`HERCULES' MORE THAN A MOVIE AT EL CAPITAN.He's a mean, blue, half-man, half-horse who wrestles with Hercules in the animated Disney film. And now kids can take a crack at the mythological centaur centaur (sĕn`tôr), in Greek mythology, creature, half man and half horse. The centaurs were fathered by Ixion or by Centaurus, who was Ixion's son. Nessus, too. Next to Disney's grandly renovated El Capitan El Cap·i·tan A peak, 2,308.5 m (7,569 ft) high, in the Sierra Nevada of central California. Its dramatic exposed monolith rises some 1,098 m (3,600 ft) above the floor of the Yosemite Valley. movie theater in Hollywood is the Forum of Fun, a giant tent filled with carnival games
Carnival Games is a video game for Nintendo's Wii console. It is published by Global Star Software, which is a division of Take-Two Interactive. , activities and live entertainment tied to ``Hercules.'' The games are the highlight of the forum and include Muses' Vase Toss, Stone Medusa, Tame the Minotaur, Zeus' Lightning Bolt Lightning bolt may refer to
Entertainment includes a 15-minute stage show called ``Ani-muse-ment Tonight,'' a spoof on a talk show hosted by the muse of animation - Disnea. It opens with a reel of Disney animation achievements. Then Disnea welcomes her guests, who are, not surprisingly, Hercules and Megara Megara Port city (pop., 1991: urban agglom., 20,403), Greece. Situated on the Saronic Gulf and west of Athens, it served as the capital of ancient Megaris. A maritime power, by the 7th century BC it had established colonies in Sicily, Chalcedon, Byzantium, Bithynia, and (Herc's love interest). Meg sings a '50s-inspired girl-group song with a couple of backup singers. A cappella a cap·pel·la adv. Music Without instrumental accompaniment. [Italian : a, in the manner of + cappella, chapel, choir.] Adj. 1. singers costumed to look like statues poised on columns (the group is called the Corinthians, natch) entertain diners at the McDonald's food court, where Happy Meals include (you guessed it), Hercules toys. There's also a roving sleight-of-hand artist. Kids can get a temporary thunderbolt tattoo, color while watching a ``Learn to Be an Animator'' video, ride the peddle-powered Baby Pegasus carousel or try to run through an obstacle course that includes a rope swing ride over the river Styx. The El Capitan is at 6838 Hollywood Blvd. (across from Mann's Chinese). Tickets cover both a screening of the film and the next-door forum and are $20 for adults ($30 for VIP seating) and $15 for children 3 to 11 and seniors over 60. Children under 3 are free. The forum will be open through Aug. 17. For screening times and to reserve tickets, call (800) 347-6396. CAPTION(S): Photo, Box Photo: Joining Hercules, left, as he answers his first call for help are the flying horse Pegasus and Herc's personal trainer, a satyr satyr (sā`tər, săt`ər), in Greek mythology, part bestial, part human creature of the forests and mountains. Satyrs were usually represented as being very hairy and having the tails and ears of a horse and often the horns and legs of named Phil. Box: The weekend's top 10 |
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