TORONTO -- The 38th Toronto International Film Festival -- my seventh -- came to a close on Saturday night, following 10 days of wall-to-wall programming, with the world premiere of Daniel Schechter's Life of Crime. The crime-dramedy, which Schechter adapted from the 1978 novel The Switch, by the great novelist Elmore Leonard (who died just three weeks ago), stars Jennifer Aniston, John Hawkes, Tim Robbins, Mos Def, Will Forte, Isla Fisher and Mark Boone, Jr. It was greeted with lots of laughs throughout its 90-minute runtime and warm applause at the end. And it will probably reach mainstream audiences next year, when Lionsgate/Roadside, which picked up its U.S. distribution rights during the fest, is expected to release it. FEINBERG FORECAST: With Dust From Toronto Still Settling, a Look at the New Landscape | Read More
Paula Deen emerged from months of self-imposed exile Saturday, making her first public appearance since admitting to having used racial slurs in the past. A Houston crowd of 1,500 gave the celebrity chef a standing ovation as she entered the Metropolitan Cooking & Entertaining Show at the city's Reliant Center. Deen fought back tears as she addressed the crowd, The Houston Chronicle reports. | Read More
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