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NICKI MINAJ SUES MADONNA, NBC OVER SEGMENT ON ‘THE TONIGHT SHOW’

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MInaj, left, and Madonna (Photo: www.afrikakwetu.com)
MInaj, left, and Madonna
(Photo: http://www.afrikakwetu.com)

NEW YORK, New York (The Adobo Chronicles) – Some are calling it the ‘battle of the bitches.’ And the NBC network is caught in the middle. The protagonists: Madonna and Nicki Minaj.

The 56-year-old diva (meaning, Madonna) performed a live take of ‘Bitch I’m Madonna’ during a recent episode of ‘The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.’ The song is included in Madonna’s latest album, ‘Rebel Heart.’ The original recording also features 32-year-old  singer and songwriter Nicki Minaj, rapping to Madonna’s music.

But Nicki Minaj was nowhere to be seen during the Tonight Show performance, except for screen images of the rapper flashed in the background while Madonna twisted and twerked in the company of her dancers.

After the segment aired, Minaj told reporters she was suing Madonna and NBC for excluding her in the live performance. ‘The song is mine as much as it is Madonna’s,’ Minaj said.

‘For Madonna and NBC to exclude me from the show is not only inappropriate but  insulting,’ Minaj said, adding: “after all, I think the song is more about me than it is about Madonna.”

So, who’s the real ‘bitch’ here? We’ll let our readers decide.

Here’s the video on Madonna’s live performance.

 

 

 

Film and TV

‘FRESH OFF THE BOAT’ AUTHOR SUES ABC NETWORK

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imageNEW YORK, New York (The Adobo Chronicles) – Most book authors take great pride in having their work transformed into a movie or a television series. Such is not the case with Eddie Huang, author of the book ‘Fresh Off the Boat,’ which is now a sitcom on the ABC network. The book is based on Huang’s experiences growing up as an Asian American in Orlando, Florida in the 1990’s.

The 33-year-old  author who shocked the television world by admitting he doesn’t watch the TV show, used his Twitter account to lodge his complaints against the boob tube version of his true-to-life story.

Huang listed a number of criticisms, mostly aimed at how he thought the show had sugarcoated his childhood memories. But he also struck out at the ways Asian Americans as a whole aren’t being authentically portrayed.

“I don’t think it is helping us to perpetuate an artificial representation of Asian American lives and we should address it.”

The show, which depicts a fictionalized version of Huang’s real family as they acclimate to life in a sun-splashed, white-dominated Orlando, received strong buzz when it first aired as the first network show starring an Asian-American family in 20 years, although the luster has worn from it in recent weeks, with ratings down significantly.

Today, Huang announced that he was suing ABC for misleading him when he sold the rights to make his book a TV sitcom.

” I don’t recognize me at all in the sitcom,” Huang said. “ABC might as well have bought the rights to film the life of Justin Bieber as a Canadian trying to adjust to American life,” Huang said.

The Adobo Chronicles  has learned from very reliable sources that rival network NBC is in negotiations with Huang to film a truer-than-the-ABC version of his book.

Since ABC has all bought the TV rights to the title “Fresh Off the Boat,” the NBC sitcom will be titled, “Fresh Off the Plane.”

It is rumored that the role of Eddie’s mom Jessica (played by Constance Wu ) will be played by Michelle Yeoh in the NBC version.  Yeoh is best known for her role in the Academy Award winning film, ‘Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.’

The Asian American community is holding its breath for what happens next.

 

 

Film and TV, International, Sports

(VIDEO) MAYWEATHER WANTS PAY-PER-VIEW BOXING BOUT PROMO WITH PACQUIAO REVISED

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LAS VEGAS, Nevada (The Adobo Chronicles) – The countdown has begun for what is being billed ‘The Fight of the Century,’ between American Floyd Mayweather and Filipino Manny Pacquiao.

The boxing bout between  between the eight-division world champion Pacquiao and the undefeated five-division world champion Mayweather unfolds at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on May 2, 2015.

Already, MGM has announced a sold-out crowd, while millions more around the world are expected to watch the fight on Pay-Per-View (PPV).  PPV has been aggressively promoting the fight with an impressive 30-second promo video.

But Mayweather is not happy about the  video.  It shows him and Pacquiao walking towards each other, looking intensely at each other, and showing the world they are  ready to knock each other out.

The American boxer, however, has demanded a re-shoot of the video because he says he was ‘duped.’

“PPV producers asked me to show up all sweaty for the shoot, only to find out they didn’t ask the same of Pacquiao.  Now it appears that I am nervous and fearful about the fight, which is definitely not the case,” Mayweather said.

Mayweather also told reporters that he was asked to show a somewhat smiley face to look more attractive to the viewers, while Pacquiao was instructed to look as fierce as a raging eagle.

“It’s just not a fair portrayal of myself,” Mayweather added.

When asked about Mayweather’s demand, Pacquiao simply smiled and made the sign of the cross.