MANILA, Philippines?Spotted, in a hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada: a former ?That?s Entertainment? actor now playing the role of his life?as a bellboy in a casino hotel.

And the blogger dishing out juicy nuggets such as that isn?t Gossip Girl. Editor Vanessa R. and contributors Vhong P., Sarah M., Veena H. and Vilma S. run Chikatime, a local gossip blog that has been the talk of Internet addicts.

The site claims to receive 4,000 hits a day?even on days when no updates are posted.

Chikatime?s claim to fame?or one of them?is breaking the Brian Gorrell-DJ Montano story before Gorrel put up his own blog.

But Brian and DJ aren?t the only subjects of Chikatime. It has targeted almost everyone, from celebrities and fashionistas to columnists, editors and socialites. They have ?leads? coming in from everywhere?even supposedly industry insiders.

The blog seems to be this era?s weapon of mass destruction. It could be a great tool of expression and creative prose, or it could be a means of anarchy and vendetta.

It could be the hoi polloi?s voice from outside the red carpet, the other side of the velvet rope.

Chikatime entries range from eyebrow-raising to downright nasty. Bouncing checks, gate-crashing, backstabbing, locker-room embarrassments?the blog is packed with enough dirt to make the Upper East Side sound like Pleasantville.

(Chika is popular lingo for gossip.)

The site is loaded with blind and not-so-blind items, YouTube videos and photoshopped pictures that keep people coming back for more.

The blog?s subjects are not pleased, of course. The people behind it have received violent threats on e-mail.

Attempts at tracking down the group behind the blog have been futile so far. According to one blog investigator, he does not have the real names of the bloggers but he knows they log on from Makati and from Pasay.

Vanessa, Vhong, Sarah, Veena, Vilma and all their tipsters unabashedly spill out what other people are trying to hide. But who are they really? That?s one secret they?ll never tell.