From Queen Street to Yorkville, the Thompson Hotel to The Four Seasons, and Bell Lightbox to the Elgin Theatre, ETALK takes its place at the centre of it all as Hollywood’s A-list descends on Toronto this week for the Toronto International Film Festival. On the ground and on screen ETALK places fans at the heart of the action with limitless opportunities to be a part of the TIFF scene. Fan lounges, photo opportunities, freebies and interactive stations are all a part of ETALK’s unbeatable TIFF offerings to viewers on the streets of Toronto. From interview exclusives, to the most glamorous red carpets to breaking news, no other show brings viewers across Canada closer to the stars.
ETALK is Canada’s most-watched entertainment brand. For five years, ETALK has outshone the competition, delivering a larger audience during TIFF on average than any other Canadian entertainment newsmagazine.* Once again, ETALK dispatches Canada’s largest fleet of entertainment producers, cameras, and reporters throughout Toronto to deliver around the clock, up-to-the-minute coverage of Festival news for CTV and its family of channels and platforms. ETALK fuels CTV’s comprehensive TIFF coverage by providing entertainment stories to CTV Evening News across the country and CTV News Channel, daily hits on CP24, Star!, and CHUM FM, and online at tiff.ctv.ca. During the Festival ETALK airs Monday – Friday at 7 p.m. ET (visit CTV.ca for local listings) and at 6 p.m. ET on Star!
The show brings together exclusive access to the best in the business and the best of the Fest. >From Lainey, who is this year’s official TIFF party reporter for The Globe and Mail, to MTV’s Dan Levy, who brings ETALK fans TIFF red carpet fashion hits and misses. Viewers can even add Ben, Tanya, and Lainey to their BlackBerry® Messenger [BBM™] for access to exclusive behind-the-scenes TIFF tips and sightings.
“With the entire film industry camped out in our own backyard, our viewers want to be part of it all, and we make that happen,” said Morley Nirenberg, Director of Production/Executive Producer, ETALK. “Through our extensive coverage and presence on the streets, we create opportunities for fans to stand alongside our team across the city, so that they can really feel the energy of the Festival and watch all the celebrity, glamour and gossip news unfold as it happens.”
ETALK For Fans:
ETALK brings its audience into the streets to join in the Festival fun at any of the ETALK fan lounges set up throughout the Bloor/Yorkville area. Fans can step up to the ETALK Celebrity Photo Wall at Teatro Verde to snap some pics and have their Festival moment with a wide range of CTV talent, including the ETALK team. Next door, they can cool off with some DAVIDsTea iced tea at the Diesel store and receive free ETALK swag.
Viewers are made to feel like a star with mini-makeovers at ETALK’s Festival Beauty Headquarters – the Sephora store on Bloor. Also at Teatro Verde, Sephora, Sassafraz and the show’s 299 Queen St. West headquarters, fans have a chance to wind up on ETALK when they record, share and email their best moments and favourite sightings from the Festival at one of the ETALK interactive stations.
To keep track of all the Festival action, viewers can pick up an ETALK Grey Goose Festival Guide in the September 8th edition of The Globe and Mail that maps out all the Festival hot spots and ETALK locations. The guide is also available for download at Festivalguide.ctv.ca.
Viewers can also add Ben, Tanya, and Lainey to their BlackBerry® Messenger [BBM™] to get exclusive behind the scenes updates from the lounges, red carpets, and Festival parties. PIN numbers can be found at tiff.ctv.ca/bbm. They can also follow ETALK, Ben, Tanya, Traci, and Lainey on Twitter as they tweet their way through the Festival:
@ BenMulroney1976
@ Tanya_Kim
@ stayfabulous (Traci)
@ etalkctv
@ LaineyGossip
Along with Lainey’s celebrity gossip updates on ETALK, BlackBerry® Messenger [BBM™], and Twitter, Lainey is this year’s official TIFF party reporter for The Globe and Mail. The go-to gal for all that is celebrity in Canada, Lainey rubs shoulders with every A-lister in town to give ETALK viewers and readers of The Globe and Mail an exclusive inside scoop.
ETALK For Viewers:
ETALK distills all of TIFF’s happenings from a unique Canadian perspective, providing viewers with an in depth look at every aspect of the event. When the festivities begin, anchors Ben Mulroney and Tanya Kim are front and centre hosting the show from the ETALK newsroom, just steps from TIFF’s brand new Bell Lightbox. From poolside hits downtown at the Thompson Hotel to one-on-one interviews uptown at The Four Seasons, ETALK is positioned at the centre of TIFF happenings.
THE RED CARPETS
The entire ETALK team – Ben Mulroney, Tanya Kim, Lainey, Traci Melchor, Danielle McGimsie, and Susie Wall – grab a coveted spot on red carpets around the city to deliver interviews from Hollywood favourites.
THE FILMS
ETALK delivers the best and most in-depth coverage of the films screening at TIFF.
The coverage continues at tiff.ctv.ca with film reviews, extended video interviews, and photo galleries from ETALK’s exclusives each day.
THE LOUNGES
ETALK delivers in-depth interviews with Hollywood’s A-listers from the Joe Fresh Style® ETALK Celebrity Interview Lounge at the Intercontinental Hotel. Last year alone Oscar® nominees Jason Reitman, Colin Firth, Gabourey Sidibe, Carey Mulligan, and many others, sat down with ETALK. The show also chats with celebrities from inside the Four Seasons at the ETALK Nikki Beach Poolside interview lounge.
THE FASHION
Fashion triumph or faux pas? MTV’s Dan Levy joins ETALK for the duration of TIFF bringing his inimitable style to the show with segments that analyze who wore what the night before. The Bay’s White Space also presents ETALK’s TIFF Fest Fashion segment where the show takes a look back at the best fashion from TIFF’s past as well as highlights trends from this year’s festival.
THE PARTIES
When the red carpet spotlights fade, the parties light up the night and ETALK is on the scene to get the buzz from the best bashes around town. Gossip-maven Lainey dishes the dirt on all that happens after dark. ETALK has the only camera inside the Diesel Lounge during their pre-gala cocktail receptions, and C Lounge for the exclusive Nikki Beach parties.
In addition, ETALK is once again the co-host of the Fifth Annual Canadian Filmmakers’ Party with the Canadian Film Centre at the Spoke Club. International superstar and Canadian actress Lisa Ray and ETALK’s own Ben Mulroney emcee the event in celebration of another year of great Canadian filmmaking.
THE SPONSORS
ETALK thanks its official TIFF coverage sponsors:
Grey Goose, BlackBerry® Messenger [BBM™], Joe Fresh Style®, Sephora, Panasonic, and The Bay’s White Space.
