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An official Friends cookbook is on the way, the 2020 Hot Docs Festival is now online, the Luminato Festival announced this year's virtual lineup, and more.

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It’s safe to say Amal Clooney’s first trip to Toronto was a success. At the end of her hour-long chat with veteran journalist (and father-in-law) Nick Clooney, she said, “This is my longest time away from the twins—two nights. But it was worth it to come to Toronto.” Over the course of their conversation, they […]

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See pics from the Toronto premiere of If I Loved You »

If you were anywhere near the Sony Centre on Saturday night, you’d have witnessed the collective swoon from virtually every guy, gal and gay in the vicinity. As one of the final events during the Luminato Festival, “If I Loved You” welcomed a troupe of babely troubadours to the city including David Byrne, Boy George, Josh Groban, Brent Carver, Steven Page, Brennan Hall and Vampire Weekend’s Ezra Koenig for a one-night-only performance of Broadway duets sung exclusively by men. Orchestrated by resident showman (and husband of Luminato creative director Jörn Weisbrodt) Rufus Wainwright alongside musical director Steven Oremus, the show brought songs from classics like Guys and Dolls, Porgy and Bess and West Side Story to the stage with as many modern day flourishes as were, really, there hidden all along. Case in point: a kiss between Wainwright and Koenig at the end of “We Kiss in a Shadow,” a mid-performance birthday cake for Boy George (the icon turned 53 that day) and a sing-along finale featuring Grease’s “Summer Nights.”