A lot of rumors circulating about an alleged parlor incident between Angel Locsin and Claudine Barretto. Angel, as many will remember was a mainstay of the GMA network prior to transfer to ABS-CBN, Claudine Barretto’s turf. Claudine Barretto was not active for a time in the television scene because she was busy building her life as a new mom, and wife to Raymart Santiago.

Angel’s sojourn from one network to the next was not easy, as talks of bad feelings among networks were rampant. The celebrities at ABS-CBN were also rumored to have uneasy feelings with Angel’s joining ABS-CBN, and for good reason. Angel Locsin is the hottest star right now with fans admiring her acting and her heat as a potential sexy star.

PARLOR INCIDENT

Rumor has it that an encounter happened between the two stars in a beauty parlor where they were both being attended to. A beautician allegedly reported to Claudine that Angel was treating them with unbecoming attitude (”maldita“). Claudine reportedly went to Angel and told her some choice words about respecting others and the like. (”Pinagsabihan“)

Now here’s when the reports turn really confusing. Was it just a verbal match, or did Angel really kick a chair to show her affront?

Angel vs. ABS-CBN mainstays - Then there’s the issue of Angel being ostracized by mainstays of ABS-CBN. Apparently she was never accepted in the group and is generally left alone. The network is wise to give angel projects upon projects because of her popularity and mass appeal, but it seems that the other stars still see her as a big threat to their careers.

But not Claudine. Her comeback isn’t in any way diminished by Angel Locsin’s presence, as history has shown how any Claudine Barretto teleserye can glue people to their screens during prime time. With this in mind, does Claudine have a right to talk down to Angel?

Of course, there’s that nagging suspicion that all these could be a ploy to increase Angel’s popularity and push Claudine Barretto again to the masses.

The movie I.T.A.L.Y. (I Trust and Love You) is a romantic comedy starring Dennis Trillo, Jolina Magdangal, Ruffa Mae Quinto, Eugene Domingo, Mark Herras, and Rhian Ramos, among others. It will show scenes from romantic places such as Genoa, Milan, Savona, Napoli, Florence, Pisa, Rome, (Italy); Marseilles (France); Barcelona, Palma de Mallorca, (Spain); and Tunisia, Africa.

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Let’s say that a mediocre male star who received attention for a while suddenly realizes that his career will be over soon. What’s the next step?

Some actors are really wise and invest while they’re on top, but some live for the moment and don’t plan ahead. While money is friendly to hot stars, the lifestyle of a showbiz personality could be very difficult to maintain.

I was with a few people once who wanted to audition for a role in an Indie film that involved some nudity. It was a gay film, the setting was in Asia, but the production staff is foreign. To my surprise, joining us in line were former stars who I thought were ‘over’ the whole showbiz thing already. They were sent by their agents apparently and they still audition for roles such as those even after their careers have dimmed. I was amused wnen a particularly known action star emerged from the audition room exclaiming, “there’s no way I will kiss another man”, which the others took as a good sign because it meant that they now have bigger chances of getting the roles.

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The heat is on… or is it?

Angel Locsin and Piolo Pascual start shooting their first movie together as soon as Lobo ends this July. The movie will be for Star Cinema. The location of the movie will be in Bukidnon and Australia, and it seems that ABS-CBN really put everything on this movie, banking on the popularity of the 2 celebrities. But will their team work?

They have chemistry for sure, but surely none of the electrifying chemistry between Piolo and Juday? Or Jericho and Kristine?

Besides Lobo, I’ve only seen these stars together in billboards, modeling timepieces together. Up there, they hit it off. The two lead stars talked about their projects together at the Buzz on June 22.With the overwhelming support of their fans, they are sure to do a wonderful job on their first movie. I don’t know about you, but I’m excited!

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More on Miss Heart Evangelista and her Facebook impostor.

So now we know that the impostor had the real Heart’s friends in ‘her’ Facebook account. Many of which had absolutely no clue that it is not the real person they are interacting with. The blog was on for a long time and frequently updated with posts from the fake ‘Heart’, until finally someone from pep.ph commented about it to the real Heart Evangelista.

She denied that she owned it. And, she gave them her real Facebook profile, which was rife with photos of her high school friends and really normal stuff that celebrities also go through. The fake profile had photos of contract signing moments and totally show business-related stuff that could have been obtained somewhere over the net. However, one could not call the fans or the followers of the fake account gullible because the impostor was very clever.

The blog was the cinching factor. The fake Heart talked (wrote) in such a way that an untrained observer could believe that she is who she claims she is. A blog endears a celebrity to her readers via the sharing of activities and feelings.

A celebrity who is always in the papers can be scrutinized by stalkers or impostors and imitated exactly. The way they speak, the way they dress, even their inflections and imperfections can be copied by someone who really wants to do so. See the parody artists? If those parody personalities can copy a celebrity’s identity, how much more the more malicious people who really want to mislead the celebrity’s followers? Thanks to the expose from pep and Heart’s (the real one) denial of ownership, fans now know better than to trust the fake profile.

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