By Wayne Harada
Advertiser Entertainment Writer

SIGHT 'EMS: That was movie-maker George Lucas, the "Star Wars" visionary, basking in the sun with headphones on at one of those cabana nooks at the Kahala Mandarin Oriental Hawaii. Aspiring actor John Fleener, who was bicycling by, spotted him, but mostly the film director was left alone. House guests and staffers had kind words for Lucas, saying he was very cordial. ...

And actress Cameron Diaz and singer Justin Timberlake, still very much in sync in the romance department, took surfing lessons last week from Hans Hedemann, a local pro, in Waikiki. Residents of the Diamond Head Beach Hotel got a charge watching Diaz and Timberlake and their entourage near the sea wall, prepping for the waves. Diaz chatted with oglers and even gave a pooch a pat on the head. ...

HERE 'N' THERE: Yvonne Elliman, the reluctant disco diva, has been in the recording studios, laying down some tracks for a possible future release. But she's also written a song for "Ice 2," a planned sequel to Edgy Lee's eye-opening "Ice: Hawai'i's Crystal Meth Epidemic" documentary, airing in a simulcast at 7 p.m. tomorrow on local stations. Lee says part two of her documentary, a youth version expected to be distributed to schools, colleges and communities for classroom use, "will include more on kids talking openly about drug use, some even mentioning personal accounts of friends attempting suicide, friends succeeding in doing so." ...

Ex-Hawai'i resident Tom Selleck will do a CBS miniseries with William H. Macy in Scott Turow's "Reversible Errors," which begins shooting Oct. 6 for about two months in Halifax, Nova Scotia. That means his fave Isle-based makeup artist, Lon Bentley, will be part of the behind-the-sceners. ...

Local boy Isaac Calpito, a veteran of Ron Bright productions at Castle High School, had to choose between an off-Broadway revival of the musical "Fame" or the first national tour of the hit show "Mamma Mia," and after three days of intense decision-making, decided to go with the ABBA musical. He's in rehearsals in Chicago as the Pepper understudy, and the tour will hit Detroit, Washington, D.C., San Francisco, Los Angeles — all eight-week visits. What, no Honolulu? ...

Keyboarder Don Conover (he's at Chuck's Steak House on Beach Walk) is back from a Broadway visit; he took in "Avenue Q," "Big River," "Gypsy," "Nine" and "Take Me Out." He particularly loved Bernadette Peters in "Gypsy," but also raved about Shari Lynn's just-pau run at Army Community Theatre. ...

ITEMIZATIONS: Andy Bumatai has been doing a marvelous job, sharing and exposing comedy antics and works by himself and his peers, via an online Hawai'i Comedy News endeavor. Some mentionables gleaned from the reports: An open-mike night starts Thursday at All Star Café, with Bo Irvine the likely host. ... Brew Moon has decided to add Saturday as a comedy night (in addition to Bumatai's Wednesday night stint), with Bumatai sharing the mike with Paul Ogata. The latter's gig on CBS TV's "Late, Late Show With Craig Kilborn" has been moved back till November. ... Comedian-producer-director Gerard Elmore has had five entries accepted by the Hawai'i International Film Festival beginning Oct. 30, including one about karaoke involving comic Cathy Tanaka. ... To keep abreast of the laugh meter, visit bumatai.com. ...

David Choy, respected jazz saxophonist, is manager of the just-opened Music Center of Hawai'i at 37 Central Ave. in Wailuku. ...

Ryan Camou, 18, a Mililani resident who's trained for the past 10 years with John Landovsky at Hawaii State Ballet, has been offered a scholarship to attend San Francisco Ballet School for the 2003-04 season. ...

And that's Show Biz. ...

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