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Again.. I have this giddy feeling and I just can’t stop smiling.

No I’m not in love dearies. BUT IT’S OSCAR SEASONS AGAIN!

It officially opened just a few hours ago when all the nominees were finally announced and I am so happy to see District 9 for getting recognition. Finally Up, an animated film *THE ONLY 2ND ANIMATED FILM*, is nominated for a Best Picture! Beauty and The Beast finally has company! And Carey Mulligan, after starting out humbly as Kitty in Pride and Prejudice has grown into such a great actress in An Education.

Now I give you the official list with the TEN Best Picture Nominations. I believe that there may be some disagreements as always and I want to hear your opinion. Are you guys happy with the nominees? I on the other hand is so excited because I have a feeling that Oscars this year would be a GREAT one.

Haha James Cameron and Kathryn Bigelow *the EX-couple* are going neck in neck with 9 nominations each! GREAT JOB!!

PICTURE:
Avatar
The Blind Side
District 9
An Education
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire
A Serious Man
Up
Up in the Air

DIRECTOR:
James Cameron – Avatar
Kathryn Bigelow – The Hurt Locker
Quentin Tarantino – Inglourious Basterds
Lee Daniels – Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire
Jason Reitman – Up in the Air

ACTOR:
Jeff Bridges – Crazy Heart
George Clooney – Up in the Air
Colin Firth – A Single Man
Morgan Freeman – Invictus
Jeremy Renner – The Hurt Locker

ACTRESS:
Sandra Bullock – The Blind Side
Helen Mirren – The Last Station
Carey Mulligan – An Education
Gabourey Sidibe – Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire
Meryl Streep – Julie & Julia

SUPPORTING ACTOR:
Matt Damon – Invictus
Woody Harrelson – The Messenger
Christopher Plummer – The Last Station
Stanley Tucci – The Lovely Bones
Christoph Waltz – Inglourious Basterds

SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
Penélope Cruz – Nine
Vera Farmiga – Up in the Air
Maggie Gyllenhaal – Crazy Heart
Anna Kendrick – Up in the Air
Mo’Nique – Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:
Mark Boal – The Hurt Locker
Quentin Tarantino – Inglourious Basterds
Alessandro Camon & Oren Moverman – The Messenger
Joel Coen & Ethan Coen – A Serious Man
Bob Peterson, Pete Docter – Up

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:
Neill Blomkamp & Terri Tatchell – District 9
Nick Hornby – An Education
Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche – In the Loop
Geoffrey Fletcher – Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire
Jason Reitman & Sheldon Turner – Up in the Air

ANIMATED FEATURE:
Coraline
Fantastic Mr. Fox
The Princess and the Frog
The Secret of Kells
Up

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM:
Ajami (Israel)
El Secreto de Sus Ojos (Argentina)
The Milk of Sorrow (Peru)
Un Prophète (France)
The White Ribbon (Germany)

ART DIRECTION:
Avatar
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Nine
Sherlock Holmes
The Young Victoria

CINEMATOGRAPHY:
Mauro Fiore – Avatar
Bruno Delbonnel – Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Barry Ackroyd – The Hurt Locker
Robert Richardson – Inglourious Basterds
Christian Berger – The White Ribbon

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE:
Burma VJ
The Cove
Food, Inc.
The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers
Which Way Home

DOCUMENTARY SHORT:
China’s Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province
The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner
The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant
Music by Prudence
Rabbit à la Berlin

ANIMATED SHORT:
French Roast
Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty
The Lady and the Reaper (La Dama y la Muerte)
Logorama
A Matter of Loaf and Death

LIVE-ACTION SHORT:
The Door
Instead of Abracadabra
Kavi
Miracle Fish
The New Tenants

VISUAL EFFECTS:
Avatar
District 9
Star Trek

COSTUME DESIGN:
Bright Star
Coco Before Chanel
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Nine
The Young Victoria

MAKEUP:
Il Divo
Star Trek
The Young Victoria

FILM EDITING:
Avatar
District 9
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire

SOUND MIXING:
Avatar
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Star Trek
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

SOUND EDITING:
Avatar
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Star Trek
Up

ORIGINAL SCORE:
James Horner – Avatar
Alexandre Desplat – Fantastic Mr. Fox
Marco Beltrami & Buck Sanders – The Hurt Locker
Hans Zimmer – Sherlock Holmes
Michael Giacchino – Up

ORIGINAL SONG:
“Almost There” from The Princess and the Frog
“Down in New Orleans” from The Princess and the Frog
“Loin de Paname” from Paris 36
“Take It All” from Nine
“The Weary Kind” from Crazy Heart

The Academy Awards will show on March 7, Sunday @ 8PM (EST)

Source: First Showing

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After all the flops that M. Night Shyamalan has thrown at us (Lady In The Water guys?) lately, will he be able to redeem himself with The Last Airbender? And with such a huge fanbase, would he be able to please most of them?

I shared the latest trailer a while back and here we have the official poster of the movie. I didn’t like the trailer much so I’m pretty worried. Having never watched the series of Avatar, I’m completely expectation-less here and I’ll be going in with an open mind. It’s a brilliant series they say and I can just imagine. The story looks very promising!

Am not jumping over the poster but it is fine. Just fine. What do you think?

Source: The Movie Blog
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If you observe major K-Pop Filipino fangirls these days, they’re always either panicking, excited, or hungry. It’s because Super Junior and FT Island are coming to the Philippines to rock their world!

Yes! The FT Island concert is going to be on March 6, 2010 at PICC Plenary Hall. You can now reserve tickets at FT Island Manila. You can pay via Paypal, Bank deposit, Cash (@Moa. For more details visit that site), or Credit Card.

Not only that, PrimadonnaPH is having a raffle since the fanmeeting is limited to only 50 people. Visit the thread here. You can sign up for this raffle until January 30, 2010. Raffle is on February 1, 2010.

Anyway, about Super Junior Super Show 2! Here is the official Facebook event page. It’s gonna be on April 10, 2010 at Araneta Coliseum! Yes, this is true and confirmed. Highest price is Php 8,500, lowest is Php900 (general admission). The SVIP ticket (Php8500) has freebies and extra privileges (according to what was first posted at the Facebook event page). Just PM Happee Sy the details and wait for more updates.

When Suju’s Super Show was not yet confirmed, everyone was all focused on FT Island. Now that it is, lots of fangirls changed their minds about the FT Island concert. Aww. Suju is way to famous! So until here. See you guys near the stage? Lol!

PS: If you’re going to see Suju’s Super Show 2, you might as well get a cool Suju shirt from Sjshirts at Multiply!

I’ll do my best to keep updated and to update my fellow fangirls back!
Chiui xoxo

I’ve been waiting for Ironman 2 for MONTHS now. Ever since a sequel and a whole lot more was in store for this franchise after the first Ironman. We’ve all been teased with tidbits of news here and there like how Mickey is going to be Whiplash and all, now FINALLY we have a look of how it’s going to be like!

And I’m not disappointed. It’s AWESOME! Robert Downy Jr. is downright cool and the action in the end is BAD-ASS. I need more scenes with Whiplash and Black Widow though but that would spoil the movie. And War Machine’s going to be here! Go watch this guys!

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