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Famous Dominicans
Frank reyez....................Musician
Hector Acosta ...............Musician
Dania Ramirez.........Actress (Callisto) X-Men
Guillermo Linares.........US Politics
Ilka Payan................Actress, Attorney, Aid activist
So far so good.
Cool!!!!
I just found the web page where your original list came from.
Cool, you will see that Zoe Saldana is already there.
Here we go again,
Julian Javier - Born in town of San Francisco de Macoris - joined St Louis Cardinals in 1960
Julian Javier - Born in town of San Francisco de Macoris - joined St Louis Cardinals in 1960
Rudy Hernandez - from Santiago, the Dominican Republic's 'second' city - first appeared for the Washington Senators in 1960.
Manny Mota - Hailing from the DR's capital, Santo Domingo, he made his mark initially with the San Francisco Giants in 1962
Rico Carty - From another mighty Dominican Baseballing town, on the South coast, San Pedro de Macoris
Cesar Geronimo - From El Seibo, first played for the Houston Astros in 1969ed for the Milwaukee Braves from 1963
Cesar Cedeno - Joined the Houston Astros in 1970
Tony Fernandez - From the home of many other great players, San Pedro de Macoris. He joined the Blue Jays as a regular team member during the 1984 season
Cesar Geronimo - From El Seibo, first played for the Houston Astros in 1969ed for the Milwaukee Braves from 1963
Cesar Cedeno - Joined the Houston Astros in 1970
Tony Fernandez - From the home of many other great players, San Pedro de Macoris. He joined the Blue Jays as a regular team member during the 1984 season
Points List
1. waurhat..........33 came struggling but made it.
2. Travelsalot...... 60 I had to give him...He came out with a great(RIP)AID Activist/Actress
Good going
Good observation wuarhat!!!
Those two add-on definately helped you with with 33 points.
Man that was close.
The baseball players helped me alot also.
Here we go again,
Julian Javier - Born in town of San Francisco de Macoris - joined St Louis Cardinals in 1960
Julian Javier
The Dominican Javier was dealt from the Pirate farm system to the Cardinals in a May 1960 trade for popular pitcher Vinegar Bend Mizell. His range and speed quickly enabled him to establish himself as the everyday second baseman for a dozen seasons in St. Louis. In 1963, Javier and teammates Ken Boyer, Dick Groat, and Bill White made up an all-Cardinal starting All-Star infield. Javier was so good covering ground, pivoting on the double plays, and going back for pop-ups that GM Bing Devine proclaimed him better defensively than Frankie Frisch, Rogers Hornsby, or Red Schoendienst.
Javier hit .360 in the 1967 WS against Boston, including a three-run homer in Game Seven to help Bob Gibson win his third Series game and bring the World Championship to St. Louis. He is the father of Stan Javier. (FJO)
Some kind of monopoly going on here......:cheeky:
It is open for anybody that wants to participate.
Add-ons personalities =5 points
knowing personalities from the original list = 1 point for each person.
Also check the add-on list becuase you get one point per everybody
you may know there.
Add-ons need to be listed.
Please be honest counting points from the original list.
the original list is the first post of the thread.
Actor Manny Perez
Rough-hewn Dominican-American actor Manny Perez fit the bill in Hollywood for Hispanic characterizations -- particularly those of thugs and hoods -- and thus tackled many parts that traded on his ethnicity, to such a degree that he soon chalked up dozens of Latino roles in many genres. Key projects included the Gulf War drama Courage Under Fire (1996), the inner-city drama Washington Heights (2002, which Perez starred in and produced), and the musical Yellow (2006). At the same time, Perez evinced versatility and flexibility that stretched him beyond Hollywood confines; for instance, he was one of the only non-Japanese actors in the ultraviolent 2000 crime picture Brother, helmed by and starring "Beat" Takeshi Kitano, and also played Johnny in the controversial 2003 independent film Party Monster, about the bizarre life and downfall of flamboyant New York City club promoter Michael Alig (Macaulay Culkin). In 2007, Perez starred opposite Wanda De Jesus in the Mafia-themed crime thriller Illegal Tender, directed by Franc Reyes. ~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide
Actor Victor Rasuk
In a role that seemed tailor-made for him thanks to the Dominican-American ties between the character and actor, thespian Victor Rasuk arrived onscreen sounding a graceful, soulful, and multilayered note, with a stunning lead portrayal in the coming-of-age romance Raising Victor Vargas (2002). As directed by Peter Sollett (Five Feet High and Rising), this sweet, finely-observed fable told of a young man's successful attempts to court a local Hispanic beauty -- and the lessons learned by each over the course of their relationship -- won the hearts of critics and audiences around the world. Unsurprisingly, this project foreshadowed the career accomplishments that lay ahead for Rasuk, on two levels: he consistently received respectable billing and consistently chose interesting, unpredictable work. His resum? through the late 2000s includes supporting roles in such pictures as Lords of Dogtown (2005), I'm Reed Fish (2006), and Adrift in Manhattan (2007). ~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide
Latest movie.......StopLoss
Cool, you will see that Zoe Saldana is already there.
I was only able to give you one point.... since she was already on the original list.
points
1. waurhat..........33 Came struggling but made it.
2. Travelsalot......100 Good going.
Good going
1. waurhat..........33 Came struggling but made it.
2. Travelsalot......100 Good going.
Your points....
50.......special bonus for Ilka Payan...HIV/AID activist.
01.......Guillermo Linares.....Politician
05.......Dania Ramirez......Actress(X-men, Fat Albert, Illegal Tender, The Last stand)
01.......Zoe Saldana.....Actress(Center Stage,Drumline,Crossroads,Pirates of the caribbean
05.......Julian Javier........Baseball player
05.......Rudy Hernandez....Baseball Player
05.......Cesar Geronimo....Baseball Player
05.......Rico Carty.......Baseball Player
05.......Tony Fernandez...(Baseball player)
05.......Many Mota....(Baseball player)
05.......Victor Rasuk.....Actor(stopLoss)
05.......Manny Perez...Actor(El Cantante)
97.......total points
Good going Travelsalot.