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Screenwriter William Goldman once famously declared that the most important fact of life in Hollywood is that

Nothing makes a job more dull than a lack of background music, but unfortunately most job sites aren’t really boombox-friendly. Luckily, the Bosch Power Box 360 ($200-$250) isn’t your average boombox. Inside its rugged aluminum and rubber roll case, the 360 packs full 360-degree speakers for all-around sound, a weather-sealed media bay for your iPod, a powered USB port for charging your cell phone, MP3 and WMA support for the SD card slot, external auxiliary ports, a built-in battery bay for either charging your tool batteries or powering the Power Box itself, an illuminated LCD display, and a remote control for cranking up the music while you crank up the saw.

The “world’s first ride-in restaurant” opens Monday, April 12, 2010 just south of downtown San Antonio, at the location known as the “world’s first drive-in restaurant.”

Frank’s Hog Stand, at 801 South Presa, is a restaurant focusing on serving the motorcycle enthusiast some of their favorite classic American style burgers, fries and fod.
The new motorcycle-themed restaurant will serve classic burgers, fries and other food in a casual dining area and to patrons who arrive outside on motorized bikes.
Owner Frank Arevalo grew up in the restaurant’s local area, now known as South Town, bordering the King William historical neighborhood.
The Pig Stand building started as a new idea 89 years ago by offering curbside service from car hops, who brought the food on trays to patrons remaining in their automobiles. Pig Stands became very famous in the 1920′s and 30′s as it expanded across the country.
Pig Stands were also the first restaurants to have drive up windows. They invented Texas Toast and onion rings in the 1920′s and chicken fried steaks in the 1940′s.
A historical and unique giant pig building, that is thought to have provided shelter from bad weather or hot sun for the cop hops, remains on site.
This location was closed in 2007 and was one of the last few Pig Stands for the company that once had over 130 restaurants during and after the Great Depression.
The newly refurbished restaurant will remain open seven days a week.

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Longevity and success in both acting and directing of the type Clint Eastwood has enjoyed is quite unusual, as is the film icon’s long-standing relationship with Warner Bros. Thankfully, it’s this relationship that makes Clint Eastwood: 35 Films, 35 Years ($135) possible. This encyclopedic box set packs every WB Eastwood film since 1968′s Where Eagles Dare, including the full Dirty Harry series, 1992′s Oscar-winning Unforgiven, recent standouts Million Dollar Baby and Gran Turino, and many, many more, as well as the all-new documentary The Eastwood Factor, which offers a rare look at Eastwood as both an actor and director.

It’s 2010. You know

If you are looking for a tone machine that can be an extension of your personality and complement your unique musical abilities, don?t look any further. Here?s the machine that can meet your tonal equation with a fuller and sonically complete amp. Manufactured by the iconic guitar maker Paul Reed Smith (PRS), the Original Sewell has a smooth tone that was crafted to give an expressive, vocal quality to lead work. The Original Sewell is available in 50- and 100-watt head and combo configurations (1?12 and 2?12), and user can also choose between 6L6 and EL34 power tubes. It features simple and elegant front panel, with controls for Volume, Master Volume, Treble, Bass/Boost, a Bright switch, and an input jack. Priced at $4385, the Original Sewell with its own sonic signature might rise to the level of a legend.

No other actor would ever be able to do justice to the role of Captain Jack Sparrow so perfectly essayed by Johnny Depp in the world famous Pirate of The Caribbean movie series. The makers too probably realize this and hence to ensure that the star remains a part of the series have offered him a sum no actor has ever received. Believe it or not, to reprise his role as Jack Sparrow for the fourth Pirates of the Caribbean film, On Stranger Tides, Johnny Depp has been offered a whopping ?21 million ($35.3million) pay deal! The fee is a guaranteed minimum earning for the film but could increase if it is a box-office hit. This enormous pay deal has made Johnny Depp the highest earning star ever, above the likes of Tom Cruise, Tom Hanks and Mel Gibson, who each command around ?18 million ($30million). Studio bosses at Disney agreed to pay the exorbitant sum because Depp?s high-profile Pirates co-stars, Keira Knightley and Orlando Bloom, are not returning for the forthcoming film.

We saw a preview of the first 45 minutes of Pixar