Diana Zubiri wants
non-showbiz boyfriend

She admitted their fight started when she came home 30 to 45 minutes late on New Year’s Eve and Jean asked her about her missing Louis Vuitton bag. "I don’t remember borrowing it," she says.

Why is her mom so mad at Bianca King? "Bianca and I are like sisters. She said bad influence daw si Bianca, but earlier naman, she said natutuwa siya because my friends guide me. Nagpapasalamat talaga ako kay Bianca and her family, but at the same time, nahihiya rin kasi nakatira na nga ako sa kanila, nadamay pa sila, e away naman namin ito ni mama. I’m really thankful I have a friend like Bianca who took me under her wing and took good care of me."

Her mom is afraid that her boyfriend Jeremy Marquez might get her preggy. "I really don’t know how Jeremy got into the picture. I met him just once in a small gathering then dinedma ko na siya."

What would she like to tell her mom? "Well, the damage has been done. I don’t want to say anything muna. All I can say is I’ve always wanted to please my parents and for them to be proud of me."

Raymond, who had a 24th birthday celebration in the show and announced that he’d be hosting "Pinoy Idol," later said that after the interview, Nicole and Jean talked to each other and patched things up.

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The stars of "Maging Akin Ka Lamang" took the "Hot Seat" (for Nadine Samonte) and "Don’t Lie to Me" portion (for Isabel Oli). The killer question to Nadine is: "Ano ang totoong dahilan ng hiwalayan ninyo ni Oyo Sotto?" Nadine answered it, but she’s not very coherent. "Ang hirap i-explain," she said. Rufa Mae Quinto asked: "Is there a third party involved?" "Yes, may third party." But Rufa Mae didn’t ask a follow up question as to who the third party is. It’s common knowledge then that there was a tiff between Nadine and Angel Locsin because Nadine was so surprised when Oyo dumped her and quickly went steady with Angel. Nadine continued: "Ang isang lalaki kasi, may pangangailangan. But I’m glad sinabi niyang bata pa ako and nirespeto niya ko." What do you infer from this statement? That Oyo is asking her to go to bed with him but she refused, right? But again, there was no follow from the Central Jury.

As for Isabel Oli, the important question asked was: "Natuwa ka ba nang si Nadine ang pumalit kay Jennylyn Mercado in ‘Maging Akin Ka Lamang?’ Isabel answered honestly: "Yes. Kasi mas close kami ni Nadine dahil sa ‘SOP,’ nag-uusap kami. Sana, huwag magalit si Jennylyn." Her leading man in "Maging Akin Ka Lamang," Polo Ravales, asked the last question: "Totoo bang nag-away kami ni Paolo Contis (Isabel’s BF) dahil na-late ako sa taping ng ‘Maging Akin Ka Lamang’ and he confronted me?" Isabel’s answer: "No. Polo and Paolo really get along fine and he doesn’t know where the rumor that the two of them are having a fight started."

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Diana Zubiri is glad to be part of the Valentine’s show that Annabelle Rama’s Royale Era Productions is staging on February 8, Friday, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel Ballroom, with dinner at 7:30 p.m. and show at 9 p.m.

"Not a lot of people know that I can sing so I welcome this chance to be able to show them na kaya ko ring kumanta," she says.

So who will be her date on Valentine’s Day? "No one. Lie low muna ang love life ko ngayon habang maraming trabaho. If ever, ayoko na uli ng taga-showbiz. Mas prone sa tsismis, e."

Diana was last linked to Vhong Navarro but she followed the advice of her manager, Jojo Gabinete, and dumped him as his marriage to Bianca Lapuz has yet to be annulled. "I realize Kuya Jojo is right. Mas mabuti na yung walang sabit."

Diana remains very active as an actress. She does comedy in "Bubble Gang" and after co-starring with Robin Padilla in "Asian Treasures," she now plays the lucky Carmela in GMA-7’s hit sci-fi adventure show, "Zaido, Pulis Pangkalawakan." She figures in an intriguing love triangle relationship with Dennis Trillo who plays Gallian or Zaido Blue and Raymart Santiago who plays Alvaro a.k.a. Gamma. This week, Carmela loses consciousness while she is fighting the evil Kuuma, but she regains it for some reason with the help of Galllian who realizes he loves her very much and can’t afford to lose her.

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Remember Nina Jose, she’s the tall and sexy "PBB Celebrity Teen" discovery from Assumption who was featured for a while in "Pedro Penduko." Folks wondered where she hid after her stint in that show.

"I went back to school and took up European Studies in La Salle," she says. "I really want to get a college degree kasi after my contract with ABS expired. But si Direk Manny Valera, pina-hanap ako and presented a plan on how to build me up. Ang galing, I got excited, so heto ako, ready to join showbiz again. Akala ko noon, showbiz is not for me. Now I know it’s my calling."

One reason she quit then was she refused to go sexy. Is she willing now? "Yes, but it has to be a classy kind of sexy, sophisticated, ayoko ng cheap. Na-miss ko rin talaga ang showbiz after I left it. Hinahanap ko na."

