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Ador CEO denies allegations, accuses Hybe of mistreating NewJeans
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Medical reform committee kicks off despite boycott from doctors
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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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Over 9,000 hotline calls made by stalking victims in 2023
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Monthly users on local streaming platforms outpace Netflix, Disney+
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[Hello India] Hyundai Motor vows to boost 'clean mobility' in India
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Seoul to promote luxurious side of the city
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Garner brings motherhood, small-town sensibilities to her acting
Jennifer Garner is a mom three times over as of last February, when her son Samuel was born, joining sisters Violet (6) and Seraphina (3). But she’s still most at home playing women who don’t have a clue about motherhood.“NOBODY is prepared for this,” she says with a laugh. “And sometimes, the harder you try, the more you mess up. There’s nothing that will humble you more. I am constantly feeling that I’ve screwed something up, or will screw something up. You learn as you go along.”Learning to b
Aug. 17, 2012
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Actor Kim Bum back in Hark Tsui’s new film
Kim Bum, an actor and model best known for his role in “Boys Over Flowers,” has been cast in the main role of the film “Detective Dee: The Prequel,” directed by Hark Tsui famous for his “Once Upon A Time In China (Wong Fei-hung)” series. The entertainment agency representing Kim said Thursday that Kim has been selected as the main character in Hark Tsui’s new movie along with Chinese actors Fung Shiufung and Lin Gengxin(Kenny), Hong Kong actress Angela Baby and Taiwanese actor Mark Chao.“I thoug
Aug. 17, 2012
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‘The Thieves’ breaks 10 million mark
“The Thieves” became the sixth Korean movie to reach 10 million viewers, achieving the feat in just 22 days. According to the Korean Film Council, “The Thieves” brought in 10,095,387 viewers in total as of Wednesday. Released on July 25, the movie is now showing on 552 screens. Director Kang woo-suk’s “Silmido” (2003) was the first Korean film to draw 10 million viewers, followed by “TaeGukGi: Brotherhood Of War,” “The King and the Clown,” “The Host,” and “Haeundae.” “The Host” (2006), directed
Aug. 16, 2012
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Stewart’s role uncertain in ‘Snow White’ plans
NEW YORK (AP) ― Universal Pictures is continuing to pursue a sequel to “Snow White and the Huntsman’’ in the wake of Kristen Stewart’s affair with the film’s director.Universal co-chairman Donna Langley said in a statement Wednesday that the studio is “currently exploring all options to continue the franchise’’ and that reports of Stewart’s exit “are false.’’A beleaguered Stewart got a public defense Wednesday by Academy Award-winner Jodie Foster, who co-starred with a then-11-year-old Stewart i
Aug. 16, 2012
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Spike Lee revisits Jackson’s ‘Bad’ at Toronto festival
LOS ANGELES (AP) ― Music is highlighting next month’s Toronto International Film Festival, with a Michael Jackson documentary from Spike Lee and a closing-night film featuring Vanessa Redgrave as a terminally ill choir singer.Organizers announced Tuesday that Redgrave’s “Song for Marion’’ will close the Toronto festival, which runs Sept. 6 to 16 and is one of the key cinema gatherings that kick off Hollywood’s fall movie lineup and Academy Awards season. Lee’s documentary “Bad 25’’ marks the 25t
Aug. 15, 2012
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Actresses hold mirror to themselves
Three actresses direct and star in their own documentary film“Almost always it is the fear of being ourselves that brings us to the mirror,” late Argentinean poet Antonio Porchia once said.Making a personal video of oneself is, in many ways, constantly having a mirror before your eyes. It’s hard not to be conscious of the self-reflection shown in the viewfinder, as well as its seeming flaws and weaknesses. Three actresses, active in the local indie movie scene, brought themselves toward a specia
Aug. 15, 2012
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Film featuring Rain pre-sold to 30 countries
A local movie starring hallyu star Rain has been sold to 30 different countries before its release, the movie’s producer CJ Entertainment announced on Tuesday.The film is the last movie Rain shot before joining the military for mandatory service in October 2011. In the movie, Rain stars as an elite Air Force pilot assigned to stop attacks from an unknown fighter jet along with his unit members. The singer and actor is currently in the Army. His co-stars include actress Shin Se-kyung, actor Yoo J
Aug. 14, 2012
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Jennifer Aniston is engaged to screenwriter Justin Theroux
For the first time after her ill-fated break-up with Brad Pitt, US actress Jennifer Aniston is engaged to be married again -- this time to a much less known actor-screenwriter, Justin Theroux, his publicist announced late Sunday.“Justin Theroux had an amazing birthday on Friday, receiving an extraordinary gift when his girlfriend, Jennifer Aniston, accepted his proposal of marriage,” Theroux‘s representative told People magazine.According to the magazine, the couple, who both starred in the movi
Aug. 13, 2012
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Oh Ji-ho dreams big
‘The Grand Heist’ actor reveals his ambitions, street-smart natureKnown for his looks and nice-guy charm, actor Oh Ji-ho is known by many for his roles in TV romantic comedies. Some of the most memorable roles of his acting career, including that of a smart-but-awkward office worker in KBS’ 2006 drama “My Wife is a Superwoman,” and as a young handyman who takes care of his orphaned nephews in 2006’s romantic comedy “Couple or Trouble,” had that “nice guy” appeal and personality.But behind his be
Aug. 12, 2012
