RUSHES SUNDAY
What ‘we’re okay’ really means
By the Inquirer Entertainment Staff
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 22:30:00 11/01/2008
Filed Under: People, Entertainment (general)
MANILA, Philippines - When they say they’re okay, it turns out, that doesn’t mean they’re okay okay, as in, live-happily-ever-after okay.
A deeply entrenched source tells Rushes that Karylle and Dingdong Dantes have called it quits. Another insider swears Dingdong has become “too close for comfort” with onscreen partner Marian Rivera.
An industry exec rues that, if true, this can do more harm than good to Dingdong and Marian’s upcoming movie, “One True Love.” The exec says, “It would make Dingdong look like a heartbreaker and Marian, a relationship breaker.”
(Hmmm, what if this is a breakup-to-makeup ruse to promote that movie? Hmmm.)
A network mole believes that’s precisely the reason Dingdong is insisting on a joint interview/statement with Karylle—for damage control? Says the source: “What’s the use of a joint interview when his utterances all point to a breakup?”
Asked by Rushes via SMS, Dantes replied, “I am still waiting for her.”
Hmmm.
Beware, Gay Manager
Making the rounds is an anonymous text message disparaging Gay Manager. It says GM fleeced business partners in Los Angeles and one of the Fil-Ams who lost everything as a result is threatening to fly to Manila to expose GM.
GM is purportedly in constant need of cash because of many kept boys—including Hunky Model, who’s the boyfriend of Sexy Starlet, and three Fresh Faces who endorse the same clothing brand as HM.
Worst supporting actor
And the award for Worst Supporting Diva goes to... Character Actor, who reportedly walked out of the set of a new movie slated for the Metro Manila Film Festival.
CA already saw red because his role wasn’t big enough. When the scenes of Lead Actress were shot ahead of his, CA went ballistic.
According to a spy, CA complained, not to the movie’s director but to Gay Filmmaker.
That’s because GF, current favorite of the producer, is CA’s longtime “benefactor.”
Duet or don’t
Reports that Major Star has agreed to record a duet with Non-Singing Celebrity are false—the product of NSC’s overactive publicity machinery, no doubt.
A mole says MS has no plans of ruining her career by singing with NC who slaughtered his fair share of songs as a contestant on “Celebrity Duets.”
No Ken do
Acclaimed Director is upset with Leading Man of a new movie. Much to AD’s dismay, LM keeps changing the script, a source relates.
AD is this close to quitting, but LM’s every whim is being indulged by the producers. An insider rants, “What kind of ideas can we expect from a living, breathing Ken doll?”
How the host was won
Unknown to many, Male Host went steady with Female Host when she was a college student.
In spite of the age difference, MH won FH’s heart by pulling out all the stops, says a source.
MH booked a function room in a T. Morato restaurant and had the place filled with roses for their dinner date. MH also hired Rico J. Puno to serenade FH—a live concert for two! As coup de grace, MH gifted FH with a diamond ring.
MH and FH, however, soon parted ways and he ended up marrying (and eventually separating from) a schoolmate of FH’s.
FrancisM for coffee
Our theory is, the TV commercial was planned and executed before FrancisM was diagnosed with leukemia. So now he’s in the new Nescafe Iced Coffee ad, supposedly in a rap duel called “Palistuhan” against wannabe Ramon Bautista. The pretender loses in the battle of course. In a post interview, Bautista concludes, “He’s the true master rapper, really one of a kind.”
He said, she said
•“It’s overwhelming, and quite hard to take in. ... Even an old dog like me has a few more surprises in life, I guess.”—ACDC singer Brian Johnson, learning his group had 2008’s second-biggest album debut with “Black Ice.”
•“Rosa Parks sat so Martin Luther King could walk, and Martin walked so Obama could run. Obama is running so we all can fly, so let’s fly.”—Rapper Jay-Z, getting out the vote for Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama.
