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It's A Hawaii Thing
Co-hosts Lanai Tabura & Brook Lee interview Hawaii celebrities, artists, community leaders, and more on this fun, a new weekly program dedicated to anything and everything unique to life in Hawaii.
“I’m so excited to team up with Lanai and talk-story with the many colorful personalities that make Hawaii the truly special place that it is,” said Brook Lee, media personality and former Miss Universe. “From food and fashion to art and music, no topic will be left unturned in this entertaining but informative platform we are creating together.”
Wendy Calio is an actress, singer, dancer and choreographer. She started off playing Nina in Imagination Movers (2008-2013). She was also on Hawaii Five-O (2010), and magnum P.I. (2018). Wendy is now studio owner and musical theatre director of Pas De Deux.
It's A Hawaii Thing Productions. Quality content for the Hawaii Enthusiast and traveler. Celebrities, artists & community leaders vomming together to showcase the spirit of the islands. New weekly program dedicated to anything and everything unique to life in Hawaii.
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Kalani Pe'a is a three-time Grammy Award winner (2022, 2019, 2017) and only Hawaiian artist to win in regional roots category. Pe'a sings everything from classical, musical, ballads, R&B, soul to traditional and original Hawaiian music. Watch the full episode to find out how he got started and how Lanai Tabura and Brook Lee influenced his career.
It's A Hawaii Thing Productions. Quality content for the Hawaii Enthusiast and traveler. Celebrities, artists & community leaders vomming together to showcase the spirit of the islands. New weekly program dedicated to anything and everything unique to life in Hawaii.
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Shawn “Doc Rock” Boyd is a community manager at Ecamm Network, LLC. When covid-19 pandemic hit he was hired by Ecamm to create tutorials on virtual content creation. Watch the full episode to hear Shawn and Lanai share memories with Brook. It's A Hawaii Thing Productions. Quality content for the Hawaii Enthusiast and traveler. Celebrities, artists & community leaders vomming together to showcase the spirit of the islands. New weekly program dedicated to anything and everything unique to life in Hawaii.To Learn more about It's A Hawaii Thing visit: https://www.itsahawaiithing.com/It's A Hawaii Thing is a https://www.wikiocast.com/ production.
Alan Muraoka is an Emmy Award winning actor/director/producer. For the past 25 years he has played Alan the proprietor of Hooper’s Store, on Sesame Street. As a director and producer on Sesame, he has been nominated for 4 Daytime Emmys, an NAACP Image Award, and won a GLAAD Media Award. With Sesame he has performed at the White House, the Pentagon, the Hollywood Bowl, Carnegie Hall, as well as the annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.
It's A Hawaii Thing Productions. Quality content for the Hawaii Enthusiast and traveler. Celebrities, artists & community leaders vomming together to showcase the spirit of the islands. New weekly program dedicated to anything and everything unique to life in Hawaii.
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Your typical biracial Asian American country boy to Hollywood story… In the 90s, Tim Lounibos was at the forefront of an “exciting new breed of asian american actors” with “widespread mainstream appeal”—graced with “charisma” and performances which critics called “absolutely luminous” and “remarkable”—but that was when quality inclusive casting was still decades away.
Tim has carved out a worthy 30-year career covering film, tv, commercials, animated voice over, and theater (co-founded the acclaimed and groundbreaking Asian American theatre Lodestone Theatre Ensemble and helped run East West Players). Credits include recurring roles on Bosch, The West Wing, JAG, and Beverly Hills: 90210. Most recently, he’s been seen on Hawaii Five-0, NCIS, NCIS: Los Angeles, and FBI: Most Wanted.
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Kurt Yaeger is an actor who ripped his leg off becoming an amputee, broke his pelvis in half, bladder torn in half, broke seven vertebrae, and a number of other injuries in a motorcycle accident. After two years of recovery he shot multiple films and tv shows then landed Greg the Peg on the hit series Sons of Anarchy (2008) which helped solidify his return as an actor, who just happens to be missing a leg. He's currently filming the feature The Beanie Bubble, with Zach Galifianakis and Elizabeth Banks. Kurt recently shot a hyper-athletic portrayal of Dylan Conner, the Ship's Engineer on Netflix's Another Life (2019) 2021, followed by roles in SEAL Team (2017) , The Good Doctor (2017), & an Apple show yet to be listed.. CBS All Access brought Kurt into the new series Tell Me a Story (2018) right after he starred in the UK hit comedy film The Festival (2018). He's also known for roles in [link= Quarry (2016), Pure Genius (2016), NCIS: Los Angeles (2009), Shooter (2016), and Shameless (2011).
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Marni Ramirez is born and raised East Honolulu, Oahu. From a young age Marni has always been the funny kid on campus or at home with her family. Born Hawaiian, Portuguese, Norwegian and standing an impressive 6'1" comedy was an almost unavoidable passion. As an adult Marni found her home with improv comedy. Starting her journey in 2007 with Comedy Crusaders and continuing her love of improv today with Improv HI, Polynesian AF and Waikiki PD. Comedy is medicine for the soul and it is something Marni plans to continue to share in Hawaii and abroad.
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Kiara, from Cooking with Kiara lives in Japan with her Japanese father, Kiwi (NZ) mother and two older brothers. When she isn't an eighth at Junior High school or at Volleyball practice, you can pretty much be certain she’ll be in her kitchen satisfying her passion for cooking.
At 10 years old, she decided to start a YouTube channel with the hopes of encouraging other kids to get in the kitchen and give cooking lessons. To fund her passion she has held several pop-up cafes and with the support of her community has been able to raise enough money to buy her own KitchenAid and eventually a laptop computer to help organize all her recipes.
When the world went into lockdown in 2020 – Kiara’s kitchen began to travel when she started teaching online cooking lessons to groups of kids from not only Japan but also from around the world including countries like Albania, France, Australia, Poland, Brazil and more! To date, Kiara has taught over 500 kids worldwide.
Kiara loves not only sharing her two cultures through food and cooking but also learning about other cultures through the online kid chef community.
@cooking_with_kiara10
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Henry Ian Cusick is an actor and director. He is best known for his role as Desmond Hume in the US television series Lost (2024), for which he received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination. He also starred as Stephen Finch in the ABC drama Scandal (2012), as Marcus Kane in the CW drama The 100 (2014), and as Russ Taylor in the CBS drama MacGyver (2016). Cusick also directed a short film Dress (2013), which won the Best Short Film award at the 2013 Hawaii International Film Festival (HIFF).
It's A Hawaii Thing Productions. Quality content for the Hawaii Enthusiast and traveler. Celebrities, artists & community leaders vomming together to showcase the spirit of the islands. New weekly program dedicated to anything and everything unique to life in Hawaii.
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Matt Sato was selected for a recurring role in the reboot of the series - "Saved By The Bell" - Season Two, which he acted in on location in L.A. in 2021 and it aired on Peacock.
2022 was a busy year for Matt. He acted in two high-profile shows filmed in L.A. - "Grownish" - Season Five on HULU and "NCIS". He joined the cast of "High School Musical" - Season Four which filmed in Utah and this series will also air on Disney+ in 2023.
When Matt is not doing his Number One Passion of Acting, he enjoys fishing, hiking, photography, cinematography and he loves animals. He and his family own two dogs - a Maltese named Michi and a Pug named Ollie.
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Lanai Tabura, and Brook Lee talk story with Kaipo Schwab, on It’s a Hawaii Thing. Born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii, Kaipo’s passion for acting ignited at the age of 4 when he made his debut in commercials for his Dad’s furniture company. From there, his talent only blossomed, as he found himself featured in numerous local television shows and winning prestigious state and national awards for his exceptional Shakespear recitations and speak and debate performances, earning him a well-deserved recognition in the National Forensics League.
His film and television credits include Anesthesia, Fair Game, The Royal Tenenbaums, It Could Happen to You, All My Children, The Protector, Law & Order, New York Undercover, Can Openers, Rescue Me, and Cosby. He can also be seen on Netflix's Orange Is the New Black playing the role of prison medic, Igme Dimaguiba. Audiobook credits include Jimmy Breslin's The Good Rat (2009 Benjamin Franklin Award winner), Walter Dean Myers' We Are America: A Tribute from the Heart (2013 Audie nomination) and Marilyn Singer's Full Moon Is Rising. Watch the full episode to learn more about Kaipo Schwab.
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Napiera Groves-Boykin extensive training in theater, music, and dance paved the way for her successful career in television, film, and stage. Her beauty, dedication, and intelligence propelled her to win the title of Miss District of Columbia USA, where no surprise she won the Miss Congeniality Award. This is when Napiera and Brook Lee became friends and Brook became Miss USA.
Napiera is most known for American Auto, US, High School Musical: The Musical, As the Worlds Turns, and Pretty Freaking Scary to name a few. Stay tuned to hear about the projects she is working on and her parenting tips.
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Lanai Tabura is a huge fan of Analea Brown! She was born and raised in Salt Lake City, Utah. Analea’s musical journey began in a big musical family, singing alongside her siblings in church. Influenced by the likes of Lauryn Hill, Bob Marley, Selena, India Arie, and Whitney Houston. Her musical style effortlessly blends elements of reggae and soul, resulting in a sound that is both captivating and one of a kind.
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Step into the inspiring world of Esera Tavai Tuaolo, a former American professional football player, as we uncover his remarkable journey with host Lanai Tabura and Brooke Lee. From his impressive career in the National Football League (NFL) to his courageous decision to publicly come out as gay, Esera Tuaolo's story is one of strength, resilience, and self- acceptance. Nicknamed “Mr. Aloha,” Esera Tuaolo made his mark as a defensive tackle during his nine-year tenure in the NFL. He proudly represented the Green Bay Packers, Minnesota Vikings, Jacksonville Jaguars, Atlanta Falcons (a contender in the 1998 Super Bowl), and the Carolina Panthers. His achievements include being the first rookie in Packers history to start all 16 games and being a member of the 1991 all-rookie team. In college, he was recognized as the best defensive player in the Pac-10, winning the prestigious Morris Trophy, and was a three- time member of the all-Pac-10 team.
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Kian Talan, in an exhilarating episode where we uncover the journey of this talented Filipino-American actor and model from the vibrant city of New York! From his breakout role as Alex Tennant on NCIS: Hawaii to his appearances on popular platforms like HBO MAX, Netflix, and ABC, Kian Talan is making waves in the entertainment industry.
Represented by the prestigious Paradigm Talent Agency and Corner-booth Entertainment, Kian Talan's undeniable talent and charisma have caught the attention of audiences and industry professionals alike. In this captivating episode, we dive into his inspiring story, exploring the milestones, challenges, and incredible opportunities that have shaped his career.
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Katrina Dimaranan is an actress, model, television personality, and Miss Universe Philippines 2021. She is known for being a contestant on Love Island USA season 1 and recently started in Lumpia with a Vengeance.
Lumpia With Vengeance is a crowdfunded action, comedy, the LUMPIA-armed avenger returns to Fogtown! A maid of honor to her own parents' wedding, teenager Rachel finds herself tangled up with a crime syndicate selling drugs masked as food. She teams up with the crime fighter to prevent a mysterious crime boss from destroying her town, and her parents' dream wedding.
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Kainalu Moya was born in Kaneohe, Oahu Hawaii. He is an actor, known for The Villains of Valley View (2022), Power Rangers Dino Fury (2021), and NCIS: Hawaii (2021). In this interview Kainalu shares how he started his acting career in college and how it took off.
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Lanai Tabura and Brook Lee walaau with Makanani. She is the Executive Director of the Mayor’s Office of Culture and the Arts. She has undergraduate and graduate degrees in Hawaiian Studies from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, and is ABD in the History department of the University of California – Irvine. She became a Kumu Hula in 2016 through the traditional practice of ʻūniki ʻailolo. Makanani is also an educator, having taught Hawaiian history, mythology, hula, and ʻōlelo at both the secondary and tertiary levels. Makanani’s ʻohana comes from Nāhiku, Maui and Kalaoa, Hawaiʻi, but she was born and raised in Hālawa, Oʻahu.
