The fashion do’s and don’ts remain my favorite past time for awards shows, mostly because I can’t bother to care about winners that sometimes feel arbitrary or tied to popularity. The 2018 54th Annual Baeksang Arts Awards took place Thursday night on May 3rd in Seoul and the award winners were actually quite spot on picks for the most part. Best Drama went to Secret Forest and male lead Jo Seung Woo was crowned Best Actor with Kim Nam Joo taking home Best Actress for Misty. Overall tvN won the night as Mother and Wise Prison Life also won awards. The fashion was nearly all black and white as epitomized by Suzy and Park Bo Gum walking the red carpet together as the MCs (along with veteran Shin Dong Yup). They look adorable together if this was a preview for maybe doing a drama together with People of Incheon Airport. Check out all the winners along with the star studded tuxes and gowns below!
TV categories:
Daesang: Secret Forest
Best Drama: tvN Mother
Best Director: Kim Yoon Chul for Woman of Dignity
Best Script: Secret Forest
Best Actor: Cho Seung Woo for Secret Forest
Best Actress: Kim Nam Joo for Misty
Best Supporting Actor: Park Ho San for Wise Prison Life
Best Supporting Actress: Ye Ji Won for Shall We Kiss First
Best New Actor: Yang Se Jong for Temperature of Love
Best New Actress: Heo Yul for Mother
Star Century Popularity Award: Suzy and Jung Hae In
Bazaar Icon Award: Nana
Film categories:
Grand Prize: “1987”
Best Film: “The Fortress”
Best Director: Kim Yong Hwa for Along with the Gods: the Two Worlds
Best Script: Kim Kyung Chan for 1987
Best Actor: Kim Yoon Suk for 1987
Best Actress: Na Moon Hee for I Can Speak
Art Award: Jin Jong Hyun for Along with the Gods: the Two Worlds
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I will never understand why Korean actors have such an aversion to colors.
i think, they take the picture from wrong angle.
I was talking about the dresses. They are either white or black, not a lot of colors, it's a bit boring to see.
In general white and black are considered the classic colors for an event or a party.
Can the ladies' dresses get any more boring? And what's with Park Bo Gum's frozen face?
I am actually not a fan or an anti of Park Bo Gum, but I always feel uncomfortable looking at his face, as if he is wearing a mouthpiece (like boxers do )on his teeth, I think his veneers are too large for him.Just an opinion, don't hate me.
I understand how you feel. I tried to watch him in a drama too but his face was too distracting...I couldn’t pinpoint what it was and then I realized he just reminded of Michael Jackson—after PS. Since then everytime I see him I just see Michael Jackson’s face and it is just very disturbing!
Probably because of the cult talks the day before the event lol
Winners(Drama) Comment:
I am happy for all the awards that went to Secret Forest, Mother, Best Actor and Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor and Best New Actress.Well deserved and congratulations?.Yang Se Jong should have won that award for his role in Duel rather for Temperature of Love.
Fashion(comment):no standout outfit for me.They are all playing safe so meh.Kim Nam Joo is looking beautiful but they should have tones down the face foundation.The contrast between her skin on her back and face is so visible.I usually give points to anyone who wants to shake things up in lòoks but am not feeling Park Bo Gum's new hair cut.
I agree about Yang Se Jong. Happy to see him win but it should have been for duel.
The winners deserve their awards,congratulations!
I must be one of the few that is not feeling the pretty noona couple.
Don’t worry I’m not feeling them either
No.me too am not buying this couple.Have you also noted that they are mega popular in Korea but they are not having the same impact internationally.But Korea seems to have a preference for celebs with a look like theirs..you know the flowery, soft and pretty facial feature types.Thats one of the reasons why they are a hit.
Their agencies,media and the producers of their drama are capitalising on netizens' pendant for match making pretty people.So they will be mediaplayed for a while just like song song couple was.Brace yourself.You will hear about them all year long and see them "concidentally" at events.If they end up dating..it could flow over until next year and then the hype will down and they will move on to the next item.
