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Hybe-Ador feud should have limited effect on Hybe's overall performance: analysts
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Second Gimpo civil servant found dead, after apologizing for not finishing work
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DP leader says he will meet Yoon without conditions
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First-ever meeting of president, opposition chief set to finally happen
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Blinken calls on China to press N. Korea to end its 'dangerous' behavior
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NewJeans' singles, Japanese debut to proceed as planned, despite Hybe-Ador feud
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Experts raise concerns about Japan putting pressure on Naver over Line
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Samsung mobile chief, Google device head meet in Seoul
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More med professors to take day off each week while govt. urges them to stay
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South Korea to launch space security center under spy agency
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The New WorldOpening Feb. 21Drama. Crime. Thriller. Directed by Park Hoon-jung. Police officer Ja-sung (Lee Jung-jae) goes undercover to infiltrate Gold Moon, the biggest crime organization in Korea. He poses as a loyal member in an attempt to investigate the group under the command of his superior Kang, head of the police department (Choi Min-sik). After spending eight years in the mob, Ja-sung becomes the right-hand man to the gang’s second-in-command, Jung Chung (Hwang Jeong-min). When the Go
Feb. 15, 2013
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Josh Duhamel settles into a beach-book tempo for ‘Safe Haven’
There’s a tempting change of life/ change of pace subtext in the books and the movies made from the books of Nicholas Sparks. Things move slower, take on a gentler “beach novel” tempo. And that can be appealing, even to a Hollywood star married to a pop star.“You know, I think about that, from time to time,” says Josh Duhamel, star of “Transformers” movies and a string of romantic comedies, husband to Fergie of the Black Eyed Peas. “What would it be like, to just chuck everything for a while? I
Feb. 15, 2013
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Snubbed ‘Argo’ director Affleck to present at Oscars
LOS ANGELES (AFP) ― Ben Affleck will join the presenting cast for next week’s Oscars, organizers said Thursday, despite the perceived snub that saw him miss the best director nominees’ shortlist.“Hunger Games” star Jennifer Lawrence, nominated for best actress for romcom “Silver Linings Playbook,” and Jessica Chastain, frontrunner for her role in Osama bin Laden manhunt film “Zero Dark Thirty,” will also present awards.Affleck’s Iran hostage crisis drama “Argo” is nominated for best picture Osca
Feb. 15, 2013
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Actress recalls being abused, urge action against exploitation
Hollywood actress Thandie Newton revealed on Thursday her personal experience of being sexually abused as a teen, and urged people to take actions against violence against women.Newton, a 40-year-old British native, said in an interview with CNN that as a young actress, she was “objectified to the extremes” through the things she was expected to in auditions.She told of an incident that took place when she was 18. Newton had gone back for a second audition for a part in a movie when the director
Feb. 15, 2013
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Korean director frustrated with Hollywood system
It seems that his first foray into Hollywood wasn’t so easy for famed director Kim Jee-woon.“Hollywood may not be so great for (Korean) filmmakers,” said the director, after the press premiere of his Hollywood debut “The Last Stand” in Seoul on Wednesday.Kim, best known for his 2003 horror “A Tale of Two Sisters” and 2010 thriller “I Saw the Devil,” is back with a $30-million English-language film featuring Arnold Schwarzenegger in the lead. Directing the action flick in the U.S. was “lonely” a
Feb. 14, 2013
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Best Actress winners to present at Oscars
LOS ANGELES (AFP) ― Best Actress Oscar winners Halle Berry, Sandra Bullock, Nicole Kidman and Reese Witherspoon will be among the presenters at next week’s 85th Academy Awards, organizers said Wednesday. The four are the latest addition to the presenting cast at the February 24 show, which already includes former honorees Meryl Streep and Catherine Zeta-Jones.Berry won the award for her performance in “Monster’s Ball” (2001), Bullock for 2009’s “The Blind Side,” Kidman for “The Hours” (2002) and
Feb. 14, 2013
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And the Oscar for Best Nap Time goes to ...
