Jimmy Kimmel to broadcast from TIFF
Posted September 1, 2011 6:10 pm.
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Toronto Tourism has announced that Jimmy Kimmel has signed on to broadcast segments of his late-night show from Toronto during the week of the Toronto International Film Festival.
Kimmel and his sidekick, Guillermo, will report live from red carpets at various movie premieres around town.
Vice President of Communications for Tourism Toronto, Andrew Weir, told 680News that Kimmel’s 1.8-million fans will see our city every night.
“Jimmy’s coming and Guillermo’s coming. Guillermo, the parking attendant but also Jimmy’s roving reporter that he sends out all over the place to report back to him, so we’ll have both of them here in Toronto. I think they’ve got some surprises planned but the idea is to have some segments from Toronto every night and they’ll really be featuring Toronto that week,” said Weir.
Two lucky fans will also have a chance to meet the popular late night host while he is in town.
“Two winners have a chance to meet Jimmy while he’s in town. We’ve got the Jimmy and Me contest, it’s running on Tourism Toronto’s facebook page. Not only meet Jimmy but attend the One By One foundation concert at the Kool Haus on Saturday night, two tickets to a TIFF film, stay at a hotel and dinner for two downtown,” said Weir.
Kimmel and Guillermo will report from Toronto from September 12 to 15.
