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Univ. Of Hawaii Backing DVD To Promote Colt Brennan

ESPN’s JEREMY SCHAAP is a speaker at this week’s Aspen Ideas Festival, a gathering of more than 250 representatives in the arts, science, culture, religion, philosophy, economics and politics (Aspen Institute)....Lone Pine Capital, an $8B hedge fund led by STEPHEN MANDEL JR., disclosed a 7.8% stake in UNDER ARMOUR. The fund, with 2.7 million shares, is Under Armour’s second-largest institutional holder behind AllianceBernstein (ONLINE.BARRONS.com, 7/2)....NFL Giants Treasurer JONATHAN TISCH proposed to his girlfriend, LIZZIE RUDNICK (N.Y. POST, 7/4)....Baseball HOFer TOM SEAVER recently bottled the first wine under his California-based GTS Vineyard label, which he is “preparing to sell by mail.” He said of the investment, “We’re close, in year six, to a return on capital. My game plan is to break even in 10 years, and we may beat that by a year” (L.A. TIMES, 7/5)....Actor MICHAEL IMPERIOLI was at Yankee Stadium this week to research a role in the TV movie “For One More Day,” based on Detroit Free Press columnist MITCH ALBOM’s novel of the same name. Imperioli, who will play a former big league catcher in the film, met with Yankees C JORGE POSADA (N.Y. TIMES, 7/4)....The Univ. of Hawaii is scheduled to debut "A Colt Following,” a 43-minute film highlighting QB COLT BRENNAN that will be sent to media outlets and voters for postseason awards, on July 23 at the ’07 WAC Football Preview in San Jose (HONOLULU ADVERTISER, 7/3).