See Funny Mishaps in Filming "Ang Pangarap Kong Oskars"

When you get to do film, to act, write or direct it, what's the goal? Of course, it's to win an Oscar. Such is the story of this new film called "Ang Pangarap Kong Oskars" by MAVX Productions Inc. This very straightforward comedy stars actors Paolo Contis and Joross Gamboa. This is directed by Jules Katanyag (spirited writer of different TV series, films) and will be shown in cinemas starting June 28th.

The story will revolve around this big dream that Paolo Contis (the Producer Bobby B) and Joross Gamboa (the Director DMZ) has in making a movie that would qualify them to win the much coveted award. To start off, they'll be dealing with the biggest question of them all, where do they find the funds to make it? Aside from that, casting a stellar cast will be extra problematic especially since they're struggling to find those who would play "Aswangs" since it's going to be spinning around folklore and unimaginable concepts they wanted to execute in this new chapter in their lives. This will also involve their struggles, how to make ends meet, how to make their impossible dreams possible, and their fears that it'll all end up in shambles.  

But what if a sudden twist of fate would change things? This starts several things to snowball to either make them win, or lose things in the end. The movie was intended to inspire people to go reach their goals, no matter how big or far it may be. There's also a lot of very touching things you should look forward to, so go make the trip down to movie houses and see why you need to watch "Ang Pangarap Kong Oskars".

The cast includes Kate Alejandrino, Long Mejia, Jon Santos, Gian Magdangal, Faye Lorenzo, Milo Elmido, Yukii Takahashi, Jun Quntana, Leo Bruno, Elaine Ochoa, Zweden Obias, Joseph Villanueva, Ian Ignacio, Paeng Sudayan, VJ Mendoza, Victor Medina, Edmar Guanlao and Jmee Katanyag. Remember, it shows this June 28th in cinemas nationwide!

Oscars 2015 Nominees and Winners

Lady Gaga performed songs from "The Sound of Music", it was epic!
(Image from www.telegraph.co.uk/Robyn Beck/Getty Images and not mine).  

I didn't get to catch the Oscars 2015 earlier because I had to go out and cover an event but I was watching my time line and got the best list so far that contains the nominees and winners. I think everyone would love to see their favorites, especially my favorite Julianne Moore who did an exceptional job in Still Alice.

Anyway here's the whole thing. The nominees for Oscars 2015 are as follows.


For Best Supporting Actor

JK Simmons for Whiplash -  Winner
Robert Duvall for The Judge
Ethan Hawke for Boyhood
Edward Norton for Birdman
Mark Ruffalo for Foxcatcher

For Achievement in Costume Design

The Grand Budapest Hotel – Milena Canonero -  Winner
Inherent Vice – Mark Bridges
Into the Woods – Colleen Atwood
Maleficent – Anna B Sheppard
Mr Turner – Jacqueline Durran

For Achievement in Makeup and Hairstyling

The Grand Budapest Hotel – Frances Hannon, Mark Coulier - Winners
Foxcatcher – Bill Corso, Dennis Liddiard
Guardians of the Galaxy – Elizabeth Yianni-Georgiou, David White

For the Best Foreign Language Film

Ida – Paweł Pawlikowski - Winner
Tangerines – Zaza Urushadze
Leviathan – Andrey Zvyagintsev
Wild Tales – Damián Szifrón
Timbuktu – Abderrahmane Sissako

For the Best Live Action Short Film

The Phone Call – Mat Kirkby, James Lucas - Winners
Aya – Oded Binnun, Mihal Brezis
Boogaloo and Graham – Michael Lennox, Ronan Blaney
Butter Lamp – Wei Hu, Julien Féret
Parvaneh – Talkhon Hamzavi, Stefan Eichenberger

For the Best Documentary on Short Subjects

Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1 – Ellen Goosenberg Kent, Dana Perry - Winners
Joanna – Aneta Kopacz
Our Curse – Tomasz Sliwinski, Maciej Slesicki
The Reaper – Gabriel Serra
White Earth – Christian Jensen

