Pretty Miss (PM) and Wholesome Idol (WI) are two of Tinseltown’s hot young things. But their popularity, individually and as a tandem, truly began to take off after their management company decided to pair them up in a string of high-profile projects that banked on their youth, likability and fresh appeal.
But a gathering of seasoned writers, who were at a media conference meant to drum up interest for the network’s latest potboiler, noted how the teamup’s “dynamic” has begun to “unravel” with the way PM and WI’s handlers acquit themselves when dealing with the press.
“PM’s handlers are bold enough to ask reporters not to talk about WI when asking questions directed at PM at interviews,” noted one writer, snickering at the hard-to-miss irony of it all. Not of few of those in the writers’ huddle acknowledged that they got the same “request” from PM’s team. Can you blame them for sometimes thinking that WI and PM’s on-cam sweetness is all for show?
Oh well, with a “love team” partner like PM, who needs rivals?
TOP OF THE TABLOIDS
This week’s top show biz news from the tabloids (and why we are moved, if we are moved):
• Liza Soberano nagsalita na sa tunay na relasyon nila ni James Reid, alam ang feeling ng LizQuen fans: ‘Yes, I know they’re tampo’ (And they’re also hilo.)
• Pokwang mas naging fresh nang hiwalayan si Lee O’Brian: ‘Wala na kasi akong patabaing biik!’ (Harsh. As they say, “Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.”)
Barbie Forteza
• Hirit ni Barbie Forteza sa paghuhubad ni Jak Roberto at pagbibilad ng abs: ‘Bibilhan kita ng shorts ha! Kota na ‘yan, e!’ (Jacket na rin, Neng … baka mahamugan. Tee-hee.)
• Martin del Rosario basag na basag sa netizens matapos mag-picture kasama ang mga starfish: ‘Tangahan mo pa!’ (Walang basagan ng trip. Why should others care about what Martin wants to put on his chest?)
• Rendon Labador binanatan si Coco Martin: ‘Hindi ka ba talaga nakakaintindi?’ (Hmmm. Why, oh, why is the former always in the news these days?)
Anne Curtis
• Anne Curtis ‘mission accomplished’ sa Tokyo Marathon: Every single kilometer was worth it! (Nemen. Nothing ventured, nothing gained.)
• Rhian Ramos sinupalpal ang bashers na nagsabing meron siyang ‘fake bag’ (The basher probably wants a fake bag of her own, don’t you think?)
• Sigaw ni Barbie Almalbis: There are many expressions of being a woman (Oo naman. Can you imagine if there’s just one?)
• Paco Arespacochaga napilitang magkargador at maging tagalinis ng CR sa US: ‘Nilamon ko talaga ang pride ko!’ (The things people would do to survive.)