Pop Princess Sarah Geronimo said she is already shooting her upcoming movie with Gerald Anderson. According to the singer, she started working for the movie last Tuesday but is yet to tape with his leading man.

May mga meeting na kami, bonding-bonding konti. He’s very polite and sobrang proper,’ she said pertaining to Gerald. She added that though this is their first team-up together, she feels comfortable working with not only Gerald, insanity workout dvd , but also Matteo Guidicelli because of their friendly personalities.

Feeling ko matagal na kaming magkakakilala kasi magaan yung loob ko sa kanilang dalawa, abercrombie outlet ,’ said the Kapamilya actress.

In the movie, Gerald and Matteo will compete with each other for Sarah’s love. In real life though, Sarah said she does not see it coming anytime soon.

Sabi ko nga at least sa pelikula na-experience ko pag-agawan ng boys,’ quipped Sarah.

In his prior interviews, Matteo said he wanted to work with Sarah and that she is one of her showbiz crushes. But Matteo is currently involved with actress Maja Salvador although the two had dismissed rumors about them.

Gerald, on the other hand, is very much single and is also doing his upcoming series Buhawi Jack’ with Kapamilya newbie Jewel Mische. (MNS)

Is it true that actor John Lloyd Cruz gave his girlfriend actress Shaina Magdayao an expensive gift?

Following the reports that Cruz gave his girlfriend a luxury bag as a gift for Christmas, speculations now thrive that the actor has given the actress a watch worth half a million pesos. Cruz said the price of gifts he gives Magdayao does not really matter because it’s always the thought that counts.

You know hindi na tayo kumportable na dini-disclose ang mga ganyang bagay. Hindi naman dapat nagma-matter [kung ano ang regalo]. No matter how big or small yung amoung ng binibigay mo, it’s really the thought na nagka-count dapat,’ he said. He said he does not have a plan yet on how he and his ladylove will celebrate Valentines day.

Wala pa. Kung papalarin at bibigyan kami ng pagkakataon na magsama on that day, well and good. Kung hindi mangyari, okay lang din. Trabaho lang muna,’ said Cruz.He was also asked to comment on the budding romance of his former onscreen partner Bea Alonzo with actor Zanjoe Marudo.

I couldn’t be happier for them. Lagi ko naman sinasabi kung saan ka masaya, mas doble yung saya namin bilang kaibigan mo para sa iyo,’ he said.

The year of Vice Ganda

Year 2011 seems to be a lucky year for television host and actor Vice Ganda. He revealed that he is taking on a lead role in an upcoming movie of Wenn Deramas, 2010 Metro Manila Film Festival’s best director. The television host also divulged that hunk actor Zanjoe Marudo and basketball star Paolo Hubalde might become part of the movie.

According to Vice Ganda, he is very happy with how his career is going and one of his wishes is to just maintain the success he is experiencing. He is also hoping that the health condition of his grandmother, who suffered stroke last year, will improve.

Meanwhile, Vice Ganda shrugged off rumors that he will leave ABS-CBN’s talent show Showtime.’

He said he loves the show and that, five finger shoes , even if his contract ends, he is still willing to be part of it. He shared that his relationship with other Showtime’ hosts is incomparable, and that it is strong enough to surpass any misunderstanding that may come their way He also considers the extension of the show’s air time as an opportunity to make more people happy.

Celine Dion is one of the biggest international pop stars in history. Born on the 30th of March in Charlemagne, a city in the province of Quebec, Canada, she started her career at a young age in her native French. She won the Eurovision song contest in 1988 in Dublin, Ireland, representing Switzerland with the song Ne Partez Pas Sans Moi, (translated Don’t Leave Without Me). She released her debut English album in 1990.

After winning a Grammy and an academy award for the song beauty and the beast, the title theme of Disney’s beauty and the beast, her career was well established. Over the next decade Celine went from strength to strength. To date she has sold over 100 million albums with no sign that she intends to stop. Her massively successful hit, My Heart Will Go On, from the film Titanic hit number 1 in the charts across the globe, selling over 50 million copies worldwide.

She took a break from the music world in 1999 to 2002. During this time her husband, René Angelil, was diagnosed with throat cancer. Thankfully he responded well to treatment and Celine gave birth to there son, Rene Charles, on 25 January 2001.

She returned to the music world in 2002 and released the album, A New Day Has Come. The album shot to number one in 17 countries. In 2002, Celine Dion signed a three-year show agreement with Caesars Palace, a hotel and casino located on the Las Vegas strip in paradise, Nevada.

