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26-642: In 2013, Informa announced its acquisition of Hobby Star Marketing, organizer of Fan Expo Canada —a Canadian comic and entertainment convention held annually at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre . In 2014, Informa acquired the Dallas Comic Con . In 2015, Informa acquired MegaCon in Orlando. In August 2016, Informa acquired Boston Comic Con , which was rebranded as Fan Expo Boston in 2018. In October 2017, Informa acquired

52-755: A college dropout in Calm at Sunset . Facinelli co-starred with Amanda Peet and Michael Vartan in the 1997 AIDS-themed drama Touch Me (1997) and co-starred as a high school student in two 1998 features with Ethan Embry and Breckin Meyer , Dancer, Texas Pop. 81 , and Can't Hardly Wait , which starred Jennifer Love Hewitt and Ethan Embry. Facinelli appeared in the sci-fi film Supernova starring James Spader in 2000. He made appearances in Riding in Cars with Boys in 2001 and The Scorpion King in 2002, followed by

78-642: A large autographs area, as well as an Artists Alley where comic book artists can sign autographs and sell or do free sketches. In recent years, Fan Expo Canada has become one of the few events that provides selling "exclusive" products to attendees. The vast majority of the exclusives offered at Fan Expo Canada are licensed properties of popular movie, comic book and related characters. "Hollywood Icon" Celebrity guest Tony Curtis cancels due to health issue. Attendance reaches facility limit and Toronto Fire Marshal's office halts ticket sales for two hours on Saturday afternoon. Cancellations: Peter Facinelli (to attend

104-852: A leading role in the Fox drama Fastlane . Facinelli had a recurring role in the HBO series Six Feet Under in 2004 and a role in the FX original series Damages beginning in 2007. Facinelli starred in Hollow Man 2 with Christian Slater . It was released direct-to-video in May 2006. In 2006, he was cast in Touch the Top of the World , a true story of Erik Weihenmayer , the first blind person to climb Mount Everest. The film

130-518: Is a four-day event (Thursday through Sunday) typically held the weekend before Labour Day during the summer at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre (MTCC). Originally showcasing comic books , science fiction / fantasy and film/television and related popular arts, Fan Expo Canada has expanded over the years to include a larger range of pop culture and fandom elements, such as horror , anime , manga , animation , toys , collectible card games , video games , and web entertainment. The convention

156-599: Is an American actor. He starred as Donovan "Van" Ray on the Fox series Fastlane from 2002 to 2003. He played Dr. Carlisle Cullen in the film adaptations of the Twilight novel series, and is also known for his role as Mike Dexter in the 1998 film Can't Hardly Wait . Facinelli was a regular on the Showtime comedy-drama series Nurse Jackie , portraying the role of Dr. Fitch "Coop" Cooper. He portrayed Maxwell Lord on

182-490: Is based on his best selling autobiography. After wrapping up Finding Amanda with Matthew Broderick , Facinelli played Carlisle Cullen in the film adaptation of Twilight , based on the book by Stephenie Meyer . According to an interview, "I almost didn't read for Twilight . My agent said, 'Do you want to do a vampire movie?' And I was like, 'No.' I was totally thinking blood and guts and bats in caves, like some kind of horror movie. They literally talked me into reading

208-577: Is that the event will sell out and potential attendees will be denied entry as has happened at similar events such as Anime North , the New York Comic Con and San Diego Comic-Con . The 2010 event left thousands of fans standing outside as capacity became an issue, many waiting several hours for re-entry. At one point during Saturday afternoon organizers announced (to a small group by the doors) that they would not be letting anyone else in, including those who had purchased tickets in advance, but

234-865: Is the largest of its kind in Canada and among the largest in the world, filling the entire North and South Buildings of the MTCC with over 130,000 attendees in 2016. In 2013, Fan Expo Canada's parent company Hobby Star Marketing was acquired by Informa , which now organizes the event. The company has extended the Fan Expo brand to other conventions organized by the company in Canada and the United States. Along with panels, seminars, and workshops with comic book professionals, there are previews of upcoming feature films, portfolio review sessions with top comic book and video game companies, and evening events such as

260-820: The Atlantic Theater Company Acting School in New York City. Facinelli made his feature film debut in Rebecca Miller 's Angela in 1995 and came to the attention of critics in the TV-movie The Price of Love later that year. In 1996, Facinelli played opposite his then-future wife Jennie Garth in An Unfinished Affair . Other TV roles followed, including a part in After Jimmy (1996) and

286-531: The COVID-19 Pandemic . Fan Expo Canada is the site of many unique attractions that include Exclusive Pre-screenings and live presentations of upcoming television series and feature films, often including live introductions from the Directors, Producers and Cast members. Some recent projects featured at Fan Expo Canada included the television series: In 2012, for the first time ever, Fan Expo Canada

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312-758: The Calgary Comic and Entertainment Expo and Edmonton Comic and Entertainment Expo. In March 2021, Informa acquired Denver Pop Culture Con , which was rebranded as Fan Expo Denver. In August 2021, Informa acquired Wizard Entertainment's conventions ; all of its remaining events for 2021 were cancelled, barring Wizard World Chicago (which was held in October 2021 as the final Wizard World-branded event). All six of its conventions in Chicago, Cleveland, New Orleans, St. Louis, Philadelphia, and Portland were rebranded as Fan Expo beginning in 2022. Events held as part of

