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Medical profs at top hospitals suspend surgeries, clinics
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Samsung chip business back on track, logs W1.9tr operating profit in Q1
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[Music in drama] Rekindle a love that slipped through your fingers
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S. Korea discussed possible participation in AUKUS Pillar 2 with Australia: defense minister
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Hopes rise for possible Gaza truce deal
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[New faces of Assembly] Architect behind ‘audacious initiative’ believes in denuclearized North Korea
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On May Day, labor unions blast Yoon's foreign nanny proposal
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Max von Sydow graces ‘Extremely Loud’ with silence
His voice is deep, sonorous, rumbling with quiet gravitas.Few actors are as readily recognizable by their vocal cords as Max von Sydow, the great Swedish actor who arrived on the international scene in 1957, as a knight who encounters Death ― and plays chess with him ― in Ingmar Bergman’s classic, “The Seventh Seal.”Von Sydow would make 10 more films with Bergman (“Without him, I would certainly not have been here today,” he says). And he would make his mark in big commercial films, playing a sl
Jan. 20, 2012
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Sundance Fest opens with 4 films, new snow
PARK CITY, Utah (AP) ― A fresh dusting of snow over Park City heralded the beginning of the Sundance Film Festival on Thursday.Sundance Institute founder Robert Redford opened the festival by characterizing the slate of 117 feature films as products of “dark and grim’’ times and the “suffering from a government that’s in paralysis.’’“Even though the work reflects hard times, there’s not paralysis here,’’ the 75-year-old filmmaker said at an afternoon news conference. “They’re breathing life into
Jan. 20, 2012
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YouTube plots ‘Your Film Festival’ for users
NEW YORK (AP) ― YouTube is launching a film festival that will play out online and ultimately send 10 finalists to the Venice Film Festival.The Google Inc.-owned video site announced Thursday that Your Film Festival will take submissions of short films up to 15 minutes in length between Feb. 2 and March 31. Fifty semi-finalists will be selected by Scott Free Productions, Ridley and Tony Scott’s production company.Those 50 films will form a channel on YouTube: www.YouTube.com/yourfilmfestival. Th
Jan. 19, 2012
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Sundance time: Indie film world gathers
PARK CITY, Utah (AP) ― Independent films that may have been years in the making get their first audiences at this week’s Sundance Film Festival. That could also mean careers in the making for unknown directors and actors whose movies connect with the right crowds. Robert Redford’s independent-cinema showcase was opening Thursday with 117 feature-length films, 64 short films and a lot of anxious filmmakers on the agenda during its 11-day run.Some are established directors showing their latest wor
Jan. 19, 2012
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Depp, Paradis ‘living separate lives’: report
Hollywood star Johnny Depp and longtime girlfriend Vanessa Paradis have split after a 14-year relationship, according to reports.Speculation of the break-up has grown as it as became increasingly rare for the couple to make public appearances together. Although both Paradis, 39, and Depp, 48, were in Paris last November, she didn’t attend the French premier of The Rum Diary, a film Depp both produced and starred in. Instead, the French actress and singer reportedly went to a concert. Paradis wa
Jan. 19, 2012
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Paramount Insurge’s niche: Cheap films that promote themselves
LOS ANGELES ― The weekend before last, Paramount Insurge released the No. 1 movie in America. This past weekend it was shooting test footage of a talking dog.Formed in the wake of 2009’s ultra-low-budget surprise hit “Paranormal Activity,” Insurge is an experimental label within movie giant Paramount Pictures that aims to make youth-oriented films developed outside the traditional Hollywood system on a fast schedule and at low cost.Paramount is hardly the first studio to try to turn a surprise m
Jan. 17, 2012
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The starlight is blinding at Sundance Film Festival
When the Sundance Film Festival launches its annual 10-day run Thursday, it will mark the independent film event’s 34th, 27th or 23rd year ― depending on whether you’re counting from the founding of the U.S. Film Festival in 1978, its takeover by Robert Redford’s Sundance Institute in 1985, or its renaming to “Sundance” in 1989. What’s evident from this year’s lineup is that well-known names have increasingly come to dominate the proceedings, which will make tiny, oxygen-deprived Park City, Utah
Jan. 17, 2012
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‘The Artist’ makes a loud noise at Golden Globes
The black-and-white silent film “The Artist’’ came away with the most prizes with three wins at the Golden Globes, but the show spread the love around among a broad range of films and TV shows.Ricky Gervais, who has ruffled feathers at past shows with sharp wisecracks aimed at Hollywood’s elite and the Globes show itself, returned as host for the third-straight year.Wins for “The Artist’’ included best musical or comedy and best actor in a musical or comedy for Jean Dujardin, while the family dr
Jan. 16, 2012
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Dressed-up stars arrive for glitzy Golden Globes
BEVERLY HILLS, California (AP) _ A glamorous group of A-list stars including Angelina Jolie, George Clooney and Sofia Vergara picked their way across the Golden Globes' red carpet on Sunday night. Even the dog from “The Artist” was spotted doing tricks.Clooney, who come to the awards armed with nomi
Jan. 16, 2012
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Jane Fonda had French film on her ‘bucket list’
