Major winners of the 82nd Oscars [more on its official website]…
Best Picture: “The Hurt Locker”
Director: Kathryn Bigelow, “The Hurt Locker”
Actor: Jeff Bridges, “Crazy Heart”
Actress: Sandra Bullock, “The Blind Side”
Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz, “Inglourious Basterds”
Supporting Actress: Mo’Nique, “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire”
Glad to see Jeff Bridges winning; one of my favourite actors whom I think should have won something huge since ages ago. On the other hand; it’s worth noting that Kathryn Bigelow is the first woman to win an Oscar as best director.
Korea’s 30th Blue Dragon Film Awards were held at Seoul’s KBS Hall on Wednesday night. Mother claims the top excellence award, while Kim Myung-min and Ha Ji-won won the best actor and actress awards with their performance in Closer To Heaven. Full winners list after some red carpet pics…
Son Ye-jin
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Taiwanese film No Puedo Vivir Sin Ti (lit. I Can’t Live Without You in Spanish) was the biggest winner at the prestigious 46th Golden Horse Awards on Saturday night in Taipei. It’s the first local movie to win the best picture in seven years; and director Leon Dai also begged the personal award.
Hot favourite Li Bingbing was crowned the best actress; while Huang Bo and Nick Cheung were both named as best actor(s), a first in the award history. Full winning list after some red carpet and winners’ pics…
Best leading actress Li Bingbing
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Winners of the 20th Taiwan Golden Melody Awards…
Song of the Year: Jay Chou, “Fragrant of Rice”
Best album: Eason Chan, “Don’t Want to Let Go”
Best Mandarin male singer: Jay Chou, “Capricorn”
Best Mandarin female singer: Sandee Chan, “If There’s One Important Thing”
Best band: Mayday, “Poems of Post-Adolescence”
Best producer: Purdur, “Nanwan Sisters”
Best composer: Crowd Lu, “100 Types of Lives”
Best lyricist: Wu Yu-Hsuan, “Inside the Tram”
Best music video: Jay Chou, “Mr Magic”
Best performing group: Nanwan Sisters, “Nanwan Sisters”
Best newcomer: Crowd Lu, “100 Types of Lives”
[incomplete list, only the pop categories are listed; via Cfensi]
Winners of the 62nd Cannes Film Festival. Not a bad outing for Asian films… Filipino director Brillante Mendoza won best director, Chinese director Lou Ye won best screenplay, while Korean director Park Chan-wook won a jury prize.
Feature films
Golden Palm – “The White Ribbon”, directed by Michael Haneke
Grand Prix – “A Prophet”, directed by Jacques Audiard
Best director – Brillante Mendoza, “Kinatay”
Best screenplay – Lou Ye, “Spring Fever”
Best actress – Charlotte Gainsbourg, “Antichrist”
Best actor – Christoph Waltz, “Inglorious Basterds”
Jury prize – “Fish Tank”, by Andrea Arnold / “Thirst”, by Park Chan-wook
Lifetime achievement award – “Wild Grass”, directed by Alain Resnais
Short films
Golden Palm – “Arena”, directed by João Salaviza
Special distinction – “The Six Dollar Fifty Man”, by Louis Sutherland, Mark Albiston
The 28th Hong Kong Film Awards, presented Sunday (Apr 19) at HKG Cultural Centre…
Best actor and actress, Nick Cheung and Paw Hee Ching (Image from
Baidu (Cn))
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Winners of the 3rd Asian Film Awards presented in Hong Kong on Monday (Mar 23)…
Best film – “Tokyo Sonata” (Hong Kong, Japan, Netherlands)
Best director – Hirokazu Kore-Eda, “Still Walking” (Japan)
Best actor – Masahiro Motoki, “Departures” (Japan)
Best actress – Zhou Xun, “The Equation of Love and Death” (China)
Best newcomer – Yu Shaoqun, “Forever Enthralled” (China)
Best supporting actor – Jung Woo-sung, “The Good, The Bad, The Weird” (Korea)
Best supporting actress – Gina Pareño, “Service” (Philippines)
Best screenwriter – Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Max Mannix, Sachiko Tanaka, “Tokyo Sonata”
Best cinematographer – Jola Dylewska, “Tulpan” (Kazakhstan and co.)
Best composer – Joe Hisaishi, “Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea” (Japan)
Best editor – Kim Sun-min, “The Chaser” (Korea)
Best special effect – Craig Hayes, “Red Cliff” (China)
Red carpet gala of the 45th Baeksang Arts Awards in Seoul on February 27th…
Best actress (TV) Moon Geun-young…
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