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Category Television - Global Date 10/19/2006 |
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Global Television Announces Presenters for 21st Annual Gemini Awards
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Broadcast From Vancouver - Saturday, November 4
2006 Presenters include:
• Evangeline Lilly • Cheryl Hickey
• Brent Butt • Nicholas Campbell • Wendy Crewson
• Shawn Ashmore • Shaun Majumder
Entertainment Tonight Canada
Launches Broadcast with Red Carpet Pre-Show
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Backstage Awards Buzz from The ET Canada Gemini Lounge
ET Canada Live: On the Gemini Red Carpet–9:00pm ET/PT (30 mins)
21st Annual Gemini Awards–9:30pm ET/PT (60 mins)
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(TORONTO) - Global Television today announced the first round of presenters for the 21st Annual Gemini Awards, broadcasting for the first time on-location to audiences nationwide from The River Rock Casino Resort in Vancouver, BC on Saturday, November 4th.
Presenters for the 2006 telecast include:
• Evangeline Lilly—Lost
• Shawn Ashmore—Terry
• Brent Butt—Corner Gas
• Nicholas Campbell—Da Vinci’s City Hall
• Wendy Crewson—The Man Who Lost Himself
• Cheryl Hickey—Entertainment Tonight Canada
• Shaun Majumder—This Hour Has 22 Minutes
• Cara Pifko—This Is Wonderland
• Amanda Tapping—Stargate
Prior to the broadcast, Amanda Tapping of Stargate will Host a special presentation of awards, immediately followed by the hour-long televised programme of additional awards.
The 21st Annual Gemini Awards will kick-off with a special half-hour presentation, ET Canada Live: On the Gemini Red Carpet. Host Cheryl Hickey, along with the ET Canada team of reporters will welcome the stars, dish on nominee and presenter fashions, and provide exclusive backstage buzz from The ET Canada Gemini Lounge.
21st Annual Gemini Awards Fast Facts:
GEMINI STYLE: Presenters of this year’s show will have the opportunity to be styled by renowned Canadian fashion leader Vladimir Markovich, Founder and Creative Director of BC Fashion Week.
GEMINI CHIC: Canada’s Next Top Model 2006 winner, Andrea Muizelaar of Whitby, Ontario will be the official trophy host for the 21st Annual Gemini Awards.
GEMINI VIBE: Highlander star Jim Byrnes lends his voice as the official announcer of the Awards…AND…internationally renowned DJ and turntablist Kid Koala is confirmed as the house band for the show.
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Global Television is a division of CanWest MediaWorks Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of CanWest Global Communications Corp (CanWest) (NYSE: CWG; TSX: CGS.SV and CGS.NV, www.canwestglobal.com). CanWest, an international media company, is Canada's largest media company. In addition to owning the Global Television Network, CanWest is Canada's largest publisher of daily newspapers, and also owns, operates and/or holds substantial interests in conventional television, out-of-home advertising, specialty cable channels, Web sites and radio networks in Canada, New Zealand, Australia and Ireland.
Established in 1979, The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television is a national, non-profit, professional association dedicated to promote, recognize and celebrate exceptional achievements in the Canadian film and television industries. Today, nearly 4,000 industry professionals across Canada are members of the Academy, proving it a vital force representing all areas of the film and television industry.
For More Information, Contact:
Chris McDowall
Holmes Creative Communications
Meagan Wilson
The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television
ext. 249
Grace Park
Publicity Manager
Global Television
Visit The Geminis Online at www.geminiawards.ca
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