“Hamnet,” a devastating period drama about the life of William Shakespeare and his family, won top prize Sunday at the Toronto International Film Festival.The heart-wrenching movie stars Paul Mescal as Shakespeare, who tries to forge a career as a playwright while his wife Agnes — played by Jessie Buckley — contends with the perils of …
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Five Canadian ice hockey players who were acquitted of sexual assault charges will be suspended to start the NHL season but can return December 1, the league said Thursday.Michael McLeod, Alex Formenton, Dillon Dube, Carter Hart and Callan Foote were all found not guilty in Ontario Superior Court in July after a judge ruled that …
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Two people misidentified online as suspects in the fatal shooting of right-wing US activist Charlie Kirk told AFP Thursday they were terrified by the misinformation targeting them, as the manhunt for the real killer continued.Michaela, who asked to be identified by her first name due to safety concerns, told AFP she became “really scared” as …
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A documentary about an Israeli ex-soldier’s efforts to rescue his family from the October 7 Hamas attacks premiered under heavy police presence on Wednesday, after initially being cut from the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) lineup. Groups supporting Israel and the Palestinians faced off outside the venue before the screening of “The Road Between Us: The …
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Canada’s record-breaking 2023 wildfires exposed more than 350 million people in North America and Europe to air pollution that likely contributed to tens of thousands of deaths, according to new estimates published Wednesday.The findings “underscored that severe wildfires do not have only local consequences” but can inflict real harm a continent away, said the scientists …
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Alex Zendejas and Folarin Balogun scored to give the United States a 2-0 victory over Japan while Mexico battled South Korea to a 2-2 draw in international football friendlies on Tuesday.Zendejas scored in the 30th minute and Monaco striker Balogun added an insurance goal in the 64th minute as the Americans improved to 7-6 with …
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Colin Farrell plunges into an intoxicating fever dream among the high-stakes baccarat tables of Macau casinos with “Ballad of a Small Player,” a rare major Western film shot on location in Asia’s gambling capital.The surreal, dark and twisty drama co-stars Tilda Swinton as an investigator in pursuit of Farrell’s velvet-suited conman and gambling addict. It was …
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Wrestler-turned-actor Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s surprise Oscars campaign for his first arthouse role in “The Smashing Machine” barreled into the Toronto film festival Monday.Johnson, 53, who has earned rave reviews playing fighter Mark Kerr, sat down with an audience before the movie’s North American premiere to reflect on a unique career.- Transformation -The former grappler and …
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A documentary about an Israeli ex-soldier set to premiere at the Toronto film festival — after initially being cut from the schedule — has become the latest flashpoint in Hollywood’s internal split over the Gaza conflict.”The Road Between Us: The Ultimate Rescue,” which charts how retired Israeli general Noam Tibon saved his family and others …
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Russell Crowe’s nerve-shredding portrayal of a notorious Nazi on trial and Angelina Jolie’s deeply personal dive into the world of French fashion led a busy Sunday of world premieres at the Toronto film festival.Crowe’s depiction of the second-ranking Nazi, Hermann Goering, in “Nuremberg,” as he plays a cat-and-mouse game with a psychiatrist (Rami Malek), drew …
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