MANILA, Philippines?This early in the game, Popular Personality is showing signs of becoming a master wheeler-dealer in both show biz and politics.

PP is said to be phoning several legislators, seeking support for Certain Politician?s bid for the Senate presidency. CP was a big help in the success of PP?s candidate.

Is this why PP passed on the supervision of a vital sector to Another Senator?to swing AS? vote for CP? Quid pro quo!

Rejected beauty
Glamorous Star is eyeing a Brazilian Hunk. She keeps asking him out on ?dates.?

GS even went as far as asking BH to fly with her to Europe, to no avail. BH isn?t the least bit interested in her. ?She looks too matronly for me,? BH has been heard saying. Ouch!

Out and about
It?s a mall world, after all. Spotted at the Powerplant Mall on Friday were Richard Gutierrez and rumored sweetheart Jewel Mische.

Jewel used to be called ?Girlfriend sa Dilim? because her relationship with the Kapuso hunk was hush-hush. Now it seems that they (and the affair) are out and about... and in broad daylight.

At the Alabang Town Center, seen shopping recently were drama actress Eula Valdes and younger stud muffin Rocky Salumbides. Go girl!

How not to keep quiet
For one who has vowed to zip it about her latest marital mishap, Kris Aquino has been on a roll.

Tuesday last week, Boy Abunda announced that she failed to attend an event in Cebu because of ?problems? with her husband, basketball player James Yap.

The following day, she gave statements via Twitter and on her nightly show, ?SNN,? confirming that she had ?issues? with her hubby. On Friday, she used the word ?separation? for the first time.

Sunday on ?The Buzz,? she declared, ?I can comfortably say... [that] I?ve given up... [that] the marriage is over on my part.?

Such clockwork precision! Except, what did that mean, ?on her part??

Yap seemed like he was the last to know. He told ?TV Patrol? on Wednesday that his wife?s shout-outs had caught him by surprise. On Sunday, he assured the Kapamilya newscast that he had yet to discuss the matter with Kris, that he still hoped to fix the situation, and that he would attend the inauguration of his brother-in-law, the President, today.

Secret medical procedure

It?s a hot topic in the hallways of a certain five-star hospital: Pretty Starlet secretly underwent a rather delicate medical procedure?one usually associated with miscarriage or abortion. Oh dear.

At the time of the hospital stop, PS was publicly involved with Handsome Partner who had left their on- and off-screen tandem and also their common workplace.

Privately, PS was purportedly romancing Male Personality.

Top of the talk shows

For those who missed last weekend?s gabfests on TV. (And why we are moved, if we are moved.)

John Prats? reaction when John Lloyd Cruz admitted romancing Shaina Magdayao:

?Parang wala lang sa akin.? (Wala, walang kwentang sagot!)

Jennylyn Mercado on finally allowing Patrick Garcia to visit their child Alex Jazz:

?Ayokong magtanim ng galit.? (O, siya, tama na ha?)

Kris Aquino on deciding to end her marriage:

?It?s not a spur of the moment decision... James and I both tried to really make this work. On my part, what I?m comfortable saying is, with finality I can say, ako sumuko na... Kung anuman ang dahilan why this marriage, on my part, I?m saying, is over, the only person I will owe an explanation to, and the only person who can demand from me na bakit kayo naghiwalay, is my son.? (Eto pa isa. Last na ?to ha??)

Kris Aquino, contemplating on what may happen after her brother?s six-year term as Philippine President:

(Let?s skip this; it?s not fun.)

Ruffa Gutierrez, asked if she and John Lloyd Cruz were still together when he started dating Shaina Magdayao:

?Yes...We tried naman our best to say goodbye finally.? (Hay, salamat. Tapos na rin ito.)

Claudine Barretto, asked if alleged marital problems caused her absence from the GMA 7 60th anniversary special:

?Hindi ko talaga alam. But, we?re really okay... nagka-counselling kami once a month or twice a month... Bago pa maging problema, we deal with the problem.? (Problem is not yet problema, understand?)

PBB Teen Clash winner James Reid on his victory:

?I felt it was unfair to the other housemates? I was just lying in bed and I wasn?t able to do much of anything.? (Stardom also comes to those who wait.) Gerry Plaza(Startalk, The Buzz, Showbiz Central, Paparazzi)