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Kamehameha the Great is remembered with the statue
in front of the state judiciary building. A drama at Hawaii
Theatre honors the founder of the Kamehameha dynasty.
"Kamehameha" will tell the story of warrior chief Kamehameha the first and his connections to the god Lono and to fire goddess Pelehonuamea.
Performances will take place at 7:30 p.m. both days. Tickets are $32.50, $43.50 and $50, and are available at the Hawai'i Theatre box office. Tickets are expected to go quickly as the halau and foundation's previous production, "Holo Mai Pele," sold out five shows.
Call the box office at 528-0506 for more information.
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Call Lori Young, pageant director, 383-5674.
The application deadline is May 31.
Beyond Paradise
Not rated
Shot almost entirely on the Big Island, it's the story of Mark who just moved to Hawaii and soon discovers a world much different from the paradise he imagined.
Go
Rated R
A tale of recreational drug use and marginal dealers, low-rent gangsters, the rave scene, lap dancing, gunplay and defiantly spontaneous sex stars Sarah Polley, Desmond Askew, Scott Wolf and Jay Mohr. The movie tells the story of what happens from the different perspectives of the main characters.
Little Voice
Rated R
Jane Horrocks plays a reclusive young woman whose extraordinary singing is her only escape from her abusive mother (Brenda Blethyn).
Never Been Kissed
Rated PG-13
Drew Barrymore plays a nerdy journalist on an undercover assignment posing as a high-schoolstudent.
Twin Dragons
Rated PG-13
Two long lost twins -- one a Hong King gangster, the other a New York classical pianist -- are in the same city at the same time, creating a comedy of errors. Stars Jackie Chan.
Producers and directors are glued to wrestling shows, like TNT's "WCW Monday Nitro" and the USA Network's "Raw Is War" to find their new stars.
"Hollywood Hogan" has led the way to the silver screen, acting in more than 13 films, including "No Holds Barred," "Mr. Nanny," and "Rocky III."
Now other famous guys in shorts -- Stone Cold Steve Austin, Bill Goldberg and Kevin Nash -- hope to be box office smashes.
"Producers are looking for new action stars now that Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger are getting older," says Hollywood agent Barry Bloom, who works for WCW star Goldberg.
Goldberg stars as a bad guy named Romeo in a new action movie, "Universal Soldier, The Sequel," which will be in movie theaters this summer.
"I'm always reading new movie scripts," says the 6-foot, 4-inch-tall, 291-pound Goldberg, who has become one of the hottest wrestlers around.
"That's what I really want to do, be in the movies," Goldberg says.
"King of the Hill," 7 p.m., KHON /Fox. Hank tries to lure the Dallas Cowboys training camp to Arlen.
"Futurama," 7:30 p.m., KHON/ Fox. Regular time slot premiere of the new animated comedy. A slovenly Fry moves out of the Planet Express offices and moves in with his robot buddy Bender.
"Hawaii Cooks with Roy Yamaguchi," 7:30 p.m., KHET/PBS. Chef Roy Yamaguchi's Hawaii Public Television cooking program begins its fifth season with guest Chef Martin Yan and a visit to Honolulu's Chinatown.
"Dateline, NBC," 9 p.m., KHNL/NBC. Correspondent Steve Daniels talks to doctors both for and against 5-HTP, a dietary supplement gaining popularity across the country.
"Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race," 9 p.m., USA. A two-hour special about one of the most gruelling competitions on Earth: the annual 1,200-mile race from Anchorage to Nome, Alaska.
