MANILA, Philippines?Diether Ocampo allegedly said he doesn?t want to be paired with Iza Calzado or Sunshine Dizon because he prefers younger actresses. Knowing Diet, he?s not capable of saying something as rude as that. Perhaps he was just taken out of context.

?I never said anything like that,? Diet clarified. ?I have no right to say so. I am truly very excited to work with them if God allows.? Iza?s sentiments about the issue? ?I?m hoping it?s just hearsay. He wasn?t quoted naman daw,? Iza said. ?I don?t know Diet that well but I?d like to believe that no educated man would say that about ladies.?

If and when Diet and Iza would have a movie together, it ought to be called ?One Real Lady and a True Gentleman.?

Out of the picture

Patrick Garcia is very vocal about his desire to see his love child AJ. But his ex Jennylyn Mercado refuses to let Pat get a glimpse of their baby.

Perhaps she just doesn?t want to open old wounds. ?No more Pat issues please,? Jen reiterates. ?It?s not healthy for my career. I?ve already said that he?s out of the picture.?

Ouch! Pat banned from bonding with AJ!

Mr. Bite

I kept teasing Troy Montero that he has a striking resemblance to Robert Pattinson who played Edward Cullen in the hit movie ?Twilight.?

?So many friends have told us that,? said his wife Aubrey Miles. I was tempted to ask Troy to bite me?with Aubs? consent, of course. That?s the next best thing to being bitten by Edward.

After watching ?Twilight,? I conclude that Mr. Right is Mr. Bite!

Prima donna?

Nikki Gil was allegedly a prima donna during her shoot for Circuit. That?s according to a writer of the mag. Maybe Nikki was just having a bad day. As all artists are inclined to say ?I?m entitled to my moods.? Lights! Camera! Next mood swing in five minutes!

Film fest entry

In terms of cinematic and artistic quality, number of entries and variety of roles, Christopher de Leon?s Metro Manila Film festival record is without equal. The award-winning actor has been joining the film fest since the ?70s and is still doing so to this day.

His entry this year is Maverick Films? ?Magkaibigan,? where his role as the best friend of Jinggoy Estrada was inspired by the late Rudy Fernandez. ?Our last shooting day was kinda? gloomy,? Tirso Cruz recalls. ?Direk Joey Reyes cried because the scene reminded him of his late friend Direk Khryss Adalla. On our part, as Daboy?s friends, it gave us a heavy heart because it was like reliving the last moments of Daboy especially when Lorna T visited us on the set that day.?

There truly is friendship even after death.

Triple treat

PLDT MyDSL has a triple Christmas treat. Subscribers get a chance to win one laptop per day on ?Eat Bulaga?s? ?Pula Sa Puti,? with freebies like three months subscription, Linksys wireless routers and WeROAM units until Dec. 20.

Its ?Ultra Broadband Blowout? offers rock-bottom prices on computers bundled with Internet subscriptions (SM Mall of Asia and SM North Edsa on Dec. 11-17). In its ?Raid Upgrade,? PC partners in malls give instant prizes to lucky patrons (www.myworldmydsl.com). Merry Rrrring Rrrring!

New Myx VJs

Because of their superior knack for hosting, wit in cracking jokes and natural charisma, Robi Domingo, Monica Yncierto, Bianca Roque and Chino Lui Pio are now certified Myx VJs.

Says Robi, ?The other VJs tease me as the baby since I?m the youngest. Oh well, maybe that?s the problem when you?re the youngest and the cutest (laughs).?

?This job means everything to me,? says Monica. ?It wasn?t just something I auditioned for just for the heck of it.?

Recalls Chino, ?It was a close call and I didn?t want to expect anything. But I really wanted to land the job.?

?I?m happy I got the job and at the same time sad because the search was so much fun and it had to end,? says Bianca.

Myx got the perfect mix of VJs.

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