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Your guide to Comic Con Honolulu 2016
Didn’t we just have another convention? Well, you can never have too much of a good thing, can you? While some fans in the local geek community may be feeling the burnout, I welcome our new convention overlords. I’d rather…
Great Debate: McGarrett vs. Danno
It’s almost like choosing between Team Edward or Team Jacob.(Thanks to all the “Twilight” fans who got that reference.)Turns out, there are clearly distinct camps when it comes to the two leading men in CBS’ “Hawaii Five-0”, its second season…
Reality TV: Would it work in Hawaii?
Kim Kardashian got married to NBA star Kris Humphries this weekend.OK, so it’s not breaking news. I mean, how can you keep a secret about a reality TV star — Kim Kardashian is actually in at least two separate reality…
Don’t leave, Meredith!
My morning routine typical starts off with two things: a Diet Coke and NBC’s “Today.”I enjoy waking up — or coming home from the beach — to the pairing of Matt Lauer and Meredith Vieira at the anchor desk. I learn something,…
‘Winning’ is the new losing
I didn’t want to blog about. I really didn’t.But Charlie Sheen — who was fired yesterday from CBS’ wildly popular “Two and a Half Men” — is making it hard for me to ignore him.First he made the rounds on TV morning…
Gimme action and one-liners
Anyone catch last night’s “Hawaii Five-0” — and stay awake until the end?OK, maybe I’m being a bit too harsh.But you can’t deny that last night’s episode was, well, a little slower than usual. Sure, the opening scene was exciting with…
My #H50 addiction
Every Monday night, millions of people tune into CBS to watch “Hawaii Five-0,” a slick new rendition of the classic cop show based in the Islands.And at the same time, thousands of fans log onto Twitter, posting running commentary about…
Mini Darth Vader lights up Super Bowl
I had high expectations for this year’s Super Bowl XLV commercials.Mostly because I had no real stake in this year’s matchup between the Pittsburgh Steelers the Green Bay Packers. I really didn’t care who won — the Packers did, taking home…
TV, make it stop!
We watch too much TV.I’m not kidding.We, as Americans, watched an average of 34 hours a week last year. That’s more than a part-time job! And it amounts to the most TV consumption by Americans ever, according to the Nielsen…
Sign a friendship contract?
I hate to admit this, but I do watch “The Real Housewives of Atlanta” on Bravo.(Hey, even CNN’s Anderson Cooper is a huge fan.)On a recent episode Cynthia Bailey asked the very outspoken (and undoubtedly the breakout star of the…
Gifts for ‘Hawaii Five-0’ fans
The San Diego Union-Tribune wrote a story about Christmas gifts for the die-hard TV fans.For fans of CBS’ “Hawaii Five-0,” the newspaper suggested the following:• Steal your giftee’s iPod and download Hawaii Magazine’s eight most romantic songs from the Aloha…
What’s normal, anyway?
Ever wonder if you’re normal?I do. All the time.I wonder if I’m the only person who eat rice with garlic salt, who can watch the same episodes of “Top Chef” over and over again, who actually enjoys plucking my underarm…
Too much bromance?
Bromance is in the air — and all over “Hawaii Five-0.”The relationship between Dets. Steve McGarrett (Alex O’Loughlin) and Danny “Danno” Williams (Scott Caan) has been the subject of both intrigue and criticism.Some argue that the banter between the two…
‘Hawaii Five-O’ vs. ‘Magnum, P.I.’
It’s the question that comes up often in small circles of die-hard TV junkies: which Hawaii-based detective show is better — CBS’ “Hawaii Five-0” or the classic “Magnum, P.I.”Both are set in Hawaii. Both boast an ensemble cast. Both are…
‘Hawaii Five-O’ better than expected
I’ll admit: I did watch the first season of ABC’s “Lost.” But after the cryptic numerology and polar bears that were never fully explained, I lost interest.But I got the show’s popularity. It just wasn’t for me.So when CBS announced…
Move over, televisions
Believe it or not, more Americans value their microwaves over their televisions.According to a recent survey conducted by the Pew Research Center, only 42 percent of Americans polled this year felt that their TV was “a necessity.” That’s down from…