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Brush Up On Your Golden Globes

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With yesterday’s announcement of the Golden Globe nominees, it’s officially awards season.  Before you watch them work the red carpet (and, perhaps, get tipsy during the broadcast…

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Love Virtually

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I’ve Seen This Movie Before…

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Actor Stephen Lang performing in an "amp suit," with director James Cameron by his side

Digital doubles become star players in Hollywood

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Dancers relax after performing during a Diwali Festival in Silicon Valley

Silicon Valley gets linguistic enlightenment from India

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The language of tech start-ups, innovation and business deals are deeply influenced by the many Indians who live and work in Silicon Valley.

Disney animator tackles Indian epic ‘Ramayana’ in new book

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Animator Sanjay Patel, an artist at Pixar who’s worked on “A Bugs Life” and “The Incredibles,” tries his hand at Hindu mythology.

High-tech filmmaking and “Avatar”

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The movie magic that went into “Avatar,” James Cameron’s highly anticipated 3-D, computer animated, $237 million, sci-fi film.

Virtual murder in Japan

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A woman has been arrested in Japan for deleting her virtual husband from an online video game.

What Race is Your Avatar?

Do you play video games? If so, what color is your avatar? Does it look like you? Or someone or something else entirely? Do you make presumptions about the identities of other players? Do they make them about you? In short, how does identity and race play out in our virtual worlds? Jeff Yang, organized […]

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