Monday, March 3, 2014

Let's Do The News! (March 3, 2014)

The big scoop today...

- In case you missed the 86th Academy Awards, here are the list of this year's winners;

Best Picture: “12 Years a Slave.”

Actor: Matthew McConaughey, “Dallas Buyers Club.”

Actress: Cate Blanchett, “Blue Jasmine.”

Supporting Actor: Jared Leto, “Dallas Buyers Club.”

Supporting Actress: Lupita Nyong’o, “12 Years a Slave.”

Directing: Alfonso Cuaron, “Gravity.”

Foreign Language Film: “The Great Beauty,” Italy.

Adapted Screenplay: John Ridley, “12 Years a Slave.”

Original Screenplay: Spike Jonze, “Her.”

Animated Feature Film: “Frozen.”

Production Design: “The Great Gatsby.”

Cinematography: “Gravity.”

Sound Mixing: “Gravity.”

Sound Editing: “Gravity.”

Original Score: “Gravity,” Steven Price.

Original Song: “Let It Go” from “Frozen.”

Costume: “The Great Gatsby.”

Makeup and Hairstyling: “Dallas Buyers Club.”

Animated Short Film: “Mr. Hublot.”

Documentary Feature: “20 Feet from Stardom.”

Documentary (short subject): “The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life.”

Film Editing: “Gravity.”

Live Action Short Film: “Helium.”

Visual Effects: “Gravity.”

Well, it looks like Gravity and 12 Years A Slave scored big at the Oscars, even Disney's Frozen blown away the competition as the best animated film as well as the theme song from the film, Let It Go.

- Tuner Haus MTM dropped a massive Audi V8 engine on the Volkswagen Amarok truck and all ready for the Geneva Motor Show this month. This MTM-tuned Amarok's V8 engine delivers 410PS of power and it can do 0-100kph in six seconds. Top speed is a decent 222kph. For suspension, it comes with a Panhard rod combined with air springs. It even comes with huge brake discs on all fours.



- The Philippine National Railways launched "premier trains" a special coach service served as an alternative for motorists because of the planned roadworks this 2014 that will cause serious heavy traffics.

- Sgt. Raffy Braga was been awarded an Award of Merit by the Philippine Army for his honesty as demonstrated by him returned two Php350,000 checks in Fort Bonifacio last month.

- Meanwhile on the Ukraine crisis, a leader of Ukraine's pro-Western interim government warned that Russia's deployment of military forces is an apparent declaration of war.

- The G7 leaders opposed Russia's actions for what it said to be a violation of Ukraine's sovereignty.

- US Secretary of State John Kerry also opposed Russia's actions for sending Russian military to Ukraine.

- It's the final week for ABS-CBN's drama series Got To Believe, starring Kathryn Bernardo as Chichay and Daniel Padilla as Joaquin. Don't miss it. There are only 5 episodes left!

- SOME SAY: Minecraft will spawn a live-action movie courtesy of Warner Brothers. It will be produced by Jill Messick and Roy Lee (who did this year's LEGO Movie).

- In cased you missed it; Sam & Cat's Arianna Grande is the cover girl of the March 2014 issue of Total Girl Philippines. Get one today!

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