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People: ‘Room’ wows crowd at Toronto film festival

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From Wire Reports

The top award of the 40th Toronto International Film Festival on Sunday went to Lenny Abrahamson’s “Room,” an emotional tale of a captive mother and her 5-year-old son.

The film took the festival’s People’s Choice award, determined by audience voting. Starring Brie Larson and 8-year-old Jacob Tremblay, “Room” is adapted from Emma Donoghue’s 2010 novel. It’s told from the perspective of a boy who has been locked in a room with his mother for his entire life.

Runner-up went to Tom McCarthy’s “Spotlight,” a newspaper procedural starring Michael Keaton and Mark Ruffalo about the Boston Globe’s investigative reporting on sexual abuse by Catholic priests.

The prize for the festival’s inaugural Platform sidebar of international films was awarded to Alan Zweig’s “Hurt,” a documentary about Canadian cancer hero Steve Fonyo.

Evgeny Afieneevsky’s “Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom” won the People’s Choice documentary award. The audience award for the Midnight Madness section went to Ilya Naishuller’s “Hardcore,” a kinetic Russian action movie shot on GoPro cameras. Its $10 million sale to STX Entertainment was the largest purchase from the festival.

Williams, Van Veen wed in Wyoming

Actress Allison Williams and CollegeHumor co-founder Ricky Van Veen were wed at a private Wyoming ranch ceremony.

The couple exchanged nuptials Saturday, a representative for the actress confirmed Sunday. The “Girls” star and daughter of NBC’s Brian Williams posted a picture on Instagram of herself and Van Veen from the wedding. She noted that her gown was by Oscar de la Renta.

Williams, 27, and Van Veen, 34, were engaged in February 2014.

The birthday bunch

Author-comedian Fannie Flagg is 74. Author Stephen King is 68. Actor-comedian Bill Murray is 65. Movie producer-writer Ethan Coen is 58. Actor-comedian Dave Coulier is 56. Actor Rob Morrow is 53. Actress Cheryl Hines is 50. Country singer Faith Hill is 48. Actress-talk show host Ricki Lake is 47. Actor Luke Wilson is 44. TV personality Nicole Richie is 34.