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Grease lightning: thieves nab Travolta's wheels

FilmSept 20, 2011

Thieves stole John Travolta's vintage Mercedes-Benz while he was gone for only minutes -- visiting a Jaguar dealership -- police said. The "Grease" and "Pulp Fiction" star left his vintage Mercedes-Benz 280SL parked in a residential district in Santa Monica on Sunday, said Sergeant Richard Lewis. But when he returned from the nearby car dealership the sports car was gone. "He parked the car in...
Koreans in U.S. stay connected to their roots

TheaterSept 19, 2011

Korean Culture Day celebrated at Asian Art Museum of San Francisco SAN FRANCISCO -- Korean music, delicate traditional patchworks, exquisite Buncheong ceramics and hands-on artistic activities brought a wide range of people together in the Korean spirit in San Francisco on Saturday. The Korea Foundation Korean Culture Day, a celebratory event of the opening of “Poetry in Clay: Korean Buncheong ...
J Rabbit delivers message of love, hope

MusicSept 19, 2011

YouTube, use of IT gadgets help quickly spread indie duo’s musical talents While idol-centered K-pop has been heavily covered by the media, the Korean indie scene has received relatively little attention. This is the ninth installment of a series of interviews shedding light on the scene. ― Ed. They almost never stay quiet or calm, just like rabbits. Jung Da-woon and Jung Hye-sun, the members ...
Artists should show consistency: Jung

TheaterSept 19, 2011

Designer’s four menswear lines target both high-end and mass market with classic twist This is the seventh in a series of articles on up-and-coming Korean designers. ― Ed. If the South Korean designer best recognized in Paris had to be named, it would be Jung Wook-jun. Since the 2007 F/W collection, Jung has been showcasing his designs at Paris Fashion Week every season. Chanel head designer Ka...
Kate Winslet wins best actress in mini-series Emmy

FilmSept 19, 2011

British actress Kate Winslet won the best actress in a mini-series Emmy, for her role in period drama "Mildred Pierce." The Oscar-winning star plays a divorcee single mother who opens a restaurant to survive in the Great Depression in the drama, for which her English-born co-star Guy Pearce won best supporting actor Emmy moments earlier. Winslet gave a short acceptance speech saying she "didn't...
‘I don’t want to be forgotten’: Insooni

MusicSept 18, 2011

Pop diva still sings at nightclubs, after 30 years of career success Even after a very successful career of about 30 years, pop diva Insooni still fondly remembers her humble beginnings. “I still sing at nightclubs about six or seven times a year,” Insooni told The Korea Herald Thursday after a press showing of the musical “Cats,” in which she stars as Grizabella. “It’s where my career started...
Oscar time: Film fests preview awards prospects

FilmSept 18, 2011

TORONTO (AP) ― Now that the summer blockbusters have been tucked away, it’s time for Hollywood’s next big season: the marathon haul to Academy Awards night. The Toronto International Film Festival that ran through Sunday and the recently wrapped Telluride and Venice film fests are the usual starting points for awards season, with studios trotting out contenders months ahead of time to spark Osca...
China media watchdog pulls smash-hit talent show

TelevisionSept 18, 2011

BEIJING (AFP) ― China’s media watchdog has pulled the plug on the nation’s smash-hit answer to “American Idol” to make way for shows that “provide practical information for housework,” state media said Saturday. Much like its U.S. counterpart, “Super Girl” ― launched in 2004 ― proved an instant hit, attracting hundreds of millions of viewers and turning some of its singing contestants into natio...
Tony Bennett marks 85 with new duet album

MusicSept 18, 2011

U.S. singer-painter says he’s still learning and growing even more Late singer Amy Winehouse once described Tony Bennett as follows: “He could sing the phone book and it would sound fantastic.” Her final recording was duet “Body and Soul” with Bennett, which is the third track on the 85-year-old’s new album “Tony Bennett: Duet II,” scheduled to hit the shelves Tuesday. Five years after the rel...
Reality TV’s big potential for export

TelevisionSept 16, 2011

Expert calls for bigger investment for development of programming formats KBS reality show “1 Night, 2 Days,” which has aired every Sunday evening since 2007, not only introduces Korea’s most beautiful hidden tourism spots, but makes its contestants play for the right to sleep indoors, have breakfast, or skip on jumping into ice water. Even people who don’t speak Korean watch the program on You...
Industrial art attack

TheaterSept 16, 2011

Old tobacco factory hosts international craft biennale; soy sauce factory spruces up Two of South Korea’s oldest and dullest-looking factories have been given a makeover. Although they may not be as dazzling as Willy Wonka’s magical factory in Roald Dahl’s “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,” the old tobacco factory in Cheongju, North Chungcheong Province, and the fully operating Sempio soy sau...
Highlights

MusicSept 16, 2011

Classical Music “Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra”: The world-renowned Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, led by conductor Simon Rattle, will come to Seoul again for concerts for two days on Nov. 15 and Nov. 16. Sponsored by Samsung Electronics and organized by Kumho Asiana Cultural Foundation, the first evening concert will take place at the Seoul Arts Center’s Concert Hall for Mahler Symphony No. 9 i...
Box Office

FilmSept 16, 2011

Countdown (Korea) Opening Sept. 29 Action. Drama. Directed by Heo Jong-ho. Debt collector Tae Geon-ho (Jeong Jae-young), who lost his son five years ago, one day finds out he has liver cancer. The only way for him to survive is to get a liver transplant in the next 10 days, from a woman named Cha Ha-yeon (Jeon Do-yeon), who apparently has the matching organ. Cha turns out to be a seductive swin...
Eye-like

MusicSept 16, 2011

U.K.’s Katy B is a girl ’On A Mission’ Katy B, “On A Mission” (Rinse FM / Columbia Records) Katy B, the so-called “queen of dubstep,” recently was nominated for the 2011 Mercury Music Prize for her debut album, “On a Mission.” And her competition included more established U.K. artists such as Adele, Tinie Tempah and PJ Harvey. Although she didn’t take home the big prize, the 22-year-old stan...
Rod Lurie remakes classic ‘Straw Dogs’ for a new generation

FilmSept 16, 2011

Rod Lurie, director of the politically charged dramas “Deterrence,” “The Contender” and “Nothing but the Truth,” has spent plenty of time in the hot seat. But the controversies over those movies are nothing compared to the tempest that is certain to accompany his latest film: a remake of Sam Peckinpah’s polarizing 1971 classic, “Straw Dogs.” “One of these days I want to make a romantic comedy wh...

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