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In 1960, the voluptuous Italian actress Gina Lollobrigida announced she was looking for a house in Toronto. The city — still pretty much a provincial backwater in those days — went mad with celebrity fever: Reporters followed her and stories were filed daily on her plans. Toronto Star columnist Pierre Berton wrote a parody that postulated a “Gina Lollobrigida desk” at the newspaper.

Today, as the Toronto International Film Festival envelops the city, LaL ollo wouldn’t stand a chance. She’d be tucked into the alphabetical list of celebrities (between Caroline Link and Daniele Luchetti, in fact) that TIFF releases every year to give a sense of order to the galaxy of stars, filmmakers and random celebrities who are coming to a city that now regards itself as world-class.

The guest list seems to affirm that.

This year, TIFF is welcoming a few high-profile festival rarities (Meryl Streep, tucked between Hailee Steinfeld and Sarah Sutherland, and Sandra Bullock, just after Daniel Bruhl and before Aaron Burns), high-profile locals (Atom Egoyan, bracketed by Marcel Dzama and Shayne Ehman), and a host of perennial favourites. see more...

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Tour of Alberta

The Tour of Alberta kicked off in Edmonton Monday. There are several roadclosures to be aware of throughout the evening.

The following roads will be closed:

96 Avenue/100 Street (Rossdale), 2 – 8:30 p.m.

107 Street, 3:30 – 9 p.m.

Grierson Hill, 5:15 – 9 p.m.

River Valley Road, 5:15 – 9 p.m

97 Street, 5:15 – 9 p.m.

101 Street, 5:15 – 9 p.m.

102 Avenue/102A Avenue, 5:15 – 9 p.m.

Walterdale Hill and Bridge, 6 – 8:30 p.m.

99 Street south of 102 Avenue, 5:15 – 9 p.m.

99 Street, 102 Avenue to City Hall Parkade until September 4

There will be delays on all roads from 82 Street to 112 Street and 82 Avenue to 107 Avenue. see more...

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'Fifty Shades of Grey' will mean for Charlie Hunnam Career

Universal and author E.L. James choseLabor Day to make a major casting announcement about the upcoming Fifty Shades of Grey movie adaptation. Charlie Hunnam, best known for the FX TV show Sons of Anarchy, will play Christian Grey, the sexy older man in the trilogy.

It’s a huge coup for Hunnam who has been acting for a long time but has yet to land a role that will catapult him to the lever of A-listmovie star. Grey could finally be that role.

The 33-year-old British actor got his big American break in the TV show Undeclared. Judd Apatow’s follow up to Freaks and Geeks wasn’t a star-making hit like his first TV show which gave us Seth Rogen, James Franco, Jason Segel and Linda Cardellini. The show didn’t even run its entire first season. See more...

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Diana Nyad completes historic Cuba-to-Florida swim

"Find a way."

That's the mantra Diana Nyad said she had this year. 

And that's exactly what she did.

On Monday, Nyad became the first person to swim from Cuba to Florida without a protective cage, willing her way to a Key West beach just before 2 p.m. ET, nearly 53 hours after jumping into the ocean in Havana for her fifth try in 35 years.

Shortly after conquering the Straits of Florida, the 64-year-old endurance swimmer sat down with CNN  Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. SanjayGupta.

"It's all authentic. It's a great story. You have a dream 35 years ago -- doesn't come to fruition, but you move on with life. But it's somewhere back there. Then you turn 60, and your mom just dies, and you're looking for something. And the dream comes waking out of your imagination," Nyad said. see more...

The swim wasn't easy.

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Tommy Morrison dies at 44

TommyMorrison's career reached its pinnacle on a hot June night in LasVegas, when he stepped into the ring and beat George Foreman to become heavyweight champion.It reached its nadir when he tested positive for HIV three years later.

The last 20 years of the brash boxer's life would be defined by extensive legal troubles, erratic behavior and mounting health problems. Morrison would later claim that he never tested positive for the virus that causes AIDs, even as he was hospitalized during the last days of his life.

Morrison died Sunday night at a Nebraska hospital. He was 44.

His longtime promoter and close friend, Tony Holden, confirmed that "the Duke" had died, but his family would not disclose the cause of death. Morrison and his wife, Trisha, continued to deny that the former champion ever had HIV during the final years of his life. See more..

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Mesut Ozil signs for Arsenal

Arsène Wenger has given Arsenal's supporters the statement signing they have craved with the €50m (£42.5m) purchase of the attacking midfielder Mesut Ozil from RealMadrid, a move that has nearly trebled the club's previous highest outlay on a player.

 The manager had expressed the confidence that Arsenal's increased financial firepower would permit him to complete a deal for one of the biggest names on the market. At 10.30pm on Monday he could celebrate a coup.

Ozil becomes the third most expensive signing in British football history, behind Fernando Torres, who joined Chelsea from Liverpool for £50m in 2011, and Carlos Tevez, who cost Manchester City £45m. The 24-year-old has agreed a five-year contract, which is worth a basic £150,000 a week, with bonuses on top, having completed a medical earlier in the day in Germany, where he was preparing with his national team for the World Cup qualifier against Austria on Friday. see more..

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Fire desttroy beloved St. Jacobs farmers market

An overnight fire has destroyed the beloved St. Jacobs farmer’s marketbuilding, just north of Waterloo, Ont., but plans are already being made to get the small town’s market up and running by its next scheduled opening on Thursday.

Firefighters were called just before 2 a.m. Monday to put out flames engulfing the post-and-beam barn building, which housed about 60 vendors. There were no injuries, but the building has been reduced to a blackened frame. The fire destroyed cooling equipment and cooking hoods, and damages are estimated to add up to nearly $2-million. See more...

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