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Jamie Sorcher

The Gadget Girl

Don't just stuff those stockings. Tech those halls! Make room on your list for small devices that will deliver big smiles.

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Talking Shop: California Soundworks

Like many other A/V stores, California Soundworks (californiasoundworks.com, 661-945-0971) started out as a home stereo store selling gear to audiophiles. That was back in 1979.

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The Gadget Girl: Ear Buds

Are they earbuds for your MP3 - or earrings for your QT? A little bit of both, maybe! For head-pleasing sound and head-turning style, there's the new Active Crystals collection from Philips and crystal artisans Swarovski (active-crystals.com).

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Talking Shop: Audio Video Synergy

Former jazz musician and big-band arranger/composer Dave Schulz isn't too far from his passion these days. His stage now is the store he opened 7 years ago, Audio Video Synergy (908-213-0001).

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High-Tech Hotel

Going on the road doesn’t mean leaving your entertainment at home anymore

Arrive at a high-tech hotel, and you're in for a refreshing experience. Imagine being greeted curbside by a bellman bearing a PDA who registers you in just moments, eliminating what can be a frustrating trip to the front desk. In more and more hotels, new technology is making agonizingly long check-in lines and the risk of getting stuck with a lousy room nuisances of the past.

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The King of Swing

He's already ruled the box office—now go behind the scenes as Spider-Man swings to your home on DVD.
(Movie Images Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc.)

"This, like any story worth telling, is all about a girl," Peter Parker tells us at the beginning of Spider-Man-not what you'd expect to hear from a superhero. But, as delighted audiences soon discovered, Spider-Man doesn't play by the rules.

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A Night at the Movies

S&V picks our favorite theaters.
If you consider today's monstrous megaplexes and their too-salty popcorn to be cinematic sacrilege, take heart.
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S&V Picks: Drive-In Delights

Five drive-ins that are well worth a look

It all began with a film projector on the hood of a car showing images on a bed sheet hung between two trees. Richard Hollingshead went on to perfect this apparatus, and the world's first drive-in cinema under the stars opened to the public in Camden, New Jersey, on June 6, 1933. By the late 1950s, there were more than 4,000 drive-ins - and why not?

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Guide to Exotic Gifts

Check out the computer The Donald uses and more /S&V/ picks for high-end gifts

At the low end of the gift-giving scale rests the traditional tie, money clip, or soap-on-a-rope, and at the high end - well, the sky's the limit. There's always someone on your list worth indulging, and sometimes there's even the money to do it. And while you might not be in the same league as Donald Trump or Tiger Woods, it's always fun to look.

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BackTalk: Woody Harrelson

The offbeat actor gives his unique take on movies, music -- and popcorn.

Jamie Sorcher talks to the natural-born killer turned Nature Boy about his health-conscious documentary Go Further on DVD, his favorite flicks and tunes, and, of course, Cheers.

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