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Jericho Rosales, Coco Martin and Jodi Sta. Maria among nominees at 36th Gawad Urian

Independent films Baybayin, Thy Womb and Mater Dolorosa dominate the list of nominees for the 36th Gawad Urian released by the Manunuri ng Pelikulang Pilipino on Tuesday, April 30th.
The Cinema One Originals Film Festival 2012 entry, Baybayin, bagged the most number of nominations (9), including Best Film, Best Director and Best Actress. Another Cinema One Originals entry, Mater Dolorosa, and the Metro Manila Film Festival 2012 film, Thy Womb, both received 8 nominations.

ABS-CBN stars Jericho Rosales, Coco Martin and Jodi Sta. Maria received nominations for major acting categories. Rosales and Martin are nominated for the Best Actor plum for their performances in the indie films Alagwa and Sta. Niña, respectively. They will be competing against veteran actors Bembol Rocco (Thy Womb) and Eddie Garcia (Bwakaw).
Sta. Maria is nominated as Best Actress for her role in another indie film, Aparisyon. Other nominees for the said category are sisters Alessandra de Rossi and Assunta de Rossi who co-starred in Baybayin. Veteran actress Nora Aunor is also nominated for her portrayal of a barren midwife in Thy Womb.
Below is the complete list of nominees for the 36th Gawad Urian:
Best Sound
Diwa de Leon (Baybayin)
Addis Tabong and Wildsound Ami (Posas)
Wildsound Ami (Oros)
Ditoy Aguila (Kalayaan)
John Barredo (Qiyamah)
Jonathan Hee Kai (Colossal)
Mark McCullie (MNL 143)
Willy Fernandez, Bong Sungcang, Ferdinand Marcos Sabarongis (Florentina Hubaldo, CTE)
Best Editing
Mikael Angelo Pestano (Baybayin)
Benjamin Gonzales Tolentino (Mater Dolorosa)
Lawrence Fajardo (Oros)
Marie Jamora and Edsel Abesames (Ang Nawawala)
Aleks Castaneda (Kalayaan)
Dempster Samarista (Alagwa)
Chuck Gutierrez (MNL 143)
Lav Diaz (Florentina Ubaldo, CTE)
Kats Serraon (Thy Womb)
Best Music
Diwa de Leon (Baybayin)
Mikey Amistoso, Diego Mapa and Jazz Nicholas (Ang Nawawala)
Diwa de Leon with OriginalSoundtrack-Nix Damn P! (The Animals)
Teresa Barrozo (Thy Womb)
Best Cinematography
McRobert Nacario and Arnel Barbarona (Ang Paglalakbay ng mga Bituin sa Dilim ng Gabi)
Jun Pereira Jr. (Intoy Syokoy ng Kalye Marino)
Louie Quirino (Baybayin)
Carlo Mendoza (Bwakaw)
Albert Banzon (Kalayaan)
Whammy Alcazaren (Colossal)
Tristan Salas (Diablo)
Lav Diaz (Florentino Ubaldo, CTE)
Albert Banzon (Mater Dolorosa)
Rommel Sales (Oros)
