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Did you hear that Jessica Biel is in talks to play Wonder Woman? The role is said to be for the movie Justice league of America.
If Biel takes on the role she’ll join a cast of caped crusaders such as Superman, Batman, Aquaman, and the Flash. At this time no other actors names have been mentioned in association with the production.
Jessica, 25, is the girlfriend of Justin Timberlake. She’s currently filming Powder Blue with Forest Whitaker.
Attending the Toronto Film Festival? Visiting Toronto? Well if you want to know where the stars will dine and party while in town your in luck because I’ve got the low down.
There’s going to be some Festival soirees at these fabulous locations:
Sassafraz – 100 Cumberland st at Bellair. This fantastic restaurant burned to the ground in December, but it’s been rebuilt and is said to be better than ever – just in time for the Toronto Film Festival.
One- 118 Yorkville Ave, at Hazelton – There will be several private parties at this new hot spot. One is definitely a place to keep an eye on.
Brasserie – 162 Cumberland at Avenue Rd – a great place to sit on the patio. Apparently Brad Pitts been seen slipping over to the patio, perhaps for a smoke since it’s said to be the closest bar to the Four Seasons Hotel that permits smoking on it’s premises. Yes Toronto’s a tough town for smokers.
Other hot locations to attend or perhaps stand outside of as you watch for stars to come and go would be C5 at the top of the crystal in the ROM (100 Queen’s Park at Bloor), Jamie Kennedy – Gardiner Museum (111 Queen’s Park and Bloor) and of course the Spice Room & Chutney Bar located in the atrium of Hazelton Lanes (55 Hazelton and Yorkville).
If you want to party until Dawn drop into the Four Seasons Hotel (21 Avenue rd and Yorkville) or the Park Hyatt (4 Avenue Rd and Bloor). Both hotels will have festivities ongoing until at least 4 a.m. during the festival.
Other clubs with extended drinking hours that are also well known festival venues are the Rosewater Supper Club (19 Toronto at Adelaide), The Courthouse (57 Adelaide East at Toronto), The Drake Hotel (1150 Queen West at Beaconsfield) and the Century Room (580 King West at Portland). These places are sure to be rockin’ till dawn.
I’ve got my own celebrity scoop here for a change! I really should have posted this on Friday evening or early Saturday morning, but we had our big family reunion this weekend and creating blog posts was simply impossible.
So what’s the scoop? Well, as you might know the cast of Heroes visit cities all over the world at the end of August. They went to Singapore, London, New York, Paris and their last stop was in Toronto on August 30th and 31st. You can view a short video of their Toronto visit on the NBC Heroes page.
I had wanted to go and see the four cast members who visited Toronto when they made an appearance downtown at Dundas Square, but I wasn’t able to make it on time as I had to meet up with my family and begin our reunion. As it turned out, our first family outing was to see a baseball game – the Toronto Blue Jays versus the Seattle Mariners. Well, much to my surprise and delight some of the cast of Heroes also attended the baseball game.
Young Noah Gray-Cabey was in Toronto, but I didn’t see him at the baseball game. I did however get to see and photograph from afar Executive producer Jeph Loeb, James Kyson Lee who plays Hiro’s friend Ando, Zachary Quinto the evil Sylar, and Dania Ramirez a new cast member who will play Maya Herrera a Dominican who is on the run from the police. She has superhuman abilities, although they have not yet been revealed.
The cast members were given Blue Jays shirts with their last names printed on the back of their jerseys.
The cast didn’t stay for the whole game. They only stayed until the third or fourth inning, but I can tell you that they were cheering for the Blue Jays. The photo above of them standing was taken while they were cheering a Blue Jays home run.
When it came time for them to leave they hopped over the gate and walked on the field. James Kyson Lee took the lead by several feet hurrying ahead. Was he trying to get away or did he just think everyone else was walking as quickly as he was? As a result of his speeding exit I don’t have many clear photos of him. Most of my shots focus on Zachary Quinto.
