2012 Gawad Urian Sidelights

 

The 35th Gawad Urian awards ceremony was held last June 13 at the AFP Theater, Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City.

At the entrance, stars were interviewed at the red carpet.

 

 The happy crew with Sid Lucero.

 Smile!

 The author together with 2012 Gawad Urian Best actor Paolo

 

 The beautiful Miss Kathy Solis together with 2012 Gawad Urian Best Actor Paolo Avelino.

 

Since 1977, the Gawad Urian Awards which is an annual film awards in the Philippines was . It is given by the Manunuri ng Pelikulang Pilipino (The Filipino Film Critics) and is currently regarded as the counterpart of the United States' New York Film Critics Circle.

 

The Gawad Urian are composed of host of scholars, film writers and other award-winning writers.

FREE DUNKIN DONUTS

Oh, la, la!

The best things in life are FREE. Hey I am not referring to the duet between singers Luther Vandross and Janet Jackson.

I am referring to the various available freebies from different companies in the Philippines.

And guess what? The latest company who will give-away their product for FREE is DUNKIN DONUTS! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT!

WHEN: June 16, 2012, Saturday,

TIME:    from 2:00 PM to 3:00PM
FOR:    Available to all ages. 

An hour of freebies and sweet nibblings. All you have to do is line up. No purchase requirement. available on all Dunkin Donuts nationwide. Including franchise outlet nationwide. Except chain stores like the one in mini stop.

Oh, this is happiness for all Dunkin Donuts fans out there!

Thanks Lea for the info.

Note: This is not a paid post.

Si Manny Pacquiao pa rin ang Kampeon ng Bayan

Si Manny Pacquiao pa rin ang Kampeon ng Bayan

Sa tuwing papasok si Manny sa boxing ring, hindi siya nakikipaglaban para sa kanyang sarili. Kung tutuusin, hindi na rin siya nakikipaglaban para sa pera. Dahil sa tuwing papasok si Manny sa ring, nakikipaglaban siya para sa bayan.

Para kilalanin ang galing ng bawat mamamayan.

Para parangalan ang bawat Pilipinong walang tigil na sumusuporta sa ating pambansang kamao.

Dahil sa bawat suntok, dala ni Manny ang karangalan ng bawat Pilipino. Sa bawat aray, tinatamo ni Manny ang bawat paghihirap na kailangang daanan patungo sa tagumpay.

Kaya manalo man o matalo, si Manny Pacquiao pa rin ang tunay na kampeon sa aming mga puso. Kasama ng Alaxan FR, sama-sama pa rin ang buong sambayanang Pilipino sa pagkilala sa walang sawang pakikipaglaban ng pinakamagaling na boksingero ng ating henerasyon.

Aray Mo, Pacman, Galing Natin, Pilipinas!

FREE LIFESTYLE WORKSHOP ON SOUP MAKING

Happy Independence Day everyone! Calling all soup Lovers! This workshop is complimentary. All you have to do is book your slot at telephone number 8905003 or at cellphone number 0917-8405441. See you there!

Rustan's and Cuisinart invite you to an exclusive lifestyle workshop entitled "Soup Du Jour" with special guest Chef Him Uy de Baron. Experience how easy it is to create your favorite soups with a special segment on pairing to create simple healthy meals. 
 

Luckily, I had an opportunity to taste the soap made by Chef Him Uy de Baron and they are so yummy! You should not miss this wonderful opportunity!

See you on Friday, June 15, 2012 at 3 o' clock in the afternoon at the 3rd Floor, Home Area, Rustan's Shangri-la Edsa Mall. 
 
For those who were not able to attend the "Soup Du Jour" workshop in Makati, you are invited to attend this one. See you there!
                              
You have an option to buy this wonderful blender for only Php 20,000 and received a big discount on the spot!

FREE FRENCH MOVIES Brought to you by Citi-Rustan’s French Film Festival

Citi-Rustan’s French Film Festival is open to the public from June 7 to 17 at the Shang Cineplex in Shangri-La Plaza Mall.

Tips to enjoy these FREE MOVIES:

• Be there at least two (2) hours before showing time.1st come 1st served
• Tickets will be distributed 30 minutes before screening time  
• There's only 219 seats inside the cinema so in excess of that 219 seats they will no longer allow you to enter but don't be sad, you can always line up for the next film that will be shown, o di ba una ka na sa pila ha ha ha! joke lang!
• In case, you haven't been to Shang Cineplex it is located on the 6th level.