Louie Quirino (Posas)
Ming Kai Leung (Ang Nawawala)
McRobert Nacario (Quiyama)
Alex Espartero (The Animal)
Odyssey Flores (Thy Womb)
Nor Domingo (Sta. Nina)
Best Screenplay
Layette Bucoy and Allan Lope (Melodrama Negra)
Jerry Gracio (Mater Dolorosa)
Zig Dulay (Posas)
Paul Sta. Ana and Obet Villela (Oros)
Mes de Guzman (Diablo)
Jun Lana (Bwakaw)
Sigfreid Sanchez (Huling Biyahe)
Whammy Alcazaren (Colossal)
Ian Lorenos (Alagwa)
Henry Burgos (Thy Womb)
Lav Diaz (Florentina Ubaldo, CTE)
Emerson Reyes (MNL 143)
Jeff Stelton (The Animals)
Arnel Mardoquio (Ang Paglalakbay ng mga Bituin sa Gabing Madilim)
Best Supporting Actor
Joross Gamboa (Intoy Syokoy ng Kalye Marino)
Carlo Aquino (Mater Dolorosa)
Art Acuna (Posas)
Dax Alejandro (Qwerty)
Best Supporting Actress
Alessandra de Rossi (Mater Dolorosa)
Mylene Dizon (Aparisyon)
Raquel Villavicencio (Aparisyon)
Alessandra de Rossi (Sta. Nina)
Joy Viado (MNL 143)
Clara Ramona (In Nomine Matris)
Annicka Dolonius (Ang Nawawala)
Best Director
Arnel Mardoquio (Ang Paglalakbay ng mga Bituin sa Dilim ng Gabi)
Aureaus Solito (Baybayin)
Ian Lorenos (Alagwa)
Whammy Alcazaren (Colossal)
Mes de Guzman (Diablo)
Lav Diaz (Florentina Ubaldo, CTE)
Sigfreid Sanchez/ Raquel Sanchez (Huling Biyahe)
Adolfo Alix (Mater Dolorosa)
Maribel Legarda/ Maria Legarda (Melodrama Negra)
Paul Sta. Ana (Oros)
Lawrence Fajardo (Posas)
Emmanuel Palo (Sta. Nina)
Brillante Mendoza (Thy Womb)
Best Actor
JM de Guzman (Intoy Syokoy ng Kalye Marino)
Nico Antonio (Posas)
Kristoffer King (Oros)
Dominic Roco (Ang Nawawala)
Eddie Garcia (Bwakaw)
Coco Martin (Sta Nina)
Joem Bascon (Qwerty)
Jericho Rosales (Alagwa)
Bembol Roco (Thy Womb)
Adrian Sebastian (Baybayin)
Ananda Everingham (Kalayaan)
Anthony Falcon (Requieme)
Deuel Raynon Ladia (Anac ti Pating)
Best Actress
Alessandra de Rossi (Baybayin)
Assunta de Rossi (Baybayin)
Gina Alajar (Mater Dolorosa)
Ama Quiambao (Diablo)
Jodi Sta. Maria (Aparisyon)
Shamaine Centenera-Buencamino (Requieme)
Olga Natividad (Mga Dayo)
Liza Dino (In Nomine Matris)
Nora Aunor (Thy Womb)
Best Film
Ang Paglalakbay ng mga Bituin sa Dilim ng Gabi
Baybayin
Bwakaw
Colossal
Diablo
Florentina Ubalde, CTE
Mater Dolorosa
Oros
Posas
Thy Womb
The Gawad Urian is known for its curious choices, honoring lesser-known films produced by little-known and small independent production companies. This year’s awards night will be held on June 18 at the Rockwell Tent and will be aired on Cinema One on a later date.

