Retro Styling: Cassette Tape Wallets.

These cassette tape wallets from designbloom are wallets made out of old cassette tapes. Pretty clever, but they cost $43. So if you've ever wanted to try making something yourself, now's your chance. Just make me one. With a Def Leppard tape. Bitchin'? BITCHIN'!

Thanks to phil, who keeps his money in his socks BECAUSE HE'S OLDSCHOOL.

Source: Geekologie.com

Rearview Review: Wolverine's OK, Jackman's the Man.

Big movie of the week, obviously, is X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Hugh Jackman definitely delivers, but how is the flick? And what's the trademark Marvel "Easter egg" at the end?

Hit the clip to get my instant take, recorded in my ride right after the screening. It's a new feature we're calling Rearview Reviews.

You seen Wolverine yet? Let me know what you think!

Zac Efron vs. Russell Crowe? No Box-Office Contest.

Poor Oscar-winning Russell Crowe. He never had a chance against Zac Efron.

Efron's 17 Again grossed an estimated $24.1 million at the weekend box office, per Exhibitor Relations. The body-switching comedy hit the upper range of projections, and dominated the competition, including the new Crowe thriller, State of Play ($14.1 million).

Elsewhere, Miley Cyrus' Hannah Montana: The Movie ($12.7 million) fell fast and furious, while Crank: High Voltage ($6.5 millon) suffered a cold start.

Drilling down into the numbers:

• As box-office weekends this red-hot year go, this one was kind of tepid—no film reported a per-screen average of at least $10,000. 17 Again led the top films with a $7,393 average.

• 17 Again's take was enough to let Efron call himself a movie-opener. He did, after all, out-open Crowe, Julia Roberts, Steve Martin, Seth Rogen and all three Jonas brothers, to name some 2009 box-office leads.

• For those keeping score at home, Efron did not out-open Cyrus/Hannah Montana or High School Musical 3: Senior Year, both of which had the big advantage of being existing, TV-based franchises.

• By placing second, State of Play seemed to disprove the Los Angeles Times' notion that the film was going to be the end of the non-tween film. Still, its debut was virtually identical to that of Roberts' Duplicity, which departed the Top 10 after four weekends with a disappointing $39.1 million overall gross. Also, State of Play's debut leaves it a long way, on the domestic side, at least, from its reported $60 million budget.

• Last weekend's No. 1 film, Hannah Montana, saw ticket sales plunge 61 percent. Still, the reputed $35 million comedy upped its overall take to $56.1 million.

• Among the new releases, Crank: High Voltage not only didn't challenge 17 Again or State of Play, it didn't challenge the original Crank, which opened with $10.5 million in 2006.

• In its second weekend, Rogen's Observe and Report ($4.1 million; $18.7 million overall) is all but done, but not before topping its reported $18 million budget.

• The low-budget Adventureland ($1.3 million) exits the Top 10 after two weekends, and a $14 million overall take.

• Reports vary wildly on the budget of Dragonball Evolution ($1.6 million). For the sake of the economy, it would be best if it were on the extremely low side as the film was bounced from the Top 10 after just one weekend, and a cumulative "gross" of $7.8 million.

• By the way, if you didn't have a movie in release this weekend, then Dragonball Evolution only made $722 more per theater than you did.

Here's a complete look at the weekend's top-grossing films based on Friday-Sunday estimates as compiled by Exhibitor Relations:

1- 17 Again, $24.1 million
2- State of Play, $14.1 million
3- Monsters vs. Aliens, $12.9 million
4- Hannah Montana: The Movie, $12.7 million
5- Fast & Furious, $12.3 million
6- Crank: High Voltage, $6.5 million
7- Observe and Report, $4.1 million
8- Knowing, $3.5 million
9- I Love You, Man, $3.4 million
10- The Haunting in Connecticut, $3.2 million

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Madonna Gives to Italian Earthquake Victims.

Denied the chance to provide a new home for one child, Madonna is going to help countless others rebuild their lives.

The Material Girl made a substantial donation Tuesday to aid earthquake victims in the mountainous Abruzzo region of Italy, where a 6.3 temblor early yesterday morning left at least 200 people dead and perhaps 50,000 homeless, E! News has confirmed.

Publicist Liz Rosenberg would not reveal the dollar amount of Madonna's contribution, but it's been reported to be around $500,000.

The Ciccones, the hitmaker's paternal grandparents, lived in the village of Pacentro (which is in the city of L'Aquila, near the earthquake's epicenter) until 1919. Nearly 33,000 people were killed in the region in a devastating quake in 1915.

"I am happy to lend a helping hand to the town that my ancestors are from," Madonna said in a statement. "My heart goes out to the families that have lost loved ones or their homes."
Source: E!Online

This Is What A Billion Dollars Looks Like.

Get a good look folks, because you're sure as hell never gonna see it in real life.

One Billion Dollar is stacked on 12 standard pallets, altogether 10 million 100 USD notes. One Billion Dollar is not so much about what you see but what you could do or not do with the money. Besides, this is the most expensive piece of art ever made.