Posts Tagged ‘awards’

Drama Casting & News
2010 SBS Drama Awards
by | December 31, 2010 | 188 Comments
There are lots of awards handed out, for sure, but at least SBS has some strong shows this year, with great performances all around in the competition. Go Hyun-jung stacks up another Daesang for her turn as the first Korean female president in Daemul, which if I’m to go based on all the parodies, involved... More »


Drama Casting & News
2010 MBC Drama Awards
by | December 30, 2010 | 230 Comments
It’s time for each broadcast station to put on their end-of-year awards. The MBC Drama Awards are first of the bunch, and man, Kim Nam-joo must be peeved. She finally gets her Daesang — and it goes shared, with Han Hyo-joo. Yeesh. This is almost as bad as when MBC split the Daesang between Kim... More »


Chungmuro/Film News
2010 Blue Dragon Film Awards
by | November 26, 2010 | 92 Comments
More awards! The Blue Dragon Film Awards took place on November 26, and the many of the same films that have been winning lately were rewarded once again: Some of the big winners were for films such as crime drama Moss, dark thriller I Saw the Devil, romantic comedy Cyrano Dating Agency, stark action movie... More »


Celebrity News
8th Korea Film Awards
by | November 18, 2010 | 62 Comments
The 8th Korea Film Awards was a big night for the folks affiliated with dark thriller Ajusshi (aka The Man From Nowhere) and the Cannes winner (for screenplay) Poetry, both of which took home multiple awards. To wit: Ajusshi was nominated in 11 categories and won in seven, including acting awards for both its leads,... More »


Chungmuro/Film News
47th Grand Bell Awards
by | October 29, 2010 | 97 Comments
Aie, is it that time of year again? We’re heading into the holiday months, which also means that awards season is about to descend upon us. (It’s still early, but I bet you’ll tire of them soon enough!) Here we have the 47th Grand Bell (Daejong) Awards, which were held on the evening of October... More »


Drama Casting & News
2010 Seoul International Drama Awards
by | September 10, 2010 | 103 Comments
The Seoul International Drama Awards were held on September 10 and hosted by KBS, awarding the winners from a pool of 172 entries from 43 countries. Sort of an odd list of winners, I thought. (I mean, Chuno alongside The Last Days of Lehman Brothers alongside NCIS?) Not that there’s anything wrong with any of... More »


Chungmuro/Film News
Poetry wins for best screenplay at Cannes
by | May 23, 2010 | 13 Comments
The winners have been named at the 63rd Cannes Film Festival, and Korea’s entry by Lee Chang-Dong, Poetry, picked up the Best Screenplay award. The festival’s top prize, the Palme d’Or, went to Thailand’s Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives, while the second and third awards (Grand Prize and Jury Prize) were given... More »


Chungmuro/Film News
Ha Ha Ha takes prize at Cannes
by | May 22, 2010 | 15 Comments
Although most of the attention regarding Korean films at Cannes International Film Festival has been given to The Housemaid and Poetry, a third Korean entry, Ha Ha Ha, has won the top prize in the Un Certain Regard competition. Second place (the jury prize) went to Peruvian film Octubre. Un Certain Regard is one of... More »


Drama Casting & News
Story of a Man wins at Houston International Film Festival
by | April 20, 2010 | 37 Comments
KBS’s thriller series Story of a Man, also known as The Slingshot, has picked up an award — the Bronze Remi — at the 43rd WorldFest–Houston International Film Festival, which has just announced its winners. The drama won in the “TV Series – Dramatic” category. The festival is dedicated to independent works (and doesn’t accept... More »


Chungmuro/Film News
46th Baeksang Arts Awards
by | March 26, 2010 | 158 Comments
The 46th Baeksang Arts Awards were held on March 26 in Seoul, which is one of the biggest awards ceremonies in the industry, in both television and film. Only, this year I’ve got to say my reaction at the winners was mostly: WTF, Baeksangs? Tags: awards, Choi Kang-hee, Daniel Choi, Go Hyun-jung, Ha Ji-won, Ha... More »