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TOP Tops Idol Stars By Being Nominated For Acting Newbie Award

Big Bang member T.O.P (Choi Seung-hyun) is truly proving to be at the T.O.P (Choi Seung-hyun).

Or he is if we're talking about speed. T.O.P (Choi Seung-hyun) was the first idol star to break out onto the big time film festival scene with an award nomination.

T.O.P (Choi Seung-hyun) drew a lot of attention for his impressive acting skills displayed in the movie "71-Into the Fire". He carried his weight as a main character, shoulder to shoulder with the likes of kwon Sang-woo and Cha Seung-won. The film was about a group of students who fought to defend their country against North Korea during the Korean War.

For this performance, T.O.P (Choi Seung-hyun) was nominated for the "New Actor Award" at the DaeJong Awards Film Festival. This marks him as the first idol star to successfully cross over into the acting realm, and being recognized at a large scale film festival like this one. A few idol stars have broken into the Chungmuro International Film Festival, but never before into the Daejong Awards.

The festival reps said that the nominees were carefully selected through a fair and reflective process. The Big Bang member will be up against Song Sae-byeok and Choi Daniel . This is going to be a tough call as all three young stars have starred in notable projects this year. Song was in the hit film "The Servant" and Choi was in the commercial hit "Cyrano Agency".

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