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On the Scene John Berger |
'PLAY'D' PREMIERE AT
THE HONOHANO ROOM
"IT'S MY PARTY!": Sondra Barker, third from left, had good reason to celebrate as her "Play'd" premiere party drew a capacity crowd to the Hanohano Room on June 27. Guests screened the new local reality series. Libette Garcia, left, Hanohano Room manager Richard Vidinha, and general manager Keith Mallini, joined Barker in welcoming cast members Shanelle Pacheco and Raffi Yozgadlian to the event. "Play'd" follows two local couples as they attempt to resist temptation while dating.
PLAYING WITH CARDS: Tom Akins, left, entertained Kawika Kanae and Libette Garcia with card tricks as they waited to see the first episode of "Play'd." The party was a great event in all ways -- except as a premiere of the new show. The partying continued non-stop during the screening and made it impossible to hear what was happening in the show. As for promises that "Play'd" is "pushing the limits, maybe over the edge," there was nothing edgy at all in the first episode -- just two attractive young couples playing G-rated party games on a beach. Maybe it'll get edgy before it's over. "Play'd" airs Mondays at 11 p.m. on KFVE/WB.
PARTY TIME!: L.A.-based actor/producer Ari Green, left, arrived fashionably on-time for "Play'd" with his sister, Liana Green, and her boyfriend, Matt Wright. The threesome shared "Play'd" host Sondra Barker's VIP booth with Liz Saar, Christa Curtis, Rhoan Boucher and Flash Hansen of Pussy Cat Projects.
ACTORS AT "PLAY'D': Justin Young, left, stopped by after his closing-night performance as Collantine in "The Rape of Lucrece" at Wards Rafters. Young talked with Shane Curtis, center, who is working on a new reality show, "Cowboy University," and Gerard Elmore, who is planning a sequel to "Amasian: The Amazing Asian."
MUCH LATER THAT NIGHT: Matty "Matty Boy" Hazelgrove chilled with Cecille Gehr, left and single-monickered Nikki as the party wound down around 2 a.m. Monday. The conversation turned to the age at which men and women are "in their prime," and Hazelgrove said he wants to be in his personal prime "forever."
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John Berger has covered the local
entertainment scene since 1972. Contact
him at jberger@starbulletin.com.
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