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Anne Carson’s ‘Autobiography of Red’ sales surge 203-fold in Nobel Prize boom

Anne Carson’s ‘Autobiography of Red’ sales surge 203-fold in Nobel Prize boom

Women ages 30 to 49 account for 73.5% of readers; new book ‘Wrong Norma’ due in November
The Swedish Academy’s selection of Canadian poet and classicist ‘Anne Carson’ as this year’s ‘Nobel Prize in Literature’ winner has sent South Korea’s publishing industry into a major sales frenzy. The academy cited her “bold and original body of work that creates new forms of contemporary...
| James choi
[On the Ground at BIFF] “It Wasn’t Your Birth Mother’s Fault”: ‘Home Sick’ Director Sørensen’s First Confession Reveals Truth Behind 56 Falsified Adoptions

[On the Ground at BIFF] “It Wasn’t Your Birth Mother’s Fault”: ‘Home Sick’ Director Sørensen’s First Confession Reveals Truth Behind 56 Falsified Adoptions

Adoptee sent to Denmark at 2 months old in 1982 returns with autobiographical documentary No compensation despite official finding of human rights violations; film takes direct aim at South Korea’s stigma against single mothers
Tracing lost blood ties through a stranger’s lens Tanja Taekyung Inwol Sørensen, who was adopted to Denmark at 2 months old in 1982, came to the 31st Busan International Film Festival with 'Home Sick: At the End of the Sea', an autobiographical documentary tracing her roots.
| James choi
[At BIFF] ‘Dora’ brings Kim Do-yeon to tears during news conference; Jung Ju-ri’s 20-year project

[At BIFF] ‘Dora’ brings Kim Do-yeon to tears during news conference; Jung Ju-ri’s 20-year project

Invited to the 31st Busan International Film Festival’s Gala Presentation, the film marks a reunion with Song Sae-byeok 12 years after A Girl at My Door and reinterprets a Freud case study
On the boundary between ‘fiction’ and ‘truth,’ Kim Do-yeon confronts her character’s profound solitude Kim Do-yeon, the lead actor in ‘Dora,’ invited to the Gala Presentation section of the 31st Busan International Film Festival, broke down in tears as she confronted the character’s deep inner...
| James choi
K-pop Big Four’s fall comeback battle: Seventeen, IVE and HYBE and SM rookies join the fray — Why does K-pop converge in autumn?

K-pop Big Four’s fall comeback battle: Seventeen, IVE and HYBE and SM rookies join the fray — Why does K-pop converge in autumn?

K-pop Big Four’s new-release relay runs through November, reshaping setlists for next year’s world tours
Seventeen and IVE launch October comebacks — Can they help push annual album sales past 100 million? After the music industry briefly caught its breath amid major sporting events and holiday breaks, global K-pop stars including 'Seventeen', 'IVE' and 'PLAVE' are returning one after another, kicking...
| James choi
Travis Kelce says Chiefs win is best 37th birthday gift, celebrates with Taylor Swift at Michelin-starred restaurant

Travis Kelce says Chiefs win is best 37th birthday gift, celebrates with Taylor Swift at Michelin-starred restaurant

- Kansas City Chiefs star Travis Kelce turns 37 on Monday, Oct. 5 - On Wednesday, Oct. 7, he says on the podcast “New Heights” that the win over Las Vegas the day before his birthday was the best gift — “If we had lost, it would have ruined my birthday” - Sweet dessert celebration with his wife, Taylor Swift, at New York’s renowned Michelin-starred restaurant Torrisi
Travis Kelce, the Kansas City Chiefs’ star player and husband of pop superstar Taylor Swift, has shared stories from his 37th birthday, including the best gift he received and a fun date night. ■ “A loss would have ruined my birthday” — A 4-0 start gave him the ultimate birthday gift In an episode...
| Yangsimoh
Why 'Digger' Had to Lie

Why 'Digger' Had to Lie

Box-office prospects were already more or less lost, yet 〈Digger〉 is earning strong reviews from audiences. Of course, some viewers dislike it as critics did before release, but in South Korea (as of Oct. 7) it has a Watcha score of 3. 8 and a CGV Golden Egg of 92%, earning especially strong marks.
| Seongchan Eol
Zion.T returns to solo concerts after nine years with ‘Zion.T 2026 Live’

Zion.T returns to solo concerts after nine years with ‘Zion.T 2026 Live’

Concert set for Aug. 14-15 at Seoul’s GS Arts Center, showcasing his singular musical world
After a long wait, a stage capturing the essence of his music Singer 'Zion. T' is breaking his long silence to return before the public with a stage entirely his own. His agency, 'Standard Friends', officially announced on the 8th that 'Zion. T' will hold the solo concert 'Zion. T 2026 Live' on Aug.
| James choi
‘Indian cinema great’ Nana Patekar dies at 75 after heart attack

‘Indian cinema great’ Nana Patekar dies at 75 after heart attack

- Found unconscious at his home in Goa on the 8th (local time); died of a heart attack after being rushed to a hospital - The curtain falls on a star who captivated theaters across the Arabian Peninsula and India in the 1970s and ’80s with his unmistakable gaze and charismatic performances - Left a legacy of national importance, from art-house films such as 'Salaam Bombay!' to mainstream hits alongside Bollywood’s biggest stars - Fellow actors including Akshay Kumar mourn in deep sorrow: “He was an actor who could overwhelm audiences with nothing but his voice and total immersion”
Nana Patekar, the legendary Indian actor who commanded Bollywood and the theater world with his trademark intensity and powerful delivery, has died. He was 75. ■ Rushed from his Goa home: “Died of a heart attack” Nana Patekar was found unconscious at his home in the western coastal state of Goa on...
| Yangsimoh
Review: Live-Action 'Look Back' Preserves the Original's Spirit With Greater Nuance

Review: Live-Action 'Look Back' Preserves the Original's Spirit With Greater Nuance

Just five years. That is how long it took for the one-shot manga 「Look Back」 to move beyond Japan and capture readers around the world. Tatsuki Fujimoto published the short manga in 2021. It follows Fujino Ayumu and her truant classmate Kyomoto, an exceptionally gifted artist, and what happens when...
| Seongchan Eol
[Busan International Film Festival (BIFF)] Maggie Gyllenhaal's 'Flesh Impact' ... Monroe's truth awakened after 100 years:

[Busan International Film Festival (BIFF)] Maggie Gyllenhaal's 'Flesh Impact' ... Monroe's truth awakened after 100 years: "Women's cinema is written in a new language"

The 22-minute Genesis-commissioned short features Ellen Burstyn and Dakota Johnson portraying Monroe at different ages: "I imagined Monroe at 100."
Marilyn Monroe, an icon of her era reinterpreted in women's language Director 'Maggie Gyllenhaal', a celebrated actor in 'The Dark Knight' (2008) who established herself as a successful filmmaker with 'The Lost Daughter' (2022), came to the 31st Busan International Film Festival with her new film,...
| James choi