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(L-R) Actresses Bae Doona, Haruka Ayase and Aoi Miyazaki

Actress Takako Matsu

Actress Haruka Ayase

(L-R) Actors Kimiko Yo, Ken Watanabe, director Daisaku Kimura, Takako Matsu and Teruyuki Kagawa

Actresses Kyoka Suzuki (L) and Miki Nakatani (R)

Actor Eita

Actresses Tae Kimura, Miki Nakatani and Ryoko Hirosue

Actress Tae Kimura (L) and comedian Tsutomu Sekine

Actress Takako Matsu

Actor Ken Watanabe

Actor Tadanobu Asano

Actor Hiro Mizushima

Actress Kimiko Yo

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Stars came out on March 5th to attend the 33rd Japan Academy Awards at Grand Prince Hotel New Takanawa in Tokyo, Japan. List of winners below.

• Best Picture: The Sun That Doesn’t Set (Setsuro Wakamatsu)

• Best Animated Feature: Summer Wars (Mamoru Hosoda)

• Best Director: Daisaku Kimura (Mt. Tsurugidake)

• Best Screenplay: Miwa Nishikawa (Dear Doctor)

• Best Actor: Ken Watanabe (The Sun That Doesn’t Set)

• Best Actress: Takako Matsu (Villon’s Wife)

• Best Supporting Actor: Teruyuki Kagawa (Mt. Tsurugidake)

• Best Supporting Actress: Kimiko Yo (Dear Doctor)

• Best Music: Shinichiro Ikebe (Mt. Tsurugidake)

• Best Cinematography: Daisaku Kimura (Mt. Tsurugidake)

• Best Lighting Direction: Kawabe Takayuki (Mt. Tsurugidake)

• Best Art Direction: Yohei Taneda & Kyoko Yauchi (Villon’s Wife)

• Best Sound Recording: Teiichi Saito (Mt. Tsurugidake)

• Best Film Editing: Takao Arai (The Sun That Doesn’t Set)

• Best Foreign Language Film: Gran Torino (Clint Eastwood)

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New stills from Aish and Akshay’s upcoming film Action Replay. The romantic comedy tells the story of an old man who goes back in time to his younger days in the 1970s.

Action Replay, co-starring Neha Dhupia and Randhir Kapoor, is currently in post-production.

In other Aish news…

Katrina

Aishwarya, 36, is no longer the ‘face’ of Lux soap. The cosmetic company has named younger Bollywood beauty Katrina Kaif, 25, as its new brand ambassador. Katrina’s statement below.

“I feel honored to be chosen by Lux as the face of such an iconic brand. It is with great pride that I join the legendary Lux beauty brigade, and only hope that my association with the brand grows stronger in the years to come. It is the ultimate aspiration of any Bollywood star to be associated with a renowned beauty brand like Lux.”

By the way…

The entire Bachchan clan skipped the 55th Filmfare Awards ceremony over a nasty tabloid story that said Aishwarya Rai Bachchan has infertility problems.

“I felt that the modesty of a lady in my house has been outraged. The topic that was brought up was very, very insensitive. No woman likes her motherhood or her capability of procreation or fertility to be talked about.

I have felt that Aishwarya was slandered by this article and therefore we asked them to apologise, which they didn’t. It is very difficult for me to go to an award function, sing, dance and applaud when that very paper abused a lady of my house.

If you read the constitution of India, you will find that in our Article 21 it is clearly mentioned that if you defame any woman and talk about her motherhood, fertility or process of procreation, it is defamatory.”

At any rate, Amitabh Bachchan won the best actor award for his performance in Paa. The 55th Filmfare Awards winners below.

