Little Steven Van Zandt and Alter Ego Rocky Rial to Have an Independence Day BBQ With Godzilla on Encore Action & Vongo

Little Steven Van Zandt and Alter Ego Rocky Rial to Have an Independence Day BBQ With Godzilla on Encore Action & Vongo

Godzilla Invasion! Marathon Begins July 4th at 9:00 a.m.

ENGLEWOOD, Colo., June 27 /PRNewswire/ -- July 4th, Independence Day, what a great time to celebrate with some good food, a little vino, a few crushed cars, buildings and a mass of fleeing, terrified people. As the Blue Oyster Cult song says - "there goes Tokyo ... " as Encore Action and the Vongo movie download service introduce "B-Movie Theater with Rocky Rialto (a.k.a. Little Steven Van Zandt)." It's a 13-hour marathon Godzilla Invasion! featuring star of stage, small screen, and Underground Garage Radio fame, Van Zandt and hosted by his British Rock star, foppish, bon vivant "cousin," Rocky Rialto.

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"Nobody is more qualified than my cousin to host a series of films featuring a cleverly photographed, egotistical, fire-breathing 6-inch lizard," says Van Zandt, "just ask his ex-wife!"

Ever since his discovery beneath the cosmetics counter at Mary Quant, Rocky Rialto's legend has stretched from Carnaby Street to King's Road. Rialto's storied career has included a string of hit singles under the name of Hedley Hedonism and the Young Savage Cobbler's Awls as well as starring in a series of hit films set in swinging London. He subsequently attracted a great deal of notoriety for his incredible Trash culture acumen during his stint as the overnight presenter on the Manx language station Radio Man. Rocky has also penned the long running and frequently scandalous column, Rocky's Road, for the influential music magazine Fleet Street Beat. In addition, Rocky's autobiography, "Life is a B-Movie Starring ... You Baby!" has just been short listed for the prestigious Alan Smithee Award.

Rocky Rialto's knowledge of B-Movies is renowned and he will be bringing his expertise to America when he hosts Godzilla Invasion! on July 4th. The rubber lizard suit may be cheap, the sound may be out of sync, and the sets fake, but don't mention "cheesy" to our host Rocky Rialto -- he takes B-Movies seriously. Like religion, seriously.

Rialto will celebrate the Lizard King, who paves a path of destruction starting at 9:00 a.m. with Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah, followed by Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II, Godzilla vs. Spacegodzilla and Godzilla vs. Destoroyah. Yes, this Fourth of July is like hitting the lottery.

   Godzilla Invasion!: Wednesday, 7/4 beginning at 9 a.m.   -- Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah at 9 a.m., 4:35 p.m. - (Kohsuke Toyohara,      Anna Nakagawa, Megumi Odaka)   -- Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II at 10:50 a.m., 6:20 p.m. - (Masahiro      Takashima, Ryoko Sano, Megumi Odaka)   -- Godzilla vs. Spacegodzilla at 12:45 p.m., 8:15 p.m. - (Kensho      Yamashita)   -- Godzilla vs. Destoroyah at 2:45 p.m., 10:05 p.m. - (Megumi Odaka,      Momoko Kochi, Kenpachiro Satsuma)    

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Starz Entertainment, LLC, is a premium movie service provider operating in the United States. It offers 16 movie channels including the flagship Starz(R) and Encore(R) brands with approximately 15.8 million and 28.2 million subscribers respectively. Starz Entertainment airs more than 1,000 movies per month across its pay TV channels and offers advanced services including Starz HD, Starz On Demand and Vongo(SM). Starz Entertainment (http://www.starz.com/) is an operating unit of Starz, LLC, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Liberty Media Corporation that is attributed to Liberty Capital Group (NASDAQ:LCAPA) (NASDAQ:LCAPB) .

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