The following performances will be shown live from New York at Cineplex Entertainment theatres throughout Canada:

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1 For Immediate Release Thousands Experience the MET Opera on the Giant Screen with Sell-Out Audiences in Theatres Across Canada Don t miss Canadian Tenor Ben Heppner s live performance in Wagner s Tristan und Isolde March 22 nd (CGX.UN) March 12, 2008 It s official! The Metropolitan Opera: Live in HD transmissions at select Cineplex Entertainment theatres have been a tremendous success with many theatres having sold out in advance of the presentation and others selling out the day of the event. Don t miss Canadian Tenor Ben Heppner s live performance in Wagner s Tristan und Isolde on Saturday March 22 nd. The first four performances of the season have been a resounding success, said Pat Marshall, Vice-President, Communications and Investor Relations, Cineplex Entertainment. For those who haven t had a chance to catch a performance, yet I encourage you not to miss out on the rest of the season. There are four more live and encore performances for opera fans to enjoy in the comfort of their local Cineplex Entertainment theatre. We have also added additional communities showing the opera based on guest demand. Tickets are available at these theatre box offices and online at Admission for children ages 3 12 and seniors is $ tax and general admission is $ tax. Guests can purchase tickets individually or in a package of three operas for $ tax. The following performances will be shown live from New York at Cineplex Entertainment theatres throughout Canada: Saturday March 15, 2008 Britten: Peter Grimes Saturday April 26, 2008 Donizetti : La Fille du Régiment Saturday March 22, :30 PM (EST) Wagner: Tristan und Isolde Saturday April 5, 2008 Puccini: La Bohème Encore performances are scheduled as follows: Saturday March 29, 2008 Britten: Peter Grimes Saturday May 10, 2008 Donizetti : La Fille du Régiment Saturday April 12, :30 PM (EST) Wagner: Tristan und Isolde Saturday May 3, 2008 Puccini: La Bohème Cineplex Entertainment will present the opera performances at the following theatres throughout Canada: continued next page

2 Page 2 BRITISH COLUMBIA SilverCity Coquitlam Cinemas 170 Schoolhouse Street Coquitlam, BC SilverCity Victoria Cinemas 3130 Tillicum Road Victoria, BC Galaxy Cinemas Nanaimo Rutherford Road Nanaimo, BC Colossus Langley Cinemas A Avenue Langley, BC Famous Players 6 Cinemas th Avenue Prince George, BC Cineplex Odeon Aberdeen Mall Cinemas Trans Canada Highway Kamloops, BC ALBERTA Paramount Chinook Cinemas 6455 MacLeod Trail SW Calgary, AB Cineplex Odeon South Edmonton Cinemas th Street Scotiabank Theatre Edmonton Street Galaxy Cinemas Medicine Hat 3292 Dunmore Road Medicine Hat, AB SilverCity Riverport Cinemas Entertainment Way Richmond, BC Scotiabank Theatre Vancouver 900 Burrard Street Vancouver, BC Cineplex Odeon Park & Tilford Cinemas Brooksbank Avenue North Vancouver, BC SilverCity Metropolis Cinemas 4700 Kingsway Avenue Burnaby, BC Famous Players Orchard Plaza Cinemas Cooper Road Kelowna, BC Cineplex Odeon Victoria Cinemas (NEW!) 780 Yates Avenue Victoria, BC Cineplex Odeon Sunridge Spectrum Cinemas nd Street Calgary, AB Cineplex Odeon North Edmonton Cinemas Avenue Galaxy Cinemas Lethbridge st Avenue Park Place, AB Cineplex Odeon Grand Prairie Cinemas th Street Grand Praire, AB Famous Players Park Plaza Cinemas th Avenue Red Deer, AB SASKATCHEWAN Galaxy Cinemas Regina 420 McCarthy Boulevard N Regina, SK Galaxy Cinemas Saskatoon nd Avenue Saskatoon, SK MANITOBA SilverCity Polo Park Cinemas 817 St. James Street, Winnipeg, MB

