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Kim Eun Sook Takes Television Daesang and Gong Yoo Best Actor for Goblin at 2017 Baeksang Arts Award

The top Korean actors and actresses were out in force on a Wednesday night in Seoul but the fashion gods were once again in absentia. The majority of the beautiful and handsome once again went the safe route in what I now call the white/black/gold/sequin/lace rotation, it’s like bold patterns, edgy cuts, and innovative embroidery is the enemy of the state. Suzy and Yoona stood out for their contrasting navy and fuschia strapless gowns that delivered the welcomed pop of vivid color to the proceedings otherwise it was nap time.

The big winners of the night was Kim Eun Sook for her television section Daesang for Goblin, which seems like a repeat of last year but it wasn’t as last year the drama Descendants of the Sun itself took the Daesang. This year it was a solo win for her and I don’t recall if any other screenwriter has won the television Daesang, which is usually split between a drama wining or a particular actor/actress in the drama. Dear My Friends won Best Drama, Gong Yoo was award Best Actor for Goblin while Seo Hyun Jin won Best Actress thanks to Another Oh Hae Young. On the film side, director Park Chan Wook took the Daesang for The Handmaiden while Song Ye Jin and Song Kang Ho won Best Actress and Best Actor respectively.


Television awards:

Daesang – Kim Eun Sook (Gobin)
Best TV Drama – Dear My Friends
Best Director – Yoo In Sik (Romantic Teacher, Doctor Kim)
Best Actor – Gong Yoo for (Goblin)
Best Actress – Seo Hyun (Another Oh Hae Young)
Best New Actor – Kim Min Suk (Doctors)
Best New Actress – Lee Se Young (Laurel Tree Tailors)
Best Screenplay – No Hee Kyung Dear My Friends
Male Popularity Award – Park Bo Gum (Moonlight Drawn by Clouds)
Female Popularity Award – Kim Yoo Jung (Moonlight Drawn by Clouds)
Best Style Award – Kim Ha Neul (On the Way to the Airport)
Lifetime Achievement Award – Kim Young Ae (posthumously)

Movies awards:

Grand Award – Park Chan Wook (The Handmaiden)
Best Film –  The Wailing
Best Director -Kim Ji Woon (The Age of Shadows)
Best New Director – Yeon Sang Ho for (Train to Busan)
Best Actor – Song Kang Ho (The Age of Shadows)
Best Actress – Son Ye Jin (The Last Princess_
Best Supporting Actor – Kim Ui Sung (Train to Busan)
Best Supporting Actress -Kim So Jin (The King)
Best New Actor – Ryu Jun Yeol (The King)
Best New Actress – Lee Sang Hee for (Our Love Story)
Best Screenplay – Yoon Ga Eun for (The World of Us)
Male Popularity Award – Do Kyung Soo (My Annoying Brother)
Female Popularity Award – Im Yoona (Cooperation)

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  • Haha you got to include a pic of moonlight couple, they are just adorable.

    I think Yoona and Suzy have same stylist. At Asia Artist Award as well, their dresses are quite similar. Or they are following a trend, Park Bo Young has same material of the dress as well. China always go all out with dresses. Korea is not interested in couture or fashion? Korea does care more about style than brand names.

  • I thk this tym ard there was actually more colour and variety. Somtyms 80% of the ladies r in bridal way. This tym not so much. But quite a number went for long sleeves and demure look.
    Congrats to Dear my friends, Gong Yoo, Seo Hyun Jin and all the winners.

  • I cannot believe that Gong Yoo won over the great Han Suk Kyu!!!!
    Once again, HSK being passed due to popularity contest. Now, I can't even take Baeksang seriously.

      • Goblin was just an average drama and Gong Yoo's (even though he is so charming) role could be played by array of other charming actors. It was not challenging at all. IMO there are lot of actors who were much more deserving but on the end looks like Baeksang award people also care for only popularity.

      • Han Suk Kyu was snubbed twice. First for Kim Soo Hyun and now Gong Yoo. These actors are no match to his acting greatness. To me, Gong Yoo is a fine actor and he won totally because of the popularity of Goblin.

