With a masters degree in social work, Indian actress Nandita Das is more keen to talk about women's empowerment and human rights than participate in the glamour of Bollywood.
Jeon Do-yeon won the Best Actress prize at this year's Cannes Film Festival for her performance in the South Korean film "Secret Sunshine." Celebrated in her native South Korea for her roles in melodramatic soap operas and independent films, Jeon is the first Asian to win this prestigious prize. South Korea's most famous actress joins Talk Asia to discuss her rise into renown and takes a stroll around the cultural neighborhood of Daehango in Seoul with host Anjali Rao.
In the summer months, when the beaches get overrun with sun bathers, the super rich secure a yacht and head a little farther out to find solace on the high seas.
With a masters degree in social work, Indian actress Nandita Das is more keen to talk about women's empowerment and human rights than participate in the glamour of Bollywood.
Jeon Do-yeon won the Best Actress prize at this year's Cannes Film Festival for her performance in the South Korean film "Secret Sunshine." Celebrated in her native South Korea for her roles in melodramatic soap operas and independent films, Jeon is the first Asian to win this prestigious prize. South Korea's most famous actress joins Talk Asia to discuss her rise into renown and takes a stroll around the cultural neighborhood of Daehango in Seoul with host Anjali Rao.
In the summer months, when the beaches get overrun with sun bathers, the super rich secure a yacht and head a little farther out to find solace on the high seas.
For a festival celebrating its 60th year, the Cannes Film Festival proved mighty frisky. Sure, a handful of the 21 international titles in competition were dolorous arthouse tush-testers - but enough films pleased, entertained and touched a viewer that Cannes 2007 turned out to be memorable.
Start with the romance and allure of the French Riviera, the warm weather of an evening in late May infused with the smell of blooming jasmine, add a lineup of air-kissing international movie stars, directors, and film-makers, and voila! The 60th Cannes Film Festival gets under way.
Even if you can't afford to build your own superyacht - Bill Joy's boat could end up costing $50 million, depending on how many more man-hours he racks up at the Huisman yard in his quest for the best, plus $3 million a year to operate - there's a way to get onboard: Charter.
A mixture of fiction, fact and faith, "The Da Vinci Code" has made its worldwide film debut, opening the Cannes Film Festival -- but while the book was a mega-selling hit, the critics largely panned the cinematic version.
The stars of movie blockbuster "The Da Vinci Code" have arrived at the Cannes Film Festival on board a train that broke the world record for the longest nonstop international rail trip.
German director Wim Wenders and American actor/playwright Sam Shepard screened their neo-Western "Don't Come Knocking" in competition at the Cannes Film Festival on Thursday.
In what could seem a sequel to his role in ''Lost in Translation,'' Bill Murray searches among his long-lost lovers for the son he never knew in cult director Jim Jarmusch's ''Broken Flowers,'' screened in competition Tuesday at the Cannes Film Festival.
AS ANYONE WHO HAS PAID $5 for an airplane sandwich knows, if you fly coach these days, expect to get less for more. Up in first class, however, passengers are being lavished with more perks than ev...
As they campaign across the country in shifting combinations of twos and threes, the daughters of John Kerry and sons of Teresa Heinz seem to enjoy an effortless camaraderie.
Amid Disney's previous objections, Michael Moore's film "Fahrenheit 9/11" is scheduled for release next week. But the movie that criticizes the Bush administration's policies in the wake of the September 11 attacks faces another challenge.
You know what creeps me out? (Well, lots of stuff, but let's stick to retirement here.) It's when I get the statements from ye olde Social Security Administration that declare something like, "Here...
"Elle est folle!" screamed the Lycra-wrapped cyclist as I popped Honda's hot little roadster, the S2000, into third and shot by him. Luckily, no one else was there to witness my folly as I corkscre...
It is, without a doubt, the ne plus ultra in cruising. ResidentSea is to Carnival and the Love Boat what Buckingham Palace is to home. Although it hasn't actually been built yet, ResidentSea will b...
Missed the Cannes Film Festival? Stop feeling sorry for yourself, and check out these events closer to home. They offer a mix of blockbuster and independent films, all for about the price of a tick...
The 38th annual Cannes Film Festival opened with a distinctive American flavor: four of the 19 films shown officially were made in the U.S., compared with two last year. American filmmakers flocked...
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