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Blinken calls on China to press N. Korea to end its 'dangerous' behavior
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New celebrity-endorsed therapy for face contouring requires only a pair of rubber bands
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Tensions heighten ahead of first president-opposition chief meeting
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Seoul to provide housing subsidy to married couples with newborns
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[Weekender] How DDP emerged as an icon of Seoul
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Rapper jailed after public street fight with another rapper
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Woman gets suspended term for injuring boyfriend with knife
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[KH Explains] No more 'Michael' at Kakao Games
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Doctor group's incoming head renews call for govt. to scrap medical school quota hike for dialogue
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NewJeans pops out ‘Bubble Gum’ video amid troubles at agency
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Director Lee defends pace of Berlin’s sole Asian entry
BERLIN (AFP) ― The sole Asian contender for the Berlin film festival’s Golden Bear top prize, minimalist South Korean breakup drama “Come Rain, Come Shine,” met with jeers from critics Thursday.It tells the story of a woman who announces to her husband she is leaving him but, before she goes, spends one last day with him in their home ― an experience that fills them both with longing and regret.“S
Feb. 18, 2011
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Come Rain, Come Shine (Korea)Opening Mar. 3Drama. Directed by Lee Yoon-ki. A woman (Im Soo-jeong), who has been married for five years, one day tells her husband she wants to leave him for another man. The husband (Hyun Bin), an introvert who rarely speaks his mind, does not ask her why. On the day she moves out, he makes coffee and wraps her favorite teacup so she can take it with her. The film f
Feb. 18, 2011
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Feb. 11 ― feb. 131. Detective K : Secret Of Virtuous WidowOpened Jan. 27Directed by Kim Seok-yoonStarring Kim Myeong-min, Han Ji-min2. Tangled (Rapunzel)Opened Feb. 10 Directed by Nathan Greno, Byron HowardStarring Mandy Moore, Zachary Levi 3. SanctumOpened Feb. 10Directed by Alister GriersonStarring Richard Roxburgh, Ioan Gruffudd4. Battlefield HeroesOpened Jan. 27Directed by Lee Joon-ikStarring
Feb. 18, 2011
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He-men of a certain age contend with young rivals
This summer, 68-year-old Harrison Ford will be mixing it up with Old West-invading extraterrestrials in “Cowboys & Aliens.” Next month, 67-year-old Robert De Niro will star in the action thriller “Limitless.” When “The Expendables II” opens in 2012, the combined age of its top five prospective stars, God willing, will be 291 years.The landscape of recent motion pictures, in particular Manly Movies
Feb. 18, 2011
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Iranian drama cheered at Berlin fest
BERLIN (AFP) ― A warmly applauded Iranian drama emerged Tuesday as a front-runner at the Berlin film festival, which is throwing the spotlight on the country’s embattled film-makers.“Nader and Simin: A Separation” by Asghar Farhadi, who won a best director prize for his haunting film “About Elly” at the 2009 festival, brings another fascinating portrait of contemporary Iranian urbanites to the scr
Feb. 16, 2011
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Documentary ‘The Last Tundra’ shows culture’s respect for nature
They follow the stars and the moon when they travel, melt gigantic pieces of ice for drinking water, and use natural moss for baby diapers and dish washing ― all in minus-50 degree weather.SBS documentary “The Last Tundra ― Movie Edition” offers a very rare glimpse into the life of the Nenets, the last reindeer herding nomads living in Siberian tundra. Through a yearly migration of more than a tho
Feb. 13, 2011
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Liz Taylor treated for congestive heart failure
LOS ANGELES (AP) _ Elizabeth Taylor remained in a Los Angeles hospital on Saturday for treatment of congestive heart failure. Oscar-winning actress Elizabeth Taylor remained in a Los Angeles hospital on Saturday for treatment of congestive heart failure. (AP)The Oscar-winning actress' condition was unchanged, her spokeswoman Sally Morrison said early Saturday afternoon. She did not know how long T
Feb. 13, 2011
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Late Autumn (Korea)Opening Feb. 17Drama. Directed by Kim Tae-yong. Prisoner Anna (Tang Wei), a Chinese-American woman who murdered her husband seven years ago, is released from jail for three days to attend her mother’s funeral in Seattle. In the bus heading to Seattle, Anna runs into Hoon (Hyun Bin), a Korean gigolo. Spending the next 72 hours together, the two begin to develop genuine feelings f
Feb. 11, 2011
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Elton John takes surprising turn with ‘Gnomeo & Juliet’
The image of Elton John in bejeweled stacked shoes, garish glasses and colorful costumes will forever be a part of the 1970s. But these days, he presents a very different image ― both professionally and personally.“As I grow older, I’m much more content in my own skin,” says John, who is dressed in black and wearing a pair of John Lennon-style sunglasses. The 63-year-old music icon is doing interv
Feb. 11, 2011
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FEB. 4 ― FEB. 61. Detective K : Secret Of Virtuous WidowOpened Jan. 27Directed by Kim Seok-yoonStarring Kim Myeong-min, Han Ji-min2. Gulliver’s TravelsOpened Jan. 27Directed by Rob LettermanStarring Jack Black3. Battlefield HeroesOpened Jan. 27Directed by Lee Joon-ikStarring Jeong Jin-yeong, Seon Woo-seon 4. GloveOpened Jan. 20Directed by Kang Woo-seokStarring Jeong Jae-young5. ShanghaiOpened Jan.
