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Steve Carell
Steve Carell tells tale of hope from trauma in 'Welcome to Marwen'
Los Angeles — Actor Steve Carell takes on the real-life story of a man recovering from a brutal attack in his latest Hollywood offering "Welcome to Marwen", as he uses art as a form of therapy. The 56-year-old "The Office" and "Foxcatcher" star plays American photographer Mark Hogancamp, who in 2000 was viciously assaulted outside a bar after telling a group of guys he liked to cross dress. — Reuters
December 19, 2018

Steve Carell tells tale of hope from trauma in 'Welcome to Marwen'

A mural listed by the Guinness World Records as the largest in the world is displayed on a grain silo in Incheon port, west of Seoul.  According to the Korea Times, the Incheon city government and Incheon Port Authority commissioned 22 painting artists and spent 487,000USD on the project, which started in January this year. — AFP
S. Korean grain silo transforms into world's largest mural
Incheon, South Korea — A dreary grain silo that was transformed into an enormous colorful artwork in South Korea has been named by Guinness World Records as the largest outdoor mural in the world.The painting which depicts a young boy's journey into adulthood covers the outside of giant storage containers in the port city of Incheon, west of Seoul, taking up 23,688 square meters.The mural was commissioned by the city's government and port authority as part of efforts to improve the negative view of aged industrial facilities, an idea which originated from the community art projects of the 1920s that swept the United States and Mexico, according to the South's Yonhap news agency.Twenty-two artists used more than 850,000 liters of paint to tell the story which reflects the...
December 19, 2018

S. Korean grain silo transforms into world's largest mural

K-pop's BTS 'worth $3.6 billion a year' to South Korea
Seoul — South Korean boyband BTS are worth more than $3.6 billion to the country's economy every year -- equivalent to the contribution of 26 mid-sized companies -- a research institute said Tuesday.The floppy-haired songsters were also the reason that one in every 13 foreign tourists visited South Korea in 2017, the Hyundai Research Institute said.Known for their boyish good looks and meticulously choreographed dance moves, BTS -- short for Bangtan Sonyeondan, which translates as Bulletproof Boy Scouts -- have become one of South Korea's best-known and most valuable musical exports.Earlier this year the septet became the first K-pop band to top the US album charts, a sign of the genre's growing global appeal.That appeal has helped boost the brand image of South Korean...
December 18, 2018

K-pop's BTS 'worth $3.6 billion a year' to South Korea

Geoffrey Rush
Australian actress accuses Geoffrey Rush of inappropriate behavior
Sydney — A female star of hit television show Orange is the New Black leveled misconduct allegations against actor Geoffrey Rush, the second Australian actress to accuse the Oscar winner of behaving inappropriately during an Australian theater production.In a New York Times article entitled "The Cost of Telling a #MeToo Story In Australia", actress Yael Stone said the Pirates of the Caribbean actor danced in appropriately in front of her in their dressing room in a "playful, clownish manner" and used a mirror to watch her showering during a Sydney production of The Diary of A Madman in 2010 and 2011."I believe that it was meant with a playful intention, but the effect was that I felt there was nowhere for me to feel safe and unobserved," the New York Times...
December 18, 2018

Australian actress accuses Geoffrey Rush of inappropriate behavior

Leslie Moonves
CBS fires CEO Leslie Moonves and denies $120 million severance
New York — CBS Corp said on Monday it has fired Leslie Moonves for cause and has denied a $120 million severance package as it girds for a potential legal battle with its former chief executive who has been accused of sexual harassment and assault that allegedly took place before and after he joined the company. The decision to deprive Moonves of his severance follows a board of directors review of the findings of an investigation into Moonves' behavior and the CBS culture conducted by two law firms, Debevoise & Plimpton and Covington & Burling, hired by CBS. — Reuters
December 18, 2018

