This is the 11th in a series about foreigners who work in Korea’s entertainment industry. ― Ed.The past few months have been a whirlwind for Canadian couple Simon and Martina, the masterminds behind popular entertainment website Eat Your Kimchi. The two not only made the move from Bucheon, Gyeonggi Province, to Seoul, but decided to register Eat Your Kimchi as a company in Korea and opened their own studio in Hongdae.“Since the fundraiser to what we’re doing now, everything has changed so dramat

A Chicago surgeon said NBC-TV‘s broadcast personality Al Roker’s revelation he pooped his pants while at the White House said it was a sort of “feedback.”As he was promoting his book “Never Goin‘ Back: Winning the Weight-Loss Battle For Good” on his life after bariatric surgery, Roker told NBC’s Dr. Nancy Snyderman on “Dateline” he thought he was passing gas during a White House event when George W. Bush was president, but instead he soiled his pants, resulting in his shedding of undergarments t

Exhibitions“Maden Pictures 13”: Arario Gallery Cheongdam presents a photography and video exhibition as its first show of the year. Titled “Maden Pictures 13,” the exhibition shows the artwork of five young artists who use photography as a medium to convey their social and personal voices and make the viewers think about their intentions beyond the constructed images. The scenes in the photographs exhibit their own fascinating story. The exhibition runs from Jan. 15―March 3 at Arario Gallery Che

Jack Reacher (U.S.)Opened Jan. 17Action. Mystery. Directed by Christopher McQuarrie. The film begins in the middle of the street, when a mysterious lone gunman fires six shots that leave five dead in front of PNC Park in Pittsburgh during rush hour. The city is thrown into a state of horror and within hours cops gather around the crime scene to gather evidence. The evidence leads police to a former U.S. army sniper, James Barr (Joseph Sikora). But the accused man says, “You got the wrong guy, ge

CNBLUE comes back revamped with ‘Re:Blue’CNBLUE“Re:BLUE”(CJ E&M)With their large fan base, Korean rock stars CNBLUE can surely no longer refer to themselves as an indie band. The young musicians of CNBLUE show off a little something new with their latest album release “Re:Blue.”The album’s title track “I’m Sorry” is upbeat, snappy and a good listen overall. With the elements of mild metal rock mixed in with modern rock, the boys start off the album snatching the listener’s attention.On the other

It isn’t hard, the first time Mark Wahlberg and Russell Crowe square off in “Broken City,” to see that the two stars are enjoying themselves mightily. Wahlberg is a New York cop asked to resign in the wake of a controversial shooting, and Crowe is the mayor asking for his badge. They meet in the mayor’s City Hall office ― it’s a tense, tough exchange, with Jeffrey Wright, another formidable actor, off to one side. But there’s clearly an amiable vibe mixed in with the brinkmanship, too.“Russell d

PARK CITY, Utah (AP) ― Diversity is king at the Sundance Film Festival ― and queen, too.For the first time, half of the films featured at the festival were made by women.Festival founder Robert Redford opened the event Thursday and said “diversity is the point’’ of the independent film showcase, further evidenced by contributions from 32 countries and 51 first-time filmmakers this year. The chorus of voices represented at Sundance “reflects the times we’re in,’’ he said. “What Sundance stands fo

TALLINN (AFP) ― A Twitter feud in June between the Estonian president and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman who questioned the impact of Estonia’s austerity measures, is being turned into an opera, U.S. composer Eugene Birman told AFP on Wednesday.“Our short opera will be first performed by Iris Oja and the Tallinn Chamber Orchestra conducted by Risto Joost during Tallinn Music Week on April 7,” Birman, who moved from Riga to the U.S. at age of six, told AFP.The piece, in two movements, uses

MADRID (AFP) ― A major retrospective of works by U.S. photographer Robert Adams, who has focused on the changing landscape of the American West, opened Wednesday in Madrid.The exhibition at the Reina Sofia museum features nearly 300 black and white photos taken between 1964 and 2008 that depict empty highways, solitary buildings, tree stumps, half-built suburban developments and telephone polls.“I believe this is the largest exhibition of his works ever held in Europe,” exhibition curator Joshua

Kim Sooja will present site-specific installation reflecting natural disasters around the world

Choi Min-sik, Lee Jung-jae and Hwang Jeong-min co-star in ‘New World’