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FILIPINO SUPERMAN LOOK-ALIKE GETS THE CHANCE OF A LIFETIME IN HOLLYWOOD

July 2, 2015 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

CALAMBA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles® ) – Filipino Herbert Chavez from Calamba, Laguna in the Philippines has, in the last 18 years, undergone a total of 23 surgeries, including nose jobs, skin-whitening, liposuction and jaw realignment to look like his idol, Clark Kent, a.k.a. Superman.

The 37-year-old fan also wears blue contact lens to reflect the blue shade of his superhero costume. To top it all off, he’s been injecting his abs and chest with a filler-type product called MesoLipo, which is illegal in the US.

He has reportedly spent a whopping 300,000 Pesos (US $ 6,639) for his surgeries which is really a bargain compared to the amount of money Hollywood actors and actresses spend for facelifts and reconstructive surgery.

Well, all those years and money have finally paid off.

Today, Chavez received a phone call from Zack Snyder, director of the upcoming film, “Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice,” informing him that he has been cast for the next film in the Superman series. Chavez had sent Snyder an audition video and the Hollywood director was super impressed.

The upcoming Superman film, which stars Henry Cavill and Ben Affleck is scheduled for release in March of 2016. The new film with Chavez starts shooting immediately after that.

Chavez will go down in history as the very first full-blooded Filipino to be the lead star in a major Hollywood blockbuster film.

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NBC FALLOUT: MISS USA, MISS UNIVERSE TO AIR ON PAY-PER-VIEW INSTEAD

June 30, 2015 Pol Pinoy 2 Comments

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana (The Adobo Chronicles®) – What if they held a beauty pageant and nobody watched it?

Well, that’s exactly what was going to happen to the Miss U.S.A. and Miss Universe pageants after NBC Universal and Univision both severed their relationship with pageant owner Donald Trump. The two networks fired Trump after his disparaging comments about Mexicans when he recently announced his candidacy for president of the United States. Trump called Mexicans “rapists, drug addicts and criminals.”

The Miss U.S.A. pageant is scheduled on July 12, 2015 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and neither NBC nor Univision will air it.

Being the shrewd businessman that he is, Trump found a way out of this debacle. He has enlisted Pay-Per-View (PPV) to air the Miss U.S.A. and Miss Universe Pageants. Yes, the same PPV that airs sports events, including the recent Manny Pacquiao-Floyd Mayweather boxing fight.

The Adobo Chronicles® learned that Pay-Per-View, will charge subscribers $100 to watch a live broadcast of the pageant in English and $150 to watch it in Spanish.

Informed sources said that PPV and Trump will share the proceeds of the live broadcast at 50% a piece.

Whoever wins the Miss USA contest will represent the country in the Miss Universe pageant later this year.

The chances of Miss USA winning the Miss Universe crown this year has just increased a hundred fold because all the Spanish-speaking countries have decided not to send a representative to the pageant — countries like Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, Puerto Rico and many others. Latin candidates have consistently fared well in the Miss Universe pageant.

The Philippines, who has also been consistently in the top 10 finalists for Miss Universe, is still deciding whether or not to send Miss Philippines Pia Wurtzbach to the pageant.

Entertainment, Film and TV

EMMA STONE BECOMES FIRST OSCAR VOTER OF NATIVE HAWAIIAN HERITAGE

June 27, 2015 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

HOLLYWOOD, California (The Adobo Chronicles®) – Emma Stone became the first ever actress of Native Hawaiian descent to become a voter of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences which hands out the annual Oscars.

The Academy announced its new invitations Friday, potentially adding 322 names to the voter list.

Becoming an Oscar voter is not automatic for Hollywood actors, directors, producers and others involved in film-making. Voters have to be invited and invitees must accept.

Stone, many will recall, played Stephanie Ng, the quarter Native Hawaiian love interest of Bradley Cooper in the Sony Pictures film, “Aloha.”

The Adobo Chronicles® congratulates Stone as well as fellow invitee Ronaldo Del Carmen (Up,” “Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron”) for this great honor. Del Carmen is Filipino and co-director of the new Disney animation film “Inside Out.”

To find out the names of the new invitees and to check out whether or not your favorite Hollywood actor or actress is an Oscar voter, visit NeverTooEarlyMoviePredictions.