July 8 - 21, 2017
Philippine Showbiz Today
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Urian to honor Vilma
VILMA Santos won best actress
and got nominated in some
award-giving bodies for last year’s
mainstream Star Cinema film,
“Everything About Her,” where her
touching transition from cynical
business tycoon to a dying mother
was quite a sight to behold. But she
was snubbed in the 40th Gawad Urian
where the best actress nominees (all
ten of them) are from indie films.
Here they are: Irma Adlawan
(“Oro”), Nora Aunor (“Hinulid”), Ai
Ai Delas Alas (“Area”), Angeli Bayani
(“Ned’s Project”), Jaclyn Jose (“Ma
Rosa”), Hasmine Killip (“Pamilya
Ordinaryo”), Elizabeth Oropesa
(“Mrs.”), Cherry Pie Picache (“Pauwi
Na”),
Charo
Santos
Concio
(“Ang
Babaeng
H u m a y o ” ) ,
Precious Laila Ulao
(“Women of the
Weeping River”).
But
Santos
should not despair
as she will be
given the special
Natatanging
Gawad Urian. This
is not a pa-consuelo de bobo as it
is something she really deserves,
being the only actress in local film
history who has won the Urian best
actress award for an unrivalled
number of eight times, no less. First,
she won it three years straight in a
row, for “Relasyon” in 1982, “Broken
Marriage” in 1983, “Sister Stella L”
in 1984, then for “Pahiram ng Isang
Umaga” in 1989, “Ipagpatawad Mo”
in 1989, “Dolzura Cortez Story”
1993, “Bata, Bata, Pano Ka Ginawa”
in 1998 and “Dekada 70” in 2002.
The 40th Urian Awards night will
be held on July 20 at ABS-CBN and
will be shown on Cinema One.(M.
Bautista, Malaya) ●