A custom-theatre was constructed especially for her performances. Celine Dion agreed to appear five nights a week in a show named for her album, A New Day Has Come. The show is in both English and French showcasing her hits over the years and has been extended to run through 2007. Celine is continuing to to grace us with her voice, and it doesn’t look like she plans to stop!

Michael Connelly was born on July 21, 1956, in Philadelphia and raised from the time he was 11 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He hales from a large family with him being the eldest child.

Michael’s father was a property developer and his mother a homemaker. Michael says his parents encouraged all the children to be successful.

Michael’s mother loved to read, especially mysteries. He read some of her books as a child before he found his own. Michael says he likes the more hardboiled mysteries.

Michael attended the University of Florida where he majored in journalism with a minor in creative writing. It was while there that he came across the works of Raymond Chandler.

Michael married Linda McCaleb in April of 1984. They have a daughter, Callie. Michael says that he feels that since having a child he has become a better writer because he has become a better person.

Michael was a reporter for about 13 years covering the courts and the police beat. He said he considered this research for the time when he started to write fiction.

Michael moved to Los Angeles, CA in 1987, when one of Michael Connelly’s stories was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize and caught the attention of the Los Angeles Times. Michael says this was a secret hope of his, “…because the most influential writers of crime novels, to me at least, all wrote about Los Angeles or Southern California. The place has a certain interest for readers.”

In 1995, Michael quit his reporting gig and concentrated full time on his fiction-writing career. He says he prefers crime novels over other genres. He, for instance, does not see himself writing general fiction or science fiction. He writes what he likes to read. You have to write what comes from within.

In 2001, Michael and his family moved from Los Angeles back to Florida to be closer to their families. Although he now has to work from “creative memory,” Michael says he still goes back to visit. Meanwhile, he says he tries to read whatever comes out about LA.

Several years ago at a journalism conference Michael stated, “You scratch a reporter and you find a novelist wannabe…its a natural extension of the job because novels carry a lot of reporting and truth. You have to experience the world to write about it.”

Books by Michael Connelly:

Series:

Harry Bosch:

The Black Echo (1992)

The Black Ice (1993)

The Concrete Blonde (1994)

The Last Coyote (1995)

Trunk Music ((1996)

Angel’s Flight (1998)

A Darkness More Than Night (2000)

City of Bones (2002)

Lost Light (2003)

The Narrows (2004)

The Closers (2005)

Echo Park (2006)

The Overlook (2007)

9 Dragons (2009)

Jack McEvoy :

The Poet (1995)

The Scarecrow (2009)

Mickey Haller:

The Lincoln Lawyer (2005)

The Brass Verdict (2008)

Stand Alone Novels:

Blood Work (1998)

Void Moon (1999)

Chasing the Dime (2002)

Non Fiction:

Crime Beat: Stories of Cops and Killers (2006)

Omnibus:

The Harry Bosch Novels: Black Echo/Black Ice/Concrete Blonde (2000)

The Harry Bosch Novels Volume 2: The Last Coyote/Trunk Music/Angels Flight (2003)

Two Great Novels: The Black Echo, The Black Ice (2004)

The Harry Bosch Novels Volume 3: Darkness More Than Night/City of Bones/Lost Night (2008)

Anthologies Edited:

The Best American Mystery Stories 2003 (2003) (with Otto Penzler)

Murder in Vegas: New Crime Tales of Gambling and Depression (2005)

The Blues Religion: New Stories About Cops abercrombie outlet , Criminals, and Chase (2008)

In the Shadow of the Master (2009)

Daytime TV A Dunn Deal?

Sally Jessy Raphael couldn’t get through a week without him. Jerry Springer launched his national talk show around him. And today, Dr. Phil, Extra and The Today Show count on him. His name is Troy Dunn but most purveyors of daytime television know him simply as “Troy, the reunion guy”. But that narrow description may be widening next fall.

Dunn, 39, has been a staple of nearly every daytime talk show in America since 1990. He has a deal with A&E for his own reality show. He has made the dreams of thousands of unsuspecting talk show guests come true on national tv. And after 16 years and over 500 guest appearances, the Gods of the TV universe believe Troy Dunn should be the next person to come into your home 5 days a week, ala his own talk show. But Dunn isn’t making it easy on them.

No, he isn’t demanding more money- he doesn’t want a larger dressing room and he isn’t seeking a parking spot with his name on it. No, Dunn has asked for something which the talk industry has not had to deal with before- something so rare, it even has Hollywood lawyers scrambling for some sort of previous precedent- Dunn’s big demand, his deal-breaker, must-have is…a “morality clause!”

