MANILA, Philippines?Before the cameras, Matinee Idol and Sweet Star play the perfect ?love? team. Off-cam, they?re the farthest from chummy.
Backstage during a recent event, a mole caught MI and SS seated in opposite ends of the room?ignoring each other.
Not a word was exchanged between them. SS? mom snubbed MI, too, another source confirmed.
Onstage, MI and SS tried their best to look friendly but, the source said, the tension in the air was so palpable, ?You could cut it with a knife.?
Oops!
Female Singer inadvertently out-ed Male Colleague in cyberspace.
On a social networking site, MC commented that he rehearses by singing FS?s songs.
FS retorted: ?I?m sure you can sing my songs better than I do ... you have a higher voice.?
He?s no tenor, but a soprano?
Secret reunion
Controversial Celeb claims she?ll never reconcile with Scandalous Celeb.
A mole at a five-star hotel, however, spotted the two dining, and eventually checking into the Presidential Suite.
Source says CC and SC were quite lovey-dovey, dispelling the breakup allegation.
Missing X again
At a recent industry bash, OctoArts head Orly Ilacad escorted Cristine Reyes into the hall.
Asked if he had found his new ?Miss X,? Ilacad said he was still trying to convince Reyes, who?s a Viva talent.
Reyes clarified that she?s not grabbing the job from Katrina Halili who was earlier attached to the project.
?The role was first offered to me when I was still in GMA 7,? Reyes said. ?Boss Orly would know who?s right for the part.?
After a month in limbo, Reyes signed up with ABS-CBN again, happy to stick with the network that ?turned me into an actress.?
No more Nicole, Batista
Solar Films? Wilson Tieng confirmed that Pussycat Doll Nicole Scherzinger had dropped out of Manny Pacquiao?s Metro Manila Film Fest entry, ?Wapakman.?
Negotiations with Scherzinger?s fellow Fil-Am, wrestler Dave Batista, also fell through, Tieng reported.
Is Panday in or out?
There is a rumor that ?Panday,? Bong Revilla?s entry in this December?s Metro Manila Film Fest, may get pulled out of the annual event because of his plans in the 2010 elections.
A Comelec rule bans political candidates from movies and/or TV shows. But a source from co-producer GMA Films insists it?s all systems go for ?Panday.?
Happy birthdays!
Celebrity birthdays for the week of Aug. 2 to 8 :
Today: Peter O?Toole is 77. Mary-Louise Parker is 45. Edward Furlong is 32.
Tomorrow: Tony Bennett is 83. Martin Sheen is 69. Martha Stewart is 68. Evangeline Lilly is 30. Brent Kutzle of OneRepublic is 24.
Aug. 4: Billy Bob Thornton is 54.
Aug. 5: Loni Anderson is 64.
Aug. 6: M. Night Shyamalan is 39.
Aug. 7: David Duchovny is 49. Charlize Theron is 34.
Aug. 8: Producer Dino DeLaurentiis is 90. Esther Williams is 88. Dustin Hoffman is 72. Keith Carradine is 60. The Edge of U2 is 48. AP
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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.)
?Dahil na-late, Ai Ai de las Alas pinagalitan ni Erap? (We doubt it.)
?Boobs ni Ai Ai pinakialaman ni Erap. (This is more possible.)
?Erap ayaw daw makipaghalikan kay Ai Ai? (No comment.)
?Drummer ng Rivermaya, dyowa na ni Jolina Magdangal?
?Aling Dionisia Pacquiao type sina Piolo Pascual at Jericho Rosales. (As ballroom partners lang siguro?)
?Richard Poon gustong dyowain si Maricar Reyes? (Must be love.)
?Rosanna Roces sasampalin si Lovi Poe. (Patulan naman ang bata.)
?Dennis Trillo, Pauleen Luna magdyowa na pero? (Secret? Na naman?)
?Pag namatay ako, iti-text ko kayo!?Willie Revillame. (Ano kayang network do?n?)
?Heart Evangelista nasarapan sa halikan nila ni JC de Vera. (What?s with the letter J?)
?Heart, Richard Gutierrez magkakatikiman uli. (Delicious din kaya?)
?Katrina Halili binastos si K Brosas dahil sa lalake. (Abuse vic?s syndrome?)
?Kristine Hermosa aahasin si Diether Ocampo sa bago nitong gf? (Bitter ex?s syndrome?)
?Vic Sotto ayaw makasama sa pelikula si Willie Revillame. (Dahil kaya kay Joey?)
?Nora Aunor super alaga raw ng Indian boyfriend. (At last.)
