Precious film takes Toronto prize

Precious, a gritty movie produced by Oprah Winfrey and featuring singer Mariah Carey, has won the main prize at the Toronto Film Festival.

It won the award voted for by film fans, taken last year by eventual Oscar winner Slumdog Millionaire.

Director Lee Daniels said he made the film "for every person who looked in the mirror and felt unsure about the person looking back".

Precious stars actress Gabourey Sidibe in her first major screen role.

The film gained a warm critical reception when it premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January and is due to be released in cinemas in November.

It tells the story of Harlem teenager Precious, who is illiterate and expecting her second child.

The movie also features rock star Lenny Kravitz in one of his first acting roles.

Source: BBC News

Keanu Reeves at Tiff

A fan awaits the arrival of Keanu Reeves, star of 'The Private Lives of Pippa Lee'.

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Robin Wright-Penn at TIFF

Seeing Stars at Tiff 2009

Colin Farrell clashes with photographer on red carpet

Colin Farrell gave a photographer an up-close-and-personal lesson in manners, after he felt his sister was insulted on the red carpet. The photographer insists Farrell overreacted.

"I was just shouting 'clear the red carpet,'" said Joe Alvarez, 38, a freelance photographer from London. "He is obviously a live wire, I did not insult his sister. I did not swear at his sister." Farrell's publicist could not be reached for comment.

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The Big 'O' Coming to TIFF

The Toronto International Film Festival has always welcomed big-name stars for the 10-day fest, but this year there's a touch of royalty in the mix: the queen of daytime TV, the king of after dark and a former member of Britain's royal family.

Oprah Winfrey, Playboy founder Hugh Hefner and Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York are among the hundreds of fest guests announced yesterday by TIFF as it released its final line-up. Source: Thestar.com

Oprah is just one of the big names scheduled to be at the Toronto International Film Festival this year. Other stars scheduled to appear are:

· Clive Owen
· Colin Farrell
· Colin Firth
· Danny DeVito
· David Duchovny
· Demi Moore
· Drew Barrymore
· Edward Norton
· Ellen Page
· Ewan McGregor
· George Clooney
· Hugh Hefner
· Isabella Rossellini
· Jack White
· Jeff Bridges
· Jennifer Connelly
· Jennifer Garner
· Jimmy Smits
· Julianne Moore
· Keanu Reeves
· Kevin Spacey
· Kristin Scott Thomas
· Kyle MacLachlan
· Lisa Kudrow
· Marica Gay Harden
· Mariah Carey
· Matt Damon
· Sir Michael Caine
· Michael Cera
· Michael Douglas
· Miranda Richardson
· Natalie Portman
· Neil Diamond
· Nicolas Cage
· Oprah Winfrey
· Peter Sarsgaard
· Ricky Gervais
· Sir Ridley Scott
· Rob Lowe
· Robert Duvall
· Robin Wright Penn
· S. Epatha Merkerson
· Sarah Ferguson
· Sarah Polley
· Sissy Spacek
· Snoop Dogg
· Steven Soderbergh
· Tilda Swinton
· Tom Ford
· Tyler Perry
· Willem Dafoe
· Woody Harrelson