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MusicMar 16, 2012

The Decemberists‘ live CD a mixed bagThe Decemberists“We All Raise Our Voices to the Air (Live Songs 04.11-08.11)” (EMI)If anyone ever needed proof that live albums have worth, they should check the marketplace: The Who’s ``Live at Leeds (Super Deluxe Edition)" now fetches $300 on the Internet. Still, despite the many classic live albums that have been released, they‘re often a mixed bag, and that’s the case with the Decemberists’ new 20-track collection from their 2011 tour.PRO: The performance
Willie’s Shoe Service leaves footprint in Hollywood

FilmMar 16, 2012

For a recent episode of the TV series “Modern Family,” Raul Ojeda crafted a pair of shoes covered in red sequins for actor Jesse Tyler Ferguson. His character, Mitchell, shows off the shoes for a “Wizard of Oz”-themed birthday party he throws for his partner, Cam.A decade ago, Raul Ojeda was working as a shoe shiner. Now the 29-year-old is leaving his own footprint in Hollywood, supplying custom-made shoes to stars such as Steve Carell and Sally Field.Ojeda is the owner of Los Angeles-based Will
Bobbi Kristina dating 'adopted' brother

MusicMar 16, 2012

Bobbi Kristina Brown's maternal grandmother, Cissy Houston, is upset the teen is romantically involved with a man her mother, Whitney, helped raise, TMZ said.Brown has been making headlines since Whitney Houston died in a Beverly Hills, Calif., hotel room last month at age 48. The singer's only chil
Rihanna says collaboration with Brown ‘made sense’

MusicMar 16, 2012

NEW YORK (AP) ― People have been scratching their heads over Rihanna’s musical collaboration with Chris Brown, but she says it “made sense” and it’s “innocent.”Brown appears on a remix of her song “Birthday Cake,” and she appears on a remix of his “Turn up the Music.” Their music union is noteworthy because Brown beat up Rihanna three years ago and is still on probation for the assault.Rihanna says it was her idea for Brown to appear on her song because he’s “the hottest R&B artist” right now. H
Korean troupes perform at Costa Rican arts festival

TheaterMar 16, 2012

SAN JOSE (Yonhap News) ― South Korea’s cultural and sports delegation threw an extravaganza of traditional and contemporary Korean arts as well as Korean sports at the opening concert of the 2012 International Arts Festival (FIA) in San Jose Thursday.Under the direction of Suh Bong-jun, the general manager of the Korean art and sports delegation, performers of namsadangnori, which dates back to the late Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910) and is No. 3 on UNESCO’s intangible cultural heritage list, and pe
Date set for 2013 Oscars

FilmMar 15, 2012

LOS ANGELES (AFP) ― The annual Academy Awards will be held on Sunday, Feb. 24 next year, Oscars organizers said Wednesday, two and a half weeks after this year’s show. Nominations for those shortlisted for prizes on Hollywood’s biggest night will be unveiled on Tuesday, Jan. 15, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said.“The ceremony will take place at the Hollywood & Highland Center in Hollywood, and will be televised live by the ABC Television Network to more than 225 countries,” it
Dustin Hoffman TV show canceled over deaths of horses

TelevisionMar 15, 2012

LOS ANGELES (AFP) ― A hit U.S. television series starring Dustin Hoffman has been canceled after three horses died during filming, the channel which makes the show announced Wednesday.“Luck,” about thoroughbred racing and also starring Nick Nolte, launched in January and had already been picked up for a second season, with production mostly at a horsetrack east of Los Angeles.But a first horse died on the set in 2010 and another died last year. Then a third animal had to be put down on Tuesday a
No Rolling Stones tour yet despite 50th anniversary

