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MusicOct 14, 2011

Cellist Yang Sung-won starts anewTrio Owon“Schubert, Dvorak Piano Trios”(Universal Music Korea)Trio Owon, consisting of cellist Yang Sung-won and his long-time colleagues Olivier Charlier on violin and Emmanuel Strosser on piano, has released an album “Schubert, Dvorak Piano Trios.” Beautiful piano
Chinese students flock to U.S. film schools to develop their creative voices

FilmOct 14, 2011

Born in northern China and raised in Beijing, Sally Liu came of age in the 1990s and dreamed of becoming a filmmaker. With the world’s most populous nation swelling with thousands of new cinemas, big-budget productions proliferating and box-office grosses multiplying, the movies in China aren’t just
Nearly a century on, a stolen French painting returns home

TheaterOct 13, 2011

WASHINGTON (AFP) ―Nearly a century after it was stolen by a German soldier during World War I, and after a decade of transatlantic legal wrangling, a painting by French Realist Jules Breton is going home.U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement will return “A Fisherman’s Daughter” on Thursday to Fra
Powerful Korean ballet mesmerizes Naples

TheaterOct 13, 2011

Korea National Ballet’s ‘Prince Hodong’ premiere at San Carlo Theater performs to sold-out audienceNAPLES ― A wild roar of applause and countless bravos filled the 300-year-old theater as dancers took their bows at the end of the ballet telling the ancient Korean tale of ill-fated lovers. Korea Nati
London Film Festival opens with Law, Weisz in ‘360’

FilmOct 13, 2011

LONDON (AP) ― The London Film Festival, an international cinema showcase, opens Wednesday with “360,” a fittingly globe-spanning drama that moves from London to Vienna, Rio de Janeiro and Denver, Colorado.The film by “City of God” director Fernando Meirelles stars Anthony Hopkins, Jude Law and Rache
Girls’ Generation to release new single in U.S. and beyond

FilmOct 13, 2011

Hallyu girl group Girls’ Generation will release their latest single “The Boys” in the U.S. and other countries, through Interscope Records, an American record label owned by the Universal Music Group. The record label is home to many big-name stars, including Lady Gaga, Eminem and the Black Eyed Pe
Michelle Yeoh, Luc Besson laud Myanmar releases

FilmOct 13, 2011

BUSAN (AFP) ― Actress Michelle Yeoh, who plays Aung San Suu Kyi in a new biopic of the Myanmar activist, said Wednesday that the release of jailed dissident and comedian Zarganar was “joyful news.”Zarganar, one of Myanmar’s most celebrated satirists who had been incarcerated since 2008 for his polit
SNSD to release new single in U.S. and beyond

MusicOct 13, 2011

Hallyu girl group Girls’ Generation will release their latest single “The Boys” in the U.S. and other countries, through Interscope Records, an American record label owned by the Universal Music Group. The record label is home to many big-name stars, including Lady Gaga, Eminem and the Black E
Hollywood hacking case victims include Johansson

FilmOct 13, 2011

LOS ANGELES (AP) _ A man was charged with hacking into celebrity email accounts in a computer invasion scheme that led to the posting of private and revealing information, including nude photos of actress Scarlett Johansson, on the Internet, federal authorities said Wednesday.Scarlett Johansso
Dresden military museum redesigned

TheaterOct 12, 2011

DRESDEN, Germany (AP) ― A modern wedge of glass, concrete and steel rips through a 135-year-old former armory building for the armies of Kaiser Wilhelm I, its silvery shimmer and stark lines contrasting sharply with the neoclassical building that it now bisects.American architect Daniel Libeskind kn
Tribute to vanishing world of analogue film at Tate Modern

TheaterOct 12, 2011

LONDON (AFP) ― A homage to the disappearing format of analogue film by the British artist Tacita Dean is the latest exhibition to fill the cavernous space at the Tate Modern in London.Plunged into darkness, visitors to the former power station see a huge screen resembling a piece of film, placed ver
Beyonce admits inspired by Belgian dance moves

MusicOct 12, 2011

LOS ANGELES (AFP) ― U.S. singing superstar Beyonce acknowledged Tuesday that her latest video was inspired by the work of a Belgian choreographer who has threatened to sue for plagiarism.But the singer said her “Countdown” video had other influences, and noted that it had already been viewed by 2 mi
Memories keep missing Cambodian films alive

FilmOct 12, 2011

BUSAN (AFP) ― When filmmaker Davy Chou began to research the history of Cambodian cinema he found the films themselves had almost vanished amidst the devastation of war but that memories were keeping them alive.“The Khmer Rouge marched into Phnom Penh in 1975 and the film industry just simply vanish
China’s thirst for blockbusters worries country’s filmmakers

FilmOct 11, 2011

BUSAN (AFP) ― The growing power of China’s cinema industry is on show at Asia’s top film festival, but some filmmakers worry that a thirst for blockbusters is hurting quality and creativity.“It’s a big population and a big market and a lot of opportunity to increase that market,” independent Chinese
Stephen Sondheim to receive NYC arts award

TheaterOct 11, 2011

NEW YORK (AP) ― Broadway composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim will receive New York City’s highest honor for achievement in the arts.The New York Times says Sondheim will receive the Handel Medallion on Nov. 1 at Alice Tully Hall.Other honorees will include Mikhail Baryshnikov; arts advocate Alice