Photos of Celebrities on Red Carpet at 25th Golden Disk Awards 2010

The 25th Golden Disk Awards was held on 9th December 2010 at the Hwajeong Gym in Koryeo University, Seoul, South Korea. Many top Korean celebrities attended this award show and walked the red carpet.

Golden Disk Awards’ red carpet attendees include Super Junior, Girls’ Generation, BoA, BEAST, SHINee, CN Blue, Secret, F.T. Island, IU, Sistar, Supreme Team, 2AM, Miss A, Yoo Ah Yin, Min Hyorin, and more. Check out the pictures below and tell us who do you think is the best-dressed and worst-dressed!
For the list of winners, check it out here!


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Super Junior, Girls’ Generation, CN Blue, F.T. Island and Supreme Team kept things simple and safe with black mini dresses and black suits. Loving SHINee and Yoo Ah Yin’s outfit with different shades of grey and lots of layerings for this winter season. For the ladies, Secret’s bridesmaid-like dresses on the red carpet really did not work for me; Min Hyorin’s simple bustier cocktail dress with nude heels really stood out in my opinion.

Tell us what do you think!

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Winners of 25th Golden Disk Awards 2010

Nicknamed the "Korean Grammy Awards", the ceremony is known for its fair standards, as the committee utilizes figures from album and digital Music sales only. The awards show first began in 1986, and since then, it’s become Korea’s most prestigious awards ceremony for music.

2010 Golden Disc Award Daesang
SNSD - "Oh!"



Disk Bonsang
DJ DOC - Im This Type Of Person
SHINee - Lucifer
Super Junior - Bonamana
SNSD - Oh
BoA - Hurricane Venus



2010 Samsung Yepp Digital Music Daesang
2AM -"Can’t Let You Go Even If I Die"

Digital Music Bonsang
miss A - Good Girl, Bad Girl
IU ft. Seulong - Nagging
Lee Seung Gi - Love Taught Me How to Drink
CN BLUE - Im a loner (download song or bluetory album)
2AM - Can’t Let You Go Even If I Die

Hip-hop Award
Supreme Team

Rock Award
F.T. Island

Rookie Award
BEAST
Secret
SISTAR

Popularity Award
SHINee
SNSD

Asian Popularity Award
Super Junior

Producer Award
Hong Seung Sung (Cube Entertainment)

Lifetime Achievement Award
Park Chun Seok (Trot singer and famous Korean composer that passed away this year)

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While the Bonsang is awarded to the top songs, the Daesang is awards to the overall best song.

If they used the same criteria as last year, for the disk category, criteria for judgement is 60% of music album sales from last December to this November, 20% of popularity votes and 20% on points given by judgement panels.

For digital music category, it includes 60% on the amount of mp3 download for the period of time the music was released, and also BGM, mobile phone ringtones, 20% from the judges and 20% from popularity votes.

Congratualations to the winners.





More photos of the celebrities on the red carpet, click here!

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Avex promises full-fleged support of SM Entertainment artists

SM artists Super Junior (top) and f(x) (bottom) [SM Entertainment]

Top Japanese talenthouse Avex has promised its full-fledged support of the careers of Korean agency SM Entertainment's artists.

The announcement was made on Avex's official website today, stating that they will continue to back the singing careers of SM's artists such as BoA, J-Min "and TVXQ who will resume their activities as a two-man band formed of members U-Know and Max"



The two firms have supported each other's artists for years now but their relationship had been in question after Avex signed with JYJ, former TVXQ members Jaejung (Hero), Micky Yoochun and Junsu, when the three halted their activities with TVXQ by asking their contract to be nullified with SM.

A few months later, Avex abruptly suspended its relation with the three on reports that the chief of the boys' Korean management agency C-JeS was related to a criminal organization while affirming Avex will continue to represent TVXQ, although the future of the band was up in the air.

Then just two days ago, SM announced that TVXQ would make a comeback next January as a duo with the band's remaining members U-Know Yunho and Max Changmin.

In today's press release, Avex also said they have signed exclusive contracts with SM's 13-member boy band Super Junior and girl group f(x).

Founded by former singer Lee Soo-man in 1995, SM Entertainment is one of the most influential entertainment agencies in the country alongside YG and JYP Entertainment.

They are well-known for managing the successful singing careers of H.O.T and S.E.S and some of the biggest names in the K-pop market including Girls' Generation, Kang Ta, SHINee and TRAX.

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Sneak Photos of SHINee’s Choi Min Ho and Han Ji Hye’s “Pianist” drama special

SHINee member Choi Min Ho (Hangul: 최민호; Hanja: 崔珉豪) will be making his acting debut alongside actress Han Ji Hye (Hangul: 한지혜; Hanja: 韓智慧) in a one-episode special KBS drama series titled "Pianist" (Chinese:《钢琴师》). This will be Han Ji Hye's comeback to television since her last 2008 drama "East of Eden" (Hangul: 에덴의 동쪽; Romanization: Edeonui Dongjjok; English: East of Eden; Hanja: 伊甸園之東).



The filming set (at a piano factory in Incheon) was opened to the press on the evening of November 18th, as a first-hand sneak peek of what is to come.

Choi Min Ho plays a piano prodigy who has to keep his talents under lock due to various circumstances, but eventually his talents emerge after he meets a piano teacher (played by Han Ji Hye) and fall in love with her.

This KBS drama special will air on December 4th because of the 16th Asian Games broadcast.

Source: TV Daily

Han Ji 한지혜 / Han Ji Hae / 이지해 / Lee Ji Hye / Yi Ji Hae / 韓智慧