June 14, 2003
DO YOU THINK PERHAPS THEY'RE COMPENSATING FOR SOMETHING?
Attended the grand opening of the new Shrek 4-D attraction at Universal Studios. Hadn't ever been to one of those kinds of rollouts before. It was quite the spectacle.
They had a world-record 22-foot-tall, 5,000 pound cake. Lots of fireworks and smoke and mirrors. Dancing. Frolicking. A general level of merriment was had by all.
The best part: there was plenty of pokes at the cross-town rival, Disney.
But the big difference between the opening in Florida and those in L.A. and Tokyo: celebrities.
They had everyone from Dustin Hoffman to Samuel L. Jackson at Universal Studios Hollywood.
We had Brittany Snow, star of the lackluster NBC TV show "American Dreams."
She seemed like a very nice girl, but...
(cue the yawning)
Anyway, I'm writing a story about the whole thing. I'll post a link to it when the article runs.
In the meantime, here's a link to a review I wrote about "Rugrats Go Wild." It was quite the scintillating cinematic experience. And here's a little story I wrote about a girl from Tampa who lobbied Congress this week.