Posted on: Tuesday, December 7, 2004
ISLAND LIFE SHORTS
Deadline for bids hours away
Advertiser Staff
Bidding for The Advertiser's "Creations for a Cause" Christmas ornaments has been going on for more than a week. But today, the real fun begins as we enter the last few hours of the fund-raiser. Who will sneak in the final bid? Which ornament will earn top honors? The online bidding closes 1 p.m. today. Winning bids are charitable donations for the Advertiser Christmas Fund.
If you haven't yet, go to www.honolulu
advertiser.com and click on "Creations for a Cause" to view the six ornament packages and a Christmas-tree lamp. The online bidding has raised $641 for the Advertiser Christmas Fund so far. Among the offerings: Joel Park's "Christmas Bells" and Charlene Tashima's "Christmas Critter Star." Top bids for these ornaments yesterday morning were $80 and $75, respectively. The Kaimuki artists, each of whom typically sells glass-bead jewelry for up to $300, created their ornaments out of clay and hand-made glass.
BOX OFFICE
'National Treasure' rakes it in for third week
The Disney adventure "National Treasure" was the No. 1 film at U.S. and Canadian theaters for a third weekend, taking in an estimated $17.1 million in ticket sales.
Second was the comedy "Christmas With the Kranks" with $11.7 million, in its second week of release. "The Polar Express" moved up one spot to third with $11 million, according to box-office tracker Exhibitor Relations Co. Pixar's "The Incredibles," distributed by Disney, was fourth with $9.2 million.
FINAL WORD
Clinton Kelly | stylist and host on TLC's "What Not to Wear," talking about fellow makeover show "The Swan": "Have you noticed on 'The Swan' that after all that plastic surgery, most of the women look like drag queens?" 
