MANILA, Philippines?Singer-actor 1 is officially smitten with his good friend, Singer-Actor 2.
SA1 is wooing SA2 with almost daily love offerings. Since they are neighbors, SA1 sends delicious FOOD to SA 2?s house. SA1 knows only too well that the shortest way to another man?s heart is through the tummy.
Naked ambition
Aging Stud seeks to jump-start his ho-hum career via daring photo shoots to be compiled in a sexy mag.
Friends are advising AS not to disrobe, since he is also trying to reinvent himself as a politico. Indeed, it?s not prudent for a future public servant to bare his naked assets.
Battle of bigwigs
Two Network Bigwigs have become romantic rivals, squabbling over Drama Hunk. DH, however, is a notorious gigolo with a rather embarrassing shortcoming.
Former Client swears DH used a prosthetic member in a nude scene once to look hunkier and beefier.
Wrong move
Kapamilya Young Actress hoped to finally hit the big time when she moved to the Kapuso channel.
YA thought she had in the bag the lead female role in the new series, ?Zorro.? Unfortunately, she didn?t land the coveted part and her career is now in limbo.
Memoir, interrupted
Her planned memoir has hit a snag, Ruffa Gutierrez told the press at the launch of ?Ruffa and Ai,? her new morning show with Ai Ai de las Alas.
Estranged husband Yilmaz Bektas isn?t keen on her tell-all bio, Ruffa said. ?He got tense when foreign reporters asked him about the book.?
Yilmaz had previously given her the go-signal to write away. Ruffa quipped, ?I should?ve put his approval in writing or, at least, recorded it on tape.?
Who?s the real queen?
Speaking of Ai Ai: she seems far from pleased that SM Cinemas decided to bestow the top box-office award to the John Lloyd Cruz-Sarah Geronimo starrer, ?A Very Special Love,? snubbing her Metro Manila Film Fest top-grosser, ?Ang Tanging Ina N?yong Lahat.?
?I was told my film didn?t qualify because it ran from Dec. 2008 to Jan. 2009 and didn?t make the cut-off,? Ai-Ai said. ?That doesn?t sound fair. I have nothing against Sarah, but the rules should be made clear.?
Penelope Cruz as extrovert
?With somebody else I would have been scared to play a character that approaches every situation with the same level of energy,? says Penelope Cruz of Woody Allen, her director in the film ?Vicky Cristina Barcelona.?
Playing the extrovert character Maria Elena, explains Cruz, ?brings so much chaos ? I wanted to do some scenes a bit quieter ? But he said, ?No, she lives in that state permanently.? He gave me a clear direction??Be brave??and I think he was completely right about that.?
How Echo stays in shape
Jericho Rosales, who lives with his cat and four dogs in a new house in Katipunan, QC, says he remains in good shape with regular exercise, a healthy diet and clean lifestyle.
?I surf, skateboard, box, jump rope and do push-ups,? says the film-TV actor in between takes at a studio shoot for SkyFlakes Fit Oat Fiber Crackers. He also eats corn, sweet potatoes and brown rice. He doesn?t drink or smoke.
When not working, his nightlife is spent not in clubs but hanging out in friends? houses where they listen to music. ?But I?m not boring,? he says, laughing.
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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.)
Quotes of the week
? Magiging mabuting asawa si Angel Locsin!?Luis Manzano. (And he knows that for sure because...?)
? Aalagaan ko si KC Concepcion?Piolo Pascual. (Sino ba talaga?)
? Paolo Contis: Hindi ako nagbibigay ng recycled! (Food? Ew.)
? Aegis ba? Wala yun!?Pokwang. (Walang mintis daw.)
? Mabait at pasensyosa na ko ngayon!?Kris Aquino. (Promise?)
Waiting game
? Willie Revillame kakandidato sa 2010?! (Local o national?)
? Christian Bautista ?tuod? sa babae? (Di ba si Echo yun?)
? Echo liligawan uli si Kristine Hermosa? (Ay, hindi pala.)
Go-getters
? Billie Crawford, Nikki Gil magtitikiman sa Valentine. (Ng ano?)
? Nikki, Billie bawal mag-sex. (Bawal i-announce talaga ?yan, ha?)
? Alfred Vargas gustong makahalikan si Rustom Padilla (But Rustom is dead, BB said.)
? Boobs, pwet ni Jennylyn Mercado agaw-eksena! (Enough!)
? Angelica Panganiban di kayang ilabas ang boobs at pwet. (E di... hindi.)
Fight club
? Kris, Ai Ai de las Alas tuloy ang away dahil kay James Yap? (Naman.)
? Galit na galit pa rin kay James Yap, Ai Ai ayaw makasama sa show si Kris Aquino
? Mga ?babae? ni Willie umaariba! (Ano raw?)
? Luis kahit kelan di pinagselosan si Piolo. (Kami rin.)
? Kung may Heart Evangelista si Dennis Trillo, may Jericho Rosales naman si Cristine Reyes. (Aprub.)
? Aegis talbog kay Pokwang! (Saan kaya, sa pinaka-weird na costume?)
? Mommy ni Judy Ann Santos umiiyak gabi-gabi (Talaga?)
? Sam Milby walang swerte sa babae? (Hmmm, bakit kaya?)
? Sam sumuko sa ugali ni Anne Curtis. (Sabi-sabi nga.)
? Mark Herras baka biglang pakasalan si Jen. (Enough!)
? Payag na si Sarah magpahalik kay John Lloyd Cruz. (E si mother?)
? Jennylyn napatawad na si Patrick Garcia (Kelan kaya matatapos ?to?)
(Bandera, Tumbok)
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