Toronto International Film Festival 2009

Jack White Mocks Kanye West At TIFF

Some of us now think those Kanye West "I'm gonna let you finish" jokes are getting old, but not Jack White. White interrupted a post-feature question-and-answer segment after the premiere of the new White Stripes documentary, Under Great White Northern Lights, at the Toronto International Film Festival on Friday, to make fun of West's...
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Neil Young: "What TIFF Performance?"

Neil Young says he cancelled his performance at the Toronto International Film Festival because he didn't even know it was supposed to happen. Young, who had supposedly been scheduled to attend a screening of Jonathan Demme's documentary, The Neil Young Trunk Show, next Monday, told the Toronto Star he had no idea about the performance until...
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Neil Young Cancels TIFF Appearance

Neil Young has pulled out of his appearance at the Toronto International Film Festival. Young, who was to make an appearance at Toronto's Yonge-Dundas Square on Sept. 14 for the screening of Jonathan Demme's new documentary, The Neil Young Trunk Show, withdrew from the festival on Thursday morning, according to CBC News. It had been rumoured...
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New Pornographer's Film Screening At TIFF

New Pornographers keyboardist Blaine Thurier's film, A Gun To The Head, will screen at the Toronto International Film Festival next month. Thurier wrote and directed the film, which is about a reformed criminal who risks becoming re-entrenched in a life of crime one night when he goes out for a beer. Thurier isn't the only musician who will...
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Neil Young Coming To TIFF

The 2009 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) is about to get even sweeter for music fans, since Neil Young and Joan Baez will both be in town to promote films at two free events in Yonge-Dundas Square. Young will appear on Sept. 14 at 8 p.m. for the North American premiere of The Neil Young Trunk Show, the Jonathan Demme-directed (The...
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Musicians Showcasing At TIFF Announced

The lineup for this year's Canadian Music Cafe, taking place Sept. 15 to 17, has been announced. The Cafe, which will be held in conjunction with the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival, will feature performances from Stars' Amy Millan, Arkells and Ruby Jean And The Thoughtful Bees. Rock, pop, hip-hop, country, dance and jazz artists will...
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Arkells' Max Kerman (file photo by Carrie Musgrave
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