By Wayne Harada
Advertiser Entertainment Writer

PARTING COMPANY: Melveen Leed's latest tune is "D-I-V-O-R-C-E." Da Tita is in the process of filing papers to end her marriage to a Tahiti businessman. ...

And singer Amy Hanaiali'i Gilliom and guitarist Barry Flanagan have parted as friends. No, it wasn't a romantic relationship, but he was her guitarist for quite a while. Guitarist Gino Montero has taken on the task ...

Flanagan, meantime, has teamed with Makana (Matt Swalinkavich) as Hawai'i's newest musician team. The ex-Hapa member and the former Ki ho'alu Kid have toured the West Coast together and discovered they make great music together, so they'll jam from 7 to 9 p.m. on Sept. 19 in a one-nighter at Chai's Island Bistro. ...

SCENES 'N' HEARDS: When Saturday's Aloha Festivals parade snakes through Waikiki, the official reviewing stand, in front of the Hawai'i Prince Hotel, will be emcee'd by a singer, an actor and a boxer. Yep, the unlikely trio of vocalist Jeffrey Apaka, movie and TV star Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa and fisticuffs dynamo Jesus Salud will provide commentary and observations. ...

Though he's been sporting a beard for years, retired news anchor Bob Sevey is clean-shaven for his tapings this week of a KGMB-TV retrospective, in which the "Walter Cronkite of Hawai'i" will serve as narrator and also reflect on the golden anniversary of the CBS affiliate. The Channel 9 program has been expanded from an hour to 90 minutes, said producer Phil Arnone. It will air from 9 to 10:30 p.m. on Oct. 17. ...

And did you see the "Sex and the City" finale this week on HBO? Melissa Short, our former Miss Hawai'i, bared it all, seen topless in a couple of scenes. ...

Dita Holifield of D'Tour South and her singer-fiance Ellsworth "Ells" Simeona dined at Dixie Grill's barbecue fest the other night. Their guests included Sean Remos, a Ricky Martin dancer on the tour that visited Honolulu. Also dining at the Grill: show presenter Tim Bostock and his wife, Melanie Holt. ...

Author Brad Yates and KHON-KGMB general manager Rick Blangiardi dined at Sergio's at the Hilton Hawaiian Village. ...

HERE 'N' THERE: There was an unusual Hawai'i presence at a ritzy Beverly Hills wedding reception recently. When newlyweds Adam and Andrea Slutske took to the dance floor for their first, the tune was the Israel Kamakawiwo'ole arrangement, note for note, of "Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World." No 'ukulele, but guests Bonnie and Eliot Tiegel said the bandleader "phrased the words in a soft tenor voice exactly the way Iz does." ...

And a reminder: Iz's vocal again will be heard in that poignant Dr. Greene finale on "ER," rebroadcast at 9 tonight on KHNL-8. ...

And that's Show Biz ...

Wayne Harada's Show Biz is published Tuesdays and Thursdays. Reach him at wharada@honoluluadvertiser.com, phone 525-8067 or fax 525-8055.