CBS fires CEO Leslie Moonves and denies $120 million severance

Metalachi, the self-proclaimed first and only heavy metal mariachi band, perform on stage at the House of Blues in Anahaim, California. — Reuters
Metal or mariachi? Metalachi offers best of both music worlds
Los Angeles — Decked out in skin-tight leopard print spandex, his eyelids smeared with black make-up, singer Vega de la Rockha roars into a sea of raised "devil horn" hand gestures — the appreciation symbol of heavy metal music. Yet this is no ordinary metal concert. From under his silver sombrero, trumpeter El Cucuy then breaks into a mariachi melody, and Twisted Sister's classic "We're Not Gonna Take It" morphs into its Mexican folk equivalent — "No Toleraremos".This is Metalachi, the self-proclaimed first and only heavy metal mariachi band."I think we've transformed the music enough to say that we actually came up with our own genre," El Cucuy (The Bogeyman)told Reuters backstage at a recent Los Angeles concert."There's...
December 18, 2018

Metal or mariachi? Metalachi offers best of both music worlds

Emily Blunt attends the European premiere of
Emily Blunt's terrifying moment as the new Mary Poppins
New York — She takes on a beloved movie character and dances with penguins, but what really terrified British actress Emily Blunt was descending slowly from the clouds as the new Mary Poppins.More than 50 years after it first charmed audiences worldwide, Blunt stars in the sequel "Mary Poppins Returns" as the magical English nanny with a no-nonsense demeanor but a twinkle in the eye.The Walt Disney Co movie, starting its global roll-out this week, is set 20 years after the musical fantasy that made Julie Andrews a star.Despite new music, a new cast and new director Rob Marshall, "Mary Poppins Returns" pays homage to the original 1964 film, including the arrival of the singing nanny from the skies above London.This time, however, Poppins floats down holding a battered...
December 18, 2018

Emily Blunt's terrifying moment as the new Mary Poppins

Artists perform during a concert as part of the Gogol Fest in Azov Sea city of Mariupol in this May 1, 2018 file photo.  — AFP
Ukraine’s arts enjoy surprise revival in conflict-riven east
IN a grungy cellar bar, a young crowd sings along to a melancholy ballad in Ukrainian.Nothing unusual here — except that the concert is taking place in the stronghold of Russian-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine.The Ukrainian language has faced an unofficial ban here since war broke out between separatists and Kiev’s forces more than four years ago.“Promise me that tomorrow will come for sure,” a female vocalist sings to acoustic guitar in the city of Donetsk, the rebels’ de facto capital, with uniformed rebel supporters in the audience.Ukrainian songs are very rarely heard in this region, where Russian is more widely spoken.“In 2014, when the war had just begun, such a concert would have been impossible,” said guitar player Oleg, 20, who declined to give his full...
December 17, 2018

Ukraine’s arts enjoy surprise revival in conflict-riven east

Miss Philippines Catriona Gray reacts after being crowned Miss Universe during the final round of the Miss Universe pageant in Bangkok, Thailand, Monday. — Reuters
And the winner is... Miss Philippines
Bangkok — Miss Philippines was crowned Miss Universe on Monday in Bangkok after a trailblazing ceremony praised for featuring its first transgender candidate but marred by gaffes about the English-speaking ability of two Asian contestants.Catriona Gray, 24, finished first ahead of the South African and Venezuelan finalists in the glittering televised event hosted by American comic turned TV host Steve Harvey and supermodel Ashley Graham.In the final round, Gray earned applause describing her work in the slums of the Philippine capital Manila.After winning she told reporters she would like to expand her work with an organization in the Philippines that promotes education on HIV and AIDS."A few years ago I lost a close friend to health complications with HIV," she said."So...
December 17, 2018

And the winner is... Miss Philippines

Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex
Please reach out to me, father urges Meghan Markle
LONDON — Meghan Markle's father appealed to Britain's Queen Elizabeth on Monday to intercede to end his estrangement from his daughter, the wife of Prince Harry.The former US actress, now the Duchess of Sussex, married Harry, the queen's grandson and sixth in line to the British throne, in a glittering ceremony at Windsor Castle in May. But the immediate build-up to the wedding was overshadowed by her father, Thomas, a former lighting director for US TV soaps and sitcoms, who pulled out days beforehand after undergoing heart surgery.Thomas Markle said he had not had contact with his daughter for months and that repeated text messages to her had gone unanswered.When asked what message he had for Queen Elizabeth, 92, Thomas Markle said: "I would appreciate anything she can...
December 17, 2018

Please reach out to me, father urges Meghan Markle

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