According to Brett Ratner, the person who directed Miley Cyrus’ 7 Things video, indirectly confirmed that Miley Cyrus’ 7 Things was about Nick Jonas of The Jonas Brothers. In fact, the necklace Miley Cyrus was wearing on the video was given by Nick Jonas.

Miley Cyrus and Nick Jonas dated for two years. Reportedly, their relationship ended in late 2007. And now, rumors has it that Nick Jonas is dating another Disney star, Selena Gomez of Wizard in Waverly Place

Watch Miley Cyrus’ 7 Things Video below the cut.
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Katrina Halili is definitely firing up the cold “ber” months as she graces the cover of Maxim Philippines Magazine September 2008 in uber-sexy-and-almost-nothing attire. Whew!

And according to the two-time FHM Philippines Sexiest Female Star, her pictorial for Maxim Philippines is the sexiest and probably the most daring photoshoot she did for a Men’s Magazine.

GMA 7’s afternoon soap opera Magdusa Ka starring Dennis Trillo and Katrina Halili ended impressively as it claimed the number 1 position in the tv ratings daytime race as last friday. Gaano Kadalas ang Minsan, another kapuso network soap, came into second place followed by Eat Bulaga on third place. The Sexbomb Girls, Daisy Siete, ranked number 4 in the daytime race while the rerun of Marian Rivera and Dingdong Dantes’ Marimar and Willie Revillame’s Wowowee tied in the fifth place.

As for the primetime race, Marian Rivera’s Dyesebel remained in the number 1 position followede by Richard Gutierrez and Heart Evangelista’s Codename:Asero, Regine Velasquez and Mark Anthony Fernandez’s Kim Samsoon, Mel Tiangco and Mike Enriquez’s 24 Oras, all of which belongs to the Kapuso Network. Completing the Top 5 Primetime show was Cesar Montano’s The Singing Bee.

Read below the jump to view complete lists of top Daytime and Primetime shows in Mega Manila, as conducted by AGB Nielsen Philippines.

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Sen Nichols and Van Pojas’ Pinoy Dream Academy journey is now put into test. Both got the lowest rating from this week’s celebrity duet special. Sen Nichols got a grade of 7.29 while Van Pojas got a grade of 7.30.

Who do you think the crowd will save this time? Who among Sen and Van deseves a second chance to stay inside the Pinoy Dream Academy?

Inaki Salvador’s Pinoy Dream Academy journey has ended while Miguel Mendoza was saved once more by the viewing public via text votes.

Inaki Salvador got 24.03% of the total votes and Miguel received 75.97% of the total votes. And that clearly shows that crowd favors Miguel Salvador over Inaki Salvador.

Meanwhile, Bugoy Bugayon proved once again his exceptional singing prowess as he was this week’s star scholar. Bugoy received an impressive 9.81 rating from the PDA’s jury and mentors.

Celebrity Duets returns on television with eight new non-singing celebrities and each will be paired to a professional singer. The Celebrity contenders were officially introduced last August 20 at the GMA Network Center.

The eight new Celebrity Duets’ contenders are the following

• MMDA Chairman Bayani Fernando
• Beauty Expert Cory Quirino
• Actor/Comedian and ex-Mayor Joey Marquez
• Model/Beauty Queen Melanie Marquez
• Chef and former co-host in QTV’s Ka-Toque JL Cang
• Former Bb. Pilipinas World Carlene Aguilar
• Fil-British Professional Soccer player Phil Younhusband
• Fashion Designer JC Buendia

Celebrity Duets Philippines will be hosted by on and off cam sweethearts Regine Velasquez and Ogie Alcasid. And this season’s panel of judges are Danny Tan, Freddie Santos and Tessa Prieto-Valdes. Celebrity Duets Philippines starts on August 23.

Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe was reportedly suffers from a mild form of brain disorder called dyspraxia.

Dyspraxia is a neurological disorder that usually affects motor coordination and impairs the person’s normal learning process. But in case of Daniel Radcliffe, it’s no serious matter. His is just a mild kind of dyspraxia and at worst time it only impairs his ability to tie his shoe laces and affects his handwriting.

Daniel Radcliffe says his illness lead him to persue an acting career.

Finally, Betty La Fea’s Armando Solis is secret no more and it’s no other than John Lloyd Cruz. Yay! =)

John Lloyd is probably the only reason why I’m watching this series. *heh* I mean he’s such a great actor and I love him when he cries. It’s like you can really feel whatever emotions he’s trying to project. Heartfelt! Though I don’t think he’ll ever cry at I Love Betty La Fea. I think I Love Betty La Fea is more like a comedy-drama series. Hmmm… Oh well, atleast we’ll be able to see a different side of John Lloyd Cruz.

I Love Betty La Fea is ABS-CBN’s upcoming primetime series and it’s a local version of Fernando Gaitán’s hit series Yo Soy Betty, la fea which was first aired in Columbia.

Local casts of I Love Betty La Fea includes, Bea Alonzo, Vhong Navarro, Ruffa Guttierez and John Lloyd Cruz.

Gretchen Espina of Biliran is the winner of the recently concluded Pinoy Idol outshining Jayann Bautista of Pampanga in the final showdown where both Gretchen and Jayann sang their personal rendition of this season’s so-called “coronation song” entitled “To You”. The said song was composed by the Singer/Songwriter and Pinoy Idol judge Ogie Alcasid and was arraged by Danny Tan.

Meanwhile, Ram Chaves (one of the top 3 finalists), was eliminated from the said show just before the final showdown to give way to the final face-off between Gretchen Espina and Jayann Bautista.

In the end, it’s Gretchen Espina who won the Pinoy Idol title as she got the highest number of text votes. Also, she brought home a total of 5.7 million pesos worth of prizes. And that includes a 1 million pesos in cash, a recording contract from SonyBMG Records, a management contract with GMA Artist Center, a brand new car, and a house-and-lot from Avida.

Pinoy Idol is a local Idol franchise of the hit reality talent show series, Pop Idol, which was  first aired in United Kingdom and created by British entertainment executive Simon Fuller.

For the First time is probably the most awaited Philippine movie of the year. As there are many “firsts” behind this movie just like what the title says.

For the First Time is KC Concepcion’s first movie. Also, this is the first time the viewing public will see the first ever team up of Richard Guttierez and KC Concepcion. And everybody knows that Richard Guttierez is GMA 7’s contract star while KC Concepcion just recently signed an exclusive contract to GMA 7’s rival network, ABS-CBN. So this is definitely the first time, that Philippines’ rival tv network had joined forced and let their hottest talents team up in a movie.

For the First Time is directed by Joyce Bernal and it will be out on August 27, 2008 in Philippine cinemas nationwide.

Watch the movie trailer below the cut.

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