[K-enter] "Squid Game" nominated for the Gold Derby TV Awards

Time for some K-entertainment news with Bella Kim.

We can't stop talking about "KDH and we can't stop talking about "Squid Game."

This time it was nominated for some awards in the U.S.?

Netflix's "Squid Game" and six actors from the series have been nominated for the 2025 Gold Derby TV Awards.

According to the Gold Derby website, on Thursday, Lee Jung-jae was included among the six nominees for the Drama Actor category.

For the Drama Supporting Actress category, Kang Ae-sim, who played mother Jang Geum-ja, and Park Kyu-young, who played Noeul, a North Korean defector, were nominated.

Additionally, Lee Byung-hun, and Choi Seung-hyun (also known as TOP) were nominated for the Best Supporting Actor.

Lastly, Gong Yoo was nominated for the Drama Guest Actor category.

"Squid Game" series itself was also nominated for the Drama Series and Ensemble of the Year.

The Gold Derby Awards, which marks its 22nd anniversary this year, is an American pop culture award ceremony that selects excellent works and actors in 30 different categories, including drama, entertainment, animation, and movies. The results will be announced on August 18th.

Along with these nominations, we have updates on the view count?

The "Squid Game" series has surpassed 700 million total views.

Netflix announced on Thursday that the final season of the series topped the Netflix chart in 93 countries with over 60 million views within just three days of its release last month.

The series has shown a strong performance from the start as the first season holds the record for the Most Popular Non-English Shows of All Time on Netflix.

It also won six trophies at the Emmy Awards and picked up many domestic and international awards too, and it still continues to thrive globally.

Let's end off with an exciting story on a rookie boy group that's been doing amazing since their debut.

'Monster rookies' AHOF will hold their first fan concert since their debut, titled " AHOF 1ST PHILIPPINE FANCON RENDEZVOUS IN MANILA," at Smart Araneta Coliseum in Manila, the Philippines on August 30th.

It is the very first solo fan concert by AHOF and comes just one month after their debut.

The group are achieving both popularity and buzz as 'monster rookies,' breaking various records since their debut.

Their first album recorded initial sales of over 360-thousand copies, ranking 5th for the highest first-week sales of debut albums by boy groups.

Having achieved success domestically, AHOF are now expanding their global activities.

Prior to the fan concert in the Philippines, a release event will be held in Japan.

Thank you Bella for today's stories!

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