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* BrokenPedestal: Dorina is heartbroken to see what a hostile and mean person Lavinia really is. Lavinia's treatment of Dorina also caused Nico to fall out of love with her.

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* BrokenPedestal: Dorina is heartbroken to see what a how hostile and mean person Lavinia really is. Lavinia's treatment of Dorina also caused Nico to fall out of love with her.
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-->'''Dorina: It is you who is garbage. I used to admire you because I thought you were kind. I thought that you were human. I followed you. I guarded you. I ''loved'' you Lavinia! I looked up to you. I will never forget how you mocked me. How you embarrassed me in front of the public. From then on, I swore that I would not only be your equal, Lavinia. I would surpass you. Hypocrite!

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-->'''Dorina: -->'''Dorina''': It is you who is garbage. I used to admire you because I thought you were kind. I thought that you were human. I followed you. I guarded you. I ''loved'' you Lavinia! I looked up to you. I will never forget how you mocked me. How you embarrassed me in front of the public. From then on, I swore that I would not only be your equal, Lavinia. I would surpass you. Hypocrite!
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-->'''Dorina: It's you who is garbage. I used to admire you because I thought you were kind

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-->'''Dorina: It's It is you who is garbage. I used to admire you because I thought you were kindkind. I thought that you were human. I followed you. I guarded you. I ''loved'' you Lavinia! I looked up to you. I will never forget how you mocked me. How you embarrassed me in front of the public. From then on, I swore that I would not only be your equal, Lavinia. I would surpass you. Hypocrite!
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-->'''Dorina: It's you who is garbage. I used to admire you because I thought you were kind

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* BrokenPedestal: Dorina is heartbroken to see what a hostile and mean person Lavinia really is.

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-->'''Lavinia''': You were just my fan, or have you forgotten? Back then you practically kissed my feet, and you always hanged your trashy flower garlands around my neck. You even slept outside my gate. You were then but an ordinary fan. Now you strut around as if you're a queen. You are garbage!
* BrokenPedestal: Dorina is heartbroken to see what a hostile and mean person Lavinia really is. Lavinia's treatment of Dorina also caused Nico to fall out of love with her.


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* VerbalTic: Lavinia tends to start her sentences with "Look".

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-->'''Lavinia''': You're nothing but a second-rate, trying-hard, copycat!


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* SignatureLine: "You're nothing but a second-rate, trying-hard, copycat!"
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* PetTheDog: Nico visited Dorina in the hospital after she was hit by a car. He wrote a "get well soon" card and told her that Lavinia wrote it even though Lavinia could not got give two bits about her.

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* PetTheDog: Nico visited Dorina in the hospital after she was hit by a car. He wrote a "get well soon" card and told her that Lavinia wrote it even though Lavinia could not got give two bits care less about her.
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* CountryMouse: It was indicated that Dorina is from Iligan.


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* PetTheDog: Nico visited Dorina in the hospital after she was hit by a car. He wrote a "get well soon" card and told her that Lavinia wrote it even though Lavinia could not got give two bits about her.
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* DrowningMySorrows: Discussed but not shown.

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* DrowningMySorrows: Discussed but not shown.shown when Nico tells Zosimo that he is leaving the record label because he is in love with Dorina and he does not want things get awkward between them.
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* DarkReprise: Lavinia sings "I Just Called To Say I Love You" by Music/StevieWonder early in the film. Dorina sings the same thing later but it ends with Lavinia throwing a drink in her face.

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* DarkReprise: Lavinia sings "I Just Called To Say I Love You" by Music/StevieWonder early in the film. Dorina sings the same thing later as a tribute to Lavinia but it ends with Lavinia throwing a drink in her face.
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A television drama of this story was adapted in 2006.

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A television drama of this story was adapted in 2006. It was turned into a stage musical in 2015.

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* DarkReprise: Lavinia sings "I Just Called To Say I Love You" by Stevie Wonder early in the film. Dorina sings the same thing later but it ends with Lavinia throwing a drink in her face.

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* DarkReprise: Lavinia sings "I Just Called To Say I Love You" by Stevie Wonder Music/StevieWonder early in the film. Dorina sings the same thing later but it ends with Lavinia throwing a drink in her face.


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-->'''Lavinia''': You're nothing but a second-rate, trying-hard, copycat!
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''Bituing Walang Ningning'' (''A Star Without Shine'' in English) was a 1985 Filipino drama musical film, adapted from a comic book serial of the same name and released by VIVA Films. It starred Sharon Cuneta, Christopher De Leon and Cherie Gil. Co-starring Tommy Abuel, Jay Ilagan Chandra Romero and Joel Torre.

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''Bituing Walang Ningning'' (''A Star Without Shine'' in English) was a 1985 Filipino drama musical film, adapted from a comic book serial of the same name and released by VIVA Films. It starred Sharon Cuneta, Christopher De Leon and Cherie Gil. Co-starring Tommy Abuel, Jay Ilagan Ilagan, Chandra Romero and Joel Torre.



* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Nico does this when he thought that Dorina was in love with their composer Gary.

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* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Nico does this when he thought that Dorina was in love with their composer Gary. Gary flips this over and tells Nico to come back for Dorina's sake.
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* DrowningMySorrows: Discussed but not shown.
-->'''Zosimo''': We're getting too dramatic. We're drinking the wrong stuff. Get something hard.


