OSCARS 2013 - THE WINNERS

BEST PICTURE - Argo

Amour

Beasts of the Southern Wild

Django Unchained

Les Misérables

Life of Pi

Lincoln

Silver Linings Playbook

Zero Dark Thirty

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE - Daniel Day-Lewis "Lincoln"

• Bradley Cooper "Silver Linings Playbook"
• Joaquin Phoenix "The Master"
• Denzel Washington "Flight" 

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE - Jennifer Lawrence "Silver Linings Playbook"

• Jessica Chastain "Zero Dark Thirty"
• Emmanuelle Riva "Amour"
• Quvenzhané Wallis "Beasts of the Southern Wild"
• Naomi Watts "The Impossible"

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE - Christoph Waltz "Django Unchained"

• Alan Arkin "Argo"
• Robert De Niro "Silver Linings Playbook"
• Philip Seymour Hoffman "The Master"
• Tommy Lee Jones "Lincoln"

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE - Anne Hathaway "Les Misérables"

• Amy Adams "The Master"
• Sally Field "Lincoln"
• Helen Hunt "The Sessions"
• Jacki Weaver "Silver Linings Playbook"

DIRECTING - Ang Lee "Life of Pi"

• Michael Haneke "Amour"                
• Banh Zeitlin "Beasts of the Southern Wild" 
• Steven Spielberg "Lincoln" 
• David O. Russell "Silver Linings Playbook" 

WRITING (adapted screenplay) - Argo

• Beasts of the Southern Wild
• Lincoln
• Silver Linings Playbook

WRITING (original screenplay) - Django Unchained

• Amour
• Flight
• Moonrise Kingdom
• Zero Dark Thirty

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM - Brave

• Frankenweenie
• ParaNorman
• The Pirates! Band of Misfits
• Wreck-it Ralph

 CINEMATOGRAPHY - Life of Pi

• Anna Karenina
• Django Unchained
• Lincoln
• Skyfall

COSTUME DESIGN - Anna Karenina

• Les Misérables
• Lincoln
• Mirror Mirror
• Snow White and the Huntsman

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE - Searching for Sugar Man

• 5 Broken Cameras
• The Gatekeepers
• How to Survive a Plague
• The Invisible War

DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT - Inocente

• Kings Point
• Mondays at Racine
• Open Heart
• Redemption

FILM EDITING - Argo

• Life of Pi
• Lincoln
• Silver Linings Playbook
• Zero Dark Thirty

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM - Amour

• Kon-Tiki
• No
• A Royal Affair
• War Witch

MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING - Les Misérables

• Hitchcock
• The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE) - Life of Pi

• Anna Karenina
• Argo
• Skyfall 
• Lincoln

 MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG) - "Skyfall" "Skyfall"

• "Before My Time" "Chasing Ice"
• "Everybody Needs A Best Friend" "TED"
• "Pi's Lullaby" "Life of Pi"
• "Suddenly" "Les Miserables"

PRODUCTION DESIGN - Lincoln

• Anna Karenina
• The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
• Les Misérables
• Life of Pi

SHORT FILM (ANIMATED) - Paperman

• Adam and Dog
• Fresh Guacamole
• Head Over Heels
• The Simpsons: The Longest Daycare

SHOT FILM (LIVE ACTION) - Curfew

• Asad
• Buzkashi Boys
• Death of a Shadow
• Henry

SOUND EDITING - Zero Dark Thirty & Skyfall

• Argo
• Django Unchained
• Life of Pi

SOUND MIXING - Les Misérables

• Argo
• Life of Pi
• Lincoln
• Skyfall

VISUAL EFFECTS - Life of Pi

• The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
• Marvel's The Avengers
• Prometheus
• Snow White and the Huntsman

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POPE BENEDICT XVI - RESIGNATION

VATICAN CITY - Pope Benedict XVI will resign on February 28, according to a Vatican spokesman.

Here's a complete transcript of his resignation letter.

Dear Brothers,
I have convoked you to this Consistory, not only for the three canonizations, but also to communicate to you a decision of great importance for the life of the Church. After having repeatedly examined my conscience before God, I have come to the certainty that my strengths, due to an advanced age, are no longer suited to an adequate exercise of the Petrine ministry. I am well aware that this ministry, due to its essential spiritual nature, must be carried out not only with words and deeds, but no less with prayer and suffering. However, in today’s world, subject to so many rapid changes and shaken by questions of deep relevance for the life of faith, in order to govern the bark of Saint Peter and proclaim the Gospel, both strength of mind and body are necessary, strength which in the last few months, has deteriorated in me to the extent that I have had to recognize my incapacity to adequately fulfill the ministry entrusted to me. For this reason, and well aware of the seriousness of this act, with full freedom I declare that I renounce the ministry of Bishop of Rome, Successor of Saint Peter, entrusted to me by the Cardinals on 19 April 2005, in such a way, that as from 28 February 2013, at 20:00 hours, the See of Rome, the See of Saint Peter, will be vacant and a Conclave to elect the new Supreme Pontiff will have to be convoked by those whose competence it is.
Dear Brothers, I thank you most sincerely for all the love and work with which you have supported me in my ministry and I ask pardon for all my defects. And now, let us entrust the Holy Church to the care of Our Supreme Pastor, Our Lord Jesus Christ, and implore his holy Mother Mary, so that she may assist the Cardinal Fathers with her maternal solicitude, in electing a new Supreme Pontiff. With regard to myself, I wish to also devotedly serve the Holy Church of God in the future through a life dedicated to prayer.
From the Vatican, 10 February 2013

