2013 Oscars Grand Winners

Below are the lucky actors, actresses, directors, producers & other film professionals who won in the recently concluded Oscars awards night held at the Dolby Theater in Hollywood, California, USA on Sunday, 24 February 2013:

BEST PICTURE

Argo

Other Nominees

Amour

Beasts of the Southern Wild

Django Unchained

Les Miserables

Life of Pi

Lincoln

Silver Linings Playbook

Zero Dark Thirty

BEST ACTOR

Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln

Other Nominees

Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook

Hugh Jackman, Les Miserables

Joaquin Phoenix, The Master

Denzel Washington, Flight

BEST ACTRESS

Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook

Other Nominees

Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty

Emmanuelle Riva, Amour

Naomi Watts, The Impossible

Quvenzhané Wallis, Beasts of the Southern Wild

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained

Other Nominees
Alan Arkin, Argo
Robert De Niro, Silver Linings Playbook
Philip Seymour Hoffman, The Master
Tommy Lee Jones, Lincoln

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Anne Hathaway, Les Miserables

Other Nominees
Amy Adams, The Master
Sally Field, Lincoln
Helen Hunt, The Sessions
Jacki Weaver, Silver Linings Playbook

BEST DIRECTOR

Ang Lee, Life of Pi

Other Nominees
Michael Haneke, Amour

David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook

Steven Spielberg, Lincoln

Benh Zeitlin, Beasts of the Southern Wild

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Quentin Tarantino, Django Unchained

Other Nominees
Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola, Moonrise Kingdom

Mark Boal, Zero Dark Thirty

John Gatins, Flight

Michael Haneke, Amour

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

Chris Terrio, Argo

Other Nominees
Lucy Alibar and Benh Zeitlin, Beasts of the Southern Wild

Tony Kushner, Lincoln

David Magee, Life of Pi

David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

Brave

Other Nominees
Frankenweenie
ParaNorman
The Pirates! Band of Misfits
Wreck-It Ralph

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Claudio Miranda

Life of Pi

Other Nominees
Anna Karenina, Seamus McGarvey
Django Unchained, Robert Richardson
Lincoln, Janusz Kaminski
Skyfall, Roger Deakins

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

Jacqueline Durran

Anna Karenina

Other Nominees
Les Misérables, Paco Delgado
Lincoln, Joanna Johnston
Mirror Mirror, Eiko Ishioka
Snow White and the Huntsman, Colleen Atwood

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

Searching for Sugar Man

Other Nominees
5 Broken Cameras
The Gatekeepers
How to Survive a Plague
The Invisible War

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT

Inocente, Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine

Other Nominees

Kings Point, Sari Gilman and Jedd Wider
Mondays at Racine, Cynthia Wade and Robin Honan
Open Heart, Kief Davidson and Cori Shepherd Stern
Redemption, Jon Alpert and Matthew O’Neill

BEST FILM EDITING

William Goldenberg

Argo

Other Nominees
Life of Pi, Tim Squyres
Lincoln, Michael Kahn
Silver Linings Playbook, Jay Cassidy and Crispin Struthers
Zero Dark Thirty, Dylan Tichenor and William Goldenberg

BEST FOREIGN FILM

Amour, Austria

Other Nominees
Kon-Tiki, Norway
No, Chile
A Royal Affair, Denmark
War Witch, Canada

BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING

Les Misérables, Lisa Westcott and Julie Dartnell

Other Nominees
Hitchcock, Howard Berger, Peter Montagna and Martin Samuel

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Peter Swords King, Rick Findlater and Tami Lane

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

Anna Karenina, Dario Marianelli

Other Nominees
Argo, Alexandre Desplat
Life of Pi, Mychael Danna
Lincoln, John Williams
Skyfall, Thomas Newman

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

Other Nominees
“Before My Time” from Chasing Ice, Music and Lyric by J. Ralph
“Everybody Needs A Best Friend” from Ted, Music by Walter Murphy; Lyric by Seth MacFarlane
“Pi’s Lullaby” from Life of Pi, Music by Mychael Danna; Lyric by Bombay Jayashri
“Skyfall” from Skyfall, Music and Lyric by Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth
“Suddenly” from Les Misérables, Music by Claude-Michel Schönberg; Lyric by Herbert Kretzmer and Alain Boublil

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

Lincoln, Production Design: Rick Carter; Set Decoration: Jim Erickson

Other Nominees
Anna Karenina, Production Design: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Production Design: Dan Hennah; Set Decoration: Ra Vincent and Simon Bright

Les Misérables, Production Design: Eve Stewart; Set Decoration: Anna Lynch-Robinson

Life of Pi, Production Design: David Gropman; Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock

BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM

Paperman, John Kahrs

Other Nominees
Adam and Dog, Minkyu Lee
Fresh Guacamole, PES
Head over Heels, Timothy Reckart and Fodhla Cronin O’Reilly
Maggie Simpson in The Longest Daycare, David Silverman

BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM

Curfew, Shawn Christensen

Other Nominees
Asad, Bryan Buckley and Mino Jarjoura
Buzkashi Boys, Sam French and Ariel Nasr

Death of a Shadow (Dood van een Schaduw), Tom Van Avermaet and Ellen De Waele
Henry, Yan England

BEST SOUND EDITING

Skyfall, Per Hallberg and Karen Baker Landers, and
Zero Dark Thirty, Paul N.J. Ottosson

Other Nominees
Argo, Erik Aadahl and Ethan Van der Ryn
Django Unchained, Wylie Stateman
Life of Pi, Eugene Gearty and Philip Stockton

BEST SOUND MIXING

Les Misérables, Andy Nelson, Mark Paterson and Simon Hayes

Other Nominees
Argo, John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff and Jose Antonio Garcia
Life of Pi, Ron Bartlett, D.M. Hemphill and Drew Kunin
Lincoln, Andy Nelson, Gary Rydstrom and Ronald Judkins
Skyfall, Scott Millan, Greg P. Russell and Stuart Wilson

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

Life of Pi, Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, Erik-Jan De Boer and Donald R. Elliott

Other Nominees
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton and R. Christopher White

Marvel’s The Avengers, Janek Sirrs, Jeff White, Guy Williams and Dan Sudick

Prometheus, Richard Stammers, Trevor Wood, Charley Henley and Martin Hill

Snow White and the Huntsman, Cedric Nicolas-Troyan, Philip Brennan, Neil Corbould and Michael Dawson.

Congratulations to the Winners!

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JR Royol Wins First Pinoy Masterchef

JR Royol, the " Rakistang Kusinero ng Benguet" won the first ever Pinoy Masterchef for his authentic igorot-bicolano dish named "bigorot". The Live Cook-off grand finals was held on Saturday, February 9, 2013 at the SM North Edsa Skydome.

JR, a band vocalist, won P1 million, a kitchen showcase, and a Diploma Program for Prefessional Culinary Arts scholarship at the Center for Asian Culinary Studies. His dish scored an average of 96 points from host Judy ann Santos-Agoncillo, chef judges Chef Ferns, Chef Lau, Chef Jayps, and celebrity guest judges Kris Aquino and Richard Gomez.

The other contenders of the contest also won cash prizes and scholarship. Carla won P500,000; P300,000 for Ivory while Myra got P200,000.

To cook "bigorot". read HERE:

OFW OEC Options

It has been a dilemma for many Filipino Overseas Workers (OFWs) to secure the Overseas Employment Certificate (OEC) issued by Philippine Overseas Emplyment Agency (POEA). This is because getting it requires time and money and always consumes a day or two of vacation time.

In this connection, POEA came out with options in obtaining OEC. Read below to know how: