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The Honolulu Advertiser
Posted on: Tuesday, June 12, 2001

The Left Lane
Cool or uncool?

Ceiling fans are much appreciated during hot summers in Hawai'i, but what do you do to keep cool when the trades die down and you're sitting outdoors, without a ceiling? A Memphis, Tenn.-based company, Hunter, hopes you'll solve the problem with their new line of outdoor "ceiling" fans.

The fans are mounted on curving 6- or 9-foot-high pedestals that allow the breeze to blow downward even in a patio, lanai, back yard or anywhere else a true ceiling fan isn't practical (but for which an electrical outlet is available). They also come with lights so you can talk story out in the yard all night long.

The lamps have special weather protective features, including a hood.

Several local fan shops said they could special-order Hunter fans and mounting combinations; check out www.hunterfan.com. Prices start about $700.

— Mike Leidemann,
Advertiser staff writer

Brian's songs

You've seen the TV movie on Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys; it was a tad banal and bland, though the music was euphoric.

Now tune in to "An All-Star Tribute to Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys," a blockbuster assembly not only of Wilson's signature Beach Boys surf sounds but a revival of the prolific pop composer's legion of tunes by a line-up of stellar talent including the likes of Elton John (doing "Wouldn't It Be Nice" with Wilson), Ricky Martin (adding his own sex appeal to "California Girls" and "Help Me Rhonda"), Wilson Phillips (performing "You're So Good to Me"), Paul Simon (splashing out "Surfer Girl") and Billy Joel (taking the worry out of "Don't Worry Baby"). Vince Gill, Heart, David Crosby, Carly Simon and Jimmy Webb also are on the slate.

It all happens at 8 p.m. July 4 on TNT (Oceanic 41 analog, 553 digital; Verizon Americast 35); it's a Radio City Music Hall concert taped March 29 and it provides fireworks of a different kind. Sounds like fun, fun, fun.

— Wayne Harada,
Advertiser entertainment editor

And the winner is ...

OK, it's not exactly fame and fortune, but Hollywood wannabes — and there are many in Hawai'i — may send videotapes to a Seventeen magazine contest for consideration as girl and boy trophy presenters for the Teen Choice Awards 2001, a Fox TV special airing Aug. 20.

The nationwide search is open to youths 12 to 20 and requires the winners to hold trophies and hang out backstage with celebrity presenters, who'll hand out the trophies to hot teen winners (sample categories: Choice Chemistry, Choice Male Hottie, Choice Breakout Artist).

Send an audition tape by July 19 to Seventeen, Promotion Department, 850 Third Ave., New York, NY 10022. Appearance, personality and creativity count.

Last year's trophy hawkers worked in the shadows of Britney Spears, Carson Daly, Freddie Prinze Jr., Hoku, 'N Sync, Sean Hayes, The Rock, Sisqo and more. No word on this year's stars.

— Wayne Harada,
Advertiser entertainment editor