Cute hunk stars in suspicious video

MANILA, Philippines—The latest sex-video scandal looks suspicious.

After all, controversies seem to be the best way to sustain a career these days, especially among talent-less folks.

RICH Alvarez

Observer suspects that the explicit video currently going viral (on the Net and in cell phones) was concocted to “jump-start” Cute Hunk’s career.

In the video, CH allegedly indulges in lascivious acts—alone.

Call him Han Solo.

It’s just unfortunate that Rumor Hounds from a rival station are the ones that dragged the issue into the mainstream.

The RHs should be careful, lest they be accused of engaging in a vendetta campaign against stars from competing channels.

Beauty bounces back

Seems Pretty Host has bounced back from her break-up with Older Beau.

And what better way to prove that she has recovered than by painting the town red with Gorgeous Escort?

PH was allegedly spotted smooching GE at an upscale mall.

GE is supposedly well-off and has already proposed marriage to PH, who was not able to make OB pop the question during their longish affair.

Moreover, PH and GE are purportedly contemporaries.

AMY Perez

Insecure host

Paranoid Host was deathly insecure of Feisty Colleague.

PH pulled out all the stops to upstage FC.

PH reportedly counts their close-ups in the show. Whenever FC has more exposures, PH raises hell.

Well, FC has since left the show, leaving PH to hog the limelight.

But PH’s happy days didn’t last long.

Two new hosts were added to the show, leaving PH stewing in confusion and doubt.

Duane who?

NEW ORLEANS—Bail bondsman Duane Chapman, known as “Dog the Bounty Hunter” to reality TV fans, says he put up the $11,000 bond that got actor Nicolas Cage out of jail Saturday after his arrest in the French Quarter.

DENNIS Trillo

Spokesperson Heather Detert released a statement Tuesday in which Chapman describes himself as a Cage fan, but says he was acting on behalf of Cage solely as a client and not for publicity for his cable TV show.

New Orleans police said Cage was arrested after he grabbed his wife Alice Kim’s arm and pounded on cars in a drunken argument about whether a nearby house was the one they were renting. He was booked on charges of domestic abuse, disturbing the peace and public drunkenness. AP

Reunited

LOS ANGELES—French actress Marion Cotillard will join Joseph Gordon-Levitt in the cast of “The Dark Knight Rises,” the finale to the recent Batman film series, Warner Brothers said Tuesday.

The film reunites the actors with Christopher Nolan, who recently directed them in “Inception.”

“The Dark Knight Rises” also marks Christian Bale’s return as Bruce Wayne and Batman. The main cast also includes Anne Hathaway and Tom Hardy.

The film is due for release in July 2012. AFP

Top of the tabloids

The top show biz news in the Inquirer tabloid Bandera (and why we are moved, if we are moved):

• Sobrang nadepress sa career at nawasak na love life, Melissa Ricks ‘nagtatago’ raw sa Amerika? (Lilipas din yan.)

• Na-trauma na raw sa mga girlfriend, Dennis ayaw ng magka-dyowa ng artista(Hindi kaya nalipasan lang ng gutom nang sabihin niya yan?)

• Jake Cuenca type dyowain si Anne Curtis (Baka may lalong ma-depress.)

• Kasalang Kyla-Rich, peke (Sigurado kayo?)

• Amy Perez nai-i-stress sa ‘Face to Face’ (Kasi host na, referee pa.)

• Regine mamahaling hamburger ang pinaglihihan(Chicken feed lang yan kay Ogie.)