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You may find previous editions of this weekly post by searching "Asian Movies" in Free Republic. I had planned to recommend a serious and movingly romantic Korean film this week but after the bombs in Paris I sort of feel that this is a week for more light hearted fare. I have been looking for a Lydia Lum film as she is less well known in the West than she should be. The woman was Lucille Ball funny and if you find a way to watch the Singaporean TV Series "Living with Lydia" please do so you will not be...

On November 13, Felix Unger was asked to remove himself from his place of residence; that request came from his wife. Deep down, he knew she was right, but he also knew that some day he would return to her. With nowhere else to go, he appeared at the home of his friend, Oscar Madison. Several years earlier, Madison's wife had thrown HIM out, requesting that HE never return. Can two divorced men share an apartment without driving each other crazy? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPE4DP9eMvY

If you were on Google earlier this week -- and let's face it, you were -- you may have spotted a Google Doodle which celebrates the life of one of Hollywood's most iconic actresses. Hedy Lamarr, an actress of the golden age of cinema, would have been 101 years old this week, although simply calling her an actress might be something of a misnomer. As well as appearing in films, Lamarr also applied her incredible intellect to a series of scientific and technological endeavors, which eventually earned her a place in the National Inventors Hall of Fame and practically...

ABC’s hit show Dancing with the Stars will not permit two men to dance as a couple during a special performance. An openly gay singer, Who Is Fancy (yes, that is what he calls himself), is set to perform his new song, “Boys Like You,” with Ariana Grande and Meghan Trainor on the reality competition show’s November 23 episode. The song is about a man falling in love with another man, so the singer’s choreographer wanted to have two men dancing with each other in the performance. TMZ reports the network will not allow it.Sources say that that DWTS...

Republican candidate Ted Cruz, while taping a "Candidate Cafe" segment for WMUR, acts out a scene from comedy classic "The Princess Bride." Watch his take on Billy Crystal and Carol Kane.

In an interview in Salon touting his new book Unstoppable, which should be filed in the fiction category at your local library, the title of the interview proclaims, “Bill Nye demolishes climate deniers.” After reading the article, I was left asking: Who are these deniers, and where does this demolishing take place?Salon and Nye have evidently taken a page from the climate dogmatists’ playbook and decided to label any climate realists with the derogatory term “deniers,” linking them to holocaust deniers, an offensive smear the Associated Press requires its writers to avoid. For Nye, a climate denier is anyone who...

Donald Trump wasn’t too popular on The View a couple months back. Trump had disparaged Republican rival Carly Fiorina’s appearance, and Joy Behar called him out, asking, “Why don’t you talk about her brain, instead of her face?” Behar made clear that attacking someone’s looks is just unacceptable. Well, except when she does it; then it’s totally fine. Following a televised debate, Behar said Fiorina’s face resembled “a Halloween mask,” while co-hosts Michelle Collins and Whoopi Goldberg joked that she seemed “demented.” Of course, they didn’t just insult the former CEO. When she came on the show, they also took...

Hollywood Star was married Air Force Brigadier General __ Famed Hollywood actress Maureen O’Hara was laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery on Monday. O’Hara, who starred in films like The Quiet Man, Miracle on 34th Street, and How Green Was My Valley, passed away at the age of 95 on Oct. 24. Due to her many starring roles, often next to Hollywood icon John Wayne, and her Irish heritage O’Hara has been called “Ireland’s leading lady.” Arlington National Cemetery is the final resting place for more than 14,000 veterans and dates back to the Civil War. O’Hara was buried...

In Star Wars: The Force Awakens, it's been a long time since Return of the Jedi, and a lot has changed. And one of the changes we haven't heard about yet? The Empire's new name. Turns out the Empire and the Rebels are both called something different in Star Wars: The Force Awakens. While taking a tour of the props and costumes from the soon-to-be released Episode VII we noticed that the Empire was not being called the Empire. It was being called The First Order. Next to the model of the brand new Resistance X-Wing Fighter was a placard...

At the mercy of Dennis Rodman in North Korea: film director tells all Erratic behaviour, media scrums and skiing. Colin Offland talks to NK News about his new film following the basketball star’s trip in 2014 Oliver Hotham for NK News, part of the North Korea network Thursday 5 November 2015 06.00 GMT Colin Offland’s film about Dennis Rodman’s trip to North Korea is a rollercoaster of a documentary. Following the former Chicago Bulls basketball player and a motley crew of his fellow ex-NBA colleagues, the film – called Dennis Rodman’s Big Bang in Pyongyang – depicts the group’s efforts...

