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S.M. Entertainment singers to hit L.A.

Apr 3, 2012

Broadcaster MBC and S.M. Entertainment Agency are to co-host a K-pop concert, “MBC Korean Music Wave in Los Angeles,” in May. K-pop groups from S.M. including Girls’ Generation, TVXQ, SHINee, f(x) and Super Junior will showcase at Anaheim Honda Center on May 20, MBC announced on Tuesday. The organizers said that the concert will be a large-scale project different from previous hallyu, or Korean...
Titanic centenary grips global TV market

TelevisionApr 3, 2012

CANNES, France (AFP) ― From documentaries to high-end costume dramas, the centenary of the sinking of the RMS Titanic has sparked a tidal wave of TV shows, up for grabs at this week’s MIPTV international trade show. Episode one of the mini-series “Titanic,” penned by Oscar and Emmy-winning scriptwriter Julian Fellowes and distributed by Britain’s ITV Studios, was given a gala screening at the fa...
Trailer from Houston‘s new film makes its debut

FilmApr 3, 2012

Viewers got a first glimpse of Whitney Houston’s upcoming film Monday when NBC‘s ``Today’‘ show premiered a trailer for the much-awaited release, and a fuller clip debuted on Yahoo! Movies. A remake of the 1976 original, ``Sparkle’‘ stars Houston as the mother of three girls who form a singing group and struggle with fame and drug addiction. The trailer showed the daughters, including ``American...
Kutcher to play Steve Jobs in biopic

FilmApr 3, 2012

He's already a titan of social media, so it only makes sense that Ashton Kutcher would play the late Apple founder Steve Jobs in an upcoming biography. Kutcher's publicist confirmed Tuesday that the independent film ``Jobs'' will begin production in May while he's on hiatus from the CBS sitcom ``Two and a Half Men.'' Variety first reported the casting news. The 34-year-old actor, who has over 1...
Stones and nails bring artist close to nature

TheaterApr 2, 2012

“The reason I use materials close to nature is because they are familiar to people. Of course, there are many other prettier and shinier materials than nails but they were so closely used by human beings forever that they almost became nature,” Lee told the press last week. He said that he tries to maximize the original feeling of the materials, twisting them only a little. Hanging weighty stone...
Sarah Palin set to co-host NBC’s ‘Today’

MusicApr 2, 2012

NEW YORK (AP) ― NBC’s “Today” show is bringing Sarah Palin on board as a co-host ― for one morning, this Tuesday. The announcement was posted Sunday on NBC’s website. It says the former Alaska governor and GOP vice presidential candidate will “reveal a different side” than viewers have seen before. The booking is clearly an attempt to blunt the impact of “Today” alumna Katie Couric’s weeklong r...
Korean to head IATC for third time

TheaterApr 2, 2012

Kim Yun-cheol, head of Korea National University of Arts’ School of Drama, has been reelected as the president of the International Association of Theatre Critics for the third time. The decision was made Friday at the IATC regular general meeting in Warszawa, Poland. Kim was the first Asian ever to be elected to head IATC in 2008. Each term lasts two years. Kim studied English education at Seo...
Busan to become multimedia content center in May

TelevisionApr 2, 2012

Busan will become a marketplace for multimedia content including TV dramas and smartphone apps from around the world in May. From May 10-12, the city hosts Busan Contents Market at BEXCO, a convention center in Haeundae, with more than 600 media companies and buyers from 47 countries participating, the organizing committee said. The committee expects to have companies signing deals worth $54 mil...
Filming in Chernobyl, the ‘Land of Oblivion’

FilmApr 2, 2012

PARIS (AFP) ― The film had to be shot in Chernobyl. That was the sizeable challenge Michale Boganim set herself for her first feature film, the story of a young bride robbed of a husband by the 1986 nuclear disaster. Five years in the making, the French-Israeli director’s “Land of Oblivion,” just released in France, was shot entirely in the so-called exclusion zone, reaching 30 kilometers around...
Feist wins Juno for Artist of the Year

MusicApr 2, 2012

TORONTO (AP) ― Indie-rock songstress Leslie Feist took home a Juno for Artist of the Year on Sunday night, her third win at the 41st annual Canadian music awards ceremony. Feist, best known for her whimsical 2007 song “1234,’’ which became an international hit after it was featured in an iPod nano commercial, might have surprised some with Sunday night’s win since her contemplative fourth disc, ...
Korean-American playwright brings unusual portrait of immigrant family

MusicApr 2, 2012

Lloyd Suh’s drama ‘American Hwangap’ gets its first Seoul run The concept of home and belonging has been repeatedly discussed in migration studies and art, yet many local viewers may find Korean-American playwright Lloyd Suh’s play quite equivocal and even unusual. As its title, “American Hwangap” suggests, the play deals with the clash between two different worlds: Korea and America, parents a...
Sandler big loser at Razzie Awards

FilmApr 2, 2012

"Jack and Jill," a big-screen comedy starring Adam Sandler as the titular twin siblings, "won" 10 Razzie Awards at a Santa Monica ceremony Sunday night. The movie is the first to sweep all categories in the Razzies' 32-year history. It was named Worst Picture of 2011, while Sandler was declared Worst Actor and Worst Actress, and the cast was dubbed Worst Ensemble. Sandler's Oscar-winning co-st...
Korean art explained for English-language readers

TheaterApr 1, 2012

Prestigious U.K. publishers and Korea’s Culture Ministry publish English-language books on Korean art English-language books shedding new light on South Korean art and artists are pouring out from in and outside of the country, to the delight of non-Korean speaking art aficionados. U.K. publishing company Prestel released the 192-page hardcover book “Korean Contemporary Art” on March 19. “Conf...
‘The Voice’ adds Facebook app for voting

TelevisionApr 1, 2012

LOS ANGELES (AP) ― NBC’s talent show “The Voice” is jumping on Facebook’s “timeline” app bandwagon to give fans another way to vote for their favorite contestants The new application allows viewers to cast votes for “Voice” singers and connect with friends and others watching the show, NBC and Facebook said Friday. Voting on live performances begins Monday. The Facebook app for “The Voice” is i...
Whitney memorabilia auctioned

MusicApr 1, 2012

Beverly Hills (AP) ― A bustier worn on stage by Whitney Houston fetched $18,750 at an auction in Beverly Hills of memorabilia from the late pop star’s career. Julien’s Auctions says the sale of 13 items Saturday brought in a total of $80,187 from bidders in the gallery, on the phone and online. A grey velvet gown the singer wore to music mogul Clive Davis’ pre-Grammy party in 1996 went for $11,...