Toronto Film Fest Diary: Saw Actor, Director Start Film Fest on the Right Foot

The official opening night party for the Toronto International Film Festival sounds so prestigious, but if Screech from Saved by the Bell stopped in, he’d be the biggest star there. And he wasn’t, so if you didn’t go, you didn’t miss anything.
The place to be on opening night of the film fest was The Brant House, where Darren Lynn Bousman, the director of the “Saw” franchise, and Lyriq Bent, who appeared in the first three but stars in October’s “Saw IV,” hosted a party (both pictured at right).
Bousman is in town shooting a horror musical, which stars Paris Hilton. He brought another star, Alexa Vega, to the party. Also spotted was Rasta Phil, a member of Mark Wahlberg’s real entourage.
The party was a great way to begin the film fest, which can’t be said about the rump across town.
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