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Ana Kia, 9, wins high
praise for her hula at
the Halekulani

HULA DANCER Kanoe Miller took time out from captivating guests with her silky-smooth moves at the Halekulani's House Without a Key to invite 9-year-old Ana Malia Kia up to dance on a recent evening. Ana's hula to "Waikiki" and "Ulupalakua" was so impressive that visiting guests asked her to pose for photos with Kanoe. Some even asked her for autographs and Ana was thrilled to oblige. Members of the trio joked about Ana taking over Kanoe's job one day. While in training, Ana dances with Kailua's Lehua Carvalho and halau Hula Kaulupua'a'Alaokalani. Her proud mom is Andrea Kia, a vice president of Home Quest Realtors. Ana's tutu is Henrietta Cypher-Kia, who danced hula at the Royal Hawaiian Hotel in earlier years. Andrea and Ana were with Elissa and Robert Campbell of Boston, Ana's calabash aunty and uncle ...

ABC's Diane Sawyer looked more pained than Petra Nemocova during much of their interview Wednesday as the Czech supermodel told her horrifying tsunami survival story. The model held onto a treetop naked for eight hours in Thailand before rescue, with all six bones in her pelvis and other bones broken. She also lost much blood to internal hemorrhaging. The wave stripped off her clothes. Doctors are surprised she survived. She was tearful talking about the loss of her boyfriend, photographer Simon Atlee, to the Dec. 26 wave and describing how little children floated by her, screaming for help that she was too injured to give ...

Shari Lynn to receive MVT's Marquee Award

Singer-actress Shari Lynn will be honored with Manoa Valley Theatre's Manoa Marqee Award April 2 at the Hilton Hawaiian Village Coral Ballroom. The MVT fund-raiser will be emceed by John Rampage, well known for his achievements at Diamond Head Theatre, where he is artistic director ...

Brother Iz singing "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" was heard at the end of a "Cold Case" episode on KGMB Sunday night. Iz's music was uplifting after the emotionally depressing episode ... Tomorrow marks my 38th year with the Star-Bulletin. I'm happy the newspaper keeps coming out every day and I'm very proud of our hard-working staff. What's more, I am thankful we were saved by owner David Black, who bought the paper and kept us from being shut down ...

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