For Achievement in Sound Mixing

Whiplash – Craig Mann, Ben Wilkins, Thomas Curley - Winners
American Sniper – John T Reitz, Gregg Rudloff, Walt Martin
Birdman – Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montaño, Thomas Varga
Interstellar – Gary Rizzo, Gregg Landaker, Mark Weingarten
Unbroken – Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montaño, David Lee

For Achievement in Sound Editing

American Sniper – Alan Robert Murray, Bub Asman - Winners
Birdman – Aaron Glascock, Martín Hernández
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies – Brent Burge, Jason Canovas
Interstellar – Richard King
Unbroken – Becky Sullivan, Andrew DeCristofaro

For the Best Supporting Actress

Patricia Arquette for Boyhood - Winner, (my bet too!)
Laura Dern for Wild
Keira Knightley for The Imitation Game
Emma Stone for Birdman
Meryl Streep for Into the Woods

For Achievement in Visual Effects

Interstellar – Paul J Franklin, Andrew Lockley, Ian Hunter, Scott R Fisher -  Winners
Captain America: The Winter Soldier – Dan Deleeuw, Russell Earl, Bryan Grill, Daniel Sudick
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes – Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, Daniel Barrett, Erik Winquist
Guardians of the Galaxy – Stephane Ceretti, Nicolas Aithadi, Jonathan Fawkner, Paul Corbould
X-Men: Days of Future Past – Richard Stammers, Lou Pecora, Tim Crosbie, Cameron Waldbauer

For the Best Animated Short Film

Feast – Patrick Osborne, Kristina Reed - Winners
The Bigger Picture – Daisy Jacobs, Chris Hees
The Dam Keeper – Robert Kondo, Daisuke “Dice” Tsutsumi
Me and My Moulton – Torill Kove
A Single Life – Joris Oprins

For the Best Animated Feature Film

Big Hero 6 - Winner
The Boxtrolls
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Song of the Sea
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya

For the Best Production Design

The Grand Budapest Hotel: Adam Stockhausen, Anna Pinnock - Winner (I think I need to see this!)
The Imitation Game: Maria Djurkovic, Tatiana Macdonald
Interstellar: Nathan Crowley, Gary Fettis
Into the Woods: Dennis Gassner, Anna Pinnock
Mr Turner: Suzie Davies, Charlotte Watts

For Achievement in Cinematography

Birdman: Emmanuel Lubezki - Winner (though I think The Grand Budapest Hotel should win!)
The Grand Budapest Hotel: Robert D Yeoman
Ida: Lukasz Zal, Ryszard Lenczewski
Mr Turner: Dick Pope
Unbroken: Roger Deakins

For Achievement in Film Editing

Whiplash – Tom Cross - Winner
Boyhood – Sandra Adair
The Imitation Game – William Goldenberg
The Grand Budapest Hotel – Barney Pilling
American Sniper – Joel Cox, Gary Roach

For Best Documentary Feature

Citizenfour – Laura Poitras, Mathilde Bonnefoy, Dirk Wilutzky - Winner
Finding Vivian Maier – John Maloof, Charlie Siskel
Last Days in Vietnam – Rory Kennedy, Keven McAlester
The Salt of the Earth – Wim Wenders, Juliano Ribeiro Salgado, David Rosier
Virunga – Orlando von Einsiedel, Joanna Natasegara

For the Best Original Song

Glory from Selma – Lonnie Lynn (Common), John Stephens (John Legend) - Winner
The Lego Movie – Shawn Patterson (Everything Is Awesome)
Beyond the Lights – Diane Warren (Grateful)
Glen Campbell: I’ll Be Me – Glen Campbell, Julian Raymond (I’m Not Gonna Miss You)
Begin Again – Gregg Alexander, Danielle Brisebois (Lost Stars)

For the Best Original Score

Alexandre Desplat – The Grand Budapest Hotel - Winner
Alexandre Desplat – The Imitation Game
Hans Zimmer – Interstellar
Johann Johannsson– The Theory of Everything
Gary Yershon – Mr Turner

For the Best Original Screenplay

Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Armando Bo – Birdman - Winner
Richard Linklater – Boyhood
E Max Frye, Dan Futterman – Foxcatcher
Wes Anderson, Hugo Guinness – The Grand Budapest Hotel
Dan Gilroy – Nightcrawler