Seventeen of France’s most-loved film feats await cinephiles this year, which includes a seven-film retrospect on director-extraordinaire Olivier Assayas, one of the first European directors to pay attention to Asian films; and an eight-film treat from L’Institut Francais.

The festival opens with no less than the 2012 Academy award-winning movie The Artist, a black-and-white silent film that follows the life of George Valentin - a Hollywood silent film star - whose career has come to a close due to the collapse of the silent film industry. He attempts to revive his career by financing his own picture, which opens against a talkie starring up-and-coming young dancer Peppy Miller, who he develops a fascination for.

Kicking off the streak of Assayas films is L’Eau froide (Cold Water), a story that revolves around the individual lives of Gilles and Christine - both children of divorced parents - who eventually decide to hit the road together after Christine escapes a mental institution and meets up with Gilles at a party. The journey ends as they end up at the Massif central, where Christine disappears and leaves Gilles to face up to his future.

Next in line is experimental film Irma Vep, which stars Hong Kong action star Maggie Cheung as herself coming to Paris to play Irma Vep in a story that recreates Louis Feuillade’s Les Vampires. However, trouble arises as the fragile nature of French film-making and the director’s mental instability make the shoot a total catastrophe.

Les Destinées Sentimentales (Sentimental Destinies) takes on the heartwarming story of Jean and Pauline, whose sentimental destinies intertwine in the midst of a post-World War I society where certainties and industrial dynasties are crumbling. Even though Jean has resigned himself to the failure of his past marriage, they both find a love that is stronger than the past and the passing time.

Industrial espionage, corporate war and personal duels make for a plot for Demonlover, where young, seductive senior executive Diane de Monx becomes a pawn in global intrigues and treachery stretching from Japan to Mexico after the company she belongs to acquires Tokyo Anime, a Japanese company that produces animated pornography.

Emily Wang tries to get back on her feet in Clean, where she vows to give up drugs and change her ways in order to resume her role as a mother after being forbidden to see her son Jay. However, after getting to see Jay again and spending several wonderful hours with him, she finds herself confronted with a choice between her son and the chance to resume her singing career. The Film Clean won the Technical Grand Prize Award at the Cannes Film Festival in 2004.

Capping off the Assayas anthology is Family tension intensifies within the Berthier family as conflicting ideas rise to the surface upon the death of their mother, Hélène Berthier, whose life has been devoted to preserving the legacy of her uncle - painter Paul Berthier. The children are left to deal with objects from the past and must decide whether to break up the collection or live with it, as well as what is to become of the family home.

Kicking off the film line-up from L’Institut Francais is Le Mariage à Trois (The Three-way Wedding), where playwright Auguste struggles to finish his play and his feelings towards lead star Fanny, who also happens to be his former wife. When Fanny informs him that she will be marrying Theo, his leading man, Auguste tries to prove himself by seducing Harriet - his young assistant - who he later finds to be the ideal fit for the play’s principal role.

Au fond des Bois (Deep in the Woods) stirs intrigue with the character of Timothee - a strange yet charismatic drifter who managed to impress everyone, including Doctor Hughes and her daughter, Josephine, with his talent for magic and hypnosis. But when he subjects Josephine to a brutal rape, his image is tainted and he leaves the village with Josephine in tow. Doctor Hughes is then left wondering if she is going off on her own free will or if he has mesmerized her into doing his bidding.

Le Refuge (Hideaway) revolves around the lives of Mousse and Louis - a rich, young, beautiful couple whose lives have been invaded by drugs. One day, they overdose and Louis dies. Mousse survives, but soon learns she's pregnant. Feeling lost, Mousse runs away to a house far from Paris. Several months later, Louis' brother joins her in her refuge.

Meanwhile, Roses à Crédit (Roses on Credit) is a drama centered on a woman whose life is taken over by greed. Struggling with the aftermath of World War II, Marjoline and her husband, Daniel, dig themselves deeper into debt with no end in sight as Marjoline’s lust for consumer products ceases to fade.

Journey with close friends Lila and Ely as they are lured by the Paris elite in Tout Ce Qui Brille (All that Glitters). Unable to resist, they begin to pick up tips and tricks on how to infiltrate the upper class and begin to carve unique paths for themselves; but the new social circles begin to take their toll both on a familial and romantic level - and the friendship between Lily and Ely begins to strain and crack under the pressure of social advancement. Tout Ce Qui Brille (All that Glitters) won the Best First Film Award at the 2011 César Awards.

