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Ethan Zohn (Misfit Issue, February/March 2005) is preparing for the first-ever Grassroot Soccer UNITED Dribble, a 500-mile journey from Boston to Washington, D.C., during which he will dribble a soccer ball the entire way to raise worldwide awareness about HIV/AIDS. Zohn is the co-founder of Grassroot Soccer Inc., an organization that uses the power of soccer in the fight against AIDS and provides African youth with the knowledge, skills and support to live HIV-free. The Dribble will cover more than 500 miles and will last more than 100 days, kicking off on Aug. 20 at the New England Revolution’s Foxboro Stadium and concluding in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 1—World AIDS Day. At various stops along the route, Ethan and Grassroots Soccer will host events, clinics and rallies for local youth, community teams and leagues and all other supporters. Along the way, Ethan will be joined by friends, celebrities and fans alike. Starting now and all throughout the Dribble, you are encouraged to join Dribble 2008 by:

1. Logging on to the Grassroot Soccer website here and making a donation

2. Sporting and selling custom Grassroot Soccer gear and apparel by PUMA

3. Organizing support among other players and fans in your community

The price of one custom PUMA Grassroot Soccer UNITED T-shirt—$25—is the cost of putting one African youth through the Grassroot Soccer program. PUMA and Eurosport are official sponsors of Grassroot Soccer UNITED and Dribble 2008. Partners include General Motors, Kiwanis Club, Morgans Hotel Group, VT Sports and Major League Soccer clubs the New England Revolution, Chicago Fire and NY Red Bulls. While the stage for the Grassroot Soccer Dribble is regional, its reach, and that of the Grassroot Soccer UNITED movement, is global; supporters worldwide are encouraged to join the movement through donations, signature gear purchases and mobilizing friends and teammates.

Josh Peck’s (Hope, March/April 2008) newest movie, The Wackness, co-starring Ben Kingsley and Mary-Kate Olsen, among others, was released in theaters on July 2. Set in 1994 in New York City, Peck plays Luke, a socially uncomfortable teenage pot dealer with no friends, issues with his parents and a whopping lack of confidence with girls. He trades weed for sessions with his therapist, Dr. Squires (Kingsley), whose much-younger wife (Famke Janssen) is slipping away from him. Squires, a drug-addled shrink with a receding hairline and an adolescent state of mind, is an unlikely role model—but the two of them forge a friendship based on a mutual need: neither one is having any luck with the ladies. Check out The Wackness’s official website here. 

Kevin Youkilis (Take Action, September/October 2005) and fiancée Enza Sambataro recently gave $250,000 to Christopher’s Haven, the Italian Home for Children and Joslin Diabetes Center’s Pediatric Services. The All-Star first-baseman and his bride-to-be raised the money through their charity, Hits For Kids, an organization dedicated to rallying local and corporate support for charities and organizations focused on the health and well-being of children. Youkilis was also an honorable mention in ESPN The Magazine’s All World Power Rankings for Jewish Baseball players. Click here to check out the article online.

Sacha Baron Cohen (Misfit Issue, February/March 2005) will star as detective Sherlock Holmes, with Will Farrell as his loyal assistant, Watson, in an upcoming comedy inspired by tales of the fictional English sleuth, Columbia Pictures announced on July 2. No scheduled release date has been announced yet.

Season three of David Wain’s (Peace, May/June 2008) uproarious online series, Wainy Days, has started on MyDamnChannel.com. Wain’s show, which won him a 2008 Webby Award for Best Comedy Series, is a fictionalized tale of his bumbling romantic pursuits in New York City. New shows will be premiering every other Monday on the site. Wain was also a contributor and writer for the new book Camp Camp, a “love letter to summer camp and history of our generation, a chance to relive every Champion sweatshirt-wearing, accidental bed-wetting, sky-hook-wedgie-receiving, tie-dye-making golden moment via hundreds of photographs and stories….” This must-read for anyone who has ever attended summer camp of any kind is available for purchase here. You can also read Kali's interview with author Roger Bennett here.

Adam Marks is the marketing manager for JVibe's publisher, JFL Media. His Hollywood crush is Natalie Portman and he is an unabashed fan of Josh Schwartz's new TV sensation, Gossip Girl.