Film festival gets a double dose of star power


	Film festival gets a double dose of star power

ellington

9-12-2009 2:15 PM

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ellington says:

Movie stars, Can' t live with them .Can't have a film festival without them.

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Above, from left, Jeff Bridges, Ewan McGregor and George Clooney at a Toronto news conference on Friday for “The Men Who Stare at Goats,” which stars Mr. Clooney, below. 
</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/12/movies/12clooney.html#"><P>TORONTO — Movie stars. Can’t live with them. Can’t have a film festival without them.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/12/movies/12clooney.html#"><P>As of late last week, a slightly frantic army of studio executives, publicists and agents in Los Angeles was still fretting through the intricacies of <A title="" href="http://movies.nytimes.com/person/13722/George-Clooney?inline=nyt-per">George Clooney</A>’s presumed presence at the <A title="More articles about the Toronto International Film Festival." href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/t/toronto_international_film_festival/index.html?inline=nyt-classifier">Toronto International Film Festival</A>.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/12/movies/12clooney.html#"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.nytimes.com/img/1FF24B5A-4736-446B-9749-E4DFCA1B2628" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/12/movies/12clooney.html#"><DIV class="credit">Laura Magruder/Overture Films and Westgate Film Services</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/12/movies/12clooney.html#"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.nytimes.com/img/00C3CA95-BF5C-41AE-AC8B-53980317BE6F" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/12/movies/12clooney.html#"><P class="caption">
George Clooney and Vera Farmiga in “Up in the Air,” to be shown at the Toronto International Film Festival. 
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