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Over 80,000 millionaires, 20 billionaires in Seoul: report
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Korean battery makers heave sigh of relief over 2-year IRA reprieve
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Yoon apologizes over first lady’s Dior bag scandal, but accuses special probe attempt as political maneuvering
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Young Korean doctors seek plan B: cosmetic dermatology or overseas
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South Korea open to Indonesian proposal to cut KF-21 payments
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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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Arrest warrant issued for medical student for allegedly killing girlfriend after breakup
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Glenn Close pines for Oscar nod
SAN SEBASTIAN, Spain (AFP) ― Glenn Close picked up a lifetime achievement award in Spain on Sunday but said she’d really like to get an Oscar nod for her role as “Albert Nobbs,”a woman who poses as a man.Close, probably best known as the deranged stalker in “Fatal Attraction,” received the San Sebas
Sept. 20, 2011
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Grease lightning: thieves nab Travolta's wheels
Thieves stole John Travolta's vintage Mercedes-Benz while he was gone for only minutes -- visiting a Jaguar dealership -- police said.The "Grease" and "Pulp Fiction" star left his vintage Mercedes-Benz 280SL parked in a residential district in Santa Monica on Sunday, said Sergeant Richard Lewis.But
Sept. 20, 2011
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Kate Winslet wins best actress in mini-series Emmy
British actress Kate Winslet won the best actress in a mini-series Emmy, for her role in period drama "Mildred Pierce."The Oscar-winning star plays a divorcee single mother who opens a restaurant to survive in the Great Depression in the drama, for which her English-born co-star Guy Pearce won best
Sept. 19, 2011
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Oscar time: Film fests preview awards prospects
TORONTO (AP) ― Now that the summer blockbusters have been tucked away, it’s time for Hollywood’s next big season: the marathon haul to Academy Awards night.The Toronto International Film Festival that ran through Sunday and the recently wrapped Telluride and Venice film fests are the usual starting
Sept. 18, 2011
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Countdown (Korea)Opening Sept. 29Action. Drama. Directed by Heo Jong-ho. Debt collector Tae Geon-ho (Jeong Jae-young), who lost his son five years ago, one day finds out he has liver cancer. The only way for him to survive is to get a liver transplant in the next 10 days, from a woman named Cha Ha-y
Sept. 16, 2011
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Rod Lurie remakes classic ‘Straw Dogs’ for a new generation
Rod Lurie, director of the politically charged dramas “Deterrence,” “The Contender” and “Nothing but the Truth,” has spent plenty of time in the hot seat. But the controversies over those movies are nothing compared to the tempest that is certain to accompany his latest film: a remake of Sam Peckinp
Sept. 16, 2011
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Brad Pitt calls life with Aniston uninteresting
Sept. 16, 2011
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FBI hunt hackers over Scarlett Johansson nude photos
The FBI is probing allegations that a number of Hollywood celebrities have been hacked, after semi-naked pictures of Scarlett Johansson leaked onto the Internet, the agency said Wednesday.The photos, apparently taken by the actress herself, were published on gossip websites, while there were reports
Sept. 15, 2011
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It’s BIFF now
Busan International Film Festival to kick off with new vision for future; annual event to run Oct. 6-14It is now BIFF, not PIFF.Previously known as Pusan International Film Festival, Korea’s first and largest international film bash is getting a new acronym for its name, along with a new, exclusive
Sept. 13, 2011
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The Crucible (Silenced) (Korea)Opening Sept. 22Drama. Directed by Hwang Dong-hyeok. Kang In-ho (Gong Yoo), a newly appointed art teacher at a school for hearing-impaired children in Gwangju, is excited to teach his new students. Yet the children are aloof and distant, trying to avoid running into hi
Sept. 9, 2011
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Jude Law relished his prickly part in ‘Contagion’
In “Contagion,” the fast, frightening global pandemic drama opening Friday, Jude Law is a mad blogger, a Web journo whose raging posts against Big Pharm and Big Gov turn incendiary when people start dropping like flies.Is Law’s Alan Krumwiede (pronounced “crum-woody”) prophet or paranoiac? A voice o
Sept. 9, 2011
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Hong’s film invited to London fest
A scene from director Hong Sang-soo’s “The Day He Arrives” (Finecut)Director Hong Sang-soo’s 12th film, “The Day He Arrives,” has been officially invited to the 55th BFI London Film Festival, the movie’s production company Jeonwonsa Film Co. announced this week.The film was the opener for the 5th Ci
Sept. 8, 2011
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Arnold premiers ‘Wuthering Heights’
VENICE (AP) ― British director Andrea Arnold describes her experience creating a new film version of ‘Wuthering Heights,’ Emily Bronte’s only novel and 250-year-old literary phenomenon, as “a very difficult journey” but one which she couldn’t abandon.The result, in which the character of Heathcliff
Sept. 7, 2011
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McQueen launches sex-addict film ‘Shame’ in Venice
VENICE, Italy (AP) ― For British director Steve McQueen, there was no better place than Manhattan to film “Shame,” his new film that portrays the life of a 30-something sex addict, played by Michael Fassbender in often graphic detail.“Excess and access. New York is the place,” McQueen said Sunday ah
Sept. 5, 2011
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Pain (Korea)Opening Sept. 7.Drama. Directed by Kwak Gyeong-taek. Nam-soon (Kwon Sang-woo), whose family members were killed by his mistake when he was young, has lost all his feeling ― including his palate ― from the trauma. This made him incapable of feeling any pain even when he gets hurt. He make
Sept. 2, 2011
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For Helen Mirren, ‘Debt’ becomes her
There’s really nothing more you can say about Helen Mirren.That she’s one of stage, screen and TV’s greatest actresses is a given. If nothing else, her Oscar-winning portrayal of Queen Elizabeth in “The Queen” and her multiple Emmy Award-winning performance as tortured policewoman Jane Tennison in t
Sept. 2, 2011
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National Academy of Arts honors veteran actress Choi Eun-hee
Choi Eun-heeVeteran actress Choi Eun-hee has been selected as one of the three recipients of the 56th National Academy of Arts award this year, the institution announced Thursday.The 81-year-old started her film career in 1947 and led the Shin Film company together with her husband and the acclaimed
Sept. 1, 2011
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More dollars, fewer fans for Hollywood films
LOS ANGELES (AP) ― The good news for Hollywood: Summer movie revenues are up worldwide as studios rebounded from a dismally slow start to the year.The bad news: Domestically, revenues rose only a fraction compared to the previous year’s, while actual movie attendance dropped for the fourth-straight
Sept. 1, 2011
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Clooney sees ‘cynicism’ in U.S. politics as Venice fest kicks off
VENICE (AFP) ― Hollywood star George Clooney spoke Wednesday of his disillusionment with the U.S. political scene ahead of the premiere of his dark political thriller “The Ides of March” in Venice.The director told reporters ahead of a star-studded opening of the world’s oldest film festival that th
Sept. 1, 2011
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Comedian-turned-director falls into trap of debts after film's flop
He was once called a great master of slapstick comedy with his trademark persona, a fool named "Young-gu." Shim Hyung-rae (Yonhap)After becoming a movie director, Shim Hyung-rae became the first to receive "Korea's new intellectual" medal from the liberal government led by President Kim Dae-jung in
Sept. 1, 2011