According to Forbes, Ferrell’s films in the last 12 months earn an average of $3.29 for every dollar he was paid. His last film “Land of the Lost” made $49,392,095.00 but the film’s production cost is $100 million making it a major flop for a big-budget summer event film.

Here are the year’s Top 10 “Flop” stars in Hollywood, if you must:

1. Will Ferrell – 1$:$3.29
2. Ewan McGregor – $1:$3.75
3. Billy Bob Thornthon – 1$:$4
4. Eddie Murphy – 1$:$4.43
5. Ice Cube – 1$:$4.47
6. Tom Cruise – $1:$7.18
7. Drew Barrymore – $1:$7.43
8. Leonardo DiCaprio – $1:$7.52
9. Samuel L. Jackson – $1:$7.59
10. Jim Carrey – $1:$8.62

In contrast, the year’s most bankable star is Shia LaBeouf. The Transformers star made an average of $160 for every dollar of his compensation.

Milo Sogueco’s first full-length film, Sanglaan (The Pawnshop) received two awards at the 15th Lyon Film Festival held last Nov. 3 to 8 in Lyon, France.

The film, which stars Tessie Tomas, Ina Feleo and Joem Bascon won silver in the New Asian Cinema and the bronze Grand Prix du Public audience award.

Earlier this year, Sanglaan won the Best Actress award for Ina Feleo and Best Supporting Actress for Tessie Tomas in the Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival which was held at the CCP.

Sanglaan captures stories of five people conflicted with matters of life. A middle-aged woman is troubled by aging. A girl is deeply in love with her high school crush while a security guard becomes a husband to a sick wife. Also featured in the film are similarly interesting characters of a seaman and a loan shark.

VIDEO LINK: Sanglaan Trailer

Walt Disney Pictures has released the first trailer for “The Last Song”, the latest movie adaptation of a Nicholas Sparks novel. The film’s screenplay was also written by Nicholas Sparks himself with Julie Anne Robinson at the helm.

The film’s storyline follows a troubled teenager, played by Cyrus, and her estranged father, played by Greg Kinnear, as they reconnect with each other through music during a summer in a quiet Southern beach town. The film also stars Kelly Preston and Liam Hemsworth and is produced by Offspring Entertainment for Touchstone Pictures, an alternative film label of The Walt Disney Company. The Last Song is Sparks’ first screenplay to be brought to film as well as Robinson’s feature film directorial debut.

The Last Song had originally been scheduled for a January 8, 2010 release, but on September 22, 2009 it was announced the release had been delayed. The film is currently scheduled for a wide release on April 2, 2010. The delay was confirmed by statements from representatives for Disney and Cyrus, one of whom said “Easter weekend/spring break” would be a “better release date than January” for the film.

VIDEO LINK: The Last Song – First Trailer

Directed by Ray Gibraltar, and starring Rosanna Roces, Kristoffer Rhys Grabato, Sunshine Teodoro, Marisol Alquizar, and Raffy Tejada, Wanted Border is a “dark comedy” that follows lost people to look for refuge that eventually becomes a nightmare.

Rosanna Roces won the Best Actress award for her portrayal of a religious fanatic that owns a boarding house and eatery in Wanted: Border. She has a well-written speech prepared which she read after receiving her Cinema One Best Actress trophy. She recalled that she won her last acting award in the 1990s which was more than a decade ago.

Wanted: Border also bagged the awards for Best Production Design, Best Music, Best Cinematography, Best Screenplay and Best Director for Ray Gibraltar.

Mikhel Campos (Click, Captain Barbell), delivered the upset of the night when he won the Best Actor award for his role as Papu, a loving boyfriend with a size-related problem in Maximus and Minimus. Mikhel bested the award-winning Baron Geisler who is also a lead star in Maximus and Minimus. In the said film, Mikhel had a number of masturbation scenes and he even showed his butt.

The children’s film Si Baning, Si Maymay at ang Asong si Lobo bagged the Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress awards. Child actor Jan Harley Hicana took home the Best Supporting Actor trophy while Rio Locsin won her very first acting award in her decades-long career, the Best Supporting Actress in Cinema One 2009!

