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TVXQ, T-ara top Oricon weekly charts

MusicOct 4, 2011

Album cover of TVXQ’s “Tone.”(S.M. Entertainment)K-pop group TVXQ and girl group T-ara topped Japan’s Oricon Weekly Charts for the week of Sept. 28.TVXQ’s “Tone” sold more than 205,000 copies in the first week of its release to top the albums chart, while T-ara’s “Bo Peep Bo Peep” sold more than 50,
Korea gets 2 International Emmy nominations

TelevisionOct 4, 2011

A Korean TV drama and an entertainment program have been nominated for the 2011 International Emmy Awards, the broadcaster KBS said on Monday.Actor Jang Hyuk in the KBS drama “The Slave Hunters” was nominated for best actor and KBS entertainment program “The Master Show” was nominated for the non-sc
End of the reel thing for small movie theaters?

FilmOct 3, 2011

GALVA, Illinois ― One hundred and sixty miles southwest of Chicago, a man has planted a pair of reconditioned 20-by-48-foot drive-in movie screens in what used to be a cornfield.I went out there the other night, to Galva Autovue Drive-in (admission: $3 for anyone older than 3), owned and operated by
[Herald Review] SPAF opener features horrors of urban life

TheaterOct 3, 2011

Posters for SPAF 2011. (SPAF)The 11th Seoul Performing Arts Festival opens with powerful German show “Megalopolis”Poverty-stricken streets are filled with raw groans of drunken prostitutes and homeless beggars, desperate young people struggle to find work, severely home-sick immigrants scream in pa
L.A.’s latest art project is 340 tons and rock solid

TheaterOct 3, 2011

LOS ANGELES (AP) ― King Sisyphus, it turns out, had little on the folks at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.In Greek mythology, Sisyphus was condemned by the gods to push a giant rock up a hill for eternity. In modern-day LA, the city’s largest museum has spent months ― and $5 million to $10 mil
27 pianists from 13 countries compete in Louisiana

MusicOct 3, 2011

ALEXANDRIA, Louisiana (AP) -- A chance to perform in St. Petersburg, Russia and at Carnegie Hall is bringing 27 pianists from 13 countries to compete in Alexandria.The Louisiana International Piano Competition is also a chance for central Louisiana residents to meet and hear musicians from around th
Domingo strikes back after scathing review

MusicOct 3, 2011

WASHINGTON (AFP) -- In Washington, the operatic drama is taking place offstage.Spanish tenor Placido Domingo has slammed a Washington Post music critic who said he had “sabotaged” a recent performance of “Tosca” with his conducting, calling her comments “unconscionable” and unleashing a war of words
Cover Dance Festival brings together K-pop stars and fans

TheaterOct 3, 2011

A total of 16 teams participated in the final round of the 2011 K-pop Cover Dance Festival on Monday at the Gyeongju Gymnasium in Gyeongju, North Gyeongsang Province. The winning team had the honor of joining K-pop stars on stage at the Korean Wave Dream Concert, which was held on the same day. Popu
Woman held for $100 million Paris art haul

TheaterOct 2, 2011

PARIS (AFP) ― Three people are being held in connection with the theft of paintings worth at least 100 million dollars from a Paris gallery last year, but the works are still missing, a legal official said Saturday.The three, a woman suspected of taking part in the theft and two people suspected of
Arirang TV to get closer to U.S., China: CEO

TelevisionOct 2, 2011

Arirang TV plans to strengthen its digital TV channels to reach broader audiences in the U.S. and cooperate with a Chinese TV station to prompt interest in Korean content, its new chief said on Friday.“Almost everyone on the planet can get Arirang content if they have the right dish. But in addition
Possibilities of pottery in Gyeonggi cities

TheaterOct 2, 2011

International CeraMIX Biennale offers hands-on programs in Icheon, Yeoju and GwangjuAmong many biennales that come every autumn, it has been a while since Gyeonggi International CeraMIX Biennale established itself as a popular destination for families. It successfully kicked off last month in Icheon
Indian TV soap operas step out of the closet

TelevisionOct 2, 2011

NEW DELHI (AFP) ― The saturated colors, shrill background music and over-dramatic dialogue are the hallmarks of any ordinary Indian television soap opera. What happens next is a lot less typical.“I can never love you or any other woman. I am in love with a man,” a young man tells his shocked wife, w
Sumi Jo to visit Pyongyang in May

MusicSept 30, 2011

Coloratura soprano shares her belief in power of music to help those in needThe concert schedule of Grammy-winning South Korean soprano Sumi Jo is extremely tight. Successfully finishing the “Hyundai Capital Invitational Sumi Jo Park Concert” at an outdoor stage in Olympic Park in Seoul last Saturda
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TheaterSept 30, 2011

Exhibitions“My Way”: Plateau, Samsung Museum of Art, presents a mid-career retrospective of the leading French artist Jean-Michel Othoniel. The artist’s unique artistic spectrum -- from the early works of the 1980s to the latest monumental installations contemplating the philosophy of existence -- i
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MusicSept 30, 2011

Pink Floyd digitally remasteredPink Floyd“Rediscovery Edition”(Warner Music) All of legendary progressive rock band Pink Floyd’s 14 studio albums have been digitally remastered under the title “Rediscovery Edition” released Sept. 26. It is the first time that all of their albums have been remas