MEN IN RED: Power 104.3 was in the house as Hype, left, Micah Banks, KC, Marc-E and DJ LX represented the station at the screening of "Beauty Shop," the new Queen Latifah comedy, at Dole Cannery on Tuesday. Hype described it afterward as "the female version of 'Barber Shop' but funnier. ... I'd actually pay to see it (again)." Although a running joke about a well-intentioned white person trying to sound "black" gets stale fast, "Beauty Shop" triumphs in being entertaining while also delivering positive messages about self-reliance, education, hard work, responsibility and respect for women, and also warning that blacks can be racists, too. Kevin Bacon is excellent as the comic villain.

BEHOLD ENVY: Taurie Kinoshita, center, and Nikolas Logue greeted Nicole Tessier after the opening-night performance of "Pandora and the Seven Deadly Sins" at the UH-Manoa Ernst Lab Theatre on Wednesday. Tessier is holding the Balinese-style mask she wore while portraying Envy as a nasty fortuneteller.

ANTICIPATING 'PHANTOM': Keith Rollman, city director of economic development, talked with Mary Ann Changg, center, and state Sen. Carol Fukunaga at the pre-screening reception for "Phantom Below" at the Hawaii Theatre during the Hawaii International Film Festival Spring Showcase on Thursday.

'PHANTOM' MAN: Brian Trenchard-Jones, left, caught up with Margaret Doversola and her husband, Gil Doversola, at the "Phantom Below" reception. Trenchard-Jones directed the timely film about undersea conflict with North Korea. He tells a gripping story that transcends occasional holes in the story line.