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Oprah, Tyler Perry endorse 'Precious'...Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire." Already this year, director Lee Daniels'adaptation, from a script by Geoffrey Fletcher, has won key awards at the Sundance and Toronto film festivals. There should be many Academy Award nominations... In this article: Oprah Winfrey, Tyler Perry, The Color Purple, Mariah Carey, Mo'Nique, Toronto, and Academy Award |
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Jezebel - Gawker's friendlier side | October 23, 2009
Mo'Nique Might Be A Diva Or She Might Just Be Overworked [Gossip Folks]
...the 'Today' show for us, she's coming to the New York Film Festival. She had scheduling conflicts for Cannes and Toronto, but she did come to the Sundance festival. We're not paying her to do anything." Calls to Mo'Nique's publicist have...
In this article: Black Entertainment Television, Sundance Film Festival, New York Film Festival, NYT Magazine, Time, Christiane Amanpour, and Phat Girlz
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer | November 09, 2009
A Christmas Carol Kicks Off Holiday Movie Season With $31 Million
...and $186.5 million worldwide. Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire - which has won awards at the Sundance and Toronto film festivals - had a strong start, taking in $1.8 million in just 18 theaters. Other new films for the weekend...
In this article: A Christmas Carol, Ebenezer Scrooge, Sundance festival, Men Who Stare at Goats, Disney, Sapphire, Charles Dickens, Where the Wild Things Are, Jim Carrey, and The Box
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Stuff | September 20, 2009
Untouchable Girls wins audience award
Critics have roundly praised Precious since its debut at the Sundance Film Festival in January, and audiences in Toronto warmly received the film, which is directed by Lee Daniels and will hit theatres in November. "I made this...
In this article: Oscar, Slumdog Millionaire, Lee Daniels, Patrick Swayze, Recession, Indiana Jones, Toronto International Film Festival, and Sundance Film Festival
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CBS News | September 19, 2009
'Precious' Snags Toronto Audience Award
...the last day of the festival. Before coming to Toronto, the film wowed audiences at the Sundance festival (where it debuted under the title "Push"), taking the grand jury and audience awards there. Piers Handling, co-director of the...
In this article: Slumdog Millionaire, Toronto International Film Festival, Capitalism, Oscars, Sundance festival, Jean-Marc Vallee, and Bruno Dumont
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Behind the Scenes TV | September 21, 2009
Films gets no love at Toronto fest
...Festival delivered a departure: indifference. Along with the Sundance Film Festival, Toronto stands out as a must-visit destination for movie distributors looking to buy new, highbrow works. Yet as successful as the festival has been in...
In this article: DVD, Direct TV, George Clooney, Dubai, Toronto International Film Festival, Sundance Film Festival, Weinstein Co, and Fox Searchlight
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Toronto (pronounced: /təˈrɒntoʊ/, colloquially IPA: //ˈtrɒnoʊ// or IPA: //təˈrɒnoʊ//) is the most populous city in Canada and the provincial capital of Ontario. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. With over 2.5 million residents, it is the fifth most populous municipality in North America. Toronto is at the heart of the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), and is part of a densely populated region in Southern Ontario known as the Golden Horseshoe, which is home to 8.1 million residents and has approximately 25% of Canada's population. The census metropolitan area (CMA) had a population of 5,113,149, and the Greater Toronto Area had a population of 5,555,912 in the 2006 Census.
As Canada's economic capital, Toronto is considered a global city and is one of the top financial centres in the world. Toronto's leading economic sectors include finance, business services, telecommunications, aerospace, transportation, media, arts, film, television production, publishing, software production, medical research, education, tourism and sports industries. The Toronto Stock Exchange, the world's seventh largest, is headquartered in the city, along with a majority of Canada's corporations.
- Name:
- City of Toronto
- Also Known As:
- T.O., T-Dot, Hogtown, The Queen City, The Big Smoke, Toronto the Good
- Motto:
- Diversity Our Strength
- Founding Date:
- January 01, 1998
- Total Area (km):
- 630
- Metro Area (km):
- 7125
- Urban Area (km):
- 1749
- Elevation (m):
- 76
- Urban Population:
- 4,753,120
- Time Zone:
- EST
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