• Best Film: 3 Idiots

• Best Director: Rajkumar Hirani for 3 Idiots

• Best Actor in Leading Role (Male): Amitabh Bachchan for Paa

• Best Actor in Leading Role (Female): Vidya Balan for Paa

• Best Supporting Actor (Male): Boman Irani for 3 Idiots

• Best Supporting Actor (Female): Kalki Koechlin for Dev D

• Best Debut Director (Male): Ayan Mukherjee for Wake Up Sid

• Best Debut Director (Female): Zoya Akhtar for Luck By Chance

• Best Dialogue: Rajkumar Hirani and Vidhu Vinod Chopra for 3 Idiots

• Best Screenplay: Rajkumar Hirani and Vidhu Vinod Chopra for 3 Idiots

• Best Story: Abhijat Joshi and Raju Hirani for 3 Idiots

• Best Actor (Critic) (Female) : Mahi Gill

• Best Actor (Critic) (Male): Ranbir Kapoor

• Best Music: A R Rahman for Delhi 6

• Best Lyrics: Irshad Kamil for ‘Aaj Din Chaddya’ (Love Aaj Kal)

• Best Film (Critic): Firaaq

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(L to R) Most Popular Male Singer Zhang Jie (Mainland), Most Popular Female Singer Han Hong (Mainland), Most Popular Female Singer Fish Leong (Taiwan and Hong Kong) and Most Popular Male Singer Wang Leehom (Taiwan and Hong Kong)

Eason Chan wins the Best Singer in Taiwan and Hong Kong

Karen Mok wins Best Album

The Beijing Pop Music Awards gala went down on February 5th at the National Olympic Center. Leehom Wang walked away with the most awards, four total, and Wang Feng followed with three wins. Plenty of pics from the awards show below.

Leehom

Wang Feng

Zhang Liangying

Sha Baoliang

Han Hong (L) and Eason Chan

Priscilla Chan

New artist Zeng Yike

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Last night’s winners

The first Billboard Japan Music Awards took place on Sunday in Tokyo. The big winner of the night was EXILE, who won the coveted Album Of The Year 2009 award. The winners list below.

* Top Pop Artists 2009: EXILE, Kobukuro, AI, Remioromen
* Jazz Artist of the Year 2009: akiko
* Classical Artist of the Year 2009: Nobuyuki Tsujii
* Independent Artist of the Year 2009: HY
* New Artist of the Year 2009: Yusuke
* Rising International Artist 2009: VAMPS
* K-Pop New Artist of the Year 2009: After School
* US Billboard Publisher’s Award 2009: Judith Hill, BoA
* Hot 100 of the Year 2009: B’z, “Ichibu to Zenbu”
* Album of the Year 2009: EXILE, “EXILE BALLAD BEST”
* Hot 100 Single Sales of the Year 2009: Junko Akimoto, “Ai no Mama de”
* Hot 100 Airplay of the Year 2009: ROCK’A'TRENCH, “My SunShine”
* Classical Album of the Year 2009: Nobuyuki Tsujii, “debut”
* Jazz Album of the Year 2009: Hiromi Uehara, “Place To Be”
* Adult Contemporary of the Year 2009: Black Eyed Peas, “I Gotta Feeling”
* Overseas Soundtrack Album of the Year 2009: Michael Jackson, “This Is It”
* Independent of the Year 2009: flumpool, “Unreal”

After School

ROCK’A'TRENCH

EXILE leader Hiro

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Big B

Akshay Kumar and his wife Twinkle

Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor

Shahid Kapoor

Gul Panag

Jacqueline Fernandez

Priyanka Kothari

Koena Mitra

(L to R) Lara Dutta, Ajay Devgan, Rohit Shetty

Jackie Shroff

The 2010 Max Stardust Awards was held at the Bandra Kurla Complex, Mumbai last night. The winners list below.

Superstar Of Tomorrow – Male

Ranbir Kapoor – Wake Up Sid ; Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani

