Category Archives: Entertainment

PNoy To Produce New Prime-time Show For ABS-CBN

616ABBEE-12FF-42FC-A2BB-10E504139901QUEZON CITY,  Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Reacting to the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee’s report recommending that he be criminally charged for the botched Dengue vaccination program which put more than 800,000 school kids in harms way, former President NoyNoy Aquino said, it’s the “Dick Gordon Show,” referring to the Committee Chair.

That sparked a brilliant idea for the ABS-CBN Network which asked Aquino if he would be willing to be the executive producer of a new prime-time show titled, well, “The Dick Gordon Show.”

Aquino agreed without batting an eyelash.

Sources close to ABS-CBN executives told The Adobo Chronicles that the ‘Dick Gordon Show’ will be patterned after that famous American TV show, “Dick Van Dyke Show.”

Watch for its launch coming soon to a television near you.

Actress Haley Atwell Denies Canceling ComicCon Appearance Due To Political Unrest In The Philippines

B9E392FC-CB2C-4777-8223-D71BC472E612MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Organizers of ComicCon Asia 2018 earlier announced that actress Hayley Atwell, known for her role as Peggy Carter in Agent Carter in the Marvel Cinematic Universe will no longer be part of the event.

In a statement posted on the group’s Facebook page, Hayley cited the “political unrest in the country” as the reason.

“We wish to inform everyone that Hayley Atwell has decided to cancel her appearance in the 2018 ComicCon Asia due to the perceived ‘political unrest in the country.’ In a message sent to us, Hayley said that ‘she’s not comfrotable making the trip at this time.’

Mainstream news media wasted no time in reporting the cancellation.52D2AFCB-CE67-4002-A481-AD067AFBF3E4

The Adobo Chronicles contacted Haley on the set of an episode she was shooting and she denied having mentioned anything about political unrest in the Philippines.

”What I said was that I was canceling my trip to Manila because the Liberal

BBC’s Video Game On Fake News Backfires

4F77E4F5-EE9B-44B7-82DE-8E3AA26C5B91LONDON, United Kingdom (The Adobo Chronicles, Berlin Bureau) – The tech gurus at BBC have deveoped an interactive video game for young people to help them detect fake news on mainstream and social media.

But alas, the game backfired on BBC.

In the final segment of the video game, players were asked to check from a list of news sources which ones they think are purveyors of fake news.

Among those checked by game players were: New York Times, Enquirer, CNN.

And… BBC News.

Is this a case of young people biting the hands of those who feed them?