NEW YORK (AP) ― Nancy Zwiers was genuinely psyched to see “Lincoln,’’ but something happened between the ticket purchase and the credits. Off screen, that is.“Yes, I fell asleep,’’ confessed the 54-year-old. “I only have two clear memories of the movie: a bunch of old white guys sitting around talking and Sally Field in a perpetual state of angst.’’That was shortly after its release in October. Fast forward to January, and a dozen Academy Award nominations for the 150-minute epic and another acc
Feb. 13, 2013
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‘The Berlin File’ hits 5 million mark
Celebrated writer-director Ryu Seung-wan’s latest blockbuster “The Berlin File” topped 5 million viewers in just 14 days, official data showed Tuesday.Starring Ha Jeong-woo, Gianna Jun (Jun Ji-hyun), and Ryu Seung-beom, the spy thriller tells the story of a North Korean agent (played by Ha) in Berlin who is betrayed by his home country when a clandestine arms deal goes awry and is exposed. He tries to escape the German city with his wife (played by Jun), who works as a German-Korean translator a
Feb. 13, 2013
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Binoche sought extremes with Berlinale contender
BERLIN (AFP) ― French Oscar winner Juliette Binoche stars as Auguste Rodin’s ex-lover and muse who was confined to an asylum in the Berlinale contender “Camille Claudel 1915,” a role she said attracted her for its extremes.Binoche, 48, who picked up her Academy Award for her 1997 turn as a World War II nurse in “The English Patient,” told AFP that she had exposed herself physically and mentally to play Claudel, who was a sculptor in her own right.“The real challenge was to be completely bare in
Feb. 13, 2013
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Actress Park among celebs investigated in drug probe
Popular actress Park Si-yeon is being investigated for the illegal use of the drug propofol, a type of anesthetic, after three other actresses were investigated on the same charge last month. The drug is classified as a psychotropic medicine in Korea.According to the Supreme Prosecutor’s Office, Park has been using the drug for non-medical purposes at a number of dermatology and plastic surgery clinics in Cheongdam-dong in southern Seoul. Actresses Lee Seung-yeon, Jang Mi-in-ae, and Hyun Young w
Feb. 13, 2013
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Hawke, Delpy considering follow-up to ‘Before Midnight’
BERLIN (AFP) ― Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy said they feel like they’ve grown up with their slow-burn romantic trilogy after the latest installment, “Before Midnight,” charmed the Berlinale Monday, and that they’re mulling a fourth film.In a 63rd edition light on big hits, the out-of-competition screening of the movie drew cheers from a packed cinema at the first major European film festival of the year, and Hawke and Delpy appeared moved by the reception.The actors linked up with Texas-based dir
Feb. 12, 2013
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‘New World’ a well-made noir with superb acting
Noted screenwriter Park Hoon-jung’s second feature film was finally unveiled to the press last week, featuring three heavyweight actors ― Choi Min-sik, Hwang Jeong-min and Lee Jung-jae ― in the lead.What the film deals with is nothing new, at least in Korean cinema: a criminal organization, its gangsters and the cops who try to chase them down. However, Park, who is best known for his screenplays for Kim Ji-woon’s “I Saw the Devil” and Ryu Seung-wan’s “The Unjust,” managed to create a heartless
Feb. 11, 2013
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Silver Lining PlaybookTo open Feb. 14Comedy. Romance. Directed by David O. Russel. Life is not rosy for Pat Solitano, Jr. (Bradley Cooper). He has lost his house, job and his wife. Now he is living with his mother (Jacki Weaver) and father (Robert DeNiro) after spending eight months in a mental health facility for bipolar disorder. Pat is determined to get his life back, to become positive and reconcile with his wife Nikki (Brea Bee). When Nikki sees how much he has changed, Pat meets Tiffany Ma
Feb. 7, 2013
