Well, the news is abuzz about Jason Momoa getting the lead role in the new Conan the Barbarian movie. A lot is the same news over and over, but this one is nice as it's local...
http://blogs.desmoinesregister.com/dmr/index.php/2010/01/22/norwalks-jason-momoa-cast-as-conan-the-barbarian/ Norwalk’s Jason Momoa cast as Conan the Barbarian
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Momoa is known for his role as Ronan Dex in sci-fi television series “Stargate Atlantis.” He was born in Hawaii, moved to Iowa (scroll down for a photo from his Norwalk days), and then returned to Hawaii to attend college, where he became a model and actor. He has two children with Lisa Bonet (Denise Huxtable from “The Cosby Show.”)
More at link above ,plus nice young Jason shot.
Photo copyright DesMoines Register (link above)
March 14, 1996: Jason Momoa, left, and Joe Devines, right, both of Norwalk but are students at central campus in a marine biology class are headed for Florida on a spring break trip. Momoa was counting his money. (Bob Modersohn/The Register)