Global Movie Stars
Dwayne "Rock" Johnson
Movie: BLACK ADAM Released Oct 21, 2022
Jason Momoa
AQUAMAN
Opening Christmas 2023
Dwayne Johnson
MOANA
Release in 2024
Nominated for Academy Award
BETTE MIDLER
1979 Movie THE ROSE, was nominated for four Academy Awards, including Best Actress for Hawai‘i born Bette Midler.
The multi-talented Bette Midler has won four Grammys, two Tony Awards and three Golden Globe Awards and nine American Comedy Awards.
Bette was born and raised in Halawa and graduated from Radford High School in 1963.
Introduced Hawai‘i MUSIC to the World
Don Ho
Hawaiian pop singer Don Ho (1930-2007) had several nationwide hits on Billboard, "Pearly Shells" in 1964 and "Tiny Bubbles" in 1966. The Don Ho Show was a morning television variety show aired on ABC from 1976-1977.
Don Ho graduated from Kamehameha Schools in 1949.
Israel Kamakawio‘ole
Bruddah IZ (1959-1997) was part of the Hawaiian Renaissance. He was named "The VOICE OF HAWAII" by NPR in 2010. His "FACING FUTURE" album was the first from Hawaii to go platinum selling over 1 million CDs.
"OVER THE RAINBOW" was #1 on Billboard in the US, England, Germany, France, Australia. IZ's "OVER THE RAINBOW" has over 1 billion views on YouTube.
Music World Wide
Bruno Mars
International Super Star
Jack Johnson
Singer Songwriter
IAM Tongi
American Idol winner is touring overseas
Global Entertainers
Bruno Mars
Dwayne Johnson
Bette Midler
Roosevelt 2003
Bette Midler
Dwayne Johnson
Bette Midler
Radford 1963
Dwayne Johnson
Dwayne Johnson
Dwayne Johnson
McKinley
Jason Momoa
Dwayne Johnson
Dwayne Johnson
Waianae Coast
Israel Kamakawio'ole
Israel Kamakawio'ole
Israel Kamakawio'ole
Kaimuki & Waianae
Jack Johnson
Israel Kamakawio'ole
Israel Kamakawio'ole
Kahuku 1993
Carrie Ann Inaba
Israel Kamakawio'ole
Carrie Ann Inaba
Punahou 1986
Auli‘i Cravalho
Israel Kamakawio'ole
Carrie Ann Inaba
Kamehameha 2018
Young Stars on TV
Bretman Rock
24 year-old international influencer based in Hawaii. Bretman rose to fame while still in high school. He has a new MTV reality show "Following Bretman Rock"
Campbell 2016
Jacob Batalon
26 year-old Hawaii actor achieved international recognition in a Spider-Man movie. Jacob is currently starring in a new vampire TV series on SyFy.
Damien 2014
Sasha Colby
Sasha Colby
2023 Winner of RuPau's Drag Race on MTV. This Native Hawaiian was born and raised in Waimanalo, Hawaii.