Composed of several chapters, L’Art d’Aimer (The Art of Love) is a movie following the stories of several Parisian couples. Isabelle, who has not had sex in a year, declines Zoé’s offer to "lend" her husband - and ends up impersonating Amélie, who cannot bring herself to sleep with her buddy Boris. On the other hand, Achille prances around a possible new affair, a middle-aged couple’s marriage is threatened, and a pair of young lovers discovers the pangs of jealousy.

L’Ordre et La Morale (Rebellion) is a film set in Ouvea island in New Caledonia, where 30 policemen are held hostage by locals fighting for their independence. 300 members of the French Army Special Forces Unit are immediately sent on a mission, in an attempt to solve the situation through mutual trust and dialogue over violence.

Last but not least, L’arnac?ur (Heartbreaker) brings the festival to a close as lead character Alex, together with his sister, operates a business designed to break up relationships. Hired by a wealthy man to prevent the wedding of his daughter to an Englishman, they try to complete the seemingly impossible job of breaking up a relationship that looks like it has none of the usual flaws, thus putting Alex’s honorable principles to the test.

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Free Movies in Ayala Center Cebu

Free Movies in Ayala Center Cebu! This is certainly a very good news to all Inday and Dodong!  

The 2012 Citi-Rustan’s French Film Festival goes to Cebu from June 21 to 23, 2012 at the Ayala Center in Cebu in cooperation with the Alliance Française de Cebu.

The movies are open to the public for Free!

Through the cooperation of the Institut Français and Philippine film distributor Pioneer films, French films such as:

•  “Le Mariage a Trois” (The Three-way Wedding) by Jacques Doillon
•  “Au Fond des Bois” (Deep Woods) by Benoit Jacquoyt
•  “Le Refuge” (Hideaway) by Francois Ozon
•  “Roses a Credit” (Roses on Credit) by Amos Gitai
•  “Tout-ce qui Brille” (All that Glitters) by Geraldine Nakache 
•   and Herve Mimran, “L’Art d’Aimer” (The Art of Love) by Emmanuel Mouret
•   “L’Ordre et La Morale” (Rebellion) by Mathieu Kassovits
•    and “L’Arnacoeur” (Heartbreaker) will be shown in this year’s festival.

They say that perhaps the most outstanding film in the world this year is Michel Hazanavicius’ ‘The Artist,’ which pays tribute to the beginnings of cinema as both an art of telling stories through moving pictures and an industry producing economic products affected by market trends and management strategies.

"The Artist" has received “hundreds of awards” in international festivals, recently winning five Oscars, including Best Motion Picture, Best Director, and Best Actor for Jean Dujardin. 

FREE TAGALOG MOVIES

Good News my dear readers! There are several Tagalog independent films that will be shown tomorrow, Tuesday, June 12, 2012 for FREE at Shangri-La Plaza Mall Shang Cineplex.

The 2012 French Film Festival honors Philippine cinema by screening Filipino films that have been shown in several festivals in France or whose directors have participated in French workshops or seminars. 

The screening of Filipinos films during the French Film Festival “highlights the cooperation between France and the Philippines through cinema”. Traditionally held on June 12, the Philippine Independence Day.

Among the films to be shown this year are:

•  “Busong” by Auraeus Solito (Directors’ Fortnight, Cannes 2011)
•  “Manila” by Raya Martin and Adolfo Alix, Jr. (Official Selection, Cannes Film Festival 2009)
•  “Bakal Boys” by Ralstom Jover (participant in the Cinéfondation Atelier, Cannes Film Festival 2012) 
•   and the short films “Little” and “Au Revoir Philippe” by Sigrid Bernardo (One Country One Film Festival, Apchat).

Important Read! Shang Cineplex free Movies rules:

1. Seats are on a first-come first-served basis.
2. Schedules are subject to change without prior notice.
3. Film ratings maybe confirmed at the ticket office.
4. Contact frenchfilmfest@gmail.com for more information.

 

Enjoy!

FREE MRT AND LRT RIDE

To celebrate the 114th year of Philippine Independence on June 12, 2012 passengers of the Metro Rail Transit (MRT) and Light Rail Transit (LRT) will be treated to free rides.

A report aired over GMA News TV's "News TV Live" quoted LRTA-MRT3 spokesperson Atty. Hernando Cabrera as saying the MRT and LRT will be offering free rides on June 12, 2012  from 7:00am to 9:00am and 5:00pm to 7:00pm.