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Over 80,000 millionaires, 20 billionaires in Seoul: report
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Yoon apologizes for first lady Dior bag scandal, calls push for special probe ‘political’
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Korean battery makers heave sigh of relief over 2-year IRA reprieve
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South Korea open to Indonesian proposal to cut KF-21 payments
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Korea forecast to overtake Taiwan in chip production by 2032: report
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Girl hanging on bridge, police trying to rescue her both fall off; rescued immediately
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Coupang earnings hit hard by losses from ailing Farfetch
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[K-pop’s dilemma] Time, profit pressures work against originality
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Why femicide and dating violence are growing issues in S. Korea
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[K-pop’s dilemma] Can K-pop break free from ‘fandom’ model?
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‘Miracle in Cell No. 7’ draws 11 million viewers
Local film ‘Miracle in Cell No. 7’ drew 11.09 million viewers in just 38 days after its release, official data showed Friday. This makes it the seventh highest grossing movie in Korean film history, beating Kang Woo-suk’s 2003 drama “Silmido.”A heartwarming comedy about a mentally challenged father (played by Ryoo Seung-ryong) wrongfully imprisoned for murder, the film drew 4.6 million viewers in its first two weeks of release. The plot of the film develops as the man forms genuine friendship wi
March 1, 2013
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Django UnchainedOpening March 21Drama. Western. Directed by Quentin Tarantino. Set in the South in 1858, Django (Jamie Foxx), a slave with a brutal history with his former owners, finds himself with bounty hunter Dr. King Schultz (Christopher Waltz). Together they search for the Brittle brothers who are wanted dead or alive. Once they find the brothers, the team sets on a mission to rescue Broomhilda (Kerry Washington), Django’s wife from during the slave trade long ago. On their journey they bu
Feb. 28, 2013
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Stanley Tucci, Ewan McGregor on ‘Jack the Giant Slayer’
“Jack the Giant Slayer,” the latest phantasmagorical big-budget, special-effects film from “X-Men” director Bryan Singer, first got under way about three years ago. But back then it had a different director ― Singer replaced D.J. Caruso ― different writers (Singer brought in Christopher McQuarrie to rework the existing script) and even a different title: Somewhere along the line “Jack the Giant Killer” became “Jack the Giant Slayer,” and while “Fee, fi, fo, fum” is still in the script, no one sa
Feb. 28, 2013
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Park Chan-wook’s ‘Stoker’ an exquisite gothic thriller
A spider crawls up the leg of 18-year-old India Stoker (Mia Wasikowska) early in Park Chan-wook’s English-language debut, “Stoker,’’ and she regards it passively, intrigued. There’s a creepy intruder in the Stokers’ handsome, isolated estate, but it’s India’s Uncle Charlie (Matthew Goode), whose existence India was unaware of until he arrived following the death of her father (Dermot Mulroney) in a mysterious car accident. Dashing, cultured and oozing melodramatic evil, he’s an homage to Joseph
Feb. 28, 2013
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Jennifer Aniston soon to tie the knot
Hollywood actress Jennifer Aniston plans to marry actor and director Justin Theroux in a few months, a source told media.The couple got engaged in August and it seems the wedding will take place as soon as the 44-year-old actress finishes filming a movie “Untitled Elmore Leonard Project” in Connecticut on March 8. The ceremony will be small scale, the source said. “Jennifer admires him because he is seriously intelligent and so different from most of the men you meet in Hollywood,” one of her fr
Feb. 28, 2013
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Fox unveils first foray into Korean market
Fox International Productions’ first locally produced film was finally unveiled on Tuesday, featuring Park Chan-wook’s “Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance” star Shin Ha-gyun in the lead.An international production umbrella unit of America’s major film production house Fox Filmed Entertainment, FIP produces and distributes local language films around the globe. Known as one of the world’s largest producers and distributors of motion pictures, Fox blockbusters include “Avatar,” “Titanic” and “Star Wars.”T
Feb. 26, 2013
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Critics blast Academy Awards for off-color jokes, dull show
LOS ANGELES (AFP) ― Critics blasted Oscars host Seth MacFarlane on Monday for “crudely sexist antics” and peddling “offensive” Jewish stereotypes, as the Academy Awards post mortem got into full swing.Others said the “Family Guy” creator, brought in to appeal to younger viewers with edgy humor, was simply dull ― while satirical website The Onion had to apologize for an expletive tweet about the youngest-ever Oscar nominee.“Well, that didn’t work,” wrote the Los Angeles Times’ television critic a
Feb. 26, 2013
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U.K. actor claiming to suffer from ‘sexsomnia’ jailed
British actor Simon Morris was jailed for raping a 15-year-old girl in 2011, despite insisting that he had no recollection of the incident because he was fast asleep, British media reported Monday. The 42-year-old actor was sentenced on Sunday to eight years in prison by Cardiff Crown Court in southern London, after the court dismissed his claims that he had suffered from “sexsomnia,” the medical condition where people engage in sex acts while still asleep.“You told an endless number of glib lie
Feb. 26, 2013
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Affleck’s ‘Argo’ wins best-picture Oscar
LOS ANGELES (AP) ― Ben Affleck’s “Argo,’’ the story of how Hollywood, Canada and the CIA teamed up to rescue six Americans during the Iranian hostage crisis, has earned best picture at the Academy Awards.From the White House, First Lady Michelle Obama joined Jack Nicholson to help present the final prize.“There are eight great films that have every right, as much a right to be up here as we do,’’ Affleck said of the other best-picture nominees.In share-the-wealth mode, Oscar voters spread Sunday
