Theme parks are gripped by roller coaster 'arms race' which will see three rival parks debut terrifying new rides, including one that launches riders 420ft into the air at 120mph
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Disneyland's plan to expand, reimagine park with new rides and hotels goes to a vote
Disneyland's new plan for it's world-famous theme park, including an investment of up to $2.5 billion with new rides, hotels and shops, goes up for a vote to the Anaheim City Council on Tuesday. Exactly what Disneyland plans to build in the coming years is unclear, but the entertainment giant as asking the city to relax zoning rules so the park can have more flexibility. The park would not expand outside its current 100-acre footprint in Anaheim, according to the plan, but Disney is looking to...
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Tom Selleck, 79, became an actor by ACCIDENT after '60s Pepsi commercial but had 'many failures' before landing Magnum PI at age 35 the Blue Bloods star writes in his new memoir: 'It was a long road'
When he starred in a Pepsi commercial in the late 1960s, he started to feel that he could make a living as an actor, but it was a 'long road' to fame that was littered with many 'failures,' he told People.