SHOW BIZ
Radio personality Paul Ogata on a roll

By Wayne Harada
Advertiser Entertainment Editor

Wedded bliss: Things are looking up for Paul Ogata, the KDDM-FM morning jock: He's getting married tomorrow to Kris Perreida, a reservations manager at Roberts Hawai'i. And he's stoked about the just-out Arbitron radio ratings, which put him and partner "Kid Leo" Baldwin at No. 7 in morning drive (a dramatic rise from No. 15). Despite concerns from the bride-to-be, Ogata, a stand-up comic when he's not on radio, intends to include in his California honeymoon a couple of shows with comedian Howie Mandel, who performed here last month.

After reading here about Jackie Bay's marriage to George Cadinha on Jan. 5 (she's the sales and marketing director for the Don Ho Show, he's a Hawaiian Airlines flight attendant), which included a gigantic celebration at the Hilton Hawaiian Village), Ogata opines that his planned party at the Sheraton Waikiki will pale in comparison. "It'll feel like eloping out of the window with a ladder" ...

It pays to have show-biz pals, newlyweds Kalani Hicks and Mary Chesnut have discovered. He proposed to her, onstage, when she was doing the title role in "Evita" at Army Community Theatre last year, and their recent marriage and reception drew a host of local folks active in stage and opera, all providing entertainment: Guy Merola and Mary Gutzi sang "The Prayer" to pianist Alethea Train's accompaniment; Roslyn Catracchia played piano and sang an original; Catracchia's mom, pianist Beebe Freitas, accompanied singers Quinn Kelsey and John Mount ...

Names 'n' Faces: Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, a co-star of Tim Burton's "Planet of the Apes," makes an appearance when the film screens at "Sunset on the Beach," 6:15 p.m. tomorrow at Kailua Beach Park ...

Look, too, for the Society of Seven's performance on the Miss World Pageant, at 4 p.m. tomorrow on PAX-TV (Oceanic channel 27, Craig TV, 3). The group reopens Feb. 5 at the Outrigger Waikiki's Main Showroom ...

First-nighters at "The Vagina Monologues" Tuesday at the Hawai'i Theatre included Sarah Richards, Hawai'i Theatre Center president; Jeannette Paulson Hereniko, Hawai'i International Film Festival founder; psychic Alice Anne Parker and husband, Henry; lawyer (and HIFF president) Jeff Portnoy and wife, Sandi; Realtors Margaret Murchie and Myra Brandt; interior designer Allison Holland; Chuck and Anne Swanson (he's the developer, she's on the HTC board); and John Langan, Compadres Bar & Grill manager, who got up on stage to give leis to performers Mackenzie Phillips, Michele Shay and Amy J. Carle ...

Noteworthy: Chef George "Mavro" Mavrothalassitis, of Chef Mavro Restaurant and a founding member of the Hawai'i Regional Cuisine movement, will cook at the James Beard Foundation's annual Editor's Dinner tomorrow in New York. ...

Jolina Magdangal, a teen fave from the Philippines known for her film-music hits, will perform at the Hula Bowl Feb. 2 at the Maui War Memorial Stadium. She also gives a post-show concert at 7 p.m., same place ...

Dita Holifield, Hawai'i's best-known country singer, is back from Nashville, where she laid down tracks for an upcoming Sony CD. ...

And that's Show Biz ...

Show Biz runs Wednesdays and Fridays. Reach Wayne Harada at wharada@honoluluadvertiser.com, 525-8067 or fax 525-8055.