Author Si Si Penaloza

For TIFF’s first four hedonistic days, Variety sets up portrait studio at Holt Renfrew’s Bloor Street location. As every star at the festival needs the support of Variety heading into Awards Season, a stop ...

No one does smouldering eye contact quite like Gerard Butler. At an intimate dinner for the cast of Septembers Of Shiraz, I melted under the intensity of Butler’s gaze as we compared notes on Iranian archit...

Ah, the joys of Soho House Toronto for a red carpet weary reporter covering the largest film festival in the world. Mercifully, the house proved a one-stop shop venue for not one but two big TIFF premiere p...

The cast chemistry on parade on Monday’s TIFF parties is most poignant with the ensemble talent on display in Participant Media’s Spotlight, celebrated in a robust takeover by Grey Goose Soho House. Mich...

Kate Winslet has long injected major “va-voom” to any red carpet party she drops into. I’m delighted to report that the Piper-Heidsieck premiere party for The Dressmaker proved no different. The English ...

Anchored by a bravura performance by Oscar Winner Julianne Moore, Freeheld was the hottest ticket in town last Sunday at the Toronto International Film Festival. You can imagine the premiere party at Montec...

Jeremy Irons loves a good smoke. In classic British elite fashion, the premiere party of TIFF’s most polarizing UK film was a split level affair last Sunday night. High Rise, starring Tom Hiddleston, Sienna...

All the ladies love Eddie Redmayne. The Oscar winner could barely move three steps last Saturday night without being hugged or hand squeezed. This was the jubilant scene last at the InStyle and Hollywood Fo...

George Clooney greets fans at Montecito Restaurant for the post-screening event presented by Audi following the special presentation screening of Our Brand Is Crisis during the Toronto International Film Festi...

The Toronto International Film Festival kicked off last night with a simmering performance by Jake Gyllenhaal in Jean-Marc Vallee’s Demolition. A most reliable veteran of TIFF, Gyllenhaal made festival h...