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Kapaa High School's 3-Vival .
The group -- seniors Mark Baldonado, Micah Furtado, Cody Hashimoto and sophomore Aaron Nakamura -- blended contemporary Hawaiian music with a bit of rap in the event Friday at the Blaisdell Concert Hall.
Other winners:
For 20 years, "Brown Bags to Stardom" has sought to discover and showcase Hawaii's future stars. Past competitors include Glenn Medeiros, Tia Carrere, Na Leo Pilimehana and Kapena.Second place: Bliss (Ryo Miyamoto, Jaime Lachmann and Matthew Bow), from Punahou School.
"Talk to Me" and "Making the Band" were scheduled to leave the airwaves after this week anyway, but yesterday's announcement hastens their departures.
"Making the Band," follows eight young singers who are vying for a position in a new boy band, O-Town. (See Rant & Rave for an examination of how hard the candidates work.)
ABC promises that "Making the Band" will return to the schedule once May sweeps ends.
The Gladiator
Rated R
Roman general Narcissus Meridas is condemned to the gladiator games by new emperor Commodus, who fears the general's power. Russell Crowe and Joaquin Phoenix.
I Dream of Africa
Rated PG-13
Kim Basinger stars in the story of Kuki Gallmann, who leaves a comfortable and monotonous life in Italy to live in the wilds of Africa with her son and husband.
The Virgin Suicides
Rated R
Set in suburbia in the 1970s, the movie tells of the obsession of four teen-age boys with the lovely, doomed Lisbon sisters. Based on Jeffrey Eugenides' novel of the same name. Kirsten Dunst, Kathleen Turner, Josh Hartnett. See story at right.
Sneak showing:
Center Stage
Rated PG-13
Hawaii-born Amada Schull stars in the story of young ballet students striving for stardom.
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