      • No actually some people are trying to be resonable. Some of the k drama fans are matured level headed people who don't loose their sleep over such things but they know how to appreciate qualities of different people and weight there pros and cons against each other.?

    • Totally agree. At least that plastic, enoki mushroom nosed Lee Ducksuck didn’t get nominated or awarded. It would have eaten the credibility of Baeksang awards :)

    • Baeksang normally don't award popularity over acting skills (e.g: They gave Best Actor to Yoo Ah-in over Song Joong-ki). Perhaps they felt obliged to give more awards to Goblin :/

  • I'm so happy Dear My Friends got the Best Drama, totally deserved! Can't say the same for Gong Yoo. He's a talented actor and he was pretty good in Goblin, buuuut I think Jo Jung Suk was phenomenal in Jealousy Incarnate. Oh well, maybe next time.

    • @ Koncerci Agree with you about JO Jung Suk even if i super like GY his role wasn't challenging at all. As for the writer, it's all about popularity. Still don't understand her success !

  • As for the red carpet, why such a beautiful lady like PSH stills wearing such dresses.! Just imagine her in a dress like Suzy or Lee se Young...

    • Maybe she needs to give a speech on the late Actress Kim Young Ae, so is more appropriate to wear such colour.

    • I think her dress look fine and decent and suitable for her to present for late KYA. Not too bright with some small details and it's elegant

    • @cahill, you are so critical of her. To me, PSH actually wore the most interesting dress because it wasn't plain one-coloured dress like the rest of the ladies at the event. The dress was interesting and respectful of the late KYA at the same time.

      • @Abc, I agree with you. I actually loved the floral print, but then, I love floral prints in general. It was extremely appropriate for her because she presented the posthumous lifetime achievement award to the late Kim Young Ae

      • @abc, sorry i didn't know she was there for KYA. So, yes yes her dress was appropriate. I'm not critical about her. she's a beautiful lady but i think that sometimes wearing something more daring will show another side of her. And no i'm not into the war of Suzy / Psh fans. I'm still only a YEH fan !

    • @cahill lmao suzy/psh fanwars :D I didn’t know it was even a serious thing, until I started seeing instagram posts.. it all started, I guess, when Lee Min Ho announced that he was dating Suzy and certain butthurt MinShin shippers couldn’t handle the reality
      But I agree, her red carpet fashion is oftentimes too repetitive and dull, but so is like the 95% of other Korean actresses fashion. Only this time I think her gown was approppriate, and also loooved the floral print

    • Kim Min Hee worked so hard to build her career and she got to work with some of the best Korean movie directors but I think her acting capabilities are still not top notch. She is bit stiff and she seems to use brain instead of the heart while acting. I can't empathise with her on thr screen. So in this way she may be overrated as an actress.

      • @Doit, I completely agree. The Handmaiden was Kim Min Hee’s breakthrough. Her acting before was just.. okay.. She was good in Agassi but I had a hard time to get into her acting and Kim Taeri, who’s a rookie actually, was more impressive imo. Kim Min Hee was lucky in a way that the role of Lady Hideko suited her and that Park Chan Wook was the director. The directing was the actual gem of this film. She does tend to act with her brains rather than with her heart.

      • A lot of actors do that. They make a strategy for making calculative moves from one emotion to another to express themselves. I prefer the actors whose emotions make transitions like a free flowing stream.
        Even though actors like KMH can be considered technically right but their tendency of imitating emotions while saving their souls unlike a genuine actor who lets his/her soul be immersed into the characters irritates me. I cant emphatise with them.

  • I'm waiting on these gorgeous ladies to stop with the typical boring whites, blacks, pastels and nudes! They can all do so much better. Or is this a Korean thing? I know they value modesty but they could be so much more imaginative than this surely.

  • Wel...Korea is known for Kdramas and cosmetics...so...not surprised their outfits aren't interesting.

  • Yay for Dear My Friends! I really like that drama and it was the best drama from last year. But omg who took those red carpet photos? It's horrendous lol.

  • Look really plain and not much accessories!! Hey, come on this is red carpet. Gives them some rubies and diamond or any jewelleries to shine.

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