Actress Jennifer Connelly, currently voicing a part in the feature film “9,” became emotional at a press conference during the Toronto International Film Festival. Apparently, an executive derided her for not showing up at his after-party, and actually ripped a picture of her in half!
But  Connelly explains it differently, saying she and husband Paul Bettany appeared briefly, but left early because it’s the anniversary of her father’s death. Hmmm, I think maybe the executive should be the one making the apology here, don’t you? 

The Toronto International Film Festival is taking place Sept. 10 - 19, 2009. Here are a few pictures from here, there and everywhere. Some of the films screening at the festival include Steven Soderbergh’s “The Informant!,” Joel and Ethan Coen’s “A Serious Man,” Jason Reitman’s “Up in the Air,” and Pedro Almodovar’s “Broken Embraces.”
If any Film Gecko readers are AT the festival and want to send me photos, I’d love to post them. For now, here’s a few from INF:
Megan Fox

I would imagine that all the publicity an actor has to do would get tiring after a while. I mean, making the movie is probably just a small part of the acting business. Once you make the movie, you have to get out there and promote it.
But George Clooney says he’s all done with the publicity – although the story in The Hollywood Reporter’s Showbiz411.com blog doesn’t make it clear whether he’s just giving up Oscar promotion or movie promotion altogether. Is Clooney a big enough star that he doesn’t have to promote his movies? People will just …read more

Ok, I love Megan Fox as much as the next person, but does her wardrobe seem to be getting more hooker-ish? Here she is signing autographs at the world premiere of “Jennifer’s Body” at the Toronto International Film Festival.
She’s really working it, isn’t she? Whatever “it” is. Do you think she needs to tone it down? Or are you in the “go for it” camp? I mean, if we’re talking hooker, she’d definitely be a high-class one, right?
For all of Film Gecko’s coverage of the movie, click here. The slasher-cheerleader flick opens in theaters Sept. 18, 2009.

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