Here is the complete list of winners in the 2009 Cinema One Originals Digital Film Festival:

Audience Award (Viewers’ Choice):
Paano Ko Sasabihin

Best Production Design:
Al Alacapa, Winston Lazaro and Allan Hilado (Wanted: Border)

Best Music:
Malik Lopez and Eric Romulo (Wanted: Border)

Best Cinematography:
Ogie Sugatan (Wanted: Border)

Best Editing:
Anna Isabel Matutina (Paano Ko Sasabihin)

Best Screenplay:
Ray Gibraltar (Wanted: Border)

Best Supporting Actor:
Jan Harley Hicana (Si Baning Si Maymay at ang Asong si Bobo)

Best Supporting Actress:
Rio Locsin (Si Baning si Maymay at ang Asong si Bobo)

Best Actor:
Mikhel Campos (Maximus and Minimus)

Best Actress:
Rosanna Roces (Wanted: Border)

Best Director:
Ray Gibraltar (Wanted: Border)

Best Film:
Wanted: Border

Special Honorary Award:
Brillante Mendoza
Danny Zialcita

Special Mention:
Paano Ko Sasabihin

15 Cinema One Legends:

Fernando Poe Jr.
Susan Roces
Christopher de Leon
Nida Blanca
Maricel Soriano
Vilma Santos
Nora Aunor
Aga Muhlach
Sharon Cuneta
Judy Ann Santos
Piolo Pascual
Claudine Barretto
Robin Padilla
John Lloyd Cruz

The Board of Judges is comprised of 4-time grand slam winning actress and Star for All Seasons Gov. Vilma Santos, award-winning filmmaker Khavn dela Cruz, screenplay writer Armando Lao, ABS-CBN Creative Manager and award-winning writer Ricky Lee, Urian board member and UP Diliman Dean of the College of Mass Communication Rolando Tolentino.

The Cinema One Originals 2009 Awards Night was hosted by the producer-actress tandem of Piolo Pascual and Eugene Domingo. Stars who performed were Sam Milby, Nikki Gil, The Giggerboys, Bernie Ann and AJ Tabaldo.

Award presentors include KC Concepcion, Mark Gil, Tetchie Agbayani, Dimples Romana, Baron Geisler, Enchong Dee, Rosanna Roces, Anita Linda, Cherry Pie Picache, Dimples Romana, Ronnie Lazaro, Rio Locsin and Toni Gonzaga among others.

(More photos from the awards night to follow)

The winners were revealed during the Cinema One Originals Awards Night last night, November 15, at the Dolphy Theater.

Here are the winners of Kinse Viewers’ Choice Awards…

SEXIEST FEMALE IN PHILIPPINE CINEMA:

Angel Locsin

Other Nominees: Alma Moreno, Gretchen Barretto, Rosanna Roces and Angelica Panganiban.

SEXIEST MALE IN PHILIPPINE CINEMA:

Piolo Pascual

Other Nominees: Richard Gutierrez, Dingdong Dantes, Richard Gomez and Christopher de Leon.

MOST MEMORABLE KISSING MOMENT:

Claudine Barretto and Aga Muhlach (Kailangan Kita)

Other Nominees: Kris Aquino and Gabby Concepcion (Panganko ng Puso), Dawn Zulueta and Richard Gomez (Hihintayin Kita sa Langit), Judy Ann Santos and Piolo Pascual (’Til There Was You), and Kristine Hermosa and Jericho Rosales (Forevermore).

KING AND QUEEN OF HEARTS:

Gerald Anderson and Kim Chiu

Other Nominees: Nora Aunor and Tirso Cruz III, Sharon Cuneta and Gabby Concepcion, Judy Ann Santos and Piolo Pascual, and Sarah Geronimo and John Lloyd Cruz.

“KILIG BITS” – MOST MEMORABLE ROMANTIC LINES:

Got 2 Believe

Other Nominees: P.S. I Love You, Muling Ibalilik ang Tamis ng Pag-ibig, One More Chance, and A Very Special Love.

“THEME SONG FOREVER” – MOST MEMORABLE MOVIE THEME SONG:

A Very Special Love (A Very Special Love) by Sarah Geronimo

Other Nominees: Growing Up (Bagets) by Gary V., Kailangan Ko’y Ikaw (Kailangan Ko’y Ikaw) by Regine Velasquez, Pangarap na Bituin (Bukas Luluhod ang Mga Tala) by Sharon Cuneta, and Tanging Yaman (Tanging Yaman) by Carol Banawa.

IT GIRL:

Kim Chiu

Other Nominees: Shaina Magdayao, Erich Gonzalez, Rhian Ramos, and Carla Abellana.

“DIRECTED BY” – MOST POPULAR DIRECTOR OF ALL TIME:

Olivia Lamasan

Other Nominees: Ishmael Bernal, Lino Brocka, Brillante Mondoza, and Chito Roño.

THE TOP KONTRABIDA IN PHILIPPINE CINEMA:

Gladys Reyes

“CINEMA SHOCKERS” – FILM WITH THE SCARIEST SCENES:

Bona

“LABAN KUNG LABAN” – MOST MEMORABLE ACTION AND FIGHT SEQUENCES IN PHILIPPINE MOVIES:

Ang Utol Kong Hoodlum

“PANG-AWARD” – MOST DRAMATIC LINES IN PHILIPPINE MOVIES:

Himala

NOVEMBER 15, SUNDAY

12:30 PM – Confessional

Fillers: Astig and Rolyo

2:30 PM – Nagalit ang Buwan sa Haba ng Gabi by Danny Zialcita

5:00 PM – Serbis by Brillante Mendoza

Fillers: Andong and Bonsai

7:30 PM – Lola by Brillante Mendoza

Filler: Rolyo

9:55 PM – Maximus & Minimus (Official Entry)

NOVEMBER 16, MONDAY

12:30 PM – Tambolista

2:30 PM – Palabra de Honor

Filler: Anino

5:00 PM – Tirador by Brillante Mendoza

Fillers: Ang Ibang Mga Pamilya and Lakad ni Sammy

7:15 PM – Wanted: Border (Official Entry)

Filler: Bulong

9:10 PM – Paano Ko Sasabihin? (Official Entry)

NOVEMBER 17, TUESDAY

12:15 PM – Altar

2:00 PM – Bakit Manipis ang Ulap?

Filler: A Study for the Skies

4:30 PM – Masahista by Brillante Mendoza

5:50 PM – Himpapawid (Manila Skies) by Raymond Red

Filler: Anino

8:00 PM – Bala Bala (Official Entry)

9:50 PM – Si Baning, Si Maymay, at ang Asong si Bobo (Official Entry)

Written and directed by Raymond Red, Himpapawid boasts of a cast of outstanding and award-winning actors who have made marks both in mainstream and independent movies and even in theater. Ronnie Lazaro, John Arcilla, Soliman Cruz, Nonie Buencamino, Archie Adamos, Nanding Josef, Mon Confiado, Tony Mabesa and Lav Diaz. Exhibited for competition at the recent 11th Cinemanila International Film Festival, it was also nominated for Best Director category in the Tokyo International Film Festival. Himpapawid is also Raymond Red’s first major film since winning the Palme D’or in the 2000 Cannes Film festival for his short film Anino. Add to that he was also the first Filipino to receive the Rotterdam Hubert Bals Memorial Grant.

Inspired by a real life and news account, Himpapawid is a drama which centers around a simple but desperate man from the countryside who came to the city to find his luck. Instead, success eludes him. In his continuing spiraling down into poverty, he becomes a deranged hijacker; this being his last ditch to survive amidst the chaos of modern Philippine society.

Do not miss Himpapawid in the Cinema One Originals Digital Film Festival to screened on November 17, Tuesday, at 5:50 p.m. along with the five finalists, Bala Bala, Wanted: Border, Si Baing Si Maymay at ang Asong si Bobo, Paano Ko Sasabihin and Maximus & Minimus.

All the five Originals digital movies are produced and owned by Cinema One and Creative Programs, Inc. through the yearly Cinema One Originals movie event.

The awarding ceremonies will be hosted by grand slam winning actor and Drama Prince Piolo Pascual and new box-office star Eugene Domingo! Some of today’s hottest and most watched celebrities will present awards in different categories. Winning filmmakers like Danny Zialcita and Cannes Film Festival director Brillante Mendoza plus blockbuster directors like Joyce Bernal and Cathy Garcia Molina will also be at the event. Sam Milby will render a must-not-miss intermission number!

Now on its 5th year since its inception in 2005, this year’s Cinema One Originals does not follow any theme to encourage entries with novelty which carry a more out-of-the-box plotlines. This makes five Originals finalists vying for top awards to be more surprising than ever. They are the sweet comedy Maximus & Minimus by directors Na Jamir and Jimmy Flores and stars Cai Cortez, Baron Geisler, Mikel Campos, Liza Lorena and Malou Crisologo. The thriller Wanted: Border by director Ray Gibraltar stars Rosanna Roces and Raffy Tejada. Bala Bala is a mystery-fantasy of writer-director Melvin Brito and stars Richard Quan, Glenda Resureccion, Jao Mapa and Angel Jacob. The romantic comedy Paano Ko Sasabihin starring Erich Gonzales and Enchong Dee is directed by Richard Legaspi. The children’s film Si Maymay Si Baning at ang Asong Si Bobo of writer-director Rommel Tolentino that stars Rio Locsin, Simon Ibarra and Gene Karley Largueza.

