Upcoming romantic comedy “Everything about My Wife,” starring stars Im Soo-jung and Lee Sun-kyun, was belatedly found to be a remake of an Argentinean movie released in 2008. The production house has never mentioned the flick being an adaptation of “Un novio para mi mujer” (A Boyfriend for My Wife) by director Juan Taratuto. Some websites have even credited director Min Kyu-dong as the screenwriter. Zip Cinema, the producer of the film, confirmed the fact Wednesday only when asked by The Korea H

CHICAGO (AP) ― High tech merged with high culture Tuesday at The Art Institute of Chicago when Google Inc. announced an upgrade to its Google Art Project initiative, adding thousands of works in dozens more countries.The project provides access to more than 30,000 ultra-high resolution images of paintings, sculptures and photographs from 151 museums and other institutions in 40 countries. Google Art Project launched in February 2011 with about 1,000 artworks from such institutions as the Tate Ga

LONDON (AFP) ― Artist Tracey Emin unveiled Tuesday the first of nine British Airways planes specially painted to look like golden doves to mark the London 2012 Olympic Games.The exterior designs were done by artist-designer Pascal Anson, who was mentored by Emin.The first “Dove” ― an Airbus A319 ― has been painted with gold strokes to represent the feathers.The cockpit has been resprayed to look like a beak, with the body, wings and tail also getting a makeover.Emin and Anson unveiled the new de

LOS ANGELES (AFP) ― Nanni Moretti, head of this year’s Cannes film festival jury, says he looks for movies that “surprise” him ― adding there is no reason a Chinese-language film cannot win the top prize.The Italian actor and filmmaker stressed that he would not oblige jury members at the festival ― which will run from May 16-27 ― to agree unanimously on any of the prizes bestowed including the coveted Palme d’Or.“I will not look for a unanimous vote at all costs, because if we search for a unan

NEW YORK (AP) ― Of her more than 100 films, only seven have been in English. So Catherine Deneuve said she was surprised to win an American film award.But nobody else seemed surprised as Deneuve, an icon of French cinema as well as a global star renowned for her icy beauty, was handed the 39th annual Chaplin Award by the Film Society of Lincoln Center on Monday evening.“Catherine Deneuve seems to have been made for cinema, and cinema for her,’’ said director Martin Scorsese of the actress, now 6

A fresh wave of Beatlemania could sweep the world after Paul McCartney‘s son said four of the legendary British rock group’s children were considering setting up a band together.James McCartney told the BBC website that he and John Lennon‘s son Sean, George Harrison’s son Dhani, and Ringo Starr‘s son Zak Starkey had mooted the idea of forming “The Beatles -- The Next Generation”.“I’d be up for it,” said the 34-year-old, who is launching a solo career as a singer and guitarist. “Sean seemed to be

NEW YORK (AFP) ― Hollywood film star Robert Redford is returning to Watergate with a documentary on the 1970s scandal that brought down Richard Nixon’s presidency, the New York Times reported Tuesday.“All The President’s Men Revisited,” a two-hour look back on Watergate and its enduring legacy on American politics and media, is to air on Discovery Channel television in 2013, the newspaper reported.The documentary marks the start of Sundance Productions, recently launched by Redford to create pro

Relax, all you fans of David Letterman and Craig Ferguson. They‘ll be staying put in late night a while longer.CBS announced Tuesday that both have re-upped to keep hosting their respective hours -- ``Late Show’‘ and ``The Late Late Show’‘ -- through 2014.That means Letterman will clinch his title as the longest-running late-night talk-show host in TV history (although on two networks), the network noted. He surpasses Johnny Carson’s record of a few months less than 30 years at NBC‘s ``Tonight S

A fresh wave of Beatlemania could sweep the world after Paul McCartney's son said four of the legendary British rock group's children were considering setting up a band together.James McCartney told the BBC website that he and John Lennon's son Sean, George Harrison's son Dhani, and Ringo Starr's son Zak Starkey had mooted the idea of forming "The Beatles -- The Next Generation"."I'd be up for it,

South Korean pop groups Big Bang and 2NE1 are the most favored K-pop stars among French fans, a government poll released on Tuesday showed.In the online survey of 3,755 French respondents conducted by the Paris branch of the Korea Tourism Organization, 49.9 percent picked the five-member hip-hop band Big Bang as their favorite K-pop boy band and 64.8 percent chose the four-member hip-hop group2NE1