TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - 11/05/09) - Cineplex Entertainment (TSX:CGX.UN - News) and Cinefest Sudbury are pleased to announce the one-time only presentation of Laugh out Loud (LOL) Comedy starring Brad Garrett in High Definition (HD), on Thursday November 19, 2009 exclusively at select Cineplex Entertainment theatres across the country.
"We are pleased to be partnering with Cinefest Sudbury for a second time to bring these great comedians to guests," said Pat Marshall, Vice President, Communications and Investor Relations, Cineplex Entertainment. "This will be a great night of laughs with legendary comedians Brad Garrett, Joe Piscopo and Alan Park performing together on our giant screens across the country."
"The incredible talents of Brad Garrett, Joe Piscopo and Alan Park thrilled audience members at the live event, and we are truly excited to be partnering with Cineplex Entertainment again to bring this very laugh-packed event to Cineplex screens across Canada," said Tammy Frick, Festival Director, Cinefest Sudbury. "The HD presentation of LOL Comedy will be a larger than life theatrical experience, and proof again that Cineplex is paving the way in bringing exciting alternative broadcasts to audiences."
Recorded live in HD from the Laugh Out Loud Comedy Festival in Sudbury, Ontario, Emmy Award winner Brad Garrett returns to his stand-up comedy roots and takes the stage for one hilarious performance. Standing 6'8" in his bare feet, Brad has never been short on talent. Three-time Emmy Award winner on the popular sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond and star of the new Fox television series Til Death, guests can expect a laugh-out-loud evening from Brad, one of North America's hottest comedians. The presentation also features Saturday Night Live (SNL) alumni Joe Piscopo and is hosted by Alan Park as Barack Obama from Royal Canadian Air Farce.
Advance tickets are now available online at www.cineplex.com/events as well as at participating theatre box offices. General admission is $8.00 + taxes. A special group rate is also available for groups of 20 or more. For more information on group rates, call 1-800313-4461 or email corporatesales@cineplex.com.
Cineplex Entertainment will present the LOL Comedy starring Brad Garrett at the following select theatres across the country at 7 pm (local time):
� BRITISH COLUMBIA SilverCity Riverport Cinemas SilverCity Victoria Cinemas 14211 Entertainment Way 3130 Tillicum Road Richmond, BC Victoria, BC Galaxy Cinemas Nanaimo SilverCity Coquitlam Cinemas 213-4750 Rutherford Road 170 Schoolhouse Street Nanaimo, BC Coquitlam, BC Cineplex Odeon Aberdeen Mall Cineplex Odeon Strawberry Hill Cinemas Cinemas 12161 72nd Avenue 700-1320 Trans Canada Highway Surrey, BC Kamloops, BC Cineplex Odeon Park & Tilford Cinemas 200-333 Brooksbank Avenue North Vancouver, BC ALBERTA Scotiabank Theatre Chinook Scotiabank Theatre Edmonton 6455 Macleod Trail SW 8882-170 Street Calgary, AB Edmonton, AB Galaxy Cinemas Lethbridge 501-1st Avenue SW Lethbridge, AB MANITOBA SilverCity Polo Park Cinemas 817 St. James Street Winnipeg, MB SASKATCHEWAN Galaxy Cinemas Saskatoon Galaxy Cinemas Regina 347 2nd Avenue 420 McCarthy Boulevard N Saskatoon, SK Regina, SK ONTARIO Scotiabank Theatre Toronto Cineplex Odeon Queensway Cinemas 259 Richmond Street W 1025 The Queensway Toronto, ON Etobicoke, ON Cineplex Odeon Sheppard Grande Coliseum Scarborough Cinemas Cinemas 300 Borough Drive 4861 Yonge Street Scarborough, ON Toronto, ON Colossus Vaughan Cinemas Coliseum Mississauga Cinemas 3555 Highway 7 W 309 Rathburn Road W Woodbridge, ON Mississauga, ON SilverCity Newmarket Cinemas SilverCity Oakville Cinemas 18151 Yonge Street 3531 Wyecroft Road Newmarket, ON Oakville, ON SilverCity Hamilton Mountain Galaxy Cinemas Waterloo Cinemas 550 King Street N 795 Paramount Drive Waterloo, ON Stoney Creek, ON Cineplex Odeon Westmount & VIP Cineplex Odeon Niagara Square Cinemas Cinemas 755 Wonderland Road S 7555 Montrose Road London, ON Niagara Falls, ON Cineplex Odeon Devonshire Mall Galaxy Cinemas Owen Sound Cinemas 1020 10th Street 3100 Howard Avenue Owen Sound, ON Windsor, ON Cineplex Odeon Ajax Cinemas Galaxy Cinemas Barrie 248 Kingston Road 72 Commerce Park Drive Ajax, ON Barrie, ON Famous Players Belleville 8 Cineplex Odeon Gardiners Road Cinemas Cinemas 160 Bell Boulevard 626 Gardiners Road Belleville, ON Kingston, ON Galaxy Cinemas Sault Ste. Marie Cineplex Odeon Oshawa Cinemas 293 Bay Street 1351 Grandview Street N Sault Ste. Marie, ON Oshawa, ON Galaxy Cinemas Peterborough Galaxy Cinemas North Bay 320 Water Street 300 Lakeshore Drive Peterborough, ON North Bay, ON SilverCity Sudbury Cinemas SilverCity Gloucester Cinemas 355 Barrydowne Road 2385 City Park Drive Sudbury, ON Gloucester, ON QUEBEC Scotiabank Theatre Montreal Cineplex Odeon Brossard Cinemas 977 rue Ste-Catherine O 9350 boul. Leduc Montreal, QC Brossard, QC
For more information, visit www.cineplex.com/events.
About Cinefest Sudbury International Film Festival
Cinefest Sudbury International Film Festival is a charitable, not-for-profit cultural organization. Over its 21-year history, the organization has been dedicated to providing opportunities for artists and audiences with the presentation of first-class film works and industry discourse. The Festival currently screens over 130 Canadian and international films in a variety of programs over nine days each September, with total attendance approaching 30,000. In 2007, Cinefest Sudbury introduced, and continues to act as the umbrella organization for Laugh Out Loud Sudbury Comedy Festival, an event strives to bring audiences the very best in performance comedy.
Cineplex Entertainment
As the largest motion picture exhibitor in Canada, Cineplex Entertainment LP owns, leases or has a joint-venture interest in 129 theatres with 1,328 screens serving more than 63.5 million guests annually. Headquartered in Toronto, Canada, Cineplex Entertainment operates theatres from British Columbia to Quebec and is the largest exhibitor of digital, 3D and IMAX projection technologies in the country. Proudly Canadian and with a workforce of approximately 10,000 employees, the company operates the following top tier brands: Cineplex Odeon, Galaxy, Famous Players, Colossus, Coliseum, SilverCity, Cinema City and Scotiabank Theatres. The units of Cineplex Galaxy Income Fund, which owns approximately 99.6% of Cineplex Entertainment LP, are traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange (symbol CGX.UN). For more information, visit www.cineplex.com.
Contacts:
To arrange for an interview with Joe Piscopo
or Alan Park, please contact:
Cineplex Entertainment - Pat Marshall
Vice President, Communications and Investor Relations
416-323-6648
pat.marshall@cineplex.com
Cineplex Entertainment
Georgia Sourtzis
Manager, Communications
416-323-6728
georgia.sourtzis@cineplex.com
Cinefest Sudbury International Film Festival
Mirielle MacDonald
Events and Programming Officer
705-688-1234
mmacdonald@cinefest.com
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