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10-man S. Korea lose to Indonesia to miss out on Paris Olympic football qualification
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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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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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Ship linked to NK arms shipments to Russia is moored in China: State Dept.
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[Kim So-hyun] The quiet taxi driver from Paris
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Filipino exchange student takes film on poverty to Pyongyang
With a tuft of bushy blond bangs, his slight frame and beaming smile held up designer jeans and a trendy school bag. But Nash Ang’s boyishness belied a cinematic penchant for revealing the grueling poverty in the Philippines.In his hour-long documentary, “Live To Dive” (Lusong), Ang explores how Totoy, 11, and Pirot, 10, eke out a living for their families by diving for scraps of garbage like discarded plastic bottles and bits of metal in the severely polluted waters beside the ramshackle area o
Sept. 18, 2012
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Keira Knightley: ‘I had no life’ besides acting
NEW YORK (AP) ― Keira Knightley seems to be in a good place personally and professionally. She’s engaged to marry musician James Righton and stars in the film adaptation of “Anna Karenina’’ alongside Jude Law.The 27-year-old tells Vogue magazine’s October issue, there was a time when she wasn’t in such a good place.She recalls a time when the fame from such roles as “Bend it like Beckham’’ and the “Pirates of the Caribbean’’ franchise was too intense. She says she “literally had no life outside
Sept. 17, 2012
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Neeson returns with ‘Taken 2’
Irish actor says he likes ‘Oldboy’ and ‘The Chaser’ during his visit to KoreaActor Liam Neeson, famous for his role as the vengeful father in Luc Besson’s 2008 high-grossing film “Taken,” said the thriller has made him an “action figure” in Hollywood, during his first visit to Seoul on Monday. The Irish actor arrived in Korea on Saturday to promote the 2008 movie’s sequel, “Taken 2.”“I seem to be have been re-envisioned as an action figure ever since the first ‘Taken’ came out,” the actor told r
Sept. 17, 2012
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N.K. movie to be screened at Busan festival
A joint North Korean-European movie will be shown in an international movie festival to be held in South Korea next month, the Unification Ministry said Friday.The ministry said it has approved the screening of “Comrade Kim Goes Flying,” a film jointly directed by North Korean, English and Belgian directors, during the Busan International Film Festival, which will kick off on Oct. 4 for a 10-day run. Handling of North Korean publications or other materials is prohibited in the South.“The ministr
Sept. 16, 2012
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Masquerade (Korea)Opened Sept. 13Drama. Directed by Choo Chang-min. In the midst of a gruesome fight over kingship in the Joseon period, fear and wrath drives King Gwanghae (Lee Byung-hun) into a frenzy. He orders his councilor, Heo Gyun (Ryoo Seung-ryong), to find him a double to avoid the constant threat of assassination. Heo Gyun finds Ha-sun (Lee Byung-hun) in a crowd of drunkards at a street market. With the appearance and mind-blowing eloquence of a king, he mimics the gestures of the king
Sept. 14, 2012
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Starlets and causes come and go, but Susan Sarandon endures
Susan Sarandon has always made it look so easy.Generations of actresses launch careers and then flame out. Sarandon, 65, “transitioned” ― from ingenue to leading lady to strong female lead to “cougar” to stellar turns as moms. As others come and go, Sarandon reinvents herself and endures.“It’s just managing to get the part you need when you need it,” she says. “I just survived. I don’t understand how I’ve stuck around, and I have no idea what to say when people ask me how. I’ve made plenty of mi
Sept. 14, 2012
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‘Pieta’ headed to Academy Awards
Director Kim Ki-duk’s Venice International Film Festival prize-winning “Pieta” has been selected as Korea’s entry to the 85th Academy Award’s foreign film section, the Korean Film Council announced on Thursday.A total of five films, including “Taste of Money” by director Im Sang-soo, “In Another Country” by director Hong Sang-soo, “Nameless Gangster” by Yun Jong-bin and “Masquerade” by Choo Chang-min applied to the film council to be considered as Korea’s entry to the Academy Awards. “Pieta” was
Sept. 13, 2012
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Ex-007 Roger Moore 'beaten up by first two wives'
Former James Bond actor Roger Moore has claimed he was a victim of domestic violence during his first two marriages, it emerged on Wednesday.The 84-year-old British star, who first played agent 007 in 1973's "Live and Let Die", said his former wives Doorn Van Steyn and Dorothy Squires subjected him to a string of attacks in both of their doomed marriages.Van Steyn, an ice skater who married Moore
Sept. 13, 2012
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DMZ Docs look at peace, communication
The 4th Korean International Documentary Film Festival to showcase 115 nonfiction films from 36 countriesThe annual Korean International Documentary Film Festival (DMZ Docs) kicks off this month, featuring a total of 115 nonfiction films from 36 countries.Celebrating the themes of peace, life and communication, the festival always takes place in Paju, a South Korean border city in Gyeonggi Province. The city is located near the demilitarized zone (DMZ) separating North and South Korea, a line re
Sept. 12, 2012
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Director Cameron’s company files for bankruptcy
PORT ST. LUCIE, Florida (AP) ― The digital production company founded by “Titanic’’ director James Cameron has filed for bankruptcy protection in the U.S. and Canada and reached a deal to sell its operating business to a private investment firm for $15 million.Digital Domain Media Group Inc., best known for its work on “Titanic,’’ filed in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware, along with a Canadian court, the company said Tuesday.The sale agreement with Searchlight Capital Part