This year’s jury alone already makes the digital film festival an unforgettable event in Philippine Cinema. It’s headed by none other than 4-time grand slam winning actress and Star for All Seasons Vilma Santos, award-winning filmmaker Khavn dela Cruz, screenplay writer Armando Lao, ABS-CBN Creative manger and award-winning writer Ricky Lee, and member of the Manunuri ang Pelikulang Pilipino and Dean of the College of Mass Communication in UP Diliman Rolando Tolentino.

The Cinema One Originals Digital Film Festival is produced and owned by Cinema One and the Creative Programs, Inc through the annual Cinema One Originals project.

Directed by Ray Gibraltar, and starring Rosanna Roces, Kristoffer Rhys Grabato, Sunshine Teodoro, Marisol Alquizar, and Raffy Tejada, here is a ‘dark comedy’ that follows lost people to look for refuge that eventually becomes a nightmare.

Religious fanatic Mama Saleng owns a boarding house and eatery. When she was a child living with her grandmother, they were both suspected of being aswangs. Her thirst for humanity was quenched when she met undercover agent Jessie Beltran during the Martial Law, whose task was to terminate activists in Panay. Mama Selang grew to enjoy the face of death in her hands and totally embraced her childhood epithet of being an aswang. Now her boarders are disappearing one by one. Should her mysterious character be described what she has become can be rooted from traumas she sank into. So does she have something to do with the disappearance of her boarders? Does she butcher them? Is she a carnivore? No one will really know at first. But with a plotline too irresistible, Wanted: Border makes viewers aware what its message is. “Kung dati, nag-aapakan lang tayo ng paa…ngayon tayo tayo na ang nag kakatayan at nagkakainan—tulungan natin ang mga sarili natin na wakasan ang cycle of violence…sa ating sarili…sa ating pamilya…sa ating komunidad,” states Gibraltar.

After completing his Philosophy studies at the Saint Vincent Ferrer Seminary in Jaro, Iloilo and the University of La Salle in Bacolod, Ray Defante Gibraltar attended filmmaking workshops at the Mowelfund Film Institute in 2001. His experimental short film Makinilya was screened at the Pelikula’t Lipunan Film Festival and the Singapore International Film Festival in 2002. His full-length documentary Syokoy placed 3rd and even became the Best Regional Choice at the Gawad CCP Para sa Alternatibong Pelikula 2007. But it is his famous documentary narrative When Tamaya Meets Delgado that placed the director-writer-editor in the limelight. It premiered at the Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival in 2007. Made its Asian Premiere at the Singapore International Film Festival in 2008. Had its European premiere in the Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival. At the 31st Gawad Urian last year When Tamaya Meets Delgado was nominated for Best Editing.

Wanted: Border will send shivers when the festival kicks off from November 13 to 17 at the Gateway Cinema at the Araneta Center in Cubao, Quezon City in part of the 15 Year Anniversary Celebration of Cinema One for being the top movie cable channel in the Philippines. The Awards Night will be held on November 15 at the Dolphy Theater of the ABS-CBN.

The other competing movies in the festival are Maximus & Minimus, Paano Ko Sasabihin, Bala Bala at Si Baning Si Maymay at ang asong si Bobo.

Starring Cai Cortez, Baron Geisler, Mikel Campos, Malou Crisologo, Kimmy Macatlang and Ms. Liza Lorena, this film weaves a story of two different people in size and life’s experience. Maximus & Minimus is a story of a woman’s life which changes when she thought her existence is already fruitful

Max is a fat woman whose life is very gifted. Add to that material affluence. She’s got tons of confidence, a hefty bank account, a hearty sex life. In short, life is sweet to her. But when one day her sex life hits a snag, she starts to doubt many things from the crucial to the trivial, down to her (this time) waistline. As she goes through this problematic process, a separate “size-related” dilemma runs parallel to hers. Her ex-lover Papu contemplates to either look for redemption or wallow in shameful over a bad encounter. This makes Maximus & Minimus a comedy of excess and shortcomings, two things everyone needs to make life meaningful.

Maximus & Minimus is directed by cinematographer Nap Jamir and written by Jimmy Flores. Though this is their first directorial effort, both film-aficionados have already proven their mettle in the industry. 2004 placed Jamir in the limelight when he received the Gawad Urian nomination for Best Cinematography for the comedy-melodrama Bridal Shower of director Jose Javier Reyes. In 2006, he brought home the Best Cinematography for the highly successful independent film Ang Pagdadalaga ni Maximo Oliveros at the Gawad Urian. 2007 brought him the FAP nomination for Best Cinematography for the Mel Chionglo drama of impoverished men with underground jobs being strippers-for-hire Twilight Dancers. He wrote the screenplay for Aureus Solito’s provocative drama Tuli (2005) which won awards in the Berlin International Film Festival and Cinemanila International Film Festival. He also line produced and wrote the screenplay of Raket Ni Nanay, which became a finalist in the 2006 Cinema One Originals.

