Hey folks, Harry here with another pre-report from Anton Sirius, our resident chronicler of the Toronto Groove. He's been supplying himself with a wide assortment of various recording devices from toilet paper to chicken feathers to holo-reactualizers. So stay tuned for more from Mr Sirius...
Greetings, starkinder! The shape of this year's party
scene at Toronto is starting to become clear- a lot of
old friends, and some people I'd like very much to
become new friends, no matter how many martinis I have
to pour down their throats. Here's who's here:
The A-List: The Bruce is sweeping into town, as is Le
Denzel, Susan (sans Tim), Big Kev (that's Spacey, not
Smith- he's been here for weeks, making a nuisance of
himself), Danny D, both Fiennes, the (don't say it,
don't say it) 'irrepressible' Robin Williams (damn, I
couldn't do it), Ethan (sans Uma), Liv, Nick, Sean,
Sigourney (I called her Siggy once- she's got a great
death stare!), Ed Harris, Joan Allen, Jeff Bridges,
Bill Pullman (how'd people with last names get on this
list?), and that loose cannon Holly Hunter. She
better keep that Nair to herself.
The Undercard: Character actor jackpot! Now THESE
people know how to party- Stephen Rea, Ned Beatty,
Maury Chaykin, Mary-Louise Parker, Campbell Scott,
Albert Finney, Miranda Richardson, David Paymer, Frank
Whaley, Sir Derek, Tim Roth, Forest Whitaker, Bob
Hoskins, Ray Liotta, Will Hurt, Mary McDonnell, Chris
Cooper, Andre Braugher...
The Band: Musical accompanyment won't be provided by
these folk. They're ACTORS now- Jewel, Raekwon and
Power from Wu-Tang, Harry Connick Jr., and Kris
Kristofferson. Elton might sing somewhere, though,
and the Barenaked Ladies are here too.
Who Will Be The Belle of the Ball? (Vegas odds):
Sarah Polley 1-1 (Canada's Sweetheart AND here with
her directorial debut!)
Natasha Lyonne 3-1 (The new Queen of Indie had two
films showing)
Molly Parker 4-1 (also a Canuck, also with a couple of
films)
Chloe Sevigny 10-1 (another double dipper)(HARRY NOTE: I soooo love Chloe!)
Pascale Bussieres 40-1 (she's everywhere this year
with THREE films, and she's Canadian- well, Quebecois-
too! You probably know her best as Camille in When
Night Is Falling, or from Twilight of the Ice Nymphs.)
Other Young Scamps: Saffron Burrows, Skeet Ulrich,
Gretchen Mol, Taye Diggs, Anna Paquin, Tobey Maguire,
Kathleen Robertson, Penelope Cruz, Giovanni Ribisi and
Rachel Weisz.
TV People: Jason Alexander, Brooke Shields, Jason
Priestly, David Schwimmer. How'd they make the cut?
The Directors: Norman Jewison, Michael Apted, Gregg
Araki, Giuseppe Tornatore, Harmony Korine, Wes Craven,
Wayne Wang, Alan Rudolph, Ang Lee, Lasse Hallstrom,
Paul Schrader, Jim Jarmusch, Steven Soderbergh, Errol
Morris, Mike Figgis, Agnieszka Holland, Lawrence
Kasdan.
George's Friends: Natalie Portman and Terence Stamp
are both here. Wonder if I can get 'em to recreate a
scene from TPM? (I was going to do this with Bruce
and Toni Collette, but it would have been really
boring- just the two of them sitting there. Besides
which, Toni ain't here.)
Living Legends: Catherine Deneuve is here. I remember
the first time I met her and her sister, in Nice in
'62. Of course, neither of us have aged a day. And
the whole festival is still in 'hold' mode, hoping
Hayao Miyazaki can make it. They've held off MH until
the very last day of the fest, just in case.
Is this list complete? Goddess no. But I imagine one
or two of these people will ramble drunkenly into my
data recorder, so if you've got any questions you'd
like to ask any of 'em, as always, send 'em on to
robbie_dogstar@yahoo.com
Anton Sirius
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