Articles by Kim Hoo-ran
Kim Hoo-ran
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Exhibition exposes Hindu holy art to U.S. audiences
NASHVILLE, Tennessee (AP) ― Hinduism is the world’s third largest religion and its oldest continuously practiced one, so it’s somewhat surprising there has never been a major U.S. museum exhibition on Vishnu, one of its most important deities.“Vishnu: Hinduism’s Blue-Skinned Savior” is a new exhibit at Nashville’s Frist Center for the Visual Arts that aims to introduce American art audiences to th
Performance March 14, 2011
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‘Legally Blonde’ scoops 3 Laurence Olivier Awards
LONDON (AP) ― Frothy, film-inspired funfest “Legally Blonde: The Musical” won three big prizes at London’s Laurence Olivier theater awards, while Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “Love Never Dies’’ went home empty-handed despite seven nominations.“Legally Blonde” was named best new musical at Britain’s equivalent of Broadway’s Tonys on Sunday. Star Sheridan Smith was crowned best actress in a musical, and Ji
Performance March 14, 2011
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The occasional carnivore: Flexitarian eaters finding they really can have it both ways
Identifying yourself as an eater used to be simple. You either ate meat, or you didn’t.Now? Maybe you eat meat, but only certain kinds or only on certain days ― or even certain hours. Or you don’t eat meat ― except when you do.If you’re not vegetarian or carnivore, what are you? The term “flexitarian” is catching on, although author Mark Bittman likes “smartly thought-out omnivore.”His most recent
Food March 14, 2011
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Celebrating genius of an undiscovered photographer
CHICAGO, Illinois (AP) ― Fractions of seconds, captured by Vivian Maier a half-century ago or more ― fleeting moments of life on the streets at a time when men wore fedoras and dragged on Lucky Strike cigarettes, when women favored babushkas, when families piled in Studebakers and Packards for Sunday drives.She and her photos seemed destined for obscurity until a young man with an eye for bargains
Performance March 13, 2011
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Charlie Sheen brings live show to Detroit, Chicago
LOS ANGELES (AP) ― Charlie Sheen is taking his show on the road.A spokesman for the outspoken actor said tickets go on sale Saturday for shows in Detroit and Chicago next month called “Charlie Sheen Live: My Violent Torpedo of Truth.”Publicist Larry Solters said Sheen is promoting the show himself and has already begun rehearsals. Solters said he does not know the nature of the show or whether add
Performance March 13, 2011
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Aliens ― what’s the attraction?
By Robert W. Butler, McClatchy NewspapersWatch the skies. They’re coming to get us all.“They,” of course, are aliens.Not from South of the Border. From outer space.Hollywood is in the midst of an alien invasion unequaled since the paranoid Cold War fantasies of the early 1950s.At theaters now you can enjoy “I Am Number Four” (alien teens outwit intergalactic pursuers) and, opening Friday, “Battle:
Film March 13, 2011
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Why rice is king of the Korean table
Quality grains boast serious pedigree, new varieties not far behindFor centuries, rice has reigned supreme at the Korean dining table, acting as an anchor to the traditional spread of banchan (Korean side dishes). In short, rice is crucial to the daily diet and is taken seriously here. Like wines, grains from certain regions are lauded above others. Rice aficionados even prefer specific varieties
Food March 13, 2011
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Tourists reach new beach frontier in Myanmar
Waves lap the vast sweep of pristine, palm-lined sands as a sprinkling of Westerners soak up the sun, their breezy peace punctuated only by the creaks of a passing ox-cart.Welcome to a tourist paradise, in one of the world’s most isolated nations.“I’ve been to a lot of beaches and this is just amazing,” said retired Canadian Hugh Minielly, as he and his wife Mary watched the sun set over the azure Bay of Bengal at Myanmar’s coastal resort of Ngapali.Just a dozen or so hotels are hidden amid the
Travel March 11, 2011
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Literary agent Owen Laster dies at age 72
NEW YORK (AP) ― Owen Laster, a literary agent and executive of old-fashioned self-effacement and intregity whose many clients included Judy Blume, Gore Vidal and the estate of Margaret Mitchell, died Wednesday. He was 72.Laster, who retired in 2006, died in his Manhattan apartment after a brief illness, said his friend and attorney Richard Snider.Numerous friends had visited him recently, includin
Books March 10, 2011
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Springtime in Paris, but Chanel feels an autumn chill
PARIS (AFP) ― It’s getting to be springtime in Paris, but for Karl Lagerfeld it was the moment to send a chill of autumn through the Grand Palais on Tuesday as he presented a tomboyish Chanel fall-winter collection.In a deliberate contrast to the Parisian garden theme that framed the spring-summer show, Lagerfeld sent darker, looser looks down a wooden boardwalk the length of a venue carpeted with
Arts & Design March 9, 2011
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Beauty brands go outside the lab for ingredients
NEW YORK (AP) ― They do not quite stumble upon them, but high-tech, skin-care researchers and developers sometimes find new ingredients in unexpected places: under a rock, behind a tree, in the garden.The tips to look outside the laboratory can come from traditional medicine, alternative medicine, folklore and history.Just in the world of botanicals, where many beauty ingredients emerge, there is
Arts & Design March 9, 2011
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Fewer young blacks, Latinos attend arts events, study shows
LOS ANGELES ― A new analysis of survey data compiled by the National Endowment for the Arts since 1982 shows that blacks and Latinos have suffered from a collapse in arts education, and that their young-adult rates of arts attendance have declined far more than for whites.Childhood arts education “has played a vital role ... in developing a potential audience” for the arts, the researchers from th
Performance March 9, 2011
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The show goes on
Two old friends to stage complete cycle of Beethoven’s violin sonatasThey’re old, but not in spirit. When talking about their passion for music, the two musicians’ eyes twinkle like stars. The 69-year-old violinist Kim Min, music director of the Korean Chamber Orchestra, had thought his most recent recital “My Life, My Music” at the Seoul Arts Center in 2008 would be his last stage performance. Bu
Performance March 8, 2011
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McCartney leads a very British day at Paris fashion week
PARIS (AFP) ― Stella McCartney led a very British day at Paris fashion week on Monday, sending out a chic and casual fall-winter collection to an energetic hip-hop soundtrack.Her compatriot Giles Deacon at Emmanuel Ungaro veered towards a more severe dominatrix look driven by the late Ungaro’s famous statement that he dressed mistresses, not wives.Later in the day, Hannah MacGibbon at Chloe widene
Arts & Design March 8, 2011
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Africa ‘Oscar’ goes to incest movie from Morocco
OUAGADOUGOU (AFP) ― A Moroccan film about the incestuous rape of a young woman by her father who believes she is demon-possessed scooped the top honors at Africa’s biggest film festival.“Pegase” by Mohamed Mouftakir from Morocco, late Saturday won the Golden Stallion of Yennenga, the grand prize of the Pan African Film Festival of Ouagadougou (FESPACO) in Burkina Faso’s desert capital Ouagadougou.
Film March 7, 2011
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