Jericho Rosales wins Best Actor Award in Newport Beach Film Festival

Kapamilya Actor Jericho Rosales bagged the Best Actor/Outstanding Acting Achievement award in the recently concluded Newport Beach Film Festival held from April 25 to May 2 in Los Angeles.  He was recognized by the California-based international film festival for his performance in Alagwa (Breakaway), which he also co-produced.
It was Rosales’ second win at the Newport Beach Film Festival, the first one was in 2011 when he bagged the same award for Subject: I Love You, a US indie film based on the ILOVEYOU computer virus.

Directed by Ian Lorenos, Alagwa deals with the subject of human trafficking and is inspired by a popular urban legend about child’s disappearance in Binondo, Manila. Other members oKapamilya Actor Jericho Rosales bagged the Best Actor/Outstanding Acting Achievement award in the recently concluded Newport Beach Film Festival held from April 25 to May 2 in Los Angeles.  He was recognized by the California-based international film festival for his performance in Alagwa (Breakaway), which he also co-produced.
It was Rosales’ second win at the Newport Beach Film Festival, the first one was in 2011 when he bagged the same award for Subject: I Love You, a US indie film based on the ILOVEYOU computer virus.

Directed by Ian Lorenos, Alagwa deals with the subject of human trafficking and is inspired by a popular urban legend about child’s disappearance in Binondo, Manila. Other members of the cast include Bugoy Cariño, Leo Martinez, Smokey Manaloto, John Manalo, Nanettte Inventor and Malaysian actress Carmen Soo.
Alagwa has been making the rounds in numerous international film festivals including the 17th Busan International Film Festival in South Korea, 24th Palm Springs International Film Festival in the US and the first ASEAN International Film Festival in Malaysia where Rosales was nominated for the Best Actor plum.
Rosales has sacrificed a lot to personally attend each film festival including giving up a role in Against All Odds (retitled to Huwag Ka Lang Mawawala), an upcoming teleserye on ABS-CBN starring Judy Ann Santos and KC Concepcion.
Alagwa was first screened at the 2012 Cinema One Originals Film Festival where it earned nominations for several categories in various local award giving bodies. It has won five awards in the recent Star Awards for Movies, including Indie Movie of the Year, Indie Director of the Year (Ian Lorenos) and Child Performer of the Year (Bugoy Cariño). It has also earned nominations at the upcoming 36th Gawad Urian, including Best Actor for Rosales and Best Director for Lorenos.
Rosales reportedly plans to screen Alagwa to Manila theaters soon.

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UltraSurf unblock any site anywhere!

For 7 years now, Ultra Surf served millions of users from over 180 countries, if you’re stuck at your work, school or university, Ultra Surf Is the best proxy software to bypass and open all the blocked sites. What makes this soft special is that it doesn’t allow explicit sites, it doesn’t require any install. Simply download unzip and run

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Chris Brown Talks Rihanna Relationship: I 'Just Got to Move Forward'

For months now, the rumors have been flying that Chris Brown and Rihanna are no longer an item. And during a recent interview with Australia's 2Day radio station, Brown opened up about the couple's controversial relationship.
Brown was talking to the hosts of 2Day's The Kyle and Jackie Show, discussing his 24th birthday party plans when he revealed that he and Rihanna wouldn't be celebrating his birthday together. "I've actually got three birthday parties scheduled. I got one in L.A., one in Vegas, and one in New York, so we can going to have fun, and I'm just trying to have, you know, the best time with my fans and all the people in the club," he said. "I want to see as many girls as possible."
Rihanna wasn't included in his birthday plans. "I'm [going to] do it solo," Brown said. "I mean, at the end of the day, shawty doing her own thing. She on the road. It's always going to be love. But, I'm a grown man, just got to move forward."
"I'm always going love that person," Brown added. "[But], at the end of the day, she's a young girl. I can't be focused on wife-ing someone that young. I need to be the best Chris Brown I can be."

'Iron Man 3' Burning Questions: What Is 'Westworld'? How Does Extremis Work? And What's Next for Tony Stark?

We had more questions leaving the theater after seeing Iron Man 3 than Tony Stark has mechanical suits. Some just can't be answered. Like, how did Guy Pearce's Aldrich Killian get the funding to fuel and equip a fleet of helicopters, commandeer a shipyard, stage faux terrorist attacks, and maintain a Miami pleasure palace? Wasn't the fact that he didn't get funding from Tony Stark a catalyst for his vendetta? And why the heck didn't Marvel decide to make Gwyneth Paltrow's Pepper Potts their first female superhero? We're not even going to attempt to tackle those particular headscratchers. Luckily, there are still eight juicy questions we very much can answer. Consider this your obligatory SPOILER warning, because we're taking on major plot points from Iron Man 3, including the ending and the future of the franchise.

1. How Does Extremis Work Exactly? Considering just how central it is to the plot and its primary villains, it's a little disappointing how nebulous a concept "Extremis" really is. The idea was introduced by comics author Warren Ellis in his 2005 Iron Man: Extremis series, the Iron Man story that's credited in large part for reviving interest in the character and establishing the aesthetic template of the three movies. In that comic, as in in Iron Man 3, frustrated bioengineers Aldrich Killian (Pearce) and Maya Hansen (Rebecca Hall) developed a medical treatment, involving injections that would require the test subject to be strapped-down Frankenstein-style, to "hack" into an individual's Body Recovery Center in the grey matter of the brain and artificially increase the body's rate of repair following incurred traumas. Theoretically, it could render the test subject invulnerable to any harm, much like a synthetically-induced version of Wolverine's rapid-healing mutation. (A shame that Fox has the rights to the X-Men property or that connection could have been made explicit.)

