Movies - Aug. 19, 2001

Woody Allen, far right, writes, directs and stars in the comedy “The Curse of the Jade Scorpion,” playing a 1940s insurance investigator entangled in a scam using hypnosis. Helen Hunt, Dan Aykroyd and Charlize Theron, right, also star. Opens Friday.

Also: Maria Ripoli’s “Tortilla Soup” resets Ang Lee’s “Eat Drink Man Woman” with the Naranjo family of Los Angeles. Hector Elizondo heads a cast that includes Raquel Welch in a comedy about food, family and love. Opens Friday at selected theaters.

Theater

Shipwrecked siblings wash up on an island ruled by a lovesick duke and his unattainable love, and all manner of mistaken identities and mischief-making ensues in “Twelfth Night,” Shakespeare’s gender-bending romantic comedy on the mythical island of Illyria. Directed by Susan Angelo, it opens Saturday at the Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum in Topanga.

Jazz

Jazz is the main course at the Hollywood Bowl this week, starting tonight with the annual JVC Jazz Concert. Tonight’s show will feature guitarist Lee Ritenour, singer-guitarist Jonathan Butler and saxophonist Gerald Albright in a tribute to Bob Marley, preceded by pianist Joe Sample, saxman Ronnie Laws, singer-keyboardist Brenda Russell and the Joyce Colling Group. On Wednesday, the great pianist Oscar Peterson with special guests Clark Terry and James Moody will perform along with the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra. On Friday and Saturday, Ray Charles, below left, makes his annual visit, performing with the Los Angeles Philharmonic.

Pop Music

Southern California’s great outdoors seem to bring out the best in Radiohead. Last year at the Greek Theatre, the English band stormed fiercely through the crossroads created by their “Kid A” album. A more contented Radiohead shone last month at the Santa Barbara Bowl, and Monday’s Hollywood Bowl date figures to be a memorable addition to their alfresco series.

Video

Goody-goody. Everyone’s favorite cannibal is back in “Hannibal,” the grisly sequel to the 1991 winner of multiple Oscars including best picture, “The Silence of the Lambs.” Anthony Hopkins returns as the brilliant but demented Dr. Lecter; Julianne Moore takes over for Jodie Foster as FBI agent Clarisse Starling. Ridley Scott directs, and Ray Liotta and an uncredited Gary Oldman also star. Available Tuesday on DVD and VHS.

Music

Olga Kern, the 26-year old Russian pianist, below, who shared a gold medal at this year’s Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, makes her local debut Saturday with Mark Mandarano and the Pacific Symphony at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater in Irvine. She will play Rachmaninoff’s Second Piano Concerto. She returns Nov. 9, in a recital at El Camino Center for the Arts in Torrance.