Acoustic souled singer/songwriter John Cruz takes center stage tonight at Hawaii International Film Festival's annual Hawaii Night at the Hawai'i Theatre. Cruz will perform live following the premiere screening of Kaua'i filmmaker Leslie Cole Truglio's "Made of Music: The Story of John Cruz." The documentary traces the Na Hoku Hanohano award-winning musician's triumphs and struggles. The evening kicks off with a screening of the animated short "The Shimmering," based on a story by Keola Beamer, who will also perform. Tonight, 7:30 p.m., $13 HIFF members, $15 general. 528-0506 or www.hawaiitheatre.com.

— Derek Paiva

STUD CHARM

HAWAI'I'S HOTTEST GUY?

For its annual 50 Hottest Bachelors issue, Cosmopolitan magazine picked Ryan Smith of Kapa'a as the state's most alluring man. The 33-year-old chiropractor says his favorite part of a woman's body is "the small of the back. That slight curve is so feminine." (But will he align it?) You can read more about Smith's winning ways in the November issue of the woman's magazine, on stands now.

— Lesa Griffith

FINAL WORD

"I don't know if there's room for me and the kind of picture I'd like to make anymore. ... I like to take risks, and how can you do that when a picture costs $200 million?"

Martin Scorsese | in Entertainment Weekly