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Taylor Swift wins 8 trophies at Billboard Awards

Taylor Swift poses in the press room with presented Billboard awards during the 2013 Billboard Music Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on May 19, 2013 in Las Vegas, Nevada.   Jason Merritt/Getty Images/AFP

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

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List of nominees for Gawad Urian 2013

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ACTRESS Mercedes Cabral and Director Brillante Mendoza of the movie “Thy Womb” during the Metro Manila Film Festival Parade of Stars at Roxas Boulevard in Manila. RICHARD A. REYES

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)

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AFA winners Nora, Eddie wax patriotic

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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.

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Tears, laughter backstage with the Oscar winners

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Actress Anne Hathaway arrives at the 2013 Vanity Fair Oscars Viewing and After Party on Sunday, Feb. 24 2013 at the Sunset Plaza Hotel in West Hollywood, California.  During an interview Sunday at the Loews Hollywood Hotel, the best supporting actress award winner fought back tears as she talked about her dreams coming true, an ironic contrast to the bleak anthem she sings in “Les Misérables.”  PHOTO BY JORDAN STRAUSS/INVISION/AP

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.

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The Oscars: Who should win, who were snubbed

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SNUBBED! Filmmakers (from left) Kathryn Bigelow, Quentin Tarantino and Paul Thomas Anderson

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.

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Three-way race for Oscar best actress

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FRONT-RUNNERS in the hotly contested Best Actress category (from left): Emmanuelle Riva, Jennifer Lawrence and Jessica Chastain. photo by ruben nepales

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.

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Grammys set for fun. night, but with clothes on

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Taylor Swift. INQUIRER FILE PHOTO

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.

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‘Metro Manila’ wins at Sundance Film Festival

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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.

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Bravo, indies!

EDDIE Garcia, one of the Inquirer honorees,  in a scene from “Bwakaw”

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 [...]

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‘Palitan’ actors top Cinema One awards

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ALEX Medina and Mara Lopez won best actor and best actress, respectively, for their performance in Ato Bautista’s “Palitan.”

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 [...]

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Bin Laden thriller wins New York critics award

This film image released by Columbia Pictures shows a scene from "Zero Dark Thirty," directed by Kathryn Bigelow. On Monday, Dec. 3, 2012, The New York Film Critics Circle announced their picks for best film and the top performances of the year, one of the first major awards in the drumbeat ahead of the Academy Awards. Best cinematography went to Greg Fraser's work on Kathryn Bigelow's “Zero Dark Thirty.”  AP/Sony - Columbia Pictures

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.

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Japanese sound mixer reaps awards for 2 Filipino films

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

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