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HAWAIIAN SHAKA SIGN IS NEW SYMBOL OF THAILAND’S PRO-DEMOCRACY PROTESTS

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File photo: American actor Jake Gyllenhaal flashes the Hawaiian shaka sign

Bangkok, Thailand (The Adobo Chronicles) – A cinema chain in Bangkok has cancelled screenings of the new Hunger Games film after protesters adopted the movie’s three-fingered defiant sign against totalitarian rule.

Activists say police ordered the move after hundreds of students planned to protest at an opening day screening of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 on Thursday. Thailand has been under military rule since May, and authorities have banned the salute as part of an ongoing crackdown on pro-democratic dissent.protest

The students were obviously disappointed at the film cancellation. They have been waiting a long time to see the popular new film that stars Academy award-winning actress Jennifer Lawrence. They appealed to the cinema chain and the police to bring back the screening of the blockbuster film series.

As a compromise, the students promised to change the symbol of their protest from the three-fingered salute to the Hawaiian shaka sign.  They were hoping that the Thai military government would be more tolerant of the laid-back, less intimidating symbol of Aloha.

 

Film and TV, Human Interest, Law Enforcement, Politics

CNN’S DON LEMON ANGERS NRA FOR COMMENT ON COSBY RAPE ACCUSER

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imageAtlanta, Georgia (The Adobo Chronicles) – CNN’s controversial anchor Don Lemon is in hot water yet again, this time with the National Rifle Association (NRA).

NRA, the powerful gun lobbyist, is taking Lemon to task for his comments while interviewing Joan Tarshis, one of the women accusing Bill Cosby of rape.

During the live news segment, Lemon suggested that Tarshis could have prevented the alleged rape had she used her weapon during forced oral sex. Lemon was, of course, referring to Tarshis’ teeth.

The comment didn’t sit well with the NRA, accusing Lemon of being a paid spokesperson for anti-gun advocates. “Lemon’s comment could only diminish our argument that citizens need guns to protect themselves from evil elements, including rapists,” an NRA spokesperson said.  The NRA demanded that Lemon retract his comments immediately.

Meanwhile, the American Dental Association has decided to honor Lemon with a lifetime achievement award for the same comments he made about teeth as a weapon.

Here is a transcript of Lemon’s interview with Tarshis:

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Arts, Film and TV, Human Interest

TRUTH REVEALED: KIM KARDASHIAN STOLE ELLEN DEGENERES’ IDEA FOR NUDE PHOTO

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EllenHollywood, California (The Adobo Chronicles) – The truth can finally be told. Kim Kardashian’s sensational and over-rated nude photo isn’t original.

Kardashian’s photograph showing her oiled posterior graced the cover of the latest issue of Paper magazine and it has gone viral even before the issue was scheduled to come out.

It turns out that Ellen Degeneres and wife Portia De Rossi did it first.

Each year, Ellen and Portia print personalized Christmas cards that their fans can send to friends and family, and they design their own greeting card cover.  This year, they chose a photograph of themselves in the nude, in exactly the same infamous Kardashian pose on the Paper magazine cover.

“We order our greeting cards from Shutterfly months in advance of the holidays which, this year, we did way back in June.  And we came up with this crazy idea one day to show our oiled enormous posteriors.  We had fun doing it,” Ellen told The Adobo Chronicles.

Shutterfly donates a portion of the cost of the greeting cards to two of Ellen’s favorite charities.