LOS ANGELES (AFP) ― Oscar-winning actress Celeste Holm ― who was the original girl who couldn’t say no in the musical “Oklahoma!” ― has died aged 95, her family and reports said Sunday.Holm, who won the best supporting actress Academy Award in 1948 for “Gentlemen’s Agreement” and later appeared in “High Society” (1956), died at her home in New York.She was admitted to hospital a week ago, said her niece Amy Phillips, cited by CNN. “She passed peacefully in her home in her own bed with her husban

Independent artists attempt to revive hip-hop clubs in Hongdae,offer young underground artists chance to performStarting in the late 1990s, Afro-American music, encompassing a wide range of music genres including hip hop, soul, R&B and reggae, swept the country’s music scene. The popularity of hip hop, in particular, brought a huge influx of related culture. Streets were filled with young people wearing so-called hip hop jeans ― baggy and worn extremely low on the waist ― and extra large T-shirt

Han Ah-reum, writer of musical ‘Hero,’ returns with period drama about Yun Dong-ju“May I look up into the heaven until the day I die ― without a bit of shame,” poet Yun Dong-ju (1917-1945) famously wrote in his poem “Prologue” in 1941, at the age of 25. The poet, who lived through the turbulent years of Japanese rule, often wrote about the sense of shame in his lyrical and sometimes politically-resistant poems. He was ashamed that his poems were being written “too easily” while many were sufferi

France’s far-right National Front said Sunday it plans to sue Madonna over a video at the U.S. pop star’s concert in France showing party leader Marine Le Pen with a swastika on her forehead.“We cannot accept such an odious comparison,” National Front vice-president Florian Philippot said, adding that the legal action would be filed this week.The video, which served as a backdrop for Madonna’s performance of the song “Nobody Knows Me,” flashed a picture of Le Pen’s forehead superimposed with a s

A movie poster for Producers discussed plans for five Avengers-related films to be released in the next two years at the "Iron Man 3" Comic-Con panel in San Diego.The panel included appearances by Iron Man star Robert Downey Jr., Don Cheadle, producer Jon Favreau and director Shane Black, U-T San Diego reported Saturday.Favreau directed the first two Iron Man movies, but is acting as producer on t

British-themed exhibitions encompass contemporary artworks to BeatlesArt may not be the first thing to come to mind when you think of the Olympics. But the quadrennial event can be the largest and most effective cultural celebration as many eyes will be on the host country for more than two weeks and the events will be remembered for much longer. With less than two weeks left until the 2012 London Olympics, art galleries in Seoul are celebrating the big sporting event with art exhibitions on Bri

SAN DIEGO ― If reaction to “The Hobbit’’ footage at Comic-Con is any indication, Peter Jackson has another couple of blockbusters on his hands.The crowd attending Jackson’s “Hobbit’’ preview at the fan convention Saturday went wild over a 12-minute reel the filmmaker and his colleagues screened.Broken into two films, “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey’’ and “The Hobbit: There and Back Again,’’ the 3-D epic is Jackson’s prequel to his “Lord of the Rings’’ trilogy, whose finale won 11 Academy Awar

PiFan to also hold genre-fiction book fair, camping opportunities and movie-themed partiesFor horror, fantasy, mystery and animated film fans, Bucheon is the place to be this month.The annual Puchon (Bucheon) International Fantastic Film Festival (PiFan), which is considered the largest genre film fest in Asia, is opening this Thursday ― featuring a total of 230 films from 47 countries. This year’s edition opens with Korean horror film “Horror Stories,” a joint project by six local directors: Je

 Dance“Swan Lake”: Russia’s Novosibrisk State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre is presenting Tchaikovsky classic “Swan Lake.” The piece is directed by Igor Zelensky while its stage and costume have been designed by Louisa Spinatelli. The show runs from July 26 to 29 at Seoul Arts Center. Tickets range from 50,000 won to 250,000 won. For more information, visit www.sac.or.kr or call (02) 2650-7481. “Orpheus and Eurydice”: Kim Yong-geol Dance Theater presents its original creative repertory “Orph