[JYP] RECEIVES WORLD LEADERSHIP AWARD
Singer, producer and CEO of JYP Entertainment Park Jin-young has received the World Leadership Award, sponsored by the New Look Foundation. It aims to acknowledge those who have contributed to the education and leadership of youth.
According to a JYP Entertainment press release on Aug. 16, “Park’s efforts through TV programs and auditions to actively find talent all over the world including Rain, Wonder Girls, 2PM, 2AM, miss A and more, were recognized as playing an important part in allowing youths to dream and hope.”
credit: Joonangdaily.com
[100607/RAIN] BECOMES 1ST KOREAN TO WIN ON MTV MOVIE AWARDS
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Multi-talented entertainer Rain has become the first Korean celebrity to score a win at the 2010 MTV Movie Awards, according to his agency J. Tune Entertainment on Monday.
J. Tune announced in a press release that the singer and actor was named “Biggest Badass Star” at the awards ceremony, held Sunday (U.S. time) in Los Angeles.
Rain picked up MTV’s signature popcorn trophy for his star turn in last year’s martial arts pic “Ninja Assassin,” beating out high-profile nominees such as Angelina Jolie, Channing Tatum, Chris Pine and Sam Worthington.
The star, who had previously said that he was happy just to even be attending the event, delivered the following message through the agency after his big win.
“I think everything I endured while shooting ‘Ninja Assassin’ is coming to fruition. I would like to thank the fans who have given me enormous support from the bottom of my heart,” the actor was quoted as saying.
Born Jung Ji-hoon, Rain has released six studio albums to date and performed at numerous concert tours throughout Asia and in the U.S. including a sold-out concert at Madison Square Garden.
He has been busy building his career in Hollywood over the past few years, making his debut through the Wachowski Brothers’ pic “Speed Racer” in 2008 and following it up with a lead role in “Assassin.”
Last March, he scored a triple win at the Green Planet Movie Awards, picking up trophies for “10 Outstanding Asians in Hollywood,” “Asian Cultural Ambassador of the Year” and “Best International Entertainer (Asia).”
Rain will be returning to Korea tomorrow evening.
cre: Asiae.co.kr
Amazing~!!! He’s now a world class actor.
[100528/HALLYU/KPOP] RAIN TO FLY IN LA FOR MTV AWARDS
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Asia’s most celebrated star Rain will fly off to Los Angeles next week to attend this year’s MTV Movie Awards, according to his agency on Friday.
An official at J. Tune Entertainment said Rain will depart from Korea on June 3 to attend the 2010 MTV Movie Awards for which he has received an invitation from MTV’s headquarters.
The singer and actor has been named one of the five nominees in the “Biggest Badass Star” category for his role as a ninja in Hollywood flick “Ninja Assassin” last year alongside Hollywood blue-chips Angelina Jolie, Channing Tatum, Chris Pine and Sam Worthington.
Nominees were selected by fans who cast online votes on MTV’s website to choose their favorite ‘badass’ actor out of 22 potential nominees.
Rain, whose real name is Jung Ji-hoon, has released six studio albums to date and has held several tours throughout Asia and in the U.S. including a sold-out concert at Madison Square Garden.
The singer also ventured into acting, starring in several hit television dramas including “Sang Doo! Let’s Go To School” (KBS, 2003), “Full House” (KBS, 2004) and later making his big screen debut in Park Chan-wook’s surrealist comedy pic “I’m a Cyborg, But That’s OK.”
He made his Hollywood debut in 2008 through the Wachowski Brothers’ action flick “Speed Racer.” The Korean star reportedly made such a great impression on the famous sibling duo that they offered him the lead role in last year’s martial arts flick “Ninja Assassin.”
