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Hot property: built for an Oscar winner

FilmJan 31, 2011

Actor, singer and tween idol Carlos Pena Jr., 21, has bought a Mediterranean-style home in the San Fernando Valley for close to its $1.5 million asking price. The 560-square-meter villa is set back ...
Sculptor Catlett’s heroic images on display

TheaterJan 30, 2011

NEW YORK (AP) ― When American sculptor and printmaker Elizabeth Catlett was a graduate student studying with Grant Wood in Iowa, the painter of the iconic “American Gothic” told his young student to ...
Chris Brown finishes domestic violence program

MusicJan 30, 2011

LOS ANGELES (AP) ― Chris Brown has completed a domestic violence counseling program required as part of the singer’s guilty plea to assaulting then-girlfriend Rihanna nearly two years ago. On Friday...
Sundance ‘Family’ offers glimpse of Ukraine racism

FilmJan 30, 2011

PARK CITY, Utah (AFP) ― “Family Portrait in Black and White” has brought the story of a woman raising 16 black orphans in Ukraine, an overwhelmingly white and often racist society, to the Sundance fi...
So you want to be a filmmaker?

FilmJan 28, 2011

Bill Pryor is living proof that a career in film (as it used to be called) can flourish far away from the coasts. For almost 50 years, Pryor, 68, has specialized in “industrials,” promotional and tr...
Box-office rankings

FilmJan 28, 2011

JAN. 21 ― JAN. 23 1. Glove Opened Jan. 20 Directed by Kang Woo-seok Starring Jeong Jae-young 2. Megamind Opened Jan. 13 Directed by Tom McGrath Starring Will Ferrell, Brad Pitt 3. Hello Ghos...
Tired eyes of festival gatekeepers watch for next great film

FilmJan 28, 2011

It sounded like a dream job: plop down on a couch, throw some popcorn in the microwave and spend your days watching movies. That’s what Christine Davila thought, anyway. The 32-year-old Los Angeles ...
The unknown wartime celebration

BooksJan 28, 2011

The unknown wartime celebration Imperial Japan at its Zenith By Kenneth J. Ruoff (Cornell University Press, $39.95) In spite of its war with China along with deteriorating relationship with the U...
[Korea steady seller] Love, life and death

BooksJan 28, 2011

Love, life and death Between Heaven and Earth By Yun Dae-nyeong (Jimoondang, 5,000 won) The winner of the Yi Sang Literature Prize in 1996, Yun Dae-nyeong’s “Between Heaven and Earth” delves into...
Reedy tells an Afghan girl’s story in ‘Words in the Dust’

BooksJan 28, 2011

Trent Reedy was an American soldier providing security for the reconstruction of Afghanistan when he saw her. The girl was 13, her cleft lip so deformed that her teeth stuck out straight from her mou...
A remedy of soul: Cirque du Soleil’s ‘Varekai’

TheaterJan 26, 2011

TAIPEI ― The famous “Varekai,” a Cirque du Soleil touring production, last week kicked off its first Asia tour in Taipei, Taiwan. And Korea is next on the troupe’s itinerary. Premiering in Montreal ...
Director Yoon thriving in dream job

FilmJan 25, 2011

Debut film ‘Heartbeat’ draws more than 1 million Film director Yoon Jae-geun has done a lot in the last 10 years. He studied art, made TV commercials for ramen and department stores, traveled acros...
Gong Li says all cultures connected

FilmJan 24, 2011

Actress attributes her international success to global outlook While showing obvious pride for her ethnic heritage, internationally acclaimed Chinese-born actress Gong Li says acting is not a “local...
English book on beauty of Silla Gold Crowns

BooksJan 23, 2011

Among the many kingdoms of Korea, Silla (57 BC ― 935 AD), along with its neighbor Gaya, was the one that artfully used gold for its royal crafts. Its gold crowns, in particular, are known as some of...
Stitched from romantic comedies: ‘No Strings Attached’

FilmJan 21, 2011

Ivan Reitman ― whose directing career (“Ghostbusters”) is so long in the tooth that he actually has a son, Jason, directing Oscar-worthy comedies ― has his best outing in decades with “No Strings Att...