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Total Recall (U.S.)Opening Aug. 15Action. Adventure. Directed by Len Wiseman. Douglas Quaid (Colin Farrell), an ordinary factory worker suffers from violent nightmares every night. One day, he visits “ReKall,” a company that can implant an artificial memories and make fantasies turn real. A Rekall employee, McClane (John Cho), convinces Douglas to implant the memories of a secret agent. During a compatibility test in the process of “memory-implanting,” an accident occurs and McClane accuses him
Aug. 10, 2012
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Stars bring their years, and their A-games, to ‘Hope Springs’
You’ve never seen Meryl Streep and Tommy Lee Jones quite like this.As old marrieds facing “intensive” couples counseling over their comatose sexual relationship, two of America’s finest screen actors are by turns silly, befuddled, awkward and confused.And “Hope Springs,” the new comedy from the director of “The Devil Wears Prada” and scripted by a “Game of Thrones” writer, is all the more amusing for it. Seeing the best in the business act out the no-eye contact body language, the embarrassment
Aug. 10, 2012
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Stewart lookalike becomes Web sensation
A woman who resembles Kristen Stewart has taken to the Internet to explain why the Hollywood actress cheated on beau Robert Pattinson.Laura McDonald posted a 4 1/2-minute video of herself impersonating Stewart Saturday, the New York Daily News reported.As of Tuesday afternoon, it had gotten more than 700,000 hits.“Hi Rob, it‘s me, KStew,” she says in the video. “I want to explain what I did. You know, the whole having sex with my director thingy. I’m putting this video on YouTube because I want
Aug. 9, 2012
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Works of Pina Bausch get 3-D treatment
Wim Wenders’ documentary opens in Korea a year after its original releaseNot every movie needs 3-D treatment, but Wim Wenders’ cinematic tribute to his friend, the late groundbreaking dancer Pina Bausch, is certainly one of the exceptions. The 3-D documentary, titled “Pina,” is not a biographical film about Bausch. It is about her works, and what the members of her troupe ― the famous Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch ― have to say about her and what they learned from her extraordinary life.
Aug. 8, 2012
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Aussie film industry eyes ‘Wolverine’ boost
SYDNEY (AFP) ― Australia was once a regular destination for top Hollywood producers making big-budget blockbusters until it was priced out by its soaring currency ― but a clawed mutant could herald a revival.X-Men comics spin-off “The Wolverine” is being shot in Sydney, the home town of star Hugh Jackman, courtesy of a Aus$12.8 million (US$13.4 million) government subsidy.Some four years since the release of the last major blockbuster filmed Down Under, Baz Luhrmann’s romantic outback epic “Aust
Aug. 8, 2012
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100 years on foreign soil
Movie screenings to feature lives of ethnic Koreans in JapanLast year, Japanese-Korean director Yang Yong-hi’s personal documentary “Goodbye Pyongyang,” a portrait of her own family, drew attention in Seoul for its complex and painful expose of ethnic Koreans living in Japan. Seoulites will be given a chance to view more films about ethnic Koreans living in Japan this summer and learn about their history. In commemoration of the upcoming Liberation Day on Aug. 15, the Northeast Asian History Fou
Aug. 7, 2012
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Enquirer defends Macaulay Culkin drug report
The National Enquirer says it is standing by a report which claims Macaulay Culkin is addicted to heroin, despite the U.S. actor's insistence he is not.The former child star's representative told E! News last week the story is "not only categorically without merit, but it is also impossibly and ridiculously fictitious." The National Enquirer"We beseech the responsible media to consider the source
Aug. 7, 2012
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DreamWorks to make ’Kung Fu Panda 3’ in China
DreamWorks Animation and Chinese partners announced plans Tuesday to co-produce the next “Kung Fu Panda” movie and develop an entertainment district in Shanghai, expanding Hollywood’s fast-growing ties to China.Hollywood studios have announced a flurry of deals with local partners to gain access to Chinese financing and a government-controlled film market that is growing strongly at a time of weak ticket sales in the United States and Europe.“Kung Fu Panda 3” will be produced in China and releas
Aug. 7, 2012
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‘Dark Knight’ on top for third straight week
LOS ANGELES (AP) ― “The Dark Knight Rises” topped the box office for the third week in a row, making $36.4 million this past weekend.The finale in Christopher Nolan’s epic Batman trilogy has now made nearly $355 million in the U.S. alone, according to Sunday estimates from Warner Bros.“Total Recall,” starring Colin Farrell in a new take on the thriller that provided Arnold Schwarzenegger with one of his best-loved actions roles in 1990, opened in second place with $26 million, Columbia Pictures
Aug. 6, 2012
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‘The Thieves’ breaks 6m viewers barrier
A South Korean box office hit continued breaking records with over 6 million viewers in the first 11 days of its release, official statistics showed Sunday.“The Thieves,” featuring 10 Korean and Chinese thieves teaming up to steal a valuable diamond necklace at a Macao casino, drew 6.2 million viewers in the first 11 days until Saturday, data from the Korean Film Council showed.The film directed by Choe Dong-hoon, who is known for “Tazza: The High Rollers” and “The Big Swindle,” has been drawing
Aug. 5, 2012
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Rick Ross is top-notch on ‘God Forgives’
Rick Ross“God Forgives, I Don’t” (Maybach Music Group/Def Jam)Throughout his career, Rick Ross has declared himself a “bawse.” On his latest album, “God Forgives, I Don’t,” the Miami rapper continues to live up to his catchphrase, proving he’s one of the top bosses not just in hip-hop, but in music period.His fifth solo album in six years is loaded with undeniable quality tunes, making his new offering his most well-balanced piece of work to date. It’s clear that the burly, bearded Ross ― who no
Aug. 3, 2012