Makanani Sala
Chief Executive Officer of the Mayor’s Office of Culture & Arts
IG @ma.ka.na.ni
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Join Lanai Tabura and Brook Lee as they talk story with Ben Vegas a songwriter, musician, producer and teacher from Palolo Valley in Honolulu, Hawaii. He performed all over the continental U.S. and internationally performing with the likes of Stevie Wonder, Kenny Loggins, Tina Turner, Kenny Rogers and more. He returned to the islands where he was a member of the Krush and 5:05 The Band. One of his passions is teaching the art of guitar.
Ben Vegas Songwriter, Musician, & Producer IG/FB @BenVegasMusic
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Join Lanai Tabura and Brook Lee as they sit down with Margaret Gardiner, former Miss Universe 1978, fashion editor, journalist and women’s advocate. Margaret Gardener, who is best known for being the first South African woman to win the Miss Universe title sits down with Lanai and Brook and reminisce about her life as Miss Universe and her life path as the trailblazer she is today as a women’s advocate. Margaret Gardiner Former Miss Universe & Fashion Editor IG @margaret_gardiner YouTube @MargaretGardinerUniverse It's A Hawaii Thing Productions. Quality content for the Hawaii Enthusiast and traveler. Celebrities, artists & community leaders vomming together to showcase the spirit of the islands. New weekly program dedicated to anything and everything unique to life in Hawaii.To Learn more about It's A Hawaii Thing visit: https://www.itsahawaiithing.com/It's A Hawaii Thing is a https://www.wikiocast.com/ production.
It's A Hawaii Thing Productions. Quality content for the Hawaii Enthusiast and traveler. Celebrities, artists & community leaders vomming together to showcase the spirit of the islands. New weekly program dedicated to anything and everything unique to life in Hawaii.
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Zach Knighton is an American actor, most widely known for starring as Dave Rose on the ABC comedy series Happy Endings, and Rick Wright from Magnum PI.
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Rusty Komori is a motivational speaker, author, TV hosts, leadership consultant, and tinner professional based in Honolulu, Hawaii. He is the author of Beyond The Lines, which helps leaders in sports or business achieve the highest level of success and sustain success.
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Kai Patterson is best known for editing 2 movies from the 2022 Star Wars TV series, Obi-Wan Kenobi. After posting his fan project on Obi-Wan edits on TikTok it went viral. This opportunity has lead him to be a guest on Variety, IGN, ScreenRant and now on It’s A Hawaii Thing.
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Bret Hedican is an American former professional ice hockey player, a Stanley Cup champion, and a two time US Olympian. In college he played hockey for St. Cloud State University. Bret is married to Olympic figure skater and gold medalist, Kristine Yamaguchi.
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Nito Larioza is a Filipino-American stunt performer and a stunt coordinator, from Hawaii. He is also a producer, dance and movement choreographer for film and TV. Nito’s best works are in numerous blockbuster movies such as Jumanji, Avatar, Jungle Book, Indiana Jones the Crystal Skull, X Men, and Transformers.
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Many Oahu residents recognizes Danielle Tucker as the radio personalists of 22 years as the most trusted voice of traffic in the island. Tucker’s traffic reports were played on six different radio stations: Hawaiian 105 KINE-FM, KCCN-FM 100, Power 104.3 FM, KRATER 96 FM, KKNE 940 AM and KPRP 650 AM. She is now the traffic reporter of KITV Island News. Additionally she hosts her own radio show "The Golf Club" based in Hawaii, talking all things golf.
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Tory Mell, is an actor and producer best known for his groundbreaking short science fiction film: White Room: 02B3, the first of its kind 360-degree narrative film. He was a producer at Roddenberry Entertainment (Creators of Star Trek) and has worked in film and television production for the better part of 20 years. He wrote the critically acclaimed prequel comic-book adaptation of Kurt Wimmer and Christian Bale’s 2002 film Equilibrium, and a prequel to Stargate Universe. Recently he created a podcast called “Whatever” where he records his stream of thoughts on pop culture.
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Danielle Zalopany, is a beautiful and talented actress from Kaneohe, O‘ahu. She has acted in many powerful Hawai'i made films such as Waikiki, River of Small Gods, Hae Hawai'i, and Moloka'i Bound. Through her acting she lifts the Native Hawaiian community.
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Danny Kaleikini is a radio, TV, and recording artist, including performances in two motion pictures. He won the TBS award at Tokyo's Intemational Song Festival and was the first non-Japanese to perform at Hiroshima's Peace Music Festival. He's performed at New York's Carnegie Hall and was honored by the Honolulu Centennial Commission as one of a Hundred Individuals who helped shape Honolulu. Recently, the Hawaiian Music Hall of Fame honored Danny with the Lifetime Achievement Award. He was officially proclaimed Hawaii's Ambassador of Aloha by Governor John Waihee in 1988. Recently, the Kahala Hotel and Resort dedicated the area in front of the Hotel as Danny Kaleikini Square and installed a Bronze Plaque.
Danny's message is: "Aloha ke kahi I ke kahi" ("Love is everywhere. Love is where you find it. It comes from the pu'uwai, the heart.") Make Aloha a way of life. Be a part of the Aloha Spirit. Share the love. He passed away January 6, 2023. He was 85 years old.
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Eric Andrew Wright is a former American football defensive back in the National Football League. In the 2007 NFL Draft he was drafted second round by the Cleveland Browns. Wright also played for the Detroit Lions, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and San Francisco 49ers where he retired. After his 7th season in the NFL he announced his retirement from professional football. During his career he played at 4 Super Bowl championships during the decade of the 1980s. Wright was a two-time NFL all-pro and Pro Bowl selection in 1984 and 1985. After retirement he continues to work for the San Francisco 49ers organization as an alumni coordinator.
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Melissa Short Zapin started as a soprano in Honolulu, Hawaii. An unforgettable rendition of Je veux vivre from Romeo et Juliet won her the Miss Hawai‘i title and a place on the famed Miss America stage. There, she won the talent and swimsuit competitions and finished in the top ten. Melissa was first in the NSAL Opera Competition, performing Christine in Phantom of the Opera and Cinderella in Rogers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella. Both performances won Po’okela awards for Best Female Performer in a Musical. She was a featured guest artist at several galas for the Hawaii Opera Theater. After receiving the Hungarian Arts Music Festival Award, Melissa accompanied famed tenor Marcello Giordani in several concerts appearing at the Fresno Grand Opera House in Dayton, Ohio. Her operatic performances included La Contessa in Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro, Desdemona in Verdi’s Otello at Vero Beach, and Musetta in La Boheme. Melissa was the featured soloist in Mozart’s Vesperae solennes de Consessore and John Rutter’s Mass at the world-famous Carnegie Hall, both of which were highlights of her career. Melissa also worked as a voiceover artist and performer, appearing on television in the hit shows Sex in the City and Elementary with Lucy Liu.
In 2015 Melissa retired as an Opera singer and began Grandma Ruth’s Pies, baking handmade, all-natural, preservative-free pies. What started as baking for family and friends to enjoy during the holidays quickly expanded to local farm stands in the Hamptons. When she moved to Los Angeles in 2017, Melissa’s business boomed, reaching a larger audience. She started servicing the entertainment industry and local farmers’ markets, turning Grandma Ruth’s Pies into a year-round operation. She currently sells online, offering local delivery in Los Angeles and the Hamptons and flash-frozen pies shipped nationally. Some crowd favorites are the Vegan Apple Crumble Pie and Chocolate Cream Pie. Grandma Ruth's Pies bring families together with fresh, handmade, natural ingredients molded by skilled hands into perfection. Made from scratch and with her Grandma Ruth’s love, the pies brought Melissa’s family together throughout the years. Melissa now delivers that sentiment to the homes of everyone that eat her delicious pies.
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Tamara Shaffer, Wellness & Lifestyle Consultant and now Founder of Honolulu's first IV Lounge & Lifestyle Medspa, DRIPHAWAII.
From Model to Mom and Biz Development Consultant working with many industries in Hawaii and abroad, Tamara now takes all her experiences and passion for wellness, intimate health, and esthetics to bring something unique to Hawaii that is for BOTH men & women.
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“America’s GAYSIAN Sweetheart” – Alec Mapa! He has been making people laugh since he was a little kid growing up in San Francisco and now he is an actor, comedian, and writer. He scored his first break playing the role of Song Liling in David Henry Huang’s Broadway production of M. Butterfly in which he toured the country. Alec has made guest appearances on a variety of TV shows like Roseanne, The Jamie Foxx Show, Seinfeld, Dharma and Greg, Desperate Housewives and the popular hit series Friends. His movie appearances include parts in Bright Lights, Big City, Connie and Carla, Don’t Mess With the Zohan, and Marley & Me, to name a few. Alec wrote and performed in a one-man play, I Remember Mapa, about his experiences growing up gay in San Francisco. He also was a featured performer on the Logo original standup comedy series Wisecrack. Hear the latest on America’s GAYSIAN Sweetheart – Alec Mapa premiering on October 29.
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Anette Arinix Amazing Aga (yes, that’s her real name) is a Samoan-American comedian, actor, writer, and producer from Hawaii. Local audiences may recognize her as “the wife” in the popular Diamond Bakery commercials.
As an actor, she has performed with various Honolulu theatre companies, including Kumu Kahua, Manoa Valley Theatre, and Stage Fish. She has also written and performed in The Hawaii Comedy Festival for several years and is a regular player with Improv Hawaii.
In 2021, Anette co-produced the first-ever Polynesian AF sketch comedy show with Asian AF for The 7th Annual Hawaii Comedy Festival at Studio 909. She is also a co-producer for several Improv Hawaii in-person comedy shows and live streams.
In her spare time, she enjoys karaoke, photo shoots, and really good customer service.
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Aidan Laprete is a singer-songwriter, music producer and actor, originally from Honolulu, Hawaii. Formerly known as Aidan James, he was a YouTube sensation at the age of 8, with over 20+ million views earning global recognition for his cover of "Hey Soul Sister". Laprete has toured around the US, Tahiti, and Asia. He has been featured on ABC News, HBO, and Good Morning America. After relocating to Los Angeles, he re-branded to Laprete in 2019 and released his first EP under the new name. Laprete’s music explores a blend of alternative-pop with elements of ambient/electronic/garage. As a producer, his debut work on Grayson's album "Head To Head” received support from Billboard and multiple Spotify editorial playlists. He continues to produce and co-write for other artists, collaborating with the likes of Matisyahu, Chosen Jacobs, Johnny Manuel, and Stella Smyth. As an actor, Laprete plays Henry Tanaka in the second season of Amazon Prime Video’s “The Wilds”. http://www.instagram.com/aidanlaprete http://www.twitter.com/aidanlaprete http://www.lapretemusic.com
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JohnnyJunkers is a professional cosplayer from Orange, California and he has been a professional cosplayer since 2012 providing costumes and modelling for clients such as Riot Games, Marvel Entertainment and Crunchyroll. As a cosplay competitor he was the winner for season 1 of Myx TV's "Call To Cosplay" and subsequently a judge for 2 seasons as well as the winner for the 2020 League of Legends North American Cosplay Contest. Even as a professional cosplayer he believes that the passion and fan aspect of cosplay is the most important part of the art.
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Kurt Hoffmann is one of our very own editors for It’s A Hawaii Thing, Culturised, and many other local television programs, including Cooking Hawaiian Style.
Aside from his work as an editor and crewmember on these productions, he is a writer, director, cinematographer, and producer for films and documentaries, many of which he releases on his YouTube channel, Kurt Hoffilms: youtube.com/c/kurthoffilms
He co-produced the 2020 short film Hitman directed by Devan Fujinaka. It won “Best First Time Filmmaker” at Venice Shorts 2020, was an Official Selection at Hawaii International Film Festival 2020, and won The American Pavilion Emerging Filmmaker Showcase High School Division at the 75th Annual Festival de Cannes in 2022. The team traveled to Cannes, France to attend the festival and screen their film. They are collaborating this summer on a new short film entitled Kanaka Street.
Kurt is also the co-owner of a wedding video company with his fiancée, Cody. The company is called Retrosight Studios: retrosightstudios.com
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hitman #videoeditor #producer
Dustin Nguyen is a Vietnamese-American actor, director, writer, and martial artist. He is best known for his roles as Harry Truman Loki on the hit TV show, “21 Jump Street,” and Johnny Loh on “VIP.” He moved with his family from Vietnam to California where he pursued acting from a young age and went on to establish himself as one of Hollywood’s premiere Asian-American actors. He has been in films such as Little Fish, The Rebel, and The Man with the Iron Fists 2, to name a few. In recent years, he transitioned to directing and producing films under Dreamscape DBS; the production company he shares with his producer wife, Bebe Pham. His movie “Jackpot” received 3 Golden Kite Awards (Vietnam’s highest cinematic award) in 2016.
