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'Super Rich in Korea' will leave viewers appreciating Korea more: producers
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Probe of first lady on Dior bag allegations set to begin
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Top prosecutor pledges 'speedy, strict' probe into first lady's luxury bag allegations
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Medical feud leaves hospitals in financial crisis
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'Queen of Tears' riding high on Netflix chart
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[KH Explains] Can tech firms' AI alliances take on Nvidia?
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With Indonesia unable to pay full share, what’s next for KF-21 fighter project?
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Speaker floats dual citizenship as solution to falling births
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[Grace Kao, Meera Choi] Has money displaced romance on dates?
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Police seek arrest warrant for med student who killed girlfriend
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Director Kim unchanged by Venice triumph
South Korean film director Kim Ki-Duk said Tuesday he would stick to his maverick ways after winning the coveted Golden Lion prize at the Venice film festival for his anti-capitalist movie “Pieta.”“Pieta mirrors my philosophy ... I will continue to produce interesting and meaningful movies like this film,” Kim said.The eccentric director, long-treated as an outcast at home, won the top award in Venice for the film, which tells of a brutal loan shark who struggles for redemption after he meets a
Sept. 12, 2012
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Midnight’s Children film may not be released in India
NEW DELHI (AFP) ― A new film of Salman Rushdie’s 1981 novel “Midnight’s Children,” which is set in India after independence, may not be released in the country, its director has said, blaming “insecure politicians.”The adaptation, which has been shown at the Toronto International Film Festival in Canada, is due for worldwide release in October or November, but has yet to find an Indian distributor.“Salman has often said that the book was his love letter to India. I think the film reflects that l
Sept. 11, 2012
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Busan film fest embraces Asian diversity
A Hong Kong action-thriller and a rural drama from Bangladesh will open and close Asia’s top film festival next month, as its South Korean hosts look to share more of the spotlight with regional offerings.In the past, Korean films have nearly always bookended the Busan International Film Festival (BIFF), but with the event now in its 17th year, organizers said they were keen to underline the diversity of Asian cinema.The Oct. 4-13 festival will feature 304 movies from 75 countries, including “Co
Sept. 11, 2012
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Famous Hollywood director says incest is okay
A big Hollywood director told news sources in an interview that he didn’t think there was anything wrong with incest, even comparing it to gay marriage. Nick Cassavetes, director of romance blockbuster “The Notebook,” was promoting his new film “Yellow” when he told interviewers that he didn’t see anything wrong with incest. Cassavetes said that because he did not have personal experience with incest, he could not condemn it, “Love who you want. Isn’t that what we say? Gay marriage — love who yo
Sept. 11, 2012
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Ryan Reynolds gets married to Blake Lively
Hollywood big-names Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively have tied the knot in secret, according to news sources. "The Proposal" star Reynolds, 35, and 25-year-old Lively, who currently stars in U.S. TV show "Gossip Girl," married at a plantation in Mount Pleasant, right outside of Charleston, South Carolina, on Sunday. Sources say there were only 60 guests and only the closest of friends were invited. Kelly Gukanovich, the DJ of a local radio station 95.1 FM, said, “A few days ago, I heard Ryan was b
Sept. 11, 2012
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Makeup masks all-star cast in ‘Cloud Atlas’
TORONTO (AFP) ― Heaps of makeup transformed the all-star cast of “Cloud Atlas,” which premiered on Sunday at the Toronto International Film Festival, “startling” the cast members themselves, they said.“I loved working with Hugh (Grant), you didn’t know it was him until he said (in a thick English accent) ‘Oh fuck off,’” quipped actor Jim Broadbent at a press conference.Grant, who celebrated a birthday on Sunday, said “plastic was applied to their faces for hours” each day during filming.“I heard
Sept. 10, 2012
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Can ‘Pieta’ enjoy success at home?
