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Category Television - Global Date 11/1/2006 |
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21st Annual Gemini Awards Red Carpet Update
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**Additional Presenters Confirmed for 2006 Gala Broadcast
Saturday, November 4 - 9:30pm ET/PT Direct from Vancouver, BC
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ET Canada Live: On the Gemini Red Carpet
With Hosts Cheryl Hickey and Rick Campanelli - 9:00pm ET/PT
21st Annual Gemini Awards - 9:30pm ET/PT
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(TORONTO) – Rolling out the red carpet…with just three days left until the 2006 Gemini Awards Global Television today announced the addition of some of Canada's brightest television personalities to this year’s roster of Presenters.
Additional Presenters include:
Mike Holmes, Holmes on Homes
George Stroumboulopoulos, The Hour
Marilyn Denis, CityLine
Jeff Douglas, Things That Move
The ET Canada Gemini Red Carpet will be buzzing, as Holmes, Stroumboulopoulos, Denis and Douglas join fellow presenters, Shawn Ashmore, Brent Butt, Nicholas Campbell, Wendy Crewson, Cheryl Hickey, Evangeline Lilly, Shaun Majumder, Cara Pifko along with Special Musical Guests, Lukas Rossi and Gilby Clarke.
Entertainment Tonight Canada Live: On the Gemini Red Carpet:
Beginning at 9 pm ET/PT, host Cheryl Hickey along with ET Canada’s Senior Entertainment Reporter Rick Campanelli and Vancouver Correspondent Erin Cebula will welcome the stars to the 21st Annual Gemini Awards as they arrive at the River Rock Casino Resort. This ET Canada red carpet special is followed by the hour-long Gala Awards broadcast beginning at 9:30 pm ET/PT on Global.
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Senior Entertainment Reporter Rosey Edeh along with savvy stylist Chris Hyndman of So Chic dish on nominee and presenter fashions from a remote location directly overlooking the Red Carpet arrivals. The ET Canada Team of reporters will also keep viewers up to speed on all of the backstage buzz in the ET Canada Gemini Lounge.
21st Annual Gemini Awards Fast Facts:
GEMINI STYLE: Renowned Canadian fashion leader Vladimir Markovich, Founder and Creative Director of BC Fashion Week is the official stylist of the 21st Annual Gemini Awards. Celebrities to be dressed by Markovich include: Evangeline Lilly in Asluxe, Shawn Ashmore in VanGuard and Andrea Muizelaar in Chloe Angus.
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 Canadian DJ, Kid Koala is confirmed as the house band for the show. Using his turntable as a musical instrument, Kid Koala creates his unique sound by dragging vinyl across a needle at varying speeds, altering the pitch of notes, and changing the way you hear music forever.
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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.
The 21st Annual Gemini Awards is produced by Out To See Entertainment Inc. for the Global Television Network.
For More Information, Contact:
Grace Park
Publicity Manager
Global Television
Meagan Wilson
The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television
ext. 249
Chris McDowall
Holmes Creative Communications
Visit The Geminis Online at www.geminiawards.ca
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