The brass at Global Television hope that shifting this year’s Gemini Awards gala to Vancouver from Toronto will provide just the fresh start the national show needs.
Since its inception in 1975, TIFF has had its share of unforgettable moments. For example, there was the tribute to Warren Beatty in 1984, when Jack Nicholson heckled the actor from the audience. There was also the narrowly averted riot at the 1978 premiere of In Praise of Older Women, which developed because the theater had been oversold.