They are getting mediaplay (could be JHI's agency at work too) but I haven't noticed that they are mega popular with netizens.
I won't even say they are mega in Korea popular sure but not as much as let me say songsong couple to warrant this massive media play. At least songsong had lots of ifans to back up the hype
Same here. :)
No you are not. I see no spark between them. They look like older sister and younger brother to my eyes. JHI is so baby faced. On the othet hand SYJ qnd SJS looked great together.
I love them ! They had a great chemistry for me and they do normal things for a couple.
And they don't need to media play. The director is famous, the main actress too (the fact she had a movie with So Ji Sub helped too) and the ratings above 6% that is very good for JTBC.
They have an audience in Korea because this drama is unique in his kind.
You're not alone, at least you got 8 other members tzuyu #joke
But seriously, me too. I quit watching it since ep 4. But i dont think they do media play. The rating is good in korea. Just like how reply series did in the past.
Rating 6% is not that big deal tbh. If you compared this with DOTS, they are getting the hype but not translated in a crazy way they way Dots was. Even though Pretty Noona is just a mediocre success (as far as rating is concerned) compared to drama like Live or Prison Playbook, the OTP is pretty much everywhere. Definitely media play.
There are bound to be people who aren't interested in them (which includes me, since I didn't watch the drama). But Korea is literally nuts over this pairing. They keep coming out with articles on the possibility of the two dating, and also the constant comparison with Song Song...
@irene Thats classic FNC tactic(Jung Hae In's agency).They are the best at media play.Those comparison articles.Isnt this the same agency that was saying Seolhyun(one of their artist) was the next Suzy??I mean she is doing well in the advertising front so it worked..before JHI got on the pretty noona drama..they were also mediaplaying about how he resembles Kim Soo Hyun and what not..But in any case, it looks like the mediaplay is working for JHI, his pay tripled, he got a popularity boost.He will now be getting high quality first lead offers.
He really is a good actor and he seem like a grounded man so I hope his image doesnt get over consumed with all this media ruckus.This is probably the reason why PBG, SJK and Gong Yoo are hybernating.I mean especially SJK and GY.You get the occasional article but not as much as last year or 2016.Media exposure is good for the k- actors in the short term, it gets them Cfs and more endorsement deals, but after a while..people start to get tired and they lose their appeal.
You are not alone. Sorru to say bit I kinda feel like they are trying to emulate the Song-Song couple. I was never a fan of Dots but the Song-Song are real... As for these two, I feel like it's a total media play.
1987 and na moon hee, Deserve for that award,congratulation!.
Seolhyun's foundation is not right with her skin color and whiter than her neck...lmao.
This is one of the few occasions where I actually agreed with the selection of the winners. Probably a tad bit of reservations since I favour Kim Sun Ah to win Best Actress trophy since Bae Doo Na was sadly not even nominated and Kim Nam Gil (yes I know, on repeat again) not on the nomination list because that stringently became the reason for me being denied seeing him walking the red carpet.
On fashion front, nothing stand out except I need to pinpoint on Son Ye Jin's horrendous dress with that sequin being sewn in the shape of palms positioned at her breasts. WTH????? And Nana's high slit dress on both sides with deep plunge looked cheap. And what's wrong with Park Bo Gum's face. Except for the excessive BB cream, the hair is a mess and yes, the veneer is bothersome. The rest are total snoozefest.
I actually like Nana's dress, it's a bit bold for Korean tastes but at least it's different from the other black dresses lol.
The thing that makes it work is the long sleeves, it balances out the exposed skin on her front/legs.
Suzy and Nana stood out for me. Suzy shone bright and looked gorgeous in white... while Nana's sexy style is ♡
Park bo gum face looks so off putting dont know if is the hair or too much makeup
I think it is the hair. In general, i quite like him but these pictures of him are horrible.