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The NYT and everyone else is reporting the Minnesota Supreme Court decision

The NYT and everyone else is reporting the Minnesota Supreme Court decision finally granting former SNL funnyman Al…

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Americans are scrapping their pre-digital TV sets in astonishing numbers, and Seattle

Americans are scrapping their pre-digital TV sets in astonishing numbers, and Seattle is at the vanguard of the…

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Dennis James Silenced

The Paramount unexpectedly shows the longtime silent-film accompanist the door.

Evangelion 1.0: You Are (Not) Alone: C’mon, Dad, Give Me the Giant Battle-Bot!

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Evangelion 1.0: You Are (Not) Alone: C’mon, Dad, Give Me the Giant Battle-Bot!

It’s every 14-year-old boy’s dream: You get to command a giant, Transformers-style battle-bot against colossal enemy robots, while…

Rockwell just wants to go home.

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PICK Moon: A Sci-Fi Favorite From SIFF Returns to Local Orbit

Blame it on George Lucas, but sci-fi today usually means the space Western: interstellar chases, ray-gun shootouts, weird…

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There’s more to summer than the Mariners, Sounders, and Storm. This past

There’s more to summer than the Mariners, Sounders, and Storm. This past weekend, the U.S. track and field…

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Since 1998, the silent movie series at the Paramount have basically been

Since 1998, the silent movie series at the Paramount have basically been synonymous with their organist and host:…

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Gay-chitecture: When there’s something about a building–or house or architectural icon–that pushes

Gay-chitecture: When there’s something about a building–or house or architectural icon–that pushes past the utilitarian, but isn’t screamingly…

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Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has said it before, but he reiterated the

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has said it before, but he reiterated the same theme at a European advertising…

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Even if July and August are the sleepiest months of the publishing

Even if July and August are the sleepiest months of the publishing calendar, Northwest authors have been an…

The Galaxie can wait: McMullen assembles Leverage.

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Artopia: Touch My Crankshaft

Chris McMullen’s outsized mechanical art makes interaction imperative.

Imasuen on the set.

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PICK Nollywood Babylon: Filmmaking on the Streets of Lagos

Nigeria has, according to this brisk, low-to-the-ground documentary, the third-largest film industry in the world after the U.S.…

Franklin-Ross (left) and Oliver show their DIY racers.

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Artopia: “We Stop When We’ve Destroyed Everything.”

Can’t afford a Ferrari or racetrack fees? How about racing your old blender instead?

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Michael Bay will not be stopped. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen opens

Michael Bay will not be stopped. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen opens Weds. at the Cinerama and other…

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One of my favorite tags on Jalopnik.com is Down on the Street,

One of my favorite tags on Jalopnik.com is Down on the Street, wherein oddball and exotic cars are…

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Condo auctions have become common nationwide, as banks seize projects whose developers

Condo auctions have become common nationwide, as banks seize projects whose developers are slow or incapable of paying…

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Northwest filmmaker James Longley received an Academy Award nomination for his 2006

Northwest filmmaker James Longley received an Academy Award nomination for his 2006 documentary Iraq in Fragments, which he…

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Oh, Michael Cera! Dear, sweet Michael Cera. What have you gotten yourself

Oh, Michael Cera! Dear, sweet Michael Cera. What have you gotten yourself into now? Our Robert Wilonsky went…

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His name forever associated with the Godfather trilogy, Oscar-winning writer/director Francis Ford

His name forever associated with the Godfather trilogy, Oscar-winning writer/director Francis Ford Coppola was in town earlier this…

Schlosser (at right) is among the talking heads.

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Food, Inc.: Michael Pollan Tells Us How to Eat

Didn’t Eric Schlosser already get his movie made? And along with Fast Food Nation, haven’t we already seen…