Wednesday, May 23, 2012
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Local boy Anthony Ruivivar ("Third Watch," "The Adjustment Bureau") has a lot going on on several burners: a play, two TV series and an animated series.
Eddie and Myrna Kamae, dedicated documentarians of Hawaiian culture, will share their "The Sons of Hawai‘i: A Sound, a Band, a Legend" film at a "Dinner and a Movie" event 7 p.m. May 25 at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C.
Honolulu resident Jim Nabors, who has performed "Back Home Again in Indiana" at the Indy 500 for the past 39 years, won't be there in person this year.
Philip "Ippy" Aiona, 23, of Waimea on Hawaii island, will be one of 15 contestants on "Food Network Star" beginning May 13 in New York.
Greg Howell, the acclaimed wig and makeup artist whose theatrical credits include numerous acting stints, is battling a rare and aggressive form of B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
Loretta Ables Sayre, touring Europe as Bloody Mary in "South Pacific," had a backstage ordeal in Wimbledon, England. Someone entered her dressing room and stole her wallet, checkbook, iPad and BlackBerry while she was doing warm-up exercises onstage.
John Hirokawa, the centerpiece of the “Magic of Polynesia” show at the Holiday Inn Waikiki Beachcomber Hotel, has inked a 6 1/2-year extension to his contract with Roberts Hawaii, the tour company that produces the show. The deal will ultimately propel his show into a 28-year Waikiki attraction, the longest-running magic show in local entertainment history.
B.K. Cannon, former Ho-nolulan, is juggling an acting career with college. She just filmed a guest part on Fox’s “Glee,” which likely will air in about a month, and was seen last month on a segment of CBS’ “Criminal Minds.”
Yunjin Kim, who was Sun in the Hawaii-filmed ABC series "Lost," has found her way to a new ABC series, "Mistresses," which will launch in summer 2013. Kim will be one of four scandalous women with morally questionable love lives; it's an adaptation of a British soap opera. …
Lani Misalucha's presence will grow and glow in the weeks ahead. She's added local singer Jordan Segundo, Hawaii's first "American Idol" contestant, to her cast at the Magic of Polynesia Showroom at the Holiday Inn Waikiki Beachcomber Hotel.
Eddie and Myrna Kamae, dedicated documentarians of Hawaiian culture, will share their "The Sons of Hawai‘i: A Sound, a Band, a Legend" film at a "Dinner and a Movie" event 7 p.m. May 25 at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C.
Honolulu resident Jim Nabors, who has performed "Back Home Again in Indiana" at the Indy 500 for the past 39 years, won't be there in person this year.
Philip "Ippy" Aiona, 23, of Waimea on Hawaii island, will be one of 15 contestants on "Food Network Star" beginning May 13 in New York.
Greg Howell, the acclaimed wig and makeup artist whose theatrical credits include numerous acting stints, is battling a rare and aggressive form of B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
Loretta Ables Sayre, touring Europe as Bloody Mary in "South Pacific," had a backstage ordeal in Wimbledon, England. Someone entered her dressing room and stole her wallet, checkbook, iPad and BlackBerry while she was doing warm-up exercises onstage.
John Hirokawa, the centerpiece of the “Magic of Polynesia” show at the Holiday Inn Waikiki Beachcomber Hotel, has inked a 6 1/2-year extension to his contract with Roberts Hawaii, the tour company that produces the show. The deal will ultimately propel his show into a 28-year Waikiki attraction, the longest-running magic show in local entertainment history.
B.K. Cannon, former Ho-nolulan, is juggling an acting career with college. She just filmed a guest part on Fox’s “Glee,” which likely will air in about a month, and was seen last month on a segment of CBS’ “Criminal Minds.”
Yunjin Kim, who was Sun in the Hawaii-filmed ABC series "Lost," has found her way to a new ABC series, "Mistresses," which will launch in summer 2013. Kim will be one of four scandalous women with morally questionable love lives; it's an adaptation of a British soap opera. …
Lani Misalucha's presence will grow and glow in the weeks ahead. She's added local singer Jordan Segundo, Hawaii's first "American Idol" contestant, to her cast at the Magic of Polynesia Showroom at the Holiday Inn Waikiki Beachcomber Hotel.
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