VIDEO: Harrison Ford on arrival at Toronto premiere for Extraordinary Measures – Indy tells the autograph hounds how the signing will go down

(HoundsTV – January 14, 2009) Hollywood icon Harrison Ford spent the day in Toronto doing press and for the red carpet premiere of Extraordinary Measures. Of course, this visit to the city by Indiana Jones did not go unnoticed by the autograph hounds. On arrival to the films Canadian premiere at Varsity Cinemas in [...]

STORY: Oprah – The Queen of autographs while in Toronto for Precious premiere

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When we first published our 2009 BEST & WORST celebrity autograph signers list and was talking about Mariah Carey with Planet Maurie on Virgin Radio 99.9 – we brought up Oprah and the Precious film cast that visited Toronto for the film festival.
We were asked a few times. What about Oprah? [...]

NEWS: Bollywood star Akshay Kumar with the Olympic Torch on Yonge St in Toronto

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Bollywood star Akshay Kumar with the Olympic Torch on Yonge St. just north of Wellesley in downtown Toronto. Kumar’s Olympic torch run was delayed as protesters were blocking Yonge St.
The Bollywood star was personally invited to Canada to participate in the torch relay by Prime Minister Stephen Harper on his [...]

VIDEO: Ivan and Jason Reitman: A father passing his son the Olympic Torch on Yonge St. in Toronto

NEWS: The strange health saga of French entertainment icon Johnny Hallyday

We hear the health of France’s biggest rock star is finally improving as doctors brought Johnny Hallyday out of a medically induced coma he had been in since last week.
The coma was necessary due to complications the 66 year-old Hallyday was having after a botched surgery on his back this year. Even Johnny’s good friend, [...]

REVIEW: Harry Potter community screening with Daniel Radcliffe at Varsity cinemas, Toronto actually kinda sucked

I was recently invited to an interesting DVD launch event. I was intrigued that Warner Brothers was doing this “live community screening featuring star Daniel Radcliffe” (their words) to promote the release of Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince on Blu-ray and DVD.
Now, the event was well put together and the couple hundred people [...]

SALE: A HISTORY OF GHOSTS first edition hardcover BOOK signed by Dan and Peter Aykroyd $95.00

Peter Aykroyd and son Dan Aykroyd recently appeared at Indigo Books, Toronto to chat about and sign, A History of Ghosts. Dan would talk about his fathers writings on the supernatural would eventually become his inspiration for writing Ghostbusters.
HoundsTV managed to get a very few of these 1st edition hardcovers autographed by both Dan [...]

NEWS: Toronto mourns the loss of Lee’s Palace building mural – director Edgar Wright says it will be seen again in Scott Pilgrim vs. the World movie

An outpouring of emotion on Twitter has occurred since Torontoist first posted a story on how the iconic bar / live music venue Lee’s Palace has begun to replace it’s painted building facade which it grew famous for.
The news even reached across the pond to filmmaker Edgar Wright. Wright spent much of this year [...]

Winona Ryder filming movie in Toronto’s Union train station – photographers battle for the shot

We see and enjoy celebrity photography on countless news sites and magazines every day. Sometimes the behind-the-scenes stories of what goes into getting those photos can be equally as fascinating.
Here are a couple of links to a story and video of what celebrity photographers have to go through, and the lengths their celebrity subjects will [...]

Stephen King in Toronto for Under the Dome talk at Canon Theatre with David Cronenberg – a sequel for The Shining in the works

(HoundsTV – Toronto) A sold-out crowd of more than 2,000 people filled the Canon Theatre in Toronto for a talk by author Stephen King. King was in Toronto to promote his latest novel, Under The Dome, and began the evening by reading from the book. After, director David Cronenberg came on stage to [...]

Ghostbusters 3 coming soon? Dan Aykroyd and dad Peter on A History of Ghosts book tour

(HoundsTV) Ghostbusters star Dan Aykroyd accompanied his father Peter for a day of press in Toronto to chat up the elder Aykroyd’s new book, A History of Ghosts.
The Aykroyd family has long been interested in real-life stories of the occult – they would provide the eventual inspiration for Dan to write Ghostbusters, one of the [...]

