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IBM's Watson on 'Jeopardy': The machine has won
L.A. Times Tech BlogThe machine has won. Watson defeated the two top champions "Jeopardy" has so-far produced: Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter. The IBM supercomputer finished the final round of competition on Wednesday night with $77,147 in winnings over Jennings' $24,000 and... -
Natalie Portman's 'Lolita' clutch
Jacket CopyNatalie Portman carried an Olympia Le-Tan purse made of Vldimir Nabakov's notorious novel Lolita to the premiere of Black Swan.... -
Beyond 'Black Swan': Underrated dance movies that deserve a second chance
Culture MonsterDance movies are officially cool again thanks to "Black Swan," the nightmarish thriller starring Natalie Portman that is set in the world of New York's classical ballet. The Darren Aronofsky film has been racking up award nominations while proving to........ -
Watson wins 'Jeopardy!' finale; Ken Jennings welcomes 'our new computer overlords'
Show TrackerWatson wins 'Jeopardy!'; Ken Jennings, Brad Rutter defeated... -
Dark Passages: 21st century Sherlock Holmes
Special to the Los Angeles TimesIt's far too easy to stereotype an avid fan of Sherlock Holmes, Arthur Conan Doyle's storied and much-beloved detective. After all, the pipe-smoking deductive genius, since his birth in the pages of Strand magazine in 1887, has inspired many admirers to...Tags: Halloween, Crimes, Crime, Law and Justice, Murder
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Getting bookishly appy with the iPhone
Jacket CopyLately people have been asking me with excitement what apps I've got on my iPhone, and I shrug and change the subject. It's a phone, it plays music, it gives me directions, it lets me e-mail from as many accounts...... -
Theater review: 'Children of the Night' at the Beverly Hills Playhouse
Culture MonsterTurns out Bram Stoker was once a vampire???s assistant. The ???Dracula??? author???s day job was managing actor Henry Irving, a Victorian A-lister whose massive ego sucked the life out of his entourage ??? and was the inspiration for Stoker???s immortal..... -
Listen in on sound masters at the Academy's 'Horrorshow'
The Hero ComplexContinuing our countdown to Halloween is another Susan King special touting what will be a cool look by many of the creators of audible terror at some of film's greatest scary tales -- from 1925's "The Phantom of the Opera"...... -
A 'Dracula' sourcebook that will stoke fans
Jacket CopyItâs probably no surprise, but vampires are No. 2 on the list of top adult Halloween costumes this year, according to a survey by the National Retail Federation. (No. 1, by the way, is witch; No. 3, pirate.) Thanks to...... -
Castro was kept up all night by 'Dracula'
Jacket CopyA new documentary about Fidel Castro reveals stories about the Cuban revolutionary as told by the luminaries who'd met him. The documentary "Anecdotas Sobre Fidel," or "Fidel Anecdotes," which has screened at the Havana film festival, features... -
Bravo's 'Work of Art' tries for something novel, falls flat
Culture MonsterIn its third episode, Bravo's "Work of Art: The Next Great Artist" threw the book at its remaining contestants, and the results weren't pretty. The reality TV show challenged its participants to create cover art for a series of classic...... -
Who do you write like?
Jacket CopyAre your characters as snazzy as James Bond? Are your sentences lyrical as those in "Lolita"? Pop a few paragraphs into the website I Write Like to find out if you write like Ian Fleming or Vladimir Nabokov. You might......
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