1st Barkada Choice Awards (2011) winners: Kim Chiu, Gerald Anderson, Sarah Geronimo and more

The 1st ever Barkada Choice Awards was held earlier tonight, April 7, 2011, at the C3 Events Place in Greenhills, San Juan.

Kim Chiu and Enchong Dee were big winners with 2 awards each.

Here's the complete list of the winners:

FIRST READ HERE!!!


Choice Male Icon of the Year - Gerald Anderson
Choice Female Icon of the Year - Kim Chiu
Choice Actor of the Year - Enchong Dee (MMK: Parol)
Choice Actress of the Year - Kim Chiu (Till My Heartaches End)
Choice OPM Artist of the Year - Sarah Geronimo
Choice Breakthrough Artist of 2010 - Enchong Dee
Choice Tweet Idol - Anne Curtis (@annecurtissmith)
Choice Kabarkada - Robi Domingo
Choice Hollywood Star of the Year - Angelina Jolie
Choice Asian Pop Band of the Year - SS501
Choice Music Artist of the Year - Justin Bieber
Choice Teen Icon - David Archuleta
Choice Sports Celebrity of the Year - Azkals
Choice Loveteam - Zanessa (Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens)


As the Choice Teen Icon winner, international singer David Archuleta thanked his Pinoy fans on Twitter for the recognition:

The 1st Barkada Choice Awards were presented by Studio 23's The Wrap to mark their first anniversary celebration.

The telecast of the awarding ceremony will be this coming April 18 and 19 on Studio 23.

Angelina Jolie new scandal pictures exposed on Star Magazine

Shocking old pictures of Angelina Jolie but new for us to see are exposed on Star Magazine in the US.

Revealed last Thursday, Star Magazine's latest issue has the headline "Angie & Brad: The Photos That Will Tear Them Apart" and a scandal picture of Angelina Jolie on the cover.

It even has the tagline at the lower part which says "Brad thought he knew everything -- but he has no clue!"

That's indeed explosive and there are 8 new scandal pictures of Angelina Jolie can be found in the mag which were allegedly sold to Star by Jolie's former drug buddy.

Angelina and Brad are yet to react on the said scandal pictures.

Photo courtesy of Star Magazine

Forbes names Angelina Jolie as the top-earning actress for 2009

Brad Pitt's current flame Angelina Jolie has been named as the top-earning actress by Forbes Magazine for the period June 2008 to June 2009.

On Forbes' annual list of top-earning actresses, Jolie earned $27 million in the last 12 months, which is just $2 million more than the earnings of Pitt's ex-flame Jennifer Aniston, who is in 2nd place.

It's totally a big jump for Jolie this year. In Forbes' 2008 list of top-earning actresses, she was only in 10th place with $14 million earnings.

Earlier, Jolie has also been named by Forbes Magazine as the 2009 Most Powerful Celebrity beating Oprah Winfrey.

Here's the Top 10 Highest-Paid Actresses for 2009:
1. Angelina Jolie $27 million
2. Jennifer Aniston $25 million
3. Merryl Streep $24 million
4. Sarah Jessica Parker $23 million
5. Cameron Diaz $20 million
6. Sandra Bullock $15 million - tie
6. Reese Witherspoon $15 million - tie
8. Nicole Kidman $12 million - tie
8. Drew Barrymore $12 million - tie
10. Renee Zellweger $10 million

2008 Top-Earning Actresses
1. Cameron Diaz $50 million
2. Keira Knightley $32 million
3. Jennifer Aniston $27 million
4. Reese Witherspoon $25 million
5. Gwyneth Paltrow $25 million
6. Jodie Foster $23 million
7. Sarah Jessica Parker $18 million
8. Meryl Streep $16 million
9. Amy Adams $14.5 million
10. Angelina Jolie $14 million

Last June, Forbes also released the list of top-earning actors with Indiana Jones star Harrison Ford topping the list.

Brad Pitt is earning $1 million more than Jolie, but he's only good for #9.

2009 Top Earning Actors
1. Harrison Ford: $65 million
2. Adam Sandler: $55 million
3. Will Smith: $45 million
4. Eddie Murphy: $40 million
5. Nicolas Cage: $40 million
6. Tom Hanks: $35 million
7. Tom Cruise: $30 million
8. Jim Carrey: $28 million
9. Brad Pitt: $28 million
10. Johnny Depp: $27 million
11. George Clooney: $25 million
12. Russell Crowe: $20 million
13. Robert Downey Jr.: $20 million
14. Denzel Washington: $20 million
15. Vince Vaughn: $14 million
16. Ben Stiller: $14 million
17. Seth Rogen: $12 million
18. Matt Damon: $11 million
19. Christian Bale: $10 million
20. Will Ferrell: $10 million

Angelina Jolie once tried to adopt the Jonas Brothers

The Jonas Brothers, composed of Nick, Joe and Kevin, revealed during their first guesting on 'Late Show With David Letterman' last February 12 that Angelina Jolie tried to adopt them several years back.