338-4248: The Emmys), Glenn Danzig (disallowed by Canada Customs due to criminal record), Joan Collins (due to movie role), Leslie Nielsen (due to poor health), Thomas Jane (due to television series shooting). Christian Slater , Danny Trejo , Neve Campbell , Jeffery Combs , Gillian Anderson , Norman Reedus , Steve Blum , Tom Kenny , Tara Strong , Troy Baker , Grey DeLisle , Jeremy Shada , Jeri Ryan , Robert Picardo , Ethan Phillips , Mike Tyson , Lennie James , Chandler Riggs , Sean Patrick Flanery , Zach Galligan , Jenna Coleman , David Della Rocco , Ajay Fry , Morgan Hoffman , Teddy Wilson , Sam Maggs , George A. Romero , Tom Felton , Hayley Atwell , Tom Savini , Rupert Grint , Robin Lord Taylor , Ming-Na Wen , Amy Acker , Jason Momoa , Karen Gillan , Billy Dee Williams , Malcolm McDowell , Orlando Jones , Graham McTavish , Dr. Marc Okrand , James and Oliver Phelps , Skeet Ulrich . Mark Hamill , Stan Lee , Elden Hensen , Charlie Cox , William Shatner , Nichelle Nichols , George Takei , Kevin Smith , Jason Mewes , Adam West , Burt Ward , John Barrowman , Christopher Lloyd , Morena Baccarin , Alex Kingston , John Cusack , Joan Cusack , Alan Tudyk , Hayley Atwell , Brent Spiner , Kate Mulgrew , Sonequa Martin-Green , Micheal Cudlitz , Scott Wilson , Jack Gleeson , Katie Cassidy , Andrea Libman , Colleen Clinkenbeard , Veronica Taylor , Vic Mignogna , Linda Ballantyne , Katie Griffin , Susan Roman , Toby Proctor , Ron Rubin , Jill Frappier , Sean Schemmel , Eric Vale , Kevin Conroy , Rob Paulsen , Maurice Lamarche , Bill Farmer , David Hayter , Charles Martinet , William Salyers Stephen Amell , John Barrowman , Nick Bradshaw, Brentalfloss , Sarah Wayne Callies , Bruce Campbell , Greg Capullo , Tom Cavanagh , Charlet Chung , Colleen Clinkenbeard , Richard Comely , Anthony Daniels , Felicia Day , Rob DenBleyker, Kara Eberle, Nathan Fillion , Dave Filoni , Josh Grelle , Todd Haberkorn , Jennifer Hale , Chad Hardin, David Hayter , Anthony Head , Jason Isaacs , Phil Jimenez , Amy Jo Johnson , Doug Jones (actor) , Maurice Lamarche , Erik Larsen , Jae Lee , Jim Lee , Vanessa Marshall , Sonequa Martin-Green , Gaten Matarazzo , Ed McGuinness , Caleb McLaughlin , Steve McNiven , Jason Mewes , Vic Mignogna , Amanda C. Miller , Bob Morley , Jessica Nigri , Nolan North , Paige O'Hara , Bryce Papenbrook , Yanick Paquette , Dan Parent , Khary Payton , Billie Piper , Eric Powell (comics) , Humberto Ramos , David Ramsey , Norman Reedus , Marco Rudy, Fernando Ruiz, Chris Sabat , Sean Schemmel , Matt Smith (actor) , Brian Stelfreeze , Catherine Tate , James Arnold Taylor , Ty Templeton , Cerina Vincent , Carol Zara, Arryn Zech , Mike Zeck Michael J Fox , Jason Momoa , Evangeline Lilly , Triple H , The Miz , Charlotte Flair , AJ Styles , Paul Wesley , Ian Somerhalder , Lucy Lawless , Rob Schneider , Cassie Steele , Jake Epstein , Miriam McDonald , Stefan Brogren , Shane Kippel , Pat Mastroianni , Mark Sheppard , Joe Flanigan , Rose McIver , Renee O'Connor , Jennifer Morrison , Karen Gillan , William Shatner , Richard Dean Anderson , Amy Jo Johnson , Jason David Frank , Christopher Lloyd , Tom Wilson , Lea Thompson , Cary Elwes , Chris Sarandon , Wallace Shawn , Tanya Allen , Michael Kevin Pare , Robin Lord Taylor , Austin Amelio , Tom Payne , Billy Zane , Emma Dumont , Gary Lockwood , Keir Dullea , Sonequa Martin-Green , Doug Jones , Anthony Rapp , Anson Mount , Mary Wiseman , Shazad Latif , Thom Allison , Kelly McCormack , Sean Baek , Atticus Mitchell , Rob Stewart , Gavin Fox , Patrick Garrow , Adam Barken , Michelle Lovretta , Melanie Scrofano , Dominique Provost-Chalkley , Tim Rozon , Varun Saranga , Steven Ogg Fan Expo 2020 and 2021 were cancelled due to