However, Extremis proved extremis-ly dangerous and not every test subject was capable of withstanding the transformation it offered. Some apparently just exploded, and so, in the movie, Killian and Hansen tried to deflect attention away from the faultiness of their product by creating a fictional terrorist, the Mandarin, who would assume responsibility for the blasts. Extremis is pretty conceptual and its logic isn't entirely consistent. There doesn't seem to be a formula for why some people adapt to it and others so violently reject it. Not to mention there's no explanation whatsoever for why it allows Killian to breathe fire.

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2. What Is Westworld and Why Did Tony Stark Make a Joke About It?  Westworld was a 1973 thriller written and directed by Jurassic Park scribe Michael Crichton and starring Yul Brynner. It was about a dystopian amusement park geared for adults in which visitors are menaced by animatronic cowboys. So when Tony Stark called one of Killian's henchmen "Westworld" he was basically saying that he found that guy to be wooden and personality-lacking, yet indestructibly formidable as an opponent.

3. How Is It That Robert Downey Jr. and Guy Pearce Are So Incredibly Buff? The answer is pretty simple. They don't just train for each individual movie they're in, but rather they maintain a high level of physical fitness at all times. (Or maybe those green health shakes Tony Stark is always drinking in the movies have something to do with it.) Pearce actually entered bodybuilding competitions as a teen. "I was quite a thin kid, so if I put on any muscle, you can see it...I entered [a bodybuilding competition] and I won," Pearce told Muscle Works Magazine. "I don’t think I would’ve really followed a bodybuilding path. But I was actually fascinated in a creative way, the fact that you can change the shape of your muscle was fascinating to me; it was like sculpture." Hence why Pearce has amazing definition in almost every movie he's been in since LA Confidential.  

4. What Was Up With That Christmas Story Reference? Iron Man 3 executive producer and director emeritus Jon Favreau (who played the mostly comatose Happy Hogan in the movie, and directed the previous two films) was childhood friends with Christmas Story star Peter Billingsley. When Tony Stark turns to a bespectacled kid and says, "I loved you in Christmas Story," they're just making a family joke. In fact, Billingsley even served as a producer on 2008's Iron Man and had a cameo in the film. Since much of Iron Man 3 was set at the holidays, what better time to include a Christmas Story hat-tip to his friend? 

By the way, in case you were wondering, that version of "Jingle Bells" that Tony Stark danced to while first summoning his Mk. 42 Iron Man suit was the Bombay Dub Orchestra's Remix of Joe Williams' bluesy take on the carol.

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5. What Episode of Downton Abbey Was Jon Favreau's Happy Watching? By our reckoning this was Episode 4 from Season 2 when the Irish-revolutionary chaffeur, Branson, redeclared his love for Lady Sybil, then working as a nurse in the final months of World War I. Who knew Happy was such a romantic?

6. How Did They Shoot Iron Man's Aerial Rescue?  Think that scene of Air Force One's passengers getting sucked into the stratosphere was all CGI? Think again. Stunt performers trained in skydiving actually jumped out of a plane to simulate the freefall, except that, unlike their characters, they actually were wearing parachutes. Multiple parajumpers, like stuntwoman Sarah Farooqui, who was the first person Iron Man plucked out of the sky, jumped at once and attempted to link arms Barrel-of-Monkeys-style in the sky above Oak Island, North Carolina, which subbed for Miami.

