Taylor Swift wins 8 trophies at Billboard Awards

Another day, another domination for Taylor Swift: She was the red hot winner at the Billboard Music Awards.

Another day, another domination for Taylor Swift: She was the red hot winner at the Billboard Music Awards.

Diwa de Leon (Baybayin), Addis Tabong and Wildsound Ami (Posas), Wildsound Ami (Oros), Ditoy Aguila (Kalayaan), John Barredo (Qiyamah), Jonathan Hee Kai Chung (Colossal), Mark McCullie (MNL 143), Willy Fernandez, Bong Sungcang, Ferdinand Marcos Sabarongis (Florentina Hubaldo, CTE)

Underscoring their triple triumphs on Monday night at the 7th Asian Film Awards (AFA)—a regional event likened to the Oscars—veteran Filipino screen stars Eddie Garcia and Nora Aunor waxed patriotic.

Backstage at the Oscars, away from the cameras in the show that was watched by almost a billion people around the world, the Oscar winners on Sunday evening (Monday morning in the Philippines) broke into laughter and tears as they fielded questions from the press.

February 24 (Feb. 25 in Manila) has long been marked on the calendar of diligent moviegoers. It is that time of year again when, for half a day, the mutual-congratulations club that is Hollywood turns them beet-red or tickles them pink.

Give the golden statuettes already to Daniel Day-Lewis (for Best Actor) and Anne Hathaway (Best Supporting Actress). Come Sunday evening (Monday morning in the Philippines) at the Dolby Theater in Hollywood, the suspenseful moment will be when the Best Actress envelope is opened.

The music world gathers in Los Angeles on Sunday for the Grammys, with oddly-punctuated indie pop band fun. hoping to win big at the industry’s top awards show — as long as they keep their clothes on.

British filmmaker Sean Ellis’ “Metro Manila” wins the World Cinema Dramatic Audience Award at the Sundance film fest which ends in Utah Saturday (Sunday Manila time), according to Filipino actor John Arcilla who attended the event.

On its third year, the Inquirer Indie Tribute, now officially dubbed the Indie Bravo! awards, is honoring movie icons—filmmakers and actors who have made waves in the international and local scenes. This year, the Philippine Daily Inquirer is celebrating the achievements of new and past winners. Among the honorees from year one who made it [...]

Mara Lopez had to seek the permission of her Japanese father before agreeing to play her first sexy role in “Palitan,” which won for her the best actress trophy at the 2012 Cinema One Originals Digital Film Festival awards show on Monday night. “I understood my father’s apprehension. The role required me to do torrid [...]

The prestigious New York Film Critics Circle gave “Zero Dark Thirty,” Kathryn Bigelow’s thriller about the hunt for Osama bin Laden, a new shove in the direction of Oscar glory Monday.

Japanese production sound mixer Shiho Miyazawa’s two recent Filipino projects have been awarded by prestigious organizations.