Ploning hopes to be one of the nominees for the 2009 Oscars in the Best Foreign Language Film category, as it was recently chosen as the Philippine entry by a special committee formed by the Board of Governors of the Film Academy of the Philippines.

The five member special committee was headed by National Artist for Film Eddie Romero as chairman, and, was specifically tasked to select the Philippine entry through an elimination and voting process.

A total of four films were screened by the five member special committee: Ploning, Caregiver, Endo and Tribu.

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I first had an inkling that something went wrong during the reunion concert of the Eraserheads when I overheard a conversation while going home from Megamall at 12mn on 30 August 2008. A guy related to his companions that, according to a recently concluded phone conversation with his friend, the Eraserheads concert at The Fort open field wasn’t able to finish because band member Ely Buendia had a “heart attack” and had to be rushed to the hospital.

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The child actor who made the line “I see dead people” famous is now twenty years old and poised to make his Broadway debut in a revival of David Mamet’s American Buffalo. The play won an Obie and the Outer Critics Circle Award and established Mamet’s reputation in the theatre world.

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Best Actor in a Supporting Role Ricky Davao’s performance in Aloy Adlawan’s indie film Signos (The Sign) earned him the Best Actor in a Supporting Role award in the recently concluded UK International Filmmaker Film Festival, which was held in England from 20-27 June 2008.

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Let Me Dance The probability of anyone staging West Side Story again in Manila is pretty low to nonexistent, so I asked permission from STAGES President Audie Gemora whether I could join dance rehearsals so that I could experience, even just once, dancing the choreography of the legendary Jerome Robbins.

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“Come rain come shine, the show must go on!” declares Donald O’Connor’s character in the Hollywood film Singin’ in the Rain.

SM Little Stars 2008 Finalists And, the 24 young finalists of the SM Little Stars got a first hand experience of the famous line when Typhoon Frank hit Manila, and a Storm Signal No. 3 was raised over the metropolis on the day of the show on 22 June 2008.

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