Hospital loves this ‘Cat’

B.W. COOK

“Catwoman” pranced over to Newport Beach this week as Hoag Hospital

once again teamed up with Regal Entertainment to present a movie

premiere to the local crowd.

More than 1,000 guests turned out Wednesday evening for a light

supper in the Edwards Cinema parking lot at Fashion Island, followed

by a screening of “Catwoman,” starring Halle Berry. The annual movie

premiere is a project of Hoag’s 552 Club, with proceeds from the

evening earmarked for the Hoag Women’s Pavilion expansion project.

Jim and Patti Edwards co-chaired the gathering, with Mark Hardtke

serving as vice chair, supported by a hard-working committee of Hoag

devotees, including Lin Auer, Margaret Lord, Terry Callahan, David

Meyer, Arlene Howard, Gregory Miles, James Johnson, Diane Mondini,

Tom Johnson and Dave Snowden. Also supporting Hoag 552 and the movie

event were John Sturgess, Alan Beyer, Rush Hill, Debbie Simon and

Margaret Von Tiesenhausen.

The local crowd celebrated the fifth anniversary of Roy’s Fashion

Island in appropriate aloha style. Hula dancers, an abundance of

purple orchid leis and a fabulous tropical menu specially created by

Chef Roy Yamaguchi, who flew in from the islands for the party, made

for a special summer evening on the Orange Coast.

Lido Isle’s John and Anne Wortmann arrived with Cheri and Randy

Schoch, in from Scottsdale, Ariz., as Polynesian drums were beating

at the valet station. The Wortmanns and Schoches exited their car as

servers presented them with Hawaiian martinis. A five-course dinner

followed, prepared by local star chefs Richard Mead, on loan from

Sage, and Azmin Ghahreman, executive chef of the St. Regis in Monarch

Beach, following the creative culinary design of Roy Yamaguchi. More

than 250 Newport-Mesa guests dined on apple pancetta crusted bass and

black mushroom crusted loin of lamb, all Hawaiian-style.

* THE CROWD appears Thursdays and Saturdays.