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“Aloha! I’m Patrick Landeza, and I’m from the island of Berkeley, California.” Audiences chuckle whenever Patrick introduces himself, in part because it has become an inside joke that he shares with those who attend his concerts regularly – he says it every single time. But the fact that Patrick is from Berkeley is key in how he defines himself and his role in Hawaiian music. Not only is he an exceptional and award-winning slack key guitarist; he has also been producing Hawaiian concerts for over twenty years, and teaches slack key guitar in music camps and classes around the country. He has become northern California’s – if not much of the West Coast’s – go-to man for all things related to Hawaiian music, and he is one of the essential seams binding California’s Hawaiian community together. This didn’t happen overnight. Patrick’s well-regarded status is due to many years of hard work, persistence, talent, and a huge amount of aloha.
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Kat Reeder is a Honolulu-based illustrator and portrait artist. Born in Peru, raised in Miami, and now living on Oahu, her work is characterized by bright colors, beautiful women, and a love for vintage textures. Her work shows in boutiques and galleries throughout Hawaii, and she’s done commercial illustrations for hotel chains like Sheraton and Fairmont, musical acts like Hirie and Raiatea Helm, and others such as LeSportsac, Louis Vuitton, the Vans Triple Crown of Surfing, and the PGA Tour. Most recently, she was commissioned to create the poster art for Paul Thomas Anderson’s new film Licorice Pizza.
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illustrator #portraitartist
Simmone Park is a jill of all trades and master of a few. Her global career spans ten countries and includes global branding, real estate, and management consulting. Recently, Simmone finally worked up the courage to disappoint her Asian parents and went into comedy. Second City trained, in less than five years, Simmone has performed in 6 countries, shared a stage with Jerry Seinfeld and Jim Gaffigan at Gotham Comedy Club in NYC, performed stand up at the 34th Annual Miss Asian Global pageant in San Francisco, was the only female finalist in the “Next Best Comic” competition, and performed a set in Costa Rica entirely in Spanish, a language she has never learned. She recently headlined the Blue Note Hawaii with “Once you go Asian…” and is now taking her show to the other Islands. Simmone loves giving back and has helped build homes, schools, and communities in Kenya, Guatemala, Trinidad & Tobago, El Salvador, and Panama.
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standupcomedy #comedian
Oscar Quintero/Kay Sedia was born and raised in Hacienda Heights CA With very strong roots in Tijuana Mexico! Kay Sedia came to life when Oscar competed the aids benefit drag pageant QUEST FOR THE CROWN where Kay was named first runner up (Robbed) The pageant is now called best in drag show and Kay is now the host. The week after the pageant Kay Sedia graced the Drag Strip 66 stage and she was off and running. Having performed in clubs and made a few films Kay moved her focus to making people's lives easier with the use of Plastics… TUPPERWARE that is! She is one of the top selling Tupperware Divas in all of USA and Canada.
www.Kaysedia.my.tupperware.com (She’s available for parties)!! Kay was part of the long running cult comedy troop CHICO’S ANGELS, Think if Charlie’s Angels from the 70s and the three stooges had a baby you’d have Chico’s Angels! The stage show ran on and off for over 18 years! And also produced the web series that you can find on YouTube! Kay was recently seen on the third episode of RuPaul‘s AJ and the Queen on Netflix with Tia Carrere.
Drag performer and MC for over 21 years
Seen on
OC housewives
The soccer nanny with Traci Lords
Alien Game
RuPaul‘s AJ and the Queen
Juan woman shows
Taco Kisses
The Taco Chronicles
Websites
Kaysedia.com
Kaysedia.my.tupperware.com
Huge Miss Universe Super fan!! And pageants in general
Follow me on all the social medias @KaySedia1
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If anyone could be described as having “Hawaiian heart and soul,” it is indeed Kamakakehau Fernandez. Born in Little Rock, Arkansas, a 6 week old African American infant was adopted and brought to the shores of Maui, Hawaiʻi by Robyn Nae’ole, It is here that his new family and home shaped “Kamakakēhau” (Kamaka) into one of Hawaiʻi’s refreshing talents. Kamaka’s education played a huge part in his love and appreciation for the Hawaiian culture and music. He is a graduate of the Hawaiian Language Immersion Program Also an educator amongst many teaching Hawaiian language, ’Ukulele and many other skills to do with Hawai’i’s culture all in effort, to keep Hawai’i’s language alive and thriving. He is proud to be a fluent speaker of the Hawaiian language in which Kamaka has also done voice over work for the Hawaiian language version for one of Disney’s featured films “Moana”. To also include his many award winning accolades.
Social media: IG kkf_musicn_more
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Carrillo Digital Inc founder Ruben Carrillo was born in La Paz, BCS Mexico in March of 1969. Growing up with two artists for parents he was continually exposed to the arts, but it wasnʻt until 1986 during a video production class in High School that he would make a decision that would set him on his course for the next 28 years. Starting his first full-time job as a production assistant for an NBC affiliate in San Luis Obispo, CA at the age of 19 he worked his way throughout California stopping at TV stations in San Jose, San Francisco and Los Angeles. In 1996, for the birth of his first son he moved to Honolulu, HI. In Honolulu Ruben founded Liquid Planet Studios which became one of Hawaiiʻs largest full service production companies. In 2009 Ruben co-founded 4 Miles LLC. and 2011 he founded Carrillo Digital Inc. Through the years Ruben has worked for hundreds of clients on thousands of shoots in 11 different countries. He has Executive Produced the Merrie Monarch and Na Hoku Hano Hano award TV broadcasts as well as Directed and acted as Director of Photography on several documentary films Including the award winning Mana I ka Leo and his latest film Voyage: Into the Depths of Kanaloa. His TV credits include Camera Operator for Hawaii 5-0, Off the Map, Amazing Race, and Home and Away.
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With over 25 years of production experience in Hawaii's TV and Film industry, Angela has worked on all types of projects from commercials and music videos to episodic TV, indies, and feature film productions. Her long list of credits include award-winning independent films, “Hawaii Five-0”, and currently Co-Producer on Apple’s new TV series from creators Jason Momoa and Thomas Pa’a Sibbett. Angela is in development working on the award-winning book-to-film adaptation of "The Tattoo". She enjoys educating and nurturing homegrown talent and was involved in the infrastructure of Hawaii's film community. She also served on the Hawaii International Film Festival Board for over 20 years. Angela earned her BA in Film Studies from UC Santa Barbara in 1986. She resides in Los Angeles with her family where she freelances and remains bicoastal with Hawaii being her niche. It's A Hawaii Thing Productions. Quality content for the Hawaii Enthusiast and traveler. Celebrities, artists & community leaders vomming together to showcase the spirit of the islands. New weekly program dedicated to anything and everything unique to life in Hawaii.
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producer #TheTattoo #Hawaiifive0
Though now living in beautiful Waimānalo, Kawika grew up in the small town of Kaneohe on the windward side of Oahu. One cannot think about the windward side without images of the breathtaking Koolau mountain range, lush, green valleys and the magnificent ocean views. Born to Samuel (Uncle Sam) and Josephine (Aunty Jo) Kahiapo, Kawika is the 5th of 6 children. Kawika's interest in music began at an early age, when, inspired by his father, he spent many hours alone in his room strumming along. Some of his fondest memories are of their "garage" jam sessions, when "Pops" Gabby Pahinui would show up with his guitar and bottle of vodka. This is what inspired Kawika's passion for ki hoalu (slack-key guitar). Today, Kawika continues to perpetuate the art of ki hoalu in his sound recordings and annually at Slack Key Festivals. He was honored as the 2007 Na Hoku Hanohano Slack Key Artist of the year. At the age of 17, Kawika entered the professional music scene, joining Chucky Boy Chock and Oahu Brand, then soon thereafter found himself on stage as a member of Palani Vaughan's Kings Own. He married his high school sweetheart, Laurie Yano, and they have been blessed with five children and three beautiful grandchildren. Over the years, Kawika has contributed his musical talent to some 108+ recording projects and has collaborated or performed with artists such as Jack Johnson, Kaukahi, Palani Vaughan, Melveen Leed, Brother Noland, Leon and Malia, Kawehi Lindsey, Jesse Rivera, Kapena, Pierre Grill, Na Leo Pilimehana, Kelly Boy Delima, Del Beazley, Native Hawaiian Band ,Cyri Pahinui, Amy Gilliom, Dennis Kamakahi, Daniel Ho, Paula Fuga, Martin Pahinui, Rene Paulo, and Walt Keale. Besides being a recording artist and an ordained minister, Kawika is also on the Kokua Hawai'i Foundation board, a non-profit organization that supports environmental education in the schools and communities of Hawai'i. This is the reason many of you may have seen Kawika emceeing the Kokua Hawai'i Festivals and jumping on stage with Jack Johnson at some point during the concert. This is one of the ways Kawika is able to be a blessing to the community and our 'aina.
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“88 Tees” was established in 1988 with a simple belief “Every Fit For Every Style”. Yaya, an iconic character, along with her family embodies the Aloha spirit and lifestyle – sharing happiness and affection with others. Please join us at any of our two locations both in the heart of Waikiki which are located on Kuhio Ave and our flagship store on Kalakaua Ave.
Born in Oahu, Avian used to live in Japan during her childhood up to age 13. After finishing up her schooling in Hawaii, her passion for design led her to go to school in LA for Graphic design. Growing up speaking mandarin, she also went to Shanghai, China to study Chinese and study business. She also appeared on a reality TV show - Terrace House Aloha State on Netflix - there she created her own brand ILA SWIM. In her free time she likes to be outdoors, surfing, hiking and spending time with family. Avian currently helps out her Mom, Yaya, run their 2 “88 Tees” store locations where you can find her own brands, including ILA SWIM.
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The name "Anuhea" translates from Hawaiian as a fragrance or cool breeze. In the world of island/reggae music, Maui songbird Anuhea Jenkins has been JUST that: A cool breeze to the island music scene. This multi-talented artist entered the room in 2009 like a breath of fresh island air, beautifully blending vibes of reggae, pop, R&B, and even country. Anuhea's eclectic and multi-faceted musical style is paralleled by her work ethic and fun-loving personality. After 10 successful years in the music scene, dozens of hit songs and multiple awards, Anuhea remains humble when she's rightfully referred to as one of the top musical artists from Hawai'i of all time.
Social Media:
• Instagram: @anuheajams
• Facebook: /anuheajams
• Website: anuheajams.com
Promoting:
• Upcoming March tour in California/Florida
• Mother's Day weekend shows on Maui at Da Playground
• My podcast, Just Keep Jamming available on all platforms
• My new song/music video (also called) Just Keep Jamming
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Tumua Tuinei is one of Hawaii's top and hottest comics! Tumua has been doing comedy in the islands for five years. Recently he sold out 29 consecutive shows since December 2020. Including three SOLD-OUT Shows at The Blaisdell Concert Hall in Honolulu, Oahu. The local boy is also a former University of Hawaii Football Player. While at UH, Tumua found his passion for stand up comedy through a comedy class. His inspiration for his material comes from his local family and the hilarious situations that he experiences on the daily basis. Tumua also has a huge following on social media with over 300,000 followers combined! (Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, YouTube). His local skits/sketches are "bus'laugh" and very well known in the islands. Catch Tumua in his upcoming National Tour "Time To Laugh". He will be touring all the local mainland spots to spread some Aloha comedy! For dates and tickets go to his website: www.tumuacomedy.com
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standupcomedy #comedian
Mika Miyashima is the evening anchor of KITV4 Island News at 5, 6, and 10 p.m. Since joining KITV4 in 2016, Mika has also served as a multimedia journalist, weather, and traffic anchor. Mika was born in Los Angeles, California and raised in Sandy, Utah. She graduated from the University of Hawaii has lived in the islands for a total of about 11 years. Mika is the oldest sister of three, and enjoys spending her time with her relatives who live on O’ahu and back home in Utah. When not working, you can catch her hiking, relaxing on the beach, hanging friends, and her cat Stewie. It's A Hawaii Thing Productions. Quality content for the Hawaii Enthusiast and traveler. Celebrities, artists & community leaders vomming together to showcase the spirit of the islands. New weekly program dedicated to anything and everything unique to life in Hawaii.