MusicMar 15, 2012

NEW YORK (AFP) ― The Rolling Stones are staying put this year, Rolling Stone reported Wednesday, leaving fans to look forward instead to a major documentary marking the rock band’s 50th anniversary.“Basically, we’re just not ready” for a fresh concert tour, guitarist Keith Richards told the pop culture magazine, adding that 2013 was the group’s “more realistic” target for hitting the road.Quoting other, unidentified sources, Rolling Stone cited worries about Richards’ health in the wake of a hea
Biopic on South Korean opera singer to film in Serbia

FilmMar 15, 2012

BELGRADE (AFP) ― South Korean film production company Morein Group will start shooting a biopic of famed opera singer Bae Jae-chul in Serbia next month, local officials said Wednesday.“My film ‘Miracle’ will be the first Korean film ever shot in Serbia and it will be sensational in Korea,” producer T.J. Chung was quoted as saying in a statement by the Serbia Film Association. The co-production between Korea and Japan tells the story of the internationally-acclaimed South Korean tenor who perfor
Jane Birkin to sing ‘miracle songs’ by Serge Gainsbourg

MusicMar 15, 2012

French singer, actress and activist calls her daughter Charlotte a greater actressJane Birkin said the Serge Gainsbourg songs she will sing at her Seoul concert scheduled on March 22 were “miracles.”“In this show, I do sing a great many of the songs from ‘Babe Alone in Babylone,’ I think Serge wrote miracles for me,” she said in an e-mail interview.At her concert, the 66-year-old singer and actress will pay homage to her former partner and mentor who died in 1991. Birkin and Gainsbourg had a pa
Lincoln Center musicians protest canned ballet

TheaterMar 15, 2012

Musicians at New York‘s renowned Lincoln Center, one of the premier venues for live performances in the world, are protesting a major ballet company’s decision to perform to canned music.The visiting Paul Taylor Dance Company took over the stage for an almost three-week period in Lincoln Center‘s David H. Koch Theater starting Tuesday.But while the soaring dancers are as real as ever, the music they dance to, ranging from Bach to jazz, will come from recordings.K.C. Boyle, a spokesman for Local
Musical harmony: NKorean, French orchestras play

MusicMar 15, 2012

PARIS (AP) _ A North Korean and a French orchestra performed a landmark concert on Wednesday, adding a note of harmony to longstanding tensions between the isolated nation and the West. South Korean conductor Chung Myung-whun, right, directs the last rehearsal of members of North Korea's Unhasu Orch
Korea Foundation spring concert to feature music of Norway

MusicMar 14, 2012

The Korea Foundation and the Norwegian Embassy are co-hosting a spring concert at LG Arts Center on April 17.“Korea Foundation Spring Concert 2012: The Lyricism of Norway” will feature the husband-and-wife team of conductor and violinist Stephan Barratt-Due and violist Chung Soon-mi, as well as Korean pianist Chong Park. Barratt-Due is also the artistic director of the Barratt-Due Institute of Music in Norway.The program for the evening includes familiar favorite “Tarantella” by Franz Liszt as w
Year of Bach at Seoul Arts Center

MusicMar 14, 2012

A chamber orchestra will hold a series of concerts featuring music by Johann Sebastian Bach throughout the year, Seoul Arts Center said.Since 2010, the center has been holding “The Great 3B Series” which explores the music of three great composers: Bach, Beethoven and Brahms. This year the focus is on Bach ― his concertos and symphonies ― with the Korean Chamber Orchestra led by its artistic director and violinist Kim Min leading the performances. The first of the six-concert Bach series will be
Finding peace in a barley field

TheaterMar 14, 2012

Gana Art Seoul holds retrospective exhibition of artist Lee Sook-jaIt was like stepping into a house full of windows, each with a view of a vast barley field. The framed canvases hanging on the second floor of Gana Art Seoul were brimful of barley stalks swaying in Indian pink, light purple, beige and many shades of green, depending on the season the artist had in mind. The museum in Pyeongchang-dong, central Seoul, is showcasing about 40 paintings and 30 croquis by South Korean Lee Sook-ja, kno