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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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Korean battery makers heave sigh of relief over 2-year IRA reprieve
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Indonesia’s KF-21 fighter jet deal cut back -- what’s next?
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Over 80,000 millionaires, 20 billionaires in Seoul: report
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[KH Explains] Can tech firms' AI alliances take on Nvidia?
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Police seek arrest warrant for med student who killed girlfriend
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Local filmmakers criticize ‘The Roundup: Punishment’ monopoly of screens
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Will China's self-sufficient dream in HBM come true?
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Actor Michael Clarke Duncan dies at 54
LOS ANGELES (AP) ― Michael Clarke Duncan, the hulking, prolific character actor whose dozens of films included an Oscar-nominated performance as a death row inmate in “The Green Mile’’ and such other box office hits as “Armageddon,’’ “’Planet of the Apes’’ and “Kung Fu Panda,’’ has died at age 54.Duncan died Monday morning at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, where he was being treated for a heart attack, said his fiancee, reality TV personality Rev. Omarosa Manigault, in a statement r
Sept. 4, 2012
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Actor Michael Clarke Duncan dead at 54
(AFP)LOS ANGELES (AP) _ Michael Clarke Duncan, the hulking, prolific character actor whose dozens of films included an Oscar-nominated performance as a death row inmate in ``The Green Mile'' and such other box office hits as ``Armageddon,'' `'Planet of the Apes'' and ``Kung Fu Panda,'' is dead at age 54.Clarke died Monday morning at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, where he was being tr
Sept. 4, 2012
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‘You cannot get away from your past’
Korean-Canadian director Yi speaks on her work, connection to her rootsFilmmaker and journalist Yi Sun-kyung grew up in a Canadian city where her family was one of only a half-dozen Korean households in town. That small community was what shaped her view on Korea as a little girl. It was the world where she was pressured not to be a reporter, but a teacher or a nurse. For many years, she tried to stay away from it as much as possible. “There was competition and gossip,” the filmmaker told The Ko
Sept. 3, 2012
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Jay-Z mimics Rocky at Philly Made In America fest
PHILADELPHIA (AP) ― Jay-Z’s entrance said it all: He bounced up and down on top of the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, mimicking Rocky before he took the stage in front of nearly 50,000. His song “Made In America’’ played in the background.Jay-Z, like Rocky Balboa, has a rags-to-riches American dream story, and the 42-year-old entertainer ― who grew up in the Brooklyn projects and released his debut album in 1996 ― shared some of that through songs in his 90-minute set Saturday night at
Sept. 3, 2012
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Winds of economic crisis at Venice film festival
VENICE, Italy (AFP) ― For all the glamorous seaside partying at the Venice film festival, there is a distinct air of austerity at this year’s edition for an industry that is questioning its economic future.The festival line-up has been slimmed and the star wattage toned down while even some of the movie plotlines reflect various forms of fallout from the financial crisis ― from family and relationships to faith and spiritual values.“The main recurring theme is the crisis. The economic crisis, wh
Sept. 3, 2012
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Anti-Obama documentary ‘2016’ surprises film world
LOS ANGELES (AP) ― It wasn’t backed by any Hollywood movie studio. Reviews were mostly negative. It premiered in Houston, not Los Angeles or New York. And yet despite the unconventional release of “2016: Obama’s America,’’ the movie is now among the most successful political documentaries of all time ― and it doesn’t show signs of cooling down ahead of the presidential election in November.The conservative film exploring the roots of President Barack Obama’s political views surprised the film in
Sept. 2, 2012
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Scientology-inspired ‘The Master’ casts spell at Venice festival
VENICE, Italy (AFP) ― The film “The Master” cast a spell on viewers at the Venice festival on Saturday with Philip Seymour Hoffman playing a charismatic leader loosely based on Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard.Hoffman’s character takes a troubled World War II vet played by a feral Joaquin Phoenix under his wing in this latest work by Oscar-winner Paul Thomas Anderson, director of “Boogie Nights” and “There Will Be Blood.”The film starts with Phoenix as Freddie Quell and his rapid descent into
Sept. 2, 2012
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Store owner: Cage owes $224 in DVD fees
Actor Nicolas Cage owes a Los Angeles video store $224.48 in late fees for renting two DVDs and not returning them, the owner of the store said.The actor rented "A Star is Born" and "The King of Comedy" in April, but has yet to return them to Old Bank DVD in downtown Los Angeles, the store's owner, whose name was not reported, said.The owner has taken to Facebook to try to get Cage's attention, TM
Sept. 2, 2012
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Box office
The Traffickers (Korea)Opened Aug. 29Crime. Thriller. Directed by Kim Hong-sun. Sang-ho (Choi Daniel) and Chae-hee (Jung Ji-yoon) are a married couple on a cruise for their first trip to Weihai, China. However, Chae-hee suddenly disappears while Sang-ho is away. He soon finds out that Chae-hee’s pictures, belongings as well as her records of boarding the ship have been completely removed. On the other side of the cruise ship, Young-gyu (Im Chang-jeong), the best known human trafficker in the ind
Aug. 31, 2012
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Jeffrey Dean Morgan is just looking for a little big screen luck