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anchor #journalist #weatheranchor
Tavana is a multi-instrumentalist from Honolulu, HI who uses his feet to lay down a variety of grooves while simultaneously playing guitar, banjo, lap steel, or ukulele and singing soulful, island-inspired Rock and Blues. "I perform everything live and use no looping. Everything is played moment to moment...It's hard to explain how fun it is to do this. It's like having a whole band in your body and mind. And they can stop and go together on a dime!!! They can slow down, speed up or whatever in perfect unity! Every sound comes with its own identity, colors, and emotions creating a much larger pallet from which to express myself. Additionally, it gives my mind very little time to stray away from the music resulting in a truly meditative state." It's A Hawaii Thing Productions. Quality content for the Hawaii Enthusiast and traveler. Celebrities, artists & community leaders vomming together to showcase the spirit of the islands. New weekly program dedicated to anything and everything unique to life in Hawaii.
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instrument #guitar #bango #ukulele
Alika Tengan is a Hapa Hawaiian/Asian filmmaker based out of Honolulu, Hawai’i. In 2017 he earned a mentorship under Joe Robert Cole (Black Panther), who oversaw the development of what would become his short, Mauka To Makai, which was awarded Best Made In Hawai’i Short at the Hawai’i International Film Festival. Alika followed up Mauka with Moloka’i Bound, which premiered at ImagineNative 2019 and won the award for “Best Short Work,” granting them Oscar Consideration for the 2021 Academy Awards and landing the film a home on the Criterion Channel. In December the feature-length script for Moloka’i Bound was selected for the inaugural Indigenous Black List. In 2021 he was asked to be a consultant for HBO’s upcoming Ke Nui Road. His feature length debut Every Day In Kaimukī will have its World Premiere in the NEXT category at Sundance 2022.
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kaimuki #filmmaker
Francois Chau is an Asian-American actor of Cambodian and Vietnamese descent. In his 40 year career, he has worked extensively on stage, voiced and narrated many diverse characters in animation, video games, and audiobooks, has appeared in numerous feature films, and guest-starred in over 100 television shows. Some of his better known roles include "Dr. Pierre Chang" in LOST, "Shredder" in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II, "Quick Kick" in G.I. Joe, and "Jules-Pierre Mao" in The Expanse.
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lost #actor #gijoe
Nick Verreos is the Co-Chair of Fashion Design at the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising/FIDM in Los Angeles. He is also a Fashion Designer, Author, Red Carpet Expert and a Consulting Producer on Bravo’s “Project Runway”. Nick was also a contestant on Project Runway in Season 2. Celebrities including Heidi Klum, Beyoncé, Katy Perry, Carrie Underwood and Miss Universe Brook Lee have worn his NIKOLAKI designs and his NV Nick Verreos line has been sold on QVC UK, QVC Italy, as well as other home shopping networks. Nick is the co-author of four books, “A Passion for Fashion”, “The Pageant Coloring Book”, “A Basic Guide to Pattern Drafting”, and “A Comprehensive Guide to Men’s Flat Sketching”. His very popular YouTube Channel “Fashion School with Nick Verreos” has over 340K subscribers and 10 MILLION views. It's A Hawaii Thing Productions. Quality content for the Hawaii Enthusiast and traveler. Celebrities, artists & community leaders vomming together to showcase the spirit of the islands. New weekly program dedicated to anything and everything unique to life in Hawaii.
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FashionDesign #nickverreos #ProjectRunway #FashionSchool
Lela Lee is a cartoonist, actress and writer. Her "Angry Little Girls" weekly comic strip and six anthology comic books is syndicated by Universal Press and published by Abrams and Perseus books respectively. “Angry Little Girls” is the umbrella name for her main character, the “Angry Little Asian Girl” which Lee created in 1994 while she was a sophomore at UC Berkeley.
In addition to the weekly comic strip, Lela also acts. She was series regular Jodi Chang in the SyFy show “Tremors,” and recurred as Surgical Intern Bonnie on “Scrubs” and most recently she guest starred on "Better Call Saul,” “Shameless," and “Grey’s Anatomy.” Lela is married and has two sons. Facebook: www.facebook.com/AngryLittleGirls Instagram @angrylittlegirls & @angrylittleasiangirl www.AngryLittleGirls.com popshop.live @angrylittlegirls It's A Hawaii Thing Productions. Quality content for the Hawaii Enthusiast and traveler. Celebrities, artists & community leaders vomming together to showcase the spirit of the islands. New weekly program dedicated to anything and everything unique to life in Hawaii.
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cartoonist #comicstrip #animatedcartoon
Dante Basco (born August 29, 1975) is an American film, television and voice actor. He is best known for his role as Rufio, the leader of the Lost Boys in Steven Spielberg's Hook, and for his many voice acting roles, most notably as Prince Zuko from Nickelodeon's Avatar: The Last Airbender, Jake Long from Disney Channel's American Dragon: Jake Long, and Spin Kick from Carmen Sandiego. It's A Hawaii Thing Productions. Quality content for the Hawaii Enthusiast and traveler. Celebrities, artists & community leaders vomming together to showcase the spirit of the islands. New weekly program dedicated to anything and everything unique to life in Hawaii.
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voiceactor #Rufio #Hook #PrinceZuko
Mark Kanemura is a dancer from Honolulu most noted for being a finalist on season 4 of So You Think You Can Dance. After moving to Los Angeles, he collaborated with Lady Gaga as her dancer. He has also appeared on Dancing with the Stars, American Idol, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, RuPaul's Drag Race and more.
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dancer #LadyGaga #soyouthinkyoucandance
Sterling Sulieman is an American actor from Oahu, Hawaii. While he may have attended Punahou High School like Barack Obama, he has no aspirations of becoming the President of the United States. Unless its in a Motion Picture or Television Show. Or if this whole acting career thing doesn't work out. Then, maybe a presidency. But lets not bet on that.
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MagnumPI #ResidentEvil #HorizonForbiddenWest
Raiatea Mokihana Maile Helm is an authentic Hawaiian singer from Molokaʻi, Hawaiʻi who is known for her powerful vocals accompanied by an authentic ukulele strum. She has played for audiences around the world, places including China, Tahiti, Japan, and Okinawa.
It is no surprise her hard work and dedication for preserving the authentic Hawaiian culture has landed her several prestigious awards including 2 Grammy nominations, Native Arts & Cultures Foundation Fellowship, and numerous Nā Hōku Hanohano Awards. Raiatea has garnered international success as well as being one of Hawaiʻi’s premiere female vocalists.
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vocalist #grammy #nahoku #ukulele
Ever since I can remember I was always outside. Maybe it was because my father loved to fish and always took us along. He taught me and my brothers many different ways to catch dinner. We started with bamboo poles, graduated to rods and reels, and then went onto throwing nets and spear fishing. Fishing took up much of my young life until I was introduced to surfing. Once I caught that first wave, surfing became a life long obsession. All surfers are keenly aware of the weather and I was no different. I kept an eye on the conditions just so I wouldn't miss out on that epic session. Back then, surf forecasts were rudimentary at best. I remember going to the beach many times expecting big waves only to find the ocean flat. It's just amazing how far along weather forecasting has come. I started doing surf reports for a couple of radio stations around 1980 and continued on for more than 15 years. It was a pretty good gig since I was in the surf industry, besides my mother always told me I had the perfect face for radio. During those years I dabbled in triathlons as well. I completed the Kona Ironman twice, as well as the Okinawa Strongman. Long since retired from competition, I now limit my sporting activities to surfing, golfing and one week a year of snowboarding. Despite my mother's misgivings, I started in TV in 1997 as the morning weather man on KHNL with Lee Cataluna. We had a great time and we remain good friends. I joined KGMB9 in 2001 and made my debut on a very infamous day. September 11, 2001. The eerie thing is that Kim and I had just returned from New York on the previous night. Since then we've been through a lot more, most of it good. Our son Luke was born in 2002 and our daughter Alia was born in 2003. Our family is blessed to live in the most beautiful place on Earth, with of course the most fantastic weather. We love going to the beach to surf, going hiking in the valleys and playing ball in the park.
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GuyHagi #Weatherman #WeatherAnchor
Mary Ann Changg is the original creator of the make-up, hair and photography studios copied in Hawaii, the U.S., and l the world. She is a proud graduate of Kamehameha Schools and worked as a boutique owner and clothes designer, magazine publisher, photo journalist, actress, musician and agent. Mary Ann was the on the Board of Directors and Secretary-Treasurer for SAG (Screen Actors Guild) for over ten years. And also a Trustee on the Board of non-profit community organization, Palama Settlement for many years. As "Sparkles A. Clown," Mary Ann is a bona fide registered clown with Clowns of America International and has won many first place international face painting awards, as well as being named, "Best Face Painter," by Honolulu Magazine's Best of Honolulu edition. She currently works as a make-up artist for NCIS Hawaiʻi and Magnum PI. Past projects include: Hawaii 5-0, The Wrong Missy, Midway, Jurassic World, Snatched, Mike & Dave, King Kong Skull Island, Lion King, Lost, many more. Mary Ann is working on a book and traveling art show showcasing her work as a rock concert photographer called "Rock 'n' Roll Legends by Mary Ann Changg."
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makeupartist #photographer #portrait
known as Jimmy T, is an American actor currently based in Singapore. He is known for his work on Glória (2021), RoboCop 3 (1993) and Showdown in Little Tokyo (1991). It's A Hawaii Thing Productions. Quality content for the Hawaii Enthusiast and traveler. Celebrities, artists & community leaders vomming together to showcase the spirit of the islands. New weekly program dedicated to anything and everything unique to life in Hawaii.
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judo #RoboCop
PIDGINMOJI was started by Ka'ohele (on da left) and inspired by Kamalu (on da right), two brothers who grew up in Waialua (when it was still a plantation town) on da North Shore of O'ahu. Ka'ohele (Ka'o for short) wen grad Waialua High School in '94 and Kamalu (Malu for short... Kamaluonapi'olani for long) wen grad Waialua High School in '99. He also wen go Kamehameha. Ka'o created da original PIDGINMOJI app fo' send local kine emoji talking Pidgin to Malu. Den all their friends wanted da Pidgin emoji so Ka'o released da PIDGINMOJI mobile apps on iOS and Android. Den he turned PIDGINMOJI into one lifestyle brand selling swimwear, face masks, t-shirts, slippahs, beach towels, stickahs and more with any kine Pidgin on top! It's A Hawaii Thing Productions. Quality content for the Hawaii Enthusiast and traveler. Celebrities, artists & community leaders vomming together to showcase the spirit of the islands. New weekly program dedicated to anything and everything unique to life in Hawaii.
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PIDGINMOJI #pidgin #malu
James Mane is a larger than life Samoan stand up comedian, actor, and podcast host from Hawaii. He is the first Samoan to do stand-up comedy on American television via FNX’s First Nations Comedy Experience which highlighted many Native American comedians and other indigenous people and can be seen on Amazon Prime. Mane is a co-star of an Adult Swim TV hit called, ‘Decker’ where he played Lanoi Arnold who was dubbed the unofficial king of Hawaii. Which can be seen on Amazon Prime and YouTube. Mane has performed stand up comedy throughout the country most notably in Las Vegas’ hottest Friday night comedy show the ‘Dirty at 12:30’ in the South Point Hotel Casino, The World Famous Comedy Store, the Maui Comedy Festival, and the L.A. Comedy Club. Mane has worked with comedians such as Dave Chappelle, Bert Kreischer, Doug Stanhope, Wanda Sykes, Ronny Chieng, Graham Elwood, Louie Anderson, Eddie Ifft, Amy Schumer, Brian Posehn, The Impractical Jokers, and many others.
