2ne1's Dara, known by most Filipinos as Sandara Park, was popularly called pambansang "krung-krung".

Members CL, Dara, Bom and Minzy arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal (NAIA) 1 yesterday, February 1, at 11:27 AM via a Korean Air flight from Incheon International Airport.

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Kimpoy Feliciano, real life couple ‘Jamich‘ and singer Julie Anne San Jose are undeniably among the YouTube sensations who have established great online presence.  In fact, these three are top favorites for the 4th Shorty Awards YouTube star or Breakout Celebrity, this with the help of their millions of followers.

The #YouTubeStar Shorty Award, will be awarded to a YouTube star and breakout celebrity whose unorthodox and innovative use of Twitter, Facebook and social media has allowed them to become famous and take their careers to the next level.

The Shorty Awards honor the best of social media, recognizing the people and organizations producing real-time short form content across Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, YouTube, Foursquare, and the rest of the social Web.

Vote for your favorite YouTube Star in Shorty Awards.

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The cover shows KC Concepcion with a snake constricted on her wrists, on a sexy white dress, and the disembodied head of a statue that she is gripping tightly by the locks.   The cover was shared on social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook on Tuesday which wowed many netizens – men and women alike.

Just recently, the TV host-actress’ controversial breakup with ex-boyfriend Piolo Pascual was the talk-of-the-town and her tell-all interview, however with undisclosed reasons behind the split, with Boy Abunda on The Buzz, created abuzz especially in online communities.  Sooner after that, the actress flaunted her new look and people were left speculating about a “transformation.” And now, she showed a new and daring KC in the magazine cover.

Apart from the sexy cover, everybody is expecting an equally controversial tell-all with her infamous TV interview in late November.

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Best Picture

• The Artist: Thomas Langmann, Producer
• The Descendants: Jim Burke, Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor, Producers
• Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close: Scott Rudin, Producer
• The Help: Brunson Green, Chris Columbus and Michael Barnathan, Producers
• Hugo: Graham King and Martin Scorsese, Producers
• Midnight in Paris: Letty Aronson and Stephen Tenenbaum, Producers
• Moneyball: Michael De Luca, Rachael Horovitz and Brad Pitt, Producers
• The Tree of Life: Nominees to be determined
• War Horse: Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy, Producers

Actor In a Leading Role

• Actor In a Leading Role
• Demián Bichir: A Better Life
• George Clooney: The Descendants
• Jean Dujardin: The Artist
• Gary Oldman: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
• Brad Pitt: Moneyball

Actress In a Leading Role

• Glenn Close: Albert Nobbs
• Viola Davis: The Help
• Rooney Mara: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
• Meryl Streep: The Iron Lady
• Michelle Williams: My Week With Marilyn

Actor In a Supporting Role

• Kenneth Branagh - My Week With Marilyn
• Jonah Hill - Moneyball
• Nick Nolte - Warrior
• Christopher Plummer - Beginners
• Max von Sydow - Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

Actress In a Supporting Role

• Bérénice Bejo - The Artist
• Jessica Chastain - The Help
• Melissa McCarthy - Bridesmaids
• Janet McTeer - Albert Nobbs
• Octavia Spencer - The Help

Animated Feature Film

• A Cat in Paris - Alain Gagnol and Jean-Loup Felicioli
• Chico & Rita - Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal
• Kung Fu Panda 2 - Jennifer Yuh Nelson
• Puss in Boots - Chris Miller
• Rango - Gore Verbinski

Cinematography

• The Artist - Guillaume Schiffman
• The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo - Jeff Cronenweth
• Hugo - Robert Richardson
• The Tree of Life - Emmanuel Lubezki
• War Horse - Janusz Kaminski

Art Direction

• The Artist - Laurence Bennett (Production Design); Robert Gould (Set Decoration)
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 - Stuart Craig (Production Design); Stephenie McMillan (Set Decoration)
• Hugo - Dante Ferretti (Production Design); Francesca Lo Schiavo (Set Decoration)
• War Horse - Rick Carter (Production Design); Lee Sandales (Set Decoration)

