SEOUL, Oct. 29 (Yonhap) – South Korean actor Lee Byung-hun has won an American entertainment award for his Asian and Asian-American contributions to film and television, the event organizer said Friday.
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Lee was included in the list of winners of the event “Entertainment Summit and Innovators Awards USA-Asia”, along with Bela Bajaria, director of global television at Netflix, and Destin Daniel Cretton, director of the superhero film ” Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings “(Shang-Chi and the legend of the ten rings), 2021.
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The annual event, held by the nonprofit Asia Society, aims to recognize the contributions of members of the entertainment industry throughout the Asian region.
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South Korean singer and actor Jung Ji-hoon, also known as Rain, received the award for entertainment innovator in 2019.
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Lee has received critical acclaim for his performances in a wide range of genres throughout his 30-year career, in such films as 2005’s “A Bittersweet Life”, “The Good, the Bad, the Weird “(The good, the bad and the rare), of 2008, and” Masquerade “(Masquerade), of 2012.
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Since his Hollywood debut with “GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra” in 2009, he has appeared in several American films, including 2015’s “Terminator Genisys” and “The Magnificent Seven” (2017). He became, in 2016, a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS, according to its acronym in English).
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This year’s entertainment innovator awards ceremony will take place Monday at the Museum of the Academy of Arts in Los Angeles.
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