PARIS (AFP) ― Veteran Hollywood actress Jane Fonda, returning to the screen in a French film about a band of friends in their 70s, said making the movie was on her “bucket list” of things to do before she dies.Set for release next Wednesday, “Et si on Vivait Tous Ensemble” (Why Don’t we all Live Together?) tells of a group of friends who decide to move in together, to share the joys and challenges of old age.It is Fonda’s first French film since the 1972 release, “Tout Va Bien,” by the New Wave
Jan. 15, 2012
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Lions Gate buying ‘Twilight’ maker Summit
LOS ANGELES (AP) ― Movie and TV studio Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. is creating a Hollywood powerhouse focused on young adult audiences with its purchase of Summit Entertainment, maker of the teen hit “Twilight’’ series, for $412.5 million, which the companies confirmed Friday.The cash and stock deal brings the “Twilight’’ franchise ― which has grossed more than $2.5 billion worldwide since the first movie blew out of the gates in late 2008 ― under the same roof with Lions Gate’s upcoming four
Jan. 15, 2012
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I Don’t Know How She Does It (U.S.), Opening Feb. 2Comedy. Directed by Douglas McGrath. Kate Reddy (Sarah Jessica Parker) is one busy woman. She is a high-earning financial executive at a Boston-based financial management firm, a devoted mother of two young children, and a supportive wife of her out-of-work architect husband Richard (Greg Kinnear). She manages to be on top of her schedule every day, and is used to hearing people say ‘I don’t know how you do it.” Yet things begin to change when s
Jan. 13, 2012
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‘Artist’ wins 4 trophies at Critics’ Choice Awards
LOS ANGELES (AP) ― “The Artist’’ waltzed away with its first wins of Hollywood’s awards season.The black-and-white ode to the silent-film era directed by Michel Hazanavicius led winners with four honors at Thursday’s 17th annual Critics’ Choice Awards, which are presented by the 250 members of the Broadcast Film Critics Association.“The Artist’’ took the evening’s top prize, best picture, as well honors for best score, costume design and director.“I made a silent movie,’’ French director Hazanav
Jan. 13, 2012
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Jolie, Pitt meet Obama in Oval Office
WASHINGTON (AFP) ― U.S. President Barack Obama took a break from the affairs of state to rub shoulders with Hollywood royalty Wednesday, meeting Angelina Jolie and her beau Brad Pitt at the White House.Jolie was in Washington for the launch of her new movie “In the Land of Blood and Honey” and the couple were seen through the paneled windows of the Oval Office by reporters and photographers.“President Obama spoke with Ms Jolie about her work to raise the profile of preventing mass atrocities and
Jan. 12, 2012
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Katy Perry, ‘Potter’ win big at People’s Choice Awards
LOS ANGELES (AP) ― Katy Perry is in the popular clique now.The singer-actress won the most People’s Choice Awards at Wednesday’s 38th annual fan-favorite extravaganza. Perry, who was absent from the ceremony, was honored in five categories, including favorite female artist, tour headliner, song of the year for “E.T.’’ with Kanye West, music video for “Last Friday Night,’’ and TV guest star for “How I Met Your Mother.’’Perry told fans on Twitter earlier this week that she wouldn’t attend the show
Jan. 12, 2012
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Sun shines again for Allen after ‘Midnight in Paris’
LOS ANGELES (AP) ― The chimes may have tolled midnight in Paris, but in Hollywood, it’s the dawn of another career revival for Woody Allen after his biggest hit in decades and a new round of awards accolades.How much will the success of “Midnight in Paris’’ change the filmmaker’s career? Not one bit, says Allen.In nearly 45 years of alternating between toast of the town and yesterday’s news, Allen has barely deviated from a simple formula: make a movie a year on an economical budget and avoid th
Jan. 12, 2012
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Steven Spielberg shares storytelling secrets in Paris
PARIS (AFP) ― Steven Spielberg caught the filmmaking bug as a 12-year-old boy, and half a century on still goes “crazy” when he doesn’t have a story to tell, he admitted to fans packing a masterclass in Paris Monday night.Greeted with a standing ovation, the U.S. director ― whose works from “E.T.” to “Indiana Jones” are the focus of a retrospective at Paris’ Cinematheque film centre ― told the room in French, hand on his heart: “Je t’aime!”“I’m a storyteller,” the 65-year-old told the filmmaking
Jan. 11, 2012
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Film’s Mr. Serious turns to comedy
‘Dancing Queen’ star Hwang Jeong-min says he’s funny, laidback off-screenIt’s easy to mistake actor Hwang Jeong-min as serious.His past roles on the silver screen have a lot to do with it. His recent (and impressive) filmography includes the Blue Dragon Award-winning crime thriller “Unjust” and last year’s conspiracy flick “Moby Dick.” Yet sitting over his favorite chrysanthemum tea in Samcheong-dong, Seoul, Hwang does not resemble the passionate city desk reporter in “Moby Dick” nor the corrupt
Jan. 11, 2012
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Jolie, Thornton to present new films at Berlin festival
BERLIN (AFP) ― Angelina Jolie’s directorial debut about the Bosnian war and a drama made by and starring her ex-husband Billy Bob Thornton will feature at the Berlin film festival next month, organisers said Monday.Jolie will present her harrowing drama “In the Land of Blood and Honey” out of competition after winning praise in Bosnia for its unflinching take on the brutal 1992-1995 conflict, filmed in local languages with a home-grown cast.It will screen on the opening weekend of the February 9
Jan. 10, 2012
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New award nods for French director, Allen, Scorsese
LOS ANGELES (AFP) ―French director Michel Hazanavicius won another nod for his silent movie “The Artist” Monday, joining Woody Allen and Martin Scorsese among nominees for Directors Guild of America (DGA) best film.“Social Network” director David Fincher earned his third DGA nomination ― seen as a key indicator for Oscars glory ― for “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo,” while Alexander Payne got his nod for “The Descendants.”Veteran U.S. filmmakers Allen and Scorsese ― both DGA Lifetime Achievemen
Jan. 10, 2012