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* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Nico does this when he thought that Dorina was in love with their composer Gary.
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''Bituing Walang Ningning'' (''A Star Without Shine'' in English) was a 1985 Filipino drama musical film, adapted from a comic book serial of the same name. It starred Sharon Cuneta, Christopher De Leon and Cherie Gil. Co-starring Tommy Abuel, Jay Ilagan Chandra Romero and Joel Torre.

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''Bituing Walang Ningning'' (''A Star Without Shine'' in English) was a 1985 Filipino drama musical film, adapted from a comic book serial of the same name.name and released by VIVA Films. It starred Sharon Cuneta, Christopher De Leon and Cherie Gil. Co-starring Tommy Abuel, Jay Ilagan Chandra Romero and Joel Torre.
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* DarkReprise: Lavinia sings "I Just Called To Say I Love You" by Stevie Wonder early in the film. Dorina sings the same thing later but it ends with Lavinia throwing a drink in her face.


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* TriumphantReprise: More like a Bittersweet Reprise. Dorina sings the titular "Bituing Walang Ningning" when she is first unveiled as a major singer. She sings it again in the end [[spoiler: after announcing her withdrawal from public life. She then lets Lavinia finish while she embraces Nico]].

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Dorina Pineda (Sharon) was an ordinary teen girl who longed to be a famous singer like her idol Lavinia Arguelles (Cherie Gil). Fate steps in when she is discovered and groomed to become the next singing sensation by Nico (Christopher De Leon) who is Lavinia's ex-boyfriend.

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Dorina Pineda (Sharon) was an ordinary teen girl who longed to be a famous singer like her idol Lavinia Arguelles (Cherie Gil). Fate steps in when she is discovered and groomed to become the next singing sensation by Nico Escobar (Christopher De Leon) who is Lavinia's ex-boyfriend.



* AscendedFangirl: Dorina goes from Lavinia's fan to her biggest rival.



* GratuitousEnglish: It is a Filipino melodrama after all.

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* GratuitousEnglish: It is a Filipino melodrama after all.all.
* JerkassHasAPoint: Lavinia comes off as a BitchInSheepsClothing but she has a point about Dorina being irritating.
-->'''Nico''': I thought you loved all your fans?
-->'''Lavinia''': When I'm tired, I don't.
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''Bituing Walang Ningning'' (''A Star Without Shine'' in English) was a 1985 Filipino drama musical film, adapted from a comic book serial of the same name. It starred Sharon Cuneta, Christopher De Leon and Cherie Gil. Co-starring Tommy Abuel, Chandra Romero and Joel Torre.

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''Bituing Walang Ningning'' (''A Star Without Shine'' in English) was a 1985 Filipino drama musical film, adapted from a comic book serial of the same name. It starred Sharon Cuneta, Christopher De Leon and Cherie Gil. Co-starring Tommy Abuel, Jay Ilagan Chandra Romero and Joel Torre.


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A television drama of this story was adapted in 2006.
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''Bituing Walang Ningning'' (''A Star Without Shine'' in English) was a 1985 Filipino drama musical film. It starred Sharon Cuneta, Christopher De Leon and Cherie Gil. It was an adaptation of a comic book serial of the same name.

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''Bituing Walang Ningning'' (''A Star Without Shine'' in English) was a 1985 Filipino drama musical film.film, adapted from a comic book serial of the same name. It starred Sharon Cuneta, Christopher De Leon and Cherie Gil. It was an adaptation of a comic book serial of the same name.
Co-starring Tommy Abuel, Chandra Romero and Joel Torre.
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* FoodSlap: The most famous scene of the whole film is when Lavinia lambasts Dorina's singing and then throws wine in her face.

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* FoodSlap: The most famous scene of the whole film is when Lavinia lambasts Dorina's singing and then throws wine in her face. Dorina gets her back for this later.

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* EightiesHair: Dorina and Lavinia. Dorina even sports the Farrah Fawcett hairdo, in 1985.



* EightiesHair: Dorina and Lavinia. Dorina even sports the Farrah Fawcett hairdo, in 1985.
* FoodSlap: The most famous scene of the whole film is when Lavinia lambasts Dorina's singing and then throws wine in her face.

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* EightiesHair: Dorina and Lavinia. Dorina even sports the Farrah Fawcett hairdo, in 1985.
* FoodSlap: The most famous scene of the whole film is when Lavinia lambasts Dorina's singing and then throws wine in her face.face.
* GratuitousEnglish: It is a Filipino melodrama after all.
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* EightiesHair: Dorina and Lavinia. Dorina even sports the Farrah Fawcett hairdo, in 1985.

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* EightiesHair: Dorina and Lavinia. Dorina even sports the Farrah Fawcett hairdo, in 1985.1985.
* FoodSlap: The most famous scene of the whole film is when Lavinia lambasts Dorina's singing and then throws wine in her face.
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* BrokenPedestal: Dorina is heartbroken to see what a hostile and mean person Lavinia really is.
* EightiesHair: Dorina and Lavinia. Dorina even sports the Farrah Fawcett hairdo, in 1985.
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[[caption-width-right:1000:I would rather be a star without shine if it meant your everlasting gaze...]]

''Bituing Walang Ningning'' (''A Star Without Shine'' in English) was a 1985 Filipino drama musical film. It starred Sharon Cuneta, Christopher De Leon and Cherie Gil. It was an adaptation of a comic book serial of the same name.

Dorina Pineda (Sharon) was an ordinary teen girl who longed to be a famous singer like her idol Lavinia Arguelles (Cherie Gil). Fate steps in when she is discovered and groomed to become the next singing sensation by Nico (Christopher De Leon) who is Lavinia's ex-boyfriend.

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