So last night was the Oscars: Ellen DeGeneres was surprisingly enjoyable; there were not many upsets except perhaps The Departed for Best Picture (really?); Canada only won one award, Best Animated Short for The Danish Poet; Gwyneth Paltrow resembled a giant prawn. And not in a good way. Yesterday, Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty went to Washington to persuade the U.S. to delay the new passport requirement for border crossings. McGuinty promised info-rich driver's licenses and......

This year the Toronto International Film Festival features a mind-melting 352 films and over 500 guests from across the world. It’s no wonder, then, that not only is the press conference in which they announce the majority of these almost impossible to keep up with but that we’ve spent the last couple of hours just trying to think of a way to approach this post to give you the maximum amount of information without......

Now this Torontoist isn't big on movies. For me, they have to have a point and be pretty good... and Da Vinci Code doesn't qualify as either. Short films, on the other hand, get to the point. It's all in the editing... a craft Hollywood has lost long ago. But all is not lost. This week, from June 13 - 18, marks the 12th Annual Canadian Film Centre Worldwide Short Film Festival. Here we......

Two ladies are chatting happily in the bathroom at the K'Naan show. One looks in the mirror while musing abstractly. Girl in Gaucho Pants: Do you ever see people on the street and think, 'I'd like to talk to you,' and want to, like, invite them for tea or something. Stall Girl: Yeah, totally, if I saw Gwyneth Paltrow on the street, I would definitely want to talk to her. Girl in Gaucho Pants: Oh,......