For the Best Adapted Screenplay

Graham Moore – The Imitation Game - Winner
Jason Hall – American Sniper
Paul Thomas Anderson – Inherent Vice
Anthony McCarten – The Theory of Everything
Damien Chazelle – Whiplash

For the Best Director

Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu for Birdman - Winner
Richard Linklater for Boyhood
Bennett Miller for Foxcatcher
Wes Anderson for The Grand Budapest Hotel
Morten Tyldum for The Imitation Game

For the Oscars Best Actor

Eddie Redmayne for The Theory of Everything - Winner (I think it's his year!)
Steve Carell for Foxcatcher
Benedict Cumberbatch for The Imitation Game
Bradley Cooper for American Sniper
Michael Keaton for Birdman

For the Best Actress

Julianne Moore for Still Alice - Winner (Yay!)
Marion Cotillard for Two Days, One Night
Felicity Jones for The Theory of Everything
Rosamund Pike for Gone Girl
Reese Witherspoon for Wild

For the Oscars Best Picture

Birdman - Winner
American Sniper
Boyhood
The Imitation Game
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Selma
The Theory of Everything
Whiplash

Congratulations to all the winners and I hope you get to enjoy your gold statues at home. The Oscars has really chosen some good ones this year and I hope to get to see some other films that I haven't watched yet especially those short films. Selma was a little dragging though. I have something to say also about some gowns in the 87th Academy Awards that was held in Los Angeles but that's another story. For Birdman, you have my vote (for now) even though I love Boyhood better.

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Who Are the OSCAR Winners?!

Congratulations Mo'nique!

Yes I watched the red carpet a few days ago because my sister woke up too early for it. I was about to sleep because I just arrived from the office. She hurriedly just sprung from bed and opened the television loudly just to see the glimpse of the stars from Hollywood.

Here are the winners as announced my OSCARS.COM
Best Picture
The Hurt Locker
Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Nicolas Chartier and Greg Shapiro

Actor in a Leading Role
Jeff Bridges
Crazy Heart


Actor in a Supporting Role
Christoph Waltz
Inglourious Basterds

Actress in a Leading Role
Sandra Bullock
The Blind Side

Actress in a Supporting Role
Mo'Nique
Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire

Animated Feature Film

Up
Pete Docter


Art Direction
Avatar
Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg (Art Direction); Kim Sinclair (Set Decoration)


Cinematography
Avatar
Mauro Fiore


Costume Design
The Young Victoria
Sandy Powell


Directing

The Hurt Locker
Kathryn Bigelow


Documentary Feature
The Cove
Louie Psihoyos and Fisher Stevens

Documentary Short
Music by Prudence
Roger Ross Williams and Elinor Burkett

Film Editing
The Hurt Locker
Bob Murawski and Chris Innis


Foreign Language Film
The Secret in Their Eyes (El Secreto de Sus Ojos)
Argentina
Directed by Juan José Campanella


Makeup

Star Trek
Barney Burman, Mindy Hall and Joel Harlow


Music (Original Score)
Up
Michael Giacchino


Music (Original Song)
Crazy Heart
"The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)"
Music and Lyric by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett


Short Film (Animated)
Logorama
Nicolas Schmerkin


Short Film (Live Action)
The New Tenants
Joachim Back and Tivi Magnusson

Sound Editing
The Hurt Locker
Paul N.J. Ottosson


Sound Mixing
The Hurt Locker
Paul N.J. Ottosson and Ray Beckett


Visual Effects
Avatar
Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham and Andrew R. Jones


Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire
Screenplay by Geoffrey Fletcher


Writing (Original Screenplay)
The Hurt Locker
Written by Mark Boal


I wanted Precious or Avatar to win the best picture award but it looks like the HURT LOCKER went on as the leader and UP won the category for animation. I may not agree with the best picture but I have yet to watch that so I am holding my grievances still. If I watch that film and it would not look even half as beautiful as with Avatar then you will probably hear from me. I will contest the results ha-ha!

Oh and I like MO'NIQUE's performance on precious. I also like the other African American girl who played the abused kid. She did a terrific performance. As for Mariah Carey, thank you because this is a far cry from GLITTER! =)