Tattle: Stars are in Toronto... and Oprah is there
Tattle thinks women relate to Oprah because she has a very low threshold for B.S. and says what's on her mind.
Johanna Schneller of the Toronto Globe and Mail got one of the rare audiences with the queen here at the Toronto International Film Festival and reported this story:
After Oprah saw Lee Daniels' movie "Precious," she was so moved by it she wanted to get involved in some way to help get the word out about the film.
"The very first time I called Lee, he was literally stepping on to the stage at Sundance to receive an award," Oprah recalled.
"He said, 'Oh no, I can't talk now, I'm getting this award.'
"I said, 'Then you should turn off your cell phone!'"
* Oprah has her book club, so
how about the Ellen Page music club. Remembering that the star of "Whip It" was a music fan from when we talked with her about "Juno," we asked the eclectic Page what she was listening to now: "I'm obsessed with Emiliana Torrini's new album ["Me and Armini"]," she said. Other favorites are Peaches and Antony and the Johnsons' cover of Beyonce's "Crazy in Love."
* We spoke with Bill Nighy
("Love Actually") yesterday about his new WWII-era suspense film, "Glorious 39," and got more than the standard "I loved the script" answer to what drew him to Stephen Poliakoff's film about some nasty British appeasers.
"I was drawn to the material as most of it came as a complete shock to me," Nighy said.
"As a British schoolboy we were taught Neville Chamberlain was duped by Hitler."
Romola Garai ("Atonement") stars in the film, which got a standing ovation at a public screening here and is seeking U.S. distribution.
* Michael Moore ("Capitalism:
A Love Story") wasn't preaching socialism Monday at a news conference for his new movie, but he definitely is preaching an end to capitalism as we know it.
He said a society can't survive and thrive when 1 percent of the people control 95 percent of the wealth.
"There's no such thing as 'enough' in capitalism," Moore said. "It's the dirtiest word in capitalism."
As for socialism, "The true believers in socialism in this country are Wall Street," he added. "They're the ones who want [and got] the government safety net."
* Megan-omics: Two unrelated
quotes from today's cover girl, Megan Fox.
1. "Splatter continuity is very difficult," she said of the hardest part of making a horror film like "Jennifer's Body." "Plus it dries and gets sticky and it's not much fun to sit around in for 12 hours."
2. "I make it a point to never go on the Internet. If you want to commit suicide, go on the Internet and Google yourself."
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