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A Knight in Color – Sir Anthony Hopkins

August - September 2011

A Knight in Color – Today, we’re here entirely to talk about Hopkins’ foray most of which has taken place in the last decade-into his painting.

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Blonde ambition

June - July 2011

THERE ARE THOSE WHO FEEL THAT CALLING TORI PRAVER A “TRIPLE THREAT”

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Mark DACASCOS

April - May 2011

The Iron Chef Host Kicks His Way onto Five-O. Martial Artist Turned Actor Mark Dacascos Kicks It in Hawai’i

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King Cognac

February - March 2011

Carrying a surname that has been synonymous with superior cognac for seven generations could certainly give one an oversized sense of self.

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Shades of Hu

December - January 2011

Whatever your stereotype of a Hollywood starlet might be, Kelly Hu does not fit it.

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Blade Runner

October - November 2010

For a young gentleman who skated on thin ice, Apolo Anton Ohno truly has his stuff together.

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MORIMOTO!

August - September 2010

Chef Masaharu Morimoto’s storybook journey lands in Honolulu This Masaharu Morimoto – the one throwing a shaka sign, followed by an impromptu geisha-as-Betty Boop pose, then walking like an Egyptian before our photographer’s camera – seems very different than the quietly focused Morimoto whom I spoke to on the phone two weeks ago. Yet, both…

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Timeless Style

June - July 2010

If there is such a thing as being too good an actor, Nestor Carbonell’s post-Lost experience might serve as an example.

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Ms. Michelle

April - May 2010

Tracing the journey of Michelle Wie The photograph of Michelle Wie hugging a three-foot-tall champions’ trophy really tells the story of her first LPGA Tour win. But that picture, as the best photos do, tells so much more. It’s her coming-of-age story in one snapshot. “Winning was incredible, amazing really,” Wie tells HILuxury when reminded…

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All That Jazz

February - March 2010

Legends Betty Loo Taylor, Danny Kaleikini, Jimmy Borges And Gabe Baltazar Relive Hawaii’s Early Jazz Scene Count Basie’s Orchestra. Artie Shaw. Dixieland. Big band swing. While these names and musical styles typically evoke imagery of post-Depression era New York and Chicago, they also were extremely pertinent to a burgeoning jazz scene here in Hawaii –…

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