RACHEL MCADAMS AND CHANNING TATUM ON THE SET OF THE VOW IN TORONTO

Rachel McAdams & Mr. Will-W.

Canada's sweetheart Rachel McAdams, as many of you are aware, is back in her hometown of Toronto shooting Michael Sucsy's The Vow. Although we've seen plenty of her handsome co-star Channing Tatum around town, McAdams has been pretty low-key. There have been only been a few Twitter reports of McAdams these past couple weeks riding her Bike through Yorkville, or going out for a stroll in Kensington Market.

I went by this evening to visit the set of The Vow in the city's Financial District, where they were taking advantage of the reduced traffic with it being Labour Day. McAdams looked absolutely gorgeous sporting a red-haired wig and a navy blue dress, heading back and forth between her Trailer and the Set. And thanks to a wonderful sweetheart on the Crew, I was lucky enough to chat with the talented actress and snap a photo together before she headed out for the day. 

Upon being escorted under an Umbrella, she was all smiles coming over to greet a few young ladies also who were waiting earlier in the day and myself.  I gave McAdams a big hug and told her how proud I was of her and how much she's accomplished; graciously she accepted the compliment appearing genuinely touched and appreciative.   I did express my excitement to see her next projects: Morning Glory (opposite Diane Keaton and Harrison Ford) and Woody Allen's Midnight in Paris. The latter just wrapped-up a couple weeks ago and it seems she didn't get much of a breather between films. And of course, we both giggled about how much we love Allen, but she did whisper to me that unfortunately he'll only be here for a few hours this Sunday for his TIFF Gala for You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger. Could this possibly be a hint that we'll see McAdams there too?  

TIFF 2010 TITLES ANNOUNCED

Yes! The titles TIFF 2010's Special Presentations and Galas have just been announced and this is going to be a good one.

This year we just might be expecting stars like Sam Worthington, Jon Hamm, Ben Affleck, Woody Allen, Naomi Watts, Marion Cotillard, Aaron Eckhart, Ewan McGregor, Nicole Kidman, Javier Bardem, Paul Giamatti, Emma Stone, Keira Knightley, Carey Mulligan, Hilary Swank, Sam Rockwell, Rebecca Hall, Colin Firth, Michelle Williams, Ryan Gosling, Helen Mirren, Evan Rachel Wood, Kevin Spacey, Ryan Philippe, Mila Kunis, Natalie Portman and oh, so many more to be in the city this September!

I'm particularly excited to see Blue Valentine, The Town, You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger, Black Swan, Never Let Me Go and of course Conviction, which I've been going on about forever. But as always, I love measuring the buzz and discovering hidden surprises too!  What are you guys excited to see?

For a complete list of Special Presentations and Galas, click here. Exciting stuff!

CANNES FILM FESTIVAL TITLES ANNOUNCED

Director Doug Liman's Fair Game will be among many future Oscar-contending films at this year's 63rd Cannes Film Festival  to be held May 12-23, 2010.  The film stars Sean Penn and Naomi Watts, who will be appearing together yet again after garnering critical success in The Assasination of Richard Nixon and 21 Grams previously.  The political drama is about CIA agent Valerie Plame, who is exposed by White House Officials after he wrote a New York Times piece with incriminating evidence against the Bush administration and its decision to invade Iraq.  Heavy stuff. 

The story inspired 2008's Nothing But The Truth starring Vera Farmiga and Kate Beckinsale, but Liman's film is the actual real deal.  Watts has a second film, You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger, which also is the latest film from legendary Woody Allen.  It also stars Anthony Hopkins, Antonio Banderas, Freida Pinto and Josh Brolin.  Hmm, gee... I wonder who will be cast as the Tall Dark Stranger in this one?  Could it be sexy MANtonio?