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News.com.au
01-05-2025
- Entertainment
- News.com.au
‘90s bombshell Tia Carrere, 58, looks half her age in plunging purple gown
We're not worthy! Tia Carrere was an ageless beauty in a floor-length, plunging royal purple gown at an event on Tuesday — over three decades after starring in iconic '90s comedy Wayne's World. Carrere, 58, wowed as she stepped onto the red carpet at the 2025 Scientific and Technical Awards at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Los Angeles. The AJ and the Queen beauty accessorised the eye-catching dress with a jewelled hairpiece, metallic handbag, and embellished stiletto heels. While posing for photographers, she flashed the smile that made her famous as rocker Cassandra in the 1992 hit comedy. Carrere played the bombshell guitarist and singer opposite Saturday Night Live stars Mike Myers and Dana Carvey as Wayne and Garth — characters they originated on the late-night sketch comedy show. In a March interview, the Hawaii-born performer called Wayne's World a 'pop culture moment,' but admitted nobody thought it would become a hit. 'It was the tiniest movie that Paramount shot that year,' Carrere told For Women First. 'It was low-budget, and we only had a few takes of each scene. Nobody knew what they had, since it was still pretty untested ground for an SNL sketch to become a film,' she continued. 'We were running by the seat of our pants, and it was incredible to see the phenomenon that it became, but nobody expected it. It was really a pop culture moment.' The Dancing With the Stars star also divulged that she'd grown attached to her fierce character who captured Wayne's heart. 'It was a powerful young female role, and I think a lot of women responded to it because she was unapologetically her own person,' she said of the character. 'I love Cassandra.' Carrere is featured in the movie slaying a number of distinctly '90s fashions — including a red lace mini dress from LA's Trashy Lingerie. Of the iconic red dress, styled with opera gloves and huge '90s hoop earrings, Carrere quipped 'It's crazy. It should be in a museum.' The mum of one, who played the voice of Nani in 2002's animated Lilo & Stitch, is set to appear in Disney's live-action adaptation this year.
NZ Herald
30-04-2025
- Entertainment
- NZ Herald
Jason Momoa makes moves in Queenstown, buys into bar, ‘eyes house'
Momoa has been frequently spotted throughout Queenstown, including spending time at The Bunker and riding his motorcycle. The Hawaii-born actor has made frequent trips to Aotearoa over the years, often sharing his time in New Zealand with fans on social media. In a 2024 interview with the Otago Daily Times, he said he first visited Queenstown in his early 20s, saying that it 'kind of blew my mind because everything I love to do is there'. An avid outdoorsman, Momoa has long spoken about his passion for mountain biking, rock climbing, snowboarding, and motorbiking. In August 2023, he celebrated his 44th birthday with a snowy hot tub dip in Queenstown, sharing the moment with his followers on Instagram. While touring the country with his band Öof Tatatá, Momoa made an appearance at Queenstown venue Yonder, calling the town his 'favourite place on Earth'. That same tour saw the band visit towns throughout the country, including Rotorua where Momoa was made an honorary citizen. Earlier this year, Momoa was a guest of Ngāi Tahu at Queenstown's Waitangi Day commemorations. Professionally, the actor has also been spending an increasing amount of time in New Zealand. In 2024, he filmed the upcoming action film The Wrecking Crew across the country, following the local shoot for A Minecraft Movie, which was released earlier this year. Fellow Hollywood megastar Brad Pitt was also in town last month, filming the survival thriller Heart of the Beast, directed by David Fincher. There was speculation at the time that Pitt could have been staying at a property where Momoa was believed to have visited before. Jurassic Park and Peaky Blinders star, New Zealand acting legend Sir Sam Neill is also a resident of Central Otago, where he also has several vineyards as part of his Two Paddocks wine brand. Momoa has not made any official announcement about relocating. He has been acting for more than two decades, making his debut in 1999 on Baywatch: Hawaii. He rose to prominence following his standout performance as brutal warlord Khal Drogo on HBO's Game of Thrones, which led him to take on roles in some of Hollywood's biggest franchises. Despite having played Aquaman in four DC Universe films, Momoa is set to return to the franchise in 2025 as a new character, the intergalactic bounty hunter Lobo, in Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow.