cre: asiae.co.kr
Rain’s soaring high!! Way to go.. Actually, I must say that he accomplished a lot this past few years. Hollywood has been a great help for him to gain that. Hope it’ll blossom more. ^^
[KPOP/JPOP] BIG BANG LANDS AN AWARD FOR BEST CHOREOGRAPHY VIDEO IN JAPAN SPACE SHOWER MUSIC VID AWARD
The complete list of awards are as follows:
- Best Video of the Year: “FAST CAR,” Namie Amuro
- Best Artist: Ringo Shiina
- Best Your Choice: “Oshakashama,” RADWIMPS
- Best Director: Yuichi Kodama
- Best Male Video: “Shunkan Speechless,” KREVA
- Best Female Video: “Tsugou no Ii Shintai,” Ringo Shiina
- Best Rock Video: “Last Love Letter,” Chatmonchy
- Best Alternative Video: “Oyasumi Paradox,” Etsuko Yakushimaru
- Best Pop Video: “Butterfly,” Kaela Kimura
- Best Groove Video: “SOUND BOY THRILLER feeeeeeeeeeat. LISA,” m-flo
- Best Conceptual Video: “Native Dancer,” Sakanaction
- Best Choreography Video: “Gara Gara Go!!,” BIG BANG
- Best Art Direction Video: “FAST CAR,” Namie Amuro
- Best Shooting Video: “Futatsu no Kuchibiru,” EXILE
- Best International Video: “Paparazzi,” Lady Gaga
- Best New Artist Video: “Emotion Potion,” THE BAWDIES
- Best Hip Hop Video: “ONCE AGAIN,” RHYMESTER
- Best Reggae Video: “My Endless Love,” PUSHIM
- Special Award: Keisuke Kuwata
- Best Creators’ Choice: “Aishiteru,” Monkey Majik
Source: Space Shower Music Video Awards + tokyograph.com
[KPOP/JPOP] BOA WINS AWARD AT THE BILLBOARD JAPAN MUSIC AWARDS
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K-pop singer BoA was awarded with the “U.S. Billboard Publisher’s Award” at the first Billboard Japan Music Awards last month.
“BoA won the U.S. Billboard Publisher’s Award at the award ceremony that was held in Japan on Sunday,” an official at SM Entertainment told Asia Economic Daily over the phone on Monday.
At the award ceremony, the songstress performed her title track “Possibility” from her seventh full-length album “IDENTITY” which will go on sale February 10.
BoA has been one of the most successful K-pop singers in Korea since her debut with her first album titled “ID: Peace B” in 2000. Her numerous albums have also made her a star in Japan.
The 23-year-old singer expanded her singing career into the United States late in 2008, releasing her first single “Eat You Up” her first album “BoA” the following March. She also released a repackaged version of her debut album later in the year.
BoA is currently preparing for her Japanese tour “BoA LIVE TOUR 2010″ scheduled to take off in April.
Reporter : Park Kun-ouc kun1112@asiae.co.kr
Editor : Lucia Hong luciahong@asiae.co.kr
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[KPOP] SNSD SCORES TRIPLE WIN IN SEOUL MUSIC AWARDS
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Korean pop group Girls’ Generation won three awards — including the grand prize — at the 19th High1 Seoul Music Awards yesterday.
The nine-member girl band also won the Main Prize and Best Digital Sound Source Award at the annual event held at the Olympic Park Fencing Stadium Wednesday.
“Thank you so much, we are so happy that we got such great results,” the girl band said in their acceptance speech. “We are so grateful to the people at the agency and we would like to express our gratitude to all the fans who have supported Girls’ Generation.”
Boy band Super Junior also scored triple wins at the ceremony — taking the Main Prize, Popularity Award and Hallyu Special Award — but expressed their disappointment over the absence of several members of the group including Kang-in and Hangeng.
Kang-in has been off the screen since getting involved in a drunk driving hit-and-run incident in October last year and engaging in an assault at a bar the previous month. Hangeng, the only Chinese member of the 13-man band, asked for the termination of his contract with his agency SM Entertainment in December.
“We miss the members who couldn’t be here with us,” the group was quoted as saying. “We send our support to the members who are going through difficult times.”
Idol group 2PM won the Main Prize and Popularity Award while groups After School, T-ara and BEAST were named best new artists of the year.
The Seoul Music Awards featured performances from numerous K-pop artists including Psy, who won the trophy for Best Performance Culture, and Kim Jang-hoon who brought out a robot during his musical performance.
