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His prizes embrace first place within the Obituary/In Appreciation for Movie/TV Personalities part within the On-line/Print class for his piece ‘[Only IN Hollywood] I say just a little prayer and a variety of because of Burt Bacharach for his music’
MANILA, Philippines – Rappler leisure columnist Ruben Nepales on Sunday, June 23, took house 4 prizes on the 66th annual Southern California Journalism Awards offered by the Los Angeles Press Membership.
Nepales bagged first place within the Obituary/In Appreciation for Movie/TV Personalities part within the On-line/Print class for his February 2023 piece on the late musician Burt Bacharach.
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Titled “I say just a little prayer and a variety of because of Burt Bacharach for his music,” the piece was printed in his weekly Rappler column, Solely IN Hollywood. Items from US media Los Angeles Instances and The Hollywood Reporter positioned second and third, respectively, within the class.
The judges praised Nepales for combining “private remembrance with traditional obituary writing” within the Bacharach piece. “His recollections give readers an opportunity to dig into their reminiscences for their very own but in addition inform readers information about Bacharach’s life they might not have identified,” they added.
He additionally positioned third within the Leisure Information or Characteristic class for Overseas Correspondents for his November 2023 Solely IN Hollywood column titled “‘The Coloration Purple’ Q&A led by Oprah, was as transferring because the gorgeous movie.”
Apart from his profitable columns, Nepales was additionally awarded second place within the On-line Journalist of the Yr and Greatest Columnist or Critic for Overseas Correspondents classes.
“I’m thrilled within the identify of illustration, for a journalist from Rappler within the Philippines to win in a aggressive discipline packed by main American media retailers,” he advised Rappler about his a number of plums.
These awards are the newest addition to Nepales’ rising accolades, together with profitable the primary prize within the Movie Characteristic on Actors (On-line) class within the 2023 Nationwide Arts & Leisure Journalism Awards and receiving the President’s Lifetime Achievement Award in Journalism on the Excellent Filipinos in America (TOFA) Awards 2022.
A local of Calasiao, Pangasinan, and alumnus of the College of Sto. Tomas, Nepales immigrated to the USA within the Eighties. He grew to become the primary Filipino to be elected to membership within the Hollywood Overseas Press Affiliation (HFPA), the identical affiliation that presents the Golden Globe Awards.
His column Solely IN Hollywood ran within the Philippine Day by day Inquirer for 15 years, earlier than transferring to Rappler in 2020. He has additionally printed two award-winning books: My Filipino Connection: The Philippines in Hollywood, and the espresso desk ebook By way of a Author’s Lens.
Nepales additionally co-founded the Manila Worldwide Movie Pageant, the abroad version of the Metro Manila Movie Pageant. He at present serves on the boards of the Asian World Movie Pageant and the SOHO Worldwide Movie Pageant. – Rappler.com
