I still remember when the Korea Drama Awards started and it seemed like a joke but now it’s been 15 years and still going strong as part of the annual Korea Drama Festival. It’s also good that it happens in the fall as an outlier as the prestigious awards are usually in the spring while the network prizes are awarded at year end. This year Honey Lee won the Daesang for her role in Knight Flower, which also won her the Baeksang Best Actress earlier this year. Queen of Tears won for Best Drama and of course cue the yay-nays on this selection. Best Actress went to Jung Ryeo Won for The Midnight Romance in Hagwon (Korean title Graduation) while Im Shi Wan got the award for Best Actor for his performance in Boyhood. Rounding out the acting awards in the Top Excellence category were Lee Yi Kyung for Marry My Husband and Ji Seung Hyun for Korea–Khitan War and on the lady side it was Go Min Si for Sweet Home 2. Some random fun awards were Kim Soo Hyun and Kim Ji Won as Best Couple in QoT and this year’s breakout Byun Woo Seok getting the Hot Star (Male) award.
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The long list of nominees for the 32nd annual Chinese TV Golden Eagle Awards are out and the first issue of contention is around C-actress Crystal Liu (Liu Yi Fei) . The domestically prestigious award is held biennially so 2024 … Continue reading
This week the event called the NEWSIS K-EXPO took place and was sponsored by many Korean agencies and government groups including the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism, Seoul Metropolitan Council, Korea Creative Content Agency, and Seoul … Continue reading
So the Golden Eagle Awards are for the serious fare and most of the Flowers in C-ent are doing idol dramas with the rare one-off to tackle a procedural or war-era period piece. But it is striking that both Yang … Continue reading
The Shanghai Film Festival wrapped up this week with the awards portion giving out the 2024 Magnolia Awards. The biggest winner was Blossoms Shanghai taking home both Best Drama (TV show) and Best Actor for Hu Ge. There wasn’t a … Continue reading
Well this is surprising and a very good outcome for C-actress Yang Zi. She’s mostly an idol actress with some roles in mainstream serious dramas but as a grown up child actress with over 20 years in the industry she … Continue reading
The 2024 Cannes Film Festival just started on Tuesday May 14th so there are plenty more days and events to see celebs including the ones from China, Taiwan, or Korea that are expected to show for their movies or sponsor … Continue reading
The 2024 Baeksang Arts Awards took place this Tuesday May 7th in Seoul and it was also the 60th year of the event so a milestone for sure. There is a lot to digest so let’s get to it! Moving … Continue reading
So it’s the final day May 4th in the public voting for the 2024 Baeksang Art Awards Popularity Award and it’s not only an open vote the website also listing the current votes for each person. Anyone nominated for an … Continue reading
I said it earlier and agree with netizens that this is as best a chance as any for widely acclaimed actor Namgoong Min to finally get his Baeksang Arts Award Best Actor trophy to take home. This year’s nomination for … Continue reading
It was the night for prestige sageuk drama My Dearest over at the MBC Year End Drama Awards. Male lead Namgoong Min won the Daesang for his performance in the drama, Best Couple with Ahn Eun Jin, which also took … Continue reading
SBS held the first drama awards of 2023 among the three big networks and it was a muted affair due to the days earlier passing of top actor Lee Seon Kyun. All the stars wore black except for one white … Continue reading
This week Tencent held its own 2023 Tencent Video All Star Awards to celebrate the actors and actresses who did a Tencent project this year. It’s like the network drama years in South Korea so all attendees are there basically … Continue reading