The 19th High1 Seoul Music Awards – List of Winners
▲ Grand Prize : Girls’ Generation
▲ Main Prize : SHINee, Baek Ji-young, Kara, Girls’ Generation, Son Dambi, Kim Taewoo, Davichi, 2PM, Brown Eyed Girls, Super Junior
▲ Best New Artist : After School, T-ara, BEAST
▲ Popularity Award : 2PM, Super Junior
▲ Best Trot Artist : Park Sang-chul, Park Hyun-bin
▲ Best Performance Culture : Psy
▲ Best Hip Hop : Tiger JK
▲ Best R&B : Bobby Kim
▲ Best Digital Sound Source : Girls’ Generation
▲ Best Album : Drunken Tiger
▲ Hallyu Special Award : Super Junior
Reporter : Park Kun-ouc kun1112@asiae.co.kr
Editor : Lynn Kim lynn2878@asiae.co.kr
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[KPOP] 19th SEOUL MUSIC AWARDS
SEOUL MUSIC AWARDS
BonSang:
1. Super Junior- 34.1%
2. 2PM- 33.8%
3. Gdragon- 6.9%
4. SNSD- 6.6%
5. SHINee- 6 %
6.2AM – 3.9%
7.SS501- 2.6%
8.Lee Seung Gi- 1.8%
9.FT Island- 1.4%
10. Kara- 0.5%
11. Kim Tae Woo- 0.4%
12. U-Kiss 0.3%
13. Brown Eyed Girls- 0.3%
14. Park Hyo Shin- 0.2%
15. Davinci- 0.2%
16. Outsider- 0.2%
17.-24 = 0.1%
8eight
Son Dam Bi
Baek Ji Young
MC Mong
SG Wannabe
Ivy
Leesaang
Im Changjung
25.-30 = 0%
Wheesung
Jewerly
Epik high
Lee Seung Chul
Bobby Kim
K Will
Lee Seung Chul
Newcomer:
1.MBLAQ- 46.7%
2. Beast- 46.6%
3.2ne1- 3%
4.f(x)- 2%
5.Rainbow- 0.5%
6.4minutes- 0.4%
7.T-ara-0.3%
8.After School- 0.2%
9.TaeGoon- 0.1%
10.Secret- 0.1%
High popularity Award
1.Super Junior- 34%
2. 2PM- 33.4%
3. SHINee- 14.2%
4.SNSD- 5.9%
5. Gdragon- 3.5%
6. 2AM- 2.1%
7.SS501- 2.1%
8. FT Island- 1.2%
9. 2ne1- 0.7%
10.Beast- 0.5%
11. Baek Ji Young – 0.5%
12.MBLAQ – 0.4%
13.Park Hyo Shin- 0.2%
14.-22. = 0.1%
Lee Seung Gi
Son Dam Bi
Kara
Kim Tae Woo
U-Kiss
After School
Leesaang
Tara
Brown Eyed Girls
23.-39 = 0%
(the rest from the bonsang and newcomer nominees)
source:seoulmusicawards
Partial Results ONLY as of January 16, 2010. Event will be on February 3, 2010.
Translated by: blacklisthunter@sj-world.net
[KPOP] KARA WINS FEMALE ARTIST AWARD
Credit/Source: http://asianfanatics.net
Posted By: ♥hippo-holic♥
The 16th Korean Entertainment Arts Award opened at the SungNam Art center Opera House on the 3rd.
Being judged by the Korea Entertainment Arts Association, it has been the 16th year since this award show has taken place, and this year it has been hosted by Kim ByungChan and Ji SooHee as there were 25 categories with many contenders and fabulous special performances.
Comedy award, artist award, Tv host award, radio host award, Impressive performance award, imaginative award, choreography award, adult artist award, and group artist award and other various categories have been given out, and this show will be broadcast via InetTV.
source: hankyung
translations by thebuddybud @ Karaholic.com
[KPOP/PHOTO] ON MELON AWARDS 2009 (2ne1, kara, super junior, 2pm)
2ne1
KARA
BROWN EYED GIRLS
SUPER JUNIOR
2PM
photographer : Lee Jin-hyuk eleven@10asia.co.kr
Editor : Jessica Kim jesskim@asiae.co.kr
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[KPOP] SNSD MELON MUSIC AWARDS BIG WINNER
Credit/Source: http://asianfanatics.net
Posted By: YunHo-Takki <3
The 2009 Melon Music Awards took place on 16th December Seoul Olympic Hall.
It saw the participation of many singers, and many awards were given out tonight, including the top 10 awards. And group So Nyeo Shi Dae is the big winner tonight winning 6 awards in total including Artiste and Song Of The Years!
Winner list:
TOP 10:
* 2NE1, 2PM, 8eight, Davichi, Brown Eyed Girls, So Nyeo Shi Dae, Super Junior, KARA, K Will, GDragon
Awards:
* 2009 Song – So Nyeo Shi Dae with ‘Gee’
* 2009 Album – GDragon with ‘Heartbreaker’
* 2009 Artiste – So Nyeo Shi Dae
* 2009 New Artiste – 2NE1
* 2009 Star – Dong Bang Shin Ki
* 2009 Mania – Dong Bang Shin Ki with ‘Mirotic’
* 2009 Odyssey – So Nyeo Shi Dae with ‘Gee’
* 2009 Smart Radio – So Nyeo Shi Dae with ‘Gee’
* 2009 Sudden Rising Award – LeeSsang
* 2009 T Mobile Award – So Nyeo Shi Dae with ‘Gee’
* 2009 Y-Star Live – Lee Seung Chul
* 2009 Current Stream – Kim TaeWoo with ‘Love Rain’
* 2009 Special Album – Infinity Challenge album
source: kbites
[KPOP] COUNTING DOWN TO 2009 MELON AWARDS
2009 Melon Music Awards will be held on the 16th of December, 7PM at Seoul Olympic Park. After MNet “2009 MAMA” and the 24th Golden Disk Awards, this ceremony will be the third year end awards.
