Category Archives: Film and TV

FILM: ‘ALOHA’ (HAWAII VERSION) OPENS TODAY IN HONOLULU

'Aloha,' the Hawaii version
‘Aloha,’ the Hawaii version

HONOLULU, Hawaii (The Adobo Chronicles) – Columbia Pictures is releasing a slightly different version of the new film ‘Aloha’ in Oahu and the rest of the neighbor islands.

It is practically the same film with a different title.  The local version of the Cameron Crowe film is titled “Haoles.” It stars Bradley Cooper, Emma Stone, Bill Murray, Rachel Adams and Alec Baldwin.

The film is about a celebrated military contractor who returns to the site of his greatest career triumphs and re-connects with a long-ago love while unexpectedly falling for the hard-charging Air Force watchdog assigned to him.

Columbia Pictures agreed to change the title of the film’s Hawaii version in response to criticism that except for a few unnamed extras, the film features an all-white, non-Asian or Pacific Islander cast — despite it being set in Hawaii.

Some Native Hawaiians also frowned on what they said was the commercialization of one of the most sacred and beautiful Hawaiian words.

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CNN TURNS 35 ON JUNE 1ST: IF ONLY FRIENDS COULD SEE IT NOW

Don Lemon (Photo source: GQ)
Don Lemon (Photo source: GQ)

ATLANTA, Georgia (The Adobo Chronicles) – CNN, the first and most respected 24-hour cable news network, launched on June 1, 1980. On that day, 35 years later, the network will look back at the biggest stories in the network’s history.

Here are the highlights of those amazing 35 years:

  • Don Lemon, telling black people they shouldn’t wear baggy pants, use the N-word, litter, drop out of school, or have kids out of wedlock.
  • Don Lemon, suggesting that the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 may have been kidnapped by a higher power or swallowed by a black hole.
  • Don Lemon, suggesting to a rape victim that she could’ve easily shut down the alleged rape by biting Bill Cosby’s penis.
  • Don Lemon, reporting from Ferguson, telling viewers about the smell of marijuana in the air.
  • Don Lemon, after being photographed for a feature article on GQ magazine, asking the photographer if he does “nudes.”
  • Anderson Cooper’s greatest moments: his uncontrollable giggles.
  • As for Wolf Blitzer — now don’t get us started.

Happy Birthday, CNN!

AUTHOR J.K. ROWLING’S NEXT BOOK WILL BE ABOUT THREE ‘HARRY POTTER’ ACTORS

Rowling, Radcliff, Lewis and Grint. Then and now.
Rowling, Radcliff, Lewis and Grint. Then and now.

LONDON, England (The Adobo Chronicles) –  ‘Harry Potter’ author J.K. Rowling may have publicly expressed disapproval for racy photos of Matthew Lewis in a recent magazine spread, but it sparked inspiration in what could be her next hit series.

The Adobo Chronicles has learned that the famed British author has started to pen her next book series based on the real-life stories of three of the actors who brought ‘Harry Potter characters’ to life in the film versions of her book : Danielle Radcliff, Rupert Grint and Lewis.

There is no sorcery in this new series, just the realities of life transitions from young innocence to worldy and sexy adult life. It is tentatively titled ‘Coming of Age.’

Expect a lot skin if and when Rowling’s new series hits the big screen. In 3-D! It would, of course, star Radcliff, Lewis and Grint.

Sorry kids, it’ll be PG-13.