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Posted on: Friday, January 11, 2008

DeLima skewers Jones on leaving

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Frank DeLima

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With his recording of "What, June Jones, You Going Leave Us Now?" — sung to the familiar "Lucille" hit — comedian Frank DeLima now boasts a trilogy of rah-rah parodies on the saga of the University of Hawai'i Warriors' near-perfect football season and the resulting exodus of Jones as head coach.

The latest tune, which will be available for downloading at www.frankdelima.com, is performed with his usual pidgin English to the melody of the Kenny Rogers country hit and magnifies the impact of UH football in the mindset of fans statewide.

DeLima, a veteran of parody, mirrors the voice of the public as he sings:

"What, June Jones, you going leave us now?

"The season stay finished

"But 'ohana not pau.

"I know you stay disgusted

"'Cause da locker room stay busted

"But wow, lau lau

"What, June Jones, you going leave us now?"

Before UH's 41-10 loss to Georgia in the Sugar Bowl on New Year's Day, DeLima recorded the parody "Hawai'i Marches On," to the tune of "Battle Hymn of the Republic."

DeLima and writing partner Patrick Downes had two versions, to cover either a win or a loss, and the tune got airplay on KSSK radio. The first, "Hawai'i, We Did It," is sung to Tim McGraw's "I Like It, I Love It" and extolls UH's 12-0 season.

— Wayne Harada, Advertiser entertainment writer

RODRIGUEZ LET OUT OF JAIL; JUDGE IRED

LOS ANGELES —The L.A. County judge who sentenced Michelle Rodriguez, formerly of the smash hit ABC show "Lost," to 180 days in jail for a DUI-related probation violation is steaming mad at the L.A. County Sheriff's Department, which released Rodriguez from jail in Lynwood, Calif., after only 18 days.

Because of jail overcrowding, women convicted of nonviolent offenses are sprung early — usually after they serve 10 percent of their sentence. The same thing happened two years ago when Rodriguez served just one day of a 60-day jail sentence for probation violation.

Rodriguez was sentenced in October for failing to prove she had done community service and for drinking while wearing an alcohol monitoring device.

The actress was on probation after pleading no contest to DUI, hit-and-run and driving on a suspended license in connection with two Hollywood incidents in 2003.

While still on probation, she spent five days in a Hawai'i jail in 2005 after pleading guilty to DUI, which led to her one-day jail term in Los Angeles for probation violation.

BARTON ON DUI: 'I'M NOT PERFECT'

Mischa Barton yesterday shared her feelings about her recent DUI arrest with Ryan Seacrest on Seacrest's radio show, says E!Online.

"Obviously, I'm 100 percent responsible for my actions ... and I'm really disappointed in myself," the former "O.C." star told Seacrest. "I don't know what to say about it except I'm not perfect."