Breakthrough Performance – Male

Abhimanyu Singh – Gulaal

Breakthrough Performance – Female

Shahana Goswami – Firaaq

Hottest Film Of The Year

Love Aaj Kal

Hottest New Director

Ayaan Mukherjee – Wake Up Sid

Exciting New Face

Jacqueline Fernandez – Aladin

Best Actress

Preity Zinta

Best Film

Chintuji

Best Director

Ranjit Kapoor – Chintuji

Dream Director

Imtiaz Ali – Love Aaj Kal

Best Film Of The Year – Comedy

All The Best

Best Film Of The Year – Action / Thriller

Wanted

Best Film Of The Year – Drama

3 Idiots

Star Of The Year – Male

Amitabh Bachchan – Paa

Star Of The Year – Female

Kareena Kapoor – Kurbaan ; 3 Idiots

Best Actor In A Supporting Role

Abhishek Bachchan – Paa

Best Actress In A Supporting Role

Kirron Kher – Kurbaan

Best Actor In A Comedy Role

Ajay Devgn – All The Best

Best Actor – Popular

Akshay Kumar – Blue

Best Actress – Popular

Katrina Kaif – New York ; Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani

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Red carpet pics of celebs arriving at tonight’s 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, CA.

Rex Lee

Vanessa Minnillo

Carrie Ann Inaba

Mai-Linh Lofgren (and Michael Stuhlbarg)

As you can see hardly any Asians at the awards ceremony. Hollywood get on my last nerves.

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Lookin’ all GQ! Love it!

Cha Seung-won at the 2010 Asia Model Festival Awards Ceremony on January 15th. Seung-won won the Special Asia Award in the drama category.

Pics of Seung-won at the launch of Jung Yoongi’s book titled All About Style on December 28th.

Stills from Seung-won’s upcoming movie Like the Moon Escaping from the Clouds below.

Film summary below.

Set in 16th Century Joseon era (1592) South Korea, “Like the Moon Escaping from the Clouds” details the plight of men from the lower classes of society who fight for social equality.

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Shah Rukh Khan (C)

The Bachchan clan

Kareena

Kajol

Deepika

Another pic of Shah Rukh Khan
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Bollywood stars attended the Apsara awards ceremony in Mumbai on January 8th. The Apsara awards honor excellence in cinema and television. The 2010 winners’ list below.

Best Actor in a Leading Role Shahrukh Khan – Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi

Best Actress in a Leading Role Priyanka Chopra – Kaminey

Best Movie Ghajini – Madhu Mantena

Best Director A.R. Murugadoss – Ghajini

Best Actor in a Supporting Role Rishi Kapoor – Love Aaj Kal

Best Actress in a Supporting Role Kirron Kher – Kurbaan

Best Actor in a Comic Role Ajay Devgan – All The Best

Best Actor in a Negative Role Amol Gupte – Kaminey

Best Debut Director Ayan Mukerji – Wake Up Sid

Lifetime Acheivement Award (Male) Amitabh Bachchan

Entertainer of the year Ranbir Kapoor

Best Debut (Male) Jackky Bhagnani – Kal Kissne Dekha

Best Debut (Female) Anushka Sharma – Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi

Hearthrob of the year (Male) Shahid Kapoor

Hearthrob of the year (Female) Deepika Padukone

Best Choreography Shiamak Davar – Dance Pe Chance – Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi

Best Lyrics Jaideep Sahni – Tujh Mein Rab Dikhta Hai – Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi

Best Female Playback Singer Shreya Ghosal – Tujh Mein Rab Dikhta Hai – Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi

Best Male Playback Singer Mohit Chauhan – Ye Dooriyan – Love Aaj Kal

Best Music Pritam Chakraborty – Love Aaj Kal

Best Screenplay A.R. Murugadoss – Ghajini

Best Dialogue Anurag Kashyap – Dev D

Best Story Imtiaz Ali – Love Aaj Kal

Most public appearances – Abhishek Bachchan

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2009 SBS Drama Awards

Lee Byung Hun

Chae Shi Ra

Sohn Hyun Joo

Kim So Yeon

Kim Tae Hee

Winner’s list:

Daesang: Jang Seo-hee (Wife’s Temptation)

Top Excellence, Actor: So Ji-sub (Cain & Abel)

Top Excellence, Actress: Kim Mi-sook (Brilliant Legacy)

Special Production, Actor Award: Lee Seung-gi (Brilliant Legacy), Park Shi-hoo (Family Honor)

Special Production, Actress Award: Han Hyo-joo (Brilliant Legacy)

Special Production, Supporting Actor: Kang Seok-woo (Smile You)

Special Production, Supporting Actress: Cha Hwa-yeon (Angel’s Temptation)

