Corruption-stained Seoul Fashion Center closed and SFW searches for new organizerWith the Seoul Fashion Center shut down, Seoul Fashion Week, which has been hosted by the center for the past 12 years, will be run by a private company. Seoul Metropolitan City said it aims to “expand participation of private companies and enhance professionalism,” but everyone knows there is more to the story. Seoul Fashion Center, an affiliate of Seoul Metropolitan Government’s Seoul Business Agency, which has be

U.S. pop diva Lady Gaga has decided to kick off her 2012-13 world tour at Olympic Stadium in Seoul because she wants to interact with enthusiastic Korean fans, a tour promoter in Seoul said.The world star unveiled the schedule of her tour via her Twitter on Wednesday, surprising her fans in Seoul wi

NEW YORK (AFP) ― Madonna’s big year got even bigger Tuesday with the announcement of her most ambitious world tour ever, hot on the heels of her record-setting Super Bowl halftime show.The Material Girl will hopscotch around the globe in support of her 12th studio album “MDNA” which comes out March 26, even as her second feature film, the romantic drama “W.E.,” struggles to impress critics and draw audiences.In a statement, concert promoter Live Nation Entertainment said the as-yet unnamed tour

Actress Lee Na-young returns as awkward detective in director Yoo Ha’s upcoming thrillerUpcoming thriller “Howling” is, ultimately, actress Lee Na-young’s movie.Though she is paired up with Chungmuro heavyweight Song Kang-ho, and his name outshines hers, the film was always supposed to be about the female detective character. That’s what director Yoo Ha had in mind during the pre-production of the upcoming thriller, which pivots around a serial murder case involving a giant wolf-dog and underage

LOS ANGELES ― Johnny Galecki seeks to be average.The star of “The Big Bang Theory” is seated outside a small Hollywood restaurant, talking about his longing to play ordinary, run-of-the mill figures rather than the larger-than-life characters that actors and audiences sometimes embrace.“Guys like Dustin Hoffman and Jack Lemmon have always been my leading men,” said the 36-year-old, leather jacket-clad actor, who minutes before was crushing the butt of a luxury cigarette with his scuffed combat b