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samoan #comedian #standupcomedy
Born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii, Tia Carrere is an accomplished actress in motion pictures and television as well as a two time Grammy award-winning musical artist. Since she was discovered in a grocery store for her first movie role in “Aloha Summer”, she has shown her range of acting talent and versatility starring in numerous blockbusters- -“Wayne’s World 1 & 2” with Mike Myers and Dana Carvey, “True Lies” opposite Arnold Schwarzenegger, “Rising Sun” with Sean Connery and Wesley Snipes. Tia also voiced the character of Nani in Disney’s classic animated film and tv series “Lilo & Stitch”. In television, Tia launched her acting career in Los Angeles with a regular role on the daytime drama “General Hospital”. Since then she has been seen in numerous TV programs including: “Nip/Tuck”, “Curb Your Enthusiasm”, “Warehouse 13”, “Hawaii 5-0”. “Relic Hunter”, her own action/adventure television series continues to play in syndication all over the world. Tia and her long-time friend, artist/producer Daniel Ho share four nominations and two Grammy awards for their acclaimed CDs consisting of all original Hawaiian language compositions. Their record,‘hawaiiana’, reached #10 on Billboard’s World Music Chart. Tia also performed on the double- platinum movie soundtrack for “Wayne’s World”, had the end title song on “Batman:Mask of the Phantasm”, as well releasing her Warner Bros. record “Dream.” Tia continues to seek out projects that showcase her talents and challenge her abilities.
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TiaCarrere #Grammywinner #truelies #ArnoldSchwarzenegger
Most days you can find me chasing my children, sitting in front of my green screen, nose in a book or consuming personal and professional development online. I’m a Big Island girl at heart, and now a Maui mama. I’m a wife to my husband Kaimi, and devoted mother of two amazing, spirited, kolohe (rascal) little ones. I’m a podcaster, journalist, host, producer, coach, consultant, writer, singer, teacher, student, lover of nature, and a woman who simultaneously seeks calming comforts and soul-awakening adventures! I am mostly known for serving my community with up-to-the-minute pro bono severe weather updates – yes, the weather isn’t always perfect! People often refer to them as “tita bun” updates, as most days you’ll find me in yoga pants and a mom bun. Otherwise, this surfer mama lives in a bikini! I enjoy teaching free CPR classes, donating blood with the Blood Bank of Hawaii (I’m O+ baby!), organizing food drives/fundraisers for the Maui Food Bank, helping to promote local people and businesses, using my platform as an influencer to encourage sustainable living practices, regularly hosting events, and (try my best at) inspiring people at my speaking engagements.
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Mahi Crabbe is a local singer and songwriter in Hawaii, but now resides in Las Vegas. He first made national recognition while being a finalist on American Idol, and since then he has continued to work on his craft and perform around the world. He always brings energy to his performances and continues to share his gift around the globe. You may hear his music on local radio stations in Hawaii and performing at local Hawaiian music festivals. He goes by the saying “You can take the boy from the island, but not the island from the boy.”
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americanidol #mahicrabbe #music #hawaiianmusic
Ari South is one of Hawaii's most recognized young fashion designers. She is the youngest of five kids and was raised by a single mother who was an immigrant from Laos. Now her family currently resides in Waianae, Hawaii. She gained national recognition and attention as a designer on Season 8 of Project Runway. She was also seen on Season 3 and 6 of Project Runway All Stars. She is based in Honolulu, Hawaii and has two labels. Ari South for womenswear and Andy South for menswear, featuring bold prints inspired by the islands.
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fashiondesigner #projectrunway #runway
Inspired by his long time love of hip hop, sports, and pop culture, Aaron Sakai founded Sleep Times over in 2016 along with his good friend Kavet the Catalyst. Growing up on Oahu, he has a unique and diverse perspective on daily life. During his weekly shows he blends current events with the subtleties of Hawaii living. As a talk show host, Aaron prides himself in introducing viewers to local artists, news and events, and pop culture icons that perhaps have not been discovered by the mainstream. He also works closely with local businesses to give the audience a refreshing view of an authentic Hawaii.
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sleeptimesover #podcasthost #popculture
Sylvia Jefferies used to do pretend commercials and sing songs from The Muppet Show and Fame to her stuffed animals before she risked it all and moved to New York City to audition for The American Academy of Dramatic Arts. When she completed her time there, having odd jobs that gave her insurance and 800number so that she could call her Mama, she left and began her carnie life moving where the acting jobs were.
From New York to New Orleans and to Los Angeles, where she met a baby with no eyebrows(Bailey), and the Mama of the baby with no eyebrows (Brook), at a beautiful Latin lady’s pool party, her instincts have never failed her. Sylvia is most known for roles where she doesn’t get to brush her hair and is ‘“less than socially acceptable” like Tracy on HBO’s Eastbound and Down, Jolene on ABC’s Nashville, the Once Beautiful Woman in the feature film, Shaft, Rob Zombie’s bloody victims Misty Dawn in Halloween 2 and Heather Starship Galen in Three From Hell, and other roles that her very southern mother wishes she could let her old lady friends watch. Aside from the few Hallmark Christmas movies where she actually had her hair brushed, Sylvia gets to wear clothes AND makeup in her new project, The Game, which she is currently filming in Atlanta.
Ken Takemoto is a native of Hawaii, born in Haleiwa on August 18, 1934. He spent his childhood in Kaka‘ako and his teenage and college years in Kapahulu. He went to Washington Jr. High and McKinley High School (Class of 1952). He graduated from the University of Hawaii in 1957 and went on to UCLA in Los Angeles to get teaching credentials in art. He started teaching in 1960 and retired in 1996 after 35 years with the Los Angeles Unified School District.
While still a teacher at the 32nd Street/USC Performing Arts Magnet School, he got his first acting job on a Stevie Wonder music video when one of the school teacher’s wife was looking for an older Asian man. He went on to take a summer acting workshop at East West Players in 1989 out of curiosity and was asked to do props. He continued with it until he retired the same year as Tim Dang. He also did costume design and appeared on stage in four productions. When EWP produced Twelfth Night, he did props, costumes and acted in it as well. During that time, he got agents to represent him in some commercials, print, TV and film.
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eastwestplayers #actor #usc #32ndstreet #falconwintersoldier
“Da Braddahs” local comedy is a celebration and culmination of our proud island culture. How? “Jus’ buckaloose!” Da Braddahs is Tony Silva & James Roache, an ‘ohana-favorite household name. With 24 years as local entertainers, they continue to bring our island community and ‘ohana together for a grand variety of events- baby luau, birthdays, graduations, corporate events, concerts, prison talks, school assemblies, PSAs, funerals… and so much more! Da Braddahs also partner with the Compass Foundation & Manoa Theatre sharing their talent with Hawaii’s youth via mentoring and education. Their donated time is always dedicated to at-risk youth. They are also excited to offer hands-on, interactive workshops such as acting, writing & storyboarding, cameras & lighting, hair & makeup, and editing & scoring music. At the end of the day, more money and fuller fame are, for them, fast-fading. Instead, their utmost hope is to uplift our next generation and our world with greater Aloha Spirit as well as deeper understanding and practice of the cultural traditions of our Hawaiian people.
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dabraddahs #comedy #comedian
“Da Braddahs” local comedy is a celebration and culmination of our proud island culture. How? “Jus’ buckaloose!” Da Braddahs is Tony Silva & James Roache, an ‘ohana-favorite household name. With 24 years as local entertainers, they continue to bring our island community and ‘ohana together for a grand variety of events- baby luau, birthdays, graduations, corporate events, concerts, prison talks, school assemblies, PSAs, funerals… and so much more! Da Braddahs also partner with the Compass Foundation & Manoa Theatre sharing their talent with Hawaii’s youth via mentoring and education. Their donated time is always dedicated to at-risk youth. They are also excited to offer hands-on, interactive workshops such as acting, writing & storyboarding, cameras & lighting, hair & makeup, and editing & scoring music. At the end of the day, more money and fuller fame are, for them, fast-fading. Instead, their utmost hope is to uplift our next generation and our world with greater Aloha Spirit as well as deeper understanding and practice of the cultural traditions of our Hawaiian people.
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dabraddahs #comedy #comedian
Kayla Blake was born in Honolulu, Hawaii and moved to Los Angeles to work professionally as a dancer (Fame tv series, Disneyland, music videos). While working on Fame, she fell in love with acting and started classes immediately. Sure enough, she made the right decision and acting has been her passion ever since.
Her first professional job was on the critically acclaimed show, China Beach. Ever since, Kayla has had the good fortune of working with some incredibly talented industry professionals: Exit to Eden directed by Gary Marshall, Nowhere Man with Bruce Greenwood, One West Waikiki with Cheryl Ladd, Sports Night created by Aaron Sorkin, Hawaii with Michael Biehn, Four Christmases with Vince Vaughn & Reese Witherspoon, A Thousand Words with Eddie Murphy, House of Cards with Robin Wright, L.A.’s Finest with Jessica Alba, For All Mankind with Jodi Balfour, and most recently with Tim Robbins as a member of his theater company, The Actors’ Gang. With Tim Robbins as director and co-writer, Kayla and 11 other actors created the original play, The New Colossus, which traveled to Chile, Argentina & on a National Tour in 2020. Currently, Kayla is performing in a virtual play called We Live On. In both The New Colossus & We Live On, Kayla has the honor of sharing the stories of her Chinese and Hawaiian ancestors. It's A Hawaii Thing Productions. Quality content for the Hawaii Enthusiast and traveler. Celebrities, artists & community leaders vomming together to showcase the spirit of the islands. New weekly program dedicated to anything and everything unique to life in Hawaii.
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Dancer #Fame #WeLiveOn #HouseofCards
Paul Ogata’s show is an edgy, often-improvised, always-hilarious, mad romp through the corners of his mind. His quick, animated delivery of clever material led him to victory in the prestigious 32nd Annual San Francisco International Comedy Competition. Paul’s one-hour special, “A Collection Of My Favorite Lies,” debuted in 2021 on Amazon Prime. Paul also had one of the only half-hour specials on Comedy Central Asia. In America, you can see Paul on the Showtime presentation of “Pacific Rim Comedy.” Paul has also been featured on Comedy Central’s “Live at Gotham”, the syndicated “Comics Unleashed with Byron Allen” and co-stars in the underground hit motion picture, “Porndogs” with adult-movie legends Ron Jeremy, Tera Patrick and the late Marilyn Chambers. He has also appeared in Damon Wayans’ film “Behind the Smile”, on ABC’s “Celebrity Family Feud,” on CBS’ “The Late Late Show” as well as on TBS, NBC and PBS. While Paul performs across the United States, his tour schedule also includes regular stops across six continents. Paul headlines shows from Times Square to Tokyo and from Sydney to San Antonio. And every chance he gets, Paul Ogata performs for the troops everywhere they are: in basic training domestically, overseas in war zones or even in the middle of the ocean on Navy ships of all sizes.
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comedy #LiveatGotham #comedycentral #comicsunleashed
Kelly Boy DeLima is the founder and leader of the group, Kapena. His musical journey began in 1984 when he competed with his two Tongan brothers in Brown Bags to Stardom. His niche of being that “haole boy who could sing Hawaiian music” gained the group a lot of attention and within a few years, Kapena became one of the hottest bands in the islands. Kelly Boy has toured all over the world spreading that electrifying Kapena music that fans first fell in love with. He is a multiple Na Hoku Hanohano award winner and has come out with over 20 CDs. Kelly Boy has been bringing that feel good island music to the world for over 30 years! He plays throughout Hawaii seven nights a week and he still tours all over the world. His genuine personality, captivating stage presence and timeless music has made him one of the hardest working musicians in the business.
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hawaiianmusic #kapena
Dustin Nguyen is a Vietnamese-American actor, director, writer, and martial artist. He is best known for his roles as Harry Truman Loki on the hit TV show, “21 Jump Street,” and Johnny Loh on “VIP.” He moved with his family from Vietnam to California where he pursued acting from a young age and went on to establish himself as one of Hollywood’s premiere Asian-American actors. He has been in films such as Little Fish, The Rebel, and The Man with the Iron Fists 2, to name a few. In recent years, he transitioned to directing and producing films under Dreamscape DBS; the production company he shares with his producer wife, Bebe Pham. His movie “Jackpot” received 3 Golden Kite Awards (Vietnam’s highest cinematic award) in 2016.
dustinnguyen #ncishawaii #21jumpstreet #magnumpi #themanwiththeironfists #harrytrumanloki
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Broadway: Beautiful. National Tour: Little Shop of Horrors. Off-Broadway: Junie B. Jones. Lincoln Center: The Scarlet Pimpernel. Regional: The Tale of Despereaux. TV: Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Hi-5 (TLC). Yasmeen is a singer/songwriter who has written and performed overseas, with releases on MCA, Defected, Nervous Records, Urbana, and Strictly Rhythm. Yasmeen will be playing Diana Ross in the upcoming Off-Broadway musical Trevor set to open this fall.
broadway #musical #offbroadway
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Ronny Chieng is a Chinese stand-up comedian and actor born in Johor Bahru, Malaysia and raised in both Manchester, NH, USA and Singapore. He graduated from the University of Melbourne in Australia with a Bachelor of Laws and a Bachelor of Commerce.
