The 2007 Hawaiian Ocean Film Festival will premiere nine short films tomorrow evening at Hanalei Bay, by filmmakers of all ages. Relating the vital connection to our oceans and stewardship of the water from pole to pole is the central theme of the festival. This year’s official selections focus on marine resources and conservation, ocean [...]

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We’ve all been there. Your flight gets canceled or delayed and you’re forced to kill some hours in the crammed terminal with everyone else. One thing we don’t do: bed down on the filthy ground (unless we’re amazingly desperate, but even then, we try and find a bench or at least a carpeted corner). Nick [...]

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Hundreds of Kaua‘i residents have already been picked to be part of the big-budget comedy “Tropic Thunder,” soon to begin production on the island, but more extras are needed, said extras casting director DeeDee Rickets.
Rickets said there are still hundreds of roles to fill depicting a wide range of ethnic backgrounds for the DreamWorks Pictures [...]

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Hawaii has lost one of its most popular attractions with the death of Hawaiian entertainer Don Ho.
Promoter-producer Tom Moffatt said he once told a Los Angeles Times reporter, “People who come to Hawaii know three things — Diamond Head, Pearl Harbor and Don Ho.
“His name is synonymous with Hawaii.”
Ho died yesterday morning at the [...]

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Roger Martin-Corman, the son of Hollywood “B-movie” king Roger Corman, is scheduled to shoot a movie on Kauai for the Sci-Fi Channel.
The movie, with a working title of “Primeval,” is about a genetic experiment gone awry, and is set to star Brad Johnson, Bianca Lawson and Kelly McGillis, of “Top Gun” fame, Kauai officials said [...]

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