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Another year of The Toronto International Film Festival has wrapped, and gone with it are the extended 4 am last calls (Toronto’s last call normally arrives at cruel 2 a.m.), celebrities, and the unique energy that is bestowed upon the city which Steve Martin once referred to on 30 Rock as being “just like New York but without all the stuff.”

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Strutting out on stage in sequins, French electro-pop singer Yelle has that je ne sais quoi to automatically captivate the audience at her Toronto show. With an intense, non-stop energy, her saucy moves prompted sweaty bodies to lose it on the crammed dancefloor. When asked where this stamina comes from, Yelle attributes it to feeling her feel-good performance. “I don’t take drugs or drink alcohol before the show, I just eat pasta, and I sleep every chance I get.”

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Despite having crashed his Testarossa back in 1986, Parisian deejay Kavinsky (Vincent Belorgey) came back from the dead this past weekend to infuse Toronto and Brooklyn with his brand of futuristic '80s electronic music. With projected graphics reminiscent of Tron and remixed tracks by everyone from Chromeo to the Klaxons, things felt a little more like a joyride in Doc Brown’s DeLorean than a head-on in a Ferrari. Watch for Kavinsky at Coachella on Saturday, April 26.

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