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Universal Studios Hollywood and Live Nation Offer 'Combo Ticket' for Two Top Horror Events:
Universal Studios Hollywood and Live Nation are teaming up to offer a special "Combo Ticket" for two top Southern California Horror events: The Sept. 30 "Rob Zombie-Alice Cooper: Halloween Hootenanny" concert at the Gibson Amphitheatre and selected nights of Halloween Horror Nights® at Universal Studios Hollywood, where horror legends come to life.
Read more...Son faces scary rides at Universal Studios
My son is a roller coaster junkie, the faster and bigger, the better. So when we told him that I was taking him to Universal Studios for his birthday, he immediately started planning. He wasn't quite tall enough for the Hollywood Rip Ride ...
Read more...Top 10 rides and attractions at Universal Studios Hollywood
In compiling my top 10 list for Universal Studios Hollywood, I tried to combine must-see attractions with one-of-a-kind rides. As the pioneer of the movie-studio-turned-theme-park concept, Universal Studios Hollywood relies heavily on films and shows to augment the original back-lot tour. Confined by limited real estate, Universal Studios Hollywood lacks the depth and breadth of rides and [...]
Read more...Ferrari World theme park built for speed in Middle East
Back in the pre-recession go-go days, virtually every major theme park company (except Disney) and wannabe player had billion-dollar plans for the United Arab Emirates: Universal Studios, Six Flags, Legoland, SeaWorld, Busch Gardens, Warner Bros., DreamWorks and Marvel. So far, none of those parks has opened for business in the Middle East’s desert oasis playground. But [...]
Read more...Universal Studios Hollywood unveils Halloween Horror Nights 2010 mazes and scare zones
Halloween Horror Nights 2010 returns to Universal Studios Hollywood with a lineup of all-too-familiar freak show faces — Freddy Krueger, Jason Voorhees, Chucky and Jigsaw — that we’ve seen many times before. HHN 2010 will feature five haunted mazes and six scare zones over 17 nights: Sept. 24 and 25 and Oct. 1, 2, 8, 9, [...]
Read more...NBC plans 'Shrek,' 'Panda' holiday shows
UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif., Sept. 9 (UPI) -- NBC and DreamWorks Animation SKG have announced plans to air half-hour TV specials called "Scared Shrekless" and "Kung Fu Panda Holiday Special." DreamWorks Animation - Kung Fu Panda - DreamWorks - Shrek - Animation
Read more...Stephen King's "Tower" Gets Film, TV Treatment
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) – Stephen King's epic fantasy series "The Dark Tower" is being turned into a film and television franchise by the Oscar-winning team behind "A Beautiful Mind." The project is set up at Universal Studios, which is developing three films and a TV show based on the horrormeister's seven "Dark Tower" novels, short stories and comic books.
Read more...The Dark Tower to Become a Film Trilogy and TV Series
Universal Pictures Chairman Adam Fogelson and Co-Chairman Donna Langleyalong with Jeff Gaspin, Chairman, NBC Universal Television Entertainment and Angela Bromstad, President, Primetime Entertainment, NBC & Universal Media Studiostoday announced that Universal Pictures and NBC Universal Television Entertainment have acquired the rights to produce three films and a television series based on the ...
Read more...GENERAL MUSIC INDUSTRY: Tips for Getting Your Music Licensed, Part One
[This post was written by Eric Herman, the president and co-founder of Modiba. Herman runs Modiba Publishing, an international music publishing and licensing company representing over 250 artists. Modiba's clients include Universal Studios, NBC, Disney, Target, AT&T, ESPN, Pottery Barn, Teva, General Mills, CBC, Vodafone, and Mastercard...
Read more...Exploring the undead: University of Baltimore to offer English class on zombies
Is "Night of the Living Dead" a simple zombie film or a subtle antiwar statement? Precisely when did viral pandemic supplant nuclear radiation as the lead cause of zombification? And which sort of animated dead has the greater potential to frighten: shambler or sprinter? Baltimore University - United States - Education - Colleges and Universities - Maryland
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