People Crime. Crime. Actor/Playwright Sam Shepard Arrested on Drunk Driving Charges in Santa Fe. Sam Shepard, the Oscar-nominated actor and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, was arrested on Monday on charges of aggravated drunk driving in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
On May 31, 2007, Universal, in partnership with Warner Bros., officially announced that The Wizarding World of Harry Potter would be added to Islands of Adventure. After a two-and-a-half year construction period, the area officially opened to the public on June 18, 2010.
After adding a few new attractions over the last several years, including Michael Bayâs âTransformersâ ride and Peter Jacksonâs update of King Kong, Universal is making what it calls an âunprecedentedâ investment in transforming its Hollywood theme park, ending with the opening of âThe Wizarding World of Harry Potter,â in 2016.