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SKY Castle is the most-watched drama ever to air on South Korean cable networks, according to Nielsen Korea, and has found a wide following in China.
TV drama stirs debate over S. Korea's cutthroat education culture
SEOUL — It was created as a biting satire of South Korea's notoriously competitive education system, but the country's most popular cable TV drama has inspired some fans to ignore its warnings and instead double down on their pursuit of success."SKY Castle" follows several ambitious families as their drive to send their children to the country’s best universities and secure lucrative jobs leads to identity fraud, suicide and murder.The show's name comes from a fictionalized version of luxury residential community in Seoul's suburbs, but is also a nod to the acronym "SKY," which refers to South Korea's top three universities: Seoul National University, Korea University and Yonsei University.It’s the most-watched drama ever to air on South Korean...
February 04, 2019

TV drama stirs debate over S. Korea's cutthroat education culture

A clown balances an instrument on his chin as he performs ahead of the annual Grimaldi Memorial Service at the All Saints church in east London. — AFP
Clowns tramp to east London
London — The streets of east London erupted with slapstick humor on Sunday as clowns from all over gathered for the annual memorial of the legendary Joseph Grimaldi."King of clowns" Grimaldi was a 19th-century English stage performer, credited with inventing the white-faced, curly haired, red-nosed look that came to define the role of a clown.Scores of devotees traveled by plane, by car and on foot -- wearing oversized shoes -- to the All Saints Church in Haggerston for the service, which has been held annually since 1947."We have people flying in from Canada, Ireland, from France, people coming down from Scotland" for the "funny reverential service remembering the legend," said organizer Bibbledy Bob.Balloons and bunting hung above the normally somber pews,...
February 04, 2019

Clowns tramp to east London

Rapper 21 Savage
Officials arrest rapper 21 Savage saying he is in US illegally
New York — Rapper 21 Savage, who has long said he is from the US state of Georgia, was detained on Sunday by US immigration officers who say he is actually British and overstayed his visa.The news sent shockwaves through social media as the Grammy-nominated 26-year-old rapper -- whose real name is Sha Yaa Bin Abraham Joseph -- says he is local act from Atlanta, the capital of hip hop."We are working diligently to get Mr. Abraham-Joseph out of detention while we work with the authorities to clear up any misunderstandings," the rapper's lawyer, Dina LaPolt, said in a statement to AFP.US Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokesman Bryan Cox told the local Atlanta Journal-Constitution outlet that 21 Savage is an "unlawfully present United Kingdom national" who...
February 04, 2019

Officials arrest rapper 21 Savage saying he is in US illegally

Jussie Smollett
Smollett says he's OK at first show since alleged attack
Los Angeles — Actor Jussie Smollett appeared onstage in Los Angeles on Saturday in his first public appearance since he told police he was the victim this week of a racist and homophobic attack. Smollett, an openly gay African-American who plays a gay character on the hip-hop drama "Empire," performed in West Hollywood less than a week after he reported to Chicago police that he was attacked on Tuesday by two men who shouted racist and homophobic slurs and put a rope around his neck. — Reuters
February 04, 2019

Smollett says he's OK at first show since alleged attack

Director Alfonso Cuaron (R) poses next to director Guillermo Del Toro after receiving the award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film for
Alfonso Cuaron wins at Directors Guild for 'Roma'
Los Angeles — Alfonso Cuaron was named best director by his peers on Saturday for his semi-autobiographical film "Roma," cementing his front-runner status ahead of the Oscars in three weeks time. In one of the last major Hollywood ceremonies before the Feb. 24 Oscars, the Directors Guild of America (DGA) awarded its top prize to the Mexican director for his critically-acclaimed black and white movie about a domestic worker in 1970s Mexico. — Reuters
February 04, 2019

Alfonso Cuaron wins at Directors Guild for 'Roma'

