Show Biz
'Third Watch' cast plays on 'Weakest Link'
By Wayne Harada
Advertiser Entertainment Editor
COCONUT WIRELESS: Anthony Ruivivar and his co-stars of NBC TV's "Third Watch" will be contestants on "The Weakest Link" on Sept. 17. The game show episode airs at 7 p.m., with "Third Watch" following at 8 p.m., on NBC (KHNL here). It's premiere night for "Third Watch," which will be on an hour earlier in its new time slot. Ruivivar can't divulge how he fared on the show, so you gotta watch ...
Anthony's dad, Tony Ruivivar, has booked his group, the Society of Seven, at the Las Vegas Hilton starting Sept. 4. Through the end of this month, the SOS are performing Thursdays through Saturdays at the Royal Lahaina Tennis Stadium in Ka'anapali. One night, during the group's "Thriller" segment, Ruivivar heard screams and howls, thinking it was the audience responding to the mock terror. In fact, a woman was screeching because a centipede was crawling up her leg. Yep, it was a thriller ...
Meanwhile, the SOS spin-off group, Society of Seven Las Vegas, continues at the Outrigger Waikiki Hotel. Magician David Copperfield visited the other night ...
Speaking of Copperfield: He's nuts about comedian Mel Cabang, an act he saw here years ago, and the first thing he asked upon arrival here Wednesday: "Where's Mel playing? I've talked about him so often with my family and friends, I'd like them to see him." Copperfield, in town for a week's worth of shows starting tomorrow at the Blaisdell Concert Hall, wants to arrange a command performance ...
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SIGHT 'EMS: Seen Charo, the Latin bombshell, on that Sprint TV commercial, looking her glamorous best and radiating sex appeal. Waikiki just isn't the same without her presence ...
Crown Prince Abdullah of Saudi Arabia dined — with a large entourage — at I'o in Lahaina a few nights back, and it's become an annual event, according to restaurant co-owner Stephen Bel-Robert. "They come every year, and they love it! The prince personally gave his compliments to the chef, James McDonald," said Bel-Robert ...
Some like it hot: Tony Curtis, the actor-artist, cooled off at the Barefoot Bar of the Hula Grill in Ka'anapali recently ...
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RANDOM NOTES: Jewl Anguay — who earned her performing stripes with the Castle Performing Arts Company and who was a Kim understudy in the "Miss Saigon" company that played here — has been tapped to play Nala in "The Lion King," still in Los Angeles. She leaves Honolulu in early September and hits the stage (Pantages Theatre) later in the month. The L.A. company stays put till November, then starts on a national tour. Anguay presently is doing filming for Square USA here ...
About 110 showed up for the Tuesday night debut of the Honolulu Jazz Quartet at Studio 6, according to member John Kolivas. Robert Pennybacker rented lights for the room, which resembled a New York jazz club, and musicians in attendance included Kapono Beamer, Jeannette Trevias of the band Honolulu, and Robert Shinoda of Nueva Vida. The quartet does a hana hou on Sept. 19 ...
Rumor has it that Billy Blank, tae-bo guru, is expected in town next month to conduct his super-charged workout classes. No word yet on where or when ...
And that's Show Biz ...
Wayne Harada's Show Biz runs Wednesdays and Fridays. Reach him at 525-8067, e-mail wharada@honoluluadvertiser.com or fax 525-8055.
