Seattle: The movie theater that might In the six years since it opened, Seattle’s Columbia City Cinema, has endeared itself to moviegoers weary of trekking downtown. The cinema has been hit by serious economic headwinds, a result of the nagging recession. Now, faced with a need to generate about $50,000...

MPAA chases the pirates Warner Bros. and Disney on Wednesday won a legal victory in their ongoing fight against online piracy when a judge signed a consent judgment against a company that referred ads to sites streaming pirated movies and TV shows. The decision may make other studios bolder about pursuing...

New York: Reviving Miss Daisy Tony Award winner James Earl Jones always hoped to tackle Alfred Uhry’s Driving Miss Daisy, despite the popularity of the Oscar-winning film. For Uhry, the story of an elderly Jewish woman (played by Vanessa Redgrave) coming to love and trust a black man in the bigoted...

Seattle: Change afoot at Bumbershoot? Layoffs at its parent nonprofit and talk of split weekends have aroused concerns over the future of Bumbershoot, a staple of the Pacific Northwest music and arts scene, and a fixture on the U.S. touring calendars of bands from indie to established. As a result of...

The recluse in the light J.D. Salinger made as much a career of hiding from the public as he made doing the writing that made his being a recluse necessary in the first place. His celebrated novel The Catcher in the Rye, captured the imagination of postwar America; reading the exploits of Holden Caulfield...

New York: David Mamet grows up For years he’s been considered the profane enfant terrible of American theater, but at 62, David Mamet — playwright, screenwriter, director and father of four — finds his enfant sensibilities facing down the shadows and realities of late middle age. A new Broadway production...

Prince gets set 2 hit the road With his new album 20Ten set for release soon, Prince on Thursday night announced plans for a limited U.S. concert tour starting on “a Purple Day in December in the year 2010.” The “Welcome 2 America” tour — his first big tour since 2004 — will feature a host of players on stages in the New York metro area. His Purpleness speaks below: ...