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Italian seeks kung-fu stardom in Shanghai

Feb 21, 2011

SHANGHAI (AFP) ― At a Shanghai building site, a man in a black Stetson looks over his shoulder at two approaching thugs. Four others appear, fists raised. They lock eyes and the cowboy springs up in ...
Director tells more than her family story in ‘Goodbye Pyeongyang’

Feb 21, 2011

Personal documentary recounts tale of Korean-Japanese who resettled in N. Korea Movie director Yang Yong-hi has a one-of-a-kind family. She lives in Tokyo, her mother in Osaka and her brothers in P...
S. Korean actress Lee Young-ae gives birth to twins

Feb 21, 2011

South Korean actress Lee Young-ae, widely popular across Asia, has given birth to twins, her agent here said Monday. Lee, 40, became a mother of fraternal twins, a boy and a girl, at 10:30 a.m. Sund...
Downbeat S. Korean drama booed in Berlin

Feb 21, 2011

Korean actor Bin Hyun and South Korean actress Soo-jung Lim arrive for a press conference for the film "Come Rain, Come Shine" on February 17, in Berlin. The sole Asian contender for the Berlin film ...
‘Night Fishing’ brings home Golden Bear

Feb 20, 2011

Park brothers’ iPhone-shot short film wins award at Berlinale South Korea’s highly acclaimed director Park Chan-wook and his younger brother, media artist Park Chan-kyong , captured a Golden Bear ...
Adam Sandler: Is he the new Woody Allen? No, and yes

Feb 18, 2011

We humans divide ourselves into camps. Liberals and conservatives. Cat people and dog people. Woody Allen fans and Adam Sandler fans. Sandler, whose “Just Go With It” opens Friday, occupies a pla...
Director Lee defends pace of Berlin’s sole Asian entry

Feb 18, 2011

BERLIN (AFP) ― The sole Asian contender for the Berlin film festival’s Golden Bear top prize, minimalist South Korean breakup drama “Come Rain, Come Shine,” met with jeers from critics Thursday. It ...
Box office

Feb 18, 2011

Come Rain, Come Shine (Korea) Opening Mar. 3 Drama. Directed by Lee Yoon-ki. A woman (Im Soo-jeong), who has been married for five years, one day tells her husband she wants to leave him for anothe...
Box-office rankings

Feb 18, 2011

Feb. 11 ― feb. 13 1. Detective K : Secret Of Virtuous Widow Opened Jan. 27 Directed by Kim Seok-yoon Starring Kim Myeong-min, Han Ji-min 2. Tangled (Rapunzel) Opened Feb. 10 Directed by Nathan...
He-men of a certain age contend with young rivals

Feb 18, 2011

This summer, 68-year-old Harrison Ford will be mixing it up with Old West-invading extraterrestrials in “Cowboys & Aliens.” Next month, 67-year-old Robert De Niro will star in the action thriller “Li...
Iranian drama cheered at Berlin fest

Feb 16, 2011

BERLIN (AFP) ― A warmly applauded Iranian drama emerged Tuesday as a front-runner at the Berlin film festival, which is throwing the spotlight on the country’s embattled film-makers. “Nader and Simi...
Documentary ‘The Last Tundra’ shows culture’s respect for nature

Feb 13, 2011

They follow the stars and the moon when they travel, melt gigantic pieces of ice for drinking water, and use natural moss for baby diapers and dish washing ― all in minus-50 degree weather. SBS docu...
Liz Taylor treated for congestive heart failure

Feb 13, 2011

LOS ANGELES (AP) _ Elizabeth Taylor remained in a Los Angeles hospital on Saturday for treatment of congestive heart failure. Oscar-winning actress Elizabeth Taylor remained in a Los Angeles hospita...
Box office

Feb 11, 2011

Late Autumn (Korea) Opening Feb. 17 Drama. Directed by Kim Tae-yong. Prisoner Anna (Tang Wei), a Chinese-American woman who murdered her husband seven years ago, is released from jail for three day...
Elton John takes surprising turn with ‘Gnomeo & Juliet’

Feb 11, 2011

The image of Elton John in bejeweled stacked shoes, garish glasses and colorful costumes will forever be a part of the 1970s. But these days, he presents a very different image ― both professionally ...