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#EDITORSNOTE: MR. WILL STAR SIGHTINGS 2021
We’re lucky to have even have had the chance to partake in any star-spotting this year given the circumstances we’ve been in! And even though what we got was a reduced version of TIFF ’21 this year, we’re still thrilled that talent still came through, while production on various Series and Films also continued around town this year. And as always we’re happy to go as close as the talent want to get, ensuring safety first. One day we’ll look back and call this our “Masked Era”.
While this is only a fraction of the quantity of star sightings we’ve had in the past, we did our best to do what we do safely. Some exciting names still passed through Toronto in 2021 and we were there!
I’d have to say it was epic that Toronto’s Simu Liu exploded onto the international stage as a mega star for his work in Marvel Studios’ SHANG-CHI AND THE LEGEND OF THE TEN RINGS. Not only was it amazing catching-up in person – he actually remembered my name – we also got a quick interview with him! Other names like Rebecca Ferguson, whom we’ve admire for quite a while, came through for TIFF ’21 and we’re glad we finally got to meet her properly! And when do we not get excited to see Jessica Chastain in-town? One of our highlights was getting a Selfie with Mila Kunis, whom we love, together with beanie bright and early in the AM? While concerts were scaled back quite a bit this year, we’re happy to have met some emerging names on the international scene who actually happen to be Canadian, like Mustafa the Poet and BBNo$! And how cool was it that hot off his venture into space, earning him the distinction of oldest person ever to go to space, William Shatner came to Toronto for Fan Expo Limited Edition?
Let’s take a walk down memory lane!
See some of our favourite star sightings of 2021, in no particular order!
While we will wait a bit for these case counts to go down, we look forward to Toronto being the star-studded City it once was once again!
Mr. Will
#FIRSTLOOK: “MARRY ME” STARRING JENNIFER LOPEZ, MALUMA + OWEN WILSON
Right in time for Valentine’s Day comes MARRY ME starring Maluma, Owen Wilson and Jennifer Lopez!
Synopsis:
Packed with original songs by Jennifer Lopez and global Latin music star Maluma, Marry Me arrives next Valentine’s Day with Lopez starring as musical superstar Kat Valdez and Owen Wilson as Charlie Gilbert, a math teacher—total strangers who agree to marry and then get to know each other. An unlikely romance about two different people searching for something real in a world where value is based on likes and followers, Marry Me is a modern love story about celebrity, marriage and social media.
Kat Valdez (Lopez) is half of the sexiest celebrity power couple on Earth with hot new music supernova Bastian (Maluma, making his feature-film debut). As Kat and Bastian’s inescapable hit single, “Marry Me,” climbs the charts, they are about to be wed before an audience of their fans in a ceremony that will be streamed across multiple platforms.
Divorced high-school math teacher Charlie Gilbert (Owen Wilson) has been dragged to the concert by his daughter Lou (Chloe Coleman, Big Little Lies) and his best friend (Sarah Silverman). When Kat learns, seconds before the ceremony, that Bastian has cheated on her with her assistant, her life turns left as she has a meltdown on stage, questioning love, truth and loyalty. As her gossamer world falls away, she locks eyes with a stranger—a face in the crowd.
If what you know lets you down, then perhaps what you don’t know is the answer, and so, in a moment of inspired insanity, Kat chooses to marry Charlie. What begins as an impulsive reaction evolves into an unexpected romance. But as forces conspire to separate them, the universal question arises: Can two people from such different worlds bridge the gulf between them and build a place where they both belong?
The film also stars John Bradley (Game of Thrones), Michelle Buteau (Michelle Buteau: Welcome to Buteaupia) and Utkarsh Ambudkar (Mulan).
Also check-out the first single from the Soundtrack, “On My Way“:
Universal Pictures Canada release MARRY ME Friday, February 12, 2020.
(Photo/video credit: Universal Pictures Canada)
#SPOTTED: MALUMA IN TORONTO FOR PAPI JUANCHO TOUR
Columbian Megastar MALUMA (Juan Luis Londoño Arias) was in Toronto last week with his Papi Juancho Tour hitting Scotiabank Area. The North American leg of the Tour just wrapped in Chicago and will head early next year to Europe.
Known best for his global smash hits “Hawái”, “”Corazón” and several high-profile collaborations with the likes of Shakira, “Chantaje” and Madonna, “Medellín“, the Reggaeton-Latin Pop star has amassed a huge following around the world, with over 52 million Instagram followers.
It was also announced that he will be voicing the character Mariano in Disney‘s upcoming Animated Feature ENCANTO, in theatres November 24, 2021. Check-out the Video announcement:
We spotted Maluma on his way to his show, and while he wasn’t able to roll-down his window understandably, he was so kind to pose through the window of his SUV! An honour, we’ll take it!
Check-out some of his biggest hits!
(Photo/video credit: Mr. Will Wong/Sony Music Entertainment)
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