Category Archives: Film and TV

AGT Finals: Marcelito Pomoy Will Sing The Star-spangled Banner

LOS ANGELES, California (The Adobo Chronicles, Los Angeles Bureau) – There has been a lot of speculation on what song Filipino Marcelito Pomoy will sing during the finals of America’s Got Talent (AGT). 

In the semi-final episode of the reality show, judge Simon Cowell challenged Pomoy to take a bigger risk and sing something that will  better showcase his dual talent of belting out songs in both male and female voices.

The Adobo Chronicles  has learned that Pomoy, for his ultimate performance, will sing The Star-spangled Banner, otherwise known as the U.S. National Anthem.

It is widely acknowledged that the song is one of the most challenging for even the seasoned singers because of the voice range required to perform it.

Pomoy will sing the anthem mimicking the late Whitney Houston and Luther Vandross — both of whom have performed the song at the Super Bowl to much acclaim.

It will be a performance that would surely elicit a standing ovation from the judges and audience!

 

 

 

Maria Ressa Nominated For Best Actress At Sundance Film Festival

PARK CITY, UTAH (The Adobo Chronicles, Hollywood Bureau) – Maria Ressa could bring honor to the Philippines if she wins the Best Actress Award at the ongoing Sundance Film Festival.

The Rappler CEO stars and was nominated in a new film titled, “We Will Hold The Line,” which chronicles her own journey from being a “war correspondent” to being an accused in several criminal cases in the Philippines, ranging from tax evasion to cyber libel.

Film Festival jurors, who spoke to The Adobo Chronicles — on condition of anonymty — said they were impressed by Ressa’s portrayal of  a journalist fighting for press freedom amid what she says is a conscious attempt by the Philippine government to silence her by weaponizing the law to shut her up.

Best of luck, Ms. Ressa! Bring home the bacon — minus ASF!

Final Episode Of “Ang Probinsyano” Airs March 30, New Teleserye Planned

QUEZON CITY, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Quezon City Bureau) – The longest-running teleserye on Philippine television will finally come to an end!

FPJ’s “Ang Probinsyano” which started airing in September of 2015 on ABS-CBN, will bow out with its final epidsode on March 30, 2020, coinciding with the franchise expiration of the broadcast network owned by the Lopez oligarchy.

While there are desperate efforts to convince Congress to renew the franchise, including an online petition started by the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP), the producers of the popular teleserye said that they’ve all but run out of script ideas to keep it going.

One of the mainstays of the show, Miss Susan Roces, mother of Senator Grace Poe, told The Adobo Chronicles that in the final episode, the main character Cardo, played by Coco Martin, will finally die — killed by the bad elements.

Sources close to the powers that be at ABS-CBN said that should the network’s franchise be renewed, the plan is to start an all-new, improved teleserye titled “Six In The City,” starring Vice Ganda, Lea Salonga, Anne Curtis, Agot Isidro, Ogie Alcasid, and Mutya Ng Masa Doris Bigornia.

Staru tuned!