MAJOR STAR surprised good friend Junior Star with a mind-boggling gift: a check for P1 million.

The hefty sum was for a fund-raising project of JS so her film could create attention in an international competition.

To think the movies of MS and JS once competed for the same honor.

Coming soon: TVJ5?

It?s confirmed.

Vic Sotto has been tapped by TV5 as the host of the forthcoming revival of the game show ?Who Wants to Be a Millionaire.

?With Vic on ?Millionaire? and Joey de Leon on ?Wow Mali,? is Tito Sotto next in the struggling network?s recruitment lineup?

Is TV5 being repackaged into TVJ 5?

Pugnacious Annabelle times two

Annabelle Rama is waging war on two fronts.

Apart from the damage suit filed by GMA 7 exec Wilma Galvante against her, Rama also has to contend with a word war with a local website.

She told Rushes that she?s planning to file a case against the site because it came out with a ?fabricated report? on son Richard Gutierrez.

Although the site has already apologized for the premature release of the contested article, Rama isn?t appeased at all. ?I want them to admit that the story was false. I want a public apology that would clear my son?s name.?

Missing in action

A News Anchor disappeared from the scene for a while?not only because of a high-profile event in the US.

NA was allegedly ?suspended,? according to a mole.

NA need not fret. Another much-respected Veteran Broadcaster was similarly ?suspended,? said another spy.

It?s true what a Top Honcho once said: The media company?s disciplinary board is ?mabagsik? (fierce).

Greta?s at it again

Early last month, a rumor broke that Gretchen was thrown out of the house she shares with partner Tonyboy Cojuangco.

The scuttlebutt was debunked by friends. ?This has happened before,? said one. ?They?re on and off,? said another.

Boy Abunda, Gretchen?s manager, categorically denied it. ?She won?t hide it from me if there?s a problem at home.

?Now, there?s talk that Gretchen was spotted in Bohol escorted by a man other than Tonyboy.

Maybe the consort in question was just BB Gandanghari sans makeup?

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Top of the tabloids

The top show biz stories in PDI tabloid Bandera this week. (And why we are moved, if we are moved.)

Ouch!

?Pagbuka ng tahi ni Jennylyn Mercado malaking problema ng GMA. (So much for the concern.)

?Gretchen Barreto hindi na mukhang dyosa; gurang na! (Harsh)

?Gerald Anderson pinuputakti ng mga bading.Must you say it?

?Mawala na ang iba, wag lang sex!?Boy Abunda (Oh-kay)

?Kris Aquino araw-araw pinanggigigilan ni James Yap. (Define ?pinanggigigilan?)

?Regine Velasquez tsinismis ang kakuriputan ni Kuh Ledesma.

Again, again

?Pagkatapos makipagbalikan kay Hayden Kho, mga anak ni Vicki Belo ?maglalayas.?

?Iba rin ang drama nina Hayden at Belo

?Hayden hindi lalayuan ng tukso.Rufa-Mo row

?Rufa Mae Quinto suklam na suklam kay Mo Twister.

?Rufa Mae ?nandidiri? kay Mo Twister.

?DJ Mo dapat kastiguhin ng Syete.

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