MANILA, Philippines?Popular Star considers Top Director a loyal friend.

In the past, PS gave TD several high-profile jobs. But recently PS? supporters overheard TD making less-than flattering comments about PS.

?She?s fat, over-the-hill,? TD described PS in front of colleagues.

Another Supposed Friend, TD?s cohort, dismissed PS as insecure: ?Just because there are younger, prettier and more talented stars out there, PS is acting up.?

A true friend of PS? commented: ?Maybe TD and SF are just laying the blame on PS for the failure of their own projects.?

Replacing ?Sis?

Curiously, the new show that will replace GMA 7?s morning flagship show ?Sis? is no longer the Manny Pacquiao program ?Todo Bigay.?

Tape Inc., producer of the long-running ?Eat Bulaga,? was tasked to co-produce (with GMA 7) ?Diz iz It,? the new show to be hosted by Bayani Agbayani, Ehra Madrigal, Shivaker, Gwen Agnese and Grace Lee.

Among the first guests is Maricel Soriano, who?s now a free agent. Apart from guesting on a GMA 7 show, she?s also appearing in a month-long drama special on TV5.

He?s also joined TV5

Apart from Dolphy and Maricel Soriano, Vic Sotto is also set to do a show with TV5.

Vic?s sitcom is purportedly a small-screen version of his Metro Manila Film Fest entry, ?Ang Darling Kong Aswang.? But since his original partner, Cristine Reyes, is with ABS-CBN, Ehra Madrigal is being eyed as female lead.

According to a source, Vic?s show will be aired back-to-back with Dolphy?s own sitcom.

Transferring his sitcom from GMA 7 to TV5 is only logical because Vic also hosts the game show ?Who Wants to be a Millionaire? on the fledgling network.

Mistaken identity

Married Actor wants to clear the issue that he?s the kept boy of Millionaire Exec.

MA explains that it?s not him, but Look-alike Actor, who has hooked up with ME.

A spy claims that LA once turned down ME?s generous offer, but that the hunk eventually succumbed after a series of unfortunate events that put him in the red. Poor guy.

Lady Jolens

Set to be unveiled today on GMA 7?s ?SOP? is the new-and-repackaged Jolina Magdangal as the proudly Pinay version of... Lady Gaga!

Her handlers claim that she?s not just a Gaga clone. Imagine what Jolens would do in the eccentric performer?s bubble dress... or that futuristic Grammy gown!

But will Gaga Jolina upstage second cousin Gian Magdangal?s own gender-bending Gaga on ?SOP? last year?

Top of the tabloids

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

? Korina Sanchez: Masarap pala?ng may lalakeng nagtatanggol sa yo! (At masarap ding may babaeng nagtatanggol... kahit kanino.)
? Lovi Poe, nawawala sa sarili, gulung-gulo? (Parang hindi naman.)
? Nyoy Volante: Wala akong utang kay Nina. (Hindi pa ba bayad... este, tapos ito?)
? Regine Velasquez ayaw nang siputin ang SOP! (May balita kami.)
? Mala-Tom Cruise raw ang bagong dyowa, Ai Ai de las Alas: Di ako pumapatol sa pangit! (Speechless daw kami.)
? Richard Poon type dyowain si Maricar Reyes pero? (Language, please!)
? Claudine Barretto ayaw nang makatrabaho si Mark Anthony Fernandez. (Ask Mark din.)
? Ilong ni Angelica Panganiban kailangang ipa-retoke. (Many girls would re-configurate anything for Derek.)
? Phoemela Baranda masibang kumain. (Hehehe, word of the week!)
? Michelle Madrigal nagpaturok ng boobs? (Di namin ma-visualize ito.)
? Cristine Reyes mapera kahit walang trabaho. (Hmmm, parang may malice.)
? Krista Ranillo iniinis nang todo si Jinkee Pacquiao. (Kasi naman...)
? Mark Herras, Jennylyn Mercado imposible nang magkabalikan. (Utang na loob!)