Bae Doo-na reveals sexy sporty look

The actress Bae Doo-na revealed a sexy, sporty look in a photo shoot with the magazine ELLE. Bae matched a tank top dress with sports wear.More photos are available in the magazine August’s issue. (ELLE)(ELLE)(khnews@heraldcorp.com)

July 18, 2014

Rain in talks about starring in upcoming TV rom-com

The K-pop singer and actor Rain is in talks about starring in an upcoming TV drama, local news outlets reported Friday. Rain was offered roles in several dramas and films, but finally decided to return to the screen with the SBS rom-com “Song for You” to be aired in September, according to news reports. (OSEN)　Rain’s label, however, denied the reports, saying that nothing has been confirmed yet. He is currently going over a few more offers, the agency said. 　If the singer-turned-actor makes a co

July 18, 2014

Members say JYJ is like a shelter

JYJ members talked about their upcoming second album, “Just Us,” in the interview held during a pictorial shoot for the fashion magazine Marie Claire. In spite of their three years of working on individual projects, JYJ members Yoochun, Junsu and Jaejoong showed great teamwork during the shoot, according to local reports.“Even though we are not together, we can still feel each other’s presence and rely on one another. JYJ is like a shelter to us,” the members were quoted as saying. “We may expre

July 18, 2014

Ahn Jae-hyun takes a bigger step through ‘You Are All Surrounded’

From a newbie to a rising star, the 27-year-old model Ahn Jae-hyun seems to have made progress as an actor.Ahn was able to skillfully play the role of Park Tae-il, a member of the detective group P4 in the SBS drama “You Are All Surrounded.”Ahn started his career as an actor on the popular SBS drama “My Love from the Star,” in which he played the brother of the lead actress Jun Ji-hyun. The drama ended in February, and “You Are All Surrounded” was his second project as an actor.Park Tae-il is a

July 18, 2014

Cheerleader Park Ki-ryang appears in TV show ‘Happy Together 3’

Korean cheerleader Park Ki-ryang made an appearance in the KBS-TV talk show “Happy Together 3,” captivating its hosts and guests with her volubility.   The show that aired Thursday night featured Korean beauties including actress Cheon I-seul, Lady Jane, T-ara’s Jiyeon and others under the theme of “Goddess.”  (OSEN)On the program, Park confessed that she had been asked out by baseball players five times, but she couldn’t date ballplayers. Dating ballplayers is not illegal, but not recommended i

July 18, 2014

Lee Jun-ki‘s acting skills in 'Joseon Gunman' draw attention

Actor Lee Jun-ki captured the viewers’ attention with his excellent acting skills in the drama “Joseon Gunman.”Screen caps from the seventh episode of the drama were revealed in local reports, where Lee skillfully conveyed his character’s feelings without words.The scenes include Lee worrying about his love Nam Sang-mi, expressing anger for being ignored by the Japanese, and thinking about his long-lost sister. The actor was able to express the delicate emotions of his character Park Yoon-kang w

July 18, 2014

Seo In-guk sends loving look to Lee Hana in ‘High School King’

Seo In-guk’s love toward Lee Hana in “High School King” is catching viewers’ eyes amid the soaring popularity of the soap opera.The episode that aired on Monday showed Seo and Lee discovering their feelings for each other and start dating.The two had their first date on Namiseom, a romantic island east of Seoul famous for its beautiful scenery, and visited an ice rink.The whole time, Seo looked at Lee Hana lovingly, making the viewers fall for their romantic relationship.The drama airs every Mon

July 18, 2014

Theme park ride at a movie theater

It is like going on a ride in an amusement park. In a 4-DX theater the chairs sometimes tremble, rock, heave and pitch; water squirts and bubbles float around; not to mention the odor effects, all in tandem with the action on the big screen. Thanks to the advancement of technology, moviegoers can enjoy a plethora of theater experiences from merely watching actors on the screen, to wearing 3-D glasses to see the film pop out, all the way to the 4-D experience, where audiences are placed into a fi

FilmJuly 17, 2014

Australian contemporary art in spotlight

The undiscovered aspects of contemporary Australian art will be on view in Seoul this summer, highlighted in three exhibitions featuring media art, photographs and a mix of diverse media. Australia is one of the five guest countries invited to the 13th Dong Gang International Photo Festival, scheduled for July 18-21. The Australian photo exhibition highlights contemporary aspects of indigenous photography of aboriginal artists. “Aboriginal art has been thought of as paintings with flamboyant col

PerformanceJuly 17, 2014

Korean movies vie for top prizes at Locarno fest

South Korean film “Gyeongju” will compete for top prizes at the Locarno International Film Festival, its production company said Thursday.The movie starring Park Hae-il and Shin Min-a has advanced to the international competition category in the 67th edition of the festival, Invent Stone Corp. said.“Gyeongju,” directed by renowned Chinese filmmaker Zhang Lu, follows the one-day journey of a young university professor to Gyeongju, one of Korea’s ancient capitals, where he encounters a beautiful a

