to toast their latest movie, whether at pre- or post-premiere parties or dinners, it’s usually Charles Khabouth that will have set the table and ensured the best champagne and food and tablecloths and glassware for private events at TIFF.
So the Hollywood actors and writers strikes and the prospect of quiet red carpets in Toronto has Khabouth, who operates 18 restaurants and nightclubs in the city as part of his INK Entertainment Group, feeling the pain. “This morning we got a whole bunch of cancellations confirming the fact that the actors or most of the actors will not be coming to these parties and events,” he toldThat’s because Toronto’s film lineup is star-studded heading into the Sept. 7 to 17 event, but its red carpets will mostly go without Hollywood celebrities beyond big-name film directors and pop stars.