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Word: Blondetourage

Meaning: A group of blondes. God, even a blonde could figure that out. Kidding, kidding, kidding!

Usage: “Farrah and Ashley—known on Rock of Love Bus as the charter members of “The Blondetourage”—are stripping together, as a team.” — “Rock of Love Girls: Where Are They Now?” on Jezebel

Following the trend of American-based stores moving up north, Express opened at the Fairview mall last Thursday, and we think their first foray into Canada is sure to be a good one. A few hours before the store was opened to the public, we got to see the new digs and chat a little with Emmanuelle Chriqui a.k.a. Entourage’s Sloan McQuewick, who was back in her home territory for the store’s launch. The Canadian-born actress leant her name and stardom to the opening of the store, doing the round of interviews and signing autographs for fans.

Naturally, the first thing we had to ask her is how she felt about Entourage ending.”It’s bittersweet,” she admitted. “It was such a blessing to be part of something that was so much bigger than we expected it to be. It’s a little bit sad.”After asking her about Entourage movie rumours, (she doesn’t know much more than we do!) we got down to the business of why we were there. “I became a fan of Express when I discovered their blazers,” she explained, “but mostly I love when you buy a piece that is versatile. That’s what Express is, you can find ‘your piece.’”

In what must be the most meta event of the festival (and, yes, we are aware that TIFF’s only just begun), Adrian Grenier braved the paparazzi last night as he hit Toronto with his documentary, Teenage Paparazzo. Part of the lofty-sounding “Teenage Paparazzo Experience’s North American Tour,” Grenier hosted a screening of the film and Q&A session before emerging with his entourage (sorry!) at King West hotspot Brant House for a bash befitting Vince Chase. Clad in a nubby gray wool cardi against the chill and a pair of slate-blue jeans (plus what we assumed were a pair of leather kicks from event sponsor Converse, natch), his movie-star-level hair was as perfect as it appears on HBO. Coifed, slightly poofed—we notice these things. “The paparazzi’s out tonight!” he crowed, as the flashbulbs lit up those famous baby blues. “Didn’t you get it right the first time?” Grenier joked when one shooter missed his shot. Don’t blame it on our timid photogs, however—as comedian-of-the-moment Russell Peters joked on the red carpet, “These are Canadian paparazzi—they don’t count.” (Their more aggressive American counterparts run targets down in their cars, he says.) It was all apropos for a doc that details Grenier’s relationship with a pint-sized pap he met in L.A., as well as the greater implications of fame and our celeb-hungry culture.

We know him best as Vinny Chase, the doe-eyed lead from HBO’s Entourage. But recently, Adrian Grenier added something new to the equation as a documentary film maker. It started when he was dealing with the paparazzi–a part of daily life for him in LA–when he noticed one of the shutterbugs was surprisingly young. As in, 13-years-old and still young enough to look cute in a Justin Bieber haircut. Austin Visschedyk, the pre-pubescent who realized he could make a whole lot more cash staying out til 4 a.m. snapping pics of Paris and Lindsay than, say, keeping a paper route. He would become the subject of Grenier’s intrigue and his next film, Teenage Paparazzo. We had a chance to chat with Grenier about making the kid famous, his own relationship with the paps, and, because we couldn’t resist, we talked Entourage.

On making the kid famous: “Well, yeah, I didn’t expect it, but I guess on some level, I guess I was teaching–or at least learning from myself and at the same time trying to teach him how best to be famous. If you’re going to be famous, do it the right way, with grace and humbleness and self-reflection, and don’t take it for granted.”

Gossip mag Hello! Canada rolled out the red carpet to let party attendees (mainly Canuck talent) play with reporters. We talked wardrobe with Noah Reid (Score: A Hockey Musical), Natalie Brown and Jonathan Keltz (Entourage). To see who was wearing a homemade dress, a beer pong T-shirt and a shirt borrowed from his dad’s closet, […]

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