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Rewind to 2000. Broderick had been gamely vamping his way through big-budget nonsuccesses (Godzilla, Inspector Gadget) while quietly surprising a few dozen moviegoers with skillful turns in low-budget indies (Election, You Can Count on Me). Lane had given what looked like, and should have been, a breakout performance opposite Robin Williams in The Birdcage in 1996. But no. "Nothing. I had two offers," says Lane, with a touch of pardonable bitterness. "One was, I was asked to play Mr. Magoo, which I turned down. The other was a film called Mousehunt. That was it." Nobody questioned his talent...
...build gray boxes," he says. He's not bragging. The 130,000-sq.-ft. Bass Pro Outdoor World in Hanover, Md., has a massive fish tank, offers how-to lessons in fishing and hunting and teaches conservation in addition to having every lure, rod, reel, gun and gadget under the sun. A full-size float plane hangs from the ceiling, and you can hang from a rock-climbing wall or test your new bow on the archery range. And you want a bass outfit? There are 37,000 fishing items, including $800 reels. Need a $2,500 Beretta shotgun? There...
...classified messages before remembering to read them, dialed calls on a phone hidden in a pair of high-tech but often malfunctioning shoes, and insisted that his partner, 99 (Barbara Feldon), let him handle the delicate jobs?which he promptly botched. Adams' later roles included the voice of Inspector Gadget on the 1980s TV cartoon series...
...classified messages before remembering to read them, dialed calls on a phone hidden in a pair of high-tech but often malfunctioning shoes and insisted that his partner, 99 (Barbara Feldon), let him handle the delicate jobs--which he promptly botched. Adams' later roles included the voice of Inspector Gadget in the 1980s TV cartoon series...
...MobiTV for funneling shows over cellular networks. With 2 billion mobile phones in the world and TV viewing a ubiquitous part of modern life, the commercial potential of marrying the two is enormous. TV on the phone could even help win back the eyeballs of a younger generation of gadget-oriented entertainment buffs who are spending more time with the Web, mobiles and MP3 players than they are in front of a living-room set. The O2 trial is one of dozens around the world, from Helsinki to Pittsburgh to Seoul, to test the feasibility of broadcasting TV programs...