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40th Gawad Urian Awards
The 40th Gawad Urian Awards or ''Ika-40 na Gawad Urian'' was held on July 20, 2017 at Studio 10 of ABS-CBN. They honored the best Filipino films for the year 2016. It aired live at Cinema One channel. Nominations were announced on June 27. ''Women of the Weeping River'' received the most nominations with twelve. ''Women of the Weeping River'' won the most awards with six awards, including Best Film. The ''Natatanging Gawad Urian'' was awarded to Vilma Santos Rosa Vilma Tuazon Santos-Recto (, born November 3, 1953) is a Filipino actress, singer, dancer, TV host, producer, and politician. She served as a House Deputy Speaker since 2019 to 2022 and as the Representative of Batangas' 6th district since .... Winners and nominees Multiple nominations and awards References External links Official Website of the Manunuri ng Pelikulang Pilipino {{DEFAULTSORT:Gawad Urian Awards, 40 Gawad Urian Awards 2016 film awards 2017 in Philippine cinema ...
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Vilma Santos
Rosa Vilma Tuazon Santos-Recto (, born November 3, 1953) is a Filipino actress, singer, dancer, TV host, producer, and politician. She served as a House Deputy Speaker since 2019 to 2022 and as the Representative of Batangas' 6th district since 2016 to 2022. Her career as an actress has spanned more than five decades, beginning when she debuted as a child actress in the 1963 film ''Trudis Liit'', for which she won her first FAMAS Award (Best Child Performer). She won the FAMAS Award for Best Actress for her dual role in ''Dama de Noche'' (1972). She has portrayed the superhero Darna in four films beginning with ''Lipad, Darna, Lipad!'' (1973). Santos produced ''Pagputi ng Uwak, Pag-itim ng Tagak'' (1978), which won both the FAMAS Award for Best Picture and the Gawad Urian for Best Film. In local media, she has been referred to as "Star for All Seasons" for the varied genres of her films and holds the titles of Grand Slam Queen, Queen of Queens, and the Longest Reigning Box Offic ...
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Saving Sally
''Saving Sally'' is a 2016 English-language Philippine romantic comedy, live-action animated film directed by Avid Liongoren in his feature film debut. Starring Rhian Ramos, Enzo Marcos, and TJ Trinidad, the film revolves around Marty (Marcos), an amateur comic book artist who falls for Sally (Ramos), a gadget inventor, and has since become her loyal protector and hero from the "monsters": her abusive parents, and her obnoxious boyfriend Nick (Trinidad). Liongoren co-wrote the screenplay with Charlene Sawit-Esguerra and Carlo Ledesma, based on a short story written by Sawit-Esguerra in 2002, which was titled ''Monster Town''. Production on ''Saving Sally'' commenced in 2005 and came to a halt for lack of financing. French producers then took interest in funding the film and production resumed in 2010. The film is an official entry to the 2016 Metro Manila Film Festival where it had a lackluster opening at the box office, but went on to earn and was one of the festival's top-gros ...
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Oro (film)
''Oro'' () is a 2016 Filipino film written and directed by Alvin Yapan, starring Irma Adlawan, Mercedes Cabral, and Joem Bascon. The film, which was produced by Feliz Film Productions and distributed by Solar Pictures, was an official entry to the 2016 Metro Manila Film Festival. The film was based on the 2014 murder of four miners in Sitio Lahuy, Barangay Gata, Caramoan, Camarines Sur by armed members of Sagip Kalikasan Task Force, an environmental group formed in 2004 by former Camarines Sur governor Luis Villafuerte. During its screening in the 2016 Metro Manila Film Festival, the film was criticized for scenes of animal cruelty, wherein a dog was shown beaten to death, disemboweled, cooked and eaten by the actors. An investigation conducted by the festival's executive committee found that a dog was indeed killed and disemboweled during filming but wasn't eaten by the actors. The executive committee ordered the producers to edit out the scenes of animal cruelty from the film. I ...
