MANILA, Philippines?Preggy celeb wanted to keep secret her date with the stork.

An insider says PC made arrangements with a leading medical center, willing to pay for an entire hospital wing to keep prying eyes away.

But when, in keeping with hospital policy, PC was asked about the father?s identity, the deal fell through. She refused to name the dad, high-profile Action Star.

Curiously, prolific PC also has children with Disgraced Politico, Award-Winning Hunk and Controversial Actor.

Just as prolific

A tipster alleges that Action Star also fathered the child of Movie Insider, but that AS had a bodyguard assume the responsibility. The pregnancy reportedly caused the breakup of the very much-married AS?s affair with Young Actress.

?YA and MI were friends,? says a mole. ?Not anymore.?

Takes the cake

But this Actor-Politician takes the cake.

AP purportedly knocked up his latest mistress, Former Reporter, who?s younger than his grown children.

In fact, AP is a certified septuagenarian, making him one of the world?s oldest Lotharios.

Unlike a virgin

Feisty Actress had a check-up with a gynecologist. Seeing the instruments, she squirmed and asked, ?Will that hurt??

Catty Movie Scribe sniffed, ?It?s not like she?s a virgin!?

Kiss and text

Jaded Hunk hooked gay Network Exec.

Clueless NE isn?t aware that JH relays to his old love, Gay Director, every salacious detail of their encounters.

A spy says, JH forwards to GD NE?s mushy text messages.

Bloated budget

People who have seen the teaser of a big movie wonder why the film looks so cheap.

Movie Veteran intimated that a huge chunk of the film?s multi-million-peso budget went not to the production design team but to Enterprising Producer.

Pajama pair

The secret affair of Married Action Star and Pretty Actress was inadvertently outed by a vehicular mishap.

Between takes on the set of an old TV series, MAS and PA would hie off to the former?s high-tech trailer, to ?unwind.?

One night, a fire broke out in the van. Bystanders spotted MAS and PA emerging from the burning vehicle in their jammies and undies.

Direk Joey resigns

Filmmaker Jose Javier Reyes has resigned from the Valentine movie of KC Concepcion and Richard Gutierrez under GMA Films. According to Richard?s sister Ruffa Gutierrez, the GMA 7 flick was supposed to start filming next week.

New Asap babe

Karylle goes on the ?ASAP ?08? stage Sunday, marking the start of her Kapamilya stint via a duet with her mom Zsa Zsa Padilla.

Critics? pick

NEW YORK??Milk,? Gus Van Sant?s movie about gay rights leader Harvey Milk starring Sean Penn, was named Best Film by the New York Film Critics Circle on Wednesday. Penn was chosen Best Actor. The circle is a group of 33 New York-based critics. Awards will be handed out
Jan. 5. AP

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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.)

Fear and loathing

? Baron Geisler, nagbabago ang anyo kapag nalalasing (Nagiging Cinderella?)
? Eva Fonda ni Cristine Reyes, nireklamo ng mga nanay (At ng censors din, we heard.)
? John Lloyd Cruz ayaw pakasalan ang dyowa. (Oks lang sa girl?)

Naughty, naughty

? Kim Chiu, kinilig sa matigas na abs ni Gerald Anderson?! (Exclamation point ba, o question mark?)
? Ogie Alcasid nasarapan sa lips ni young actor. (Sabi niya?)
? Regine Velasquez, ayaw makipaghalikan sa babae si Ogie. (Ah, sa guy pwede.)
? Vilma Santos, handang makipaghalikan kay John Lloyd. (Hmmm.)

Watch out

? Jericho Rosales, in love na kay Carmen Soo? (Di nga ba?)
? Echo, Carmen winawasak ng mga tsismosa (Tsismosas made them, too.)
? Carmen, baka agawan ni Kristine Hermosa? (Nauna si Tintin, ?di ba?)
? Regine mahihirapan nang magbuntis. (No one knows this for sure naman.)

Sad Christmas

? Lorna Tolentino sa puntod ni Daboy magpapasko. (Somehow, we expected this.)
? Walang patumanggang iyakan sa burol ni Marky. (Sad din kami. But what?s this we hear? Friends are said to have known what was bugging Marky, who he was talking to on the phone, and what the problem was that his mom said he should face like a man.)
? Marky Cielo sa tanong ng reporter bago siya pumanaw: Mukhang magiging malungkot po ang Pasko ko kasi walang nagmamahal sa akin!

Past and present

? Cristine Reyes, di sinamantala ni Baron. (Past tense.)
? Cristine ayaw na ikinukumpara kay Ara Mina. (Present.)
? Sam Milby, Anne Curtis nagkabalikan na? (Future?)
? Echo, Tintin nagkahiyaan sa halikan. (Baka konti lang.)
? Roxanne Guinoo, JC de Vera may lihim na relasyon? (?Di na yata lihim.)

(Bandera, Tumbok)

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