Ronny has sold out multiple global stand-up comedy theater tours in Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, India, Canada and London, including performances at the Just for Laughs Festival, the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the SOHO Theatre in London, the Sydney Opera House, Melbourne Town Hall, the Enmore Theatre in Sydney and the Esplanade concert hall in Singapore.
In 2015, Ronny moved to New York City after being hired as a correspondent on The Daily Show with Trevor Noah on Comedy Central. He also lost 11kg, but that was unrelated to comedy, and was named one of Variety's '10 Comics to Watch' in 2016. Ronny also co-wrote and starred in his own comedy series Ronny Chieng: International Student, which aired on ABC in Australia, the BBC, Comedy Central Asia and Comedy Central in the USA. In 2018, he starred in the Warner Bros. smash hit comedy film Crazy Rich Asians based off the best-selling book by Kevin Kwan. Ronny released his Netflix comedy special Asian Comedian Destroys America! in December 2019. It was recently announced he inked a deal to produce and create three more comedy specials for the streaming platform. He can currently be seen in Amazon's film Bliss and Marvel’s Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings premiering in September.
Ronny has appeared in GQ and on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon and The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson.
standupcomedy #shangchi #comedian #comedycentral
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Born and Raised in Hawaii, Michael Sun Lee is an Actor and Voice Over Artist who started acting and performing in Musical Theater at KCC, UH, and Kumu Kahua Theater, he is currently splitting his Summertime between Los Angeles and Oahu.
Currently an Unemployed Event Bartender and Actor so find me at Waikiki Walls, Mai Tai Bar, Foodland, 24 hour Fitness or on Tinder and Bumble
TV/Film appearances include:
Fuller House, NCIS:NOLA, NCIS: LA, General Hospital, Lifetime’s Stalked By My Husbands Ex, Hawaii Five-O, Days Of Our Lives…and the 2021 Inauguration of Biden/Harris
Voice Over work include: Disney’s Moana, Kubo And The Two Strings, Netflix’s Extracurricular.
Currently can be seen in recurring in these Webseries Sunnyside Up on BratTV, Glasscock Park, Lisa At Large on Youtube
Upcoming Roles:
Guest Starring on the new CSI:Vegas, and the Feature Film DWELLER
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Shenan “Shen” Brown, a musician who grew up on Oahu and now lives in Japan, believes in the spirit of aloha. As one half of the renowned Jawaiian group Def Tech along with Yuki “Micro” Nishimiya, he’s gone on to drop eight albums full of positive reggae-influenced island vibes and sell five million copies. In December 2015, Shen decided to launch a movement to proactively spread the aloha spirit, called Aloha Damashii. In addition to writing music and performing, doing talk sessions and media appearances, he now serves as an “aloha ambassador.” Shen says the spirit of aloha is the key to opening your heart to connect and communicate in a constructive way, and he wants you to share the harmony. Just like you’d expect, membership in the movement is free and easy. #jawaiian #deftech #shen #micro
Ron Yuan has been a force in front of and behind the camera – Hollywood’s secret weapon. Yuan is one of the most sought after character actors with over two decades of experience from off Broadway to FILM/TV and in addition, is an excellent martial artist. Most recently, Ron Yuan starred as Sergeant Qiang in Disney’s live-action adaptation of Mulan. He has had roles in Sons of Anarchy, Prison Break, Golden Boy, Siren, and CSI: NY, to name a few. He also lent his voice to many video game series, including Mortal Kombat 11 as the iconic Scorpion, Call of Duty: Black Ops II & III, Halo, Resident Evil, and many more.
Yuan will be donning the Director’s hat for Universal and Netflix’s next untitled project from the 47 Ronin lore. Currently in post-production, Yuan’s directorial debut, Step Up China, is sure to be the next exciting chapter in the Step Up franchise. Stay tuned for the many projects Ron Yuan has in store – as an actor, martial artist, director, producer, and stunt choreographer – there is much to look forward to!
Kevin stea has been one of the most well-known and recognized dancers in the industry over the past 25 years. He has been successful in areas as diverse as choreography, modeling, directing, acting and hosting, and worked with the world’s top musical artists, directors, photographers and designers. After only 18 months of training, Kevin was hired as associate choreographer for Madonna’s Blond Ambition Tour. He quickly became dance captain and dancer for the World Tour, for which both the movie “Madonna: Truth or Dare” and the video for “Vogue” were made. Soon after he was working with Gloria Estefan, Prince, and Michael Jackson, among others as associate choreographer/dancer. He modeled for major designers, performed in movies, worked in more than 60 commercials, more films and over 50 videos followed; most notably Austin Powers: Goldmember, Charlie’s Angels and Rent, and music videos for David Bowie, Celine Dion, Lady Gaga, and Janet Jackson. The list goes on and on for the multi-talented Kevin Stea!
Dually based in SE Asia and the United States, Tyler Wisler has become an influential and sought-after designer boasting an international clientele. His spaces are fashionably aspirational with hints of the unexpected. He’s been a staple television personality in the US for a decade now, but most recently staring as a judge and mentor on Asia’s biggest design competition show “The Apartment” where he is known for tough love and sound, practical advice. He is currently the Chief Interior Designer and Creative Lead at Point 21 in Kuala Lumpur. Whether talking trends, demonstrating a DIY project, or creating a rocking interior, Tyler believes everyone has the right to be surrounded by great design!
Young mastermind, Sienna Lalau, is the legendary 20 year old dancer and choreographer to some of the most iconic movers and artists in pop culture today. Born and raised in Hawaii, Sienna moved to LA to pursue her career in 2016. Sienna has a true gift of touching the lives of others through her vision, unparalleled movement and endearing personality. In 2019, Sienna’s choreography was featured in Jennifer Lopez’s “It’s My Party” World Tour. In 2020, Sienna was awarded her first MTV VMA for Best Choreography for Kpop sensation, BTS' "On" and she also choreographed the Visual Music Video feat. The Lab for “Yummy” for Justin Bieber feat. Summer Walker Remix.
Sienna spends much of her time touring the world teaching Master Classes, choreographing for The Lab and other major artists and brands such as the Kpop stars, BTS, Black Pink, Treasure, Jennifer Lopez, Ciara, Becky G and J-Hope, to name a few.
Also Known As "KP" is one of Hawaiiʻs Funny Men, Emcee's, Comedians, Radio and Television Perosonalities.
Kaleo Pilanca Entertainment was awarded the Star Advertisers #1 Hawaii's Best Wedding Emcee for 2015.
Kaleo is your weekend guy with ISLAND 98.5 as an On-Air Radio Personality.
He is the PRODUCER of his own a Stand-Up Comedy Show called "Laugh Up Hawaii Comedy Kanikapila"
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Kaleo Pilanca works as a Recreational Therapist. He received his Bachelors Degree from Eastern Washington University. He Worked at Shriners Hospital for Children for 10 years, and currently is with the State of Hawaii working with adults living with severe mental illness to learn, relearn and enjoy positive healthy leisure activities and alternatives away from drugs and alcohol, as well as learning new coping strategies to improve their quality of life.
Kaleo Pilanca has aligned himself to giving back to our community by being the emcee for programs such as Adult Friends for Youth against bullying and violence, D.A.R.E saying no to drugs, MADD Mothers Against Drunk Driving, And with IHS to raise money to stop Homelessness in Hawaii.
Born in Oahu, used to live in Japan during her childhood up to age 13. After finishing up her schooling in Hawaii, her passion for design led her to go to school in LA for Graphic design. Growing up speaking mandarin, she also went to Shanghai, China to study Chinese and study business. She also appeared on a reality TV show - Terrace House Aloha State on Netflix - there she created her own brand ILA SWIM. In her free time she likes to be outdoors, surfing, hiking and spending time with family. Avian currently helps out her Mom, Yaya, run their 2 “88 Tees” store locations where you can find her own brands, including ILA SWIM. “88 Tees” was established in 1988 with a simple belief “Every Fit For Every Style”. Yaya, an iconic character, along with her family embodies the Aloha spirit and lifestyle – sharing happiness and affection with others. Please join us at any of our two locations both in the heart of Waikiki which are located on Kuhio Ave and our flagship store on Kalakaua Ave.
Clyde Kusatsu was born on September 13, 1948, in Honolulu, Hawaii and attended 'Iolani School where he began acting and in Honolulu summer stock. After graduating a theatre major at Northwestern University, he started to make his mark on the small screen in the mid-1970s, and got his first TV role on KUNG FU. With his quiet, wry line delivery, Kusatsu made a memorable debut as Rev.Chong on several episodes of ALL IN THE FAMILY. He has become one of the most recognizable actors in the TV and movie industry in his 48th year as an actor in front of the lens and behind the mic. Below are a few of his over 300 credits in the industry.
Kusatsu has been a regular on several series beginning with BRING EM BACK ALIVE (1982–83)CBS and the Hawaii-set medical drama ISLAND SON (1989–90) CBS playing Richard Chamberlain's best friend Dr. Kenji Fushida . His many television movies include the film adaptation of FAREWELL TO MANZANAR (1976), and AMERICAN TRAGEDY playing Judge Lance Ito. Kusatsu also recurred as Vice Admiral Nakamura on STAR TREK:NEXT GENERATION. In comedy he recurred as Principal Shimata in the '90s ABC situation comedy FAMILY MATTERS. He later starred in the ABC series ALL AMERICAN GIRL(1994–1995), the first Asian American family sitcom on TV.
In films, Kusatsu had roles in DRAGON:THE BRUCE LEE STORY (1993, IN THE LINE OF FIRE (1993), in AMERICAN PIE (1999), and HAROLD & KUMAR ESCAPE FROM GUNATANMO Harold's Dad. He also appeared as four different characters on MAGNUM P.I. For SciFi fandom, in the CBS MOW, he was the original Wong in DR. STRANGE (1978).
In 2013 Kusatsu became the first elected President of the new SAG-AFTRA Los Angeles Local, and at convention was elected the first National Vice President Los Angeles, an office he currently holds. He continues to act as well as the father-in-law to Ken Jeong in DR. KEN, MADAM SECRETARY, and DESIGNATED SURVIVOR. He is actively continuing his career in film, commercials, television, and in voice-over animation plays The Grocer in CURIOUS GEORGE.
Founding member of the six-time Nā Hōkū Hanohano Award-winning group Maunalua, Bobby Moderow, Jr. is a renowned slack key guitar and falsetto artist. A member of the prestigious Honolulu Boy Choir from ages 9 to 12, Moderow later become a protégé of the late slack key guitar master Raymond Kane, who was proclaimed a National Living Treasure by the U.S. National Endowment for the Arts in 1987, and awarded funding for the apprenticeship program under which Moderow studied.
With his Maunalua brothers, Moderow has performed all over the world, including at the inaugural luʻau for President Obama; the 150th anniversary of the Smithsonian; and solo several times at the Grammy® Museum. As part of his desire to give back and to be one of the "keepers of the [Hawaiian music] flame" Moderow also teaches slack key - the award-winning artist Makana having been one of his students - and he has taught elementary school children at the Grammy® Museum for the past few years. He is currently teaching at the University of Hawai'i West Campus on O'ahu.
Christopher Ramelb, a native of Kaua’i, started his wine career in 2012 as a business analyst for Southern Wine and Spirits after earning a Computer Science degree at University of Hawaii at Manoa. He has since twice represented Hawaii at the Chaîne des Rôtisseurs National Young Somm finals, won the Clore scholarship for the top score at the Certified Sommelier exam, and earned the coveted Johnston Medal in 2016, achieving the highest score for all Advanced Examinations in the calendar year, beating out hundreds of candidates across the globe. He furthered his wine studies on the floor at Vino and Alan Wong’s, and eventually took the post of opening Wine Director at Senia, where he helped earn the restaurant a James Beard nomination for “Best New Restaurant”, and a spot in Wine Enthusiast’s “America’s Top 100 Wine Restaurants” in 2017. He rejoined Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits as the Restaurant Sales Manager and Director of Wine Education in 2018, the same year he first passed the Master Sommelier examination. He loves consuming and learning all things alcohol and is committed to furthering the drinking and hospitality culture in Hawaii. You can find him hosting a new podcast called “Wine &...” where they talk all things wine and what intertwines with it.
