Movie sensation “The Hunger Games” survived fresh competition from the “Titanic” and the gross-out “American Pie” gang to notch its third domestic box office win over the weekend. “Hunger Games” took in $33.5 million at U.S. and Canadian theaters from Friday through Sunday and lifted its domestic sales through three weekends to $302.8 million, according to studio estimates released on Sunday. T...

Korean entertainer and race car driver Ryu Si-won was reported on Monday to have filed for divorce. Local dailies reported Monday that Ryu’s wife had filed for divorce on March 22, seeking to end the couple’s 18-month marriage. The reasons for the split have not been disclosed. On Monday, Ryu canceled the annual pre-race event for his team, EXR Team 106, scheduled for April 17. R’s Company, Ry...

The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Korea has won an international award for its innovative digital catalog. “National Museum of Contemporary Art Digital Publishing Campaign” received the silver prize at the Fourth Annual Internationalist’s Awards for Innovation in Media held last week in New York. The digital catalog project contains materials related to a 2011 MOCA exhibition featuring 2...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ― To fans and the countless collectors who helped build painter Thomas Kinkade’s commercial art empire, his idealized vision of the world usually served as a simple, soothing addition to the living room wall: a soft depiction of a churning seascape or a colorful garden or a cottage brimming with warm light. Kinkade’s vision, and the artworks he prolifically created from it, pa...

Korean girl group T-ara will add new members to become a nine-member group for the upcoming album, the group’s agency announced on Friday. The new members will be revealed together with T-ara’s new album release in July, according to the T-ara’s management agency Core Contents Media. “T-ara will change from the current seven to a nine-member system, and if needed, we will replace old members,” ...

HONG KONG (AFP) ― China’s booming movie industry is attracting interest from Hollywood heavyweights, as they chase bigger box-office returns to offset tighter margins at home. Films with Asian and especially Chinese themes are becoming more prominent after Hollywood hit a 16-year low in movie tickets sales last year, while some of its biggest studios are setting up shop in the country. DreamWor...

Korean girl group T-ara will add new members to become a nine-member group for the upcoming album, the group’s agency announced on Friday. The new members will be revealed together with T-ara’s new album release in July, according to the T-ara’s management agency Core Contents Media. “T-ara will change from the current seven to a nine-member system, and if needed, we will replace old members,” ...

Dance “Spartacus”: Korean National Ballet presents the tragic tale of “Spartacus.” Packed with dynamic, manly choreography by Yuri Grigorovich, the ballet is expected to be a long-awaited changed of pace for ballet-goers who are tired of bubbly, romantic ballet. It will run from April 13-15 at Seoul Arts Center’s Opera Theater in Seocho-dong, southern Seoul. Tickets range from 5,000 won to 100,0...

Eungyo (Korea), Opening April 26 Drama. Directed by Jung Ji-woo. Lee Jeok-yo (Park Hae-il) is a celebrated poet in his 70s, considered one of the most respected literary figures in the country. He one day receives a visit from a 17-year-old girl named Eun-gyo (Kim Go-eun). He finds himself falling for the teenager, while his young student Seo Ji-woo (Kim Moo-yeol) is evidently attracted to the y...