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James Charisma

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Honolulu, Los Angeles
As seen in: HONOLULU Magazine, Hiluxury, The Hawai'i Review of Books, Business Insider, Los Angeles Times, Ars Technica, Chicago Tribune, SFGate, VICE, VICE UK, Pacific Business News, The Business Journals, GamesRadar+ and
Covers:  Arts, Business, Entertainment, Film, Honolulu, Pop Culture, Television, Travel
Writer & Editor: Playboy, VICE, LA Times, Complex, Vulture, Paste, Total Film, Hi-Fructose, Collider, Inverse, Honolulu, Hyperallergic, and other random words

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James Charisma is an award-winning writer and editor based in Honolulu, covering arts, entertainment, business, and travel. His work appears in the Los Angeles Times, Playboy, Complex, VICE, Business Insider, LA Weekly, Vulture, Hyperallergic, Hi-Fructose, Total Film, Paste, and other publications.

He serves as creative director of The Hawai‘i Review of Books and editorial director of ʻOhina, Hawai‘i’s largest annual short film festival and independent production studio. James also serves as cu…

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Cover Story: Chasing Amy | Amy Hill for HILuxury Magazine

Cover Story: Chasing Amy | Amy Hill for HILuxury Magazine

From Deadwood to Hollywood, Amy Hill has built a career bringing humor and humanity to every role she plays o…

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Cover Story: Hail to the Chief | Temuera Morrison for HILuxury Magazine

Cover Story: Hail to the Chief | Temuera Morrison for HILuxury Magazine

The legendary Māori actor returns to the Pacific for Chief of War, his most personal epic yet.

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Cover Story: Full Color Chaos | Okuda San Miguel for Hi-Fructose

Cover Story: Full Color Chaos | Okuda San Miguel for Hi-Fructose

In galleries, churches, museums, on walls, and the streets, Okuda San Miguel lights up spaces with his facete…

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Cover Story: All or Nothing | Dave Bautista for HILuxury Magazine

Cover Story: All or Nothing | Dave Bautista for HILuxury Magazine

From professional wrestler to Tinseltown heavyweight, Dave Bautista is conquering Hollywood — one (surprising…

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Hawai‘i Director Helps Marvel Welcome its First Asian American Superhero

Hawai‘i Director Helps Marvel Welcome its First Asian American Superhero

“For the first time, I could see people interacting in a movie that looked like myself and my friends. It was…

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'Shang-Chi' Director Destin Daniel Cretton on Marvel's First Asian Superhero and Revisiting the T...

'Shang-Chi' Director Destin Daniel Cretton on Marvel's First Asian Superhero and Revisiting the T...

"As soon as I saw the announcement that they were looking for directors for Marvel’s first Asian superhero, i…

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Ways of Seeing | HILUXURY

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Diana Campbell doesn’t remember a time when she wasn’t surrounded by art. Raised in Los Angeles, with frequent trips to Guam to visit her grandparents, Campbell recalls going to museums and seeing intricate Pacific objects behind glass. She would ask her parents: Why couldn’t they have similar things in their home or in her grandparents’ house? “My mom’s answer was that Guam was in the tropics, where it’s humid, there’s bugs. Her and my Aunt Carmen lived through terrible typhoons,” Campbell says.
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The Art of Stewardship

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On a breezy morning in Honolulu, as trade winds move through the open courtyards of the Honolulu Museum of Art, Penni Hall is thinking about stewardship. Not only of the works on display — or the 50,000-plus paintings, prints, sculptures, and textiles that make up the museum’s collection — but also of the people who care for the art as well as the campus itself. Plus the systems that keep HoMA solvent. The public trust that underwrites it all.
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Chasing Amy | HILUXURY

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In high school, Hill was brave enough to sign up for drama. “That changed my life. I was in every play, every summer program, anything I could do.” She also excelled in languages, studying Spanish, French, and Japanese. Hill dreamed of escaping to France for college and becoming a new person. “I would change my name, be all different, all French,” she says. Mom said she could go to Japan. Dad said she could go to Finland. Hill chose Japan, intending to stay just a year.
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