The Net (1995) was a movie starring Sandra Bullock as Angela Bennett, a software engineer who works out of her home and has little interaction with family or friends. Bennett gets embroiled in computer espionage and has her life stolen – her credit cards, identity and bank accounts are gone. Too bad she didn’t enroll in some sort of identity theft protection!

The movie is actually fairly entertaining and yet frustrating. It is hard to believe that someone could delete ALL of your personal information. Of course in the end the bad guys are caught and Bennett gets her life back.

I recently had to fly to Salt Lake City for a funeral and decided to take my Laptop with me. Bad Idea. It was very heavy and I didn’t realize that there wasn’t a wireless network card installed. So, I had to lug the thing around and didn’t get any blogging done! Instead, I think I want to look into netbooks. Netbooks are scaled down laptops that you can use for email, web browsing and instant messaging. They can also be used for store videos and music. These Netbooks weigh less than 2 pounds, so they won’t weigh you down on the road!

Every time a celebrity gains weight and then losses it rapidly, we hear about their “secret” weight loss program. Whether it be a weight loss pill, food plan or exercise regime, they always make it seem easy. However, the difference between celebrities and the normal person is money. Think about it. If you just finished a film where you made over $1 million, you could afford to take a couple months off, hire a slew of personal trainers and chefs, and get back into shape. Unfortunately, the average American can’t afford to do this!

If you have been watching American Idol this season, one of the judges favorites this year is Adam Lambert. Unfortunately, I find him a bit creepy. And then I realized why. Can’t you just see him singing this song:

Unfortunately, someone didn’t take into account the necessary safety equipment and precautions that would be need to prevent the death of Vic Morrow.

Morrow was born February 14, 1929 in the Bronx, New York. He dropped out of High School at the age of 17 and joined the United States Navy. After the Navy, he appeared in the film The Blackboard Jungle and then appeared in various television series in the 1960s. He also appeared in the film The Bad News Bears in 1976. He was often cast as the bad guy or the misunderstood youth.

He was cast in the film The Twilight Zone Movie in 1982. In a scene where he plays a Vietnamese man trying to rescue his two children, a low flying helicopter is knocked down due to the pyrotechnics used in the film. The helicopter decapitated Morrow and one of the children and the other child also died. (You can see the clip on YouTube, it is not gory and the scene is filmed from a distance, but it is still disturbing.)

The children in the film were illegally hired to avoid child labor laws and the filming took place at night. The parents of the children and Vic Morrow’s children sued and won.

Vic Morrow married his girlfriend of seven years, Barbara Turner and they had two children Carrie and Jennifer Leigh (now known as Jennifer Jason Leigh). The couple divorced in 1965. This lead to heavy drinking and less roles for Morrow. When his daughter Jennifer, changed her name to avoid being labeled as “Vic Morrow’s daughter,” Morrow took it hard. When he was offered the role in the Twilight Zone Movie, he jumped at the chance.

He had written a will in purple felt-pen on yellow paper only seven months before his death. He left most of this estate to his daughter Carrie and left only $100 to his estranged daughter Jennifer.

While out at the store buying discount supplements, I came across a news clip about a movie that will be coming out this Summer 2009. Year One stars Jack Black and Michael Cera as two lazy hunter-gatherers. They get banished from their village and set off on a journey through the ancient world. While it could be funny, it seems too close to Mel Brooks’ History of the World, Part 1.

Harold Ramis directs, so it could be pretty funny.

It looks like they will not be making another Narnia movie. The last one, Prince Caspian, lost money at the box office. I really enjoyed the two that were made and am sorry to hear about the cancellations.

On the other hand, the Harry Potter series which was also rumored to be canceled, will finish the rest of the books. I wasn’t thrilled about the last movie. Not as well done in my opinion. But I will see the rest anyway. The next film out is Harry Potter and The Half Blood Prince. Here is the trailer:

I loved him on the TV series Coach and then he seemed to disappear. What I didn’t realize is he is a familiar voice to millions of children and adults alike.

Bill Fagerbake was born on October 4, 1957 in Fontana, California. He went to High School in Rupert, Idaho and later attended the University of Idaho where he received a B.A. in theater arts. Fagerbake stands 6′6″ tall and did play football, which made him perfect for the role of Assistant Coach “Dauber” Dybinski on Coach.

After Coach ended, Fagerbake appeared in numerous films and television series including The Stand where he played the mentally disabled Tom Cullen. He has also received critical acclaim by the Screen Actors Guild and Juilliard School of Performing Arts for his roles as Shylock in Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice, and Torvald in Ibsen’s A Doll’s House.

Fagerbake voice is one of his many talents and he has been cast in many animated features. His most notable, of course, is Patrick Star from Spongebob SquarePants.

Fagerbake has been married for twenty years Catherine McClenahan and has two daughters. He resides in California.

What sold for a few hundred thousand dollars in 2005 and recently sold for $1.7 million in a Hong Kong auction? A Patek Phillipe watch of course. Quite a good investment!

The watch, made by a company that has been in business for more than 150 years, is the Sky Moon Tourbillon. Not only is it very rare, but very complex as well. The watch actually has two faces. The front is opaline white with gold hour indicators. There is a perpetual calendar, retrograde date, equation of time, time with hours and minutes and the moon phase. The other side of the watch has a celestial view.

Do you remember the outrageous character Mimi Bobeck from The Drew Carey Show? That character was played by Kathy Kinney. Kinney was born on November 3, 1954 in Stevens Point, Wisconsin. In 1976, she moved to New York City and was hired as a secretary at WCBS-TV. She used that experience in her role as Mimi. At the same time, she was practicing her stand up comedy at night and teaching improvisation classes on the side. One of her students, Bill Sherwood, later cast her in the 1986 film Parting Glances.

Kathy was hooked on acting and decided to make the move to Los Angeles. She was cast in various television series in small roles. She has appeared on Seinfeld, Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, Grace Under Fire, Full House, The Larry Sanders Show, and My Name Is Earl. Her longest role, before Mimi, was as Ms. Goddard, the librarian in Newhart.

Kinney tried to avoid fat girl roles and using weight as a joke. The character of Mimi Bobeck was only in the pilot of The Drew Carey Show, but the character was such a hit, she was continued. Mimi interviews for a cosmetics job at Winfred-Louder and is not hired (obviously). She threatens to sue and to keep things quiet, they hire her as a secretary.

Kinney has also appeared in a number of films including Arachnophobia, Stanley and Iris, Three Fugitives, and This Boy’s Life.

Currently, she co-owns a website called MrsP.com. The website is for children and includes an interactive room for children to explore. There is no advertising and no free for the site and it is a safe place for children to visit.