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Angel Locsin nominated in International Emmy Awards 2009

The nominees for the 37th International Emmy Awards have been released by the International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (IATAS) yesterday and among them are three distinctions from the Philippines. Kahit Isang Saglit, a television drama co-produced by ABS CBN and Malaysia’s Double Vision SDN BHD, is nominated in the telenovela category. Alongside Kahit Isang Saglit (internationally titled A Time For Us), another Filipino production is nominated in the Telenovela category – GMA Network’s Magdusa Ka.

But the biggest buzz in the local industry is the nomination of a local actress in the prestigious international awards derby. Angel Locsin is nominated for an Emmy award. Angel Locsin’s nomination in the International Emmy Awards is for her role in the television series Lobo (internationally titled The Wolf) in the Best Actress category. This (I think) is the first International Emmy nomination for a local actress, or actor.

The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences is a membership based organization comprised of leading media and entertainment figures from over 50 countries and 500 companies from all sectors of television including internet, mobile and technology. The Academy’s yearly schedule of events includes the prestigious International Emmy® Awards Ceremony held in New York, The International Digital Emmy® Awards at MIPTV and a series of industry events such as Academy Day, The International Emmy® World Television Festival and Panels on substantive industry topics.

The nominations were announced yesterday and the winners will be announced in a ceremony on November 23. Good luck to all the Filipino nominees.

37th INTERNATIONAL EMMY AWARDS NOMINEES

ARTS PROGRAMMING

Mamonas Assassinas – All My Life
TV Globo
Brazil

The Mona Lisa Curse
Oxford Film & Television for Channel 4
United Kingdom

Ode to Joy: 10,000 Voice Resound!
Mainichi Broadcasting System, Inc.
Japan

Seven Gates of Jerusalem
TVP SA / Platige Image
Poland

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR

Robert de Hoog
Skin
Humanist Broadcasting Foundation / IJswater Films
The Netherlands

Chen Li
Ultimate Rescue
China Movie Channel
PR China

Óscar Olivares
Capadocia
HBO Latin America Originals
Mexico

Ben Whishaw
Criminal Justice
BBC
United Kingdom

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS

Emma De Caunes
Night Birds
CHEZ WAM
France

Angel Locsin
The Wolf
ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation
The Philippines

Cecilia Suárez
Capadocia
HBO Latin America Originals
Mexico

Julie Walters
A Short Stay in Switzerland
BBC
United Kingdom

CHILDREN & YOUNG PEOPLE

Dustbin Baby
Kindle Entertainment
United Kingdom

Lharn Poo Koo E-Joo
Workpoint Entertainment Public Company Limited
Thailand

The Little Emperor’s Christmas
TV Globo
Brazil

Mille
Danish Broadcasting Corporation
Denmark

COMEDY

Hoshi Shinichi’s Short Shorts
Telecom Staff for NHK in association with NHK Enterprises
Japan

Peter Kay’s Britain’s Got the Pop Factor…
Phil McIntyre / Goodnight Vienna for Channel 4
United Kingdom

The Slum
TV Globo
Brazil

Turkish for Beginners
Bayerischer Rundfunk / Norddeutscher Rundfunk / Westdeutscher Rundfunk / ARD-Werbung / Hofmann & Voges Entertainment GmbH
Germany

DOCUMENTARY

The Ascent of Money
Chimerica Media for Channel 4
United Kingdom

Cityboy – The Life of Investment Banker Geraint Anderson
United Docs / ECO Media / WDR
Germany

Pancho Villa: Aqui y Alli
The History Channel Latin America / Anima Films
Argentina

Shooting the Messenger
Al Jazeera English
Qatar

DRAMA SERIES

Capadocia
HBO Latin America Originals
Mexico

The Land of the Wind
Korean Broadcasting System
South Korea

The Protectors
Danish Broadcasting Corporation in association with ZDF / NRK / SVT
Denmark

Sokhulu & Partners
Paw Paw Films
South Africa

Spooks
Kudos Film and TV Ltd
United Kingdom

NON-SCRIPTED ENTERTAINMENT

The Amazing Race Asia
Amazing Race Productions Inc. / ABC Studios / SPE Networks – Asia Pte Ltd (AXN Asia) / Sony Pictures Television / ActiveTV Asia Pte Ltd / ActiveTV Pty Ltd
Singapore

