The Korea Herald

Kids less depressed and more creative after ‘Hanwha Art Plus’

TheaterDec 15, 2011

Children who received art and culture education supported by a local company became less depressed, aggressive and self-critical, while becoming more creative, curious, humorous and content with life, according to a recent survey. Researchers including Kim So-young, professor of business administration at Sookmyung University announced such results after conducting in-depth interviews and surveys of 100 participants of the “Hanwha Art Plus” program. Hanwha group has been offering the “Hanwha Art
E-land Group to display W10.1b Liz Taylor diamond ring at Daegu theme park

FilmDec 15, 2011

A 33.19-carat diamond ring once owned by the late Hollywood star Elizabeth Taylor sold for 10.1 billion won ($8,818,500) to Korean conglomerate E-Land Group at a Christie’s auction in New York on Tuesday.The ring was given to the late actress by her fifth husband, actor Richard Burton in 1968. He had purchased the ring through an auction for $ 300,000 at the time. The ring was estimated to sell for $2.5 million to $3.5 million during Tuesday’s auction.Taylor, who died of congestive heart failure
Herald artday kicks off second online auction

TheaterDec 15, 2011

Over 100 works by South Korean artists from up-and-coming to veterans on auctionHerald artday, a subsidiary of the Herald Media group, opens its second online auction on Friday. It will roll out 105 artworks by acclaimed South Korean artists ranging from up-and-coming figures such as Mari Kim, Lee Woo-lim and Heo Yang-gu to, veteran artists such as Lee U-fan, Kim Tschang-yeul, Suh Seok and Kim Chong-hak. Smaller artworks will also be available, selected especially for the Christmas season. Nota
Screenings to feature acclaimed films of 2011

FilmDec 15, 2011

BIFF winners, controversial documentaries, successful indie debuts to get second airingIf you haven’t had the chance to check out some of the most controversial, highly regarded or rarely screened movies released this year, check out these exciting special film screenings in the coming days. These may be your last opportunity to watch the films before the year ends. Starting Thursday, 2011 BIFF with Movie Collage ― a joint project between BIFF and CGV Movie Collage ― will screen a total of 19 aw
‘The Help’ tops nods for Screen Actors awards

FilmDec 15, 2011

LOS ANGELES (AFP) ― “The Help,” a film about the lives of black housekeepers in the U.S. south before the civil rights era, and hit silent movie “The Artist” topped nominations at the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) awards on Wednesday.“The Help” scored four nods for the SAGs including best actress for Viola Davis, while “The Artist,” a black-and-white tribute to the silent movie era, was shortlisted in three categories.On the small screen, Emmy-winning sitcom “Modern Family” won five nominations incl
Arab women filmmakers shine at Dubai festival

FilmDec 15, 2011

DUBAI (AFP) ― A tale of forbidden love in the Gaza Strip won the top prize at the eighth Dubai Film Festival on Wednesday, where a new generation of Arab women directors stole the spotlight.“Habibi” (My Love in Arabic), directed by Susan Youssef, won Best Arab feature film, and the film’s star, Maisa Abdel Hadi, won best actress.The film, which also won the best editor award, tells the story of two Palestinian lovers, Qais and Leila, growing increasingly religious under the control of the Islami
Fugitive Chinese TV actor arrested after 13 years

FilmDec 15, 2011

An actor who played a detective and a monk on Chinese television has been arrested after 13 years on the run from charges of attacking a police officer, state media said on Thursday.Ji Siguang, who performed under an alias, was accused of involvement in the assault on a police officer in 1998 in the
Is latest move by Damien Hirst one spot too many?

TheaterDec 14, 2011

Damien Hirst does not consider himself a serious gambler. He likes to play roulette “because it’s easy.” And he tells a story about learning the “fail-safe rules for blackjack” from his London gallerist Jay Jopling, only to lose all of his money at the table within two hours.But when it comes to the art world, Hirst is known for a showy sort of risk-taking, even if at 46 his prime rock-star-style binge partying days are largely behind him. His most famous artworks hinge on a sort of brinkmanship
Childhood dreams explored in time for Christmas

FilmDec 14, 2011

Upcoming Japanese film ‘I Wish’ moving story of fractured families It is a known fact that Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-Eda knows how to make films with child actors.After his 2004 childhood drama “Nobody Knows,” which won its 14-year-old star Yaya Yagira the Best Actor prize at Cannes in the same year, Kore-Eda is back with another moving portrait of young souls distraught by their parents’ divorce. Yet the upcoming movie, titled “I Wish,” is rather lighthearted compared to the 2004 drama, f
BBC denies misleading viewers over polar bear footage

TelevisionDec 14, 2011

LONDON (AFP) ― The BBC has dismissed criticism that veteran nature broadcaster David Attenborough misled viewers over images of polar bear cubs featured in his hugely popular TV series “Frozen Planet.”Eight million viewers in Britain watched images of a polar bear caring for her newly born cubs in scenes shown on November 23 that were juxtaposed with pictures of an adult polar bear.The fact that the footage of the cubs was actually shot in a zoo in the Netherlands was only revealed in an accompa
Eddie Murphy to star in biopic on Washington ex-mayor

FilmDec 14, 2011

WASHINGTON (AFP) ― Eddie Murphy is to star in a television film under development by HBO about Washington’s colorful and controversial former mayor Marion Barry, the U.S. cable channel said Tuesday.In an email to AFP, it confirmed a report in The Washington Post that Spike Lee will direct Murphy ― seen most recently in the comedy caper “Tower Heist” ― in the still-untitled project.Barry was well into his third term as mayor when, in an FBI sting operation caught on video, he was busted in Januar
Spielberg, Jackson bring Tintin to U.S.

FilmDec 14, 2011

SAN DIEGO (AP) ― Steven Spielberg hopes he’s the typical American when it comes to Tintin. The filmmaker had never heard of the guy, but once he got acquainted, they became friends for life.Peter Jackson knows he’s the typical non-American when it comes to Tintin. He’s known him since before he could read, and the character’s globe-trotting adventures are part of his own storytelling DNA.Together, the two Academy Award-winning filmmakers hope to achieve something that eluded Belgian artist and w
Rediscovered Bruegel painting on display

TheaterDec 13, 2011

MADRID (AFP) ― Spain’s Prado museum on Monday put on display for the first time a canvas painted by the 16th-century Flemish master Pieter Bruegel the Elder which was discovered last year.The painting, The Wine of St Martin’s Day, shows about 100 peasants, beggars, thieves and drunks all struggling to get some of the wine from the first barrel of the season.In September 2010 curators at the Madrid museum identified the canvas as having been painted by the artist after an X-ray revealed fragments
Largest armor collection on auction

TheaterDec 13, 2011

BERLIN (AFP) ― A German octogenarian puts his lifelong fascination with armour under the hammer Tuesday when the largest private collection of medieval weapons goes on sale for millions of euros.The collection, valued at between three and four million euros ($4-5.4 million), goes up for auction in Brussels and includes not only classical armour and weaponry such as shields, helmets and swords, but also crustaceans.“Man does not have a shell, he had to make one,” collector Karsten Klingbeil, from
Mandela museum ‘boot camp’ inspires artists

TheaterDec 13, 2011

QUNU, South Africa (AFP) ― Artists pore over their computers ― drawing up work experience and not sketches ― in a rigorous “boot camp”inspired by Nelson Mandela that combines practical business sense with talent.The five students are in a six-week residency in the isolated hills of Qunu at the Nelson Mandela Museum, overlooking the icon’s childhood home where he has been living for the last four months.The programme is part of the museum’s outreach efforts and aims to give the artists, who are f