Category Archives: Entertainment

KRIS AQUINO WANTS A HAPPY ENDING WITH MAYOR HERBERT BAUTISTA

May 19, 2015 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

QUEZON CITY, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles) – Presidential sister, talk show host and actress Kris Aquino likes to talk on one side of her mouth.

In a recent episode of the show, ‘Aquino and Abunda Tonight,’ she told her viewers that she is not the same woman she was 15 months ago and that she has now fully matured.

Maybe. But not with regards to her love life.

Aquino has been romantically linked to fellow actor and Quezon City Mayor Herbert Bautista. It was announced that the couple will be making a film together.

While Aquino maintains that her romance with Bautista never “progressed,” she told her viewers that by agreeing to do a film with her former love interest, she will experience a — in her own words — ‘happy ending.’

So which is it, Ms Aquino: have you moved on or still clinging to some hope for a consummation of your romance? On or off the film set?

Entertainment, LGBT, Local News

MANILA GOVERNMENT MAKES HISTORY, SPONSORS GAY BEAUTY PAGEANT

May 16, 2015 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

Manila Mayor Joseph Rstrada, center, presents the candidates of Miss Gay Manila 2015 — Manila Mayor Joseph Estrada, center, presents the candidates of Miss Gay Manila 2015

MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles) – The Philippines is making history with the launch of the first Miss Gay Manila in the nation’s capital.

Having a gay beauty pageant is far from being a first. What makes Miss Gay Manila 2015 one for the record is that the pageant is sponsored by no less than the government. Now that would make Miss Universe Pageant owner Donald Trump nervous and threatened.

At today’s press presentation of the candidates, Manila Mayor (and former Philippines president) Joseph Estrada was on hand to give a kiss to each aspiring beauty queen.

The grand coronation will be held at the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC) on May 20, 2015.

“The most energetic, witty, optimistic and confident candidate can get a chance to be crowned as the first ever winner of this prestigious pageant that promotes equality among all genders,” Estrada told reporters.

Estrada received a thunderous applause when he announced that the winner of this pageant will represent the City of Manila in the next Miss Philippines contest to choose the country’s representative to the 2016 Miss Universe Pageant.

Prizes at stake are P500,000 cash for the Grand Winner of Miss Gay Manila 2015, P200,000 for the First Runner-up and P100,000 for the Second Runner-up. The prize winnings will be exempted from local government taxes. However, they will be subject to national government tax by the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR), according to BIR Commissioner Kim Henares.

Entertainment, Film and TV, International

POLL: “ASIA’S GOT TALENT” CHAMPIONS EL GAMMA PENUMBRA VS. DENMARK’S BEER BOTTLE ORCHESTRA

May 16, 2015 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

El Gamma Penumbra, left, and the Bottleboys

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (The Adobo Chronicles) – Asia has chosen its best talent – Filipino shadow performing group El Gamma Penumbra. The group bested contestants representing over a dozen Asian countries to win the grand finals of “Asia’s Got Talent” held in Singapore.

So, what’s next for the Filipino champions?

Well , they have been challenged to a one-on-one talent competition by an equally-talented group of five men from Denmark. The Danes , calling themselves the Bottleboys, are members of a unique orchestra that uses empty beer bottles as instruments. They have recorded covers of popular hits like Michael Jackson’s “Billy Jean.” (Watch video below)

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has agreed to host the pan-continent televised talent show in London if “Asia’s Got Talent” agrees to pit their champions against the Bottleboys. The winner will be determined by public voting.

In anticipation of this exciting one-on-one talent competition, The Adobo Chronicles is conducting a poll on who our readers think would win in a match-up.

Watch the videos and participate in the poll below ( sorry Kris Aquino and Ai-Ai de las Alas, you can’t vote in this poll; if you do, your vote will not be counted!):