Costume Design

• Anonymous - Lisy Christl
• The Artist - Mark Bridges
• Hugo - Sandy Powell
• Jane Eyre - Michael O’Connor
• W.E. - Arianne Phillips

Directing

• The Artist - Michel Hazanavicius
• The Descendants - Alexander Payne
• Hugo - Martin Scorsese
• Midnight in Paris - Woody Allen
• The Tree of Life - Terrence Malick

Documentary Feature

• Hell and Back Again - Danfung Dennis and Mike Lerner
• If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front - Marshall Curry and Sam Cullman
• Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory - Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky
• Pina - Wim Wenders and Gian-Piero Ringel
• Undefeated - TJ Martin, Dan Lindsay and Richard Middlemas

Documentary Short

• The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement - Robin Fryday and Gail Dolgin
• God is the Bigger Elvis - Rebecca Cammisa and Julie Anderson
• Incident in New Baghdad - James Spione
• Saving Face - Daniel Junge and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
• The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom - Lucy Walker and Kira Carstensen

Film Editing

• The Artist - Anne-Sophie Bion and Michel Hazanavicius
• The Descendants - Kevin Tent
• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall
• Hugo - Thelma Schoonmaker
• Moneyball - Christopher Tellefsen

Foreign Language Film

• Belgium, “Bullhead” - Michael R. Roskam, director
• Canada, “Monsieur Lazhar” - Philippe Falardeau, director
• Iran, “A Separation” - Asghar Farhadi, director
• Israel, “Footnote” - Joseph Cedar, director
• Poland, “In Darkness” - Agnieszka Holland, director

Makeup

• Albert Nobbs - Martial Corneville, Lynn Johnston and Matthew W. Mungle
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 - Nick Dudman, Amanda Knight and Lisa Tomblin
• The Iron Lady - Mark Coulier and J. Roy Helland

Music (Original Score)

• The Adventures of Tintin - John Williams
• The Artist - Ludovic Bource
• Hugo - Howard Shore
• Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy - Alberto Iglesias
• War Horse - John Williams

Music (Original Song)

• “Man or Muppet” from THE MUPPETS - Music and Lyric by Bret McKenzie
• “Real in Rio” from RIO - Music by Sergio Mendes and Carlinhos Brown, Lyric by Siedah Garrett

Short Film (Animated)

• Dimanche/Sunday - Patrick Doyon
• The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore - William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg
• La Luna - Enrico Casarosa
• A Morning Stroll - Grant Orchard and Sue Goffe
• Wild Life - Amanda Forbis and Wendy Tilby

Short Film (Live Action)

• Pentecost - Peter McDonald and Eimear O’Kane
• Raju - Max Zähle and Stefan Gieren
• The Shore - Terry George and Oorlagh George
• Time Freak - Andrew Bowler and Gigi Causey
• Tuba Atlantic - Hallvar Witzø

Sound Editing

• Drive - Lon Bender and Victor Ray Ennis
• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - Ren Klyce
• Hugo - Philip Stockton and Eugene Gearty
• Transformers: Dark of the Moon - Ethan Van der Ryn and Erik Aadahl
• War Horse - Richard Hymns and Gary Rydstrom

Sound Mixing

• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce and Bo Persson
• Hugo - Tom Fleischman and John Midgley
• Moneyball - Deb Adair, Ron Bochar, Dave Giammarco and Ed Novick
• Transformers: Dark of the Moon - Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers, Jeffrey J. Haboush and Peter J. Devlin
• War Horse - Gary Rydstrom, Andy Nelson, Tom Johnson and Stuart Wilson

