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© St. Petersburg Times, published December 26, 1999 2. Walt Disney Universe and NASA announce New Year's Eve as blast-off date for its moon shuttle vacations. Nine-day excursions to the Lunar Disney theme park begin at $225,000, double occupancy. 3. Tired of the same old holographic concert experience? Dick Clark's Rockin' Cosmos nightclubs are going nostalgic with live-concert weekends. Training discs are available for musicians unfamiliar with audience interaction. 4. Smithsonian Institution announces plans for an exhibit of high-definition television, including an antiquated 1999 model. The 42-inch monitor is dwarfed by modern wall-sized versions. 5. The 172nd Academy Award for Best Picture goes to Hell on Ice, the Antarctic War saga created and distributed by Sherman Todd from his home computer studio. Internet download fees accounted for 78 percent of the movie's $1.2-billion earnings.
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