Netizens believe that this time the battle will be between the two top companies in the kpop industry, SM and YG. The “no show no award” policy has previously infuriated fans of both parties as each of their idols attended one award and were no-shows to the other one. On November 21, all YG artists managed to be present in Mnet Asia Music Awards 2009 but were nowhere to be seen on the recent Golden Disk Awards while SM artists were all present on the 24th GDA. It was clear that YG artists snagged most of the awards in MAMA, totaling to a number of six while SM also brought home 6 awards in total through Super Junior, SNSD and SHINee in GDA.
Everyone is expecting for a showdown between the two top girl groups, 2009 shining star SNSD and 2009 rookie star 2NE1, especially after it is confirmed by Star News that Big Bang will once again have to miss the ceremony for Japan and only half the members of SM boys, Super Junior will make it to the show due to its subgroup’s SJ-M’s conflicting schedule. Other boy group from DSP Entertainment, SS501, will also give the show a miss but that does not stop the great anticipation from fans. Even though some groups will be missing, at least there will be representatives from each companies.
There will be promising special stages, including a joint stage of the top 4 girl groups, SNSD, 2NE1, BEG and KARA. Fans are also anticipating for a special appearance of Super Junior Eunhyuk, Sungmin, 2PM Nickhun, TRAX Jungmo and IRIS Juni. To top it off, the stars of the recent big hit drama “You Are Beautiful”, Jang Geunsuk and Park Shinhye are chosen to be MCs of the show. The list of the performers and the performances have yet to be released so they might be just another rumors.. whether it will turn out to live to the viewers’ expectations or not, we will have to see it ourselves tomorrow..
article: myystiqueen @ twelfs
[SJ/FANCAM] KYUHYUN DO THE EUNHYUK DANCE ON GDA ENCORE
Was browsing on videos from GDA on YT when I suddenly bumped into this video. This is my first time seeing our Prince Kyu do the dance, I mean really dance. Imagine the shy Kyu (sometimes?) could actually do the moves. Amazing!
On 1:25, check the grooves baby. ^^
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SUPER JUNIOR AND SNSD SHINES ON GD AWARDS
Golden Disk Awards Congratulates SM Bands but Fails to Bring Fairness
By Han Sang-hee
Staff Reporter
Super Junior and Girls’ Generation from SM Entertainment took home the Grand Prize and the Grand Prize for Digital Music Source, respectively, at the 2009 Golden Disk Awards held at the Olympic Hall, Thursday.
The award for Best Hip Hop went to Epik High, while the Best Rock Award was given to Jang Ki-ha and the Faces. 4Minute and T-ara won Best Rookie Awards, while the Most Popular Singer Awards were given to Super Junior and SHINee.
As one of the biggest music award ceremonies in Korea, the Golden Disk Awards started in 1986, and has honored numerous talented singers for the past years.
Super Junior was awarded for their outstanding performance throughout the year with its hit number “Sorry, Sorry”, while Girls’ Generation took home the award for its track “Gee”.
Considering the popularity in music sources streamed from the Internet, the committee decided to offer two Grand Prizes: one based on off-line popularity through music programs and album sales, and another based on online music source popularity through downloading and ring tones.
The purpose of the division was understandable, but the overall outcome of the event had fans and viewers shaking their heads in confusion.
While groups from SM Entertainment, including Girls’ Generation took home two awards and Super Junior, three, other groups from YG Entertainment and DSP Media failed to win anything, let alone appear at the event.
G-Dragon and 2NE1, both under YG Entertainment, failed to win any awards, while this year’s hit girl group Brown Eyed Girls also didn’t win anything. The three groups, plus KARA and SS501 from DSP Media, didn’t appear at the event.
Fans had to wonder what was going on between event organizers and the agencies, as the outcome was the exact opposite of the Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMA) last month.
G-Dragon, 2NE1, KARA , SS501 and the Brown Eyed Girls all won awards at the event organized by music company Mnet Media, while singers from SM Entertainment missed the show citing fairness and also failed to win anything in their absence.
Source : www.koreatimes.co.kr
This is a late post on GDA awards. Well, my say on this one, though some are a bit shocked by the outcome of the event but the said winners really deserved the award. As what the author just said above, that voting were based on sales, online voting and the like, that goes to show that people even from outside Korea did love and vote for the people or group who they think deserves to win.
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