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The Honolulu Advertiser
Posted on: Thursday, April 17, 2008

Football warrior on Waikiki stage

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Vili Fehoko

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Wayne Brady

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Cynthia Nixon

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Richie Sambora

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From the gridiron to centerstage, Vili the Warrior is bringing his haka and Hawaiian groove to the new-age Cirque Hawaii show at its theater in Waikiki.

Vili Fehoko, widely known as the University of Hawai'i Warriors' football mascot Vili the Warrior, has joined the acrobats, jugglers and contortionists, in performances at 6:30 and 8:30 p.m. daily except Wednesdays at the former IMAX theater site, at 325 Seaside Ave.

Information: 922-0017.

— Wayne Harada, Advertiser entertainment writer

WAYNE BRADY'S DIVORCE FINALIZED

LOS ANGELES — Wayne Brady is officially single again.

The 35-year-old comedian has been living separately from his wife, Mandie Taketa Brady, for several years, but the divorce was just finalized this week.

According to papers filed Monday in Los Angeles Superior Court, the pair married in April 1999 and officially separated in April 2006, citing irreconcilable differences. The comedian and the Castle High grad met in 1995, when both were part of a musical revue called "Blast From the Past," which ran for several months at the Aloha Tower Marketplace. They have one daughter, 5-year-old Maile Brady.

The couple used a mediator to reach a final divorce settlement. Details of their child custody, child support and property-division arrangements were not made public.

NIXON RECOUNTS BREAST CANCER

"Sex and the City" star Cynthia Nixon has gone public with her battle against breast cancer. Nixon, whose character, Miranda, will return in the movie version of the HBO show, said she had a lumpectomy two years ago and underwent 6 1/2 weeks of radiation.

Nixon, whose mother also battled breast cancer, has become an ambassador for the organization Susan G. Komen for the Cure. "I want to help Susan G. Komen for the Cure educate the 1.1 million women around the globe who face a diagnosis each year," she said.

'X-FILES' STILL WANTS TO BELIEVE

The new "X-Files" flick, due out July 25, has been given its official title, the show's guru, Chris Carter said.

"The X-Files: I Want to Believe" will tackle "the difficulties in mediating faith and science," Carter said. The title, he said, is meant to "suggest Mulder's struggle with his faith." David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson reprise their roles in the flick.

POLICE PUSHING TO CHARGE SAMBORA

LAGUNA BEACH, Calif. — Police are asking the district attorney to file a misdemeanor child endangerment charge against Richie Sambora, who had two children in his car when he was arrested for investigation of drunken driving last month. The district attorney's office will make the final decision.

Authorities haven't released the names of a woman and two girls who were passengers in Sambora's car when the Bon Jovi guitarist was stopped March 25.

Sambora is scheduled to be arraigned May 7.