BENEDICTUS PP XVI

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AMERICAN IDOL SEASON 12 - TOP 40 FINALISTS

One can't hide information and list too well these days. Here are the Top 40 finalists for American Idol Season 12.

Top 20 Boys
1. Bryant Tadeo
2. Burnell Taylor
3. Charlie Askew
4. Chris Watson
5. Cortez Shaw
6. Curtis Finch, Jr.
7. David Willis
8. Devin Velez
9. Elijah Liu
10. Gurpreet Singh Sarin
11. Jimmy Smith
12. Johnny Keyser
13. Joshua “Josh” Holiday
14. Joshua “Josh” Jada Davila
15. Kevin Harris
16. Lazaro Arbos
17. Mathenee Treco
18. Nick Boddington
19. Paul Jolley
20. Vincent Powell

Top 20 Girls  
1. Adriana Latonio
2. Amber Holcomb
3. Angela Miller
4. Aubrey Cleland
5. Brandy Hotard
6. Breanna Steer
7. Candice Glover
8. Cristabel Clack
9. Isabel Pasqualone
10. Janelle Arthur
11. Jenny Beth Willis
12. Jett Hermano
13. Juliana Chahayed
14. Kamaria Ousley
15. Kree Harrison
16. Melinda Ademi
17. Rachel Hale
18. Shubha Vedula
19. Tenna Torres
20. Zoanette Johnson

Various blogs and fan sites have come out with spoilers on the current season of the reality talent search “American Idol.” One blogger (goseegeo.blogspot.com) identified the 40 final aspirants—which purportedly include three Filipino-Americans Bryant Tadeo, Adriana Latonio and Bridget “Jett” Hermano. Tadeo is from Hawaii. Latonio has been compared to last year’s runner-up Jessica Sanchez who’s of Filipino-Mexican descent. Hermano won Asian-American Idol in her home city of Seattle. Bayani San Diego Jr. 

INQUIRER Entertainment

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SO LONG, LOLONG

PHOTO FROM THE WIRES

Lolong, the world’s biggest reptile in captivity, is dead.

Rowena Bunawan, media coordinator in the town of Bunawan in Agusan del Sur, told the Philippine Daily Inquirer by phone that Lolong was declared dead inside his pen around 8 p.m.  Sunday by Dr. Alexander Collantes, animal doctor at Davao Crocodile park.

“The croc did not eat his usual meal on late last month. Experts will still investigate the cause of death but the animal’s left stomach ballooned,” she said.

Captured in the Agusan Marsh in September, Lolong’s length was initially measured at 6.12 meters (20 feet 4 inches), according to Apollo Canoy, a Bunawan municipal councilor, who was with Briton’s group. Cassius is only 5.48 meters (17 feet, 11.75 inches) long.

Lolong is believed to have eaten a man who went missing in July and to have bitten off the head of a 12-year-old girl in 2009. The crocodile was caught on September 3 last year.

INQUIRER NEWS

*** What have we gained from Lolong's captivity other than make it as a money making business? Don't you wish the real crocs in our government were put to captivity instead? I sure wished it was them instead of Lolong, sadly.

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CHECK-IN TA BAI - The Love Yourself Project Cebu

In the Philippines, every 3 hours someone is infected with HIV. And, viral invasion due to risky behavior is considerably higher in Cebu City. Individuals infected with HIV can be that person sitting beside you at Sunday service, a hardworking co-worker, a loving relative, a friend dear to you… or that person can be the one you see every day on the mirror - YOU. Regrettably, HIV transmission can be prevented if you know what your status is. Knowing your status is critical to your health and the well-being of your community.

So now, are you in for a free, discreet and confidential HIV testing and counseling services? It’s simple enough – you just need to voluntarily register at go.LoveYourself.ph/Cebu, our secured online registration form. Once we have your details which we will be handling with utmost prudence, we will provide you the details of our privy HIV testing and counseling services.

This is a one day engagement only. Register now. Check in ta bai! Get yourself tested and hop start in living on a sexier wagon.

Live Sexy. Get Tested.

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