Megan Fox in Toronto for Jennifer’s Body TIFF red carpet premiere -Ms. “Selina Kyle” was kind to fans and showed the tattoos for photographers

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(HoundsTV) You can’t seem to look at a magazine stand lately without seeing the ultra-hot Megan Fox on some cover or two. Megan recently spent some time in Toronto – first to meet-up with boyfriend Brian Austin Green who is in Canada filming a show. A few days later, Megan was thrown [...]

Quentin Tarantino in Toronto for Inglourious Basterds premiere – but signing lots of Reservoir Dogs stuff

Quentin Tarantino swept into Toronto for a day of press and attend the Canadian premiere of his new movie, Inglourious Basterds.
Tarantino was in a great signing mood and taking pictures with any fans who asked. By a wide margin, it seemed Tarantino was asked to autograph photos and memorabilia from Reservoir Dogs more then [...]

Toronto Film Festival announces documentary lineup for 2009 Festival – all compete for new Cadillac People’s Choice Documentary Award

While the star powered Galas of the Toronto Film Festival often take centre stage during TIFF week – the documentary lineup in recent years has been transmitting its own star wattage and the 2009 nonfiction film selections look to build on that with expected guests Jack White, Chris Rock, and director Chris Smith.
In further [...]

Jon Amiel’s CREATION snags the opening night for the 2009 Toronto Film Festival – But what happened to Atom Egoyan’s Chloe?

Jon Amiel’s Creation has snagged the prestigious opening night slot for the 2009 edition of the Toronto Film Festival. The British film, starring real life husband and wife team of Paul Bettany and Jennifer Connelly tells the tale of the theory of evolution espoused by Charles Darwin.
But what has a few people wondering this [...]

DIANE Keaton arrives in Toronto from Montreal by train for Unique Lives talk – photographs Union Station and autographs Annie Hall movie posters

TORONTO (HoundsTV) Apr 21, 2009 – Academy Award winning actress and environmentalist Diane Keaton arrived in Toronto from Montreal the green way – by scenic Via rail train. Keaton is speaking at Roy Thomson Hall as part of Unique Lives & Experiences.
Keaton is a noted design enthusiast and photographer and spent time touring the [...]

Canadian writer and director Don McKellar at Parkdale high school for Last Night screening with Reel Canada film festival

TORONTO (HoundsTV) Mar 31, 2009 – Canadian writer, director, and actor Don McKellar was at Parkdale high school in Toronto this week to screen his 1998 feature, Last Night – his end-of-the world character study.
McKellar was taking part in Reel Canada, a program that shows Canadian movies in high schools and has the filmmakers then [...]

Dukes of Hazzard star John Schneider makes rare Toronto custom car show appearance

TORONTO (HoundsTV) – Former Dukes of Hazzard star John Schneider appeared over the weekend at the Motion Custom Car Show in Toronto. Mr. Bo Duke himself signed autographs for delighted fans at a “Dukes of Hazzard” booth alongside a bright orange 1969 Dodge Charger – the car immortalized on the show as the General [...]

The Story of Anvil documentary revives the career of influential Canadian heavy metal band – Michael Moore and Brad Pitt now fans

Thirty five years in-the-making hard rock success story Anvil was honored and performed during Canadian Music Week in Toronto. Steve “Lips” Kudlow, Robb Reiner, and Glenn Five were inducted into the Canadian Indies Hall of Fame.
Anvil was presented the honour on stage at CMW by Bif Naked. Bif spent a few minutes talking about the [...]

Get you Twilight poster ready for signing – DAKOTA FANNING has been added to cast

Dakota Fanning has officially joined the cast of the monster hit Twilight. Fanning will join already series stars Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson in Vancouver for the New Moon sequel. Dakota will play Jane in the film, a member of the evil Volturi coven of vampires.

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