Were they serious???

Maybe not.

That revelation was part of the Top 10 List of Surprising Facts About the Jonas Brothers.

Here it goes:

10. Nick: “Our new 3D concert film puts you right in the middle of a six-hour tour bus ride from Pittsburgh to Albany.”

9. Joe: “Often we are astonished by how adorable we are.”

8. Kevin: “Sometimes we lather, rinse, repeat and then repeat again!”

7. Nick: “Last Sunday night, I won a Grammy for ‘Best New Jonas.’”

6. Joe: “Osama said he’d come out of hiding if we’d meet his 15-year-old niece.”

5. Kevin: “One time when we were on the road, things got really crazy and we stayed up until 10:30.”

4. Nick: “We’ve seen ‘Paul Blart: Mall Cop’ 27 times.”

3. Joe: “Once a week we get mail for Dr. Joyce Brothers.”

2. Kevin: “We have no idea who that old dude behind the desk is.”

1. Nick, Joe and Kevin: “A couple years back, Angelina Jolie tried to adopt us.”

Prior to that, Nick had something to share about former girlfriend Miley Cyrus while Joe also revealed she dumped ex-gf Taylor Swift over the phone.

Watch their funny guesting on 'Late Show with David Letterman':

81st Academy Awards Nominations (Oscars 2009)

Hollywood's power couple Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie received their second Academy Award nominations in history during the announcement of the nominations for the 81st Annual Academy Awards on January 22, 2009.

After 13 years, Brad Pitt is nominated once more for an Oscar award via his film The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. He was previously nominated as Best Supporting Actor for the movie 12 Monkeys in 1995.

Angelina Jolie is also enjoying her 2nd Oscar nod. But unlike Brad, Angelina has already won an Oscar Best Supporting Actress trophy for the 1999 film Girl, Interrupted.

Other second-time nominees include Robert Downey Jr, Amy Adams, Penelope Cruz and the late Heath Ledger, who is highly expected to win this year for his signature role in The Dark Knight.

First time nominees for an Oscar award are Richard Jenkins, Frank Langella, Mickey Rourke, Josh Brolin, Michael Shannon, Anne Hathaway, Melissa Leo, Viola Davis, Taraji P. Henson.

Meryl Streep has maintained her record for being the most nominated Hollywood actress. Her 2009 nomination is already her 15th.

Sean Penn meanwhile has his 5th nomination and Kate Winslet gets her 6th nod in just a span of 13 years.

Films with the highest number of nominations this year include The Curious Case of Benjamin Button with 13, Slumdog Millionaire with 10, The Dark Knight has 8 and Milk also has eight.

Here's the full list of nominees for the 2009 Oscar Awards:

NOMINATIONS LIST BY CATEGORIES

BEST PICTURE
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Frost/Nixon
Milk
The Reader
Slumdog Millionaire

BEST DIRECTOR
Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire
David Fincher, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Ron Howard, Frost/Nixon
Stephen Daldry, The Reader
Gus Van Sant, Milk

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Richard Jenkins, The Visitor
Frank Langella, Frost/Nixon
Sean Penn, Milk
Brad Pitt, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler

BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Anne Hathaway, Rachel Getting Married
Angelina Jolie, Changeling
Melissa Leo, Frozen River
Meryl Streep, Doubt
Kate Winslet, The Reader

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Josh Brolin, Milk
Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
Robert Downey Jr., Tropic Thunder
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Doubt
Michael Shannon, Revolutionary Road

BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Amy Adams, Doubt
Penelope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Viola Davis, Doubt
Taraji P. Henson, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Marisa Tomei, The Wrestler

BEST WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)
Frozen River, Courtney Hunt
Happy-Go-Lucky, Mike Leigh
In Bruges, Martin McDonagh
Milk, Dustin Lance Black
WALL-E, Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon, Pete Docter

BEST WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Eric Roth
Doubt, John Patrick Shanley
Frost/Nixon, Peter Morgan
The Reader, David Hare
Slumdog Millionaire, Simon Beaufoy

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Bolt
Kung Fu Panda
WALL-E

BEST SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)
La Maison en Petits Cubes
Lavatory — Lovestory
Oktapodi
Presto
This Way Up

BEST ART DIRECTION
Changeling
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
The Duchess
Revolutionary Road

