DiabetesMine: the all things diabetes blog » Actors http://www.diabetesmine.com A gold mine of straight talk and encouragement for people living with diabetes Sun, 19 May 2013 21:14:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= Actress with Type 1 Co-Stars in New Diabetes Documentary http://www.diabetesmine.com/2013/05/actress-with-type-1-co-stars-in-new-diabetes-documentary.html http://www.diabetesmine.com/2013/05/actress-with-type-1-co-stars-in-new-diabetes-documentary.html#comments Thu, 09 May 2013 11:00:56 +0000 MikeH http://www.diabetesmine.com/?p=74825 You might remember when Sanofi US announced last November it was teaming up with actress Elizabeth Perkins, a type 1 herself since 2005, on a new diabetes documentary aimed at the importance of having a support network when living with…

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]]> http://www.diabetesmine.com/2013/05/actress-with-type-1-co-stars-in-new-diabetes-documentary.html/feed 2 Revisiting the Great Halle Berry Diabetes Ruckus http://www.diabetesmine.com/2013/04/revisiting-the-great-halle-berry-diabetes-ruckus.html http://www.diabetesmine.com/2013/04/revisiting-the-great-halle-berry-diabetes-ruckus.html#comments Thu, 25 Apr 2013 11:00:59 +0000 MikeH http://www.diabetesmine.com/?p=73974 OMG… did you all know that Halle Berry is pregnant?! The actress who is also a fellow PWD (person with diabetes) is having her second child. At age 46. Seriously, the news is out. We tweeted it a few weeks…

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]]> http://www.diabetesmine.com/2013/04/revisiting-the-great-halle-berry-diabetes-ruckus.html/feed 30 A Steel Magnolia By Any Other Name http://www.diabetesmine.com/2012/10/a-steel-magnolia-by-any-other-name.html http://www.diabetesmine.com/2012/10/a-steel-magnolia-by-any-other-name.html#comments Tue, 09 Oct 2012 11:00:21 +0000 MikeH http://www.diabetesmine.com/?p=60591 A rose is a rose is a rose. And so is a magnolia… even the Steel Magnolias. The 2012 remake of the movie Steel Magnolias that hit the silver screen 23 years ago aired worldwide on Sunday evening on Lifetime TV.…

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]]> http://www.diabetesmine.com/2012/10/a-steel-magnolia-by-any-other-name.html/feed 8 Randy Jackson’s Continuing ‘Journey’ with Type 2 Diabetes http://www.diabetesmine.com/2012/08/randy-jacksons-continuing-journey-with-type-2-diabetes.html http://www.diabetesmine.com/2012/08/randy-jacksons-continuing-journey-with-type-2-diabetes.html#comments Fri, 17 Aug 2012 11:00:12 +0000 MikeH http://www.diabetesmine.com/?p=54410 You might say music industry celebrity Randy Jackson is a pretty big deal. Most people these days think of him as one of the celebrity judges on American Idol. Not me. I don’t watch reality TV, so I’m not familiar…

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]]> http://www.diabetesmine.com/2012/08/randy-jacksons-continuing-journey-with-type-2-diabetes.html/feed 2 “Steel Magnolias” Makes a Comeback! What About the Diabetes? http://www.diabetesmine.com/2012/08/steel-magnolias-makes-a-comeback-what-about-the-diabetes.html http://www.diabetesmine.com/2012/08/steel-magnolias-makes-a-comeback-what-about-the-diabetes.html#comments Tue, 14 Aug 2012 11:00:00 +0000 MikeH http://www.diabetesmine.com/?p=55699 Quick, name the movie! “Drink your juice, Shelby!” “Don’t talk about me like I’m not here!” Those two lines are likely what’s burned into any PWD’s brain who saw… you guessed it! (if you read the post title)… the movie…

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]]> http://www.diabetesmine.com/2012/08/steel-magnolias-makes-a-comeback-what-about-the-diabetes.html/feed 9 Our Interview with Paula Deen: Sticky Sweet http://www.diabetesmine.com/2012/01/our-interview-with-paula-deen-sticky-sweet.html http://www.diabetesmine.com/2012/01/our-interview-with-paula-deen-sticky-sweet.html#comments Thu, 19 Jan 2012 01:24:14 +0000 AmyT http://www.diabetesmine.com/?p=41314 Paula Deen is facing the music, on the eve of her birthday nonetheless (tomorrow). She and her publicist must have had a phone-a-thon today as she made herself available to the media, inevitably to answer to accusations of hypocrisy, profiteering,…

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]]> http://www.diabetesmine.com/2012/01/our-interview-with-paula-deen-sticky-sweet.html/feed 52 Nick Jonas ― Dishing on Diabetes http://www.diabetesmine.com/2010/12/nick-jonas-%e2%80%95-dishing-on-diabetes.html http://www.diabetesmine.com/2010/12/nick-jonas-%e2%80%95-dishing-on-diabetes.html#comments Mon, 06 Dec 2010 14:00:42 +0000 AmyT http://www.diabetesmine.com/?p=22432 Nick Jonas. Just whisper his name and you can hear girls screaming across the country, no? With their worldwide music tours, Disney channel TV series, and now making movies, this 18-year-old singer and his two brothers have officially become Larger…

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]]> http://www.diabetesmine.com/2010/12/nick-jonas-%e2%80%95-dishing-on-diabetes.html/feed 11 Type 1 Kids Lobby Congress: “Attention… is Going to Help Find a Cure” http://www.diabetesmine.com/2009/06/type-1-kids-lobby-congress-attention-is-going-to-help-find-a-cure%e2%80%9d.html http://www.diabetesmine.com/2009/06/type-1-kids-lobby-congress-attention-is-going-to-help-find-a-cure%e2%80%9d.html#comments Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:00:20 +0000 AmyT http://www.diabetesmine.com/?p=8471 When I was a guest on cancer-patients podcast last week, the hosts asked me if we PWDs don’t get frustrated: cancer seems to have all the big celebrities behind it, and make all the big headlines. Does it ever bother…

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]]> http://www.diabetesmine.com/2009/06/type-1-kids-lobby-congress-attention-is-going-to-help-find-a-cure%e2%80%9d.html/feed 2 Actress Olympia Dukakis Gets Behind Husband’s Diabetes http://www.diabetesmine.com/2009/05/actress-olympia-dukakis-gets-behind-husbands-diabetes.html http://www.diabetesmine.com/2009/05/actress-olympia-dukakis-gets-behind-husbands-diabetes.html#comments Tue, 19 May 2009 13:00:05 +0000 AmyT http://www.diabetesmine.com/?p=7435 Forget about risk factors: nothing gives people the “diabetes wake-up call” like getting diagnosed yourself — or living through it with a loved one.  The latter is what happened recently to Academy-Award winner Olympia Dukakis, whose husband Louis Zorich was diagnosed…

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