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As if we needed further proof that Hawai'i's favorite 1970s Japanese superhero is indeed unkillable, Kikaida returns tonight — in spirit, at least — in the new cable series "Generation Kikaida TV."

The show airs at 6 p.m. every Sunday on OC-16, with reruns throughout the week.

The show is produced by JN Productions, the local media company largely responsible for keeping the red-and-blue android alive for old and new fans.

JN manager Bobby Furukawa and local actress Colleen Fujioka host the magazine-style show, which focuses on fan events, remembrances of Kikaida (and fellow Japanese superhero Kamen Rider V3), and other features.

Tonight's episode includes an interview with Kutmaster Spaz ("Dis-N-Dat"), who performs the rap tribute "Kikaida (My Superhero)."

— Michael Tsai, Advertiser Staff Writer

GREEN-THUMB ROLE FOR ACTION STAR

HONG KONG — Former Bond girl Michelle Yeoh will appear in Danny Boyle's new sci-fi thriller "Sunshine," a magazine reports.

She'll play a botanist, Yeoh said in an interview published in this month's issue of Prestige Hong Kong magazine.

CAREY TUNES SERVE ONE-TWO PUNCH

Mariah Carey has become the sixth act to hold the top two positions on Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart since its inception in 1958. "We Belong Together" has notched its 14th nonconsecutive week at No. 1 on the chart, and "Shake It Off" jumped two places to No. 2, according to Billboard.

The feat puts Carey in the company of Usher, who joined the club last year; OutKast (members of the Class of 2003-04); Nelly (2002); the Bee Gees (1978); and the Beatles (1964).

'INTERPRETER' CALLED PROPAGANDA

HARARE, Zimbabwe — President Robert Mugabe's government has attacked the suspense thriller "The Interpreter," starring Nicole Kidman, claiming it is part of a propaganda campaign by the CIA that shows "Zimbabwe's enemies did not rest."

The Herald, the government-controlled daily newspaper, also linked the film to efforts by Australian Foreign Affairs Minister Alexander Downer last week to have Mugabe indicted by the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity.

In the film, Kidman plays a United Nations interpreter who overhears two people discussing an apparent assassination plot against the president of a fictional Republic of Matobo. Matobo and its fictional president, Edmond Zuwanie, have been interpreted as caricatures of Zimbabwe and Mugabe.

OVERDOSE KILLED BOUNTY HUNTER

LOS ANGELES — An accidental overdose of a powerful painkiller killed Domino Harvey, a model-turned-bounty hunter whose life is depicted in the upcoming action movie "Domino," according to a coroner's report.

Harvey, 35, was found unresponsive June 27 in the bathtub of her West Hollywood home and was pronounced dead at a hospital.

British-born Harvey gave up a modeling career and socialite life to become a bounty hunter.

Arrested in West Hollywood in May on drug charges, Harvey also faced federal charges of conspiring to distribute drugs, crossing state lines for unlawful activity and having property used in or obtained through criminal activity in Gulfport, Miss.