Drama Special, Actor Award: Cha Seung-won (City Hall)

Drama Special, Actress Award: Kim Sun-ah (City Hall)

Drama Special, Supporting Actor: Baek Seung-hyun (Cain & Abel)

Drama Special, Supporting Actress: Na Young-hee (Style)

Serial Drama, Actor Award: Byun Woo-min (Wife’s Temptation)

Serial Drama, Actress Award: Kim Seo-hyung (Wife’s Temptation )

Serial Drama, Supporting Actor: Choi Joon-yong (Wife’s Temptation)

Serial Drama, Supporting Actress: Lee Hwi-hyang (Loving You A Thousand Times)

Best Couple: Lee Seung-gi, Han Hyo-joo (Brilliant Legacy)

Netizens’ Popularity Award: Jang Geun-seok (You’re Beautiful)

New Star Awards, Actors: Lee Yong-woo (Style), Kim Bum (Dream),
Lee Hong-ki (You’re Beautiful), Jung Yong-hwa (You’re Beautiful),
Jung Kyeo-woon (Loving You A Thousand Times), Kim Tae-hyun (Angel’s Temptation)

New Star Awards, Actresses: Sohn Dam-bi (Dream), Lee Min-jung (Smile You), Oh Young-shil (Wife’s Temptation), Park Shin-hye (You’re Beautiful), Lee So-yeon (Angel’s Temptation), Lee Tae-im (Don’t Heistate)

Teens’ Star Award, Actors: So Ji-sub (Cain & Abel), Cha Seung-won (City Hall), Lee Seung-gi (Brilliant Legacy), Bae Soo-bin (Brilliant Legacy),
Jang Geun-seok (You’re Beautiful)

Teens’ Star Award, Actresses: Han Hyo-joo (Brilliant Legacy), Kim Sun-ah (City Hall), Jang Seo-hee (Wife’s Temptation), Lee Soo-kyung (Loving You A Thousand Times), Kim Hye-soo (Style)

2009 MBC Drama Awards

Winner’s list:

Daesang (Grand Prize): Go Hyun-jung (Queen Seon-deok)

Drama of the Year: Queen Seon-deok

Top Excellence, Actress: Kim Nam-joo (Queen of Housewives), Lee Yo-won (Queen Seon-deok)

Top Excellence, Actor: Uhm Tae-woong (Queen Seon-deok), Yoon Sang-hyun (Queen of Housewives)

Excellence Award, Actress: Lee Hye-young (Queen of Housewives), Go Na-eun (Assorted Gems)

Excellence Award, Actor: Kim Nam-gil (Queen Seon-deok), Choi Chul-ho (Queen of Housewives)

New Actress: Seo Woo (Tamra the Island), Im Joo-eun (Hon)

New Actor: Yoo Seung-ho (Queen Seon-deok), Lee Seung-hyo (Queen Seon-deok)

Popularity Award: Lee Junki (Hero), Seo Woo (Tamra the Island)

Golden Acting Award, Miniseries Category: Kim Chang-hwan, Na Young-hee (Queen of Housewives)

Golden Acting Award, Serial Drama: Kim Young-ok, Jung Hye-sun (Assorted Gems)

Golden Acting Award, Supporting Role: Ahn Gil-kang (Queen Seon-deok),
Seo Young-hee (Queen Seon-deok)

Best Couple Award: Kim Nam-gil, Lee Yo-won (Queen Seon-deok)

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Best Actor Nick Cheung & Best Actress Sandrine Pinna

Director John Woo & wife

Slumdog Millionaire stars Azharuddin Ismail and Rubina

Actress Jung Ryeo Won

Singer Aska Yang

Tony Yang and Terri Kwan

Actress Tanaka Chie

Gigi Leung

Takeda Shinji and Kikukawa Rei

Zhang Yuqi

Hundreds of fans came out to watch their favorite stars walk the red carpet at the 53rd Asia Pacific Film Festival awards held at the I-Sho University in Kaoshiung of southeast China’s Taiwan Province on Dec. 19th. List of winners below.

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