is the newest national ambassador for the Diabetes Aware Campaign and appears in a Novo Nordis and Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF) sponsored PSA that debuted on People.com August 12th.
Aiming to reach 24 million Americans living with Diabetes and 6.2 million more who are unaware they have the disease, the campaign attempts to underscore the importance of detection, monitoring, and disease management.
“We can make a difference in our own families through exercise, eating right and teaching healthy behaviors to our children.”
Stats, action kits, and more info are available on the NYC Department of Health’s Diabetes Prevention and Control program website.
Dwayne Johnson born May 2, 1972 is an American actor of Samoan and African-American descent, a former nine time world champion professional wrestler with the WWF/E, and a former defensive tackle for the University of Miami.
Johnson not only landed his first leading role in The Scorpion King (2001), but also the highest salary for an actor in his first starring role, earning $5.5 million. He has since appeared in movies such as The Rundown, Be Cool, Walking Tall, Gridiron Gang, The Game Plan, Get Smart, Race to Witch Mountain, and Planet 51.
[sources: Access Hollywood tv, Celebrity Babies.com, About.com, Wiki]
![[photo source]
Cliff Curtis
was born July 27, 1968 in New Zealand and is of Maori (Polynesian ancestry) descent. Curtis next stars this Fall on NBC’s Trauma, an intense, action-packed television show about a San Francisco First Responder paramedics team traveling by land, sea, or air to rescue victims from the heights of the Transamerica Pyramid to the depths of the San Francisco Bay. The show premieres Monday, September 28, 2009 at 9/8c on NBC.
Curtis most recently starred in Push (2009), 10,000 BC (2008), Live Free or Die Hard (2007) and received his first major role with Harvey Keitel and Holly Hunter in The Piano (1993).](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kp93c4O0ow1qzvmrjo1_500.jpg)
![Y.E. Yang - Historic Victory!
By 5 strokes, Yang beat 14-time Majors champion Tiger Woods to WIN the 91st PGA Championship on August 18, 2009. The win earns Yang the fourth and final seat in one of the world’s toughest tournaments to be held Oct. 20-21 at Bermuda’s Port Royal Golf Course - the PGA Grand Slam of Golf.
Turning Pro only 5 years ago, the 37-year old South Korean’s victory will “go down in the history books as one of sports greatest upsets. The most notable aspect [being] that Yang did to Tiger Woods what Tiger has become famous for doing to everyone else.” [source]
Imagine this win … HELL YEAH !!! [top photo source, bottom photo source]](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kp05la2NB91qzvmrjo1_500.jpg)
![Rafe Totengco
is an award-winning, Filipino born (Ilo-Ilo), NYC-based handbag, shoes, and leather goods designer who was the first to sign-up for the current economy-apropos “designer-for-Target” fad [designs and sales of which I am a rabid fan…and by rabid I do mean foaming-at-the-mouth. Rodarte and Anna Sui are in the pipeline (salivating as I write), McQueen, Botkier, Hindmarch, and Siegerson Morrison are among the many who have lent their designs.]
Rafe (pronounced rah-fay signified by a horizontal line above the “e” which you can’t see now because my keyboard isn’t set up for that kind of fanciness) launched his handbag collection in 1995 and has since expanded to shoes and leather goods to enhance his world-wide store and upscale boutique stock.
“Rafe blends uptown sophistication with downtown edge while remaining classic enough to be worn for many seasons to come…” [CFDA]
[other sources: asian journal profile, Philippine Inquirer profile, Rafe’s blog and Twitter]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_koqhrz5QID1qzvmrjo1_400.jpg)
![Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson
is the newest national ambassador for the Diabetes Aware Campaign and appears in a Novo Nordis and Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF) sponsored PSA that debuted on People.com August 12th.Aiming to reach 24 million Americans living with Diabetes and 6.2 million more who are unaware they have the disease, the campaign attempts to underscore the importance of detection, monitoring, and disease management.
“We can make a difference in our own families through exercise, eating right and teaching healthy behaviors to our children.”
Stats, action kits, and more info are available on the NYC Department of Health’s Diabetes Prevention and Control program website.Dwayne Johnson born May 2, 1972 is an American actor of Samoan and African-American descent, a former nine time world champion professional wrestler with the WWF/E, and a former defensive tackle for the University of Miami.
Johnson not only landed his first leading role in The Scorpion King (2001), but also the highest salary for an actor in his first starring role, earning $5.5 million. He has since appeared in movies such as The Rundown, Be Cool, Walking Tall, Gridiron Gang, The Game Plan, Get Smart, Race to Witch Mountain, and Planet 51.[sources: Access Hollywood tv, Celebrity Babies.com, About.com, Wiki]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kog4hagdQG1qzvmrjo1_400.jpg)
![Brandon Soo Hoo born November 2, 1995 (Wiki) plays the young Storm Shadow in GI Joe: Rise of the Cobra and was Tran in Ben Stiller’s, Tropic Thunder, (2008).
Though the specificity of his Asian heritage has yet to be confirmed on the internet, where everything is true, Lee will be tagged as “other” (than Filipino/mix) Asian.
Brandon holds a black belt in Tae Kwan Do and is currently training in extreme martial arts and Wing Chun Kung Fu. Soo Hoo has also received training in weapons such as the bō staff, sword, and the nunchaku.[2] (Rock on!)
Soo Hoo was nominated for and won the award for Best Performance in a Feature Film - Supporting Young Actor award at the Young Artists Awards.[3]](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kocmp653qW1qzvmrjo1_500.jpg)
