Star Life Talk and Gossip

LOS ANGELES (AP) – The makers of Academy Awards favorites “The Social Network” and “The King’s Speech” are among those competing for top honors from the Directors Guild of America, one of Hollywood’s last prize shows before the Oscars. “The Social Network” filmmaker David Fincher is considered the front-runner for Saturday night’s guild awards, whose [...]

LOS ANGELES — Mark Wahlberg is adamant he doesn’t feel bitter about missing out on a Best Actor Oscar nod for his role in “The Fighter” – insisting he’s “so excited” to see his co-star Christian Bale nominated. The Hollywood actor stars as real life boxing legend “Irish” Micky Ward in the new picture, while [...]

LONDON— Javier Bardem once worked as a stripper. The “No Country For Old Men” star wasn’t sure what he wanted to do when he started off his working life and so decided to try his hands at a number of jobs, and even bared his body at one point. He explained: “I did it as [...]

MANILA, Philippines — Marie France, through its public relations officer, NJ Torres, belied rumors that it has ordered the mega-sized billboards of Megastar Sharon Cuneta removed. “Not true,” said Torres in an interview with PEP. Torres refuted a supposed “scoop” published by PEP, Jan. 28 saying, “IPUPULL OUT DAW NG MARIE FRANCE ANG BILLBOARD NI [...]

MANILA, Philippines — TV host-actress Anne Curtis denied rumors that she took over the spot of Marian Rivera as the top endorser of SM Development Corporation (SMDC). “Hindi ko siya pinalitan in all fairness, I was just added to the SMDC family. I think to use replacement is such a… I don’t think it’s a [...]