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LAist is flashing a sad peace out to their editor Carolyn Kellogg with one hand and bumping knuckles with their new head typist L.A. blogger king Tony Pierce with the other. Where do ist editors go when they hang up the 'editorial we'? They take on MySpace, apparently. At least Ben Brown does. Austinist reminds of the just rewards of less savory careers this week and then they witness the Arctic Monkeys and We Are......

Remember how Memorial Day weekend used to be the official kickoff to the summer movie season? This year has thrown that conventional wisdom out the proverbial window. Three “event” films have already had their shot at a stellar opening weekend this month: The Da Vinci Code, Mission Impossible III and Poseidon. While the latter two haven’t exactly lived up to expectations (especially Poseidon), Da Vinci Code had so many people flocking to the theater, you’d......

Before we tell you about two local, movie-related events happening this weekend, let us first dispense with the Da Vinci-sized elephant in the room. If you have yet to jump on The Da Vinci Code bandwagon, you probably never will, though you’ll likely live a full and rewarding life without having done so. For research purposes, Chicagoist delved into the book this week and the experience was a bit like trying to run through 10......

The Scholastic BookExpo will be in Chicago this weekend, featuring some of their biggest names in children's lit. Among them, and signing on Friday morning, will be Blue Balliett, whose book -1/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl14/102-2031419-6083351?v=glance&s=books&n=507846">Chasing Vermeer has been billed "the Da Vinci Code for tweens," is C8B63">getting raves, and is set in and around Chicago. The illustrations are by Brett Helquist, the man famous for his drawings for the Lemony Snicket series.......