Nina stands 5’8", has flawless fair skin and measures 37-27-36. "I need to lose at least two more inches on my waistline. When I was with ABS, they wanted me to join Miss Earth but I felt I wasn’t ready then. Now, direk Manny wants me to join the Bb. Pilipinas pageant, pero baka next year na. I want to prepare for it muna and lose some weight pa. I’m taking up dance lessons to keep fit, also in preparation for a special show I’d do with Boyz.Com in March where I’ll do a number ala-Britney Spears. May alok din for me to pose sa FHM and we’re still stu-dying it. Sa Regal, may offer din for me to do the movie ‘My Sweet Papa’ about sugar daddies. Sana matuloy kasi makakasama ko raw si Rufa Mae Quinto kaya excited ako."

She’s wearing a revealing red dress and her boobs seem to have grown bigger in size. Did she resort to breast augmentation? "Ay, hindi po. Dati ng ganyan ‘yan but I wasn’t wearing sexy clothes naman before showing my cleavage kaya ngayon lang napansin. There’s nothing retokada sa akin."

Nina is determined to make it big in showbiz so she broke up with her non-showbiz boyfriend of one year. "Career muna. Boys can wait."

If ever, she wants to be like Scarlett Johanson or Catherine Zeta-Jones. "They’re both so sexy but respectable looking, ‘di ba?"

Nina is part of Manny’s stable of talents that includes Polo Ravales, Alex De Rossi, Jean Garcia, Jay Manalo, Zoren Legaspi, Glaiza de Castro, Alwyn Uytingco, Joseph Bitangcol, Rubirubi, Frank Garcia and Gab Drilon. For booking, call Chino Sarenas at 415-0373 or 0917-4532427.

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Cesar Montano and Jake Cuenca may topbill "Palos" but the series also has a formidable roster of actresses known as the fighting women of "Palos." First is Sunshine Cruz who plays Grazella, the wife of Cesar who later becomes the mother of Jake. Then there’s Jodi Sta. Maria, who’ll now be seen twice on primetime since she also plays the ghost Ruth in "Patayin sa Sindak si Barbara." In "Palos," she plays an inventor in Neptune, the crime busting agency where Cesar works, and is married to Alessandro (Jomari Yllana.). Carla Humphries of "Abt Ur Luv" plays Stella, the childhood friend of Fabio (Cesar).

Roxanne Guinoo has starred with Jake in "Natutulog Ba ang Diyos" and "Lastikman." She now plays Anna, the beautiful orphan whose ambition is to be the best agent in Neptune. Valerie Garcia, better known as Bangs in teen show "GoKada" where she played a punk rocker girl whose face was covered by bangs, now becomes more daring and sexier as Sylvia, the leading lady of Jake.

PBB Housemate Wendy Valdez plays the sexy adopted daughter of Redford White and Dennis Padilla, two hilarious inventors in the show. Regine Angeles is the female winner in "Be Bench Model Search" and she now gets her first major assignment as Paola, the alluring fashionista agent who can be fierce but still graceful in combat.

The star-studded cast of "Palos" also includes the original Palos, Bernard Bonnin, as Ninong, the influential ex-general of Neptune Agency; Gloria Romeo as Alfonsina, the chambermaid of Sunshine Cruz; Jay-R Siaboc as Enzo, a mysterious Neptune agent; Vandolph as Giuseppe, the computer whiz sidekick of Jake and Julia Barretto as Pamela, a girl who accompanies Jake in his operations and an expert acrobat. All of them will make your weeknights exciting on ABS-CBN Primetime Bida starting January 28 in place of "Lastikman."

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Ai Ai delas Alas was touched when ex-husband Miguel Vera, now based in LA, volunteered to come home after he read about the problem of her eldest son who was accused of shoplifting.

"Natuwa naman ako kasi hindi naman si Miguel ang biological dad ng panganay ko pero heto siya’t bothered about what happened to the boy," she says. "Kung narito lang daw siya, sinugod na niya ‘yong nanakit sa anak ko para makaganti. Kasi naman, lumaki ang bata na siya ang kinagisnang ama. Samantalang ‘yong tunay na ama, ni ha ni ho wala kaming naririnig."

Now that legal charges have been filed against the store owners and the cashier who maltreated her son, Ai Ai says she’s ready to fight to the finish. "When it comes to my kids, they’re my life, so I will protect them up to the last drop of my blood. They’re the reason why I’m working so hard, para mabigyan ko sila ng good future, mapagtapos ng pag-aaral at mapalaki ko sila bilang matitinong bata. Tapos, biglang aapihin ng ganito ang anak ko. Wala silang karapatang saktan ang anak ko as he’s a minor. Dapat, kung may sala nga siya, they informed me at ako ang magpaparusa sa kanya kung kinakailangan. Dahil nga sa nangyari, my son is now undergoing psychiatric therapy twice a week kasi na-trauma siya at nagigising sa gabi na akala sinasaktan pa rin siya."

Ai Ai is now busy with the TV version of "Volta" on ABS-CBN and with her movie with Robin Padilla, "Ikaw Pa Rin." "Pero hindi pi nagsu-shooting si Robin dahil busy pa sa ‘Joaquin Bordado’ niya sa GMA-7, kaya heto, ra-racket muna ako for Valentine’s. Kinuha ako ng Royale Era Entertainment ni Tita Anabelle Rama para sa kanyang concert na ‘My Funny Valentine on February 8, Friday, sa Crown Plaza Hotel Ballroom with dinner at 7:30 and showtime at 9. Directed ito by Al Quinn and with Gerry Matias as musical director. Kasama ko sina Ogie Alcasid, Vernie Varga, Diana Zubiri, at Jonathan Badon," Ai Ai announces. 

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