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• Updated May 9, 2008  •  Welcome to www.showstopperstars.com HOME PAGE! •ABOUT THIS WEBSITE: Use the LINKS at the UPPER LEFT CORNER of each Page to Navigate the Site • You are on the HOME PAGE which contains News, Photos and Announcements about the Spectacular ••• The GUESTS & FEATURES PAGE contains a Complete Updated List of the Celebrities scheduled to appear, along with a Rundown of the Special Features that will highlight the Spectacular ••• The GENERAL INFORMATION PAGE contains - what else? - General Information that you can use as you plan to attend the Spectacular. There is also an Email Link to help you get Answers to any Specific Questions that you may have. Enjoy your visit to the Website, and we will look forward to seeing you at the Spectacular! More NEWS. . .   More GUESTS. . .  IT'S ALMOST HERE!  REMEMBER THE DATES: Saturday and Sunday, MAY 17 AND 18 at the CBS Studio Center As always, Showstopper's Goal is to Salute Hollywood and the World  of Entertainment, and to offer the Fans a Unique Opportunity to meet their Favorite Stars. Showstopper is inviting you right into the Historic CBS STUDIO CENTER, a Hollywood Production Facility, where you will meet many of the Stars who have worked there, creating the Movies and TV Shows that you enjoy! ••• Be sure to scroll down this page and read about the history of the CBS STUDIO CENTER. When you attend Mickey Sinardi's  Showstopper Stars Spectacular, YOU will be a part of that history! JUST ANNOUNCED! Sanford & Son's "Lamont", DEMOND WILSON, will make an Exclusive Appearance at the May 17-18 SPECTACULAR. He will join Sanford's "Uncle Woody", RAYMOND ALLEN, to meet you at the CBS STUDIO CENTER. Be a part of it!  ••• It's just getting Better and Better!  We are looking forward to seeing you at the SPECTACULAR! Other recent additions to our Guest List include DANIEL BALDWIN (Vampire$) and WBO Boxing Champion TOMMY MORRISON (You saw him as "Tommy 'Machine' Gunn" in Rocky V) One Champion is never enough! You will also meet  Champion Ice Skater TAI BABILONIA and the IFBA Lightweight Champion of the World, MIA "the Knockout" ST. JOHN. ••• Also on the  Guest List are SHANI WALLIS (making a Rare Appearance, and joining us to Celebrate the 40th Anniversary of the Classic Best Picture Award-winning  Oliver!), DAVID CARRADINE (Kung Fu), MARCIA WALLACE (The Bob Newhart Show, The Simpsons) and DAVID L. LANDERS ("Squiggy" from Laverne & Shirley). ••• MRS. JAMES ARNESS (JANET ARNESS) will be representing her husband, the Legendary Star of Gunsmoke. Mrs. Arness will make available rare, signed photographs, paintings and copies of Mr. Arness' autobiography. ••• You will also meet The Rifleman's JOHNNY CRAWFORD, ELLEN MUTH (Dead Like Me), BARBARA LUNA ( "Marlena" from Star Trek TOS), MALACHI THRONE ("Senator Pardek"- Star Trek: The Next Generation), FRANK STALLONE (Barfly), MESHACH TAYLOR (Designing Women),  GARRETT WANG ("Ensign Harry Kim" from Star Trek :Voyager), Music Legend TRINI LOPEZ, LARRY THOMAS (Seinfeld's "Soup Nazi"), Dallas co-stars CHARLENE TILTON and KEN KERCHEVAL,  JACKEE HARRY (Everybody Hates Chris) GEOFFREY LEWIS (Any Which Way You Can), and Hollywood Legends JUNE LOCKHART (Lost in Space)  and TERRY MOORE (Mighty Joe Young). ••• THE AMERICAN, a vintage 1902 Steam Fire Engine, complete with its "Steamer Team" of Horses, as seen at the Tournament of Roses Parade, will be on display at the Spectacular. On the Guests and Features Page, you can read more about the Fire Engine and other Special Features planned for the Spectacular, See the Complete, Updated Guest List and Check out which days your Favorites will appear. We have added more PHOTOS, too, so just click here to go to the Guests & Features Page. ••• Mickey Sinardi’s SHOWSTOPPER STARS SPECTACULAR will be presented on the "New York Street" at the CBS STUDIO CENTER on Saturday and Sunday, May 17 and 18, 2008. The CBS Studio Center is located at 4024 Radford Avenue (corner of Radford Avenue and Ventura Boulevard) in the heart of Studio City. ••• Scroll Down this page for Photos and Facts about the History of the CBS STUDIO CENTER! 1928 - The Mack Sennett Studios, known for two-reel comedies and the Keystone Kops, opens and the surrounding area becomes known as Studio City. 1929 - Sennett becomes the first producer to use RCA sound equipment to produce singing short subjects with a young unknown named Bing Crosby. 1933 - The Great Depression bankrupts Sennett and the Studio becomes Mascot Pictures, producing the Saturday serials which always end with the heroine tied to the railroad tracks . . . . “continued next week.” 1935 - Mascot joins with Monogram Pictures, Consolidated Film Industries and several other independents and becomes Republic Studios. There are six sound stages and several more support buildings. Republic produces over fifty features a year starring, among others, Roy Rogers, John Wayne, Joan Crawford and Barbara Stanwyck. Early 1950’s - Republic enters the new medium of Television and produces a number of series. By this time Republic has grown to twenty-three sound stages and the largest scoring studio in the world. 1963 - The Republic Studios facility is renamed CBS Studio Center. 1967 - CBS purchases the studio and long range improvement plans begin. The lot continues to grow through the 70’s, producing such TV classics as Gunsmoke, Big Valley, Family Affair, Gilligan’s Island, Get Smart, My Three Sons, Bob Newhart, and The Mary Tyler Moore Show. 1982 - CBS and 20th Century Fox form a joint venture including ownership and operation of CBS Studio Center, with a new name "CBS/Fox Studios". 1984 - Fox sells its interest in the Studio to MTM and the facility becomes "CBS/MTM Studios". Shows produced on the lot during the 80’s include Roseanne, Different World, Thirtysomething, St. Elsewhere, Newhart, Hill Street Blues and Falcon Crest. 1992 - CBS acquires MTM’s interest and once again the "CBS Studio Center" sign appears at the gate. Seinfeld, Grace Under Fire, 3rd Rock from the Sun, Cybill, and Caroline in the City are just a few of the shows produced during the 90’s. Movies such as Father of the Bride 2, Dr. Doolittle, and I Love Trouble are also filmed on the lot. Today the Studio continues to grow. Some of the more recent hit shows produced at CBS Studio Center include CSI:NY, Will & Grace, Malcolm in the Middle, Bernie Mac, According to Jim, Still Standing, Big Brother and That 70’s Show. CBS Studio Center is now home to a brand new Broadcast Center which houses CBS2 and KCAL9.