MANILA, Philippines?Successful manager routinely bribes show biz insiders with jewelry and designer bags, to ensure that SM?s talents are always gainfully employed. This we are told.
We?re also told this is the reason that these talents can be overbearing. One of them counts her close-ups on a TV show; if the number falls short, she raises hell?we are told.
Clash of Kapamilyas
Kapamilya Stars are said to be on the verge of war because KS1 stood up KS2 in a recent big project. An insider says KS2 had just arrived from abroad but still showed up. KS1 allegedly was a no-show because her hubby was upset with KS2.
It seems trouble started after KS2 defended KS1 when the latter had a major fight with the hubby. And that?s how KS2 was rewarded.
Like manager, like talent
Upstart Manager insisted, ?I will never allow Pretty Actress to get swell-headed.? But UM was overheard being rude to an airport employee. Perhaps PA picked up her bad manners from UM? It?s true that the fruit doesn?t fall far from the tree.
Bad neighbor
Veteran Actress wasn?t popular with neighbors. A source relates that VA was negligent in paying subdivision dues and generally uncooperative in community activities.
As a result, nobody came to help during an emergency in VA?s home. She has since changed and become neighborly.
Reality movie
In ?One Night Only,? an action star (portrayed by Paolo Contis) picks up an extra (Alessandra de Rossi) on the set and takes her to a motel. This incident was based on a real incident.
Recycled gifts
Controversial Celebrity allegedly broke up with Scandalous Lover because the expensive gifts she had given him somehow ended up in the possession of Sexy Star, who is SL?s not-so-secret playmate. ?SL gave SS a sports car that was a present from CC,? bristled a friend of CC?s. ?The nerve!?
Heartbroken
FREEPORT, Bahamas?John Travolta said Monday he and his wife Kelly Preston were ?heartbroken? over the death of their chronically ill 16-year-old son, who collapsed at the family?s vacation home on Grand Bahama.
?We are heartbroken that our time with him was so brief. We will cherish [that] time for the rest of our lives,? Travolta, 54, and Preston, 46, said in their first public statement since Jett?s death.
?Jett was the most wonderful son that two parents could ever ask for and lit up the lives of everyone he encountered,? said a statement posted Sunday on Travolta?s website.
Preston and Travolta have said that Jett became very sick at 2 years old, when he was diagnosed with Kawasaki Syndrome, an illness that leads to inflamed blood vessels in young children.
The couple also have an 8-year-old daughter, Ella Bleu. AP
Hollywood history
The week of Jan. 4-10 in Hollywood history:
1935: Elvis Presley was born in Tupelo, Mississippi.
1988: Madonna filed for divorce from Sean Penn.
1992: Singer Debbie Gibson made her Broadway debut in ?Les Miserables.? She played the part of Eponine.
2000: Melissa Etheridge and her then-partner, Julie Cypher, revealed that David Crosby was the father of their two children by artificial insemination.
2004: Britney Spears? marriage to childhood friend Jason Alexander was annulled. They had been married 55 hours. AP
Happy birthdays!
Jan. 4: Dyan Cannon is 72; Julia Ormond, 44. Jan. 5: Robert Duvall is 78; Diane Keaton, 63. Jan. 6: Rowan Atkinson (?Mr. Bean?) is 54.
Jan. 7: Kenny Loggins is 61; David Caruso, 53; Nicolas Cage, 45. Jan. 8: David Bowie is 62; R. Kelly, 42. Jan. 9: Joan Baez and Susannah York are 68; Led Zep?s Jimmy Page, 65; Crystal Gayle, 58; Joely Richardson, 44. Jan. 10: Rod Stewart is 64; Pat Benatar, 56.
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Top of the talk shows
For those who missed last weekend?s gabfests on TV. (And why we are moved, if we are moved.)
? Dingdong Dantes, asked to comment about Karylle being linked to Jericho Rosales:
?I don?t want to comment [on] that. We have our own lives. I wish her luck.? (Good call.)
? Diana Zubiri, on why she is not revealing the identity of her non-show biz boyfriend:
?Ayoko kasi ng magulo. Ayoko ng intriga, tsismis.? (Good choice.)
? Sunshine Dizon, asked if she thought she?d find true love this year:
?I?m not looking for it but if it will come, it will come.? (Good answer.)
? Nicole Anderson, on rumors she is infanticipating:
?I don?t have much of a social life to get pregnant.? (It?s not that much of a social activity, last we heard.)
? Hayden Kho, on his affair with Katrina Halili:
(?Wag na lang ito. Ubos-oras.)
? Jolina Magdangal, on staying positive despite her breakup with Bebong Muñoz:
?Kung malulungkot ako, bakit ko ihahawa ang iba?? (Good girl.)
? Mo Twister, on allegations he spread the rumor linking Rufa Mae Quinto to the breakup of Vicki Belo and Hayden Kho:
?They?re asking me kasi malapit ako kay Vicky at Hayden. And my answer was ?I don?t know?... kung kasama si Rufa Mae... I?m saying, hindi ako sure.? (Sure ka d?yan, ha?)
? Ai Ai delas Alas, asked about talk that she is an ingrate because she moved to another beauty clinic after endorsing a rival establishment:
?Naniniwala ako na pag tapos na ang kontrata, pwede nang lumipat.? (Oo nga naman. At sabi rin ni Boy Abunda, ?Stars don?t linger.?)
(Startalk, The Buzz, Showbiz Central)
