Category Archives: Film and TV

Film and TV, Music

PHILIPPINES GROUP TO PERFORM ‘ALL ABOUT THAT BASS’ AT THE GRAMMYS FEBRUARY 8 (VIDEO)

2 Comments

(Internet grab: Due to copyright laws, the video may not be available for viewing in some countries. Try a Google search.)

LOS ANGELES, California (The Adobo Chronicles) – The 57th Annual Grammy Awards will be held at the Los Angeles Staples Center on February 8, 2015.  It will be broadcast live at 8pm Eastern on CBS.

Leading the impressive list of nominees this year is American singer-songwriter Meghan Trainor. Her song and album, ‘All About That Bass,’ was nominated ‘Song of the Year’ and ‘Album of the Year.’

The song , released on June 30, 2014 , was co-written by Trainor and Kevin Kadish, and produced by Kadish. Trainor and Kadish’s body image issues during adolescence served as the inspiration for the song. As of December, 2014, it has sold over four million copies.

During the Grammy Awards night, Trainor will not be performing her nominated song. Instead, she has invited a Filipino street performing group – Chubbeyonce and Team ASPO – to do the honors.

Trainor and Kadish stumbled upon a cover of their song by this Filipino group on YouTube. They were both so impressed, and the rest is history.

Film and TV, Food, Politics

WILL PHILIPPINES SENATOR ESCUDERO’S WEDDING CAKE MAKE THE GUINNESS WORLD RECORD?

Leave a comment
Philippines Senator Escudero and future bride Heart Evangelista, during red carpet ceremonies at the last State of the Nation Address by President Aquino
Philippines Senator Escudero and future bride Heart Evangelista, during red carpet ceremonies at the last State of the Nation Address by President Aquino

MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles) – The December 30 wedding of film stars Dingdong Dantes and Marian Rivera was undoubtedly the wedding of the year by Philippine standards — extravagant, pompous and star-studded. Their Seven Million-peso, 12-foot wedding cake even made international headlines. It, however, failed to break the current Guinness World Record for the largest wedding cake.

But that was 2014.  It is now 2015, and another Filipino Royal Wedding is coming up soon. February 15, 2015 to be exact.

It is the wedding of Philippines Senator Chiz Escudero and actress Heart Evangelista. The couple got engaged last August 23 and are scheduled to tie the knot the day after Valentine’s at Balesin Island Club.

All eyes, are of course, on the couple’s wedding cake.  How will it compare to the Dantes-Rivera cake, and more importantly, will it break the current Guinness record?

The world’s largest wedding cake on record weighed 6.818 tonnes (15,032 lb) and was made by chefs at the Mohegan Sun Hotel and Casino, Uncasville, Connecticut, USA and displayed at their New England bridal showcase on 8 February 2004.

The Adobo Chronicles has learned that the couple has chosen a cake designer.  While the design and dimensions of the cake remain secret, we can confirm who has been commissioned to do the baking and designing honors. Her name is Judy Uson.  Read more about this celebrity cake designer and chef in the online magazine Positively Filipino.

Whether or not the cake will make it to the Guinness World Records remains to be seen.  Stay tuned.

Film and TV, International, The Media

PHILIPPINE ACTRESS BRIDE FUMING MAD AT GROOM OVER WEDDING CAKE

7 Comments
The Dantes-Rivera wedding cake, left, and the Guinness World Record title holder, right
The Dantes-Rivera wedding cake, left, and the Guinness World Record title holder, right

Manila, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles) – It was considered the ‘Wedding of the Century’ by Philippines standards, and although the country is not a monarchy, the media repeatedly referred to it as a ‘Royal Wedding.’

On December 30, Filipino actor Dingdong Dantes married actress Marian Rivera. Extravagance was written all over the ceremony and the reception. President NoyNoy Aquino stood as Best Man at a church wedding officiated by eight bishops and seven priests. The bride looked queenly in a Two Million-peso gown, emerging from a fully-refurbished antique Mercedes Benz.

Then came the wedding reception at the Mall of Asia. The banquet hall reminded guests of an Olympic Games opening ceremony. The menu was a five-course meal, and the cake…. the cake was 12 feet tall, reportedly costing Seven Million Pesos.

Dantes delivered on all his promises to the bride about the wedding, except for …the cake. Dantes promised that their wedding cake would break the Guinness World Record, but it didn’t . In fact, not even close.

The world’s largest wedding cake on record weighed 6.818 tonnes (15,032 lb) and was made by chefs at the Mohegan Sun Hotel and Casino, Uncasville, Connecticut, USA and displayed at their New England bridal showcase on 8 February 2004.

And so, the bride was fuming mad at the groom.

The ‘fairy tale’ wedding thus ended in the first ‘royal argument’ minutes after the reception.