NOTES ON ENTERTAINMENT, CULTURE AND MORE FROM KOREA (OR WHEREVER)

Friday, November 23, 2007

Awards, Memoirs, and Ass-kicking

Just wasted an evening watching the 28th Blue Dragon Awards on KBS. Very exciting. A lot of distressing fashion choices there tonight. Granted, I'm no George Clooney, but Kim Tae-hee's outfit was pretty hideous.

This was my first awards show with HD, and as unfortunate as some of those dresses were, my friends were even more shocked by lines and bad makeup on many of the stars. HD really is pretty cruel to some celebrities.

Anyhow, as for the awards themselves, no single film dominated this year. No real terrible decisions, either.

Best Film - THE SHOW MUST GO ON

Best Director - Hur Jin-ho, HAPPINESS

Best Actor - Song Kang-ho, THE SHOW MUST GO ON

Best Actress - Jeon Do-yeon

Best Supporting Actor - Kim Sang-ho, THE HAPPY LIFE

Best Supporting Actress - Na Moon-hee, CRUEL WINTER BLUES

Best Screenplay - Kim Nam-min, PARADISE MURDERED

Best Cinematography - Yoon Nam-ju, EPITAPH

Best Lighting - HWANG JIN-YI

Best Art Design - EPITAPH

Best Effects - THE RESTLESS

Best New Director - Kim Nam-min, PARADISE MURDERED

Best New Actor - Daniel Henney, MY FATHER

Best New Actress - Jeong Reo-won, THE TWO FACES OF MY GIRLFRIEND

I probably missed a couple of awards, but I cannot think of them right now... and do not care enough to double-check.
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Btw, the great actress Choi Eun-hee has just written an autobiography. You can read a summary of it here.


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And now, for no particular reason, here is a picture from Jun Ji-hyun's coming film BLOOD: THE LAST VAMPIRE. I think it is a pretty good teaser. Enjoy.

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