New York (AP) ― In truly independent fashion, the Gotham Independent Film Awards ended with a tie for Best Feature. Terrence Malick’s highly imaginative “The Tree of Life,’’ and Mike Mills’ flashback comedy, “Beginners,’’ both received the night’s high honor.The unprecedented ruling was announced via video screen to the audience by jury member Natalie Portman who said her peers were “stuck’’ when it came to selecting a winner, so they “chose to honor both.’’“The Tree of Life,’’ starring Brad Pit

LOS ANGELES (AP) ― Doris Day, America’s pert, honey-voiced sweetheart of the 1950s and 1960s, beguiled audiences with her on-screen romances opposite top Hollywood leading men Cary Grant, Rock Hudson and Jack Lemmon.She adored and misses them all, says the 88-year-old Day. But her deepest yearning is reserved for her late son Terry Melcher, a record producer whose touch and voice are part of Day’s first album in nearly two decades.“Oh, I wish he could be here and be a part of it. I would just lo

Daegu Theatre Troupe is bringing Tennessee William’s classic “A Streetcar Named Desire” to Seoul for a special performance on Saturday.The play, which sold out its run in Daegu, will travel to the capital one time only for an 8 p.m. showing at the White Box Theater in Seoul.White Box Theater’s creative director, Desiree Munro, is excited to host this special event. “I have been a fan of Tennessee Williams’ works ever since reading them,” she said. “There is a reason ‘Streetcar’ is his most belov

A German artist is holding a photography exhibition looking at society’s relationship with its integral parts. Sven Schelwach will show 20 abstract images in “The Parallel Universes” at Gallery Dongne in Seogye-dong, near Seoul Station, from Dec. 3.Schelwach’s main work is designing furniture and he has exhibited furniture several times. The pictures came out of an attempt to provide accompanying wall hangings.“Most of my furniture at the time was a mixture of wood and stainless steel, so I trie

A Filipino students association is hosting a music festival on Dec. 4 to celebrate the Christmas season.Filipino Scholars in Korea has teamed up with the Philippine Embassy and Seoul Global Center to organize a Filipino Song Festival for the yuletide season called “The PIKO Christmas Song Festival 2011.” The association expects entrants from as far away as Gwangju and Changwon, South Gyeongsang Province, and for more than 800 people to attend. The winners will be decided by a panel of judges, wi

Korea based, expat-oriented sites focus on tighter sense of communityYou might be forgiven for thinking Facebook and Korea’s own Cyworld are the last word in social networking here. But tailor-made sites are aiming to create a more localized and intimate online community.“It started off as something personal and then it ended up being people joining the site and making friends. At first it was for English, language exchange, teaching English, as well as foreigners learning Korean,” said James Co

NEW ORLEANS (AP) ― Drew Brees and the surging New Orleans Saints made everything look easy against the slumping Giants.Brees passed for 363 yards and four touchdowns and ran for another score as New Orleans rolled to a 49-24 victory Monday night, extending New York’s losing skid to three games.Tight end Jimmy Graham had five catches for 84 yards, including touchdowns of 5 and 29 yards. Brees’ two other scoring strikes went to Lance Moore, who had five catches for 54 yards.This was a game New Yor

The Korean Basketball League is excited as its former national team guard Kim Seung-hyun is poised to come back onto the court after a nearly two-year suspension.The decision on where he will play is expected within the next fortnight after Goyang Orions agreed to release the 32-year-old from his contract.Kim, considered the league’s most skilled point guard, was unable to play due to the suspension following his salary dispute with the Orions.Kim was suspended in 2009 after it was revealed that

Samsung Electronics rolled out the new smart device Galaxy Note, which has characteristics of both smartphones and tablet PCs, in Seoul on Monday.The local electronics giant also unveiled two other gadgets in its Galaxy series ― the Galaxy Nexus smartphone and the Galaxy Tab 8.9 LTE.The gadgets were previously introduced at global events like the IFA electronics trade show in Berlin, but the 5.3-inch Galaxy Note and the Galaxy Tab 8.9 released here could run on the fourth-generation communicatio