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Changeling
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
The Reader
Slumdog Millionaire

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Australia
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Duchess
Milk
Revolutionary Road

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)
Encounters at the End of the World
The Garden
Man on Wire
Trouble the Water

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
The Conscience of Nhem En
The Final Inch
Smile Pinki
The Witness — From the Balcony of Room 306

BEST EDITING
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Frost/Nixon
Milk
Slumdog Millionaire

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
The Baader Meinhof Complex (Germany)
The Class (France)
Departures (Japan)
Revanche (Austria)
Waltz with Bashir (Israel)

BEST SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)
Auf der Strecke (On the Line)
Manon on the Asphalt
New Boy
The Pig
Spielzeugland (Toyland)

BEST MAKEUP
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Hellboy II: The Golden Army

BEST MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE)
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Alexandre Desplat
Defiance, James Newton Howard
Milk, Danny Elfman
Slumdog Millionaire, A.R. Rahman
WALL-E, Thomas Newman

BEST MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG)
''Down to Earth,'' WALL-E
''Jai Ho,'' Slumdog Millionaire
''O Saya,'' Slumdog Millionaire

BEST SOUND EDITING
The Dark Knight
Iron Man
Slumdog Millionaire
WALL-E
Wanted

BEST SOUND MIXING
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Slumdog Millionaire
WALL-E
Wanted

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Iron Man

NOMINATIONS LIST BY FILM

THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON - 13
Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Achievement in Art Direction
Achievement in Cinematography
Achievement in Costume Design
Achievement in Directing
Achievement in Film Editing
Achievement in Makeup
Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Score)
Best Motion Picture of the Year
Achievement in Sound Mixing
Achievement in Visual Effects
Adapted Screenplay

SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE - 10
Achievement in Cinematography
Achievement in Directing
Achievement in Film Editing
Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Score)
Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Song)
Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Song)
Best Motion Picture of the Year
Achievement in Sound Editing
Achievement in Sound Mixing
Adapted Screenplay

THE DARK KNIGHT - 8
Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Achievement in Art Direction
Achievement in Cinematography
Achievement in Film Editing
Achievement in Makeup
Achievement in Sound Editing
Achievement in Sound Mixing
Achievement in Visual Effects

MILK - 8
Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Achievement in Costume Design
Achievement in Directing
Achievement in Film Editing
Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Score)
Best Motion Picture of the Year
Original Screenplay

WALL-E - 6
Best Animated Feature Film of the Year
Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Score)
Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Song)
Achievement in Sound Editing
Achievement in Sound Mixing
Original Screenplay

DOUBT - 5
Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Adapted Screenplay

FROST/NIXON - 5
Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Achievement in Directing
Achievement in Film Editing
Best Motion Picture of the Year
Adapted Screenplay

THE READER - 5
Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Achievement in Cinematography
Achievement in Directing
Best Motion Picture of the Year
Adapted Screenplay

CHANGELING - 3
Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Achievement in Art Direction
Achievement in Cinematography

REVOLUTIONARY ROAD - 3
Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Achievement in Art Direction
Achievement in Costume Design

THE DUCHESS - 2
Achievement in Art Direction
Achievement in Costume Design

FROZEN RIVER - 2
Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Original Screenplay

IRON MAN - 2
Achievement in Sound Editing
Achievement in Visual Effects

WANTED - 2
Achievement in Sound Editing
Achievement in Sound Mixing

THE WRESTLER - 2
Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role

AUF DER STRECKE (ON THE LINE) - 1
Best Live Action Short Film

AUSTRALIA - 1
Achievement in Costume Design

The Baader Meinhof Complex - 1
Best Foreign Language Film of the Year

THE BETRAYAL (NERAKHOON) - 1
Best Documentary Feature

BOLT - 1
Best Animated Feature Film of the Year

The Class - 1
Best Foreign Language Film of the Year

THE CONSCIENCE OF NHEM EN - 1
Best Documentary Short Subject

DEFIANCE - 1
Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Score)

Departures - 1
Best Foreign Language Film of the Year

ENCOUNTERS AT THE END OF THE WORLD - 1
Best Documentary Feature

THE FINAL INCH - 1
Best Documentary Short Subject

THE GARDEN - 1
Best Documentary Feature

HAPPY-GO-LUCKY - 1
Original Screenplay

HELLBOY II: THE GOLDEN ARMY - 1
Achievement in Makeup

IN BRUGES - 1
Original Screenplay

KUNG FU PANDA - 1
Best Animated Feature Film of the Year

La Maison en Petits Cubes - 1
Best Animated Short Film

LAVATORY - LOVESTORY - 1
Best Animated Short Film

MAN ON WIRE - 1
Best Documentary Feature

MANON ON THE ASPHALT - 1
Best Live Action Short Film

NEW BOY - 1
Best Live Action Short Film

OKTAPODI - 1
Best Animated Short Film

THE PIG - 1
Best Live Action Short Film

PRESTO - 1
Best Animated Short Film

RACHEL GETTING MARRIED - 1
Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role

