DURING the curtain call after a play, actors routinely appeal to the audience to tell their friends to watch the production too.

SEOUL - SOUTH Korean prosecutors on Wednesday demanded a popular actress who tried to overturn the country's law that criminalises adultery be thrown in jail for a year and a half for having an affair, local media reported.

South Korean enacted its adultery law more than 50 years ago to protect women who had few rights in the male-dominated society but critics say now it is a draconian measure no longer fit for a country with an advanced civil and family court system.

MUMBAI - BOLLYWOOD is tightening its belt in the face of the global economic downturn, as Indian cinema-goers prefer to hold onto their cash and corporate backers look for guaranteed returns for their money.

Producers and analysts say that although the Indian economy has been spared the worst effects of the banking collapse, negative sentiment and fear of contagion have still affected the US$2.1 billion (S$3.1 billion) film industry.