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Literature an effort to understand common experience: Le Clezio

BooksMay 23, 2011

Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio, one of the most acclaimed living French authors and the 2008 Nobel Prize winner, said literature is what connects people in today’s globalized world. He was speaking at...
Go the bleep to sleep, dad writes in best-seller

BooksMay 23, 2011

NEW YORK (AP) ― Playing dress up or running around the park, kids can be so darn cute. Until it’s 3 a.m. and they won’t go the (bleep) to sleep. The F-bomb plea on the minds of every parent at one p...
Life Ball takes flight with swarms of angels, horses

TheaterMay 23, 2011

VIENNA (AFP) ― Swarms of angels, flying horses and fantastic birds of paradise converged on Vienna’s neo-Gothic City Hall on Saturday for this year’s Life Ball. In line with this year’s motto ― “Spr...
Facebook scam steals woman’s identity

PeopleMay 23, 2011

Hackers use SNS as the first step to email, bank account access DETROIT ― Pam Aughe is never going back. After a year of using Facebook sporadically to keep up with family and friends ― two or thre...
Exhibit finds sci-fi themes in unexpected places

BooksMay 22, 2011

LONDON (AP) ― The genre that brought us “The Matrix” has roots reaching back nearly two millennia. The literary tradition often associated with “Star Trek”-loving fanboys has a militant feminist stre...
Gochang offers nature, history and scenic walking routes

TravelMay 20, 2011

Gochang meets three main requirements of a good family trip: nature, history and nice walking paths. Especially in May, the barley fields in Hagwon Farm shine with a beautiful yellow-green hue and ca...
Honeymoon with heart on Sumba Island

TravelMay 20, 2011

Little-known island in eastern Indonesia is a haven for newly weds Once home to sandalwood trees and tribal headhunters, Sumba Island in Indonesia makes for a spell-binding romantic getaway. The li...
Clubby Italian dining

Food&BeverageMay 20, 2011

The booming lounge music that fills the dark, cavernous space of Addiction Plus might confuse many first timers ― is it a restaurant or is it a lounge? Contrary to its eclectic interior, which has a...
Madoff’s wine fetches $41,530 for Ponzi victims

Food&BeverageMay 20, 2011
Wine of the Week: 2007 Mountford ‘Liaison’ Pinot Noir

BooksMay 20, 2011

What a lovely expression of Pinot Noir from New Zealand’s Mountford estate. Elegant and smooth, this New World Pinot carries the taste of Santa Rosa plums and sweet Asian spices. The scent jumps righ...
Tbs eFM holds third Mini World Cup

More sportsMay 20, 2011

Tbs eFM, the nation’s leading all-English radio station, will hold its third Mini World Cup on Sunday to bring together the foreign community in Korea. A total of eight teams with participants from ...
Michael Govan dreams big for L.A. County Museum of Art

TheaterMay 19, 2011

LOS ANGELES ― Michael Govan, the director of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, crouched in the pit of a stone quarry in Riverside, California Wearing black jeans and a brown sports coat, he dragg...
Philip Roth wins Man Booker International Prize

BooksMay 19, 2011

SYDNEY (AP) ― Philip Roth’s latest prize was not a unanimous choice. The author of “Portnoy’s Complaint,” “American Pastoral” and many other novels on Wednesday was named as the winner of the Man Bo...
Foster thinks Cannes film can be ‘therapeutic’ for Gibson

FilmMay 18, 2011

CANNES, France (AFP) ― Jodie Foster drew cheers at Cannes on Tuesday for her latest film “The Beaver” and said she thought the experience of making it could be “therapeutic” for her troubled star Mel...
Celebrities bid Oprah farewell at Chicago show

TelevisionMay 18, 2011

CHICAGO (AP) ― Hollywood’s A-list celebrities bid a star-studded farewell to Oprah Winfrey in a double-taping of her talk show that included messages from her fans around the world. “I feel the love...