Herald Corp. invites you to a special dinner with four design experts on the evening of Nov. 8, where guests will be able to participate in discussions about design innovation and its impact on businesses. The dinner event, titled “Herald Design Premium Talk,” will take place after the 2016 Herald Design Forum sessions on Nov. 8.Design has become the driving force behind growth, breaking boundaries in all businesses today. In the future, products and creative works will no longer be confined to

Arts & DesignOct. 18, 2016

STOCKHOLM (AFP) -- The Swedish Academy says it has given up trying to reach Bob Dylan, days after it awarded him the Nobel Prize in literature.“Right now we are doing nothing. I have called and sent emails to his closest collaborator and received very friendly replies. For now, that is certainly enough,” the academy’s permanent secretary, Sara Danius, told state radio SR on Monday.So far the American troubadour has responded with silence since he won the prize Thursday. He gave a concert in Las

BooksOct. 18, 2016

PARIS (AFP) -- Fashion icon Karl Lagerfeld announced Monday he plans to launch his own branded hotel chain, with the first property set to open in the Chinese gambling hub of Macau in 2018.The 83-year-old German-born designer has already collaborated with luxury Parisian address Le Crillon and the Metropole in Monaco, but the new business will see him and his company design entire hotels.Leading fashion houses from Dior to Diane von Furstenberg have developed a lucrative side business away from

TravelOct. 18, 2016

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) -- As one of the world’s oldest museums dedicated to anthropology turns 150, it’s undergoing some big changes to showcase its significant role in developing the discipline.Leaders of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard University hinted this month at changes to come when they trotted out -- for one day only -- some of its quirkier, rarely seen pieces as part of a birthday bash marking the day in 1866 when philanthropist George Peabody committed $150,0

PerformanceOct. 18, 2016

TOKYO (AFP) -- Oscar-winning director Martin Scorsese told an audience in Tokyo on Monday his long-awaited film about the persecution of Christians in 17th century Japan will hit the big screen just before Christmas.The filmmaker, known for hits including “Taxi Driver,” “Goodfellas,” and “The Wolf of Wall Street,” said his latest film “Silence” be released for a limited run in the United States on Dec. 23 -- putting it in possible contention for an Oscar nomination.The movie’s release, originall

FilmOct. 18, 2016

First generation K-pop group S.E.S. is preparing to comeback with a new album next year to celebrate its 20th anniversary of debut, the group's management said Monday."The preparations for a new album and a concert are still in the initial stages and nothing concrete can be said yet," an official from South Korean Entertainment giant S.M. Entertainment told Yonhap News Agency. Lee Soo-man, the founder of the agency and the original inceptor of the group, will spearhead production, making the reu

Oct. 17, 2016

South Korea will open a fashion-culture fair this week to help local brands make inroads into overseas markets, the government said Monday.Hosted by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and co-organized by the Korea Creative Content Agency and Council of Fashion Designers of Korea, "Fashion KODE 2017 S/S" is set to take place from Oct. 18-21 at J-Gran House in central Seoul.The annual fair bridges local fashion designers and international buyers. In the sixth edition, a total of 16 brands

Arts & DesignOct. 17, 2016

A South Korean-born U.S. K-pop star has taken his entry ban case to the Seoul appellate court, seeking to regain his right to freely visit his country of origin, his lawyer said Monday.The legal representative of Steve Yoo, more widely known as his Korean name Yoo Seung-joon here, told Yonhap News Agency on the phone, "We've found some of the district court's ruling refutable, which will be fought again in the appellate court."The 39-year-old singer had enjoyed immense popularity among K-pop fan

Oct. 17, 2016

Nine people, including actor Yoo Ah-in, actress Jun Ji-hyun and director Ryoo Seung-wan, have been voted by local teenagers as the most popular film industry figures in South Korea.The Korea Youth Film Festival announced on Monday winners in nine categories of awards for film people who shined the most over the past year. The winners were chosen in an annual poll jointly carried out by Cast Me, an online human resources platform for films, as a unit event for the festival.Yoo and Jun, who respec

Oct. 17, 2016

LOS ANGELES (AFP) -- The Desert Trip festival is all about showcasing rock veterans and their baby-boomer fans but its second weekend featured one of the top stars of the young generation -- Rihanna.The R&B superstar joined Paul McCartney on stage Saturday night in the California desert to join in “FourFiveSeconds,” the song the former Beatle released last year with both Rihanna and rap giant Kanye West.“We finally found someone under 50,” McCartney said as he invited the 28-year-old Rihanna to

PerformanceOct. 17, 2016

CANNES, France (AFP) - “Trainspotting” author Irvine Welsh said Sunday he is adapting his acclaimed novel “Crime” for television, the first time one of the controversial Scottish writer's books will make the leap to the small screen.The story of a cocaine-snorting alcoholic Edinburgh detective who runs into even more trouble when he goes on vacation to Florida is widely regarded as Welsh’s best since “Trainspotting,” with the Guardian calling it a “triumph.”Having had his world turned upside dow

TelevisionOct. 17, 2016

CANNES, France (AFP) - Coral reefs may be dying off at an alarming rate and pollution and overfishing emptying the seas. But fear not. Help is at hand in the form of a new wave of cartoon superheroes determined to save the oceans.While Disney blockbusters “Finding Nemo” and “Finding Dory” have been attacked for sparking a spike in the poaching of tropical fish, Muppets creators the Jim Henson Company said Sunday that their new animated children's series “Splash and Bubbles” would help mobilize a

TelevisionOct. 17, 2016

DUBAI (AFP) -- The global economic slowdown combined with “selective demand” are pushing Christie's to seek more realistic prices on their collections, directors of the auction house said Sunday.“This year the market is not at the same level as it was one year or two years ago. We are facing a more challenging market,” Guillaume Cerruti, Christie’s president for Europe, the Middle East, Russia and India, told journalists in Dubai.“To face this situation, the key word for us is selectivity,” he s

PerformanceOct. 17, 2016

FRANKFURT (AFP) - There will still be more books than you could ever read, but visitors to this week’s Frankfurt Book Fair will also be invited to don virtual reality goggles, visit an interactive classroom and discover 3-D-printed art as publishers plug into new technology.Organizers of the world’s largest publishing event say the focus on art and technology is a logical next step as the creative industries become ever more connected.The fair, which opens on Wednesday and is expected to draw so

BooksOct. 17, 2016