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On the Scene

For Tuesday, October 7, 2008

By John Berger

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Oct 07, 2008

John Berger
TAKABUKI HONORED BY JCCH: Matsuo “Matsy” Takabuki, seated right, high-profile financier, Bishop Estate trustee and longtime Democratic Party leader, was congratulated by his grandsons, Todd Takabuki, standing, and Cody Takabuki; their mother, Carolyn Takabuki; and family friend Estelle Green after he received the Japanese Culture Center of Hawaii’s Leadership and Achievement Award Sept. 27 at the Hilton Hawaiian Village Coral Ballroom. Jean Ariyoshi and Dr. George Suzuki were also honored for their contributions to Hawaii; Armstrong Produce, a locally owned food wholesaler whose corporate roots go back to Teruya Produce, was this year’s corporate honoree.
www.jcch.com
LVHIFF PREVIEWS 2008 TRAILER: Hawaii filmmaker Gerard Elmore, left, chatted with Chuck Boller, executive director of the Louis Vuitton Hawaii International Film Festival, at the preview screening of the 2008 LVHIFF trailer Sept. 29 at Dole Cannery. Elmore directed the trailer, and, without giving too much away, Kelly Hu and Jason Scott Lee star in a surreal story reminiscent of Jack Bender’s 2006 LVHIFF trailer starring Dann Seki.
www.hiff.org
AMURRI SAMPLES HAWAIIAN HOSPITALITY: Italian film director Franco Amurri, third from left, was guest of honor at an informal late-afternoon reception Sept. 27 at a Tantalus estate. Jon Staub, left, and Margherita Balbo Parrent, founder/director of the Cinema Italiano in Hawaii Film Festival, talked with Amurri and his wife, Heidi Amurri, after an acoustic performance by Hawaiian entertainer Anela Kahiamoe (who had to leave for another gig as soon as he finished).
“PLAYLIST” PLAYS WELL FOR TRIO: Leocea Colean, left, Cody Colean and Ben Glenn gave “Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist” a thumbs up after a preview screening of the Michael Cera/Kat Dennings romantic comedy last Tuesday at the Ward Theatres 16. Glenn said it was “one of (Cera’s) good movies,” with “good romantic scenes (and) good having-fun scenes.” Leocea “liked the ending,” and Cody agreed “it was pretty funny.”
www.sonypictures.com/movies/nickandnorah
DWR THROWS “PINK PARTY”: Design Within Reach Hawaii Studio proprietor Curtis Lee was assisted by Better Brands exec Christa Wittmier, left, Chelsea Newman and Rachel Gonzales as he hosted a free “Pink Party” supporting breast cancer awareness and the Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation Thursday at Ala Moana Center. Party guests perused silent-auction items and shopped for bargains from five local designers while sipping Gray Goose L’Orange pink cocktails.
www.dwr.com
www.komen.org

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