Hello gang! As usual, some news and notes to share. Shall we begin?

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WELCOME BACK
Mike "Deadguy" Scott. And just in the nick of time, with "Jason X" getting ready to hit theatres in two weeks! (Oh...we're ALL going!---N)

AGREEING WITH THE "MATTSTER"
(Re: "Matt's Rail" this issue...)As apparently the only member of the PCR staff who voted for Al Gore, I welcome Matt's honest and sincere apology! (We'll have to have a re-count in his honor!---N)

BASEBALL UPDATE
After one week and four games of his final high school season, my sons, Phillip, stats are: 6-12 (.500 avg), 2 RBI, 2 stolen bases and 2 assists. More next week.

FEAR THE TURTLE (and the idiots that cheer for him)
So overjoyed was I last week that I failed to congratulate my Maryland Terrapins on their first ever National NCAA Basketball Championship. However, my joy was soon tempered by the actions of a bunch of ya-hoos that felt the need to go out and destroy private property to "celebrate." What the hell are they thinking? For years now, more and more "fans" have taken the art of celebrating to a new extreme. It was only a year ago that Maryland fans took to the streets in a near riot after the Terps LOST to Duke in the Final Four. Now, a year later, they win the damn thing and they do the same thing! Where is it written that when your team wins the first thing you need to do is build a huge fire and turn over cars? Hey, our team won............let's go steal a few televisions. And while we're at it.........let's beat up a few of our fellow fans. Thanks alot, guys. Because of you, no one was talking about Juan Dixon and Lonnie Baxter Monday morning. They weren't praising the great job Gary Williams did coaching this year. They surely weren't airing the presentation of the championship trophy. Instead, they were talking about the chuckleheads who made College Park the laughing stock of the country, instead of the home of champions!

MOVIE NOTES
It now looks like New Line Cinema may get to keep the "Goldmember" title for the third Austin Powers flick. Word is that New Line has agreed to feature trailers for the new James Bond film, "Die Another Day," on the Mike Myers film, due July 26. In other Bond news, latest "Bond Girl" and recent Oscar winning actress Halle Berry was injured this past weekend while filming an action scene for the film. According to reports, shrapnel from a helicopter explosion hit Berry in her left eye, which required medical treatment. The injury is not thought to be serious. Berry's character is aptly named Jinx!

WHEN MY BABY...........
In what has to be the most ridiculous thing I have heard in some time, the tourist board of Rio de Janeiro says it is considering Fox television for making light of the city's poor tourism industry. In a recent episode, Homer Simpson is robbed by street children while monkeys attack Lisa. Guess that's the reason for no tourists...........it certainly couldn't be the high crime rate and an outbreak of dengue fever. Actually, I lost any interest in going to Rio when I watched Merv Griffin sing "Rio" on his show in the late 70's. (Yikes! That is a nightmare. I remember falling down laughing at his rendition of "Delta Dawn".---N)

SAY GOODBYE
John Agar, a former Army Air Force sergeant whose 1945 marriage to Shirley Temple took him to stardom died Sunday from complications from emphysema. He was 81. Agar was 24 when he married the 17 year old Temple. They later appeared together in the classic John Wayne film, "Fort Apache." Alcohol abuse led to the break up of their marriage and the slow down of his film career. While in divorce court, Agar began to explain that the pressure of being married to Temple had driven him to drink. The judge quickly admonished him, yelling "Don't you DARE blame this on Shirley Temple!" Agar went on to star in a series of B-movies, including "The Brain From Planet Arous," "Tarantula," "Revenge of the Creature" and "The Mole People." I had the honor of meeting Mr. Agar many times while living in Baltimore, as he was a frequent guest at the yearly horror-themed con, "FanEx." He was always quite gracious with his fans, quick with a compliment or an autograph.
(Unless I have him confused with another actor, I could swear on a stack of Famous Monsters that John Agar was the guy who, some 20 years ago, had great fun responding to his premature obituary being published in the LA Times or Variety. Sad now that it came true. He will be missed.---Nolan.)

IT WAS
32 years ago today, April 10, that Paul McCartney announced to the world that he was leaving the Beatles. Ironically, the very next day, April 11th, the group earned their last #1 record in America with the aptly titled, "Let It Be."

Well, that's it for this week. See ya!