Show Biz
Local man to appear in Ricky Martin music video
By Wayne Harada
Advertiser Entertainment Editor
THE LOCAL ANGLE: Keith Kandell, son of the Lloyd Kandells, who is attending the NYU film school in hopes of becoming a director, continues to get tapped to do on-camera gigs. He was in a national print campaign for Dolce & Gabbana and Ikea but his newest credit is a Ricky Martin music video that is being shot this week. To earn extra money, he has also been doing DJ work in such Big Apple hot spots as Moomba, Studio 54 and Lotus, and has a spinning job this Friday at the new Spy Bar at John Dominis ...
Keith's twin brothers, Jordan and Aaron Kandell, will be off to USC this fall, with one eyeing a screenwriting career, the other wanting to be a producer ...
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SIGHT 'EMS: Carol Burnett had a backstage reunion not only with pal Jim Nabors but with Richard Chamberlain Saturday night. The latter attended Burnett's benefit at the Hawai'i Theatre as the guest of Realtor Vi Dolman ...
Mitch Pileggi, the co-star of "The X-Files," dined with his family at Lahaina's I'o restaurant, with chef James McDonald whipping up a special ahi dish at the request of Mrs. Pileggi. Isle musician and filmmaker Eddie Kamae always requests Table 45 whenever he's in town ...
Fred Snyder of the B-52s dined at Keoki's Paradise in Poipu last week, signing autographs and posing for pictures for Kaua'i fans ...
Ainsley Halemanu, kumu hula and veteran entertainer, wanted to do something special for Mother's Day at the city's Kuhio Beach torchlighting and hula show last Sunday evening, so his dancers from Kaliko O Kapalai gathered enough flowers for about 100 lei and handed them out to all the moms in the crowd. To his surprise, the demand exceeded supply, but Halemanu came up with a nice idea: All mothers were invited onto the hula mound for an impromptu hula lesson ...
It was a special Mother's Day at Don Ho's Island Grill, too. Auntie Violet Alfapada sang with Imaikalani (Brickwood Galuteria's backup group on Friday nights) and Florence Koanui did naughty hula, Kimo Kahoano some Kui Lee vocals and Ocean Kaowili (also a Kaka'ako firefighter) tunes that brought some tears to eyes ...
By the way, Puamana now performs from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Mondays at Don Ho's Island Grill ...
Robert Cazimero joined KHON TV's Manolo Morales on the street corner to sell special Kids Day editions of The Advertiser last week. In typical Caz fashion, he gave away autographed copies of the newspaper — and threw in a dollar himself each time ...
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RANDOM NOTES: Linda Coble, former news anchor on TV and radio, winds up her term as Rotary International district governor when 2,100 Rotarians convene at the district conference May 24-27 at the J.W. Marriott Ihilani Hotel.
Performing on May 25, at Lanikuhonua: Sonya Mendez, with Dennis Graue and Brien Matson; and in the limelight at the May 26 banquet, Melveen Leed, backed by Betty Loo Taylor, Gabe Baltazar, Steve Jones and Noel Okimoto. The president-elect, California attorney Rick King, will be in attendance ...
Kane Fernandez, the beloved E.K. Fernandez showman who died in January, will be honored by the University of Hawai'i Alumni Association. The President's Award will be posthumously given to the 1958 graduate "for a lifelong commitment to educating Hawai'i's children." Widow Linda and family will be on hand, along with many proud employees, in ceremonies today at the Sheraton Waikiki's Hawai'i Ballroom ...
Wayne Harada writes Show Biz every Wednesday and Friday.