7. How Many Different Accents Has Ben Kingsley Had In His Career? Just keeping it limited to his movie career, Kingsley has demonstrated at least 10 different accents: Indian (Gandhi/The Love Guru), Arabic (Harem), Russian (Testimony), Yiddish (Bugsy), German Jewish (Schinder's List), Italian (Parting Shots), Iranian/Persian (House of Sand and Fog/Prince of Persia), French (Hugo), Cockney (Iron Man 3), Baptist Preacher (Iron Man 3). And the last two are while playing the same character!

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8. What Is the Future of the Franchise? As of right now, there isn't an Iron Man 4 in the works. It makes sense, really. Iron Man 3 wrapped up Tony Stark's four-film arc (including The Avengers) pretty neatly, with him accepting the transformation of his values that had come with being Iron Man while rejecting the idea of being a superhero because of how it endangers his loved ones. He blew up his suits, finally had that shrapnel removed from his chest cavity, and seemed poised to embrace the good life.

But don't expect to see Tony Stark out of the suit for too long. In an interview with SuperHeroHype, Marvel Studios Head of Production Kevin Feige said, "We’re not developing Iron Man 4. Currently, as you may imagine, Iron Man is a big part of Avengers 2 and that’s what we’re focusing on and what Joss (Whedon) is focusing on. So where we go after that remains to be seen, but certainly, Avengers 2 being the next appearance, the next storyline for Iron Man. Do I think there will be another Iron Man movie? Of course I do. Who will be in that movie and who will be a part of that movie? Who knows? And how far down the line will it be? Will it be right after Avengers 2, will it be a few years after Avengers 2? Who knows?"

Follow Christian Blauvelt on Twitter @Ctblauvelt

APWG Mobile Financial Fraud report & mobile black market

APWG published the interesting study APWG Mobile Financial Fraud report on the underground marketplace that revealed the explosion of prolific mobile fraud malware market.

The APWG Mobile Financial Fraud report resumed The Anti-Phishing Mobile Working Group investigating on the expansion of the black market for mobile malicious code, the study is crucial to understand the evolution of criminal activities and to put in place the proper action to mitigate the growing cyber threats that abuse of mobile platforms.
The rapid diffusion of mobile devices as attracted the cybercrime industry that is taking advantage of sales of smart mobile phones and mobile devices.
In the next few years global mobile payments are predicted to exceed $1.3tn and number of mobile devices is surpassing the number of PCs, by 2015 it is estimated there will be 2 billion + mobile devices, criminal organization are investing in mobile technologies to realize new fraud schema and frauds.
The mobile device are small devices equipped with any kind of technology (GPS, accelerometers, gyroscopes, magnetometers, proximity sensors, microphones, cameras and radio (cellular, Bluetooth, Wi‐Fi, RFID, NFC), that is used to interact with the user and the world around him.
Attackers can exploit vulnerabilities in these components for profit or cyber espionage purposes, as the APWG Mobile Financial Fraud report states there are genuine concerns over privacy.
The APWG Mobile Financial Fraud report defines existing malware markets explaining how cyber criminals operate, the principal products sold in the emerging underground mobile market are malware, pocket botnets and attack services designed to steal money from the victims.
The APWG Mobile Financial Fraud report a great interest also a large diffusion of “track and trace” intrusion techniques used to spy on user’s usage for intelligence purposes.
Virustotal currently states  5.6 million reported potentially malicious files for Android (APK, dyn‐calls, checks‐GPS, etc.) of which 1.3 million are confirmed malicious by 2 or more AV vendors.

The The APWG Mobile Financial Fraud report listed the following principal vulnerabilities exploited for mobile devices:

• Architecture
• Infrastructure
• Hardware vulnerabilities
• Permission systems
• Software vulnerabilities
• Communication/delivery channels (Wi‐Fi, SMS, Bluetooth)
• Near Field Communication
• PtH (Passing the Hash)

Once identified the different components of mobile architecture and the vulnerabilities that could affect its component the author of the APWG Mobile Financial Fraud proposed intriguing data on the pricing of the offer in the underground to exploit the flaw identified:

The mobile malware underground market appears very active, it is able to propose continuously new products and customized development to respond to the customer’s demand.
The contributors of the APWG Mobile Financial Fraud report highlighted the capabilities of cybercriminals to manipulate the market and maximize the potential of advertising on underground forums and social networking sites.
The market offers not only malware, it also gives all the instruments for cyber espionage purposes using the tools used traditionally for penetration testing and adapted for mobile devices.
The monetization of mainly realized by criminals through underground partnership programs principally realized with SMS scams.

