http://www.staradvertiser.com/features RSS Feed for Features en-us Sun, 19 May 2013 11:45:39 GMT http://www.staradvertiser.com/features/20130519_distinctive_decor.html More personal, more inventive. Those are the dominant trends in wedding receptions, experts say, in an era when brides have all the resources of the Internet to plan, share and often produce their own affairs. http://www.staradvertiser.com/features/20130518_Hawaiis_Ohana_Readers_share_family_pictures.html Audrey Patricia Hamilton • Grace Paula Savea http://www.staradvertiser.com/features/20130518_a_mishmash_of_family_fun_and_news.html The 50th State Fair is back with three new rides on the E.K. Fernandez midway of rides, racing pigs and performing puppies. http://www.staradvertiser.com/features/20130517_trek_more_dim_than_dark.html There is some intermittent complaining, in "Star Trek Into Darkness," about the militarization of the Federation's Starfleet. You may recall that the historic mission of the starship Enterprise was "to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations." http://www.staradvertiser.com/features/20130517_Kids_brave_wartime_trek_in_dark_Lore.html The five siblings dragging themselves across the woods and fields in Cate Shortland's fierce and powerful "Lore" have been buffeted by forces of man, not nature: namely, war. http://www.staradvertiser.com/features/20130517__Fewer_roles_more_sexy_garb_for_women.html There's one mountain in Hollywood that even "The Hunger Games'" scrappy heroine Katniss Everdeen hasn't been able to move: the number of roles for women. http://www.staradvertiser.com/features/20130514_Tina.html http://www.staradvertiser.com/features/20130513_native_son.html When it comes to Obama, Borland wants the world to understand one thing: The president is a native son of Hawaii. She spent the past six years making "Barack Obama: Made in Hawaii," a two-hour documentary she hopes will set the record straight. http://www.staradvertiser.com/features/20130509_Bare_arms_and_uncovered_shoulders_make_a_bride_feel_young_and_sexy.html The traditional bridal gown isn't a skimpy silhouette: It's long and typically without a plunging neckline or high slit. There's often a whole lot of fabric. One of the few opportunities for brides to be a little bare is to go with a strapless or sleeveless dress — and go with them they do. http://www.staradvertiser.com/features/20130510_Filming_Gatsby_proves_futile_task.html NEW YORK >> F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby" is short, almost novella size. It features larger-than-life characters, glamorous extravagance and dramatic demises. On its surface, it's the most Hollywood-friendly of the Great American Novels.