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LADY GAGA’S “CONCERT IN SPACE,” MILEY CYRUS’ “TWERKING IN THE DEEP BLUE SEA”

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Lady Gaga's new album is called "Artpop"
Lady Gaga’s new album is called “Artpop”

Los Angeles, California – The competition for the title of “Avant Garde Performer of the Year” is heating up, and the two top contenders remain the same:  Lady Gaga and Miley Cyrus.  Music fans will recall the performances of the two ladies at the last MTV Video Music Awards  where they both stripped to their bikini outfits.  Cyrus, with her now infamous “twerking” clearly outclassed Lady Gaga that night.  The awards show was billed “MTV’s Porno Music Awards” by The Adobo Chronicles.

Today, Lady Gaga announced an out-of-this-world concert in 2015 — a concert in space. She says she plans to perform aboard the Virgin Galactic, the passenger spaceplane being launched by British billionaire Richard Branson to popularize space tourism.  When she officially launches her new album, “Artpop,” this Sunday, she will perform one song on the spaceship during the Zero G Colony high-tech festival in New Mexico.
Miley Cyrus
Miley Cyrus

As expected, Miley Cyrus immediately countered with her own first-of-a-kind concert plan.  Cyrus said she is currently training for a spectacular concert at the bottom of the Mariana Trench in the Western Pacific Ocean.  The planned 45-minute concert will be beamed worldwide by satellite and will feature Cyrus singing and twerking inside a special submersible.  Although this is not the first time that a celebrity will be lowered into the deepest bottom of the ocean (Titanic producer James Cameron did this in March of 2012), it will be the first time that anyone has ever attempted a live concert under water.

Neither performer has indicated the exact schedule of their planned unworldly concerts, but sources close to The Adobo Chronicles said that the concerts could be scheduled on the exact day and time.  Neither will be recorded, so watching the concerts other than “live” will not be an option.  Which begs the question:  which will the fans watch — Lady Gaga in space or Miley Cyrus in the bottom of the Pacific Ocean?
Film and TV, Music

ROBERTSON FAMILY SUED OVER CHRISTMAS ALBUM

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imageWest Monroe, Louisiana –  Last week, The Adobo Chronicles reported that Hallmark Greeting Cards was sued for changing the lyrics of the Christmas carol,” Deck The Halls” from “don we now our gay apparel” to “don we now our fun apparel” in a  Christmas ornament it was selling on the Internet. The copyright lawsuit was brought on by the estates of the composers of the traditional song.

Today, the same estates are suing the Robertson family and Duck Dynasty over the family’s newly-released Christmas album. Duck Dynasty is an American reality TV series on A&E. It shows the lives of the Robertson family, who became wealthy from their family-operated business, Duck Commander, operated in West Monroe, Louisiana which makes products for hunters, primarily the duck call named Duck Commander. The show has broken several ratings records on both A&E and cable television as a whole; the fourth season premiere drew 11.8 million viewers, the most-watched nonfiction cable telecast in history.

The Christmas album is titled, “Duck The Halls,” which is also the title of one of the songs in the album.  In the song, the lyrics “fa la la la la la la la la” were changed to “quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack quack.”

In documents filed with the federal court, the lawyers for the estates said that the new album and song make a mockery of the much-revered Welsh carol penned by their late clients. “It’s a total quackery,” they added.

The family is reportedly lining up their ducks right now to face this multimillion lawsuit.

Readers can listen to the controversial recording here .

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NEW OSCAR ACTING AWARDS RULES ANNOUNCED

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Redford
Redford

Hollywood, California – James Franco in 127 Hours. Sandra Bullock in Gravity. Robert Redford in All Is Lost. They have one thing in common: being the only (or mostly the only) actor in a full-feature movie. Hollywood appears to be picking up more and more on this trend because of, among other reasons, financial benefits — having to pay only one actor instead of multiple actors and extras.

Recognizing the trend, the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences announced a major change in its Oscar nomination rules, effective with the 2013 acting awards.

Actors and actresses featured in single actor films, or being the only one in at least 50% of the entire film, can now be nominated for BOTH best actor/actress and supporting actor/actress. With the new rules, it is now possible for an actor or actress to win two awards in any given Oscar season — both as best actor/actress and best supporting actor/actress.

In justifying the new rules, the Academy said that in films with single actors or actresses,
“they are basically interacting with themselves and that takes some acting ablity; so they need to be recognized for such great skill.”

Will we see Sandra  Bullock nominated for Best Actress and Supporting Actress, and Robert Redford for Best Actor and Supporting Actor?