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George Clooney the Descendants

October - November 2011

The Star GEORGE CLOONEY BY SILVIA BIZIO PHOTOGRAPHY BY MERIE WALLACE A BASKETBALL NET IN THE PARKING LOT of a shuttered CompUSA (now transformed into a movie set) is the first hint that George Clooney is here in Honolulu. If there’s anything he’d like to accomplish between scenes, it’s to improve his standing jump shot….

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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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