Imagine that- a talk show host with a code of ethics! According to Dunn, that’s the missing ingredient in today’s talk show environment, “Every single show on TV today is, in some way, offensive to the traditional American family. I will NOT be a contributor to that repulsive display of hypocrisy.”

When pressed for more details, I was shocked to see how readily he launches an assault on the current daytime yakkers- including the all-powerful queen of the talk universe, Ms. Oprah herself! “Oprah is the most loving and generous hypocrite on TV today. She preaches strong moral beliefs and principles while she is living out of wedlock and chooses career over family. I admire her dedication to her charitable works but am repulsed by her terrible example to the American family.”

And what does Dunn have to say about Oprah’s protégé, Dr. Phil? “Another TV hypocrite! No man 50 pounds over weight should EVER be out promoting a weight loss product!” Space won’t allow me to share with you his comments on Jerry Springer, Rachael Ray and Ellen, but suffice to say, he’s making no apologies. And he wants “middle America” to stop apologizing too. Here is a sample of just one of the many rants Dunn explodes into during our interview; “Why have moral Americans become apologetic and in some cases, embarrassed about their traditional values and strong sense of family? Why do married men feel inferior around their single friends? Why are parents afraid to spank their children now? Why do people sit in silence while the guy next to them blows cigarette smoke in their face? Good Lord America- get on ebay and buy a spine! Stop apologizing for being moral! Stand for something or fall for anything!”

That is just a small taste of the many soap boxes Dunn hopped on during the course of our 2 hour lunch interview. Jonathan Koch, CEO of Asylum Entertainment (the production company behind Dunn’s new A&E reality show) says, “Now you see why the major syndicators are climbing over one another to sign him; love him or hate him- he makes for great tv!”

Jon Moonves, entertainment lawyer to Dunn, confirms his client has been in talks with NBC-Universal, Paramount, Fox, Buena Vista and Sony. When pressed for who looks to be the front-runner, Moonves simply said, “we are keeping our options open. When Troy decides, he’ll tell the rest of us.” So what’s the hold-up? Dunn. This 39 year old father of seven (yes, I said 7) who has been married to his high school sweetheart for 19 years, insists on a clause in his deal which gives him veto power over any show content Dunn (solely) considers immoral, deceitful or unethical. “Some people tell me I’m making too big a deal out of this. But I have been involved behind the scenes in almost every daytime talk show on television over the past two decades and I have seen how things can spin out of control and people get hurt. That will NOT be allowed on my show and I must be able to put a stop to anything of the sort.”

While Dunn may leave a bitter taste in the mouths of the liberal crowd, some are saying he can do for daytime television what Fox News did for cable news- bring it home to the conservative base of the country, in a very big way. Major syndicators appear to be ready to bank on that possibility. After the massive failures of all three freshman syndicated talkers this year- Behrendt, Ablow and Mullally, syndicators are realizing that daytime audiences are ready for “one of their own”.

National Polling Data Company (NPDC)surveyed 2,150 people from coast to coast on the matter and the overwhelming response when asked about the characteristics of the ideal daytime tv host were “family values”.

Dunn, it would appear, has those in spades. “Some have told me I represent family values with an attitude. I don’t know about that. But I do know that making aplogies for one’s integrity is not politically correct as far as I’m concerned. The day of liberal-leaning daytime hosts is over. America wants their daytime back and I intend on giving it to them.”

Dunn is relatively tight-lipped when asked which syndicators or networks he is leaning closest to but he is quick to rattle off the names of people from his many years in talk television that he would love to create his show with. “There are only a handful of people I trust with something as important as the sculpting of my own talk show. Cathy Chermol, Amy Rosenblum, Eric Shotz hollister sale , Jonathan Koch, Ann Lewis and a couple of others who will remain secrets for now,” Dunn says with a grin.

Will Dunn accept one of the 7 figure deals currently being dangled in front of him? Will daytime audiences finally get a “man of the people” as one producer describes him? Dunn says he is making no promises but is “reasonably optimistic.”

Mel Gibson flew back to L.A. today with two of his sons – back from a two-week fishing trip.Gibson landed at around 2:00 PM PT.  He’s been fishin’ in Fiji … where no one – not even Oksana – could find him.Sources tell us Mel’s deposition in the custody case will go down next week. More Mel & OksanaMel Gibson Case: PR Witness Deposition SetOksana Grigorieva:  Don't Bug MeMel Gibson:  Can You Hear Me Now?