Plenty of star power set to attend Toronto film festival

TORONTO The stars are aligning for the Toronto International Film Festival, with Angelina Jolie, George Clooney, Drake, Emma Stone, Jennifer Lawrence and Idris Elba among the celebrities expected to hit the red carpet.

Other stars confirmed to attend include Matt Damon, Nicole Kidman, Jessica Chastain and Liam Neeson.

Organizers say the A-listers are among hundreds of guests booked for the 11-day movie marathon, set to open Sept. 7.

Jolie will be promoting First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers, which she directed, produced and co-wrote, and The Breadwinner, which she produced.

Drake is an executive producer of the basketball documentary The Carter Effect, about former Toronto Raptor Vince Carter.

Clooney directed Damon in the comedy Suburbicon, Stone stars in the historical tennis drama Battle of the Sexes, Lawrence is the lead actress in Mother!, and Elba stars in the survival tale The Mountain Between Us.

Chastain stars in Molly’s Game, Kidman is back at TIFF with The Killing of a Sacred Deer, and Neeson is an anonymous tipster in Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House.

Meanwhile, the festival also announced on Tuesday that Helen Mirren and Javier Bardem will discuss their craft onstage as part of the In Conversation With ... lineup, which also includes Gael Garcia Bernal.