Archive for the ‘Movies & Television’ Category

Tow in surfers ride the massive waves that hit Turtle Bay Resort today. Story here.

Brookwell McNamara Entertainment finishes filming the Bethany Hamilton shark attack and rescue scenes at Turtle Bay Resort and prepares for Carrie Underwood’s arrival after she sings the National Anthem in tomorrow’s Super Bowl.

Five productions and a large convention group spent the weekend working at Turtle Bay Resort. Very busy but it all worked. Check out the story here.

Imagine you get a call one day from a film company that wants to “tie the knot” at Turtle Bay Resort as in the place to get married, with a movie that will showcase a group of wedding planners that are able to solve every pre-wedding problem imaginable (jitters, mothers-in-law, etc.) but the wedding planners [...]

Turtle Bay Resort’s Vice President and General Manager, Bob Boyle, recently sat down with the girls of Living Local on OC16. Check it out below!

Chef de Cuisine Rodman Machado, who has turned Turtle Bay Resort’s Palm Terrace Restaurant into a local and international favorite, recently appeared on “Living Local with the Baraquios”. Filmed in the phenomenal Sunset Room (where Bob Hope headlined the grand opening of the Kuilima Resort, now Turtle Bay Resort) Chef Machado proves he can stand [...]

Two of the world’s most famous Hawaiian artists will again appear in concert at Turtle Bay Resort on Saturday, September 5th. Led Ka’apana, who is in his 40th year as a professional musician will again join Mike Ka’awa, who is also in his fourth decade of providing exceptional entertainment, at Turtle Bay Resort in an [...]

Grant Kawasaki, host of the local television show Hawaiian Grown, recently met  Turtle Bay Resort’s Executive Chef Hector Morales and with the help of 21 Degrees North’s Chef de Cuisine John Armstrong,  they demonstrated how locally grown Waialua Chocolate is used to create delightful desserts. Your dining experience at 21 Degrees North begins as you [...]

It is the story of a lifetime. The long-awaited major feature motion picture of our generation where Rocky Balboa meets Blue Crush. The movie “Soul Surfer”, featuring the life triumph of Bethany Hamilton, has reached an agreement to film at Turtle Bay Resort. “Some film people in Hawaii said this film would never be made,” [...]

When not working on movies such as The Spy Next Door or Iron Man II, professional actor/stuntman Mark Kubr enjoys being a surf instructor to the stars including such celebrities as Eddie Van Halen, Heath Ledger, Emile Hirsch and Adam Sandler. Last year Valerie Bertinelli was added to this list during filming projects at Turtle [...]

At the conclusion of a traditional Hawaiian Blessing to ensure safety and success, cast and crew began the first day of filming “You May Not Kiss the Bride” at Turtle Bay Resort on March 16, 2009. Trucks and equipment began arriving at what is known around Turtle Bay Resort as “LOST base camp” as early [...]

SBS Open There is so much going on at Turtle Bay Resort that it is sometimes hard to keep track of it all. We finished a wonderful week with the Seoul Broadcasting System as the LPGA kicked off their 2009 season with the SBS Open. The weather was perfect (except for the North Shore’s unpredicable [...]