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ATTORNEY Michael Green and wife, Estelle, tossed a party for 22 people at Ciao Mein Monday to mark the birthdays of their son, Ari, 24, and actor Steven Segal. Segal, a Buddhist, was the Greens' house guest. He was en route to Japan to teach Buddhism. Estelle said she and Michael met the actor in L.A. when he came up to her and said "the karma pull was so strong that he knew me from a previous life." Estelle said she is not into karma and is a strong Christian. But they became friends with the star of action films who Estelle says is gentle, calm and quiet in real life. "I told Michael, please take lessons," she said. The Greens expect Segal to return here Monday ... Segal is moved
by seeing Green
Jennifer had her share of fame
Jennifer Lam, the Palomino G.M., has had her shot at fame. She appeared on Broadway in "M. Butterfly" and was in the play's national tour. She had a small part in the movie"First Wives Club" and appeared in two episodes of the "Tracey Ullman Show." Jennifer is local but moved to New York as a girl. Her mother, UH dance program grad Diane Matsuura Lam, was a Martha Graham dancer. Jennifer is a graduate of New York's High School of Performing Arts, the school featured in the musical "Fame." Ronald Andrew of the Toronto-based SFX Theatrical Group presents "Fame" at the Blaisdell Concert Hall March 28-April 8. Jennifer says she left show biz "because I wanted to put food on the plate daily" ...
A major prize in La Pietra's Hoopla Auction next Saturday is a trip to England, including dinner at a top restaurant with an entertaining gentleman and scholar, Sir Nigel Mobbs. The package includes a round trip on United, hotel accommodations, a Thames boat tour and more. A 1972 Mercedes four-door sedan, in excellent shape, driven only 52,000 miles by the original owner, will be auctioned. Alice Guild, Wendy Crabb and Piia Aarma are coordinating the event, which includes food and beverage booths. Call 922-2744 for tickets, $150 per ...
art by Hiroshi Tagami and Michael Powell is on display at Cedar Street Galleries through April 9. I've been a Tagami fan since I first saw his paintings on the Zoo fence, where he sold them 30 years ago. Powell has also come a long way in art from the days when he was a banker ... The Society of Seven unveils a new show Monday at Outrigger Waikiki ... Lesley Cohron is new night supervisor at Kincaid's ...
Midler's a picture of mean
Bette Midler, the Radford and UH alum, is a picture of mean in the title role of "Drowning Mona," and that's why Mona is knocked off early in the film. Through flashbacks, viewers see Mona with a nutty bunch of characters, all of whom have good reason to do her in. Mona is so mean and evil that she's funny and gets big laughs. Danny DeVito, the small-town's sheriff, appears to be the only normal person in town. The cast includes Jamie Lee Curtis, Neve Campbell and Casey Affleck ... The best film I've seen lately is "Wonder Boys," with Michael Douglas as a pot-smoking professor and author who has writer's block. The prof is married but is in love with another married woman, his college chancellor (Frances McDormand). Tobey Maguire is strong as the prof's most talented but most mixed-up student writer. "Wonder Boys" is a lively romp. Lively, despite the professor's woozy movements that get even slower after he is bitten by a big blind dog owned by his lover's husband. Isn't that funny? Don't miss this one ...
Ben Wood, who sold the Star-Bulletin in the streets
of downtown Honolulu during World War II, writes of
people, places and things every Saturday.
E-mail him at bwood@starbulletin.com