Farrah Fawcett 1947 - 2009

After a long and heavily publicized battle with cancer, actress Farrah Fawcett has passed away at the age of 62. Fawcett rose to fame in the mid '70s, appearing in several commercials and television shows before finally landing the role of Jill Munroe on Charlie's Angels that made her a superstar, along with the icon poster seen here. Personally though, I'll always remember Farrah for her performance as the estranged wife of a flawed Pentecostal preacher in Rober Duvall's brilliant 1997 film The Apostle, one of the best films and performances of her career.

David Carradine 1936 - 2009

David Carradine has died at the age of 72 from an apparent suicide. Carradine rose to prominence as Kwai Chang Caine on the popular 70s television show Kung Fu. He starred in several films as well, including Death Race: 2000 and Boxcar Bertha. In recent years, he was most recognizable as Bill in Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill films. An accomplished martial artist, Carradine produced several Tai Chi and Qi Gong DVDs and video tapes.

See You Next Fall

The final Tonight Show with Jay Leno, and to respect the fact that it's the man's last night on the job, I'll just say I'm not a fan. His guests tonight include James Taylor and his Tonight Show replacement, Conan O'Brien. It's not off into the sunset for Leno though, as he's schedule to return to NBC this fall with his own hour long program airing Monday through Friday's at 10pm.

While I could care less about Leno's move to 10pm (That's my King Of The Hill rerun time on Adult Swim), I'm a little torn between who to watch: The Late Show With David Letterman or the new and improved Tonight Show With Conan O'Brien, and I'm betting I'm not alone. While Leno has always relied on the day's headlines for humor (and obviously all monologues are topical in nature), Conan and Dave have always appealed to a similar sense of humor. Let's hope this rivalry stays friendly.

Star Trek Opens With $72.5 Million

Although it wasn't enough to top Wolverine's opening weekend haul, J.J. Abrams revamp did manage to exceed analysts' box office expectations by bringing in $72.5 million. More interesting is that it took the record for biggest IMAX opening weekend with $8.3 million, topping The Dark Knight, a film with scenes specifically shot for the IMAX format, which took in only $6.3 million opening weekend at IMAX theaters.

If you haven't checked it out yet, be sure to do so soon. Abrams has definitely injected new life into the series in a way that should bring Trek to a new generation while alienating only a constantly bitter minority of original fans. Those of you new to Star Trek are definitely going to want to catch up on 40 years of history, so be sure to check out out our Star Trek Sale, where you can save up to 45% on DVDs and Blu-rays!

Stay Golden, Bea Arthur

Television legend Bea Arthur passed away this weekend at age 86 from complications due to cancer. After conquering the theater in her early career, Arthur rose to national fame as the titular feminist trailblazer in Maude, the Norman Lear sitcom that tackled controversial subjects such as the Vietnam war, alcoholism and, perhaps most famously, abortion.

But of course, even the current generation will always instantly identify Arthur as the sarcastic Dorothy Petrillo Zbornak in The Golden Girls, a series that won Arthur her second Emmy Award. And while Arthur may have worked less in her own golden years, the quality of her work never dropped, with memorable guest appearances on Futurama and Curb Your Enthusiasm.

Get Ready For Fa5t & Furiou5

With a box office total of a staggering $72.5 million dollars over the weekend, the inexplicably high box office for Fast & Furious has our top scientists working nonstop to see if the Earth did indeed time travel this past weekend to the year 2000. Seriously though, expect at least three more Furious sequels, at least one more Chronicles Of Riddick movie, and something equally as bad as A Man Apart. Me, I'll just keep crossing my fingers for this to actually happen.

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Monsters Vs. Aliens? 3D Wins!

As expected, Dreamworks latest computer animated romp Monsters Vs. Aliens was number one at the box office over the weekend, taking in an impressive $58.2 million, the largest weekend total of 2009 so far. What's more impressive is that 3D screenings of the film accounted for 58 percent of the film's total take, with only 28 percent of theaters actually showing the film in 3D, thanks to the higher priced ticket. While critics were divided on the artistic validity of 3D (including Roger Ebert), it's obvious that 3D is back in a very big way.

What are your thoughts on 3D? Worth a the extra cash or an unnecessary novelty and headache?