Nana Meriwether is a Former Miss USA 2012 born in South Africa and grew up in the Washington D.C. area. She also was a professional and Olympic-level volleyball player. She graduated a 2 time NCAA All American from UCLA, played professionally in Puerto Rico and trained for the 2008 Olympic Games in Colorado Springs. She has written and contributed for Harper’s Bazaar, Vanity Fair, Vogue Australia, The Huffington Post, Cosmopolitan Magazine, and many more. In 2007, Meriwether co-founded a 501 © (3) international non-profit organization, Meriwether Foundation. Focused on improving health and empowering communities, they have run projects in 5 countries including Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Mozambique, and South Africa. Meriwether currently works at ConsenSys, a blockchain accelerator and software company created by the co-founder of Ethereum. She also started her own company, Cale, a wellness company focused on alcohol alternatives. The brand innovatively makes wine out of herbs with their first releases being low-alcoholic wine grape varietals infused with healthful, adaptogenic and functional herbs, botanicals, mushrooms, and plants. Hibiscus Pinot Noir is now available on www.DrinkCale.com
Kaliko Kauahi is an American actress. She is known for her role as Sandra in the NBC comedy television series Superstore. Additionally, she played the recurring role of Principal Kwan in the Disney Channel series Raven's Home and has appeared on television programs such as Parks and Recreation.
Best known for his groundbreaking short science fiction film: White Room: 02B3, the first of its kind 360-degree narrative film. He was a producer at Roddenberry Entertainment (Creators of Star Trek) and has worked in film and television production for the better part of 20 years. He wrote the critically acclaimed prequel comic-book adaptation of Kurt Wimmer and Christian Bale’s 2002 film Equilibrium, and a prequel to Stargate Universe.
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Asian-American actor, filmmaker, and Eagle Scout best known for his intimidating movie roles, primarily as a villain spanning three decades. Brook Lee And Lanai Tabura welcome Yuji Okumoto.
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His lifes purpose is simple, "Entertain and make people laugh and smile". Meet Camp Kanashiro. The talented host and comic who opened for Eddie Griffin, Cedric the Entertainer, Kat Williams, Charlie Murphy, Mike Tyson, Mike Epps, Martin Lawrence, and Monique.
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Singer & songwriter @HIRIE spun her global citizenship into a lush and vibrant strain of reggae-pop in the middle part of the 2010s. Backed by a six-piece band, the Filipino-born, Italian-raised, Oahu-based musician enjoyed somewhat of a breakout with her positively focused 2016 release Wandering Soul, and later built on that success with 2019’s Dreamer.
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Ron Yuan has been a force in front of and behind the camera – Hollywood’s secret weapon. Yuan is one of the most sought-after character actors with over two decades of experience from off-Broadway to FILM/TV and in addition, is an excellent martial artist. Most recently, Ron Yuan starred as Sergeant Qiang in Disney’s live-action adaptation of Mulan. He has had roles in Sons of Anarchy, Prison Break, Golden Boy, Siren, and CSI: NY, to name a few. He also lent his voice to many video game series, including Mortal Kombat 11 as the iconic Scorpion, Call of Duty: Black Ops II & III, Halo, Resident Evil, and many more.
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If laughter is medicine, comedian Joey Guila has your prescription. His biggest joy is to bring happiness to any event. He is a complete entertainer on stage and takes you through a journey of Old School and New School, his multicultural style of comedy hits home for all audiences. Before Comedy, he was a licensed cosmetologist working in Beverly Hills.
Joey won the regional "Kings Of Comedy" competition. He had an hour special on Hulu and was on Warner Bros animation film Luis and the Aliens. Recently he was in the movie Lumpia With A Vengeance. He has also been on HBO, Showtime and you can now watch him on Netflix on Jokoy's In His Elements Special.
As a cancer survivor, his biggest mission is to bring healing laughter through standup comedy. Joey says he is living his dream and now wants to be the first Eurasian on Cribs to have a chandelier in his mobile home. “To laugh is to Live, so Live Long and Keep Laughing,” – Joey Guila.
Brian Keaulana was raised at Makaha Beach, where his father was a lifeguard. Keaulana earned the respect of watermen across the world for his powerful surfing style, and later for his ocean safety expertise and lifesaving techniques. He continues to thrive in the ocean as a master of tandem, canoe surfing, big-wave riding, and tow-in surfing and has over 500 awards in these fields. The former Hokule’a crewmember also is a professional stuntman and stunt coordinator.
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Niko Del Rey is the beatboxer for the capella group, The Filharmonic. An LA-based group of Filipino-American youngsters who were featured in NBC’S hit musical competition, The Sing-Off. The 5-piece vocal group made the semi-finals, joined The Sing-Off national tour, and were featured in the Universal Pictures hit movie Pitch Perfect 2.
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Social Media sensation and creative genius #PashynSantos gets this hilarious Hawaii podcast rolling with a stroll down "myspace" memory lane. Brook & Lanai get to the bottom of how she got started creating content and her transition into writing and editing comedy skits with known Hawaii Brands like Zippys (with Lanai!). #ItsAHawaiiThing #PashynSantos #BrookLee #LanaiTabura
Eric "E-Panda" Hernandez Joins It's A Hawaii Thing Podcast. He is the drummer and brother for Platinum Producer and Grammy Award-winning recording artist. Full Video Interview: https://itsahawaiithing.com/watch
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With over 35 years as an Asian-American Actor, Tamlyn Tomita discusses the trials and tribulations in the television and film industry. Her blockbuster credits include The Day After Tomorrow, Joy Luck Club & Picture Bride. Tamlyn currently plays Kumiko on Netflix hit Cobra Kai.
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It’s A Hawaii Thing Podcast welcomes back Kama’aina boy Justin Kawika Young, a gifted singer/songwriter from the Windward side who at a young age achieved great success in the Hawaiian music scene. He swept the Hawaiian Music Awards in the late 90’s winning Best Performance By A Rhythm & Blues Artist, New Artist of the Year, and Honorable Recognition for his version of the classic song “Crazy Love.” Justin made his directorial debut with the documentary, My Hero’s Shadow: From Hitman to Hero, based on the untold story of Shane Stant – the infamous hitman that “clubbed” Nancy Kerrigan. Told from the perspective of his much younger sister Maile, (who was two at the two of the incident) it is a personal story of childhood trauma, the cycle of child abuse, and where it leads.
Lanai & Brook go K-Pop! Featuring George Chung – CEO of Jungo TV with Top K-pop Channel Hallypop.
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George is a former World Karate Champion pro athlete turned media executive. He started his career in martial arts, winning 5 world titles, was inducted to the Black Belt Hall of Fame, and spent 15 years at the SF 49ers as the first Martial Arts Coach to win a Super Bowl ring. George later moved to TV production specializing in multi-cultural media and has produced TV around the world with over 400 shows.
Currently, George Chung is the CEO of Jungo TV, founded by himself and Dr. Oz. The company has launched 21 TV channels including HALLYPOP, the top K-pop channel in South East Asia, celebrating Asian Pop Culture, and is now available worldwide.
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Jason Scott Lee is an Asian-American Actor and Martial Artist who gained fame for his portrayal of Bruce Lee in the movie ‘Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story. He attended Pearl City High School before Fullerton College in California. Mowgli in ‘The Jungle Book’, ‘Rapa Nui’, ‘Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny’, to name a few. He voiced the role of David Kawena in ‘Lilo and Stitch.’
Currently, he stars as detective Kaleo in the popular TV series Hawaii Five-O. Scott Lee starred in the live-action adaptation of ‘Mulan’ where he plays villain Bori Khan. Jason spends his time now taking care of his taro patch on the Big Island with his three children and plans to sail around the world with his wife, Diana.
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Originally from Pearl City on Oahu, Keiko Agena talks with Brook & Lanai about her hit shows and working as an actress with some of the most well-known actors on Television. From the early days on Gilmore Girls to The First, then Better Call Saul, and now on the Fox hit show Prodigal Son where she plays Dr. Edrisa Tanaka.
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Long-time friends Lanai Tabura & Ernie Reyes Jr talk about their lives on television and family connections in martial arts. We learn about Brook Lee's fashion and how Ernie's movie impacted her style. Three legends laugh & talk about their robust careers on It's A Hawaii Thing TV Podcast.
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Brook Lee & Comedian Lanai Tabura talk with Hawaii Native Kimee Balmilero. She plays the role of Dr. Noelani, a medical examiner on Magnum P.I. & Hawaii Five-0 television series.
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A Kaneohe native, Kimee is best known for her regular role as medical examiner Dr. Noelani Cunha on Hawai‘i Five-0 and Magnum P.I. Other credits include the original Broadway cast of Mamma Mia, the children’s TV series Hi-5 and a short stint on The Star of Honolulu as “The Bali Hai Girl.” Since moving back to Hawaii in 2012, she has founded a handful of creative companies including Improv Hawaii, The Hawaii Comedy Festival. In March 2020, Kimee opened a small black box studio in Kakaako called Tiny Stage Hawaii where they produce several live streams.
Laughs and knowledge with Diva Zappa! Family life now ALL covered by Brook & Lanai on It's A Hawaii Thing Podcast.
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Diva Zappa is an intuitive tarot reader, artist, actor, and healer based in Los Angeles. Daughter of a rock legend, she has always been connected to the world in a unique way. She uses her connection to energy and the world around her to create artwork that opens the heart and centers the soul. divazappa.com @divazappa | @magikatarot
Featuring Augie T – Current City Councilman & Longtime Stand-Up Comedian
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Augie T. is a professional comedian, TV, movie actor, radio personality, and Honolulu Councilman for District 9. He has been performing for audiences in Hawaii, across the United States, and internationally for 28 years. He was recently named one of the U.S.’s top undiscovered comedians in 2020 by Thrillist magazine.
Some of his other achievements include the funniest comic in Hawaii and one of Hawaii’s top 100 influential Filipinos. He was awarded the best comedy show by Honolulu Magazine and has won 2 Na Hoku Hano Hano awards which are Hawaii’s equivalent to the Grammy Award. You can hear him every morning on the Augie Radio Show on Shaka 96.7
He has appeared on the Wayne Brady Show and was a regular on Baywatch Hawaii and has also had roles on Hawaii Five-O and Magnum P.I. His movie credits include Get A Job, Horsepower, Midsummer’s Hawaiian Dream, and Aloha Surf Hotel where he plays the lead role.
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Lanai Tabura & Brook Lee From It's A Hawaii Thing sit down with long time Pro Football Player Chad Owens.
Chad Owens grew up on Oahu and was played professional Canadian football wide receiver. He attended Roosevelt High School before graduating from the University of Hawai’i. Owens played for the University of Hawaii’s Rainbow Warriors as a wide receiver from 2001-2004 where he still holds the record as Hawaii’s all-time yardage leader. In 2010 Owens was signed as a receiver for The Toronto Argonauts and played six seasons with them, breaking records for all-purpose yards and winning the CFL Most Outstanding Player Award in 2012 as well as rated the best player in the league on the TSN Top 50 players. Chad is married to Rena Owens with two daughters and a son, Sierra-Lynn, Areana and Chad Jr. Chad Jr. is following in his father’s footsteps playing quarterback for his high school team class of 2022. Owens moved with his family back to Hawai’i in 2019 and was a 2020 judge in the Teen Miss Hawai’i Contest.
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Lanai & Brook talk with Billy Kemper. A Maui born World Surfing League Athlete, Big Wave Tour Champion, and four-time Pe'ahi Challenge winner. The 30-year-old surf champion is married to Tahiti Kemper, a personal trainer, and the couple are proud parents of four boys aged 3,5,10,11.
