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Posted on: Thursday, July 22, 2004

SHOW BIZ
'Grid' star goes rhapsodic over Islands

Sight 'ems: In the current issue of InStyle magazine, actor Dylan McDermott of the new TNT miniseries "The Grid" (and formerly of ABC's "The Practice") talks about his Island faves. On vacation, McDermott says, "I don't edit myself at all, which means putting as much chocolate as I possibly can in my mouth" (ah, my kind of gentleman). He even names brands — his ultimate chocolate treat is a box of Hawaiian Host chocolate-covered macadamias, featured on a page called "Travel Like a Star." And he is exuberant about Kaua'i's North Shore, which he dubs "one of the greatest spots on Earth. It's long, narrow, a little bit rainy and very green." ...

In an earlier InStyle, actor Kelsey Grammer of "Frasier" fame was pictured relaxing at his Maui home. He wore a Reyn Spooner shirt with artist Guy Buffet's "Gary's Island" print. ...

Whee, the people: Actress Sandra Bullock and her bad-boy beau, Jesse James of Discovery Channel's "Monster Garage" show and his own West Coast Choppers shop, lunched at Waikiki's Surfer's Cafe within the Local Motion shop the other day. The couple had shopped for rings in Los Angeles before heading this way; are nuptials in the air? ...

After her Honolulu concert at 7 p.m. July 29 at the Waikiki Shell, singer Michelle Branch hopes to to visit Maui or Kaua'i, depending on where her aunt and uncle are (they were on the Valley Isle but were poised to move to the Garden Isle). ...

Coco Ho, 13, daughter of pro surfer Michael Ho and wife, Brian, is back from California, where she took first place in two surfing contests (San Diego, Huntington Beach) and third in the National Scholastic Surfing Association women's division. Her brother Mason and dad Michael have been in Mentawais, Indonesia, with film crews, so surfing is truly a family affair. ...

Bob Apisa, stunt man turned movie producer, paused at Don Ho's Island Grill recently to visit g.m. Adam Suapaia, who also is his cousin. Apisa, who normally appears as a "heavy" in TV and film work, is a former footballer who surprises folks he meets, because he's quite a nice, gentle guy off screen. ...

Comedian Ralphie May, who did a one-nighter Friday at the Blaisdell Center's Pikake Room, told Perry & Price at Saturday's John Dominis breakfast show that he can't remember getting the first standing ovation in 10 years when he appeared on Jay Leno's "Tonight" show. May, who was the runner-up on last season's "Last Comic Standing," had viral meningitis with a 104-degree fever, and all he could try to do was keep his food down, fearing he might upchuck in front of fellow guest star Snoop Dogg. Luckily, he didn't. ...

Memory lane: Keith Haugen is selling his entire vinyl and tape collection of Hawaiian recordings, including his 78-rpm discs, 45s and long-plays (as well as cassettes), music often heard on his KIPO radio show, "Music of Hawai'i." He's also giving specific selections to special folks — gave Jeffrey Apaka originals of his father, Alfred Apaka, singing with the Andrews Sisters. Haugen needs to downsize his collection. Call 951-4332. ...

Keith and his wife Carmen Haugen, who are on a 30-year run in Waikiki, mark their first anniversary at the Pacific Beach Hotel Aug. 17-18. ...

Abe Weinstein guests with Harry B. Soria on "Territorial Airwaves" (5-6 p.m. Sunday, 104 KINE-FM 105.1), exploring Hawaiian jazz and swing, the focus of the July 30 launch of the Hawai'i International Jazz Festival and its "Swingtime in Honolulu" theme. ...

Here 'n' there: Steve Fredrick, the collector of vintage Hawai'i films, is mounting a Hapa-Haole Film Festival, Aug. 4-9 at the Doris Duke Theatre, Honolulu Academy of Arts. He wants to hear from Hawaiian entertainers who appeared in these 1930s to '60s classics — musicians who worked with Harry Owens, Hilo Hattie, Prince Kawohi and Eddie Busch. Call Fredrick at the Kailua Public Library, 266-9911. ...

When publicist David Patterson was in Los Angeles, he did his annual high school broadcast news camp at UCLA, which included a field trip to Fox-11 for an on-site peek at a morning show. "While there, I found out that Jasmine Trias was going to be on the show the next morning," said Patterson, who always brings along boxes of chocolate-covered macadamia nuts and Kona coffee for the TV gang. "I asked them to hold a box for her," he said, about the omiyage. Among Patterson's guest speakers: Maria Quiban, former Island newscaster. ...

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.