Film critics, distributor say the Venice fest winner is likely to earn Kim Ki-duk his biggest commercial success yet in KoreaAward-winning director Kim Ki-duk and his works may have succeeded in overseas markets, but he never enjoyed such triumph in his homeland. Nicknamed an outsider, the eccentric director has seen local audiences turning their backs on his films, even those that won prizes at prestigious international film festivals. “Bad Guy” (2001) which drew about 700,000 viewers was his b
Sept. 10, 2012
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Former laborer becomes acclaimed filmmaker
Kim Ki-duk, who became the first Korean auteur to win the top prize at Venice with his gruesome morality tale “Pieta,” has long been considered an “outsider” in the local film industry.From the very beginning, he was nothing like any of the other filmmakers in the scene. He never went to film school, and never worked as an assistant for established filmmakers ― which was considered the “right way” of breaking into the industry. His life story, filled with drama and struggles, however, is nothing
Sept. 9, 2012
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Venice festival winner a hard-hitting morality tale
Kim’s latest film bags the top prize, ‘The Master’ by Paul Thomas Anderson gets Silver Lion awardVENICE, Italy (AFP) ― South Korean director Kim Ki-duk’s “Pieta” won the top prize at the Venice film festival, while Paul Thomas Anderson’s Scientology-inspired “The Master” walked off with two major awards.The eccentric Kim delighted the audience at the awards ceremony by breaking into song on stage to celebrate winning the Golden Lion award for his bleak morality tale.The director, whose personali
Sept. 9, 2012
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Kim Ki-duk: from monster with 'inferiority complex' to master director
Kim Ki-duk, the winner of the Golden Lion award at the 69th Venice International Film Festival, is a self-made man who started as a non-mainstream outsider but clinched top honors as a movie director.Having never studied film at school, the eccentric director built his own movie world turning his own life philosophy into visual poetry based on inborn artistic talent.He was born in Bonghwa, North G
Sept. 9, 2012
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Kim Ki-duk becomes 1st Korean director to win top film prize at Venice
Gruesome morality tale ’Pieta’ tops Venice Kim Ki-duk received the Golden Lion award for his 18th feature-length film “Pieta” on Saturday to become the first Korean director to win the top prize at the Venice Film Festival.Venice, along with Cannes and Berlin, is considered one of the three most prestigious European film festivals. The film fests are often called the “Big Three.” No Korean directo
Sept. 9, 2012
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Pieta (Korea)Opened Sept. 6Drama. Directed by Kim Ki-duk. A man (Lee Jung-jin) lives as a brutal loan shark, making money by mercilessly threatening people to pay their debts. The solitary man, an orphan, has nothing or no one to lean on and hurts people shamelessly without realizing the pain he causes. One day, a mysterious woman (Jo Min-soo) appears claiming that she is his mother. The man rejects her at first, but gradually becomes attached to her accepting her into his life. He eventually de
Sept. 7, 2012
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‘The Words’ is a drama 12 years in the making
There are two questions on the table during a recent interview regarding “The Words.” The first, to Bradley Cooper, is: What role did you play in helping the small independent movie with the big stars and bigger ideas get made?The second, to the writing-directing team, is: What’s the real scoop?“Why would you think I wouldn’t tell you the real answer?” asks a playful Cooper, who, at 37, is at a career point where just dropping his name could make or break a project. Then he laughs at the explana
Sept. 7, 2012
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‘Pieta’ tipped for Venice win
VENICE, Italy (AFP) ― South Korean director Kim Ki-duk’s “Pieta” and U.S. director Paul Thomas Anderson’s “The Master” are tipped as the critics’ favorites to win the coveted Golden Lion award on Saturday night.The two are among the 18 movies in competition at the world’s oldest film festival in Venice where stars, auteurs and industry honchos have been rubbing shoulders at the seaside for nearly two weeks of art house cinema.The selection is “the best around,” said festival director Alberto Bar
Sept. 7, 2012
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Scientologists deny auditioning for Tom Cruise bride
LOS ANGELES (AFP) ― The Church of Scientology denounced as “hogwash” Wednesday a report that it auditioned candidates to be Tom Cruise’s girlfriend, while the star’s lawyer branded the claims “tired old lies.”Vanity Fair quoted sources as saying the controversial church tested actresses as potential brides in 2004, after his split from Nicole Kidman and before he met and married Katie Holmes, who recently divorced him.The report included details of a failed match with an Iranian-born actress, w
Sept. 6, 2012
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Kim Ki-duk returns with brutal revenge tale
Lives of loan shark victims explicitly captured on ‘Pieta’After “Arirang,” the self-reflective documentary about his personal failings and struggles, director Kim Ki-duk returned to the movie scene with a gruesome revenge tale ― about a cruel debt collector running into a woman who claims to be his mother. “Pieta,” which is one of 18 films vying for this year’s Golden Lion prize in Venice, is Kim’s 18th feature-length film. The movie has almost every element that would make an audience uncomfort
Sept. 6, 2012
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’Matrix’ director admits getting sex change
Famed co-director of Hollywood films, like “V for Vendetta” and “Speed Racer,” admitted to having a sex change, according to news reports. Andy and Lana Wachowski, siblings, directed hugely influential films like the “Matrix” trilogy. Little was known about them because they remained very private. However, the siblings opened up in a recent interview to promote their new film “Cloud Atlas” and to give insight into Lana’s struggles to become a woman.Lana was known as Larry before her sex change i
Sept. 5, 2012
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Korean morality tale premieres at Venice film fest
South Korean director Kim Ki-duk brought his brand of excruciating emotion and troubling imagery to the Venice film festival Tuesday with his condemnation of extreme capitalism in “Pieta”.The film revolves around a brutal loan shark played by Lee Jung-jin who prowls the back alleys and small workshops of a central area of Seoul that is quickly going out of business and being replaced by skyscrapers.Kim said at a press conference that he had been inspired by Michelangelo‘s famous “Pieta” statue
Sept. 5, 2012
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Spain film fest to honor John Travolta
MADRID (AFP) ― John Travolta will grab a lifetime achievement award at Spain’s top film festival, alongside Oliver Stone, Ewan McGregor and Tommy Lee Jones, organizers said Monday.The 58-year-old American actor will be honored with a Donostia award by the Sept. 21-29 San Sebastian Festival in northern Spain, where he is presenting his latest film, Savages.The festival cited a string of Travolta’s famous roles including in Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction (1994), Get Shorty (1996), Grease (1978),
Sept. 4, 2012
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Fundraising for new Korean film draws large response
The number of participants in a rare fundraising campaign for a local film project has topped the 10,000 mark, the movie’s production company said Monday.The project to make “26 Years,” a new film based on a famous Webtoon by Kang Pool featuring the 1980 Gwangju people’s uprising for democracy, has drifted for years due to financial problems.This situation prompted Cheongeorahm Film, a local movie studio that organized the project, to launch a campaign among citizens on June 25 to raise the mone
Sept. 4, 2012