WEEK 10 Nov. 12 Buffalo Bills at New York Jets 8:25 Nov. 15 Jacksonville Jaguars at Baltimore Ravens 1 Detroit Lions at Green Bay Packers 1 Miami Dolphins at Philadelphia Eagles 1 Cleveland Browns at Pittsburgh Steelers 1 Chicago Bears at St. Louis Rams 1 Dallas Cowboys at Tampa Bay Buccaneers 1 Carolina Panthers at Tennessee Titans 1 New Orleans Saints at Washington Redskins 1 Minnesota Vikings at Oakland Raiders 4:05 Kansas City Chiefs at Denver Broncos 4:25 New England Patriots at New York Giants 4:25 Arizona Cardinals at Seattle Seahawks* 8:30 Nov. 16 Houston Texans at Cincinnati Bengals 8:30...

The first story recounts a 1997 fire on the Russian Mir space station. The episode is re-told through multiple astronauts and Russian cosmonauts but the central figure ends up being American astronaut Jerry Linenger, who was new to the space station at the time of the incident. It's both relatable and horrifying to discover that the stupid mistakes that happen in every workplace also happen in space: Instead of being out of soap or sanitizer, the first respirator Linenger tried on didn't provide oxygen. ... He also tells a second story of an incident four months later when an out-of-control...

In a not-too-distant future, you could be watching brand-new episodes of Mystery Science Theater 3000. Joel Hodgson, the creator and original host of MST3K, has turned to Kickstarter to campaign for a new season of the cult-classic movie-riffing series. Returning to the line-up are the original bots, Tom Servo and Crow, to mock and joke through each unbearable film. The asking price? $2 million is the initial goal, which will allow the team to shoot three brand new episodes of MST3K. Each additional $1.1 million after that will allow them to shoot another three episodes, up to 12 episodes. The...

"We've only had a Whole Foods for a month and already we don't need cops." The town of South Park has come a long way since it was granted a Whole Foods, becoming much more PC. And in Wednesday's new episode, "Naughty Ninjas," the show will do away with "racist, trigger-happy" cops roaming the town. "The ever more PC citizens of South Park decide that they no longer need a police force," according to Comedy Central. "As the first American town to get rid of their cops, they plan to celebrate their advanced sensibilities with a PC Carnival." Season 19...

As its name suggests, it is one of the most glamourous events of the year.And some of the most esteemed names in the world of fashion, film, TV and music turned out on Monday for the Glamour Women Of The Year Awards - some of them gracing the stage to receive the prestigious female-lead prizes.Among those who were honoured at the event, held at Carnegie Hall in New York, was Caitlyn Jenner, who went all out in a showstopping sapphire blue outfit.The reality star showed off her decolletage in the plunging gown, which had a highlighted black collar detail.

A comedy group like ‘The Three Stooges’ might seem like mindless entertainment to some (i.e. women), but their reach and influence can be seen in just about every form of comedy from the small stage to the big screen.Their iconic pokes, jabs and slaps turned good ol’ fashioned vaudeville slapstick into an art form. They also poked at more than just eyes in their time. Some of the earlier plots satirized and poked fun of greed and high society, health care, economic depression and even Adolph Hitler and the Nazi Party, long before America would join the Allies to...

After a whole lot of anticipation, Donald Trump taking the stage as host of Saturday Night Live. The businessman-turned-presidential candidate began his monologue on the sketch show with a throwback Rosie O'Donnell joke/insult. But did Rosie O'Donnell respond to Donald Trump on Saturday Night Live? Not long after the remark, she posted on Twitter to defend herself. Trump spent his first few moments of his opening monologue talking about how he's a nice guy, followed by the Rosie remark. "I said mean things about Rosie O'Donnell, but they were completely accurate," he said. Ouch.O'Donnell's response was also in response to...

When the new blockbuster James Bond film Spectre is premiered in Sydney tonight, the audiences will hear something 'home-grown' in the soundtrack. The film uses a track from an all-Vivaldi album made in Sydney in 2000 by German superstar countertenor Andreas Scholl and the five-time ARIA Award winning Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, conducted by Paul Dyer, the orchestra's Artistic Director.

Gunnar Hansen, who played the iconic villain Leatherface in the original Texas Chain Saw Massacre, died Saturday of pancreatic cancer at his home in Maine, his agent said. He was 68. Hansen starred in the 1974 film that has become a classic among horror-movie aficionados and spawned a series of sequels. In the movie, friends visiting their grandfather's house are hunted by Leatherface, a chain-saw wielding maniac.