This time with Maximus & Minimus, Jamir and Flores will introduce characters and a movie that’s maximum on entertainment when the 2009 Cinema One Originals Digital Film Festival kicks off from November 13 to 17 at the Gateway Cinema at the Araneta Center, Cubao, Quezon City, likewise continuing the 15-Year Anniversary Celebration of Cinema One for remaining to be the top movie cable channel in the country. The awards night will be held on November 15 at the Dolphy Theater of the ABS-CBN.

Maximus & Minimus, together with Paano Ko Sasabihin, Wanted: Border, Bala Bala, Si Baning Si Maymay at ang asong si Bobo are produced and property of Cinema One and Creative Programs, Inc (CPI).

From over 100 entries, 5 finalists compete for the top prize.

The movies are novelty. The stories are unpredictable. The talents are the emerging new breed. These are what make the 2009 Cinema One Digital Film Festival an event when it opens at the Gateway Mall Cinema at the Araneta Center Cubao on November 13 and runs until November 17. Its much anticipated Awards Night will be held on November 15 at the Dolphy Theater of the ABS-CBN.

Spearheaded by the country’s number 1 movie cable channel Cinema One, and helmed by its Director for Programming Ronald Arguelles, this year’s digital film festival is guaranteed to elicit anticipation as it is part of the ongoing 15 Year Anniversary of Cinema One’s leadership in local cinema. The festival will also run its winning Originals like Confessional, Tambolista, Dose, Altar and Yanggaw. Plus there will also be a theatrical feature of selected acclaimed classics of multi-awarded filmmakers Danny Zialcita and Brillante Mendoza.

Chosen and strained carefully from over 100 entries, this year’s festival has five (5) finalists:

Maximus & Minimus is a ‘sweet comedy’ by directors Nap Jamir and Jimmy Flores. A comedy of contrasts, it’s where excess and shortcomings happen and where bounty and scarcity is experienced by a woman who will realize changes are what her life needs. Paano Ko Sasabihin is a romantic comedy of writer-director Richard Legaspi where sparks fly between two people, literally without words but with lots of sing language (yes, sign language!), heart and laughter. Ray Gibraltar directs Wanted: Border, a horror-drama where one woman’s descend to madness is manifested through people who are looking for refuge. But it’s likely nightmare they end up to. Writer-director Melvin Brito helms Bala Bala. This mystery-fantasy follows the magical journey of two supposed healers who discover one thing they have in common why they cannot separate. Si Baning Si Maymay at ang Asong Si Bobo is a children’s film for adults by writer-director Rommel ‘Milo’ Tolentino where three characters are bound to make everybody relate to them with what they will encounter in their young lives.

The 2009 Cinema One Originals will not only promise entertainment but also enrichment for all movie audience! These movies are produced and owned by Cinema One Cable Channel and the Creative Programs, Inc. through this yearly film festival project.

Enchong and Erich play the role of a deaf-mute lovers in the film. Enchong Dee’s character knows sign language since he teaches this in the school where he works. Meanwhile, Erich’s character knows how to sign language because of her deaf-mute brother.

“Nag-aral kami talaga ni Erich ng sign language. Sobrang mahirap kasi we have to learn it in two days. Tapos kailangan namin maipakita sa big screen na sanay na sanay kami sa ganun. Ang galing nga ni Erich kasi parang dalawang beses lang siya nagkamali. E ako parang ang dami kong naiiwan na salita/sign. Kasi nga kapag may naiwan ka lang na isa, iba na agad yung meaning kaya challenging talaga,” Enchong said.

One of the highlights of the film was the torrid kissing scene between him and Erich which was shot in an MRT station.

“Hindi lang smack ha. Raaar! Ganon siya. Dalawang beses namin siya kinuhanan, isang wide shot, tsaka isang close up. Pero technically, wala siyang ulit…Basta maraming mint akong kinain bago nag-take,’ he jokingly shared.

Paano Ko Sasabihin? is a romantic dramedy about two souls entangled in a loop of lies, both of them hoping that true love will straighten everything out.

The film will be screened during the Cinema One Originals 2009 Film Festival at the Gateway Mall Cineplex in Araneta Cubao on November 13 to 17, with an awards night on November 15 at the Dolphy Theater in ABS CBN.

VIDEO LINK: Enchong and Erich Talk About Their On-Screen Kiss