This weekend was the 2024 Blue Dragon Film Awards held in Seoul and all the big movie stars were out and about, including one who recently had quite a paternity scandal haha. The big winners were the movie 12.12: The Day (Seoul Spring) winning Best Picture but Best Director went to Exhuma director Jang Hae Hyun so the two movies basically split the top honors. Hwang Jung Min won Best Actor for 12:12 and Kim Go Eun continues her win streak for Exhuma taking home Best Actress. A surprise in the supporting categories with Jung Hae In winning Best Supporting Actor for I, The Executioner (Veteran 2) and Lee Sang Hee got Best Supporting Actress for the indie movie My Name Is Loh Kiwan. The popularity prizes went to D.P. costars Jung Hae In and Koo Kyo Hwan as well as Lim Ji Yeon and Tang Wei.
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The Chinese movie domain typically has actors and actresses that aren’t frequent C-drama faces due to the prestige level, film stars look down on C-dramas especially with so many rookies and nepo babies easily getting roles. But since I don’t … Continue reading
There is a social hierarchy in C-ent where the award winning veterans are presumed to be top of the awards pecking order. Earlier this year Wang Yibo fans got upset that his War of Faith costar veteran Wang Yang got … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
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