Oscars 2014 Airs Live Via Sattelite on Lifestyle Network this March 3

What is considered to be the movie industry’s most prestigious award has found a new home for its annual ceremony’s broadcast on Philippine television, as the 86th Academy Awards—popularly known as the Oscars—now reaches out to eager viewers via the Lifestyle Network, airing live as it happens.

From its historical introduction in 1929, the Academy Awards has since become known as the organization behind the world of film's most prestigious honor, coming in the form of the Oscar statuette. This statuette has now reached the status of an internationally admired symbol that stands as proof and recognition of the very highest level of achievement in movies, bearing significance of a caliber entirely its own.

UPDATE: Oscars 2014 List of Winners 

This 2014, the Academy Awards is set to mount its 86th ceremony at Hollywood’s Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. Chosen to take its audience and viewers alike through the star-studded event will be one of television’s favorite personalities, Ellen DeGeneres, who also previously hosted the event in 2007.

Check this out: The list of nominees for the 86th Academy Awards (Oscars 2014)

For this year’s Oscars awards, the nominees were recently announced by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science President Cheryle Boone Isaacs, who was joined by Heart of the Sea star Chris Hemsworth upon the declaration of the upcoming potential winners.

Don’t miss out on the year’s most anticipated night in the international film industry, the 86th Academy Awards, airing live on the Lifestyle Network on March 3, 2014 and on ABS-CBN. For schedules and updates, visit and like the Lifestyle Network on Facebook (www.facebook.com/LifestyleNetwork).

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Oscars 2014 Nominees | 86th Academy Awards Nominations

The nominees to the 86th Academy Awards (2014 Oscar) were announced Thursday by Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs and actor Chris Hemsworth. The Oscars 2014 nominations was held in the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, California. 

The 86th Academy Awards gala will be held on March 2, 2014, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California. The 2014 Oscar awards will be hosted by Ellen DeGeneres.

Here is the list of nominees to the Oscars 2014:

BEST PICTURE American Hustle Captain Phillips Dallas Buyers Club Gravity Her Nebraska Philomena 12 Years A Slave The Wolf of Wall Street BEST DIRECTOR David O. Russell, American Hustle Alfonso Cuarón, Gravity Alexander Payne, Nebraska Steve McQueen, 12 Years A Slave Martin Scorsese, The Wolf of Wall Street BEST ACTOR Christian Bale, American Hustle Bruce Dern, Nebraska Leonardo DiCaprio, The Wolf of Wall Street Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 Years A Slave Matthew McConaughey, Dallas Buyers Club BEST ACTRESS Amy Adams, American Hustle Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine Sandra Bullock, Gravity Judi Dench, Philomena Meryl Streep, August: Osage County BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Barkhad Abdi, Captain Phillips Bradley Cooper, American Hustle Michael Fassbender, 12 Years A Slave Jonah Hill, The Wolf of Wall Street Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Sally Hawkins, Blue Jasmine Jennifer Lawrence, American Hustle Lupita Nyong’o, 12 Years A Slave Julia Roberts, August: Osage County June Squibb, Nebraska BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY American Hustle Blue Jasmine Dallas Buyers Club Her Nebraska BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY Before Midnight Captain Phillips Philomena 12 Years A Slave The Wolf of Wall Street BEST ANIMATED FEATURE The Croods Despicable Me 2 Ernest & Celestine Frozen The Wind Rises BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM The Broken Circle Breakdown (Belgium) Omar (Palestine) The Great Beauty (Italy) The Hunt (Denmark) The Missing Picture (Cambodia) BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY The Grandmaster Gravity Inside Llewyn Davis Nebraska Prisoners BEST FILM EDITING American Hustle Captain Phillips Dallas Buyers Club Gravity 12 Years a Slave

