Coinciding with Latino Heritage month, Universal Studios Hollywood, the world�s largest movie studio and theme park, has enhanced its signature Studio Tour attraction with a new �Studio Tour en Espanol� hosted by the acclaimed Latina celebrity Maria Celeste Arrar�s.

Offered multiple times daily, the Spanish language tours, narrated by the popular television personality, will take guests along a 45-minute journey through the famed studio�s 415 acres, showcasing the many soundstages and working movie sets where today�s filmmakers and celebrities create some of the world�s most famous movie and television productions.

As the new celebrity host of Universal Studios Hollywood�s �Studio Tour en Espanol,� Arrar�s will introduce guests to the glamour of Hollywood filmmaking through a series of video vignettes showcased on the tram�s state-of-the-art LCD flat-screen monitors.

Spanish-speaking studio tour guides, armed with an encyclopedic knowledge of the studio�s history and its current production schedule, will also provide commentary as guests pass the locations of over 8,000 motion pictures, including such Universal blockbusters as �The Scorpion King,� �Dr. Suess� How the Grinch Stole Christmas,� �The Hulk,� �The Mummy Returns,� �Gladiator,� �Jurassic Park,� �Bruce Almighty� and �Cat in the Hat.� Other �Tour del Estudio� features will include occasional video greetings from other top Latino talent and productions.

Additional �Studio Tour en Espanol� highlights include �Earthquake: The Big One,� and encounters with King Kong, Jaws and a powerful flash flood.

Latino Heritage Month (September 15-October 15, 2004) honors the anniversary of independence for Mexico, Chile and Latin American countries Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua.

The world-famous Studio Tour began in 1964 when Universal Studios Hollywood officially opened its gates and rolled out the red carpet for guests seeking a glimpse at the famous working movie studio.

Since then, Universal Studios Hollywood has transformed the landscape of a simple behind-the-scenes look at Hollywood magic into a thrilling, adrenaline-producing theme park where one-of-a-kind rides and attractions take guests beyond the dimensions of a movie screen and into a three-dimensional world of motion picture.

With the introduction of two new movie-based attractions, including the ground breaking indoor roller coaster �Revenge of the Mummy, Universal Studios Hollywood has completed its evolution from an authentic �behind-the-scenes� Hollywood studio tour into a world-class theme park and destination.

Universal Studios Hollywood is the world's largest movie studio and theme park. Featuring such unique and groundbreaking attractions as "Revenge of the Mummy-The Ride," "Shrek 4-D," "Terminator 2: 3D," "Jurassic Park-The Ride" and the world-renowned behind-the-scenes "Studio Tour," Universal Studios Hollywood has matured into a full day, movie-based theme park. Universal Studios Hollywood (www.universalstudioshollywood.com) is a unit of Universal Parks & Resorts, a division of Universal Studios (www.universalstudios.com), Universal Studios is a part of NBC Universal.

NBC Universal is one of the world's leading media and entertainment companies in the development, production, and marketing of entertainment, news, and information to a global audience. Formed in May 2004 through the combining of NBC and Vivendi Universal Entertainment, NBC Universal owns and operates the No. 1 television network, the fastest-growing Spanish-language network, a valuable portfolio of news and entertainment networks, a premier motion picture company, significant television production operations, a leading television stations group, and world-renowned theme parks. NBC Universal is 80%-owned by General Electric, with 20% controlled by Vivendi Universal.

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