By Marinel Cruz
Inquirer

MANILA, Philippines–”My fans support me. With them, I’m sure it’s not true that the whole country hates me,” Wendy Valdez, controversial “Pinoy Big Brother Season 2” housemate, tells Living Stars.

In fact, Wendy says, her fans shower her with gifts — clothes, perfumes, cosmetics, accessories and books. They also send food to the set of her ABS-CBN soap, “Margarita.”

Wendy incurred the ire of PBB viewers after quarreling with two female housemates, Ge-Ann Abraham and Bea Saw. During the PBB “Big Night” at the Araneta Coliseum, Wendy had to beg the crowd to stop booing her.

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IT’S Maggie Q’s turn to wear a lettuce bikini as she poses for two pro-vegetarian ads for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.

Check out this Associated Press video for a news report on Maggie Q’s PETA ad campaign.

Photos courtesy of Agence France-Presse

TINA FEY, that is.

Who says comediennes need to look funny to be funny? Here’s a photo of Tina courtesy of Agence France-Presse.

“30 Rock,” the NBC sitcom she created and wrote, won Best Comedy series in the recent Emmys, beating out male-oriented fare like “My Name is Earl” and “The Office.”

Fans of “SNL” (”Saturday Night Live”) know her from hosting Weekend Update with — somewhat funny-looking — Amy Poehler. And she was also responsible for the story in “Mean Girls,” that Lindsay Lohan movie before she went from teenage drama queen to teenage rehab queen. Tina Fey’s most gorgeous asset, then, is her wit and sense of humor. Which is way sexier, even if she dons that geeky, granny glasses look.

Here’s a video of Tina’s funniest clips from Weekend Update provided by NBC.

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UPDATE: Added more clips.

ONE thing’s for sure: Alicia Silverstone isn’t clueless about veggies.

Alicia bares all in the first naked vegetarian testimonial ad from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.

Here’s the video from the PETA site.

Alicia Silverstone’s Sexy Veggie PSA
Order a FREE vegetarian starter kit at GoVeg.com

Click here for other viewing options.

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I LOVED Chiaki Kuriyama as Gogo Yubari in “Kill Bill Vol. 1″ — Gogo was my second favorite character, next only to her mistress, O-Ren Ishii.

Here she is with Quentin Tarantino and Uma Thurman promoting “Kill Bill” in Tokyo back in 2003. Photo courtesy of Agence France-Presse.

Want more pics of Chiaki? Check out this site.

Recently, I also got to watch the violent 2000 cult classic Japanese action film “Battle Royale,” and man did she rock as Takako Chigusa. It’s a great movie but highly controversial — and definitely not for the squeamish. I haven’t seen Chiaki’s other stuff yet, like her starring role in the original “Ju-on” — the very first one, which was direct-to-video, not “Ju-on: The Grudge,” which was the theatrical remake that spawned the US remake “The Grudge.”

Here’s a YouTube clip of her interview on the British show “Japanorama.” Warning: this and the “MPD Psycho” clip embedded here contain scenes of graphic violence.

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