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...
Source:
nationalpost
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