Powerful parent doesn’t approve of son’s new girl

ILLUSTRATION BY ALBERT G. RODRIGUEZ

Influential Personality is used to getting things done with dispatch in the workplace.

Same thing applies in the home front, as well.

A mole insists that IP is not so keen on Cute Scion’s latest girlfriend, Budding Beauty. IP simply doesn’t like BB. No explanation is necessary.

IP is purportedly making arrangements to separate CS from BB.

Is the Pacific Ocean wide enough?

IP is planning to send CS abroad—for his personal growth and development, which can only happen away from the claws of BB.

Haggling hunk

Wealthy Benefactor was interested in hiring Hunky Charmer for a night of purple passion.

HC turned over WB to Shrewd Handler for the negotiations. SH asked for P250,000. WB balked.

Talent fee was lowered to P150,000—but SH insisted that certain body parts would be off limits. SH drove a hard bargain.

WB eventually agreed to the terms and conditions.

Was it worth the price of admission?

Let’s just say, WB got to confirm the idle chatter about HC’s dismal grooming habits.

Unmentionable

Promising Celeb has always had a rather stormy relationship with Acclaimed Relative.

The acrimony has worsened through the years—even though the two are supposedly older and wiser.

At a recent gathering, eager-beaver handlers gave specific instructions to guests, not to mention AR’s name in PC’s presence.

Alas, no one at the event really cared about AR—or PC, for that matter. Ouch!

Hard to get

What’s with Scintillating Starlet these days?

SS used to be extra pushy when it came to the art of self-promotion. Let’s just say, SS was a glutton for publicity.

Not anymore.

SS is now being packaged as an unreachable star. What a head-scratcher!

SS now ignores calls for interviews and public appearances.

Guess who’s playing hard to get, when everyone knows SS is hard to get rid of?

Present tense

From the Inquirer tabloid Bandera:

There’s tension in the relationship of Popular Star and Gorgeous Kin.

PS and GK had a tiff awhile back. Although they have supposedly patched things up, all is apparently not well between the two.

GK is still hurting. Well, it doesn’t help that PS is so busy that GK needs to line up to get an appointment.

Well, the source of these rumors is the camp of Vociferous Celebrity who is fanning the flames of discord out of enmity and envy.

VC even befriended GK to get inside info on PS.

Hashtag: Devious.

TOP OF THE TABLOIDS

This week’s top show biz news in the Inquirer tabloid Bandera (and why we are moved, if we are moved):

Charice Pempengco: Six years old pa lang ako, alam ko nang iba ako! (Wow, manghuhula…?)

Jake Cuenca nalasing sa Star Magic Ball kaya hinila na palabas ng venue! (No pail of water around?)

Jake Cuenca

Angelica Panganiban maligaya kahit walang love life: Magtrabaho muna tayo! (Sipag!)

KimErald (Kim Chiu at Gerald Anderson) balik-tambalan sa bagong serye ng ABS-CBN; payag sa kissing scene (How old are they—16?)

Kim Chiu (left) and Gerald Anderson

Jake Ejercito ayaw nang makipagbalikan kay Andi: Hindi ko na siya mahal! (Honesty is the best policy.)

Angelica Panganiban

Annulment case nina Jodi Sta. Maria at Pampi Lacson hindi kinatigan ng korte (Huh. Lagot!)

Jennylyn Mercado, Coco Martin, waging best actress at best actor sa 2016 Star Awards for TV (Kumbinsing!)

Jake Ejercito

Jennylyn Mercado