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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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Over 80,000 millionaires, 20 billionaires in Seoul: report
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Indonesia’s KF-21 fighter jet deal cut back -- what’s next?
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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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Young Korean doctors seek plan B: cosmetic dermatology or overseas
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Carnage (France, Germany, Spain and Poland)Opened Aug. 16Comedy. Directed by Roman Polanski. Two pairs of middle-class parents meet to discuss why one couple’s child broke the front teeth of the other couple’s son. Though both parties try to remain “civilized” and “well-mannered” in the beginning of the meeting, they end up becoming childish and even attacking each other while drunk. Starring Jodie Foster, Kate Winslet, Christoph Waltz and John C. Reilly, the film is an adaptation of celebrated
Aug. 24, 2012
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Dax drives and Kristen happily rides shotgun in ‘Hit and Run’
Boy, it sure looks like Dax Shepard is doing all his own crazy, gonzo stunt-driving in “Hit and Run,” the car-chase comedy he wrote and co-directed.“All me, 100 percent,” he says.You know how you can tell? Look in the eyes of his co-star and off-camera fiancee, Kristen Bell. Yeah, she’s in the car with him in those scenes. And no, she wasn’t scared.“Dax has always been in to off-roading, so I’ve logged many hours with him in the car doing crazy tricks,” Bell says. “I know how capable he is behin
Aug. 24, 2012
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‘The Thieves’ outperforms ‘Haeundae’ to become fourth best-selling movie at home
The Korean heist film “The Thieves” became the fourth best-selling Korean film of all time, beating “Haeundae,” a disaster drama that opened three years ago, according to the latest official box office tally.“The Thieves,” featuring 10 Korean and Chinese thieves teaming up to steal a valuable diamond necklace at a Macao casino, had attracted about 11.5 million viewers as of Wednesday, the data from the Korean Film Council showed.The movie passed the 11.4 million audience record for “Haeundae,” p
Aug. 24, 2012
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Han Ye-seul to make comeback with movie “The Dog”
Korean actress Han Ye-seul is poised for a comeback after one year absence with a role in a new blockbuster movie, Korean online news company Mydaily reported, citing an official from her agency.“Han is considering appearance on the new movie ‘The Dog’,” the official from Bel actors Entertainment reportedly said. The movie, which is expected to crank in around October, is a story about a dog infected by an alien. According to sources within the filming industry, she has “virtually” decided to sh
Aug. 22, 2012
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[Newsmaker] Director Choi Dong-hun steals show with ‘The Thieves’
Director Choi Dong-hun’s star-studded film “The Thieves” has been a sensation since its opening in local theaters last month. Now, Choi’s biggest commercial hit ― the sixth domestic film to top 10 million viewers in Korean movie history at 10,095,387 viewers in 22 days ― is going overseas, slated to open in theaters in Hong Kong, Thailand and Indonesia next month. It will also be released in Singapore and Malaysia later this year.The film, featuring top stars including Kim Hye-soo, Jun Ji-hyun,
Aug. 21, 2012
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Cronenberg determined to keep challenging audience
ORLANDO, Florida ― At 69, Canadian filmmaker David Cronenberg has had his share of movie making ups and downs. His 40 years in film are a perfect illustration of the roller-coaster career.He was the young prince of shock and horror with “The Brood,” “Scanners,” “Videodrome” ― films that by the late 1980s had led him to “The Fly” and “Dead Ringers.”There followed a fallow decade, when he made everything from “Naked Lunch” to “Spider,” interesting films which didn’t find an audience.Then, “A Histo
Aug. 21, 2012
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Eastwood and Spielberg classics to screen in Busan
Hollywood classics fans can look forward to getting their fill of early works by Clinton Eastwood and Steven Spielberg in Busan starting this week.“Eastwood & Spielberg Early Work Screening,” a two-week event at Cinmathque Busan from Aug. 23 to Sept. 6, will feature a total of 16 pieces by the two Hollywood greats.Including his debut piece, “Play Misty For Me” (1971), the audience may enjoy early Eastwood films such as “High Plains Drifter” (1973), “The Outlaw Josey Wales” (1976) and “The Eiger
Aug. 20, 2012
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‘Top Gun’ director dies after jumping off bridge
LOS ANGELES (AP) ― Tony Scott, director of such Hollywood blockbusters as “Top Gun,’’ “Days of Thunder’’ and “Beverly Hills Cop II,’’ died after jumping from a Los Angeles County bridge, authorities said.The 68-year-old Scott’s death Sunday was being investigated as a suicide, Los Angeles County Coroner’s Lt. Joe Bale said.Several people called emergency services around 12:35 p.m. to report that someone had jumped from the Vincent Thomas Bridge spanning San Pedro and Terminal Island in Los Angel
Aug. 20, 2012
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Director Kim to make talk show appearances
Movie director Kim Ki-duk will appear on three different variety shows after a prolonged absence from the public eye.Kim, who has directed 18 films, will appear on KBS talk show “Do Dream,” SBS variety show “Strong Heart,” and tvN talk show “Baek Ji-yeon’s People Inside” sometime this week or the following week. The dates have not been finalized by the broadcasters.Kim appeared in front of the public for the first time in four years on July 20 to promote his new movie “Pieta.” NEW, a content dis
Aug. 20, 2012