Kemper’s wins include 2015 World Surfing League (WSL) Big Wave Tours first Pe'Ahi Challenge, 2014's WSL's "Ride of the Year," 2013's WSL "Wipeout of the Year" and the 2012 Steep and Deep Pipeline Photo Challenge. Recently Kemper returned from Morrocco in 2020 where he was hospitalized for a significant surfing accident. Currently, Kemper is working on a documentary to highlight the discipline and dedication that made his surfing journey successful.
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Ring in the New Year with this hilarious season three premiere episode. Brook & Lanai give gifts and talk story on this It's A Hawaii podcast.
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Known as Sister, Recently Married, Kelia Termini sits down with It's A Hawaii Thing to talk story about all the wonderful things growing up in a surfing family. And now about to start her own. ( SHHHH, she is hapai) Kelia goes over her fashion design passion with her BFF, Hailey Bieber. How they have built an amazing new product line for Roxy swimwear. And of course, Brook even gets the Justin Beiber inside scoop. It's a must-watch video from Hawaii.
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Sarah Hicks (born Tokyo, Japan, raised in Honolulu, Hawaii) is a Japanese-American orchestral conductor. She is Principal Conductor of Live at Orchestra Hall for the Minnesota Orchestra, and Staff Conductor at the Curtis Institute of Music.
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Miss Universe Brook Lee and Lanai Tabura From Food Network's Great Food Truck Race interview each other on this Special addition of, artists, community leaders, and more on this fun, a new weekly program dedicated to anything and everything unique to life in Hawaii.
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Kamasami Kong began his radio career in 1965 at the age of 15 in Ohio on WMOH. He moved to Hawaii and became a household name in the late ’70s throughout the 1980s as Hawaii’s premier DJ. Kong was the most listened to broadcaster on KIKI-FM and worked alongside Michael W. Perry on KKUA. He also hosted a very popular High School talent competition called “Brown Bags to Stardom” and was the original host of the popular TV show “Breakin’ Hawaii.” He later went on to do radio in Asia with shows in Taiwan, Osaka, Yokohama, and is currently broadcasting in Tokyo.
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Brook Lee & Lanai Tabura talk story with TC from Magnum P.I., Stephen Hill. Stay up to date on all future podcasts & Share with the Ohana. #itsahawaiithing #hawaii #podcast
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Glenn Medeiros - From teenage Music heartthrob to one of Hawaii's top leaders. It's A Hawaii Thing host Lanai & Brook go in-depth on the life of Hawaii's songwriter and the importance of education and community leadership. #GlennMedeiros #HawaiiHasTalent
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Lanai and Brook talk with legendary eight-time Grammy winner Ziggy Marley on It's A Hawaii Thing.
Brook Lee & Lanai Tabura talk story with Ruthie Alcaide on Hawaii’s favorite podcast, It's a Hawaii Thing. Ruthie Alcaide is a local Hawaii personality who found fame on the popular MTV series Real World Hawaii in its 8th season of the hit show.
Shot on location on the Diamond Head estate the then 21-year-old Filipina went on to be one of the most Endearing breakout characters from the show. Ruthie continued her partnership with MTV, appearing in two seasons of Battle of the Sexes as well as the Gauntlet 2, and the Duel 2. Ruthie has gone on to become a motivational speaker as well as appear in movies like No Answer (2010), Reality Obsessed a Documentary (2010) The Rainbow Bridge Motel (2018) which she also co-produced. She recently co-produced What Lies West which should come out later this year. Ruthie currently resides in Southern California but remains a local Hawaii girl at heart.
Lanai & Brook discuss how helping Mom & Pop Stores in Hawaii is vital to the Hawaii way of life. Supporting Small Business and restaurants helps the economy and continues the family-run traditions we all have grown up loving.
We are stoked to have Hawaiian Waterman, musician, and actor Makua Rothman on It’s A Hawaii Thing Da Podcast! Hear about Makua’s training process, gnarly wipeouts, his passions, and more! This super waterman grew up on the North Shore of O’ahu and started surfing at the age of two. At 18, he caught the world’s biggest wave- a 66 footer- at the infamous Jaws on Maui and took the surfing world by storm winning the 2003 Billabong XXL Global Big Wave Award. In 2007 he won the O’Neill World Cup and in 2015 he was crowned the Big Wave World Champion. He is currently sponsored by RVCA, Oakley, and Monster Energy Drink. All the while, he learned to play the ukulele and in 2013 released his debut album, Sound Wave. You might have even seen him doing some acting stunts on Hawaii 5-0, Six Days in Paradise, Blue Crush and Pipeline.
Full Video Interview: https://itsahawaiithing.com/blogs/podcast/alec-mapa-podcast
Alec Mapa has been making people laugh since he was a little kid growing up in San Francisco and now he is an actor, comedian, and writer. He scored his first break playing the role of Song Liling in David Henry Huang’s Broadway production of M. Butterfly in which he toured the country. Alec has made guest appearances on a variety of TV shows like Roseanne, The Jamie Foxx Show, Seinfield, Dharma and Greg, Desperate Housewives and the popular hit series Friends. His movie appearances include parts in Bright Lights, Big City, Connie, and Carla, Don’t Mess With the Zohan, and Marley & Me, to name a few. Alec wrote and performed in a one-man play, I Remember Mapa, about his experiences growing up gay in San Francisco. He also was a featured performer on the Logo original standup comedy series Wisecrack.
PSST – SPOILER ALERT Hear all the juicy secrets from behind the scenes of the popular hit series- Friends, Roseanne, Seinfield, and Desperate Housewives! “The saddest place on Earth is the departure lounge in Hawaii” #itsahawaiithing Brook’s husband (da comic nerd) gave Alec the lowdown on DC Comics & Doom Patrol…. & now you can see Alec on HBO as the Animal Vegetable Mineral Man !! Mapa LOVES the Hawaii grindz - Ahi Poke, Malasadas, any kind of tropical drink (cuz yaknow we get one heavvyyy pour) and that KALUA PIGG doe #hawaiigrindzz
Kristi Yamaguchi is the 1992 Olympic Champion in ladies’ singles figure skating and a two-time World Champion in 1991 & 1992. She also won the World Championship in Pairs’ figure skating with partner Rudy Galindo. In 2005, Kristi was inducted into the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame. She became the celebrity champion in the sixth season of ABC’s Dancing with the Stars and has appeared on Everyone loves Raymond, Hell’s Kitchen, D2: The Mighty Ducks, and most recently Fresh Off the Boat. She joins Lanai & Brook to share stories about her Always Dream Foundation, her series of children’s books, and her two daughters.
PSST-- SPOILER ALERT Kristi talks “Eye of the Tiger” mentality leading up to competing – whether it is ice skating or dancing – she plays to win! Hear the latest on Kristi’s children books! How bout an ice skating TITA book? Can you imagine Lanai on figure skates? Ice Palace we go! #itsahawaiithing But wait – even better, Brook on skates with Kristi whipping her around.... BEAUTY QUEEN DOWN!! Did you know that Kristi is 5’ almossttt 1” tall on a good hair day! #asiankinetings --------- It’s A Hawaii Thing is presented by The Honolulu Star-Advertiser and The Office of Elections. Bringing you what matters! It’s A Hawaii Thing viewers can receive The Honolulu Star-Advertiser digital FULL ACCESS for just $9.95 per month! All you have to do is click here staradvertiser.com/promo and enter in the promo code: AHITHING HAWAII VOTES BY MAIL!! There are NO POLLS this election year; Your Mailbox is Your Ballot Box! Visit elections.hawaii.gov or call 453-VOTE (8683) for more information!
Maria Quiban Whitesell moved as a child from the Philippines to the Islands where she attended the University of Hawaii at Manoa. She was the evening weather person for NBC Hawaii News 8 before moving to Orange County. Now watched daily by millions on Good Day LA/FOX 11 Morning News, she is excited to share her new book, You Can’t Do It Alone: A Widow’s Journey Through Loss, Grief and Life After, about life after the tragic loss of her devoted spouse, Sean Whitesell.
PSST – SPOILER ALERT She when grad from Aiea High School #HomeOfTheNaAli’i Maria jokes about how it’s easier to do weather in LA than in Hawaii – ask Guy Hagi he’ll tell ya #itsahawaiithing Brook jokes about how Maria recreated Hawaii in her house – bring in da sand, but no steal em #BACHI Pineapples in da pool - Just cuz you throw Pineapple on it doesn’t make it Hawaiian! #itsaREALhawaiithing Guess da first thing Maria does when she gets off the plane coming home to HI? Grind dat Zip Pac or Surf Pac #nextstopzippys
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It’s A Hawaii Thing Da Podcast welcomes Kama’aina boy - Justin Kawika Young, a gifted singer/songwriter from the Windward side who at a young age achieved great success in the Hawaiian music scene and has been touring with Colbie Caillat for many years. They have performed at the White House and on Good Morning America, to name a couple. He then went on to direct the documentary, My Heroes Shadow: From Hitman to Hero. Hear about their new band Gone West and recent album release, “Canyons.” He may be famous but yet he can’t afford to have a good internet connection I guess… hence why his video keeps cutting out…. It’s quite a cute pic tho so not like it’s not enjoyable am I right???
Justin went Kalaheo… Go Mustangs! #967tree4 What’s your favorite Crack Seed? Justin’s is Rock Salt Plum #itsahawaiithing Did you know the steel guitar originated in Hawaii and then came to Country music? Hear all about how Justin grew up around Hawaiian music, fused that style with Country and recently released their newest album release, “Canyons.” Justin’s ova dere in Nashville dreamin about fresh poke – all they got is da hokey pok-ey #itsahawaiithing
Full Video It's A Hawaii Thing Podcast:
https://itsahawaiithing.com/blogs/podcast/andy-bumatai-podcast
Get ready for all the laughs with the Godfather of Comedy in Hawai, Andy Bumatai! He is considered Lanai’s comedy sensei and helped him write his first 10 minutes of comedy, giving him a spot on his Island Comedy Showcase in Waikiki at the Don Ho Showroom. Andy was one of Hawaii’s first stand-up comedians to take his act on the road nationally! There has never been a comic force in Hawaii quite like him. He has opened for Tom Jones, Kenny Loggins, Natalie Cole, Lionel Richie, Paul Anka, Cool & the Gang, and Charlie Daniels. Andy has headlined at every major comedy club in the U.S. and even had his own shows in Las Vegas! We all probably remember him from the release of his TV special “High School Daze” and the classic “All in the Ohana.”
PSST—SPOILER ALERT Hear all about how the different comedy kings write their material…. BUT “Comedy is like a frog… you can dissect it & find out how it works… but it kills da thing…” Andy shares his thoughts on what he thinks the impact of COVID-19 will have on the future of standup… “Back in my day, people used to sit in one room, all crowded, no mask, nothin, mouth open HA HA HA!” Hear how Andy first discovered he was funny and being the class clown in school – Waianae High School represent!! #itsahawaiithing Need more comedy in your life? Check out Andy’s latest passion- YouTube Channel, “Daily Pidgin.” 3:30 PM Everyday – Hawaii Time!
https://itsahawaiithing.com/blogs/podcast/amy-hill-hawaii-thing
Amy Hill got her big break on Margret Cho’s sitcom All-American Girl where she played the role of Grandma Kim. She has been on films such as Next Friday, Max Keeble’s Big Move, Big Fat Liar, The Cat in the Hat, Lilo and Stitch, Big Gay Love, 50 First Dates, and many many more. She had roles on television shows such as Night Court, Six Feet Under, Desperate Housewives, Two and a Half Men, 3rd Rock from the Sun, and My Wife and Kids. As a voice actor, Amy also worked on several animated series including Lilo & Stitch: The Series, American Dad!, and Kung Fu Panda. She currently plays Teuila "Kumu" Tuileta on the hit show Magnum P.I. which is filmed in Hawaii and gearing up for its third season.
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Lanai Tabura & Brook Lee wala’au (talk story) with local boy turned Spiderman’s best friend, Jacob Batalon, on this episode of It’s A Hawaii Thing! Jacob Batalon is a Filipino-American actor Damien Memorial School graduate best known for his supporting role as Peter Parker’s best friend, Ned Leeds, in Spider-Man: Homecoming and Spider-Man: Far From Home as well as Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame. Jacob has also played roles in movies such as Every Day, Blood Fest, Night School, Let It Snow, and Banana Split.
FULL 4k VIDEO INTERVIEW WIth Jacob Batalon:
https://itsahawaiithing.com/blogs/podcast/jacob-batalon