FilmJuly 17, 2014

Michelle Obama salutes Grammy Museum

LOS ANGELES (AP) ― Michelle Obama says every arts organization in the country should embrace the mission of the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles, which focuses on education.Six million American children attend schools with no art or music classes, she said Wednesday at the museum’s inaugural Jane Ortner Education Award Luncheon. “Arts are a way to channel ... pain and frustration into something meaningful and productive and beautiful, and every human being needs that, particularly our kids,” she sai

PerformanceJuly 17, 2014

Psy’s ‘Hangover’ tops 100 million views on YouTube

The music video for South Korean rapper Psy’s new song “Hangover” surpassed 100 million views on YouTube on Thursday, a little over a month after its release.As of 8 a.m. on Thursday, the video had some 123.9 million views on video-sharing site YouTube, 39 days after the video’s release on June 9. With this, Psy became the first singer to top the 100 million mark in YouTube views for the third time in a row following “Gangnam Style” and “Gentleman.”This proved Psy’s steady global influence even

July 17, 2014

‘Superstar K’ stars to stage free concert

Ulala Session. (Ulala Company)Past winners and top contestants of Mnet’s music audition program “Superstar K” will stage a joint concert in Seoul for the first time next month.“Superstar K 6 All Star Concert” ― launched in celebration of the show’s sixth season that will kick off on Aug. 22 ― will take place on Aug. 15 at the Indoor Gymnasium at Jamsil Sports Complex. The concert is open to the public free of charge.Former winners including Seo In-guk, Huh Gak, Ulala Session, Roy Kim and Park Ja

July 17, 2014

Dynamic Duo takes ‘giant step’ with DJ Premier collaboration

Famed American hip-hop mastermind DJ Premier has produced beats for A-list artists including Jay Z, Kanye West, the late Notorious B.I.G, Maroon 5 and The Black Eyed Peas. Now, local hip-hop artists Gaeko and Choiza of Dynamic Duo can add their names to this exclusive list of stars.On Wednesday, Dynamic Duo and DJ Premier released the collaborative EP “A Giant Step,” featuring the two singles “AEAO” and “Animal.” The new EP marked the first time that the renowned DJ has worked with Korean artist

July 17, 2014

‘Song of the Shank’ celebrates a unique American musician

“Song of the Shank,” Jeffery Renard Allen’s epic and brilliant new novel about slavery and musical genius, is not an easy book to read. There is, for starters, the book’s odd and sometimes confounding protagonist, based on a real man who is most often referred to in historical accounts as “Blind Tom.”“He isn’t talking. He isn’t playing,” his mother observes when Tom is a boy. “He isn’t even moving.” As he grows into adulthood, Blind Tom is a cipher for dozens of pages and then suddenly sets off

BooksJuly 17, 2014

‘Mockingbird Next Door’ recalls life with Harper Lee

What ever happened to Harper Lee? The Alabama native was 34 when her first novel, “To Kill a Mockingbird,” was published in 1960. This tale of childhood innocence and racial injustice in the Depression-era South won the Pulitzer Prize in 1961, was adapted for an award-winning film with Gregory Peck and became a staple of high school English curricula. But Lee shunned publicity and never published another novel, fueling occasional rumors that her friend Truman Capote ― a childhood neighbor in the

BooksJuly 17, 2014

Novel tells tale of ‘Unknown Americans’

“The Book Of Unknown Americans”Cristina Henriquez (Alfred A. Knopf)A dilapidated cinder-block apartment complex surrounded by a chain-link fence is the setting for Cristina Henriquez’s second novel, “The Book of Unknown Americans.” What at first appears to be a no man’s land is actually Delaware. Welcome to the U.S.A., where every whistle stop has an immigrant story to tell.The novel opens as the Riveras, a newly arrived Mexican family ― Arturo, Alma and teenage daughter Maribel ― are settling i

BooksJuly 17, 2014

Boys will be boys (and sometimes girls)

AdamBy Ariel Schrag (Mariner)In Ariel Schrag’s audacious coming-of-age novel “Adam,” an inexperienced teenage boy falls in love with a lesbian and tricks her into believing he’s transgender so she’ll go out with him. Yes, I know: So many things could have gone wrong with this premise. The sheer number of potential missteps is enough to daunt any novelist, let alone a first-timer like Schrag.But Schrag, best known for her series of graphic memoirs about her adolescence, has found compassionate an

BooksJuly 17, 2014

EXO Chen‘s solo track to be released on July 23

The solo song of K-pop idol group EXO’s Chen for the drama “It’s Okay, That’s Love,” is set to be unveiled on July 23, the soundtrack production team said Thursday. CJ E&M released a teaser video of some tunes to be included on the drama soundtrack at noon on Thursday through YouTube and local music charts. The video featured the recording session and Chen passionately working on his first-ever solo.The production company said it received a flood of questions about Chen‘s song, but more details

July 17, 2014