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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...This year a special 10-film section was devoted to South Korea's flourishing film industry. A few cinematic Seoul-mates were disappointed that the list did not include Korea's megahit romantic comedy My Sassy Girl. But the copious selection nonetheless offered a fair overview of the country's artier auteurs?from Lee Chang Dong's long-fuse, then combustive Oasis (it won the Best Director prize at this month's Venice Film Festival) to Jeong Jae Eun's Take Care of My Cat, which, while it does not live up to its beguiling title, paints a quirky fresco...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Star Is Reborn | 9/23/2002 | See Source »

DIED. ASHOK KUMAR, 90, Indian actor who appeared in some 250 films over 60 years; in Bombay. A law school graduate, Kumar rose to stardom in the megahit Achhut Kanya (1936) playing a young Brahmin who falls in love with a low-caste woman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones Dec. 24, 2001 | 12/24/2001 | See Source »

...case, Jang is becoming uncomfortable with his drop-dead good looks. With his role in the megahit Friends, he is finally shedding his pretty-boy image, playing a gang boss in a tough port town. But it was the face that got him into acting, of course. On his way to and from school, reps for advertising and modeling agencies, who scour the streets for fresh faces, repeatedly handed him their business cards. His parents disapproved, urging him to concentrate on his studies. But he phoned one of the agencies and ended up doing a soap commercial. "Only my body...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Burdened with Good Looks | 9/10/2001 | See Source »

...ultimate purveyor of armchair-adventure shopping. His floridly written catalog pulled in a cult following--and $75 million a year in sales--by hawking evocative clothing, furniture and collectibles to upscale shoppers. Peterman outfitted Frank Sinatra and Oprah Winfrey and got a priceless p.r. boost when the TV megahit Seinfeld parodied him on its show...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Peterman Reboots | 8/20/2001 | See Source »

...issued an apology and faces a court date on June 18). Yet despite aborted breakups and possible breakdowns, R.E.M.--arguably the most influential rock band of the '80s and '90s--is poised for fresh success. The trio's new album, Reveal (Warner Bros.), is its best since its 1992 megahit, Automatic for the People. "With the exception of U2, there's no one who has stayed together and stayed relevant for as long as we have," says Stipe. "We can't possibly compete with Limp Bizkit and Britney Spears, and I have no real desire to. But as long...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: REM | 5/21/2001 | See Source »

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