Yahoo
29-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Thunderstorm Artis makes the Top 10 on ‘American Idol'
CHRISTOPHER WILLARD / DISNEY Hawaii-born Thunderstorm Artis performs at the 'American Idol ' singing competition. CHRISTOPHER WILLARD / DISNEY Hawaii-born Thunderstorm Artis performs at the 'American Idol ' singing competition. The field is shrinking, and the tension is mounting, as Hawaii-born Thunderstorm Artis continues his quest to reach the winner's circle on Season 23 of 'American Idol.' Audience voting during the broadcast Monday afternoon Hawaiian time elevated Artis to Top 10 status. Competition resumes Sunday at 2 p.m. Hawaii time when Artis and the other Top 10 contestants will be battling to make it to the Top 8, which will be announced at the end of the show. Hawaii fans age 16 and older can vote from at 2 p.m. Hawaii time Sunday until the last commercial break, shortly before 4 p.m., at, via the 'American Idol ' app and by text message. Voters must create an ABC account to vote via the website or app. For text message voting, text the number of your favorite contestant to '21523 ' (To vote for Thunderstorm text 23 to '21523 ' ); message and data rates may apply. Voters may cast up to 10 votes in each of the three voting methods for a total of up to 30 votes per show. Don 't miss out on what 's happening ! Stay in touch with breaking news, as it happens, conveniently in your email inbox. It 's FREE ! Email 28141 Sign Up By clicking to sign up, you agree to Star-Advertiser 's and Google 's and. This form is protected by reCAPTCHA. Find performance videos and more at 0 Comments By participating in online discussions you acknowledge that you have agreed to the. An insightful discussion of ideas and viewpoints is encouraged, but comments must be civil and in good taste, with no personal attacks. If your comments are inappropriate, you may be banned from posting. Report comments if you believe they do not follow our. Having trouble with comments ? .
Yahoo
26-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Mochinut brings donuts, Korean-style hotdogs to Edina, St. Paul
California-based chain Mochinut, which serves mochi donuts, Korean-style hotdogs and bubble tea, added two new Twin Cities locations this month. Mochinut's newest eateries are in Edina, near the intersection of York Avenue and West 66th Street, and in St. Paul's Macalester-Groveland neighborhood. The St. Paul location is under the same roof as the brand-new Hawaiian eatery, Big Island Poke, near the intersection of Grand and Snelling avenues. Hawaii-born mochi donuts are a soft, chewy cross between American doughnuts and Japanese mochi. Mochinut donut flavors include strawberry matcha, raspberry funnel cake, coffee Biscoff and more. Mochinut also serves around a dozen varieties of Korean-style hotdogs, with many featuring cheese and potatoes. The chain has other Minnesota locations in the Mall of America, Brooklyn Park, Lake Street in Minneapolis, Maplewood, Golden Valley and Rochester.
Yahoo
16-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Prolific artist Satoru Abe helped build Hawaii's art community
COURTESY PHOTO An oil on canvas painting featured in the recent 'Satoru Abe : 100 New Paintings ' exhibit at The Art Gallery at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. 1 /4 COURTESY PHOTO An oil on canvas painting featured in the recent 'Satoru Abe : 100 New Paintings ' exhibit at The Art Gallery at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. JAMM AQUINO / JAQUINO @ Born in Moiliili in 1926, Satoru Abe was one of five children of Japanese immigrant parents, Kuhachi and Toyo Abe. 2 /4 JAMM AQUINO / JAQUINO @ Born in Moiliili in 1926, Satoru Abe was one of five children of Japanese immigrant parents, Kuhachi and Toyo Abe. STAR-ADVERTISER Hawaii-born artist Satoru Abe, holding one of his works in 2019, died Feb. 5 in Honolulu at the age of 98. 3 /4 STAR-ADVERTISER Hawaii-born artist Satoru Abe, holding one of his works in 2019, died Feb. 5 in Honolulu at the age of 98. COURTESY PHOTO Satoru Abe's sculpture 'New Branches ' (1980 ), crafted from cast and welded copper and brass on a wood base, is on display at the Smithsonian American Art Museum. 4 /4 COURTESY PHOTO Satoru Abe's sculpture 'New Branches ' (1980 ), crafted from cast and welded copper and brass on a wood base, is on display at the Smithsonian American Art Museum. COURTESY PHOTO An oil on canvas painting featured in the recent 'Satoru Abe : 100 New Paintings ' exhibit at The Art Gallery at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. JAMM AQUINO / JAQUINO @ Born in Moiliili in 1926, Satoru Abe was one of five children of Japanese immigrant parents, Kuhachi and Toyo Abe. STAR-ADVERTISER Hawaii-born artist Satoru Abe, holding one of his works in 2019, died Feb. 5 in Honolulu at the age of 98. COURTESY PHOTO Satoru Abe's sculpture 'New Branches ' (1980 ), crafted from cast and welded copper and brass on a wood base, is on display at the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Satoru Abe, widely recognized as one of the most significant Hawaii-born artists, died Feb. 5 in Honolulu. He was 98. Alejandra Rojas Silva, curator of European and American art at the Honolulu Museum of Art, remembered Abe as an artist for whom the creative process never stopped. 