SHOW BIZ
Brothers Cazimero shelve annual Christmas concert
By Wayne Harada
Advertiser Entertainment Editor
YULE LOG: Hate to break the news, but looks like there won't be a Brothers Cazimero Christmas concert this year. Robert and Roland Cazimero and the Mountain Apple Co. 'ohana have been scouring the island for a suitable venue; the Hawai'i Theatre dates they wanted for their yuletide sing-out were not available this year (a couple of reasons, including one less weekend — four instead of five — in December). While Christmas is one of Robert's passions, and surely he must regret not being able to share the spirit of the season, the bright side is he'll have more time for another weakness: shopping. ...
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RANDOM NOTES: Universal's "Jurassic Park IV" has been given the green light, so the obvious question is, will producers Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy film part of it on Kaua'i as they did the first three? William Monahan is scriptwriter ... but insiders don't expect the movie to roar in till summer 2005. ...
During the height of the recent big waves on the North Shore, a Cameron Diaz double was riding the surf, filming hush-hush scenes for the upcoming "Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle" sequel due in June. Ex-islander Rob Engle (son of Claire and Ray Engle of Honolulu) and an employee of Sony Pictures Image Works, was among the crew overseeing the second-unit shoot. In the final take, Diaz's face will likely be substituted. Hey, Angels work miracles. ...
Film critic Roger Ebert, here for the Hawai'i International Film Festival, really liked Eric Byler's film, "Charlotte Sometimes"; he took the Moanalua graduate and friends to dinner at Palomino after the screening. ...
Billy Banks, tour manager for musician Wynton Marsalis and the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, golfed at Ko'olau last week. While he was blessed with good weather, he lost several balls along the course, prompting him to comment: "I didn't know the Marquis de Sade had designed a golf course." ...
Uno Kanda, a supermodel in Japan, is a super diner, too. On a visit to Morton's Steak House at the Ala Moana Center, Kanda — a judge on the "Iron Chef" Food TV Network show — feasted on the seafood trilogy appetizer, filet Oskar, salmon in white wine butter sauce and fresh Maine lobster, finishing off her meal with a Grand Marnier soufflé. "Morton's is the best," she said of the food, and of the service, "Great sincerity." ...
Kevin Iwamoto, the sometimes singer who now is with Hewlett-Packard and serves as president of the National Business Travel Association, was quoted in USA Today last week in a story on the rising costs of business travel. His duties with NBTA have taken him to Australia, Singapore, Austria, Germany and other countries in recent weeks. ...
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TRAVEL LOG: The Society of Seven, the Tony Ruivivar-Bert Sagum original now headlining the CenterStage showroom at the Aladdin in Las Vegas, has been enjoying a spate of publicity since its mid-October launch of a one-year contract. The Las Vegas Sun review said the show "is full of laughs, full of energy, full of great songs out of the past ... (and) SOS can rock with the best." The group also appears on five billboards throughout the gambling capital and appears in a Hawai'i TV commercial pegged to a vacation giveaway, so locals visiting Vegas can't help running into these familiar faces. ...
The Makaha Sons literally have been coming and going — and building up frequent-flier miles. Louis Moon Kauakahi, Jerome Koko and John Koko have been spreading their Hawaiian sounds from the Midwest to the South Pacific, from the West Coast to the Far East. In some ports, like Tahiti, they were incommunicado. "Being without a phone system, TV or radio in Tahiti ... gave us quality time to rehearse our upcoming CD," said John Koko. The 2003 CD will culminate in a concert in June at the Waikiki Shell. ...
And that's Show Biz ...
Wayne Harada's Show Biz is published Tuesdays and Thursdays. Reach him by e-mail at wharada@honoluluadvertiser.com, telephone at 525-8067 or fax at 525-8055.
