Entertainment News for Mid-May 1997
SBC makes an offer to Hey Arnold! storyboard artist Seth MacFarlane for a potential primetime series.
- Variety
Rumor: Williams Street is supposedly planning a series based on Tex Avery character Red Hot Riding Hood.
- The Hollywood Reporter
After receiving a $16 million licensing fee from Comcast, DreamWorks SKG officially becomes the newest third-party licensee for Universal's theme parks.
- The Orlando Sentinel
Hoping to cash in on the success Buena Vista and Warners have been enjoying with their respective singing groups, Jive Records announces the release of 98 Degrees' debut album later this summer. Needless to say, the Boy Band Arms Race is just warming up.
- MTV News
Gus St. Pierre will open for the Backstreet Boys on the groups' first North American tour, which will begin this coming December. Gus's debut album Songs for Colette will premiere at Tower Records on the corner of Bourbon and Canal.
- The New Orleans Times-Picayune
The Sports Page
The erstwhile Hartford Whalers unveiled their new name and logo after a successful season ticket drive. Starting in the 1997-98 NHL season, they will play at the Scope under the new name Hampton Roads Rhinos or Virginia Rhinos. Back in Connecticut, the Whalers name, colors and logo stay behind to be used by an expansion franchise in the rival IHL.
- WAVY-TV Local News