In this photo taken on Jan. 19, 2019 Melvin Glover, aka Melle Mel hugs Guy O'Brien, aka Master Gee from the Sugarhill gang at the Hip-Hop Museum Pop Up Experience in Washington, DC.  — AFP
Hip-hop turns 40
Washington — Forty years ago, hip-hop was little known outside its birthplace, New York -- until the Sugarhill Gang decided to record their rhymes, launching the genre's rise as a dominant cultural and commercial force.The result was the group's 1979 smash "Rapper's Delight" -- which is credited as the commercial start of an unforgettable era in music.Once an underground style centered on live performance in New York's Bronx borough, rap and hip-hop are the most influential styles in contemporary music today.To mark hip-hop's big anniversary, a pop-up museum has been established in the US capital through mid-February."I never thought it would reach those proportions," said Grandmaster Caz, an icon of early hip hop who wrote parts of...
February 03, 2019

Hip-hop turns 40

French actress Macha Meril (R) in front of the grave of her late husband French music composer Michel Legrand during his burial at the Pere Lachaise cemetery in Paris. — AFP
Stars flock to funeral of legendary film composer Legrand
Paris — The legendary French film composer Michel Legrand was laid to rest Friday after a final standing ovation in a Paris theater decorated to look like one of his favorite movies.The musician who scored such French screen classics as "The Umbrellas of Cherbourg" and "The Young Ladies of Rochefort" -- both starring Catherine Deneuve and directed by Jacques Demy -- died on Saturday aged 86.Legrand won three Oscars for his work in Hollywood, most famously for writing "The Windmills of Your Mind" for "The Thomas Crown Affair" in 1969, as well as the music for Barbra Streisand's "Yentl" (1984) and the "Summer of '42" (1972).A magic forest reminiscent of another Demy film, "Donkey Skin" -- which also starred...
February 03, 2019

Stars flock to funeral of legendary film composer Legrand

Beatrice Dalle
'Skint' French actress Beatrice Dalle backs yellow vests
Paris — French actress Beatrice Dalle has thrown her weight behind the "yellow vest" protest movement, saying she finds it hard to make ends meet herself.The cult star who was catapulted to fame by the 1986 film "Betty Blue" told French television that she fully supports the anti-government protests after she appeared on social media wearing a high-visibility vest."I have less than 1,700 euros ($1,980) in my bank account, I don't have a car nor an apartment and I live at a friend's place," said the outspoken 54-year-old.The French yellow vest protests began as a revolt over a hike in fuel prices in November but have since morphed into a populist movement against the Parisian elite and a perceived fall in living standards.Dalle took to Instagram to...
February 03, 2019

'Skint' French actress Beatrice Dalle backs yellow vests

David Bowie
Young Bowie too 'amateur' for BBC
London — A new documentary about the late British rock star David Bowie reveals judges at an early audition considered him "amateur-sounding" and "devoid of personality".Producers of the film "David Bowie: Finding Fame" trawled the BBC's archives to unearth the scathing written verdicts from a 1965 "talent selection group" at the broadcaster.The panel had reviewed a three-song audition by "David Bowie and the Lower Third" -- one of many bands he featured in during his decade-long rise to fame in the 1960s."The singer is a cockney type but not outstanding enough," the judges wrote, using the term for an East London native, according to previews of the new film to air on British television next week."There is no...
February 03, 2019

Young Bowie too 'amateur' for BBC

DGA Feature Film Award winner for 'Roma' Alfonso Cuaron (L) poses in the press room during the 71st Annual Directors Guild Of America Awards at The Ray Dolby Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland Center in Hollywood, California. — AFP
'Roma' wins best Latin American film award at Spain's Goyas
Seville, Spain — Mexican film "Roma", which is tipped for Oscars glory, was Saturday named best Latin American picture at the Goyas, the main Spanish film awards held in Seville.Shot in black and white by Academy Award-winning filmmaker Alfonso Cuaron, "Roma" has already won the Golden Lion at Venice, two Golden Globes and four awards at the Critics' Choice Awards.Set in Mexico City in the 1970s, it has 10 nominations for the 91st Academy Awards to be held in Hollywood on February 24.The 33rd Goya Awards' best picture went to "Campeones" (Champions), by director Javier Fesser, Spain's most successful film last year.Rodrigo Sorogoyen took the best director award for his political thriller "El Reino" (The Realm) and the best actor gong...
February 03, 2019

'Roma' wins best Latin American film award at Spain's Goyas

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