Revanche - 1
Best Foreign Language Film of the Year

SMILE PINKI - 1
Best Documentary Short Subject

SPIELZEUGLAND (TOYLAND) - 1
Best Live Action Short Film

THIS WAY UP - 1
Best Animated Short Film

TROPIC THUNDER - 1
Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role

TROUBLE THE WATER - 1
Best Documentary Feature

VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA - 1
Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role

THE VISITOR - 1
Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role

Waltz With Bashir - 1
Best Foreign Language Film of the Year

THE WITNESS - FROM THE BALCONY OF ROOM 306 - 1
Best Documentary Short Subject

The 81st Academy Awards (Oscars 2009) ceremonies will be held on February 22, 2009 at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood. Actor Hugh Jackman will be hosting the event.

Guinness World Records 2009 Edition

Brangelina, who recently had twins, now holds the Guinness Record for being the Most Powerful Couple in the World.

The Guinness World Records 2009 Edition has just been released today, September 17, 2008 and here are some of the interesting new records set this 2008, as published on the latest edition.

Oldest Living Person - 114 years and 115 days old, Edna Parker, USA (Previous Record: 114 years old, Yone Minagawa, Japan)

Oldest Bridesmaid - 105-year old Edith Gulliford (UK)

Longest Dog - Irish Wolfhound Mon Ami von der Oelmühle, with nose-to-tail-tip length of 232 cm (91.3 in)

Highest Grossing Actor - Samuel L. Jackson, 68 movies, total
gross of $7.42 billion (£3.94 billion)

Most Lucrative Movie Partnership ever formed - Tim Burton and Johnny Depp (both USA), 5 films grossing £287m ($570.6 million).

Most Powerful Actress - Angelina Jolie (Last year, Jolie shared the record with Jennifer Aniston)

Most Powerful Actor - Brad Pitt (Previous Record: Tom Cruise)

Most Powerful Couple - Brad Pitt and Angelina Jole or Brangelina

Highest Grossing Movie Series - 21 Bond movies

Most Downloaded Movie - Transformers

Most Downloaded Show - Lost, ABC

Most Popular TV Show - House, Fox (Previous Record: Lost, ABC)

Most Searched Person on the Internet - Britney Spears (Previous Record: Paris Hilton

Biggest Chart Mover to the No.1 Position in the UK - The Sugababes’ ‘About You Now’ ,jumped from No. 35 to top spot (Previous Record: Captian Sensible’s ‘Happy Talk’ in 1982).

Best Selling Debut Album in the UK in One Week by a Female Artist - 'Spirit' by X Files winner Leona Lewis'

Fastest Selling Album to Reach 1 Million Copies in the UK by a Female Artist - 'Spirit' by X Files winner Leona Lewis'

Most Grammy Awards Won by a British female Act - Amy
Winehouse, won 5 out of 6 nominations

Highest Demand for Tickets for One Music Concert - Led Zeppelin, 20
million requests for the one-time reunion show in December
2007.

Most Successful Songwriter - Sir Paul McCartney, written/co
written 188 charted records, 91 of which reached the Top 10 and 33 made it to No.1 totalling 1,662 weeks on the chart (up to the beginning of 2008)

Youngest Club DJ - 7 years and 98 days

Most Breast Milk Donated by 1 Person - 135.5 litres

Largest Underwater Press Conference - 61 journalists

Most Dangerous Cheese to human health - Casu Marzu (''rotten cheese'').

Biggest best selling copyright book of all time - Guinness Book of World Records

See 2008 Edition

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Angelina Jolie gives birth to twins

The Jolie-Pitt twins are finally here.

Angelina Jolie, 33, has just given birth to twins, a boy and a girl, last night, July 12, 2008 at the La Fondation Lenval Hospital in Nice, France.

According to the reports, Angeline Jolie delivered the twins via Caesarian section at around 6:00 PM.

The boy is named Knox Leon Jolie-Pitt and the girl is Vivienne Marcheline Jolie-Pitt.

Knox and Vivienne are Brad Pitt (who is 44) and Jolie's 5th and 6th children (their 2nd % 3rd biological babies).

For sure, these twins are going to be much more "superstars" than Maddox, Pax, Zahara and Shiloh.

The first pictures of the twins are yet to come. And that's of course going to be exclusively published in a popular magazine.