Visual Effects

• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 - Tim Burke, David Vickery, Greg Butler and John Richardson
• Hugo - Rob Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossman and Alex Henning
• Real Steel - Erik Nash, John Rosengrant, Dan Taylor and Swen Gillberg
• Rise of the Planet of the Apes - Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, R. Christopher White and Daniel Barrett
• Transformers: Dark of the Moon - Dan Glass, Brad Friedman, Douglas Trumbull and Michael Fink

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

• The Descendants - Screenplay by Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash
• Hugo - Screenplay by John Logan
• The Ides of March - Screenplay by George Clooney & Grant Heslov and Beau Willimon
• Moneyball - Screenplay by Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin. Story by Stan Chervin
• Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy - Screenplay by Bridget O’Connor & Peter Straughan

Writing (Original Screenplay)

• The Artist - Written by Michel Hazanavicius
• Bridesmaids - Written by Annie Mumolo & Kristen Wiig
• Margin Call - Written by J.C. Chandor
• Midnight in Paris - Written by Woody Allen
• A Separation - Written by Asghar Farhadi

The 84th Oscars will be held on February 26.

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A new addition to their international celebrity endorsers is Lucy Hale, whom we know as Aria Montgomery on the hit ABC Family series Pretty Little Liars and as Becca Sommers in Bionic Woman.

The announcement was made by Hale herself earlier this month on her Twitter account, expressing her excitement to be part of the latest Bench(TM) campaign. She also confirmed her Philippine visit this March.

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At 15 years old, Chachi Gonzales is one of the youngest members of the dance crew.  Being part of one of the greatest dance crews in America, she has a huge number of following.  Read more of her biography here.

Watch one of the I.aM.mE’s performances on America;s Best Dance Crew:

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TV5′s showbiz-oriented talk show, “Paparazzi: Showbiz Exposed” revealed on Sunday, January 8, that the 21-year-old singer will arrive in the country on Friday, January 13, to do a primetime series with the network.  Further details about the show was not yet disclosed.

Archuleta has a big fanbase in the Philippines, attested by the success of his two concerts at the Big Dome.  Minutes after the announcement, he tops Philippine trends on Twitter.

TV5 will not surely settle being the third country’s biggest.  In its aim to climb up the ladder, they recently signed country’s big stars, Superstar Nora Aunor and Mega Star Sharon Cuneta.  The Kapatid network has been rumored to offer several celebrities to transfer to the network.

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In the movie, Dantes plays Ivan, the boyfriend of Mabel (played by Kris Aquino) who keeps several secrets from the past including his wife’s (Angelica Panganiban) death.

During the promotion of their movie, Kris Aquino was all praises for her co-actor.  During the press conference of Segunda Mano, Kris said that Dantes’ acting in the movie will define him as an actor.  He showed sheer brilliance in the movie.  The actress even added previously that Dingdong deserves a best actor title.

A no-show Maricel Soriano won the Best Actress award for MMFF disqualified (for major awards) Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow.

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Graded “A” by the Cinema Evaluation Board, Asiong Salonga is undoubtedly a good film which deserves to get among the early announced awards:

• Best Production Design
• Best Editing
• Best Musical Score
• Best Sound Recording
• Best Original Theme Song (La Paloma by Eli Buendia)
• Best Cinematography
• Best Supporting Actor – John Regala
• Gatpuno Villegas Cultural Award
• Best Screenplay
• Best Director - Darell dela Cruz
• Best Festival Picture

Asiong Salonga may climb its way to the top of the box office tally after these wins, especially after being hailed as the best picture.

Click here for the updated list of the 2011 MMFF Awards Night Winners.

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Here is the complete list released by the MMFF:

1) Enteng ng Ina Mo: P91, 892,997.10

2) Panday 2: P51,527,616.00

3) Segunda Mano: P46,931,780.05

4) Shake Rattle & Roll 13: P22,756,512.30

5) My Househusband, Ikaw Na!: P20,839,817.10

6) Manila Kingpin: The Asiong Salonga Story: P7,957,716.50

7) Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow: 4,089,922.50

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