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We’re already rooting for Mickey Rourke to win the Oscar for The

We’re already rooting for Mickey Rourke to win the Oscar for The Wrestler (review here) on Sunday, Feb.…

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 We’ve all read about the sucky state of the current real estate

We’ve all read about the sucky state of the current real estate market, with median sale prices down…

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 Will you call me, Pong? I thought our game meant something.  Amazon.com here

Will you call me, Pong? I thought our game meant something.Amazon.com here announces it entry into what’s generally…

Antarctica: even more remote than Everest.

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Ice People: Where’s Werner?

Something like Encounters at the End of the World, only without Werner Herzog philosophizing about the meaning of…

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 Awesome finds, Todd! Former P-I business writer Todd Bishop has moved on

Awesome finds, Todd! Former P-I business writer Todd Bishop has moved on to TechFlash.com, where he here shows…

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 The New York Times’ Floyd Norris here groups our city in the

The New York Times’ Floyd Norris here groups our city in the “No Disaster Yet” category. He cites…

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 Photo: Jalopnik.com  So they got a foot of snow in London–or as they

Photo: Jalopnik.comSo they got a foot of snow in London–or as they measure it there, one third of…

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 Bicycling and real-estate gawking: They go together. On a sunny ride today,

Bicycling and real-estate gawking: They go together. On a sunny ride today, mainly along the Burke-Gilman Trail, I…

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  AMC, one of the nation’s largest theater chains, wants you to catch

AMC, one of the nation’s largest theater chains, wants you to catch up on all five of the…

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 Just a reminder from our Gavin Borchert:  My one attempt at joining a

Just a reminder from our Gavin Borchert:My one attempt at joining a book group started strong with Lolita,…

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 I love the Cinerama, which always wins our Best of Seattle reader

I love the Cinerama, which always wins our Best of Seattle reader ballots as best movie theater. But…

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  The new animated Israeli film Waltz With Bashir has drawn critical praise

The new animated Israeli film Waltz With Bashir has drawn critical praise (see our review here). But not…

Lutefisk out of water: Zellweger (left) with Hogan.

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New in Town: Renée Zellweger Says You’re Fired!

A corporate tool, but a stylish corporate tool, Renée Zellweger is dispatched from sunny Miami to rural Minnesota…

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  Amazon.com will report its fourth-quarter earnings on Thursday. Before that, however, perhaps

Amazon.com will report its fourth-quarter earnings on Thursday. Before that, however, perhaps hoping to goose analysts and potential…

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 Scott Foundas has several odds and ends from Park City. But we’ll

Scott Foundas has several odds and ends from Park City. But we’ll start with his take on Lynn…

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 So we’re happy that the two genuinely made-in-Seattle films sold at Sundance.

So we’re happy that the two genuinely made-in-Seattle films sold at Sundance. Those being, as we’ve previously reported,…

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Just a reminder of two worthwhile events from two of our contributing

Just a reminder of two worthwhile events from two of our contributing writers….Jonathan Coulton writes and records sweetly…

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  Washington Mutual may be gone, its signage soon to disappear from local

Washington Mutual may be gone, its signage soon to disappear from local banks and, eventually, its shiny new…

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  The nominations are out, and you can compare this list from the

The nominations are out, and you can compare this list from the NYT against that of our ace…

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  Sand, salt. Salt, sand…will there ever be another Snowpocalypse to generate such

Sand, salt. Salt, sand…will there ever be another Snowpocalypse to generate such intense road-maintenance debate? While writing recently…