364-612: The Fan Expo family include: Fan Expo Canada Fan Expo Canada is an annual speculative fiction fan convention held in Toronto , Ontario . It was founded as the Canadian National Comic Book Expo in 1995 by Hobby Star Marketing Inc. It includes distinctly branded sections, including GX (Gaming Expo) and SFX (Science Fiction Expo), and formerly CNAnime (Canadian National Anime Expo). It

390-741: The Masquerade (a costume contest), special screenings and the Diamond Distribution Industry Night Dinner and Reception for industry professionals only. Traditional events include screening rooms devoted to Japanese animation, gaming, and over 300 hours of other programming on all aspects of comic books and popular culture. Like most comic book conventions, Fan Expo Canada features a large floorspace for exhibitors. These include media companies such as movie studios and TV networks, as well as comic book dealers and collectibles merchants. Fan Expo Canada also includes

416-616: The Metro Toronto Convention Centre, which had been the location in previous years, was booked immediately for the 2011 edition. Public relations employees at Hobby Star also contacted as many of the fans who had expressed their dissatisfaction, gathering feedback on the convention and expressing personal apologies. Some of the negative aspects described by fans is the overpricing of the conventions, including entry fees, merchandise, autographs and poor services. Canadian journalist and book writer Jonathan Kay , who

442-428: The aforementioned Speed Dating , Steampunk activities, Web series presentations, Star Wars sessions provided by the 501st Legion , Lolita fashion and others. Capacity attendance at Fan Expo Canada in 2005 has raised crowding issues. Concerns have been that the event is possibly too big for the Metro Toronto Convention Centre , even though they have moved to the largest halls in the facility. The worry of fans

468-404: The book and I actually enjoyed the book a lot." Facinelli continued his portrayal in the sequels of the film, The Twilight Saga: New Moon , The Twilight Saga: Eclipse , The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 , and The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 . He played Dr. Fitch Cooper for seven seasons on the Showtime dark comedy series Nurse Jackie . He is the founder of

494-469: The event, capacity issues were avoided in 2011. In recent years, HSM has cleaned up their organization and become more respectful to attendees of their fan-based events. After the capacity issue at Fan Expo 2010 and extending the event, CEO and President Aman Gupta released an apology statement to the fans, and stated that while no refunds would be made under any circumstances, the South Building of

520-771: The first season of the TV series Supergirl . Facinelli grew up in Ozone Park, Queens , the son of Italian immigrants Bruna (née Reich), a homemaker, and Pierino Facinelli, a waiter. His parents are from the Val di Non valley in Trentino , northern Italy. His father is from Revò , while his mother is from Spormaggiore . He was raised Catholic and attended St. Francis Preparatory School in Fresh Meadows , New York . He studied acting at New York University , as well as at

546-399: The majority of fans remained unaware of this and continued to line up in ignorance until word-of-mouth reached them. Eventually they announced that they would be staying open an extra hour to try to accommodate the lines, though many had waited for more than 2 hours for re-entry. Due to additional space, more staff, a new advance ticketing system, expanded hours and the additional day added to

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572-476: The novel After the Red Rain with Barry Lyga and Robert DeFranco. It is set on a future Earth whose population is grappling with dwindling resources. Facinelli met actress Jennie Garth on the set of An Unfinished Affair in 1995. Facinelli and Garth married on January 20, 2001, in a traditional Catholic ceremony. They have three daughters. In March 2012, Facinelli filed for divorce from Garth, which

598-640: The production company Facinelli Films. Their first feature film, Loosies , which was written entirely by Facinelli, was filmed in 2011. He starred in the film, which is a story of a New York pickpocket that being produced by Verdi Corrente Productions . In 2011 he also wrote and produced the Hallmark Channel telefilm Accidentally in Love which starred his then-wife Jennie Garth. In 2015, he played Maxwell Lord in Supergirl. In 2015 Facinelli co-wrote

624-493: Was an attender at the convention with his daughters, criticized the high prices charged to fans for photo ops and autographs, arguing them to be unjust. He gave the opinion that it was an undignified way to make a living and that "celebrity worship is the lowest common denominator in popular culture ". 43°38′39″N 79°23′12″W  /  43.64417°N 79.38667°W  / 43.64417; -79.38667 Peter Facinelli Peter Facinelli (born November 26, 1973)

650-593: Was finalized in June 2013. Facinelli began dating actress Jaimie Alexander in 2012 after meeting on the set of Loosies . They became engaged in March 2015, and announced they had ended their engagement in February 2016. On January 1, 2020, Facinelli became engaged to Lily Anne Harrison. They have one child. Facinelli is Catholic. In 2009, Facinelli acquired Italian citizenship through jus sanguinis to shoot

676-526: Was the site of a wedding. Two longtime Fan Expo attendees were married in front of a live audience of thousands of fans on the afternoon of August 24. There was also a proposal of marriage that took place between two attendees on the afternoon of August 26. The engaged couple credited Fan Expo Canada's Nerd Speed Dating event from the previous year in finding one another. Some attractions at Fan Expo Canada have become standard from year to year due to their continued popularity. Some of these attractions include

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