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‘DOWNTON ABBEY’ IS COMING TO AN END; HUNDREDS OF SAN FRANCISCANS END UP IN HOSPITALS

March 21, 2015 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

SAN FRANCISCO, California (The Adobo Chronicles) – For thousands of gay men in San Francisco, it is the news that they’ve always dreaded to hear: the hit television series ‘Downton Abbey’ is now filming its sixth, albeit last season. Soon it will be off the air.

Several weeks after the show’s Maggie Smith declared that the sixth season of the beloved period drama will be her last, news now comes that the forthcoming season will be everyone’s last.

TVLine broke the sad news Friday afternoon, reporting that multiple sources have confirmed that the Julian Fellowes-created series will shutter after its upcoming sixth season.

The sad news sent hundreds of San Franciscans, mostly gay men, to emergency rooms late Friday. The Adobo Chronicles has confirmed that the E.R. at San Francisco General Hospital, UCSF Medical Center, Kaiser Permanente and Chinese General Hospital were all in triage mode after being deluged with patients suffering from depression, nervous breakdown, hypertension and panic attack, among other serious symptoms.

Nine out of ten patients admitted were gay men who all indicated that they started feeling ill right after hearing the news about Downton Abbey. Majority of the patients were very hysterical and had to be given valium or medical marijuana to calm their nerves.

Meanwhile, the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office is considering filing charges against the producers of the show for causing widespread mental, emotional and physical disturbance never before seen in San Francisco’s gay community since the AIDS epidemic.

Film and TV, Health & Medicine, International, Sports

MILLIONS WORLDWIDE GETTING HOOKED ON ZUMBA CLASSES, THANKS TO MICHELLE OBAMA

March 13, 2015 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

Michelle Obama does the moves on the Ellen Show

HALLANDALE, Florida (The Adobo Chronicles) – Until recently, it has been estimated that 15 Million people take weekly Zumba classes in over 140,000 locations across more than 185 countries.

Zumba is a dance fitness program created by Colombian dancer and choreographer Alberto ‘Beto’ Perez in the 1990s. It involves dance and aerobic elements and incorporates hip-hop, soca, samba, salsa, merengue and mambo. Squats and lunges are also included.

Now, thanks to U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama, the number of Zumba enthusiasts has more than doubled in just the last week or so, according to Zumba Fitness, LLC, which owns the Zumba trademark. Think about it, more than 30 Million people worldwide dancing the Zumba — young and old, gay and straight, men and women, politicians and businessmen — of all races!

It all started when Obama appeared on the Ellen Show, and together with Ellen DeGeneres and some dancers and choreographers from the hit TV show, So You Think You Can Dance, shook her hips, squatted and lunged, stretched her arms, stepped and double-stepped — all for the sake of promoting her fitness program which is celebrating its 5th year. Hence the tag, “Give Me Five!”

Indeed, Michelle Obama is now the undisputed greatest endorser of health and fitness, Zumba included.

Here’s the video of Mrs. Obama’s appearance on the Ellen Show.

Health & Medicine, Music, The Media

SHOCKER: JUSTIN BIEBER COMES OUT!

March 13, 2015 Pol Pinoy Leave a comment

Bieber on the cover of Men's Health: out of the closet. — Bieber on the cover of Men’s Health: out of the closet.

ONTARIO, Canada (The Adobo Chronicles) – In a no-holds-barred interview with Men’s Health magazine, Canadian teenage singing idol came out to his fans and critics alike. Bieber’s coming of age is the cover story of the magazine’s new issue.

Bieber, whose singing career in the United States has been marred by encounters with the law, now wants everyone to consider him a man, no longer a kid. “I’ve left the kid in me in the closet. I’m a new man,” he said.

The singer turned 21 on March 1.

Expect to see more of him in adult-only places. And who knows what troubles that would bring!