Monthly Archives: January 2011

Monday’s news: James MacArthur’s memorial; Five-0 at the Pro Bowl; “Mana’o” repeat tonight

James MacArthur remembered at memorial service Peter Lenkov (@Plenkov) tweeted last night: Incredible tribute to James M 2nite. New and Vintage 5-0 together at last. Honored to participate. Mahalo. From Hawaiinewsnow.com.  Check the link for the video. By Ben Gutierrez … Continue reading

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EXCLUSIVE Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa Interview!

Officer 808’s interview with Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa I interviewed the great Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa not long after his tweetup in Honolulu a couple of weeks ago. We switched in and out of pidgin from time to time, but you’ve been watching so … Continue reading

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Aussies rejoice! Hawaii Five-0 on Channel 10; Alex O’Loughlin interview; sneak peek behind filming this past week

Alex O’Loughlin interview on Aussie 7pm Project Quotable:  “Everybody loves a remake…this isn’t your father’s Five-0.  “…I miss Australia a lot, I miss it less now that I’m here, there’s something very Australian about this island.” Aussie promos More Aussie … Continue reading

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Friday’s news: Cary Tagawa’s live online event; P. Diddy goes Hawaiian

Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa will host a live discussion online! Actor Cary Tagawa, most recently of Hawaii Five-0 fame as Yakuza boss Hiro Noshimuri will be hosting a live online event on his website.  Actors, martial artists, and fans should join in … Continue reading

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New Alex O’Loughlin and Scott Caan photoset up on facebook

Check out the new photoset in my Facebook group’s “Right Place, Right Time, Fan Photos 2011”.  Pics of the Five-0 team up at the Tantalus look out, January 25th!  Actress/model Nicole Fox was spotted there as well.

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Where did that missing $10 million come from and what happened in the Governor’s office at the end of “Kai E’e”?

If you don’t want to read this spectacular alternate ending to “Kai E’e”, scroll further below. Scene:  Hallway to the governor’s office. Steve stood there, at a loose military “at ease” position, waiting for the governor’s assistant to round the … Continue reading

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“Things We Learned About Hawaii From Hawaii Five-0” Episode 7, Ho’apono, updated rerun edition, with bonus post!

Originally posted November 4th, 2010 with some minor edits today. Recap of “Ho’apono” This episode stood out a little better than the previous few before it…no clunky pidgin lines, and not as much bantering as the other episodes.  I myself … Continue reading

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Monday’s news: Scott Caan in Esquire; 19 million viewers last night; and a behind the scenes look at “Ho’apono”

Don’t forget to read “Things We Learned About Hawaii From Hawaii Five-0, Kai E’e”! Scott Caan in Esquire I’d hate to interview this guy.  I thought interviewing Cary Tagawa was intimidating… Mike Gordon’s report ‘Hawaii Five-0’ gets 19.3 million viewers … Continue reading

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Things We Learned About Hawaii From Hawaii Five-0, Episode 15, “Kai E’e”

It’s all about the story, really. I think the story writers set about to do one thing in this episode- to frame the heist of the week with Hawaii’s preparedness for a natural disaster, while making sure the majority of … Continue reading

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late Saturday news: Ryan Ozawa’s preview; the Yakuza has the last laugh at the Pipeline Cafe; preview of tomorrow’s episode

Ryan Ozawa’s preview Ryan Ozawa (@hawaii) has a great breakdown of tomorrow night’s episode “Kai E’e” on Nonstop Honolulu.   The one thing I love about his write ups is that he breaks down all the background characters, especially the ones … Continue reading

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