In conjunction with Monty Python’s 40th anniversary, Universal CityWalk at Universal Studios Hollywood will become “SillyWalks” tomorrow night for a live event that will attempt to set the world record for the most people ever to do “silly walks” at one time in one place.

The event, which is the first-ever SillyWalks for Hunger, will go to benefit the hunger relief organizations Feeding America, the Los Angeles Regional Foodbank, and the Global FoodBanking Network. Check in for participants begins at 5:30pm, with the event is scheduled to begin promptly at 7pm, and will be broadcast worldwide across television, radio and the Internet.

“SillyWalks” derives from the classic skit from Monty Python’s Flying Circus, called “The Ministry of Silly Walks,” about a government agency dedicated to the development of new ways to walk silly. In the sketch, John Cleese played the head of the agency. (Watch the skit here below.)

Comedian and SNL alumni Jon Lovitz, who is producing the event with MashCast and choreographers Rich & Tone, will serve as the the Minister of SillyWalks for the day [...]

Grab your tiaras Princesses and hold onto your Princes! Princess Tiana made her inaugural appearance today at the Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, FL! The lovely Princess Tiana is the star of Walt Disney Pictures’ animated feature film, The Princess and the Frog, which is set to debut in limited release in NY and LA on November 25, 2009, and expanding nationwide beginning December 11, 2009.

Check out the official images from the event, as well as video from the good folks at AllEarsNet, here below.

Today through January 3, 2010 in Walt Disney World and November 6 to January 3, 2010 in Disneyland park in California, Princess Tiana, Prince Naveen, and their bayou friends will be appearing three times a day in an exciting new show on board the Liberty Belle Riverboat in Liberty Square called “Tiana’s Showboat Jubilee!” The 15-minute celebration begins with a Disneyfied Mardi Gras parade leading up to the Liberty Belle dock, before guests board the beautiful paddleboat for her journey up the river. A great time will be had by all as you float along the Rivers of America and enjoy Disney cast members singing and dancing to jazz music, including original songs from the The Princess and The Frog soundtrack, which contains original songs from composer Randy Newman. Some lucky guests will even be chosen to be part of the show! [...]

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Many of us cool kids are children of the ’80s, and as such, one of the greatest forms of entertainment ever to be created, is the Muppets. The Muppets are a creation of the late genius Jim Henson, who built an army of funny and lovable puppet characters who appeared in a countless amount of TV shows, specials, movies, music videos, cartoons, and everything in between. As life moved on and new generations of kids showed up, the Muppets faded off slowly, but never completely disappeared, making delightful cameo appearances on shows and events from time to time. But now, thanks to the massive Disney D23 Expo, we’ve learned that the Muppets are coming back in a big way, and their ready to take over the world again!

Back in March of 2008, we learned that we would finally be getting a brand new Muppet movie, with Forgetting Sarah Marshall team Jason Segel and Nick Stoller joining the Jim Henson Company to write and direct a new movie. [...]

In memory of Michael Jackson, CityWalk at Universal Studios Hollywood will be transformed into Universal Moonwalk, a massive outdoor celebration of the performer and his legendary career, on July 9, starting at 7PM.

The free event will include screenings of Jackson’s Thriller music video/short movie and his The Wizard of Oz remake, The Wiz. Along with the screenings, a special live dance retrospective will be performed. This dance retrospective will showcase the many years and styles of Michael Jackson’s musical offerings and dancing styles.

As we all know, Michael Jackson died last month after suffering cardiac arrest at the age of 50 after years of incredible stress and unfathomable amounts of medications were just far too much for his body to handle anymore [...]

Universal Studios Hollywood has officially re-opened one of the more famous areas of their lot: Courthouse Square.

If you’re not familiar with the incredibly long past year that Universal has had: last June a massive fire destroyed four acres of the studio property (Read: Fire Raging At Universal Studios Hollywood). Since then they have been hard at work not only rebuilding the famous studio, lots, and visitor tour — but also on making everything bigger and better than ever before with new, state-of-the-art technologies and attractions. First came the announcement of their initial re-opening and their tram tour with insane new audio and video capabilities (Read: Universal Studios Hollywood Backlot Set To Return To Action After Fire). Next came word of the colossal return of one of their main attractions: King Kong. Only this time he would be so much more realistic than the famous giant animatronic beast they once had (Read: Universal Studios To Unveil New ‘King Kong’ Attraction In 2010). [...]

One of the most legendary movie attractions ever to exist was the King Kong movie ride at Universal Studios Hollywood. Sadly, the attraction and much, much more property was lost in that devastating backlot fire in June of last year. Now that the fire is a distant memory and Universal has made huge plans to completely makeover the experience for tourists, including the recently-announced Creature From the Black Lagoon stage show (Read: ‘Creature From The Black Lagoon’ Gets A Rockin’ Stage Show At Universal Studios Hollywood) — they’re ready to bring the mighty Kong back to the fans.

While the King Kong attraction is making a return, it will not be that classic robotic ape we know so well. Kong is embracing the technologies of today and getting the complete makeover treatment. This time around, the experience will be based on Peter Jackson’s 2005 King Kong and it will present fans with a groundbreaking 4-D (yeah, 4-D!), multi-sensory experience with mind-blowing effects and Earth’s largest Surround Digital projection system. This already sounds like something that has to be added to my bucket list. [...]

