Eason Chan at the "45th Golden Horse Film Awards"

Eason on the red carpet

Pang Ho-Cheung (Trivial Matters) & Eason on the red carpet

Coco Lee & Eason present

Coco Lee & Eason exchange praises

Eason & Coco Lee

The 45th Golden Horse Film Awards was held Saturday, December 6, 2008. Eason Chan was nominated in one category, Best Supporting Actor, which Ma Ju-long won for his role in Cape No. 7. Eason & Coco Lee presented the awards for Best Original Film Score & Best Original Film Song, during which, the two exchanged praises for each others music careers.

Best Original Film Score


Best Original Film Song

Source: sina 12.06.2008

Eason Chan & Coco Lee to Present at the "45th Golden Horse Film Awards"

The 45th Golden Horse Film Awards will be held Saturday, December 6, 2008 and earlier a list of presenters were revealed.

Category: Best Action Choreography
Presenters: Jaycee Chan & Vanness Wu

Category: Best Original Film Score & Best Original Film Song
Presenters: Coco Lee & Eason Chan

Category: Best Film Editing
Presenters: Kwai Lun Mei & Zhang Jun Ning

Category: Best Sound Effects
Presenters: Vivian Hsu & Masanobu Ando

Category: Best Cinematography
Presenters: John Chiang & Jack Kao

Category: Best Short Film & Best Documentary
Presenters: Viter Fan & Annie Liu

Category: Best Leading Actress
Presenters: Peter Chan & Sandra Ng

Source: ent.163 12.04.2008

A Kind Heart Leads Eason to a "Golden Horse" Nomination

In regards to his Best Supporting Actor nomination at the upcoming 45th Golden Horse Awards, for his role in the film Trivial Matters, Eason says he got the news as soon as it was revealed, "Director Pang Ho Cheung called me with the news and I also wanted to congratulate him and producer Chapman To. This film was really worth filming even though, at the time, I couldn't find time in my schedule to film." Eason recalls, "Initially Chapman called me and said he had something that I had to be stupid to take on (搵我笨) and I said I like being stupid (最鍾意畀人搵笨)." In regards to having heavy competition, Eason says he's just happy to be able to participate.

Director Pang Ho Cheung is extremely happy that Eason received the nomination and Chapman praised Eason for taking part in the film because he (Eason) wanted to help us (Pang Ho Cheung & Chapman) out and believes that Eason's kind heart led to the result of a nomination.

Source: the sun & mingpao 10.31.2008

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The following is a translation of Pang Ho Cheung (director, producer, writer of Trivial Matters)'s thanks to Eason.

Thank You

Yesterday I received news, Trivial Matters received four nominations at this year's Golden Horse Awards. Personally receiving a nomination is obviously something to be happy about, but more importantly, Eason Chan receiving a Best Supporting Actor nomination is what I'm most excited about. I feel Eason has a lot of potential as an actor and the way he helped Trivial Matters out, I am extremely grateful.

[We] didn't have much money to offer him, so receiving this nomination gives [me] a bit of comfort. Of course, his natural acting should also be credited to his on screen partner Isabel who helped out tremendously, so I would also like to thank [her]. I didn't watch the other films that are nominated in the same category, so I don't know what his chances are.

Source: pang ho cheung official blogs (yahoo & sina) 10.31.2008

"The 45th Golden Horse Awards" - Nominations

The 45th Golden Horse Awards will be held on December 6, 2008 at Zhongshan Hall in Taipei, Taiwan. Eason Chan scored himself a Best Supporting Actor nomination and the same film scored a couple more nominations.

Best Supporting Actor
Ma Ju-long 馬如龍 - Cape No. 7 海角七號
Eason Chan 陳奕迅 - Trivial Matters 破事兒
Hu Jun 胡軍 - Red Cliff 赤壁
Dai Li-ren 戴立忍 - Parking 停車

Best Director
Wei Te-sheng 魏德聖 - Cape No. 7 海角七號
Pang Ho-cheung 彭浩翔 - Trivial Matters 破事兒
Peter Chan Ho-sun 陳可辛 - The Warlords 投名狀
Sylvia Chang Ai-jia 張艾嘉 - Run Papa Run 一個好爸爸

Best Adapted Screenplay
Trivial Matters 破事兒 - Pang Ho-Cheung 彭浩翔
Assembly 集結號 - Liu Heng 劉恆

Best Make-up and Costume Design
文念中 - Trivial Matters 破事兒
黃育男 & 康俊偉 - Candy Rain 花吃了那女孩
奚仲文, 戴美玲, 利碧君 - The Warlords 投名狀
葉錦添 - Red Cliff 赤壁

Source: taipei times 10.31.2008