City seeks Lei Day queen

If you are a woman between 18 and 30, you could be the queen of May. All it takes is some lei-making and hula ability and a good quantity of aloha spirit.

The city is on the hunt for the 2006 Lei Queen. The deadline to apply is Friday (extended from the 15th in an attempt to attract more potential queens).

The winner will take the place of Flo Ku'uleilani Fernandez and reign over one of the largest first-of-May festivities ever, in celebration of Honolulu's Centennial.

Download an application at www.co.honolulu.hi.us/parks/programs/final+lei+queen+application+packet+06.pdf. Or call 692-5850.

The Lei Queen Competition will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at McCoy Pavilion at Ala Moana Beach Park.

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Tyler Perry is back playing a grandmother in "Tyler Perre's Madea's Family Reunion."

Movies opening Friday:

"Doogal": In this animated feature, a dog and his animal friends embark on a quest to find three magic diamonds in order to keep an evil sorcerer from deep-freezing their enchanted land forever. The voice cast includes Whoopi Goldberg, Jimmy Fallon, William H. Macy, Jon Stewart, Judi Dench and Ian McKellan. (G)

"Running Scared": Paul Walker plays a low-level mobster who's told to recover and dispose of a gun used in the fatal shooting of a corrupt cop during a bungled drug buy. But when he ignores his bosses' instructions, he unwittingly puts his entire family in immediate danger. (R)

"Tyler Perry's Madea's Family Reunion": The writer/director/actor reprises his grandmother character from last year's surprise hit "Diary of a Mad Black Woman." This time, Perry's Southern matriarch tries to organize a family reunion while caring for a runaway and counseling her nieces through their relationship troubles. (PG-13)