The 2008 Blue Dragon Awards chose a sports drama about the silver medal-winning Korean women handball Olympic team as the best movie of the year. In the award ceremony at the KBS Hall in Yeouido, Seoul, on Thursday, the award for the best film went to "Forever the Moment" directed by Lim Soon-rye. The movie is based on the true story of the women's Olympic team which lost to Denmark in the finals of the 2004 Athens Olympics on penalty shots.
The ceremony, the 29th, was presented by actor Jeong Joon-ho and actress Kim Hye-soo.
The award for the best actor went to Kim Yoon-seok, who plays a dirty detective who becomes a pimp in "The Chaser". Son Ye-jin won the award for the best actress for her role in "My Wife Got Married". Kim Ji-woon won best director for "The Good, the Bad, the Weird". The movie won three other awards, in cinematography and art direction, and for the movie that drew the biggest audience with 6.68 million.
The proceedings turned solemn when Choi Jin-sil was n...| More
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"Forever the Moment", directed by Lim Soon-rye, won the Best Film Award at the 2008 Blue Dragon Awards on Thursday evening.
The film is a sports drama about the silver medal-winning Korean Olympic handball team and based on the true story of the women's Olympic team, which lost to Denmark in the finals of the 2004 Athens Olympics on penalty shots.
The 29th film awards ceremony, hosted by actor Jeong Joon-ho and actress Kim Hye-soo, was held at KBS Hall in Yeoido, Seoul.
The Best Actor Award went to Kim Yoon-seok for his role as a detective in "The Chaser", while actress Sohn Ye-jin won the Best Actress Award for her role in "My Wife Got Married".
Director Kim Ji-woon grabbed the Best Director Award for "The Good, the Bad, the Weird", which won three other awards ― cinematography and art direction, and for the movie that drew the biggest audience, with 6.68 million viewers.
The Honorary Popular Star Award went to the late Choi Ji...| More
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The launch ceremony of the new Audi A4, held on Thursday afternoon at the Olympic Hall in Seoul, was marred by the collapse of VIP stands near the stage. According to witnesses, the VIP seating stand collapsed at 8:10 p.m. when crowds swarmed towards the new Audi car as it appeared center stage.
Celebrities, including actresses Kim Hye-soo and Choi Kang-hee, and actors Jeong Woo-seong, Lee Jeong-jae and Ryoo Seung-beom, were sitting in the VIP area. Some escaped the site unharmed, but others sustained minor bruising.
An Audi official said, "We are aware that one of the guests was injured, but none of the celebrities needed hospital treatment as far as we know". A fireman said, "Two or three celebrities sustained light injuries, like scrapes". One witness said, "The VIP seats looked like they were made of wood, but I think the stand collapsed under the pressure of the stampede". ...| More
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