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Cate Blanchett takes first steps on Paris stage

TheaterMar 29, 2012

PARIS (AFP) ― Oscar-winning Australian actress Cate Blanchett takes her first steps on the Paris stage on Thursday, playing a lonesome woman in the lead role of the surreal 1970s play “Big and Small.” Written by German playwright Botho Strauss in West Berlin before the fall of the Wall, and adapted in English by Martin Crimp, the work tells the story of Lotte, who falls apart when her husband de...
Aerosmith promises new album in 3 months

MusicMar 29, 2012

LOS ANGELES (AP) ― Aerosmith has reunited with longtime producer Jack Douglas and the band says it will release a new album in three months. Steven Tyler said Aerosmith was finishing two final songs for the album, its first since 2004’s “Honkin’ on Bobo.’’ Joined Wednesday by Joe Perry, Tom Hamilton and Joey Kramer at a Los Angeles mall, Tyler revealed three track titles: “Legendary Child,’’ “Be...
Winehouse family to get her $4.66 million fortune

MusicMar 29, 2012

Records show Amy Winehouse left an estate worth 2.94 million pounds ($4.66 million)) after her death last year. The 27-year-old soul diva was found dead in bed on July 23 at her London home. Probate documents showed Wednesday that she left behind assets totaling more than 4.25 million pounds ($6.7 million), with 2.94 million pounds ($4.66 million) remaining after debts and taxes. Since Winehou...
James Cameron pilots plans for 3-D film about ocean dive

FilmMar 29, 2012

LOS ANGELES (AP) ― James Cameron will star in his next big-screen adventure, a chronicle of the expedition on which he has made record-setting ocean dives. Cameron said he plans a TV special for National Geographic and a 3-D theatrical release on the Deepsea Challenger missions, which included his 11-kilometer descent to the ocean’s deepest point in the Marianas Trench in the western Pacific. It...
Rihanna avoids questions about Ashton Kutcher

FilmMar 29, 2012

Rihanna isn't being drawn into questions about her relationship with Ashton Kutcher. At a press conference for her debut movie ``Battleship,'' the singer dismissed questions about whether she's involved with the ``Two And a Half Men'' star, after reports that she visited his house in Los Angeles. When asked if Kutcher would be joining her in London for her promotional trip, Rihanna called the q...
Park Jin-young opens N.Y. restaurant

Mar 28, 2012

Korean music mogul Park Jin-young has become an owner of a Korean barbecue restaurant in New York, featuring a special grill that he invented. Park, CEO and founder of JYP Entertainment, a major K-pop record label and management company in Korea, held a press meeting in New York on Monday announcing the news. The newly opened restaurant, Kristalbelli, is located in Manhattan near Korea town, an...
Korean stars participate in charity auction

Mar 28, 2012

Social Welfare Society will open an online charity auction from March 29 through April 10. Korean stars including actor Lee Byung-hun, actor and singer Lee Seung-gi, 2PM’s Nichkhun and Girls’ Generation’s Tiffany have donated their personal items for the charity event. Lee Byung-hun donated his caps for the auction while Lee Sueng-gi donated his sneakers that he wore on a television show. Tiff...
Photo albums related to Nazi art theft unveiled

TheaterMar 28, 2012

DALLAS (AP) ― Among the items U.S. soldiers seized from Adolf Hitler’s Bavarian Alps hideaway in the closing days of World War II were albums meticulously documenting an often forgotten Nazi crime ― the massive pillaging of artwork and other cultural items as German troops marched through Europe. Two of those albums ― one filled with photographs of works of art, the other with snapshots of furni...
French ‘Snow White’ ballet aims to cast spell in U.S.

TheaterMar 28, 2012

LOS ANGELES (AFP) ―French choreographer Angelin Preljocaj is hoping to cast a spell on US audiences with his ballet “Snow White,” an adaptation of what he calls the “thriller” fairytale by the Brothers Grimm. The edgy dance master created the 2008 work ― which opens in California this week before moving to the East Coast ― as a tribute to the great 19th-century romantic ballets like Swan Lake, C...
Exhibition dedicated to humble folk song

TheaterMar 28, 2012

Another interesting item is the copy of a record by American jazz musician Oscar Pettiford, titled “Ah Dee Dong Blues.” The jazz double bassist and composer visited Korea during the Korean War (1950-1953) to perform for the American soldiers. He is said to have listened to the melody of “Arirang” while he was in the bathroom, as someone outside was whistling the song. He wrote down the notes of ...
Big Bang and 2NE1 release albums in Japan

Mar 28, 2012

Pop groups Big Bang and 2NE1 released their new albums in Japan on Wednesday. Big Bang’s latest album, “Alive,” includes “Feeling,” a collaborative effort among Big Bang’s G-Dragon, Top and world-famous German artist Boys Noize,“ that has been selected as the opening theme song for Japanese TV animation series ”Transformers:Prime.“ 2NE1’s first regular album in Japan, ”Collection,“ features 12 ...
New Superstar K to look for hidden talent, create another touching story

Mar 28, 2012

Pop star Psy replaces Yoon Jong-shin on TV audition program Mnet’s “Superstar K4” will differentiate itself from the increasing number of audition programs here by discovering genuine musical talent and delivering touching stories from millions of applicants who dream of becoming a star, according one of the show’s judges. “The goal of the program is not only to introduce new talent to Korean a...
Ko Hyeon-jeong says hosting own show not a cakewalk

TelevisionMar 28, 2012

Actress’ stint as MC for new SBS talk show ‘not easy’ The overriding question overshadowing veteran actress Ko Hyeon-jeong’s new SBS talk show ― whose title “GO Show” takes its cue from her last name ― is whether or not this accomplished thespian has the verve, the wit and the quick-thinking ability to helm her own program. If the highlight reel that ran at the show’s press conference in Mokdon...
Art critic Hilton Kramer dies at 84

TheaterMar 28, 2012

NEW YORK (AP) ― Hilton Kramer, the former chief art critic at The New York Times and founding editor of The New Criterion magazine, has died. He was 84. Kramer’s wife Esta said he had been suffering from a blood disease, and died early Tuesday. He had been in an assisted living facility in Harpswell, Maine. Kramer started his work as an art critic in the early 1950s and joined the Times in 1965...
Susan Boyle takes to stage in new musical of her life

MusicMar 28, 2012

Scottish singer Susan Boyle made a triumphant return to the British stage Tuesday at the premiere of a musical charting her rise from humble church volunteer to global superstar. Wearing a glittering red dress, the 50-year-old received several standing ovations as she sang her signature tune, “I Dreamed A Dream”, at the opening night of the musical of the same name in Newcastle, northeastern Eng...