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KATY PERRY DIVIDES A NATION

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Katy Perry at Sunday's Super Bowl Half-time Show
Katy Perry at Sunday’s Super Bowl Half-time Show

GLENDALE, Arizona (The Adobo Chronicles) – Super Bowl XLIX will go down in history as the most divisive sports event in the history of the United States. And we’re not even talking about the Patriots or the Seahawks and their minions of fans.

We’re talking about Katy Perry, the featured performer during the football game’s half-time show. Her performance practically divided the country in half.

USA Today‘s headline read: “Katy Perry Blew Away The Super Bowl Half-time Show.” The New York Daily News had a different opinion, describing Perry’s show, “more girlie meow than roar.”

Netizens posted, “It’s all theatrics” while others said “I’ve never been a fan of Perry, but I am now.”

Asian Americans were disappointed that Perry didn’t wear a Geisha costume. Native Americans wished she wore a feather headdress while sitting atop that monstrous mechanical lion. Latinos were one in saying about the performance, “No, no se puede.”  Finally,  African Americans said Missy Elliott should have been the featured performer instead of Perry.

What are we to do? Damned if you don’t. Damned if you do. Welcome to America!

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KRIS AQUINO’S INSTAGRAM FOLLOWERS JUST DROPPED TO ZERO

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MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles) – They were once very good friends — the Philippines’ Queen of All Media, Kris Aquino and the Teleserye Queen, Judy Ann Santos. Their friendship couldn’t have been more evident than in their back and forth Instagram posts, practically boosting each other’s ego.

But things have obviously changed because Kris has unfollowed Judy on Instagram, after the latter expressed her thoughts on the “Fallen 44,” the police officers who were killed in a misencounter with rebel forces in the island of Mindanao.

Judy joined millions of Filipinos who expressed outrage over President NoyNoy Aquino’s handling of the special forces operation designed to capture wanted rebel leaders, and his non-appearance in the arrival ceremonies in Manila of the bodies of the fallen officers. The president chose to attend the inauguration of a car manufacturing plant just miles from the capital. Judy cited U.S. President Barack Obama’s cancellation of foreign trips or other appoinments to attend arrival ceremonies for fallen American soldiers in war zones across the globe.

Blood is thicker than water, so Kris took the side of his president brother and warned her Instagram followers that they will be “unfollowed” if not outrightly deleted from her Instagram account if they sided with Judy or expressed any untoward comments regarding her brother’s handling of the police “massacre.”

Well, Judy seems to have the last laugh.  As of 6 p.m. Monday, local time, Kris’ followers dropped to zero from 1.4 Million, the biggest  drop in followers ever recorded on social media worldwide. It was she who was unfollowed.

It is a lesson learned for the presidential sister: politics and friendship (or fans) don’t mix. Especially if it involves a very unpopular president.

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ADVERTISERS PULL OUT SUPER BOWL ADS!

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imageGLENDALE, Arizona (The Adobo Chronicles) – Super Bowl XLIX between the New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks kicks off at 3:30 pm Pacific today, minus all the commercials.

Sixty second TV ads during the annual NFL championship game have reached an unbelievable $1 Million per spot. Think of how many free Doritos that could mean for millions of Americans!

Just hours before kick-off, all the advertisers in this year’s Super Bowl telecast have withdrawn their commercials. That’s $1 Million in savings for each advertiser, but tens of millions of dollars in lost revenue for the NFL and the NBC Network.

The reason for the sudden withdrawal ?

NBC’s rival network, ABC, has put together all the commercials that were supposed to air during the Super Bowl into a single post on its web site — in advance of the game.

The advertisers said, “Why pay $1 Million per Super Bowl spot when we’re getting it for free?”

Viewers, on the other hand (especially non Seahawks or Patriots fans), said “there’s no reason to watch the game since we’ve already seen all the commercials.”

There are winners and there are losers. And we’re not talking about the Seahawks nor the Patriots.