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...Jack Roney has seen it all before. He represented the Hawaiian Sugar Planters Association in Washington, D.C., from 1989 to 1996, but was laid off when mainland Hawaii, once the biggest sugar producer in the chain of islands, stopped growing cane. High production and transportation costs, as well as compliance with the state's strict environmental standards, had proved too costly, prompting the island's two sugar companies to depart. No industry replaced those jobs, and "it's been years trying to recover" from the loss, says Roney, now director of economics and policy analysis for the American Sugar Alliance...
...there's any anxiety at Pixar about doing an I Am Legend for the junior set, you won't hear it from John Lasseter, Pixar's creative director and the inventive mind behind Toy Story, A Bug's Life and Cars. He's his usual beaming, cartoon-round, Hawaiian-shirt-wearing self as he waxes rhapsodic about WALL?E and, in passing, confides the secret of the studio's success: "The people who work here are doing what they've wanted to do their whole lives...
...Spielberg and producer George Lucas as for the star. It's 27 years since Raiders of the Lost Ark started the Jones boy on his adventures, 19 years since the most recent Indy movie, The Last Crusade, and 30 years this month since Lucas and Spielberg sat on a Hawaiian beach and made a handshake deal for an action film that one would produce and the other direct. They'd be stupid to ignore the toll that time takes on moviemakers and movie stars. All were in their 30s when they made Raiders. Now Spielberg, Lucas and Ford are, respectively...
...close to his chest. "But we are talking now," he added with a smile. "I will go back to Uganda when this war is finished. I will join the army - I will continue to defend my country." Then, the rebel in charge, identified not by his uniform - a Hawaiian shirt - but by the satellite phone dangling around his neck, ushered him away and he melted back into the bush...
...Sleep Through the Static” represents a greater awareness of world events and the modern, hectic lifestyle embodied in a somber tone and occasionally biting lyrics. But despite the new material, there is little growth in musical style from his earlier efforts. Befitting Johnson’s Hawaiian heritage and previous life as a professional surfer, “Sleep Through the Static” is imbued with references to unspoiled natural beauty, with a particular emphasis on water. Not to risk hypocrisy, Johnson recorded the album in solar-powered studios, printed his liner notes on recycled paper...