Entertainment Industry & the Economy: Change in financing alters Canuck pic industry -- Canuck pop culture dominates Toronto this year: "Score: A Hockey Musical" (Mongrel Media) launches the fest in a gala screening, while "Fubar II" (Alliance), the sequel to

Spotlight: Toronto Intl. Film Festival: New headquarters hopes to shine -- The Toronto Intl. Film Festival's new HQ, the Bell Lightbox, is striving to make a thunderous debut that will impress curious filmgoers and industry players alike, and artistic director

Spotlight: Toronto Intl. Film Festival: A selection of Toronto fest titles on execs' checklists -- A selection of Toronto fest titles on execs' checklists

Film News: Nudity, sex used to explore important themes at fest -- Sexually graphic films are a given at almost any international film festival, to the point where it might seem naive to acknowledge the sheer number and variety of

Gotham: Studio will look to cable under Barber, Birnbaum -- MGM will enter into a pre-packaged bankruptcy and re-emerge between now and the end of October as a debt-free operation that will put much greater emphasis on developing programming --

Film News: New headquarters, plenty of available pics light up fest -- From its shiny new downtown home, the Toronto Film Festival launches what may be its most ambitious edition tonight with a rousing chorus of "O Canada" ("Score: A

Legal News: Thesp awarded $28.5 mil in interest payments -- Don Johnson has been awarded an additional $28.5 million in interest payments on his share of profits from his CBS series "Nash Bridges."

Legit News: Producer lays plans for U.K. production -- Sonia Friedman is aiming to produce James Lapine's tuner tribute "Sondheim on Sondheim" at a West End venue yet to be confirmed in spring 2011.

Headline Newsletter International News: Canadian network, Nelvana team with Poryes -- Canuck broadcaster Corus Entertainment and its production studio Nelvana have partnered with "Hannah Montana" co-creator and exec producer Michael Poryes on a live-action comedy series, "Life With Boys."

Headline Newsletter Music News: Documentary hints at similarities to Michael Jackson -- The life of Glenn Gould, the James Dean of classical pianists, is more shrouded in myth than fact.

Los Angeles: BAFTA/LA prizes given Nov. 4 -- Even the Brits are climbing aboard the Betty White bandwagon.

Film News: Soriano Barrantes feted with int'l achievement award -- Exhibitors confab ShowEast has tapped Jose Fernando Soriano Barrantes, general manager of CinePlanet, to receive the international achievement award in exhibition at this year's conference held Oct. 10-14 in Orlando.

Music News: Musician will keynote event sponsored by Variety -- Gene Simmons will keynote the American Music Conference presented by Variety and Dick Clark Prods. on Friday, Nov. 19, at L.A. Live's Event Deck.

TV News: Paley could present some awards as early as May -- The Paley Center for Media's TV kudos won't launch until 2012 -- but the org could give its Emmy rival a test drive next year.

TV News: Exec producers strike deal with FineArtAmerica -- The exec producers behind "Desperate Housewives" have sketched out a unique solution to their art problem.

Web Exclusive: Disney hopes sneak will boost 3D pic's box office -- TOKYO -- The Tokyo Intl. Film Festival will screen footage from the 3D sci-fi epic "Tron: Legacy" in advance of its worldwide Dec. 17 bow. The