MANILA, Philippines?Birthday boy Cesar Montano wore a flaming red polo at his advanced celebration and contract signing for PGflex at his superb Italian resto Bellisimo. Red hot for more success?

?I?m overjoyed that ?Singing Bee? is rating well,? Buboy exclaimed. ?I also am dead serious about trying my luck in Hollywood. And I?m thankful I have a new ad for a 100 percent Pinoy-made linoleum product.?

?Do your endorsements outnumber the women linked to you?? I teased him. ?I?ve lost count,? he replied, laughing. What really counts in Buboy?s life is his family. Though he doesn?t look like a lolo at all, he already has an apo, 1 year and 9 months old Clyde Christian (son of his eldest, Angela, and Chris).

?Ayaw magpatawag ni Dad ng lolo,? reveals Angela. ?Gusto niya Kuya lang. Pilyo at matalino si Clyde.?

The cute little boy will surely carry on the Montano tradition. But for now, Buboy proudly leads the way.

Killer looks

Aga Muhlach and Gabby Concepcion did some catching up at the birthday of everybody?s beloved Tita Ethel Ramos. If looks could kill, Gabo and Morning?s presence would cause a massacre. Or a killing at the box office if they do a movie together.

No match

Marco Alcaraz laughs off rumors linking him to Dyesebel co-star Lotlot de Leon. ?Lot and I wonder where that story came from,? Marco says. ?Biruan nga namin ni Lot na she?ll let me date her eldest daughter.? Mother matchmaker?

Battle of the ex-es

It?s official! Tisha Silang and Geoff Rodriguez are the Philippines? contenders in ?Amazing Race Asia.? Tisha happens to be the ex-GF of Paolo Bediones. What a coincidence that Pao is hosting ?Survivor Philippines? while Tisha is competing in another reality show. Survival of the ex-es?

?Confessional? screening

Award-winning Cinema One Originals Digital film ?Confessional? will have its special one-week theatrical run at the Indiesine of Robinson?s Galleria starting Aug. 13. It won the Best Film in the First Features Section of the 10th Osian Festival of Asian & Arab Cinema in New Delhi last month. Lies+Lies=Truth is the film?s premise. It?s about a small time filmmaker who?s tired of the deceit in his work and relationships. Then he stumbles upon a truth he didn?t ask for as one subject decides to confess his sins. Prepare to do an act of adulation after watching ?Confessional.?

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