Feb. 25, 2013
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‘Silver Linings’ leads Spirit Awards with 4 prizes
The oddball romance “Silver Linings Playbook” was named best picture Saturday at the Spirit Awards honoring independent film, Hollywood’s last pre-game show before the Academy Awards.“Silver Linings Playbook” led with four wins, including best actress for Jennifer Lawrence and director and screenplay for David O. Russell.Lawrence is the best-actress favorite at Sunday’s Oscars for her role as a young widow in a shaky new relationship with a man fresh from a mental hospital.“The Sessions” earned
Feb. 24, 2013
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Translating Park Chan-wook
Park Chan-wook describes his ability as “more than perfect.” Actress Mia Wasikowska said working with him was so “easy and seamless.”Of the many who worked behind the camera for Park Chan-wook’s Hollywood debut “Stoker,” one of its co-producers and interpreter Jeong Won-jo is the one who witnessed the English-language film’s production from the very beginning to the end. Throughout the project, he was the famed director’s “all-around aide-de-camp”; all of Park’s directions were delivered to the
Feb. 24, 2013
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Adele, 'Les Miserables' cast sing on Oscar stage
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- It was an extra starry, musical day at the Dolby Theatre as Adele took the stage first Friday, followed by the cast of "Les Miserables,'' singing together of the first time.Oscar nominees Hugh Jackman and Anne Hathaway, along with co-stars Russell Crowe, Amanda Seyfried, Helena Bonham-Carter, Sasha Baron-Cohen, Eddie Redmayne, Aaron Tveit and Samantha Barks rehearsed their performances on the Oscar stage. They were backed by members of the musical's stage productions from Lon
Feb. 23, 2013
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Canada ambassador says he feels slighted by "Argo"
TORONTO (AP) -- The Canadian former ambassador to Iran who protected Americans at great personal risk during the 1979 Iran hostage crisis says it will reflect poorly on Ben Affleck if he doesn't say a few words about Canada's role if the director's film "Argo'' wins the Oscar for best picture Sunday.But Ken Taylor -- who said he feels slighted by the movie because it makes Canada look like a meek observer to CIA heroics in the rescue of six U.S. citizens caught in the crisis -- is not expecting
Feb. 23, 2013
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Presidential Day-Lewis set for record third Oscar
HOLLYWOOD (AFP) -- This year's Oscars race may be one of the least predictable in recent memory -- but there is one virtual certainty for Sunday night: Daniel Day-Lewis will likely win a record third best actor prize.The British-Irish actor has won the main acting category in almost every show so far in Hollywood's annual awards season, which reaches its height with the 85th Academy Awards this weekend.And, while the other four actors nominated all put in great performances, Day-Lewis looks set
Feb. 23, 2013
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Jack Nicholson, Dustin Hoffman to present Oscars
HOLLYWOOD (AFP) -- Multiple Oscar-winning Hollywood legends Jack Nicholson and Dustin Hoffman were added Friday to the presenting line-up at this weekend's 85th Academy Awards.The pair will join a star-studded cast on stage Sunday including Michael Douglas, John Travolta, Ben Affleck, Jessica Chastain, Jennifer Lawrence, Halle Berry, Sandra Bullock, Nicole Kidman and Reese Witherspoon.Nicholson has been nominated 12 times and won three times, as best leading actor in "One Flew over the Cuckoo's
Feb. 23, 2013
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Jack the Giant SlayerOpening Feb. 28Drama. Fantasy. Adventure. Directed by Bryan Singer. An ordinary young farmer Jack (Nicholas Hoult) accidentally grows a giant beanstalk using some magic beans which opens a gateway to a fearsome race of giants who have a longstanding feud with humans. Unleashed on earth for the first time in centuries, the giants strive to reclaim the land that they have long lost. The giants cause havoc for Jack and his entire kingdom and Jack has no choice but to join in th
Feb. 22, 2013
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Motherhood lets Keri Russell reinvent herself
Keri Russell’s “comeback year” has the feel of a reinvention, a re-branding of the dainty young lovely who burst on the scene with “Felicity” back in the last century. But as different as her flinty mom in the new film “Dark Skies” might seem, as dangerous and “out there” as her Born Again Bolshevik sleeper spy is in TV’s “The Americans,” she refuses to label her return to public view a career makeover.“The great think about disappearing is that people forget about you a little bit,” Russell say
Feb. 22, 2013
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Does Oscar crown await Affleck’s ‘Argo?’
LOS ANGELES (AP) ― Nominations morning last month revealed major surprises for the Academy Awards, promising one of the most wide-open campaigns ever for Hollywood’s highest honors.Six weeks later, things have shaken out into the same old predictable Oscars.Like almost every awards season, earlier honors have established clear favorites for the top prizes at Sunday’s Oscars, where Ben Affleck’s CIA thriller “Argo” is expected to take home the best-picture trophy.“Argo” has dominated the awards p
Feb. 22, 2013
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Rape case against Park takes new turn
Rape allegations against hallyu actor Park Si-hoo took a new turn Friday as police sent the alleged rape victim’s blood sample for a drug test. The move is interpreted as a sign that police are searching for possible traces of drugs in the woman who claimed to have been raped by Park last Friday.The Seoul Seobu Police Station sent the woman’s hair, urine and blood samples to the National Forensic Service to see if she had been drugged or was simply drunk at the time of the incident.Last Friday,
Feb. 22, 2013
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Making of and becoming ‘Stoker’
Following the successful press premiere of famed local director Park Chan-wook’s Hollywood debut “Stoker,” the film’s leading actress Mia Wasikowska made a meaningful first visit to Park’s home country.“It’s something we talked about since our first meeting,” the Australian actress said during a press conference promoting the film in Seoul on Thursday. “Director Park told me when the film is finally made and being released, I should come to Korea. And I always said I’d love to. So it’s exciting
Feb. 21, 2013