Sept. 12, 2012
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Director Kim unchanged by Venice triumph
South Korean film director Kim Ki-Duk said Tuesday he would stick to his maverick ways after winning the coveted Golden Lion prize at the Venice film festival for his anti-capitalist movie “Pieta.”“Pieta mirrors my philosophy ... I will continue to produce interesting and meaningful movies like this film,” Kim said.The eccentric director, long-treated as an outcast at home, won the top award in Venice for the film, which tells of a brutal loan shark who struggles for redemption after he meets a
Sept. 12, 2012
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Midnight’s Children film may not be released in India
NEW DELHI (AFP) ― A new film of Salman Rushdie’s 1981 novel “Midnight’s Children,” which is set in India after independence, may not be released in the country, its director has said, blaming “insecure politicians.”The adaptation, which has been shown at the Toronto International Film Festival in Canada, is due for worldwide release in October or November, but has yet to find an Indian distributor.“Salman has often said that the book was his love letter to India. I think the film reflects that l
Sept. 11, 2012
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Busan film fest embraces Asian diversity
A Hong Kong action-thriller and a rural drama from Bangladesh will open and close Asia’s top film festival next month, as its South Korean hosts look to share more of the spotlight with regional offerings.In the past, Korean films have nearly always bookended the Busan International Film Festival (BIFF), but with the event now in its 17th year, organizers said they were keen to underline the diversity of Asian cinema.The Oct. 4-13 festival will feature 304 movies from 75 countries, including “Co
Sept. 11, 2012
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Famous Hollywood director says incest is okay
A big Hollywood director told news sources in an interview that he didn’t think there was anything wrong with incest, even comparing it to gay marriage. Nick Cassavetes, director of romance blockbuster “The Notebook,” was promoting his new film “Yellow” when he told interviewers that he didn’t see anything wrong with incest. Cassavetes said that because he did not have personal experience with incest, he could not condemn it, “Love who you want. Isn’t that what we say? Gay marriage — love who yo
Sept. 11, 2012
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Ryan Reynolds gets married to Blake Lively
Hollywood big-names Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively have tied the knot in secret, according to news sources. "The Proposal" star Reynolds, 35, and 25-year-old Lively, who currently stars in U.S. TV show "Gossip Girl," married at a plantation in Mount Pleasant, right outside of Charleston, South Carolina, on Sunday. Sources say there were only 60 guests and only the closest of friends were invited. Kelly Gukanovich, the DJ of a local radio station 95.1 FM, said, “A few days ago, I heard Ryan was b
Sept. 11, 2012
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Makeup masks all-star cast in ‘Cloud Atlas’
TORONTO (AFP) ― Heaps of makeup transformed the all-star cast of “Cloud Atlas,” which premiered on Sunday at the Toronto International Film Festival, “startling” the cast members themselves, they said.“I loved working with Hugh (Grant), you didn’t know it was him until he said (in a thick English accent) ‘Oh fuck off,’” quipped actor Jim Broadbent at a press conference.Grant, who celebrated a birthday on Sunday, said “plastic was applied to their faces for hours” each day during filming.“I heard
Sept. 10, 2012
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Can ‘Pieta’ enjoy success at home?
Film critics, distributor say the Venice fest winner is likely to earn Kim Ki-duk his biggest commercial success yet in KoreaAward-winning director Kim Ki-duk and his works may have succeeded in overseas markets, but he never enjoyed such triumph in his homeland. Nicknamed an outsider, the eccentric director has seen local audiences turning their backs on his films, even those that won prizes at prestigious international film festivals. “Bad Guy” (2001) which drew about 700,000 viewers was his b
Sept. 10, 2012
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Former laborer becomes acclaimed filmmaker
Kim Ki-duk, who became the first Korean auteur to win the top prize at Venice with his gruesome morality tale “Pieta,” has long been considered an “outsider” in the local film industry.From the very beginning, he was nothing like any of the other filmmakers in the scene. He never went to film school, and never worked as an assistant for established filmmakers ― which was considered the “right way” of breaking into the industry. His life story, filled with drama and struggles, however, is nothing
Sept. 9, 2012
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Venice festival winner a hard-hitting morality tale
Kim’s latest film bags the top prize, ‘The Master’ by Paul Thomas Anderson gets Silver Lion awardVENICE, Italy (AFP) ― South Korean director Kim Ki-duk’s “Pieta” won the top prize at the Venice film festival, while Paul Thomas Anderson’s Scientology-inspired “The Master” walked off with two major awards.The eccentric Kim delighted the audience at the awards ceremony by breaking into song on stage to celebrate winning the Golden Lion award for his bleak morality tale.The director, whose personali
Sept. 9, 2012
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Kim Ki-duk: from monster with 'inferiority complex' to master director
Kim Ki-duk, the winner of the Golden Lion award at the 69th Venice International Film Festival, is a self-made man who started as a non-mainstream outsider but clinched top honors as a movie director.Having never studied film at school, the eccentric director built his own movie world turning his own life philosophy into visual poetry based on inborn artistic talent.He was born in Bonghwa, North G
Sept. 9, 2012