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We know that there are at least two current Academy Award nominees of Filipino descent: Matthew Libatique, cinematographer of Black Swan (and most of Darren Aronofsky’s movies, and the Iron Man blockbusters); and Haillee Steinfeld, who played the girl in the Coen Brothers’ movie True Grit.

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Many people particularly the international community were surprised if not shocked at the sudden decision of President Aquino to abandon his visits to Vietnam and Indonesia ostensibly because of a “conflict of schedule” – but it looks like this has more to do with what happened last week at the Quirino Grandstand.

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We know that there are at least two current Academy Award nominees of Filipino descent: Matthew Libatique, cinematographer of Black Swan (and most of Darren Aronofsky’s movies, and the Iron Man blockbusters); and Haillee Steinfeld, who played the girl in the Coen Brothers’ movie True Grit.

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