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Hybe-Ador feud should have limited effect on Hybe's overall performance: analysts
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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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Experts raise concerns about Japan putting pressure on Naver over Line
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South Korea to launch space security center under spy agency
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More med professors to take day off each week while govt. urges them to stay
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Hybe refutes Ador CEO Min's denial of breach of trust
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S. Korea, Japan could consider simplified entry agreement: Seoul official
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Legoland Korea Resort to open until 9 p.m.
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[Weekender] How DDP emerged as an icon of Seoul
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Berlin museum spotlights Scorsese in exclusive show
BERLIN (AFP) ― A Berlin museum will Wednesday open what it called the first exhibition worldwide dedicated to the work of veteran U.S. film-maker Martin Scorsese, who opened his vast archive for the show.Featuring relics such as Robert De Niro’s shirt drenched in fake blood from “Cape Fear” and his battered boxing gloves from “Raging Bull,” the show at the Museum for Film and Television offers an in-depth look at Scorsese’s half-century of cinema.The 70-year-old Oscar winner was unable to attend
Jan. 10, 2013
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Emma Watson mistaken for child at JFK airport
British actress Emma Watson expressed embarrassment on Twitter over an officer’s mistake at JFK airport in New York last month. The 22-year-old was stopped by airport officials when they mistook her for an unaccompanied minor, even though Watson is a world-famous star who played a major role in the "Harry Potter" film series.Watson described the situation she underwent on Twitter on Dec. 23, 2012. Passport control asked “Unaccompanied minor?” and Watson responded “Sorry?” To the following questi
Jan. 10, 2013
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Honorary Busan citizen Tom Cruise talks ‘Jack Reacher’
Hollywood actor Tom Cruise made his sixth visit to Korea on Wednesday, this time to promote his upcoming thriller “Jack Reacher” and receive honorary citizenship from Busan. An adaptation of English author Lee Child’s 2005 novel “One Shot,” the film features Cruise as the eponymous ex-military man with no fixed address. Throughout the film, he steps into crime scenes out of nowhere and discovers new leads.“Jack Reacher is not an executor -- he is more of a character who gets into the story and d
Jan. 10, 2013
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Klaus Kinski daughter accuses him of years of sex abuse
The elder daughter of the late German film icon Klaus Kinski accused him Wednesday of sexually abusing her for several years from the time she was a small child.Pola Kinski said the diminutive fair-haired actor who died in 1991 had molested her repeatedly from the age of five until she turned 19, in an interview with weekly magazine Stern ahead of the release of a tell-all book she has written.The notoriously volatile but prolific star of "Fitzcarraldo" and "Aguirre, the Wrath of God" and a freq
Jan. 10, 2013
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First ‘Pororo’ movie to be played on 6,000 screens in China
The beloved Korean animated penguin Pororo from the children’s TV series “Pororo the Little Penguin” will now be seen on 6,000 screens across China. “Pororo, The Racing Adventure” is the first full-length 3-D feature movie version of the popular TV show and is the largest release for an international animated movie in China, according to the film’s distributor CJ Entertainment. The movie was produced in commemoration of the 10th anniversary of Pororo and the animation series, which was developed
Jan. 10, 2013
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China becomes world's No 2 movie market: media
Moviegoers in China spent 17 billion yuan ($2.7 billion) on tickets last year, turning the country into the second-largest film market in the world, the state news agency Xinhua said on Wednesday.Sales rose 30 percent from 2011, it said, citing the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT), underscoring the rapid growth that has long attracted Hollywood despite China's tight restrictions on foreign films.After years of pressure, China in 2012 agreed to increase the number of fil
Jan. 9, 2013
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Revisiting BIFF 2012
An Oscar-shortlisted Israeli-Palestinian documentary is in the lineup for the upcoming screening of last year’s BIFF highlights. Starting Thursday, Seoul’s Indie Plus Theater is showcasing a total of eight works screened at last year’s Busan International Film Festival (BIFF), including “5 Broken Cameras,” which features the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The documentary received a 5 million won ($4,700) fund from BIFF and Busan Bank’s Asia Network Documentary (AND) Fund back in 2010. Co-directed
Jan. 9, 2013
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Spielberg wins new awards nod, as Oscars awaited
LOS ANGELES (AFP) ― Steven Spielberg, Kathryn Bigelow and Ben Affleck were among the nominees Tuesday for top honors from the Directors Guild of America (DGA), seen as a key bellwether for Oscars glory.Others nominated for the DGA’s prize for directorial achievement in a feature film ― the winner of which regularly goes on to take best director Oscar ― were Tom Hooper for his musical adaptation “Les Miserables” and Taiwanese-U.S. director Ang Lee for the stunning 3-D “Life of Pi.”The DGA shortli
Jan. 9, 2013
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Wong Kar Wai returns with new film ‘The Grandmaster’
BEIJING (AFP) ― Hong Kong director Wong Kar Wai’s long-awaited martial arts film “The Grandmaster” was shown in public for the first time in Beijing on Sunday, after more than six years in production.The film spans several decades of Chinese history to tell the story of legendary martial artist Yip Man, who went on to train Bruce Lee, and features lengthy battles between rival kung fu masters.Wong, 54, is best known for his 2000 slow-burn drama “In the Mood for Love”.His new film, packed with Ch
Jan. 7, 2013
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Bae Doo-na, on her own
