[News] 110720 Nominees For The 2011 Seoul Drama Awards

The preliminaries for the 2011 Seoul Drama Awards (SDA)have been conducted and the results are out!

The organizing committee for the SDAs announced on July 20th at 11 AM, the results of the preliminaries through a press conference. Under the theme of “Drama Road”, this year’s SDA ceremony has been confirmed to cover 204 works from 37 different countries.

Non-Korean dramas up for awards include the US mini-series “The Walking Dead”, British mini-series “Luther”, Chinese full-length piece “Three Kingdoms”, and German short film “Shades of Happiness”.

From the domestic works side, there are the mini-series “Dream High” and “My Girlfriend Is A Gumiho” and the full length projects “Twinkle Twinkle Shining”.

In the Male Actors category, the nominees include Iris Elba from “Luther” and Chun Jenbin from “Three Kingdoms”. In the Female Actress category, Maria Furtwängler from “Shaes Of Happiness”, Laura Linney from “The Big C”, and Na Moon-hee from the one-act play “Grandma, it’s Me”.

In the Hallyu Drama section, there will be seven awards given out. Nominated projects must have been aired from April 1st of 2010 to April 30th of 2011, with exports of $3 million or more. The contenders are “Sungkyungwan Scandal”, “Baker King Kim Tak-gu”, “Mary Stayed Out All Night”, “Dream High”, “Dongyi”, “Queen of Reversals”, “My Princess”, “Kim Su-ro”, “Giant”, “Athena: Goddess of War”, “Secret Garden”, “My Girlfriend Is A Gumiho”, and “Bad Guy”.

Of course the category that always attracts special interest is the Grand Award for best actor and best actress.

The male nominees are Jang Geun-seok for “Mary Stayed Out All Night”, Park Yoo-chun for “Sungkyungwan Scandal”, Song Seung-heon for “My Princess”, Hyunbin for “Secret Garden”, and Kang Ji-hwan for “Coffee House”.

The female nominees are Park Min-young for “Sungkyungwan Scandal”, “Moon Geun-young for “Mary Stayed Out All Night”, Kim Tae-hee for “My Princess”, Lee Yo-won for “49 Days”, and Ha Ji-won for “Secret Garden”.

The soundtrack songs up for recognition are “Found It” by JYJ from “Sungkyungwan Scandal”, “Please My Bus” by Jang Geun-seok from “Mary Stayed Out All Night”, Jungyup’s “Nothing Happened” from “49 Days”, Baek Ji-young’s “That Woman” from “Secret Garden”, and “The One” by Lee Seung-cheol for “Baker King Kim Tak-goo”.

The final results will depend 70% on the votes of the 1 million international Hallyu fans signed up for en.korea.com and 30% on the international broadcasting contents buyers’ votes.

This is with the exception of the Hallyu Drama category’s Director Award and Writer Award, which will be determined by the votes of domestic reporters.

Credit: english.kbs

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[Trans] 110718 New 7 Wonders Believes Jeju Island And KBS Need To Take A Leaf Out Of JYJ’s Book

Jeju Island’s race to become one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World has met an unexpected pitstop.

With the cancellation of popular group JYJ’s upcoming performance creating an uproar amongst domestic and international fans, New 7 Wonders, the sponsors of the 7 Natural Wonders poll, has stepped in.

On the 17th, the New 7 Wonders Foundation posted a tweet on their official Twitter account to Jeju Island and KBS that said, ‘Time to kiss and make up!’

This was then followed by the foundation following Kim Jaejoong’s Twitter account and saying ‘That is the right spirit!’

After receiving the cancellation notification on the 16th, Kim Jaejoong showed his affection for Jeju Island on his Twitter as he said, “If there are going to be obstacles blocking us from promoting our nation’s natural wonder, then this time, I’ll just promote it alone.”

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When news of the cancellation came out, it became a hot topic immediately, with the keywords ‘JYJ Cancellation’, ‘Broadcast cancellation’, ‘Appearance cancellation’ shot up on the searchboxes of popular sites. 

Though the current situation is pouring oil over the fire between a broadcasting company and an agency, and between an agency and an agency, it is also causing worry that it will negatively affect Jeju Island’s chances of becoming one of the 7 natural wonders of the world.

The homepage of Jeju Island’s local government was flooded on the 17th and 18th byJYJ fans and netizens, demanding that Jeju Island take responsibility of the matter.

One netizen said, “I booked a hotel to watch JYJ perform in Jeju, so who’s going to compensate me for my losses? I never want to see the words ’7 Natural Wonders of the World’ and ‘Jeju Island’ ever again.”

Another netizen showed their criticism by stating, “To tell you the truth, I only voted for Jeju Island because of JYJ. Jeju Island’s done nothing but use JYJ to get more votes.”

Source: [sisa Jeju]

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[NEWS] C-JeS lodges complaint against KBS for disruption of JYJ’s activities

On July 22nd, C-JeS Entertainment released an official statement regarding the recent cancellation of JYJ’s scheduled broadcast appearance for Jeju Island’s special “N7W” concert.

