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Box OfficeFilmApr 29, 2011Mao’s last dancer (Australia) Opening April 28 Drama. Directed by Bruce Beresford. A drama based on an autobiography by Li Cunxin. Eleven-year-old Li (Chi Cao) from a poor Chinese village is taken ... -
Reese Witherspoon occasionally welcomes disorder in her lifeFilmApr 29, 2011LOS ANGELES ― As far as tightly wound actresses go, Reese Witherspoon tops the list. She insists upon a strict sense of order in her life. Her production company is called Type A, a moniker her lates... -
Universal soups up ‘Fast and Furious’FilmApr 29, 2011LOS ANGELES ― Hoping to transform one of its few successful film series into a top-tier global franchise, Universal Pictures has refueled “Fast and Furious” with an international backdrop, a bigger p... -
New BooksBooksApr 29, 2011Book looks at Rivera and rest of Yankees bullpen Bullpen Diaries: Mariano Rivera, Bronx Dreams, Pinstripe Legends, and the Future of the New York Yankees by Charley Rosen (Harper, $25.99) Forgive... -
20 questions for author Meg WolitzerBooksApr 29, 2011“The Uncoupling” is best-selling author Meg Wolitzer’s ninth novel, in which she brings her signature brand of humor and insight to the topic of the changing nature of female desire over time. When ... -
Tina Fey has it all on her funny termsBooksApr 29, 2011Ever since Vanity Fair put her on its January 2010 cover in what looked like a Wonder Woman costume, Tina Fey has seemed in danger of falling for the very canard she has spent a career satirizing: th... -
JYJ sues Japanese agency over cancellation of concertApr 29, 2011JYJ has filed a lawsuit in Japan against their management company AVEX Entertainment for interfering with their attempt to hold a charity concert. JYJ, a boyband formed by former TVXQ members Kim Ja... -
Seo Tai-ji’s digital downloads surge after divorceMusicApr 26, 2011Seo Tai-ji’s digital music sales have quadrupled since his marriage and divorce with actor Lee Ji-ah became public last week. “Records from main music sites including Melon, Bugs, and Dosirak, show ... -
How Sidney Lumet fought showbiz blacklistFilmApr 22, 2011LOS ANGELES ― I’d almost forgotten what an unabashed liberal Sidney Lumet had been until I read an essay by New York Post critic Kyle Smith, an unabashed conservative who has little good to say about... -
Box OfficeFilmApr 22, 2011Norwegian Wood Opening April 21 Drama. Directed by Tran Anh Hung. Upon hearing the Beatles’ song “Norwegian Wood,” a Japanese businessman reminisces about the intense romance of his university days... -
Director Max Winkler’s persistence pays off with ‘Ceremony’FilmApr 22, 2011LOS ANGELES ― When Max Winkler set out to make a movie, he made one thing clear: He didn’t want any help from his Hollywood veteran father, no matter how tempting the prospect. Editing his directori... -
New BooksBooksApr 22, 2011Styron’s youngest daughter pens revealing memoir Reading My Father: A Memoir By Alexandra Styron (Scribner, $25) A decade after the publication of his last, lavishly acclaimed novel, “Sophie’s Ch... -
Questions investigating the journalistBooksApr 22, 2011Award-winning investigative journalist Jonathan Franklin’s book, “33 Men: Inside the Miraculous Survival and Dramatic Rescue of the Chilean Miners,” is the result of rare but hard-earned access and s...
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Former prosecutor metes out justice in new murder-mysteryBooksApr 22, 2011LOS ANGELES ― It’s telling that the title of Marcia Clark’s murder-mystery debut is smaller than her name on the novel’s cover. Clark is best known as the lead prosecutor in the media circus known as... -
‘Journals of Musan’ to screen with English subtitlesFilmApr 21, 2011“The Journals of Musan” will be shown with English subtitles at Cinecode Sonje in Samcheong-dong this week. A scene from “The Journals of Musan” (JINJIN Pictures) “The Journals of Musan” is directo...
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