Actress Bae Doo-na has been famously adored by some of the most celebrated filmmakers in Asia, such as Park Chan-wook, Bong Joon-ho, and Japan’s Hirokazu Koreeda.“I always felt I was very lucky,” Bae said during an interview with The Korea Herald on Friday.“Throughout my career, I often felt like it’s my luck (to star in the directors’ films) that brought me success, not my own ability as an actress. But with my latest movie, I feel like I achieved almost everything on my own (for the first time
Jan. 7, 2013
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Wong Kar Wai returns with new film 'The Grandmaster'
BEIJING (AFP) -- Hong Kong director Wong Kar Wai's long-awaited martial arts film "The Grandmaster" was shown in public for the first time in Beijing on Sunday, after more than six years in production.The film spans several decades of Chinese history to tell the story of legendary martial artist Yip Man, who went on to train Bruce Lee, and features lengthy battles between rival kung fu masters.Wong, 54, is best known for his 2000 slow-burn drama "In the Mood for Love".His new film, packed with C
Jan. 6, 2013
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Critics pick ‘Amour’ as best film of 2012
NEW YORK (AP) ― The National Society of Film Critics selected “Amour’’ as the best picture of 2012 during its annual meeting Saturday.The critics chose the star of “Amour,’’ Emmanuelle Riva, as the best actress, and Daniel Day-Lewis was chosen best actor for “Lincoln.’’The group of 60 prominent movie critics from around the country met at Lincoln Center in New York City to make its picks.Austrian director Michael Haneke won best director for “Amour.’’ The French-language movie depicts the slow d
Jan. 6, 2013
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Life of Pi (U.S.)Opened Jan. 1 Drama. Action. Adventure. Directed by Ang Lee. Pi (Suraj Sharma)’s family prepares to move upon hearing that the government’s financial aid for the family’s zoo will be cut off. The family boards a ship to Canada with their zoo animals. But an unexpected storm sinks the ship and only Pi, who gets on a lifeboat, survives the deadly accident. On the lifeboat, an injured zebra, a starved hyena and an orangutan with a handful of bananas increase the tension. However, t
Jan. 4, 2013
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James Gandolfini remembers his father in ‘Not Fade Away’
When his “Sopranos” boss David Chase asked James Gandolfini to play another New Jersey Italian for his movie, a working class dad unhappy with his musician-son’s career choice in the swinging ‘60s, the big man didn’t hesitate.“I knew this guy,” Gandolfini says. “There’s a lot of my dad in him.”Pasquale, his character in “Not Fade Away,” is a gruff mechanic who runs a local Pep Boys auto repair shop. He’s pushing his son (John Magaro) to go to college. He doesn’t approve of the kid’s music, his l
Jan. 4, 2013
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2 Israeli documentaries shortlisted for Oscar
JERUSALEM (AP) ― The Mideast conflict has done little to help Israel’s image in the world, but the way local filmmakers deal critically with the Israel-Palestinian issue has won wide international praise ― and this year, recognition from the top of the movie industry.Two Israeli-produced documentaries about the conflict have been shortlisted for possible nomination in this year’s Academy Awards. Few Israeli films have contended in the Best Documentary category before. The shortlisted films repre
Jan. 4, 2013
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Romanian film director Sergiu Nicolaescu dies
Sergiu Nicolaescu, a prolific and popular Romanian director known for his historical epics who also served as a Senator, died Thursday. He was 82.The Elias Hospital said Nicolaescu died from heart and lung complications following surgery for digestive problems.Nicolaescu quit politics in December, having been Senator for the Social Democracy Party since 1992.Nicolaescu made some 50 movies in his lifetime, and despite his career in politics, continued to direct films such as the “Orient Express”
Jan. 4, 2013
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‘Lincoln,’ ‘Les Miz,’ ‘Argo’ earn producers’ honors
LOS ANGELES (AP) ― The Civil War saga “Lincoln,’’ the musical “Les Miserables’’ and the Osama bin Laden thriller “Zero Dark Thirty’’ are among the nominees announced Wednesday for the top honor from the Producers Guild of America.Other best-picture contenders are the Iran hostage-crisis thriller “Argo’’; the low-budget critical favorite “Beasts of the Southern Wild’’; the slave-turned-bounty-hunter saga “Django Unchained’’; the shipwreck story “Life of Pi’’; the first-love tale “Moonrise Kingdom
Jan. 3, 2013
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Bond film ‘Skyfall’ sets record in Britain
LONDON (AFP) ― The latest James Bond film “Skyfall” has become the first movie ever to take 100 million pounds at the British box office, it was announced Monday.The 23rd official Bond film surpassed the landmark, equivalent of $162 million (123 million euros), after becoming the highest grossing film ever in Britain earlier this month when it overtook the 94 million pounds generated by “Avatar.”“Skyfall” achieved the figure in just 40 days, while “Avatar” (2009) took 11 months to amass its tota
Jan. 2, 2013
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Concern over Oscar voting extends nomination deadline
LOS ANGELES (AP) ― Growing concern that problems with the new electronic Oscar voting system could lead to record-low turnout has prompted the motion picture academy to extend the deadline for members to vote for Oscar nominations.But with next week’s highly anticipated announcements looming, the extension is only for a day, until Friday. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said Monday any votes received after the new deadline will not be counted.“By extending the voting deadline we
Jan. 2, 2013
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Oscar-winning sound editor Michael Hopkins killed in rafting accident
Oscar-winning sound editor Michael Hopkins, a frequent collaborator of filmmaker Peter Jackson, was killed in a rafting accident in New Zealand, police said.Hopkins, 53, drowned Sunday in the Waiohine River on New Zealand‘s North Island, the BBC reported. Two people with him survived after all three were ejected from the raft in a fast-flowing eddy, the report said. Hopkins won Academy Awards for his work on “The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers” in 2003 and “King Kong” in 2006. Both were big-s
Jan. 2, 2013