Their statement reads as follows:

“We would like to first apologize to all the fans for causing them worry over JYJ’s cancellation. Illogical disruptions against JYJ continue to repeat themselves, and every time this occurs, we feel that hesitating is not being of any help to the artists involved, which is why we have decided to release a final statement.

Like a flower that blooms in the blistering winter, JYJ continues to make great achievements amidst exterior pressure and disruptions. Under the name of JYJ, they have released a worldwide album with the help of world-renown artists, and were even introduced on the American Billboard.  They are also leaders of the Hallyu wave, having gone on a worldwide concert tour that has brought in over 100,000 people both in Korea and overseas.

Unfortunately, JYJ continues to encounter cancellations for their TV appearances, much like what happened recently.

C-JeS Entertainment will no longer pay such matters any attention and feel any joy or grief from them; instead, we will be doing our absolute best with everything in our power to take actions to ensure that JYJ will be able to walk the path they desire. We have filed a complaint with the Fair Trade Commission for this case with KBS, and we will take legal action for any further disruptions of JYJ’s individual activities.

Not only that, we will continue to focus on the original lawsuit by using the recent controversy (as well as many others) as an accumulation of evidence. Unfortunately, I feel that there will continue to be mountains standing in our way, even if we win the original lawsuit;the situation will not change all that much.

C-JeS Entertainment will continue to walk the path that JYJ have been on all this while.  In the future, JYJ will continue to advance onto stages all over the world to show off their talents to their hearts’ desire, and to present  joy through their music and acting.

Lastly, JYJ will continue to work as honorary ambassadors of the ‘NW7′ and promote the beautiful Jeju Island.  We ask that the fans continue to lend their support and interest.”

Credit: OSEN via Naver + Allkpop

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[TRANS] Official Biography: Cha Mu Won

Being Strategy Team 2′s team leader and director of C group, he is the first cousin of Ji Hyun and only son of CEO Shin Soo Hee who is the sister-in-law of Chairman Cha (the current executive of C group).

Although he is the director of Team 2, in fact he is the internal manipulator who is also in full responsibility for Ji Hyun’s Team 1. As he is good in interpreting and understanding people, this prince of financial world is excellent with interaction and would not lose his poise and graciousness at any moment.

When Ji Hyun got himself entangled in a web of rumours due to a scandalous incident, Mu Won was on the other hand being fully reported as the capable young management executive who is pulling through the responsibilities as the 3rd generation successor.

Though the highly rated facet, it was no falsity.

He has been receiving management coaching from his mother Shin Soo Hee since young and the impressive results he achieved soon after he joined the enterprise gained the trust of Chairman Cha and all the employees. With such achievement, the prediction that Mu Won would be the next C Group’s CEO instead of Ji Hyun appeared in the financial world.

Without a doubt, his main target was to have the conglomerate’s management. This ambition of Mu Won was descended by his mother Shin Soo Hee. The chairman position of C group was not originally the possession of the second son Chairman Cha, but of the eldest son who is Mu Won’s father. Chairman Cha took over the management’s helm from his brother, resulting in Mu Won’s father being outcasted in the conglomerate and died eventually.

Although Mu Won’s father dies of cancer, Shin Soo Hee and Mu Won blamed the death to Chairman Cha. After the negotiation with Chairman Cha, Shin Soo Hee solely took charge of her husband’s subsidiary company. With her angst and rivalry hatred, Shin Soo Hee stepped into the management and became the unscrupulous and capable female CEO, gradually aiming that control, in replacement for her husband. However this does not resolve the anger within her. She hopes to actualize the ambition that is left behind by her husband through her son, Mu Won.

Credit: protect the boss website+mazejae

Translated by: rachui@sharingyoochun

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[TWITTER] Jaejoong’s Twitter Update - Part 2

[TRANS] “사랑하면 춤을춰라”* was the best!!! I think everybody will love it~ Him-chan was so cool!

*”사랑하면 춤을춰라” is a Dance Musical. Its title literally means “Dance if you love me”

[TRANS]  Everyone pls come to watch it. It brings smile to sad people and vitality to weary people!

++ “Him-chan” (gentlechan) tweets a picture with Jaejoong 

[Note: Him-chan was SM's dance trainer for DBSK]

[Trans] Gentlechan to JJ: I can’t keep accepting all the time… I’m always thankful… being happy for me as if it was for you, for honestly enjoying the performance thank you! I am a… ‘Kimjepa’**!

**T/N: ‘-name-pa’ apparently is what fans who are crazily in love with their idol are called XD so Himchan is a “Kim Jae pa”!! “kimjepa”

++ A picture of Jaejoong with the musical cast on stage

Source: Jaejoong’s Twitter + @gentlechan + DaeDyung2

Translation credit: @The_little_pear + @As0or83

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