The Creature From the Black Lagoon is a 1954 film by Jack Arnold about an archeological expedition in the Amazon that finds a mysterious skeletal hand which appeared to have been webbed. This leads the expedition to find a creature that is half man, half fish, which they call the Gill-man. They try and capture the Gill-man, but he escapes and attacks many of the team members.

Creature is one of the classic horror movies from the days of old, and remains loved to this day, and because of this, Universal Studios Hollywood has decided to bring the Gill-man back to the spotlight. The revival will be in the form of a 25-minute musical stage show called Creature From The Black Lagoon – A Raging Rockin’ Show, in which audiences will be whisked away to the Amazon jungle for a tale of horror, romance, and even comedy.

Expect extravagant stagecraft with special effects, advanced puppetry, and acrobatic choreography, combined with a contemporary, original musical score — oh, yeah, and a massive 25-foot Creature on the stage — when this attraction arrives at the California theme park on July 1, 2009.

Click over to the other side to check out all the juicy details of this new attraction — the characters, songs, props, special effects, and much more! Be warned though, there’s lots of info, so don’t read too far down if you don’t want to be “spoiled” by knowing all about the stage show beforehand [...]

This past summer a huge fire broke out at Universal Studios Hollywood and destroyed a large chunk of the property (see Fire Raging At Universal Studios Hollywood). Now comes word that things are going very well in the efforts to rebuild the backlot and that productions will resume this summer.

While rebuilding what they lost in the blaze, Universal also went further and added a whole lot of new attractions and sets to their lot so that filmmakers have even more options to work with and so that people who take the Universal backlot tour will have more features to look out for.

Check out the image here to see the construction underway at USH [...]

I’m a big fan of all things Disney and one of my favorite places to vacation is at Disney World in Orlando, Florida. It looks like Disney has some great offers coming up in 2009 that I thought I’d pass along to our readers. Below are full details of these offers, along with a promo video.

Celebration Vacation 2009

The first cool offering is the “Celebration Vacation,” where in 2009, if you visit the World Disney World Resort in Orlando or the Disneyland Resort in California on your exact birthday, you get entry into one of the theme parks for free! On your birthday, present a valid ID that includes proof of birth date and gain entry to that particular park (so, if you go to the Magic Kingdom, you gain entrance there). Guests who already hold a valid multi-day ticket that they’ll use on their birthday may choose from other birthday treats instead. To register your birthday and find out more details, visit www.disneyparks.com.

Walt Disney World Vacation Package Savings in 2009 – Buy 4 Nights and Get 3 Nights Free

Another offer for select dates in 2009 is a discounted vacation package where guests can purchase a 4-night stay at Disney World in Orlando and get 3 nights for free, which includes theme park tickets – see full list of dates, prices, and details [...]

On September 1, Star Trek: The Experience, a featured attraction at the Las Vegas Hilton, sadly closed its doors after a 10-year run.

The Las Vegas hotel, which is located off the famed Vegas strip, claimed that the attraction wasn’t bringing in enough visitors or even the amount of Star Trek fans that it originally did a decade ago.

But Star Trek: The Experience, which contained two simulator rides and a Trek museum, along with themed shops and restaurants, might have a new home in downtown Las Vegas at the Neonopolis, a retail and entertainment center on Fremont Street. Sources say a “deal is close to completion.”

Let’s hope the deal goes through and that the Star Trek: The Experience finds great success at its new home. For anyone who’s a Trek fan, this was the ultimate in themed fun for the franchise. I’ve been to Las Vegas several times — beginning with my first in 1999 when I stay at the Las Vegas Hilton — and each time, I’ve visited the Star Trek: The Experience [...]

As if you’d need a better reason to go to Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios, the Hollywood theme park will be showing an exclusive preview of Universal’s re-imagining of its horror classic The Wolfman as part of the event’s “Terror Tram” experience.
Beginning on October 3, 2008, guests on the “Terror Tram: The Nightmare [...]

A massive fire broke out at Universal Studios Hollywood early Sunday morning, destroying backlot property.

Six Flags Great Adventure unveiled the highly anticipated “THE DARK KNIGHT Coaster,” the indoor, dark coaster based on Warner Bros. Pictures’ upcoming movie THE DARK KNIGHT.

The Universal Studios Hollywood “Eco-Fair” returns on Saturday, April 26 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. as The Entertainment Capital of L.A. celebrates Earth Day.

Universal Orlando Resort Announces Brand-New Roller Coaster That Features Total Immersion Entertainment and Puts Guests in The Director’s Seat.

New attraction debuts in three Six Flags parks late Spring 2008.

Check out our handy guide below for all the coolest items this season has to offer in DVDs, music, books, comic books, video games, collectibles, electronics, and then some.

New environmentally friendly exhibits are coming to the theme park on November 10, 2007.

Info on this year’s Halloween Horror Nights event at Universal Studios Hollywood!

This week sees the final performance of “Wicked Wednesday” at Universal Studios Hollywood with the musical’s stars doing some of the show’s most memorable songs.