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Total Recall (U.S.)Opened Aug. 15Action. Adventure. Directed by Len Wiseman. Douglas Quaid (Colin Farrell), an ordinary factory worker suffers from violent nightmares every night. One day, he visits “ReKall,” a company that can implant an artificial memories and make fantasies into reality. A Rekall employee, McClane (John Cho), convinces Douglas to implant the memories of a secret agent. During a compatibility test in the process of “memory-implanting,” an accident occurs and McClane accuses hi
Aug. 17, 2012
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Garner brings motherhood, small-town sensibilities to her acting
Jennifer Garner is a mom three times over as of last February, when her son Samuel was born, joining sisters Violet (6) and Seraphina (3). But she’s still most at home playing women who don’t have a clue about motherhood.“NOBODY is prepared for this,” she says with a laugh. “And sometimes, the harder you try, the more you mess up. There’s nothing that will humble you more. I am constantly feeling that I’ve screwed something up, or will screw something up. You learn as you go along.”Learning to b
Aug. 17, 2012
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Actor Kim Bum back in Hark Tsui’s new film
Kim Bum, an actor and model best known for his role in “Boys Over Flowers,” has been cast in the main role of the film “Detective Dee: The Prequel,” directed by Hark Tsui famous for his “Once Upon A Time In China (Wong Fei-hung)” series. The entertainment agency representing Kim said Thursday that Kim has been selected as the main character in Hark Tsui’s new movie along with Chinese actors Fung Shiufung and Lin Gengxin(Kenny), Hong Kong actress Angela Baby and Taiwanese actor Mark Chao.“I thoug
Aug. 17, 2012
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‘The Thieves’ breaks 10 million mark
“The Thieves” became the sixth Korean movie to reach 10 million viewers, achieving the feat in just 22 days. According to the Korean Film Council, “The Thieves” brought in 10,095,387 viewers in total as of Wednesday. Released on July 25, the movie is now showing on 552 screens. Director Kang woo-suk’s “Silmido” (2003) was the first Korean film to draw 10 million viewers, followed by “TaeGukGi: Brotherhood Of War,” “The King and the Clown,” “The Host,” and “Haeundae.” “The Host” (2006), directed
Aug. 16, 2012
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Stewart’s role uncertain in ‘Snow White’ plans
NEW YORK (AP) ― Universal Pictures is continuing to pursue a sequel to “Snow White and the Huntsman’’ in the wake of Kristen Stewart’s affair with the film’s director.Universal co-chairman Donna Langley said in a statement Wednesday that the studio is “currently exploring all options to continue the franchise’’ and that reports of Stewart’s exit “are false.’’A beleaguered Stewart got a public defense Wednesday by Academy Award-winner Jodie Foster, who co-starred with a then-11-year-old Stewart i
Aug. 16, 2012
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Spike Lee revisits Jackson’s ‘Bad’ at Toronto festival
LOS ANGELES (AP) ― Music is highlighting next month’s Toronto International Film Festival, with a Michael Jackson documentary from Spike Lee and a closing-night film featuring Vanessa Redgrave as a terminally ill choir singer.Organizers announced Tuesday that Redgrave’s “Song for Marion’’ will close the Toronto festival, which runs Sept. 6 to 16 and is one of the key cinema gatherings that kick off Hollywood’s fall movie lineup and Academy Awards season. Lee’s documentary “Bad 25’’ marks the 25t
Aug. 15, 2012
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Actresses hold mirror to themselves
Three actresses direct and star in their own documentary film“Almost always it is the fear of being ourselves that brings us to the mirror,” late Argentinean poet Antonio Porchia once said.Making a personal video of oneself is, in many ways, constantly having a mirror before your eyes. It’s hard not to be conscious of the self-reflection shown in the viewfinder, as well as its seeming flaws and weaknesses. Three actresses, active in the local indie movie scene, brought themselves toward a specia
Aug. 15, 2012
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Film featuring Rain pre-sold to 30 countries
A local movie starring hallyu star Rain has been sold to 30 different countries before its release, the movie’s producer CJ Entertainment announced on Tuesday.The film is the last movie Rain shot before joining the military for mandatory service in October 2011. In the movie, Rain stars as an elite Air Force pilot assigned to stop attacks from an unknown fighter jet along with his unit members. The singer and actor is currently in the Army. His co-stars include actress Shin Se-kyung, actor Yoo J
Aug. 14, 2012
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Jennifer Aniston is engaged to screenwriter Justin Theroux
For the first time after her ill-fated break-up with Brad Pitt, US actress Jennifer Aniston is engaged to be married again -- this time to a much less known actor-screenwriter, Justin Theroux, his publicist announced late Sunday.“Justin Theroux had an amazing birthday on Friday, receiving an extraordinary gift when his girlfriend, Jennifer Aniston, accepted his proposal of marriage,” Theroux‘s representative told People magazine.According to the magazine, the couple, who both starred in the movi
Aug. 13, 2012
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Oh Ji-ho dreams big
‘The Grand Heist’ actor reveals his ambitions, street-smart natureKnown for his looks and nice-guy charm, actor Oh Ji-ho is known by many for his roles in TV romantic comedies. Some of the most memorable roles of his acting career, including that of a smart-but-awkward office worker in KBS’ 2006 drama “My Wife is a Superwoman,” and as a young handyman who takes care of his orphaned nephews in 2006’s romantic comedy “Couple or Trouble,” had that “nice guy” appeal and personality.But behind his be
Aug. 12, 2012
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Total Recall (U.S.)Opening Aug. 15Action. Adventure. Directed by Len Wiseman. Douglas Quaid (Colin Farrell), an ordinary factory worker suffers from violent nightmares every night. One day, he visits “ReKall,” a company that can implant an artificial memories and make fantasies turn real. A Rekall employee, McClane (John Cho), convinces Douglas to implant the memories of a secret agent. During a compatibility test in the process of “memory-implanting,” an accident occurs and McClane accuses him
Aug. 10, 2012