She played a mermaid in her most notable film role, "Splash," more than two decades ago, so it's not a stretch for Daryl Hannah to lend her time and talent to the Angel Foundation of Hawai'i's production of "Na Nai'a: The Dolphins," now filming on the Big Island. Hannah's been staying at the Sheraton Keauhou Bay Resort & Spa.

The documentary focuses on dolphin-assisted healing of children and adults with cancer, handicaps, autism and terminal illnesses. In addition to location work at the Sheraton Keauhou Bay, sequences are planned in the waters off O'ahu, Maui and Lana'i, and in Russia, Canada, Switzerland, Florida, the Amazon, Australia and New Zealand. Details: www.dolphinmovie.com.

— Wayne Harada, Advertiser entertainment writer

MEXICO DELAYS DOG'S HEARING

Duane "Dog" Chapman's court hearing in Mexico that could set him free or order his pending extradition and criminal case to proceed has been postponed.

The federal court hearing was to begin Monday in Guadalajara but was postponed because a report from a lower court was not received, according to Chapman's spokeswoman. The court cannot proceed without the "justification report," she said.

A new hearing date has not been set.

The 53-year-old TV bounty hunter is charged under Mexican law with "deprivation of liberty" for his June 2003 capture of fugitive convicted rapist Andrew Luster, the Max Factor heir, in Puerto Vallarta.

Chapman's attorney was scheduled to present arguments starting Monday. Chapman was not going to attend the closed hearing in Guadalajara.

Chapman was arrested Sept. 14 along with his son and another associate and is free on $300,000 bail. He has been fighting extradition, and faces up to four years in a Mexican jail if convicted.

Chapman's capture of Luster catapulted the Honolulu-based bounty hunter to fame and led to the A&E reality series "Dog the Bounty Hunter."

GOLIGHTLY GOWN BIDDING GOES GOLD

The black Givenchy gown that Audrey Hepburn wore in "Breakfast at Tiffany's" sold at auction yesterday for $807,000.

That's a lot of little blue boxes.

An anonymous phone bidder melted the line with an offer nearly six times the highest presale estimate. The epitome of the little black dress had been expected to bring between $98,000 and $138,000 at a sale of film and TV memorabilia at Christie's auction house in London. The money is destined for City of Joy Aid, a charity that benefits India's poor.

Hepburn wore the sleeveless dress as gamine Manhattan socialite Holly Golightly in the 1961 film version of the Truman Capote novel. The charity's founders had received the dress as a gift from designer Hubert de Givenchy.