On the Scene

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1. FILMMAKERS IN THE HOUSE! Writer/film director Yana Alliata di Montereale, left, conferred with cast members Michelle Hurtubise, Ryan Wuestewald, Rosco Wuestewald and Sophia Klein after finishing a scene for her film "Arnaud" Jan. 27 at her parents' Honolulu estate. Rosco Wuestewald stars in the title role; Klein is his leading lady. Several dozen family friends were recruited as extras and enjoyed champagne and hors d'oeuvres while playing anonymous party guests.

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5. "Hamlet" cast members Walt Gaines (Gary Peter Lefkowitz), Lisa Konove (Lillian Troy), Reb Beau Allen (Andrew Rally) and Ann Brandman (Felicia Dantine) celebrated opening night and Brandman's birthday at Tavola Tavola after the show.

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4. "I HATE HAMLET" HOT AT DHT "I Hate Hamlet" director Rob Duval, center, talked with Diamond Head Theater supporters Matt Pennaz, Kirsten Pennaz and Mark Wong and "Hamlet" sound designer Mikel J. Humerickhouse at the opening night sponsors' reception Jan. 28. Duval will play John Barrymore in the show next weekend.

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3. "HAPPY AUSTRALIA DAY!" U.S. Ambassador to Australia Jeffrey L. Bleich, left, was guest of honor as Indra McCormick and Australian Consul-General David Binns celebrated Australia Day, the anniversary of the arrival of the first British settlers down under, Jan. 26 at the couple's East Honolulu residence. Bleich got a warm response from the other guests when he promised to keep his remarks short and "not stand too long between Americans and Australians and an open bar."

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2. NORTH KOREAN ART ON DISPLAY Carol Fox joined exhibit co-curator Michael Schuster in admiring the socialist realism and attention to detail in "When the Iron Smelts" at the opening reception for "North Korean Art on Paper," an impressively diverse collection of art from the People's Democratic Republic of Korea Jan. 30 at the East-West Center Gallery. Like fascist Italy, Stalinist Russia, Nazi Germany and Maoist China before it, North Korea embraces art as a medium for promoting political ideology. The exhibit runs through May 8.