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Soderbergh keeps us guessing about a drug’s ‘Side Effects’
Steven Soderbergh, rightly considered one of Hollywood’s smartest movie makers, is at his cleverest in “Side Effects,” a canny, cunning big-idea thriller in a minor key, an engrossing zeitgeist whodunit about Wall Street, Big Pharma, prescription drugs and the power we give psychiatry and psychologists.Put simply, it’s about a death, perhaps caused by an under-tested depression drug.Channing Tatum plays a Wall Street type just getting out of prison for securities fraud. Rooney Mara (of the Holly
Feb. 7, 2013
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Han Solo to get own ‘Star Wars’ movie
Hollywood‘s Walt Disney Co. is developing spinoff films about “Star Wars” icons Han Solo and Boba Fett, EW.com reported Wednesday.The studio this week confirmed several standalone “Star Wars” movies are in the works, as are three sequels to the established six-movie saga.However, no plot lines or release dates for the spinoff flicks have been officially announced. EW.com quoted sources as saying two of the standalone films will focus on young versions of fan favorites Han Solo, an intergalactic
Feb. 7, 2013
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‘Last’ Soderbergh film, French divas battle at Berlinale
BERLIN (AFP) ― Steven Soderbergh’s “last” movie, a battle of French screen icons and daring looks at homosexuality in the Catholic Church will vie for gold at the Berlin film festival starting Thursday.The 63rd Berlinale will open with martial arts epic “The Grandmaster” by Chinese arthouse favourite Wong Kar Wai (“In the Mood for Love”), who will also lead the jury handing out the Golden Bear top prize on Feb. 16.Nineteen productions including big-budget Hollywood movies, new work by European v
Feb. 5, 2013
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Korean-foreign productions create buzz for 2013
Famed filmmaker Bong Joon-ho’s upcoming Hollywood debut “Snowpiercer” is already creating much buzz in the film industry, and looks to be one of the most anticipated Korean-foreign joint productions of the year. The sci-fi film, jointly distributed by Korea’s CJ Entertainment and American film studio The Weinstein Company, features Tilda Swinton, Chris Evans and Jamie Bell, along with Korean heavyweight Song Kang-ho. But “Snowpiercer” isn’t the only film that moviegoers should be excited about.
Feb. 5, 2013
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‘Architecture 101’ producer heads KFPA
Film producer Lee Eun, whose works include last year’s hit romance “Architecture 101” and 2011 animated film “Leafie, A Hen into the Wild,” has been appointed the new head of the Korean Film Producers Association, the organization said on Monday.Lee, along with his wife and film producer Shim Jae-myung, founded their film house Myung Films in 1995. Their box office hits include “The Contact” (1997), “Joint Security Area” (2000), and “Forever the Moment” (2008). Lee and Shim last year announced t
Feb. 5, 2013
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Affleck’s ‘Argo’ wins Directors Guild top honor
LOS ANGELES (AP) ― Ben Affleck has won the top film honor from the Directors Guild of America for his CIA thriller “Argo,’’ further sealing its status as best-picture front-runner at the Academy Awards.Saturday’s prize also normally would make Affleck a near shoo-in to win best-director at the Feb. 24 Oscars, since the Directors Guild recipient nearly always goes on to claim the same prize at Hollywood’s biggest night.But Affleck surprisingly missed out on an Oscar directing nomination, along wi
Feb. 4, 2013
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How to Use Guys with Secret TipsTo be released Feb. 14Comedy. Directed by Lee Won-suk. Assistant commercial director Choi Bo-na (Lee Si-young) is hard-working, but she sorely lacks social skills, self-confidence, fashion sense, and aesthetic polish. Thanks to her indecisive personality, she does all the hard work. Battered with her late night duties, Bo-na has developed dark circles and a stringy nasty oily mess for her hair. Always ignored by men, Choi Bo-na has not dated in a long time; in fac
Feb. 1, 2013