Hunk dogged by money woes

PREGNANCY confirmation scares Empress Schuck.

Industry insider is on the verge of suing Handsome Hunk, who has been issuing bouncing checks lately.

Friends are trying to understand HH’s predicament. It is not easy to be a family man and jobless.

Even HH’s Controversial Kin is in career limbo. A string of bad decisions have caught up with them. Supporters pray they will soon bounce back.

Kiss and deny

Online bashing forced Nervy Lothario to deny an alleged budding romance with Scandalous Celeb.

JOLO Revilla says God saved his life.

SC was heartbroken, but NL of course opted for self-preservation. He couldn’t risk getting dragged down the abyss of notoriety with SC, who relishes all the attention, good or bad.

Seems NL escaped SC’s claws just in the nick of time.

Hungry for fame

Not a few observers notice that Powerful Personality is drawn to pretty, young celebs.

PP was once linked to Major Star. He won the approval of MS’ Strict Handlers, but the blossoming affair soon fizzled out.

NEO DOMINGO keeps mum on alleged death threats from rabid fans.

Did MS realize that PP was merely hungry for fame and might use her in future projects?

Or was PP spooked by aggressive SHs?

PP is now eyeing Gorgeous Starlet and Lovely Thespian as pinch-hitters.

Glamorous Beauty is also rumored to be PP’s new playmate, and was recently spotted in PP’s turf.

Blunt force trauma   

Perky Starlet tends to blab about past flings. Her latest victim: Good-looking Heartthrob.

PS spilled the beans on GH’s anatomical shortcomings and less-than-impressive performance where it counts.

“AVENGERS” stars (from left) Mark Ruffalo, Scarlett Johansson, Chris Hemsworth, Jeremy Renner and Chris Evans present Robert Downey Jr. with the generation award at the MTV Movie Awards. AP

GH became insecure and very self-conscious, especially in dealing with the opposite sex. In a word: traumatized.

Power-tripper

From the Inquirer tabloid Bandera:

Perky Star has imbibed Nasty Relative’s prima-donna ways.

PS has likewise become demanding and difficult to work with, insiders insist.

PS would whimsically demand last-minute changes after details of a coming project are finalized. She’s obviously power-tripping because her suggestions are often unreasonable.

BRADLEY Cooper wins best actor for “American Sniper.” AP

Observers surmise that PS’ countless cosmetic procedures have affected the girl’s brain.

Uh-oh.

Top of the Talk Shows

For those who missed last weekend’s TV gabfests (and why we are moved, if we are moved):

Cavite Vice Gov. Jolo Revilla on “accidentally” shooting himself while cleaning a pistol: “It was a simple, pure accident. And God saved my life.” (Gee, what can we say?)

Jolo on speculations that he tried to commit suicide: “Bakit ko naman gagawin ’yun?” (Right.)

Neo Domingo on his alleged sex video with Mich Liggayu: “Kahit sinong tama ang pag-iisip, makikitang hindi kami ’yun.” (And they’ll probably spend no more time on this.)

SHAILENE Woodley accepts the trailblazer award. AP

Neo on receiving death threats from rabid JaMich fans: “’Di na lang po ako sumasagot.” (Sige, kami rin.)

Empress Schuck, asked how she felt upon finding out she was pregnant: “At first… iyak talaga ako… sobrang takot, sobrang confused.”

(Afterthought does that.)

Empress on how her mom reacted: “Nagalit siya, na-disappoint … pero after nu’n, okay na. Andiyan siya para sa ’kin.” (Moms do that.)

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