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The Honolulu Advertiser
Posted on: Tuesday, July 11, 2006

ISLAND LIFE SHORTS
O'ahu gamers have edge in 'Test Drive'

Advertiser Staff

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Atari's highly anticipated "Test Drive Unlimited," an online car racing simulation, is due to debut this summer. The New York Times calls it a "sprawling, sumptuous experience." Honolulu residents will have an instant advantage — the game's setting is O'ahu, and up to 90 cars race over more than 1,000 miles of amazingly accurate Island roads.



'CLEAN' TO SCREEN AT ART ACADEMY

Maggie Cheung is mesmerizing as a walking train wreck in "Clean," playing at 7:30 tonight through Thursday at the Doris Duke Theatre. Running (in high heels) from the demons of rock 'n' roll and heroin, Cheung is a hip study in self-absorption. If you know her only from Zhang Yimou's "Hero," you're in for a surprise.



FINAL WORD

"Leading ladies in Hollywood usually have blond hair and blue eyes. (But) today, the girl next door looks more like me."

Jessica Alba | the half-Mexican (and Danish and French) actress, in Entertainment Weekly