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Jacqueline Onassis notes, photos sold for $28,400

CultureJan 18, 2015

MIAMI (AP) ― A few dozen pieces of personal correspondence by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, along with photographs of the former first lady in Palm Beach, sold at a Florida auction Saturday for a total...
Houston’s estate criticizes Lifetime for movie on singer

FilmJan 18, 2015

PASADENA, California (AP) ― Whitney Houston’s family says the singer’s fans should “brace themselves for the worst” if they watch Lifetime’s television movie about the late singer that premiered Satu...
Cosby takes stage despite protest over sex assault claims

TelevisionJan 18, 2015

DENVER (AP) ― About 100 protesters chanting “Rape is not a joke!” and “No means no!” protested outside a theater in Denver before comedian Bill Cosby took the stage on Saturday. Shortly before his p...
New, stricter rating system for hotels

TravelJan 16, 2015

Korean hotels will be reviewed under a new, stricter rating system on par with international standards, the Korea Tourism Organization said. According to the state-run tourism organization, the new ...
Millet works reveal turning point in art

TheaterJan 15, 2015

Four masterpieces of Jean-Francois Millet depicting farmers and shepherds will be on view in Seoul for the first time. The touring exhibition, entitled “Millet, Barbizon and Fontainebleau,” started ...
30 years on, ‘Back to the Future’ vehicle locked in legal battle

FilmJan 14, 2015

NEWARK, New Jersey (AP) ― As “Back to the Future” celebrates its 30th anniversary this year, there’s a legal tussle over the futuristic car that provided the guts for the flying time machine used by ...
When women are few, men settle down: study

CultureJan 14, 2015

PARIS (AFP) ― Women want to settle down while men prefer to play the field, right? Not quite, said a study Wednesday that challenged long-held views of sexual selection. It turns out the dynamics o...
Will ‘Two and a Half Men’ end run with or without Sheen?

TelevisionJan 13, 2015

PASADENA, California (AP) ― Charlie Sheen left “Two and a Half Men” amid great drama. Whether he’ll return for the show’s last episode is a mystery. CBS entertainment chief Nina Tassler ducked the q...
Exploitation at the ends of the Earth

TheaterJan 12, 2015

With images of the North and South Poles becoming cliche through overuse in environmental documentaries, artist Han Sung-pil’s photographs of the Arctic and Antarctica offer a different view of these...
[Weekender] Art and fashion make perfect duo

FashionJan 9, 2015

Riding the popularity of K-pop, the new Korean fashion brand Nonagon has landed in major multi-fashion stores in Asia and the fashion hub of Milan within six months of its launch in September last ye...
That’s Italian: Meats, cheeses, bread and wine are part of best lunch ever

TravelJan 9, 2015

VERBANIA, Italy ― Serendipity and a chance encounter on my recent trip to this Mediterranean country led me to the very best lunch I’ve ever eaten ― anywhere. It began back in September as I sat exh...
Two men attempt world’s most difficult rock climb at Yosemite

TravelJan 9, 2015

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ― Two men are roughly halfway through what has been called the hardest rock climb in the world: a free climb of an 900-meter section of exposed granite in California’s Yosemite Nat...
Young artists critique modern life

TheaterJan 7, 2015

A strong smell strikes viewers as they open the heavy curtain in the exhibition hall of the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea. Inside hangs a huge damp cloth with a brown urine stain, emit...
Ask a Designer: Improving the kitchen in small (or big) ways

Arts&DesignJan 7, 2015

Another holiday season has passed, and with it the marathon cooking and baking sessions. The hours spent using every kitchen appliance and inch of counter space had a potential benefit more lasting t...
Korean art among digitized collection of Smithsonian Museum

CultureJan 6, 2015

More than 700 pieces of Korean art in possession of the Smithsonian Museum are now available to view online as the Washington-based museum released some 40,000 digitized images of ancient Asian art o...