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Gilliom CD out June 5
Considering she has won a Na Hoku Hanohano Award the last three times she was at bat, Amy Hanaiali'i Gilliom's newest release, "Pu'uhonua" (Hawaiian for "a safe place"), should hit another homer when it debuts June 5. It is among the summer season's most anticipated CDs; Gilliom co-produced it for release on her own record label. And it's the album that is the catalyst for her makeover — without Willie, with a blitz of marketing to come and with a round of concerts to be scheduled. (By the way, the CD cover is still being tweaked; the image here is from a promotional one-sheet, with the final "look" to come in June).
— Wayne Harada
Advertiser entertainment editor
We've had a few ...
You've got regrets. Who doesn't? But if we share them with each other, we can inspire each other to make better choices. At least, that's the idea behind "DAMN! Reflections on Life's Biggest Regrets" by Barry Cadish (Andrews McMeel Publishing, May 2001, $9.95 paperback). The book pulls together some of the thousands of entries posted on RegretsOnly.com, once named a USA Today Hot Site. The entries run the gamut, bemoaning everything from loves lost to opportunities missed, such as "I regret dedicating so many hours of my life to my work instead of my family." And then there's the incredulous: "I regret winning the $6 million lottery." Our biggest regret here: Not thinking of this book idea first.
— Esme Infante Nii
Advertiser assistant features editor
Rich 'Wing'
NBC's political drama "The West Wing" has the wealthiest audience of any prime-time television network show, with an average household income of $70,000 or more, according to an analysis by TN Media, a New York ad buying agency.
"ER," "Frasier," "The Practice," "NYPD Blue," and "60 Minutes" are among others shows with higher-than-average income, the report said. Among the shows with the least affluent audience, in the $30,000 to $40,000 range, is the "WWF Smackdown!" on UPN.
— Associated Press
Risky business
Teenagers with tattoos are also the teens who are more likely than their peers to indulge in risky behaviors, a University of Rochester (New York) study shows.
Tattoos are "a prompt to look a little harder" during physical exams of adolescents, said study leader Dr. Timothy Roberts.
The study was based on data from a 1995 and 1996 national sample of 6,072 people ages 11 to 21.
Of the sample, 4.5 percent reported having tattoos.
— Associated Press
