SHOW BIZ
Smooches from 'Kisses'

By Wayne Harada
Advertiser Entertainment Writer

ITEMIZATIONS: Tim Engel, son of local couple Claire and Ray Engel, is an assistant director on "50 First Kisses," the Adam Sandler-Drew Barrymore movie now in production here. He's so immersed in production work, he's seen his parents only twice since arriving April 25 — once on Mother's Day, another instance "when he came home to do laundry," according to mom. ...

The Big Island's Pomai Brown, who plays a restaurateur in the aforementioned flick, has been in Honolulu for the shoot. His wife Toni recently had a baby and the couple proudly named the newborn Hollywood. ...

Sandler showed up at Auntie Pasto's Kapahulu one night last week, much to the delight of Leber Fitzpatrick, restaurant g.m. Apparently, Sandler had surfing lessons earlier from Hans Hedemann at nearby Tong's, with Drew Barrymore and Cameron Diaz also catching some waves. Fitzpatrick's got something to share with Auntie Pasto owner Ed Wary, when he joins Wary at the National Restaurant Show this week in Chicago. ...

TRADE WINDS: Though "Follies," for which Wally White has designed remarkable sets, won't open till May 30 at Diamond Head Theatre, he's already designing the Kama'aina Christmas fund-raiser for the Honolulu Academy of Arts, and "Copacabana" for Manoa Valley Theatre next season. ...

And MVT's June 7 fund-raiser at the Hilton Hawaiian Village has logged some exclusive collectibles for the silent auction — Barbra-Streisand-autographed sheet music of "Evergreen" from her Oscar-winning movie "A Star Is Born," plus signed playbills of "Gypsy" (Bernadette Peters) and "Our Town" (Paul Newman). ...

NAMES 'N' PLACES: Hey, Tom Moffatt; we're just back from Orlando, where we happened to catch Felix Cavaliere and the Rascals at Epcot. The band plays the oldies ("It's a Beautiful Morning," "Good Lovin,'" "Groovin'," "How Can I Be Sure?," "I've Been Lonely Too Long" — but not "My Hawai'i"). Might be a suitable future attraction for Islanders. ...

"A Fishbowl and Some Dimes," a project to be directed by Kayo Hatta, director and co-writer of the heralded "Picture Bride," will film in Hawai'i shortly. A call is out for acting talent — children ages 9 to 15, adults ages 30 to 70. The short film is adapted from Lois-Ann Yamanaka's "Wild Meat and the Bully Burgers" novel. For details, e-mail Eleanor Nakama-Mitsunaga at fishbowlfilm@yahoo.com. ...

Konishiki, the sumotori, has been on the Big Island with Japanese singer Eriko Imai and kick boxer Nobuaki Kakuda, to do the "NTV Sunday Konishiki Special" TV show. It's a Hawai'i Visitors and Convention Bureau and Japan Air Lines promotion. Waikoloa Beach Marriott g.m. Robin Graf greeted Konishiki with a mammoth tailor-made T-shirt. ...

Pat Riley, coach of the Miami Heat, dined recently at Sansei Seafood Restaurant & Sushi Bar at Kapalua. ...

And that's Show Biz ...