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Tom Tangney
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By day, you can hear Tom on Seattle's Morning News, and by night, he sits in the dark, making snide comments about what he sees on the silver screen.
Bonneville Seattle is raising funds for the construction of a second Fisher House at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Tacoma and we need your help.-
May 9, 2013 @ 7:30 am
'The Great Gatsby' opens Thursday; is this the new opening day?
"The Great Gatsby" officially opens this Friday but, as has been the tradition for over a decade, this latest Hollywood blockbuster will screen first late Thursday night. Continue reading > -
May 8, 2013 @ 10:55 am
Mike Daisey back on stage at Seattle Repertory Theatre
Mike Daisey caused a sensation a year and a half ago with his one-man show "The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs." Continue reading > -
May 7, 2013 @ 11:05 am
Johnny Depp could be at his creepiest yet in next role for 'Into the Woods'
As the world awaits the latest Johnny Depp incarnation - he plays Tonto in The Lone Ranger opening this July - Depp is busy lining up new projects. Continue reading > -
May 3, 2013 @ 8:42 am
'Distractions' have the Iron Man franchise off course
Robert Downey Jr. is back for a fourth go-round as Iron Man, after two blockbuster Iron Man movies and last summer's even more spectacular Avengers film. Continue reading > -
May 2, 2013 @ 4:37 pm
Megan Griffiths directs a harrowing, award-winning film about sex slavery
"Eden" is the name of a harrowing new movie about sex trafficking. It opens in theatres on Friday, a year after winning awards at the Seattle International Film Festival. Continue reading > -
May 2, 2013 @ 7:35 am
May Day in Seattle wasn't all bad
Sure a couple hundred protestors caused a ruckus after dark Wednesday night. But let's not forget that thousands upon thousands of demonstrators rallied peacefully for social and political causes. Continue reading > -
May 1, 2013 @ 7:32 am
A 2013 summer blockbuster preview
It's the time for blockbusters and sequels, superheroes and superstars. Welcome to the summer movie season. Continue reading > -
May 2, 2013 @ 9:11 am
Dead soap operas get a new life to live online
"One Life To Live," apparently, has two lives to live. So does "All My Children." Not quite two years after being canceled on ABC, these two daytime dramas resurfaced Monday on the web. Continue reading > -
April 29, 2013 @ 8:42 am
Applicants make their best case to go to Mars - and never come back
Space travel is not exactly a sure thing, but a Dutch company is sure enough about it to start accepting paid applications for a trip to Mars. Continue reading > -
April 26, 2013 @ 7:30 am
'Boeing Boeing' at Seattle Rep is like a 'Mad Men' French-style farce
You may have seen or heard the ads for the new play at the Seattle Rep called "Boeing Boeing." But be warned, its very local title is a bit misleading. Continue reading >