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Irma Adlawan
Irma Santonil Adlawan (born March 7, 1962) is a Filipino stage, television and film actress. She is dubbed as the “''Queen of Independent Cinema''” for her acting prowess and exceptional contribution to Philippine film industry. Adlawan is a FAMAS Award winner. She won "Best Actress" at the 9th Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival. In 2016, she won another "Best Actress" trophy at the Metro Manila Film Festival, winning against the Superstar Nora Aunor. The same year, she won "Outstanding Female Lead Performance in a Play" at the 8th Philstage Gawad Buhay Awards. Her performance in the MMK episode “Passport” was met with acclaims and praises from both critics and viewers, winning "Best Actress in a Single Drama Performance" at the 9th EdukCircle Awards. In 2020, she participated among the five entries for the European Philippine International Film Festival (EPIFF). Biography Early life Adlawan was born in Tondo, Manila, the daughter of Conrada Santonil, a housewife, ...
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Pepe Smith
Joseph William Feliciano Smith (December 25, 1947 – January 28, 2019) was a Filipino-American singer-songwriter, drummer and guitarist. Known by his stage names Joey Smith and Pepe Smith, he gained prominence as drummer / lead vocalist of Speed, Glue & Shinki from Japan, and drummer / co-lead vocalist of Juan de la Cruz Band from The Philippines, which became pioneering figures in original Philippines, Filipino rock music or "Pinoy rock". Early life Smith was born on December 25, 1947, to Edgar William Smith, a U.S. serviceman, and Conchita Feliciano, a native of Angeles, Pampanga, where Clark Air Force base was then located. When he was eight years old, his parents separated, and his mother died from hepatitis. Smith and his younger brother Raymond went to live with their grandmother, Concordia Go, in Kamuning, Quezon City. Early career Smith learned to play the drums by about age 9, and formed his first rock band at age 11, in 1959. This group, composed of friends from the ...
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Bembol Roco
Rafael Aranda Roco, Jr. (born November 20, 1953), popularly known as Bembol Roco, is a Filipino actor whose work ranges from films to television. He is famous for his critically acclaimed role as Julio Madiaga in '' Maynila: Sa mga Kuko ng Liwanag'' ("Manila in the Claws of Light"). Though he acts in his country's films, he also had an important role in the 1982 Australian-U.S. film '' The Year of Living Dangerously''. He also portrayed villain roles in Philippine action movies due to his signature bald head as well as various supporting roles. Bem starred in ''Sine Novela: Tinik sa Dibdib''. He has twin sons named Felix and Dominic. Roco appeared in a minor role in 2010's '' Dagim'', a Cinema One Original film directed by Joaquin Pedro Valdes, about the strange goings-on in a remote mountain province. He is well known to be most collaborative works with the late Lino Brocka, where he is a part of a group of actors called "Brocka babies", and directors such as Ishmael Bern ...
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2 Cool 2 Be 4gotten
''2 Cool 2 Be 4gotten'' is a 2016 Filipino coming-of-age drama film directed by Petersen Vargas in his feature-length directorial debut and written by Jason Paul Laxamana. The film stars Khalil Ramos, Ethan Salvador and Jameson Blake. It depicts the mysterious coming-of-age tale of Felix after he met half-American Snyder brothers, Magnus and Maxim. The film premiered on November 17, 2016 at the 2016 Cinema One Originals Film Festival, where it won three awards, including Best Picture. It was commercially released by Star Cinema on March 15, 2017 in selected theaters nationwide. Synopsis The film depicts the coming-of-age story of Felix (Khalil Ramos), a friendless and smart high school sophomore, who lives in post-lahar Pampanga in the late 1990s. His life takes a turn after the two new half-American students, the Snyder brothers, Magnus (Ethan Salvador) and Maxim (Jameson Blake), transfer to his school. He finds himself drawn toward them, especially Magnus, who becomes his clas ...
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Khalil Ramos
Khalil Joseph Nepomuceno Ramos (; born January 22, 1996) is a Filipino actor and singer. In July 2011, Ramos won second place on ''Pilipinas Got Talent'', a reality talent show in ABS-CBN and became a recording artist under Star Magic. In 2012, he was cast in his first teleserye project, '' Princess and I'', top-billing with Kathryn Bernardo, Daniel Padilla and Enrique Gil. From 2013 to 2016, he appeared in supporting roles in a string of films such as ''She's Dating the Gangster'', ''Kid Kulafu'', '' A Second Chance'', ''Honor Thy Father'' and ''Everything About Her''. His first starring role came as Felix Salonga in the 2016 critically acclaimed coming-of-age film '' 2 Cool 2 Be 4gotten''. He has since been cast in recurring roles the drama ''A Love to Last'' (2017) and fantasy series ''La Luna Sangre'' (2017–18). He also starred in indie films such as ''Riding in Tandem'' opposite Jason Abalos, released in select cinemas in the Philippines from October 13–19, 2017. It ...