Feb. 11, 2011
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‘The Roommate’ and more movie odd couples
Dirty dishes in the sink, wet towels on the bathroom floor, soiled clothes strewn around the apartment and loud music playing at all hours of the day and night. Or maybe obsessive neatness, enforced quiet hours, spying on your comings and goings, and bizarre food habits.Lousy roommate? Check.We’ve all been there. Stuck in a college dorm room with a computer-selected jerk who smokes copious amounts
Feb. 11, 2011
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Story of ‘Late Autumn’ beyond words
We human beings heavily rely on words. To communicate and interact, to defend and protect, and to love and care. Yet director Kim Tae-yong’s newly released film, “Late Autumn,” tells a love story of two strangers who do not use a lot of words to share their innermost feelings.Co-starring Korean actor Hyun Bin and Chinese actress Tang Wei, “Late Autumn” is a remake of Korean director Lee Man-hee’s
Feb. 10, 2011
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Filmmaker Yang heads to Berlinale with dreams for future
Sassy and streetwise, this 25-year-old knows what she wants in a film.Film student and director Yang Hyo-joo, whose short film “Broken Night” has been officially invited to Berlin International Film Festival’s (Berlinale) competition section this year, could not hide her obvious talent and artistic nature.“Broken Night” is the third film Yang has ever made. And it was initially a graduation projec
Feb. 7, 2011
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Hot property: built for an Oscar winner
Actor, singer and tween idol Carlos Pena Jr., 21, has bought a Mediterranean-style home in the San Fernando Valley for close to its $1.5 million asking price.The 560-square-meter villa is set back from the road on a gated lot. The paver-stone courtyard is punctuated by a fountain, and the custom front door, with leaded and beveled glass and side lights, opens to a two-story foyer with limestone fl
Jan. 31, 2011
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Sundance ‘Family’ offers glimpse of Ukraine racism
PARK CITY, Utah (AFP) ― “Family Portrait in Black and White” has brought the story of a woman raising 16 black orphans in Ukraine, an overwhelmingly white and often racist society, to the Sundance film festival.The searing film by Julia Ivanova, a Russian filmmaker based in Canada, is up for the documentary grand prize at the independent film festival here in the western U.S. mountains of Utah, which closes on Sunday.Set in Sumy, a town of 300,000 inhabitants in northeast Ukraine, the film follo
Jan. 30, 2011
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So you want to be a filmmaker?
Bill Pryor is living proof that a career in film (as it used to be called) can flourish far away from the coasts.For almost 50 years, Pryor, 68, has specialized in “industrials,” promotional and training films made for corporate clients. The Texas native was studying journalism at the University of Oklahoma when he began to dabble in film.He worked for a few years in St. Louis before joining Kansa
Jan. 28, 2011
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In awards season, movie leakers are ‘Enemy Within’
LOS ANGELES (AP) ― Every year around now, tens of thousands of DVDs of movies still playing in theaters are sent by Hollywood studios to Oscar, Golden Globe and other awards voters.Every year, some of these discs are copied, and the movies end up being shared online, where they can cut into theater-ticket and DVD sales.This time, studios are taking a new approach to prevent this kind of piracy, an
Jan. 28, 2011
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JAN. 21 ― JAN. 231. GloveOpened Jan. 20Directed by Kang Woo-seokStarring Jeong Jae-young2. Megamind Opened Jan. 13Directed by Tom McGrathStarring Will Ferrell, Brad Pitt3. Hello GhostOpened Dec. 22Directed by Kim Yeong-takStarring Cha Tae-hyeon, Kang Ye-won 4. Love and Other DrugsOpened Jan. 13Directed by Edward ZwickStarring Jake Gyllenhaal, Anne Hathaway5. Season of the WitchOpened Jan. 13Direct
Jan. 28, 2011
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Confessions (Japan) Opening Feb. 17Thriller. Directed by Tetsuya Nakashima. Middle school teacher Yoko (Takako Matsu), whose 4-year-old daughter has recently died, tells her class that she believes two of her own students murdered her beloved girl. Though the police have closed the case without pressing charges, Yoko announces that she will punish the two students herself. Yoko’s revenge then begi
Jan. 28, 2011
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Tired eyes of festival gatekeepers watch for next great film
It sounded like a dream job: plop down on a couch, throw some popcorn in the microwave and spend your days watching movies.That’s what Christine Davila thought, anyway. The 32-year-old Los Angeles resident had spent years toiling as an assistant to a number of Hollywood producers before she finally got a shot at her ideal gig ― working as a programming associate for the Sundance Film Festival, the
Jan. 28, 2011