'His brain was always creating, always producing. That is a kernel of who he is. He's 98 and he's still thinking, 'Well, what's the next thing ?' I honestly cannot underestimate his importance within the art of Hawaii, ' Rojas Silva said. Abe's association with HoMA, then known as the Honolulu Academy of Arts, began in 1954 when he was one of seven Hawaii-resident Asian American modernist artists, known collectively as Metcalf Chateau, whose work was exhibited there. Seventy years later, he collaborated with Rojas Silva and Tyler Cann, HoMA senior curator of modern and contemporary art, on the museum's 2024 exhibition 'Home of the Tigers : Mc Kinley High and Modern Art, ' which included his work, and then on the current HoMA exhibition, 'Satoru Abe : Reaching for the Sun, ' a retrospective that looks back at seven decades of his art. ''Home of the Tigers' had a lot of artists from Mc Kinley High, and when we were researching that show, we were having interactions with Satoru, he was filling us in on some of the information that we needed in order to be able to produce the show, ' Rojas Silva said. 'Tyler and I became really aware that it was time to give him a good retrospective. We wanted to celebrate him during his lifetime, so that he would feel the love and the appreciation that this community has for him.' She added that Abe was still working on new art as the retrospective show was being installed. Don 't miss out on what 's happening ! Stay in touch with breaking news, as it happens, conveniently in your email inbox. It 's FREE ! Email 28141 Sign Up By clicking to sign up, you agree to Star-Advertiser 's and Google 's and. This form is protected by reCAPTCHA. 'It's like the day we opened the retrospective, he was asking me where we were going to put the works he had produced that week—(asking that on ) the day we're opening !' 'Satoru Abe : Reaching for the Sun ' runs through July 20. As recently as 2024, The Art Gallery at the University of Hawaii at Manoa featured the exhibit 'Satoru Abe : 100 New Paintings, ' displaying a selection from the 318 paintings he had produced since 2019. Born in Moiliili in 1926, Abe was one of five children of Japanese immigrant parents, Kuhachi and Toyo Abe. He discovered art while attending McKinley High School and in 1948 spent the summer at the California Academy of Fine Arts, then moved to New York to attend the Art Students League. In 1949, he met and later married fellow Art Students League student Ruth Tanji of Wahiawa. In 1950, he returned to Honolulu, where he met his mentor, Isami Doi, and fellow artists Bumpei Akaji, Robert Ochikubo, Jerry Okimoto and Tadashi Sato. According to a biography accompanying his recent UH exhibit, the group began to exhibit at Gima's Art Gallery. Abe learned welding with Akaji, created his first sculpture and participated in a three-person exhibition at the Honolulu Academy of Art. From 1953 to 1955, he developed his first body of work, known as the 'white paintings, ' and continued to exhibit at Gima's and Metcalf Chateau, a house he rented on Metcalf Street with Akaji and other Asian American artists. Abe returned to New York City in 1956 and began a long-term association with Sculpture Center on Long Island, where he held four solo exhibitions. He received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1963, and in 1970, a National Endowment for the Arts Artist-in-residence grant brought him back to Hawaii. In the years that followed, he was named a Living Treasure by the Honpa Honwanji Betsuin in 1984 and was honored by the Hawai 'i Arts Alliance, the Honolulu Japanese Chamber of Commerce and the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai 'i. In 1998, The Contemporary Museum commemorated his 50th anniversary in the arts with 'Satoru Abe : A Retrospective 1948-1998, ' which was presented in the Makiki Heights museum's five main galleries and also in the Contemporary Museum at First Hawaiian Center in downtown Honolulu. Abe's public sculptures, many commissioned by the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, can be seen throughout the islands. In addition to his work as an artist and sculptor, Abe contributed to the arts in Hawaii by mentoring younger artists. One of them was John Koga, who met Abe through a fortunate accident. Koga's wife was working with Abe's daughter, Gail Goto. When Goto learned that her friend's husband was studying art, she invited them to meet her father. 'I've been blessed with having Satoru as part of my life journey here, and certainly his gift of sharing and connecting all the other artists—Tadashi Sato, Bumpei Akaji, Harry Tsuchidana and Robert Kobayashi from New York, ' Koga said, calling from his home on the Big Island. 'It was all this crazy interconnection of this generation of incredible artists that really set the foundation for a lot of us artists now in Hawaii. It's a very short art history, if you really think about it, in time, and to have had incredible quality time with them was just a gift beyond (measure ). 'For a lack of a better term, he really did take me under his wing and just shared, and continued to share. He was so generous, not just to myself, but to so many young artists and collectors. He was helping to build the art community, single-handedly, in a way, you know, and I got to be a part of it and witness it and see it all grow.' In addition to his daughter, Abe is survived by his grandsons, Donovan and Dylan Goto. Funeral observances are pending.
