'Finnegans Wake' is new Chinese publishing hit
A new Chinese translation of "Finnegans Wake", renowned for its linguistic difficulty in the original, is proving a hit in China -- although one academic called the author James Joyce "mentally ill".
Thanks to Psy, S. Korea dreams of conquering music world
Thanks to Psy's "Gangnam Style" smash hit, the South Korean music industry's long-held dream to make it big in Europe and the USA with its K-pop boy bands has taken a giant leap forward.
29 January 2013
South Korean PSY to sing in Astana
Famous South Korean 34-y.o. Park Jae-Sang was specially invited to sing at KZ MUSIC AWARDS-2013 awarding ceremony in Astana.
29 January 2013
'Argo' wins top SAG award, in latest pre-Oscar boost
Iran hostage crisis drama "Argo" won the best film drama prize at the Screen Actors Guild awards Sunday, in yet another boost for its prospects at next month's all-important Oscars.
28 January 2013
Gritty drama 'Fruitvale' wins top Sundance prize
"Fruitvale," about a young black man shot by police in a gritty California neighborhood, won the top prize Saturday at the Sundance Film Festival, America's premier independent movie showcase.
Apple co-founder says Steve Jobs film inaccurate
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak said Friday that a new film about the late Steve Jobs is factually "wrong," while the movie's makers countered it is meant as entertainment -- not a literal retelling of the computer pioneer's life.
26 January 2013
Assange hits out at WikiLeaks movie
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange hit out on Wednesday at a Hollywood film about his secret-spilling website, calling the movie "a massive propaganda attack".
US film paints Pussy Riot as new Russian revolution
Pussy Riot is more than just a punk band, and is seeking a "feminist revolution" in Russian society, according to the co-director of a film shown at the Sundance Film Festival this week.
24 January 2013
Comic novel imagining Hitler's return is German bestseller
Eighty years after Adolf Hitler's rise to power, a novel that imagines his return to modern-day Berlin has become a bestseller in Germany, though a comedy about the Fuehrer is not to everyone's taste.
Missing Matisse thieves sentenced in Miami
A US federal court handed down prison terms Tuesday to an American man and a Mexican woman for trying to sell a $3 million Henri Matisse painting stolen from a Venezuelan museum.
23 January 2013
Teen author Stefan Bachmann reaps full-grown success
Stefan Bachmann is only 19, but his darkly mysterious debut novel set in a parallel world of faeries, goblins and child snatchers has already earned him comparisons to J.K. Rowling, Dickens and Dostoyevsky.