The Korea Herald

Netflix original program puts New York mobster in Norway

Jan 4, 2012

SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) ― Online film and television show titan Netflix will make its original programming debut in February with “Lilyhammer,” a “fish-out-of-water story” about a New York mobster starting anew in Norway. Steven Van Zandt, a guitarist in Bruce Springsteen’s famed E Street Band, stars as Frank “The Fixer” Tagliano, who enters a federal witness protection to be given a new identity af...
India airs edgier TV shows ― but cuts out the edge

Jan 3, 2012

NEW DELHI (AP) ― Would the sex, drugs and rock-n-roll fueled TV show “Californication’’ be worth watching without the sex, drugs and rock-n-roll? What about serial killer series “Dexter’’ without the gore? In an effort to attract younger viewers without offending the older ones, Indian TV is now showing some of America’s edgiest shows ― but cutting out the edge. As India urbanizes and its middl...
Taiwan to reduce Korean TV content on local TV channel

Jan 3, 2012

Taiwan is to cut Korean TV drama shows on a local TV station to encourage development of homegrown programs, the country’s national broadcasting regulator announced Tuesday. Gala Television (GTV), Taiwan’s TV channel dedicated in airing soap operas, will reduce the amount of Korean drama shows starting in June, upon the request of the Taiwanese National Communication Commission (NCC). Upon its ...
Wonder Girls to release TV movie in U.S.

Jan 3, 2012

Korean girl group Wonder Girls will release their first eponymous TV movie in February via U.S. cable channel Teen Nick, making them the first Asian singers to star in an American television movie, their agent said Tuesday. Originally titled “Wonder Girls at the Apollo,” the movie’s title was recently changed to “The Wonder Girls.” A brief teaser video has been released via YouTube and Facebook....
Field guide to post-‘Winter Sonata’ hallyu

Jan 3, 2012

For example KBS’ Gim pointed to the popularity of Jang Keun-suk in Japan as a factor in the “overwhelming popularity” of KBS’ “Marry Me, Mary!” there, while SBS Contents Hub’s Choi linked the success of SBS’ “He’s Beautiful!” with that of Jang in the Japanese market. It seems that the power of stardom in the realm of hallyu, as evidenced by first generation stars like Bae Yong-joon, has not chan...
Russell Brand, Katy Perry to divorce

Jan 1, 2012

LOS ANGELES (AP) ― Russell Brand is divorcing Katy Perry after 14 months of what appeared to be a storybook marriage. “Sadly, Katy and I are ending our marriage,’’ Brand said in a statement released to The Associated Press. “I’ll always adore her and I know we’ll remain friends.’’ Brand, 36, offered no other details, but in papers filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, the British comedian cited ...
Discovery cancels Jackson autopsy show

Jan 1, 2012
‘American Idol’ best days may be over, poll finds

Jan 1, 2012
Amanda Knox murder trial dramatized for U.S. TV

Jan 1, 2012
Remembering ‘Winter Sonata,’ the start of hallyu

Dec 30, 2011

Pioneering hallyu TV drama sees 10th anniversary On the night of Jan. 14, 2002, the first episode of KBS TV drama series “Winter Sonata” went on air. Korea was four months ahead of the highly anticipated 2002 FIFA World Cup in Korea and Japan, and was still recovering from the 1997 Asian financial crisis. The term “hallyu,” which was in fact introduced in 1999 by local reporters in Beijing who ...
‘I am a Singer’ wins best entertainment program

Dec 30, 2011

The popular MBC TV program “I am a Singer” won the top prize on Thursday at the 2011 MBC Entertainment Awards. The show has been the talk of the town ever since it kicked off in March, introducing talented singers who had not been well-known or had been previously popular but fallen out of the public eye. “The win is more touching because we were awarded as a team. More than anything, I think i...
‘Survivor’ producer to face trial for wife’s murder

Dec 28, 2011

LOS ANGELES (AFP) ― Reality TV producer Bruce Beresford-Redman is willing to face trial in Mexico for the murder of his wife after losing his fight against extradition, his lawyers said. Beresford-Redman, 40, an Emmy-nominated former producer of CBS’s “Survivor” and MTV’s “Pimp My Ride,” is accused in the death of Monica Burgos, 41, his Brazilian-born wife of 11 years, at a Cancun resort in Apri...
Retro obsession

Dec 28, 2011

The beauty sector is no exception. According to a representative of South Korean beauty brand the saem, “the cosmetics industry is also having a retro moment.” In fact, according to the representative, response to the saem’s own take on the retro trend ― the Go 7080 Limited Edition series ― was so positive that the set of face packs based on popular packs of the past were brought back for yet an...
Disgraced ex-journalist fights for U.S. law license

Dec 27, 2011

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ― A former journalist who became the subject of a Hollywood movie after he was caught fabricating articles in the late 1990s is fighting to become a lawyer in California over the objections of a state bar committee. Stephen Glass, whose ethical missteps at The New Republic and other magazines were recounted in the film “Shattered Glass” and an autobiographical novel, has chall...
Report: Schwarzenegger and Shriver may get back together

Dec 27, 2011

Los Angeles (dpa) - Maria Shriver is considering putting herdivorce from former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger onhold, celebrity website TMZ.com reported Monday. Shriver, who is a scion of the Kennedy political clan, filed fordivorce from the action movie star-turned-Republican politician inearly July after learning that he had fathered a love child over 14 years earlier with a domest...