ISLAND LIFE SHORTS
Atom's noir flick at the Duke
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Who'd have predicted that the director of "The Sweet Hereafter" would hook up with the dude who wrote "Escape (The Piña Colada Song)"?
Atom Egoyan directed and Rupert Holmes wrote the film "Where The Truth Lies," which visits the tawdry story behind the bust-up of a fictional '50s comedy team a la Martin and Lewis. Colin Firth and Kevin Bacon play the duo; Alison Lohman is the journalist who'll do anything — and we mean anything — to get the dirt. At 1 p.m., today, at the Doris Duke Theatre. 532-8768.
— Derek Paiva
HAWAI'I-DESIGNED QUILT WARMS MIDWEST BEDROOM
Ki ho'alu isn't the only Hawaiian tradition that's finding a wider audience. Real Simple magazine's February issue features a home in Stoughton, Wis., with an eye-popping black-and-white "Under the Hala" quilt on a bedroom wall.
The needlepoint-stitched cotton creation (designed here, made in China) came from Honolulu wholesale and retail company D&L Associates — "It was pretty exciting," says owner Daryl Soares. For more information see www.alohawebsite.com or 737-7663.
— Zenaida Serrano
FINAL WORD
"Hawai'i is such a pretty place to shoot. Pretty much wherever you point the camera, there is something you can compose into something that is beautiful."
Matthew Fox | the 'Lost' star, who takes photos on the show's set as "relief," in TV Guide