SHOW BIZ
Society of Seven gets Las Vegas matinee
By Wayne Harada
Advertiser Entertainment Writer
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And actor Anthony Ruivivar, son of Society's Tony, returns to NBC's New York-based "Third Watch" television series in the fall. His latest achievement: His play, "Safe," which was produced off Broadway, has been published by Samuel French, signaling his "arrival" as a playwright. ...
Kelly Preston, local girl who is Mrs. John Travolta, is now seen in Los Angeles-based rock band Maroon 5's music video, airing on MTV. She plays the object of desire for lead singer Adam Levine on "She Will Be Loved." ...
Alvin Ing, a veteran stage and opera trouper, has been in town for his mother's 92nd birthday. He returns to New York to begin rehearsals for a revival of "Pacific Overtures," set to premiere in November. He has a long tradition with the production, appearing on Broadway and tours, and he is one of two original cast members who will appear in the revival. ...
Name-dropping: Actor Kevin Bacon and spouse Kyra Sedgewick celebrated his July 8 birthday in style, with dinner at Nick's Fishmarket at the Fairmont Kea Lani Hotel on Maui. The couple was romantic and all smiles. ...
And actor Richard Chamberlain found his way to Little Vino at Restaurant Row a few nights back. ...
Longtime fitness guru Gilad Janklowicz has signed on to do "Total Body Sculpt With Gilad," for Discovery Network's FIT-TV, commencing this summer in Hawai'i. If you favor an in-person lesson with Janklowicz, he's teaching from 5:45 to 6:45 p.m. Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays at the Al Franz Dance Studio, 419 South St., No. 140. Call 947-4911. ...
If you haven't spotted Willie K on Maui of late, one reason is his one-week, four-city tour in Germany with Santana. Willie, Amy Hanaiali'i Gilliom and Makana opened up for Carlos Santana to large crowds ...
Jennifer Moore, prominent on the local ballet scene and a St. Francis graduate who now is a featured performer in the late Steve Silver's long-running San Francisco show "Beach Blanket Babylon," is heading home for some R&B after a busy season marking BBB's 30th anniversary, according to her mom, Liz Moore. ...
On the mend: Ben Chapman, the veteran show bizzer still known as the Gillman (the creature) in "Creature From the Black Lagoon," is recovering from a heart procedure and is doing well — or, in his own words, "all went swimmingly well." ...
Pals converged at the Bayview Golf Club recently to help singer Melveen Leed raise money to pay medical bills accrued from her heart problem and hospitalization in California recently. Danny Kaleikini, one of the well-wishers, recalled when he and Da Tita, years ago, did a version of the "Hawaiian Wedding Song." She did the male part and he the female, and they attempted to recreate that version, to the delight of a crowd that included Gabe Baltazar, Nephi Hannemann and Mufi Hannemann. Leed teared up when Cecilio Rodriguez did "About You" for her. Another fund-raiser is slated from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. July 25 in the Princess Kai'ulani Hotel's 'Ainahau Showroom. ...
Bits 'n' pieces: Janet Jackson showed up to party at the W last Friday, denying shutterbugs a "snap" opportunity. She had hoped to make it to the Hanohano Room, too. ...
"The Land Has Eyes," a film by Vili Hereniko, will premiere locally at the Cinema Paradise Film Festival in September as one of the nominees for the 2nd annual Hale Ki'i 'Oni'oni Award, presented by the Movie Museum to honor a local filmmaker. In an earlier column, we mistakenly said the movie would be part of the fall Hawai'i International Film Festival. ...
Restaurateur Marilyn Gardner, longtime owner of the Kobe Steak House, was in town recently from her Scottsdale, Ariz., base, and she made a beeline not only to her own restaurant on Ala Moana but to the Hilton Hawaiian Village lounge, where Jerry Santos & Olomana perform. "I always take in the last set of Olomana when I'm in town," said Gardner, who recalls seeing the group at the Palm Court of the downtown Blaisdell Hotel. ...
And that's Show Biz. ...
Show Biz is published Tuesdays and Thursdays. Reach Wayne Harada at 525-8067, wharada@honoluluadvertiser.com, or fax 525-8055.
