MANILA, Philippines?Gay billionaire whisked off former Matinee Idol to a weekend shopping spree in Hong Kong.
When they got to a HK hotel, GB got turned off with MI, who kept speaking in English even though he was grammatically challenged.
GB found MI a bore and sent him home pronto, with a fistful of dollars to shush him up.
But it didn?t work because MI kept blabbing in atrocious English all the way home.
Stud with a secret
Screen Stud keeps denying those pesky rumors questioning his masculinity.
But a Taxi Driver insists he saw SS emerging from a gay bar/bathhouse in the Quezon City area one sultry night.
Quick-thinking Anita
On her way to the press conference of the ABS-CBN soap opera ?Tayong Dalawa,? Anita Linda?s taxicab was accosted by two holduppers in San Juan.
Quick-thinking Anita was able to lock the passenger doors at the front and back, but the cab driver wasn?t so lucky and had to struggle with one of the robbers who eventually ran off with his money.
Luckily, Anita emerged from the incident unharmed.
RP?s answer to ?Slumdog?
In the US critics? website Rotten Tomatoes, Brillante Mendoza?s ?Serbis? was rated 88 percent?with only two bad reviews out of 14 at press time.
Kam Williams of NewsBlaze described the controversial film as ?the Filipino answer to [Oscar nominee] ?Slumdog Millionaire?? in an essay entitled ?Slumdog Pornographer.?
Andrew O?Hehir of Salon.com compared Mendoza to great filmmakers like Germany?s Rainer Werner Fassbinder and Taiwan?s Tsai Ming-liang.
Top of the talk shows
For those who missed last weekend?s gabfests on TV. (And why we are moved, if we are moved.)
One day at a time
Paolo Contis on rumors he is set to marry Lian Paz:
?Wala, matagal pa yon. It?s a commitment, hopefully it will get there. So, no dates. We?re taking it a day at a time kasi busy din ako sa work. I want her to work also.? (Sha, sha.)
Better than the Oscars
Judy Ann Santos on the support for ?Ploning? despite its failure to land an Oscar nomination:
?Salamat po sa tiwala ... I?m very proud na pwede pala nating gawin. Pwede naman pala tayong mag-unite for a simple cause. ?Yung mapag-unite mo ang buong Pilipinas, award na ?yon. Mas higit pa sa Oscars yun.?
Resounding no
Kyla on reports she is pregnant with boyfriend Rich Alvarez?s child:
?I know myself. Hindi talaga. Hinding hindi.?(We get it.)
JC de Vera, asked if he and Rhian Ramos have a romantic relationship:
?Kung may relationship na involved, kung talagang official, pwede akong mag-react, pwede akong magsalita. Eh hindi naman eh.? (Eh reaction na nga yon, di ba?)
Rhian reacting:
?He never asked me to be his girlfriend. Never niya akong tinanong so paano magiging kami?? (Don?t ask us.)
Resounding yes
Luis Manzano, asked if Angel Locsin will be the woman he?ll marry:
?Yes. She has all the makings of a perfect wife. Kitang-kita how loving she is pagdating sa kanyang pamilya. I?m sure it will extend sa magiging pamilya niya pag kinasal na siya. So it?s a resounding yes.? (Kilig.)
Lady?s choice
KC Concepcion, asked if Richard Gutierrez is the most important man in her life right now:
?I think pag lalake ang nag-pursue, kailangan faithful sila sa choice nila na iisa lang ang babaeng i-pu-pursue nila. Whereas ang babae, may choices. So, I think may the best man win.?
Gabby Concepcion on KC?s love life:
?Kahit sino ang gusto ng anak ko basta happy siya, happy rin ako.?
(Startalk, The Buzz)
