Residents of Corsicana and Waxahachie, relax. You're not being invaded by Swedish supermen. It's just Dolph Lundgren, the Rocky IV antihero, shooting more scenes for his latest movie.

Back in the spring, the action star was sighted regularly in these parts shooting Missionary Man. He co-wrote, directs and stars in the film. With the August heat, he's no doubt wishing he'd finished then, but he's back.

He plays a mysterious stranger who arrives on an American Indian reservation for the funeral of a friend and stays to help the family fight off a drug gang.

It's not exactly Billy Jack ... more like Billy Dolph.

After a couple of weeks of giving away food to friends at test tastings for his new Ritz-Carlton restaurant, Dean Fearing finally threw open the doors of Fearing's to the paying public Wednesday night. If his Kentucky smile was wider than usual, it was because for the first time, the money was coming in instead of going out.

Throughout the dinner service, Dean came over and whispered a running total of the evening's revenue to Denny Alberts, president of Crescent Real Estate Equities, developer of the Ritz project.

Among the first guests through the door were Abacus chef-owner Kent Rathbun and his wife, Tracy. (Tracy owns the Pan-Asian sushi restaurant Shinsei with Dean's wife, Lynae Fearing.)

If there are such things as living Texas legends, Dolph Briscoe and Darrell Royal would top the list. Both men will receive the History Making Texan Award next spring from the Texas State History Museum Foundation.

A Uvalde rancher, Mr. Briscoe was the largest individual landowner in Texas when he was first elected governor in 1972. He bridged the gap when Texas went from two-year gubernatorial terms to four years, serving two years his first time and four years after he was re-elected in 1974.

Mr. Royal is the most successful football coach in University of Texas history.

Both men will receive their awards at the annual Texas Independence Day Dinner on March 3 at the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum in Austin.

With a $1.5 million signing bonus burning a hole in his pocket, the Texas Rangers first-round pick Blake Beavan knew just where he wanted to start spending it. The right-handed pitcher joined 14 friends and family for a Wednesday night dinner at Bob's Steak & Chop House.

And just across the street, Uncle Julio's is drawing its share of celebs for Tex-Mex. Running buddies Mike Modano and Brett Hull dropped in to dine.

Rising before dawn must stimulate the Tex-Mex craving center of the brain. Good Morning Texas hosts Brenda Teele and Amy Vanderoef sped to Uncle Julio's for an 11 a.m. meal after their shift at Channel 8.

It's been more than two years since restaurant scion Amber Campisi took her clothes off to be Playboy's Playmate of the Month, but she's the gift that keeps on giving.

Saturday from 2 to 4 p.m., Amber will be autographing head shots at the Guitar Center on LBJ Freeway in Farmers Branch in honor of the launch of the Playboy 2007 Collage Guitar, which is the first of four Playboy guitar models sold through Guitar Center.

"Three things can happen when you throw the ball, and two of them are bad."– Darrell Royal