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Just asking…
Do you subscribe to the daily morning paper?
If so, what do you like about the ritual of reading the news with your coffee?
If not, why?
And where and how do you get most of your news? The paper’s online website?
Television? Your news alerts on your cell phone?
Just asking…
How much is too many, when it comes to subscriptions to streaming service
I subscribe to four sources now: Netflix, Disney+, Hulu, Amazon Prime. And pretty much happy with the range of content, old and new.
I’m eligible to screen HBO Max, too, since I’ve had HBO (the qualifier) along with the likes of Showtime, Discovery, National Geographic, TBS, TCM, Food Network, Cartoon Network, History, Lifetime, Hallmark, Nickelodeon, etc.…from yesteryear’s bundling.
About HBO Max: I can get it via computer, but not on TV. Mine is a Smart TV, but not smart enough—requires an Amazon fire stick, which I have, but there’s a lack of ports to plug it in.
But I digress. How many is too much?
Of the many other options, I’d like to acquire Apple TV, even Discovery Plus.
But it’s expensive and there’s no way you can watch what’s available now.
I remember the days where you had only three TV options – NBC, CBS, ABC – which made choices easier.
Are you caught in the tornado of streaming services?
So Hawaii News Now is airing Rap Reiplinger’s classic “Rap’s Hawaii,” at 9 p.m. Saturday (May 22) on KHNL. A hana hou screening will be at 10:30 p.m. May 30 on KGMB.
According to the station, the vintage show is marking its 40th anniversary this year, hence the revival on the small tube.
And coincidentally, as I was clearing out some of the craft supplies yesterday, three circular items fell out of a box.
They turned out to be three milk cover souvenirs – the covers also are known as pogs, alluding to bottles of passion orange juice back in the day when paper caps topped the bottling. These pogs were promotional keepsakes that say “Barry get da Ukus!,” a routine from Reiplinger’s “Poi Dog with Crabs” viny comedyl album.
Four decades of raps from Rap! Miss him dearly, but clearly, his punchlines are still alive today. “Not too sweet, not too rancid, but just right.” “Russell, you get pen?” “No go out with Mits Funai.”
If you’re foreign to the quotes – part of the kamaaina lexicon – you better watch the show.
NOTE: The airdates are updated from the original post.
Three new titles will join the Broadway reopening pulse this fall and winter.
“MJ,” a musical with 25 Michael Jackson songs, will bow Dec. 6 at the Neil Simon Theatre. The production will explore and magnify the energy behind the man in the mirror, who is one of the undisputed entertainment legends.
“Tina – the Tina Turner Musical” will resume production on Oct. 8 at the Lunt-FontanneTheatre. It was one of the hits of the past season, but shuttered because the pandemic. The show is a stunning and inspiring comeback story of the superstar who challenged the bounds of racism, sexism and ageism, becoming the radiant Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll.
“Six,” which has become an international, premieres Sept. 17 at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre.The concept is to trace 500 years of the the six wives of Henry VII, reimagined as the tudor queens and pop princesses with 21st century girl power.
Noah Mills, last seen in Disney+’s “Falcon and the Winter Soldier,” is joining the cast of CBS’
“NCIS: Hawai‘i,” the fourth series in the NCIS franchise.
He is the fourth Mainland actor signed to series and will portray Jesse, who is an expert interrogator seeking a new life in the Islands, with creds as homicide investigator in a big city. Jesse supposed has worked with Jane Tennant, played by Vanessa Lachey, and will assume the role of lieutenant-in-command and occasional confidant.
According to Variety, Jesse favors old-fashioned police investigation, is devoted to hiking the island trails, and is a family man who runs 4-H camping trips for his kid.
His acting profile includes “The Enemy Within,” “The Baker and the Beauty,” “The Brave,” and “2 Broke Girls,” but given the popularity of the NCIS brand, this might become his breakout hit.
Mills also has worked as a model, with Giorgio Armani, Tom Ford and Dolce and Gabanna. So brings good looks to the table.
No start-of-filming date yet, nor a decision on when and where the show ends up on CBS. …
The Hawai‘i series will supposedly be anchored at or near Pearl Harbor, as the NCIS crews investigate crimes involving military personnel and misdoings that threaten national security.
Lachey as Tennant will be first female to lead an NCIS team. The island show will be introduced, likely this fall, as the New Orleans program disappears. The mothership show, plus the Los Angeles spin-off, return this fall.
Willis, Travolta, find ‘Paradise’ on Maui
Production is under way on Maui for “Paradise City,” a drama reuniting Bruce Willis and John Travolta for the first time in 27, according to Deadline.
Chuck Russell is directing drama about Ryan Swan (Willis), a renegade bounty hunter, who combs through the Hawaiian crime community in search of the unnamed honcho (Travolta),
who killed his father.
Thai actress and model Praya Lundbert has the female lead, but here character has not been identified.
The buzz on the project is that Hawai‘i plays a major role, in a “Miami Vice” like drama with bounty hunters instead of cops.
Willis has been box office gold, grossing $9.4 billion worldwide via such features as “Death Wish,” the “Die Hard” franchise, “Cosmic Sin,” “Moonlighting,” and Gasoline Alley.”
Travolta’s worldwide gross of $3.8 billion includes “Saturday Night Fever,” “Grease,” “Urban Cowboy,” and “Hairspray.”
A release date has not yet been announced.
And that’s “Show Biz.” …