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Tommy Abuel
Tomas "Tommy" Abuel (born September 16, 1942) is an actor and lawyer from the Philippines. He won the FAMAS Best Supporting Actor Award in '' Maynila, Sa Kuko Ng Liwanag'' (1975), and ''Karma'' (1981); and Cinemalaya Best Actor Award in Dagsin (2016). He appeared in movies ''T-Bird At Ako'' (1982) with Nora Aunor and Vilma Santos, ''Bituing Walang Ningning'' (1985) with Sharon Cuneta and Cherie Gil. He is also an award-winning stage actor. He received the Aliw Award for Best Stage Actor for three consecutive years. His memorable theater roles in stage plays like ''Antigone'', ''Mga Ibong Mandaragit'', ''Anak Ng Araw'', ''Andres Bonifacio'', ''El Filibusterismo'', and ''Florante At Laura'', among others. He performed musical plays like ''Carousel'', ''The King And I'', and ''West Side Story'', among others. Filmography Television Selected movies *''Dagsin'' (2019) *'' Of All the Things'' (2012) *''Ang Babae sa Sementeryo'' (2010) *''Last Viewing'' (2009) *''Fausta'' (2009) *'' ...
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Die Beautiful
''Die Beautiful'' is a Filipino LGBT comedy-drama film directed by Jun Robles Lana and produced by Jun Robles Lana, Ferdinand Lapuz and Perci M. Intalan, from a story by Jun Lana and screenplay by Rody Vera. It stars Paolo Ballesteros as Trisha, a trans woman who suddenly died after she was crowned winner of a gay beauty pageant and her friends who transform her into a different person on each night of her wake in a different location as a way to avoid being buried as a man by her father. It also tackles her whole life when she felt and dealt with problems and successes on living as a Filipina transgender as well as controversy in her family. The film had its premiere at the 29th Tokyo International Film Festival on October 27, 2016, in Tokyo, Japan and it became an official entry to the 2016 Metro Manila Film Festival. Plot Trisha Echevarria ( Paolo Ballesteros), is a transgender woman whose sexuality is greatly opposed by her father (Joel Torre), causing her to leave their ...
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Paolo Ballesteros
Paolo Elito Macapagal Ballesteros IV (born November 29, 1982) is a Philippines, Filipino actor, comedian, TV host, model, drag queen, and impersonator. He has appeared in films and several TV shows, and has been one of the co-hosts of longtime noontime show ''Eat Bulaga!'' since 2001. Personal life Paolo Elito Macapagal Ballesteros IV is related to Filipino painter Fernando Amorsolo, his great-grandfather, and fellow celebrity Eula Valdez, who is his aunt. He was romantically involved with Katrina Nevada, with whom he has a daughter, Keira Claire. Although Ballesteros initially didn't directly confirm his sexual orientation publicly, there was already a strong indication that he was gay through his Instagram posts, his acceptance of gay roles in film and television, and his jokes about his sexuality as a host on ''Eat Bulaga!''. He was romantically linked to several men, occasionally sharing romantic photos of them together from his own Instagram account. In April 2017, he up ...
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Gawad Urian For Best Actress
The Gawad Urian Best Actress, (officially, the ''Pinakamahusay na Pangunahing Aktres''), is a movie award given by the ''Manunuri ng Pelikulang Pilipino'' (Filipino Film Critics) to lead actresses in a Philippine movie. Winners and nominees In the lists below, the winner of the award for each year is shown first, followed by the other nominees. 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s Superlatives *Nora was nominated 5 consecutive times twice in her career. the first one is from 1978–1982 and from 2012–2016. Multiple awards for Best Actress ;Eight awards *Vilma Santos ;Seven awards *Nora Aunor ;Three awards *Gina Alajar *Jaclyn Jose ;Two Awards *Cherry Pie Picache Cherry Pie Sison Picache (born May 27, 1970) is a Filipino actress who has starred television and in mainstream and independent films and has worked as a print and TV commercial model for Palmolive, Camay, and Eskinol. Cherry Pie is notable ... References {{Gawad Urian Film awards for lead a ...
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