Historia Extrema
The History Channel Latin America / Endemol Argentina
Argentina

I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here!
ITV Studios
United Kingdom

The Phone
Park Lane TV Productions
The Netherlands

TELENOVELA

India – A Love Story
TV Globo
Brazil

Magdusa Ka
GMA Network, Inc.
The Philippines

Second Chance
TF1 Production / Fontana
France

A Time for Us
ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation / Double Vision SDN BHD
The Philippines

TV MOVIE/MINI-SERIES

Maysa – W
hen the Heart Sings

TV Globo
Brazil

The Shooting of Thomas Hurndall
Talkback Thames for Channel 4
United Kingdom

Ultimate Rescue
China Movie Channel
PR China

The Wolves of Berlin
Ziegler Film GmbH & Co. KG / ZDR
Germany

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I Have Fallen in Love lyrics: Ninoy’s poem, song to Cory Aquino

ninoy poem, cory song lyricsI Have Fallen in Love (with the Same Woman Three Times) was a poem Ninoy Aquino wrote for his wife Corazon “Cory” Aquino when the former was a political detainee. It speaks of Ninoy’s love and admiration for his wife and how he has continually fallen in love with her through their nineteen years (at the time) of marriage. Very few people knew about this poem. Only family members were privy to its contents even after Ninoy’s assassination in 1983.

But according to composer Jose Mari Chan, he was approached by good friend Cecille
Guidote Alvarez sometime in 1987 to put music to the poem. What he read was a beautiful and heartfelt tribute from a man to his wife that inspired him to compose its melody in a very short span of time.

I Have Fallen in Love with the Same Woman Three Times is included Jose Mari Chan’s album Constant Change and has recently been recorded by Christian Bautista to be included in a tribute album currently being compiled by Kris Aquino for her mother. Posted below are the lyrics to the song.

I have fallen in love
with the same woman three times;
In a day spanning 19 years
of tearful joys and joyful tears.
I loved her first when she was young,
enchanting and vibrant, eternally new.
She was brilliant, fragrant,
and cool as the morning dew.
I fell in love with her the second time;
when first she bore her child and mine
always by my side, the source of my strength,
helping to turn the tide.
But there were candles to burn
the world was my concern;
while our home was her domain.
and the people were mine
while the children were hers to maintain;
So it was in those eighteen years and a day.
’till I was detained; forced in prison to stay.
Suddenly she’s our sole support;
source of comfort,
our wellspring of Hope.
On her shoulders felt the burden of Life.
I fell in love again,
with the same woman the third time.
Looming from the battle,
her courage will never fade
Amidst the hardships she has remained,
undaunted and unafraid.
she is calm and composed,
she is God’s lovely maid.

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The Pinoy Who Invented the Water-Powered Car


An Filipino engineer named Daniel Dingle, who used to work for NASA, has developed a car that uses plain tap water and/or sea water for fuel. The technology utilizes a mini-reactor in the car that splits the water molecule into hydrogen & oxygen, with hydrogen being burned off as fuel. The emission released out of the exhaust is clean pure water vapor or water – absolutely no pollution! In fact, it cleans the air. He now has 6 cars running on water, the first of which was driven in 1969, over 30 years ago. He also has various other water-powered inventions – all are patent-pending.

This is great news especially to motorists of today who are burdened with the increasing cost of fuel. But the question is, if this water-powered car technology was available thirty years ago, why hasn’t it been manufactured and marketed?

Mr. Dingle says he has been turned down by every agency he sent his invention to, especially the local ones. The local government technology arm has even branded his water-powered car invention as a hoax many years ago. However, if you ask me, science has nothing to do with this constant rejection. It is politics and money, the same story for many other inventions in the past that have threatened to sever our dependence on oil.

Word has it that Mr. Daniel Dingle has finally found an international partner to develop his water-powered car. Let’s just hope they do it soon and they do it fast because the world’s back is breaking from the soaring price of oil.

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