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The Genies hit Ottawa: Canadian stars, Obama cookies

Capital Diarist Mitchel Raphael was there to capture all the action

Mitchel Raphael

<p>Kristin Booth, who won best supporting actress for her role in Young People F—ing, and her husband, screenwriter Tim Ware.</p>

Kristin Booth

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April 6, 2009

The 29th Annual Genie Awards came to Ottawa for the first time. Five MPs showed up. The stars came out. Backstage, CTV’s eTalk served the same cookies that Barack Obama bought when the U.S. president was in Ottawa. Everyone left with a bag of chips. (Text and photos by Mitchel Raphael.)

Nico Pecota

Museum staff

MP Pablo Rodriguez

Devon Bostick

Dave Foley

Joe Dinicol and Martha Hall Findlay

Joe Dinicol and Lindsay Blackett

Kevin Newman

More Mounties

Royal Galipeau

Jim Watson and Jayne Watson

Sarah Polley

Rossif Sutherland

Rossif Sutherland and Sara Morton

Dave Foley and Sarah Polley

Sarah Polley and David Sandomierski

Sarah Polley and MP Martha Hall Findlay

Sarah Polley and MP Paul Dewar

Marie Lemay

Devon Bostick

Carole Lavallée

The ushers.

Rupinder Nagra

Paul Galipeau and Paul Dewa

Richard Comeau

Yves-Christian Fournier

Backstage: The media.

Kristin Booth

Marcel Jean and Claude Cloutier

Backstage: The photographer’s pit.

Obama Cookies

Callum Keith Rennie

Photographer Charles-Henri Debeur

The folks behind Up The Yangtze

Natar Ungalaaq

Benoît Pilon

Larry O’Brien and George Stroumboulopoulos

MP Paul Dewar

Food bag

MP Martha Hall Findlay and her son

George Stroumboulopoulos

Kristin Booth

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