one has this much fun without meds.

Apparently it got slammed in a car door. Oookay.

Still doable.

With Jeff Bridges*__Men Who Stare at Goats

George Clooney: Icon

Also in attendance:
Robert De Niro, Nicolas Cage, Chris Rock, Oprah, Mariah Carey, Jeremy Piven, Quentin Tarantino, Liam Neeson, Demi Moore, Kristen Scott Thomas, Michael Cera, Julianne Moore, Michael Douglas, Bono, Naomi Watts, Bill Murray, Lisa Kudrow, Robert Duvall, Mary J. Blige, Steven Soderbergh, Rob Lowe, Ricky Gervais, Tilda Swinton, Jason Bateman, Robin Wright Penn, Michael Moore, Willem Dafoe, Michael Caine, Hugh Hefner, Faye Dunaway, Marcia Gay Harden, Sissy Spacek and many others too "unimportant" to mention.

[Pics by: Yahoo News & *this guy.]