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN American Hustle Gravity The Great Gatsby Her 12 Years a Slave BEST COSTUME DESIGN American Hustle The Grandmaster The Great Gatsby The Invisible Woman 12 Years a Slave BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING Dallas Buyers Club Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa The Lone Ranger BEST ORIGINAL SCORE The Book Thief Gravity Her Philomena Saving Mr. Banks BEST ORIGINAL SONG “Alone Yet Not Alone” from Alone Yet Not Alone “Happy” from Despicable Me 2 “Let It Go” from Frozen “The Moon Song” from Her “Ordinary Love” from Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom BEST SOUND MIXING Captain Phillips Gravity The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Inside Llewyn Davis Lone Survivor BEST SOUND EDITING All Is Lost Captain Phillips Gravity The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Lone Survivor BEST VISUAL EFFECTS Gravity The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Iron Man 3 The Lone Ranger Star Trek Into Darkness BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE The Act of Killing Cutie and the Boxer Dirty Wars The Square 20 Feet From Stardom BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT CaveDigger Facing Fear Karama Has No Walls The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life Prison Terminal: The Last Days of Private Jack Hall BEST ANIMATED SHORT Feral Get a Horse! Mr. Hublot Possessions Room on the Broom BEST LIVE-ACTION SHORT That Wasn’t Me Just Before Losing Everything Helium Do I Have to Take Care of Everything? The Voorman Problem

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Aldrich Lloyd Talonding Sings 'Titanium' (Viral Video)

YouTube sensation Aldrich Lloyd Talonding did a cover of David Guetta's urban dance hit Titanium and Aldrich's version instantly became a viral hit in social networking sites.

Aldrich became a sensation after his cover version of Luther Vandross' Dance With My Father was uploaded on YouTube. His soulful rendition of the said song was also noticed by American TV host Ellen Degeneres and invited the Filipino kid from Gensan to perform live on her show.

Aldrich, whose father recently died of a type of cancer in the blood, is back with his cousin James Walter Bucong (on guitars) to amaze everyone with his heart and music. Watch their version of Titanium below.

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Ellen DeGeneres Invites Aldrich Lloyd Talonding to Perform in 'The Ellen Show'

American TV host Ellen DeGeneres invited Pinoy YouTube sensation Aldrich Lloyd Talonding to perform in the 'Ellen' show. Just like Charice's, the invitation was aired live on The Ellen Show.

"Last week I saw this video of a young singer. He’s from the Philippines. You gotta see this kid, amazing," Ellen said. "How beautiful is that? It’s that soul in that little boy. So, I’m looking for you. Please come here and sing to me and all of my friends here. You are amazing,” the host added after the viral video of Aldrich was flashed on the show.

The video of Aldrich Lloyd Talonding singing a heartfelt rendition of Luther Vandross' Dance With My Father eventually became a viral hit. The video was even featured in major newscasts TV Patrol and Bandila, reporting that there have been movements in social networks to endorse Aldrich to perform on Ellen.

These move might have reached Ellen and being the talent discoverer herself, Ellen DeGeneres did not hesitate to invite the kid from General Santos to sing in her show live. If Aldrich Lloyd will accept the invitation, he will join the ranks of Charice, Arnel Pineda, Rhap Salazar and Zendee Rose Tenerefe, all Pinoy sensations who had already performed on Ellen.

Watch the video invite of Ellen to Aldrich Talonding below.

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'Dance With My Father' by Aldrich Lloyd Talonding Goes Viral; Indigenous Kid Might Appear on Ellen

An indigenous kid from General Santos is now making waves in YouTube as his rendition of the Luther Vandross hit Dance With My Father uploaded in the said video sharing site went viral.

The video of the kid from Gensan named Aldrich Lloyd Talonding singing Dance With My Father accompanied by guitars played by his cousin was uploaded on April 21 and continuously getting more attention with more tha 300,000 hits as of this posting.

According to ABS-CBN's newscasts TV Patrol and Bandila, which featured the viral video, there are move now on social networks like Facebook and Twitter to make the video get noticed by Ellen Degeneres so that the host will guest this kid on her show, just like what happened to Charice and Zendee Rose Tenerefe.

Here is the viral video of Aldrich Talonding singing Dance With My Father:

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Random Girl Zendee Rose Tenerefe Performs on Ellen DeGeneres Show

YouTube sensation Zendee Rose Tenerefe appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show on October 26 where she performed And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going. Zendee, known to many as the 'random girl' became famous after her video singing the said song in a mall was posted on YouTube.

Zendee Rose told Ellen a bit of her life and how she and her family got through  living in a fire station. Zendee said that she always wanted to help her family and if she became famous, she'll buy them a big house.

After Zendee's performance, the audience gave her a standing ovation while Ellen DeGeneres gave her an iPad as a gift.

Zendee joined the ranks of other Filipino artists who had made their US Television debut on Ellen including Charice Pempengco and Rhap Salazar.

Watch Zendee Rose Tenerefe's guesting on The Ellen DeGeneres Show below:

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