•“Yes, I have plans, but not yet. I’m pregnant with my songs. But someday, yes.”—Colombian pop star Shakira, when asked whether her foundation work on behalf of Latin American children has made her want to become a mother. AP
Happy birthdays!
Today: Singer k.d. lang is 47. David Schwimmer is 42.
Tomorrow: Roseanne Barr is 56. Kate Capshaw is 55. Adam Ant is 54.
Nov. 4: Walter Cronkite is 92. Ralph Macchio is 47. Jeff Probst is 47. Matthew McConaughey is 39. Diddy (Sean Combs) is 39.
Nov. 5: Art Garfunkel is 67. Sam Shepard is 65. Bryan Adams is 49. Tilda Swinton is 48. Kevin Jonas is 21.
Nov. 6: Director Mike Nichols is 77. Sally Field is 62. Glenn Frey is 60. Ethan Hawke is 38. Thandie Newton is 36.
Nov. 7: Joni Mitchell is 65. Nov. 8: Bonnie Raitt is 59. Rickie Lee Jones is 54. Leif Garrett is 47. Courtney Thorne-Smith is 41. Tara Reid is 33. AP
‘Hell on wheels’
LOS ANGELES— Patrick Swayze, filming again less than a year after being given a grim diagnosis of pancreatic cancer, described chemotherapy as “hell on wheels” but said work had kept him feeling positive.
Swayze, 56, best known for his dance instructor role in the movie “Dirty Dancing,” underwent months of chemotherapy and an experimental drug treatment to beat one of the most virulent forms of cancer, which experts say has only a 5 percent five-year survival rate.
“I do find myself, at the end of the day... sort of catching myself with a smile on my face,” Swayze told The New York Times in his first interview since returning to acting. “I’m still fine to work, I haven’t changed—oh, I have changed, what am I saying? It’s a battle zone I go through. Chemo, no matter how you cut it, is hell on wheels.” Reuters
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Top of the tabloids
The top show biz stories in local tabloids this week. (And why we are moved, if we are moved.)
Angel’s angst
•Sobra na nila akong binababoy!—Angel Locsin (Does she mean the same people who made her?)
•Angel awang-awa na kay Jennylyn Mercado (Mind your problems first, girl.)
•Angel wala na talagang problema kay Claudine! (E di... wala!)
•Luis Manzano kampante kay Piolo Pascual na di susulutin sa kanya si Angel! (Hmmm.)
Bothered, bewildered
•Kim Chui walang paki sa relasyong Gerald Anderson-Paulene Luna (Good girl.)
•Kim napaiyak nang malamang nililigawan ni Gerald si Paulene! (Ay, mali.)
•Paulene ayaw maunang makipagbati kay Michelle! (E di... ’wag!)
•Wala akong kaaway, hahayaan ko na lang si Yasmien Kurdi na magsalita—JC de Vera (Parang meron a.)
•Walang ibang lalake si Anne Curtis!—Sam Milby (Qualify, please.)
•Anne umiyak sa concert ni Sam! (Was it his singing voice?)
Excuses, excuses
•Kaya raw umatras sa 2 movie ng Regal films, Mother Lily hindi tinupad ang promise kay Eugene Domingo (Dapat lang umatras pala.)
•Bea Alonzo hiniwalayan ni Jake Cuenca dahil kay Roxanne Guinoo (Talaga?)
•Dapat magsalita na sina Dingdong Dantes at Karylle kung sila pa rin o hindi na! (Actually, hindi na siguro.)
•Willie Revillame at Joey de Leon, nagplastikan lang? (Puede ha?)
How true?
•Mark Herras diring-diring maging tatay ng anak ni Jennylyn kay Patrick Garcia?! (Dahan-dahan naman.)
•Criselda Volks may sex video na kumakalat? (Sana movie na lang.)
•Joross Gamboa nabibiro na si Roxanne Guinoo (Uyyy.)
(Bandera, Tumbok)
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