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Trivial Interviews
11:41 am
Mon April 8, 2013

Overheard In The Green Room: Ken Jenning's Kryptonite

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Ken Jennings.
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By Amber Cortes

In 2011, you were chosen as one of the two humans to be play against IBM's Watson supercomputer. What was it like playing against a robot?

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Historical Curiosities
10:00 am
Tue March 12, 2013

The Curious Fates Of Famous Corpses

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King Tutankhamun's mostly intact tomb was discovered in 1922 by Howard Carter and George Herbert. Global exhibitions of his tomb make the pharaoh a popular and well-known historical figure.
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American culture loves celebrity. Magazines and television shows follow the lives of celebrities like an ongoing mini-series -- until they die. That’s when we typically set down one tale and start another. But the story doesn’t always end there. Some famous corpses had very curious fates. Seattle writer Bess Lovejoy is author of "Rest in Pieces: The Curious Fates of Famous Corpses." She joins us.

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Lightning Talks
8:00 pm
Thu March 7, 2013

Five Minutes Onstage At Ignite Seattle

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Ignite Seattle.
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Crowd participation during an Ignite Seattle event.
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Roberto Hoyos on stage at Ignite Seattle 11.
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Monica Guzman hosting Ignite Seattle 7.
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If you had five minutes on stage, what would you say? That's the premise of Ignite Seattle, a regular worldwide event where presenters get five minutes and 20 slides to get a point across. Speakers at this month's event touch on a variety of topics, including viral videos, online dating and how to give up cheese. Ignite Seattle 19 took place at Town Hall on February 20, 2013.

The talk was moderated by The Seattle Times columnist Monica Guzman.

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Oscars 2013
9:54 am
Fri February 22, 2013

Despite Dark Themes, A Big Oscar Bounce

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Despite its dark themes (slavery and the Civil War are hardly feel-good topics), Lincoln, like other Oscar nominees, has done very well at the box office. Disney has spent about $10 million campaigning for the best-picture prize, hoping for a payoff down the line.
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Originally published on Fri February 22, 2013 3:47 pm

How much is a best-picture Oscar worth? Not the statuette — winners are required to sell that back to the Academy for a buck if they want to get rid of it. No, what's the Oscar worth at the box office?

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