Disheveled hunk bumps into former benefactor

Ghosts of Christmases past and present continue to haunt Influential Benefactor.

At a splashy event, IB crossed paths with former lover, Beleaguered Hunk.

Pals must be wondering how BH ended up as IB’s sweetheart.

BH now looks disheveled and unappetizing—a shell of his former dashing self.

BH is allegedly hooked on drugs, that’s why.

On the same occasion, IB bumped into Cute Star. There is talk that CS is IB’s current beau.

Clueless Insider recklessly told Stunned Luminary that CS was able to amass a small fortune with IB’s help.

While CS was a success story, BH took the opposite road.

Off limits

Seasoned Trouper has always been rumored to be a raging despot. Chatty Colleague had the misfortune of incurring ST’s ire.

CC made the mistake of joining ST in the dressing room. Unknown to CC, ST prefers to be alone between takes.

ST instructed the producers to bar CC from entering the private nook again.

CC was aghast.

Well, the bosses can’t really blame ST. They know that CC can be a tad noisy and disruptive.

Erasing the past

Talk about revising history.

Major Celebrity wants to hide a particularly shameful episode from the past. Determined MC purportedly bought all existing copies of an old potboiler.

MC wants to erase that embarrassing project from the collective memory.

Enterprising collectors of Betamax and VHS tapes can earn a quick buck by selling that humiliating flick to MC on eBay.

Was it really that bad?

Frankly, it’s not one of MC’s proudest moments.

Eating dirt

First impressions can be deceiving.

Playboy Star’s Long-suffering Wife looks meek and weak.

But marriage to PS has turned LW into a pugnacious, fiery virago, it seems.

LW told PS that she’d be out of town for the weekend. While the cat is away… you know the drill.

PS took Dazzling Mistress to a beachfront hideaway for two days of heaven. LW, however, followed the illicit lovers to paradise.

LW caught PS and DM in flagrante delicto. LW dragged DM to the beach and made her eat sand and soil.

Yummy.

Ham for all seasons

From the Inquirer tabloid Bandera:

Yes, it’s the season of Christmas ham once again!

After years in the business, Veteran Performer is still hopeless, acting-wise.

VP’s Frazzled Director in a new project is on the verge of throwing in the towel.

No matter how hard FD tries, VP simply cannot act his way out of a wet paper bag. One fine day, VP took over 10 takes to accomplish a simple dramatic sequence.

Mercifully, Charming Relative didn’t inherit VP’s incompetence.

Interestingly, CR has received rave reviews for certain roles—something that has eluded VP all these decades.

Top of show biz news

For those who missed last weekend’s show biz news on TV (And why we are moved, if we are moved.)

Dingdong Dantes muling pinatunayan ang box-office appeal . (Ganern…)

Jodi Sta. Maria on her alleged drug use: Hindi talaga ako gumamit ng illegal drugs! Anxiety drugs ang ginamit ko noon.  (What a world of difference one word makes.)

Erich Gonzales and Daniel Matsunaga

Erich Gonzales on marrying  Daniel Matsunaga: “Ipinagdarasal ko na sana siya na talaga!” (As the song goes: “Sana ay ikaw na nga…”)

“Be My Lady” tatapusin na kahit mataas ang rating at maraming commercials. (Really now?)

Milyun-milyong pinasok ni Vice Ganda sa Metro Manila Film Festival binalewala; madlang pipol umalma. (And who are these madlang pipol?)

Enchong Dee

Enchong Dee game na game sa paghuhubad. (Huwow!)