3 Page 3 ONTARIO Scotiabank Theatre Toronto 259 Richmond St. W SilverCity Yonge-Eglinton Cinemas 2300 Yonge Street Alliance Atlantis Beaches Cinemas 1651 Queen Street East Coliseum Scarborough Cinemas 300 Borough Drive Scarborough, ON SilverCity Brampton Cinemas 50 Great Lakes Drive Brampton, ON Cineplex Odeon Oshawa Cinemas 1351 Grandview Street N Oshawa, ON Cineplex Odeon Gardiners Road Cinemas 626 Gardiners Road Kingston, ON SilverCity Burlington Cinemas 1250 Brant Street Burlington, ON SilverCity Newmarket Cinemas Yonge Street Newmarket, ON SilverCity London Cinemas 1680 Richmond Street, London, ON Galaxy Cinemas Barrie 72 Commerce Park Drive Barrie, ON Galaxy Cinemas Peterborough 320 Water Street Peterborough, ON Galaxy Cinemas North Bay 300 Lakeshore Drive North Bay, ON Galaxy Cinemas Cambridge 355 Hespeler Road Cambridge, ON Cineplex Odeon Queensway Cinemas 1025 The Queensway Etobicoke, ON Cineplex Odeon Sheppard-Grande Cinemas 4861 Yonge Street Colossus Vaughan Cinemas 3555 Highway 7 Vaughan, ON Coliseum Mississauga Cinemas 309 Rathburn Road West Mississauga, ON SilverCity Richmond Hill Cinemas 8725 Yonge Street Richmond Hill, ON Cineplex Odeon Niagara Square Cinemas 7555 Montrose Road Niagara Falls, ON SilverCity Sudbury Cinemas 355 Barrydown Road Sudbury, ON SilverCity Oakville Cinemas 3531 Wyecroft Road Oakville, ON SilverCity Thunder Bay Cinemas 850 North May Street Thunder Bay, ON Galaxy Cinemas St.Thomas 417 Wellington Street St. Thomas, ON Galaxy Cinemas Cornwall 1325 Second Street East Cornwall, ON Galaxy Cinemas Sault Ste. Marie 293 Bay Street Sault Ste. Marie, ON Galaxy Cinemas Orangeville 85 Fifth Avenue Orangeville, ON SilverCity Ancaster Cinemas 771 Golf Link Road Ancaster, ON

4 Page 4 Galaxy Cinemas Collingwood 6 Mountain Road Collingwood, ON Cineplex Odeon Devonshire Mall Cinemas 3100 Howard Avenue Windsor, ON Galaxy Cinemas Guelph 485 Woodlawn Road West Guelph, ON Coliseum Ottawa Cinemas 3090 Carling Avenue Ottawa, ON Galaxy Cinemas Owen Sound th Street West Owen Sound, Ontario QUEBEC Cineplex Odeon Brossard Cinemas 9350, boul. Leduc Brossard, PQ Colossus Laval Cinemas 2800 rue Cosmodôme Laval, PQ Coliseum Kirkland Cinemas 3200 Rue Jean Yves Kirkland, PQ StarCité Montreal Cinemas 4825 Avenue Pierre De Coubertin Cineplex Odeon Beauport Cinemas 825 Rue Clemenceau Beauport, PQ Galaxy Cinemas Brockville 2399 Parkdale Avenue Brockville, ON Galaxy Cinemas Waterloo 550 King Street N Waterloo, ON Cineplex Odeon South Keys Cinemas 2214 Bank Street Ottawa, ON SilverCity Gloucester Cinemas 2385 City Park Drive Gloucester, ON Famous Players Belleville 8 Cinemas (NEW!) 160 Bell Boulevard Belleville, ON Cineplex Odeon Ste. Foy Cinemas 1200 Boul. Duplessis Ste. Foy, PQ Scotiabank Theatre Montreal 977 Ste-Catherine West Galaxy Cinemas Victoriaville 1121 Jutras East Victoriaville, PQ Galaxy Cinemas Sherbrooke 4202 Bertrand Rock Forest, PQ Cineplex Odeon Boucherville Cinemas 20 Boul de Montagne Boucherville, PQ Cineplex Odeon Quartier Latin 350 Rue Emery Please visit our website at for local presentation times, locations and more information. About Cineplex Entertainment LP: Cineplex Entertainment LP owns leases or has a joint-venture interest in 131 theatres with 1,327 screens serving more than 61 million guests annually. Headquartered in Toronto, Canada, Cineplex Entertainment LP is the largest motion picture exhibitor in Canada operating the following brands: Cineplex Odeon, Galaxy, Famous Players, Coliseum, Colossus, SilverCity, Cinema City and Scotiabank Theatres. The units of Cineplex Galaxy Income Fund, which owns approximately 75.7% of Cineplex Entertainment LP, are traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange (symbol CGX.UN). For more information, visit

5 Page 5 For more information, please contact: Pat Marshall Vice-President, Communications and Investor Relations Cineplex Entertainment LP pat.marshall@cineplex.com Georgia Sourtzis Manager, Communications Cineplex Entertainment LP georgia.sourtzis@cineplex.com