“Unsolicited SMS or calls to expensive numbers in different countries run up large bills to the credit of the billing provider. Some underground cybercrime services take advantage of mobile traffic using targeted attacks to download software which is charged on the basis of “Pay Per Install” (PPI).” the report states.

When we discuss of malware and cyber attacks we cannot forget zero-day exploits, the APWG Mobile Financial Fraud report revealed that t 0-days underground market is rising up too with a various and efficient offer especially for Android.
The offer for zero-day exploits is usually verticalised on specific brands (i.e. Samsung, Huawei), “and handset models, which will then be “weaponized” and used massively to distribute mobile malware campaigns”.
As written in my previous article, mobile botnets have passed are a serious threat because they are becoming increasingly sophisticated.
The architectures and the monetization strategy related to mobile botnets are the similar for classical botnet malware for PCs,  botnets can be used to redirect the traffic on mobiles to a malicious website, for the purpose of monetizing or to conduct a DDoS Attack such as the case of the malware Android.DDoS.1.origin, detected for Android platforms.

The APWG Mobile Financial Fraud report revealed also the diffusion in the mobile black market of dedicated tools which make the building of a botnet for the ‘wouldbe’ botmaster, these kits allow unskilled criminals to easily manage a malicious architecture.
Meaningful the last statements that close the report:

“The mobile malware market is already alive and thriving. Only an integrated, global response based on cooperation, education and awareness can limit its success.”

The report is a mine of interesting information, I publicly thanks Jart Armin for the effort and the passion he spends in the fight against the cybercrime.
A special thanks also to other two contributors with whom I’m in direct contact, Andrey Kolarov and Raoul Chiesa.
Pierluigi Paganini
(Security Affairs – Cybercrime, mobile)

Public Library of US Diplomacy: Kissinger Cables

The Kissinger Cables are part of today’s launch of the WikiLeaks Public Library of US Diplomacy (PlusD), which holds the world’s largest searchable collection of United States confidential, or formerly confidential, diplomatic communications. As of its launch on April 8, 2013 it holds 2 million records comprising approximately 1 billion words.

Source : Wikileaks

Western Union cuts fees for local money transfers

 

WESTERN Union, a global payment service provider announced that it has cut its fees further for domestic money transfers.
The promotional "Sweldo Padala Sale" fee aims to reward the generosity of Filipinos in distributing their income for the benefit of the wider family. The fee will not be a jaw-dropping 20 pesos for domestic money transfers between P501 to P1,000 to any of over 8,500 Western Union Agent locations in 77 provinces, 138 cities and 675 municipalities, under the Western Union Money Transfer Sale.
The nationwide offer by Western Union is available today until May 6.
"Filipinos are unique in a way that they always share their income with loved ones back home, immaterial whether they work in the country or overseas. The special price offer is to reward their generosity, so they may maximize their income and expenditure on pay day," said Patricia Riingen, senior vice president, East & South Asia, Western Union.
"A price slash on pay-days is only a small token of appreciation from Western Union when compared to the overwhelming dedication and generosity of Filipinos whose priority is always the well-being of their families and loved ones, wherever they may be," Riingen added.
Western Union Company is a leader in global payment services together with its Vigo, Orlandi Valuta, Pago Facil, and Western Union Business Solutions branded payment services. Western Union provides consumers and businesses with fast, reliable and convenient ways to send and receive money around the world, to send payments, and to purchase money orders.
As of December 31 2012, the Western Union, Vigo and Orlandi Valuta branded services were offered through a combined network of approximately 510,000 agent locations in 200 countries and territories.
In 2012, The Western Union Company completed 231 million consumer-to-consumer transactions worldwide, moving $79 billion of principal between consumers and 432 million business payments.