Piolo, Jericho: Best actors both at Star Awards

An emotional Jericho Rosales addressed the crowd that attended the 23rd Star Awards for Movies that took place Saturday night, March 24, at the University of the Philippines Theater in Diliman, Quezon City. Both Echo (Jericho's nickname) and Piolo Pascual were named Movie Actor of the Year by the Philippine Movie Press Club (PMPC). The frontman of the band Jeans won for his role as Manny Pacquiao in the bio-pic Pacquiao The Movie, while the heartthrob Piolo won the accolade for Star Cinema's Don't Give Up On Us. The star-studded event, which had the theme "A Night of Winners, A Night of Champions, A Night of Triumph," was hosted by Dingdong Dantes, Iza Calzado, Heart Evangelista, and Echo. Ryan Agoncillo served as the trivia host and had pre-taped his segment called "Best Global Movie Triumphs." Judy Ann Santos of Kasal, Kasali, Kasalo (KKK) was named the Movie Actress of the Year, making it one of the four awards bagged by KKK that night. Juday failed to attend the awards night however. KKK was also chosen as Movie of the Year and had the Most Original Screenplay of the Year. Movie Director of the Year Jose Javier Reyes of KKK bested Joyce Bernal (Don't Give Up On Us), Joel Lamangan (Pacquiao The Movie), Brillante Mendoza (Kaleldo), Cathy Molina-Garcia (You Are The One), and Cesar Montano (Ligalig) for the said category. Making another stirring speech that night was Mr. German Moreno, who was picked by PMPC as the Ulirang Artista Awardee. "Noong ako'y sidewalk vendor, may mga taong tumatapak sa akin. Noong ako'y janitor, mayroon pa ring ilang mga taong tumatapak sa akin. Noong ako'y papunta sa showbiz, mayroon pa ring taong tumatapak sa akin. Nang mapunta ako sa telebisyon, mayroon pa ring mga taong tumatapak sa akin. Lahat ng pagtapak na iyan, tiniis ko. Titiisin ko ang lahat kung ang kapalit naman niyan ay ang karangalan na ito na binibigay ng PMPC," said Kuya Germs. The event will be aired tonight, March 25, at 10:00 p.m. on IBC-13. Here is the complete list of winners during the 23rd Star Awards for Movies: Ulirang Artista Awardee Mr. German Moreno Movie of the Year Kasal, Kasali, Kasalo (Star Cinema) Movie Director of the Year Jose Javier Reyes (Kasal, Kasali, Kasalo) Digital Movie of the Year Inang Yaya (Unitel Pictures) Digital Movie Director of the Year Pablo Biglang-Awa and Veronica Velasco (Inang Yaya) Movie Actress of the Year Judy Ann Santos (Kasal, Kasali, Kasalo) Movie Actor/s of the Year Piolo Pascual (Don't Give Up On Us) Jericho Rosales (Pacquiao The Movie) Movie Supporting Actress of the Year Gina Pareño (Kasal, Kasali, Kasalo) Movie Supporting Actor of the Year Allen Dizon (Twilight Dancers) Movie Child Performer of the Year Tala Santos (Inang Yaya) New Movie Actress of the Year Maja Salvador (Sukob) New Movie Actor of the Year Sam Milby (You Are The One) Movie Editor of the Year Manet Dayrit (Sukob) Movie Production Designer of the Year Egay Littaua (Zsa Zsa Zaturnnah) Movie Original Screenplay of the Year Jose Javier Reyes (Kasal, Kasali, Kasalo) Movie Cinematographer of the Year Charlie Peralta (Don't Give Up On Us) Movie Musical Scorer of the Year Vincent de Jesus (Zsa Zsa Zaturnnah) Movie Sound Engineer of the Year Albert Michael Idioma (Sukob) Movie Original Theme Song of the Year "Sana Ay Malaman Mo" (Theme song from the movie Don't Give Up On Us from Star Cinema. Composed by Ogie Alcasid and Louie Ocampo/Interpreted by Piolo Pascual) Darling of the Press Ogie Alcasid Male Star of the Night Sam Milby Female Star of the Night Kim Chiu Male Face of the Night Dingdong Dantes Female Face of the Night Heart Evangelista - Philippine Entertainment Portal