See Lee jogging ahead?
The last clear shot of Lee in the lead. He’s already in the crowded stands:
Quinto looks like he might be on a cell phone here, but I believe he’s just scratching his ear:
One last look at the evil Sylar and his producer:
Did you know that in addition to his reoccurring role as Sylar on Heroes, Quinto is busy preparing for his role as Spock in the new J.J. Abrams-helmed Star Trek movie which is slated to begin shooting in November. He does look like he’d make a perfect Spock doesn’t he?
Stay tuned for more great Scoop. The Toronto Film Festival begins this week and I hope to see some of the new movies and get in some star sightings – with photos of course.
I’d heard the news some time on Monday about Owen Wilson’s suicide attempt, but I was waiting for an official confirmation before discussing it on this blog.
Yesterday, Santa Monica police confirmed that officers had responded to an attempted suicide at Owen Wilson’s house around noon on Sunday. No other information has been given out at this time, but Owen, 38, is recovering in Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles and he’s issued a statement that pleads for privacy asking that he be allowed to “receive care and heal in private during this difficult time.”
The only other news regarding Owen Wilson came out yesterday when Variety reported that Wilson has dropped out of the movie “Tropic Thunder” which is being made by DreamWorks.
Owen was set to begin shooting in early September with his long time pal and regular movie co-star Ben Stiller.
There’s no word yet if Wilson’s role will be given to another or if his character will be dropped from the film.
I’ve always liked Owen Wilson. I hope that he can recover physically and mentally from whatever’s caused him to get so low.
Breaking news! Johnny Depp star of Pirates of the Caribbean, the best movie of all time as reported by Timely Magazine, News Week monthly and Interterrestrial current events, has just completed a news conference declaring that he will run for King of North America.
His campaign, set to begin at 11:17 pm this evening, will be filmed 24 hours a day and broadcast live over the internet on kingme.com. For those who can’t continuously watch the internet broadcast there will be a DVD with the greatest cuts of from his campaign. You’ll be able to rent a dvd, a new episode, each week as his 67 day campaign to become king of North America progresses.
A little known fact is that his campaign actually began with the first installment of the Pirates of the Caribbean Trilogy. Play the first movie backwards, at quadruple high speed and you’ll hear all of his campaign promises.
The 20 minute initial campaign speech begins at the end of the movie, and of course ends at the beginning which is why it must be played backwards to see and hear the speech. In his speech, he promises that all forms of taxation will end, and that citizens of his new kingdom will only have to work one day each week. Health care will of course be free to all!
The only thing that some people might not like is that it will be Dress Like a Pirate day 365 days a year from now on. Well, once he becomes King of North America that is. I know I’ll simply love that, but some of you might not. I mean, you have to dress exactly like Jack Sparrow every day. Oh and you’ll have to coordinate your outfit with what the King is wearing each day as well. So if he wears his sword to the left yours must be to the left, If his hair is dread locked yours must be too and so on. You must watch all three of the Pirates of the Caribbean movies in order to comply with each days dress code as it will apparently correspond to the movies in an order that is yet to be revealed.
Punishment for not complying with the “Dress like a pirate” day rules will be severe. Those who fail to pass muster will be taken to an under water cave filled with skeletal ghost pirates. You will then have to battle these scurvy skeletal pirates in order to redeem yourself and get back to the surface world. You will also need to bring back the gold coin that will be assigned to you when you complete your under water underworld mission. Again, you must watch the Pirates of the Caribbean Trilogy in order to learn the secrets that will get you out of this underwater prison. It’s only the best movie Evah’ so why wouldn’t you watch it anyway?
Oh wait … I’ve just heard that Johnny Depp will be campaigning against Interterrestrial movie star Chewbacca for King of North America. This could be a momentous race to watch.
Who new that the best movie ever created in our time would become a lead in to an extraordinary campaign for King of North America by Johnny Depp?
Don’t forget to vote!