Beauty and the Beast

You decide.  Who is Beauty, and who is Beast?

Philippine showbiz industry has seen good and bad days, but it was never embroiled in so much nasty rumors in the past that it is today; of actors swinging fists, and of actresses trading barbs and threats, of boyfriend-snatching and husband-grabbing, of theft, and of the nauseating "mamili ho kayo, siya o ako"...

Those were the days indeed...

Few weeks ago, it was Claudine Barretto versus Angelica Panganiban, ngayon naman it's Marian Rivera versus Bela Padilla...plus, Lola!

Is Marian just a pretty face?  And Bela, a damsel in distress or lady-in-waiting?

According to Mrs. Eva Padilla, Bela's grandmother, the 19 year-old is never a warmonger; Marian, on the other hand, has been talked about in blogs and showbiz talk shows to have had few brushes with "not-so-nice" encounters with her fans, and some people in the industry who once worked with her.  

Oh, well...roses have thorns.

At the end of the day, however sans make-up and kleighlights, beauty is only skin-deep.  I hope these beautiful, young ladies will realize that fame is not a loyal bedmate; instead of fanning friction, why not talk like mature adults and settle differences as fast as they arise?

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