Brillante Mendoza's Lola won the Muhr Asia-Africa Best Feature Film award in the recently concluded Dubai International Film Festival. The film bagged $50,000 (Dh183,510) in prize money.
It is Mendoza's third major award this year, following his Best Director triumph at Cannes and Spain for the movie Kinatay.
The Asia-Africa Feature Film jury was headed by Iranian filmmaker Bahman Farmanara, Moroccan filmmaker Nour-Eddine Lakhmari and Bollywood actress Manisha Koirala.
Concepcion Reunion
Ever since Gabby Concepcion came out of hibernation and revived his acting career, fans have been clamouring for a film reunion with ex-wife Sharon Cuneta.
Although Concepcion is willing to do it, Cuneta has been very vocal about her objections to the planned movie. Not all is lost, however, as plans are in the works for Concepcion to do a TV series with his daughter KC (pictured).
KC just finished Lovers In Paris opposite Piolo Pascual. Unfortunately, the show had a rather disappointing run, but this one with her father should be interesting and could pick up a bit in the ratings.
Charice on a high note
Charice Pempengco's performance on the Oprah Winfrey Show topped the online poll on Oprah.com for Best Musical Performance.
She beat performances by artists such as Whitney Houston, Michael Bublé, Journey and the Black Eyed Peas by getting an astounding 70 per cent of the online votes for her performance of her single Note to God.
The Black Eyed Peas came in second with 9 per cent of the vote. "Charice had a big year in 2009, recording her first album, performing on tour with David Foster & Friends and appearing in her first film, Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel," according to the website.