Movie fans, those with too much time on their hands, love to ponder the imponderable.Why did America flock to see “Ted”? How did Tyler Perry build an empire by donning a dress? What is new about “The Hunger Games,” other than its haven’t-seen-many-movies audience?And why isn’t Jeffrey Dean Morgan a star?In an era when Hollywood has all but given up that Leo DiCaprio’s voice will ever change and has cast its net far afield looking for macho leading men ― Gerard Butler from Ireland, Jason Statham
Aug. 31, 2012
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‘The Thieves’ now 2nd top-selling Korean film
“The Thieves” has outperformed “The King and the Clown” to become the second most popular Korean film ever shown at home, according to an industry tally.“The Thieves” has attracted 12.31 million viewers as of 5 p.m. Thursday, breaking a record set by the all-time No. 2 Korean film “The King and the Clown” (12 million) in 2005, Mediaplex Co., the distributor of the latest film said on Friday.Directed by Choe Dong-hoon, who is known for “Tazza: the High Rollers” and “The Big Swindle,” the new heis
Aug. 31, 2012
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Venice opener seeks to show divisive stereotypes
VENICE, Italy (AP) ― Director Mira Nair views her new film, “The Reluctant Fundamentalist,’’ as a chance to fulfill what she sees as her life’s purpose: telling the stories of people whose lives straddle two worlds, like her own. Fittingly, the movie premiered Wednesday as the opener of the Venice Film Festival, a city that historically has been a bridge between East and West.“I believe that I have actually been put on this earth to tell stories of people like me, who live between worlds,’’ the
Aug. 30, 2012
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Robert Redford brings the art house to Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES ― Growing up in Los Angeles in the 1940s and 1950s, Robert Redford fell in love with the movies at small community theaters that screened cartoons, shorts and newsreels, documentaries and feature films.“What you had then was film in all its forms,” Redford said last week. “It was lot more like a community experience where you would recognize your neighbors.”Now the actor, director, producer and founder of the annual Sundance Film Festival is hoping to revive that community spirit by
Aug. 29, 2012
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Chinese director Wong to lead Berlin festival jury
BERLIN (AFP) ― Award-winning Chinese director Wong Kar Wai will lead the jury of the 63rd Berlin film festival in February, which traditionally highlights Asian cinema, organizers said Tuesday.Wong, best known for his 2000 slow-burn drama “In the Mood for Love,” will lead a panel that will tap the winners of the Golden and Silver Bear prizes at one of Europe’s top cinema showcases running Feb. 7 to 17.“Wong Kar Wai is one of the most celebrated film-makers of our time. His distinctive signature
Aug. 29, 2012
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‘Neighbors’ brings unusual murder drama
Kang Full’s Web-based comic book series made into filmCountless films in the past have featured a serial killer, but Kim Hwi’s latest thriller based on Kang Full’s 2008 webcomic takes a refreshingly different approach.For the sake of suspense and excitement, many noir-thrillers do not reveal the identity of the killer until the very end. But in “Neighbors,” it is clear who the criminal is right from the beginning. He in fact kills his own neighbors ― including a middle-school girl ― living in hi
Aug. 29, 2012
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DiCaprio plans animal-poach film: report
LOS ANGELES (UPI) ― Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy and Tobey Maguire are working to produce an animal-trafficking film like the U.S. crime drama “Traffic,” a trade daily reported.The unnamed Warner Bros. Pictures film would look at animal trafficking from a number of perspectives, similar to 2000’s “Traffic,” directed by Steven Soderbergh and written by Stephen Gaghan, The Hollywood Reporter said.“Traffic,” adapted from the British TV series “Traffik,” explores the illegal-drug trade from the pers
Aug. 29, 2012
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Korean movies dominate box office
Market share of homegrown movies rises to nearly 80 percent over the weekendKorea’s homegrown films are doing better than ever at the box office, with its market share rising to nearly 80 percent in the past weekend.The top four movies at the box office from Aug. 26 to 27 were local films, according to the Korean Film Council. The films are director Kim Hwi’s thriller “Neighbors”; Kim Joo-ho’s period comedy “The Grand Heist”; Choi Dong-Hun’s star-studded blockbuster “The Thieves”; and Kim Dong-w
Aug. 27, 2012
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‘Essential’ film copyright protection turns 100
CULPEPER, Virginia (AP) ― In the crisp 4-degree Celsius air of a converted bunker in rural Virginia lies the U.S.’s greatest collection of early film.Stacked in metal tins on shelves in 124 concrete vaults that stretch almost 2.5-meters high, movies that wowed audiences decades ago are meticulously stored so that one day, they may play again.The vaults at the Library of Congress’ Packard Campus for Audio-Visual Conservation in Culpeper, Virginia, represent decades of work by copyright officials
Aug. 26, 2012
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Rain visits cast meet for ‘R2B’
Singer-actor Rain, or Jung Ji-hoon, made a surprise visit to the cast meeting of his film “R2B: Return to Base.” Rain visited Wangsimni CGV, Seoul, during a meeting with the audience on Aug. 22. Rain was unable to watch or join the promotion of his own film due to the movie’s delayed release as well as his military service. However, the 30-year-old visited the theater during his break from the military, watched his film in the back and was greeted by fans when one of the cast, Kim Sung-soo, let
Aug. 26, 2012
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Women directors take front row at Venice film festival
Korea’s Kim Ki-duk returns with ‘Pieta’ROME (AFP) ― Hollywood veterans will brush shoulders with up and coming starlets and auteurs in Venice starting on Wednesday for the film festival in which women directors are set to take center stage.Robert Redford will fly in for the first time to the world’s oldest movie festival, where Terrence Malick’s “To The Wonder” and Paul Thomas Anderson’s “The Master” will be among the 18 films vying for the Golden Lion prize.Women directed a total of 21 of the 5
Aug. 26, 2012