The big-screen adaptation of the 1996 Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winning musical, “Rent,” arrives in theaters today, and the movie’s stars sat down exclusively for the Moviefone cameras to share their thoughts on the film:(click here for the interviews!)
“Wilson Jermaine Heredia, Tracie Thoms and Rosario Dawson
“…. A Heart of Thanksgiving was founded by Geno Chaviano, a financial advisor in New York City, and Isabel Dawson, mother of actress Rosario Dawson.”We got a call from Isabel Dawson about three weeks ago, saying she had this dream” to help evacuee families, said Pat Van Burkleo, executive director of the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Baton Rouge .Van Burkleo suggested holding a formal Thanksgiving dinner for the evacuee children the Club has been working with at…..”(click below for full article)Support the Cause: A Heart of Thanksgiving
“…..Possessed of even less musical-theater experience than Thoms, Dawson – the star of “Alexander” and “Sin City” – is the closest thing “Rent” has to an established movie star.But it wasn’t Dawson’s celebrity status that made Columbus realize he had found his Mimi. Dawson nailed her audition with renditions of Mimi’s songs “Out Tonight” and “Without You.” She also knew the world of Lower East Side bohemians because……..”(read full article below)
“NEW YORK Rosario Dawson pined so hard for the film role of Mimi, the HIV-infected strip club vixen of “Rent,” that she nearly skipped the audition. It just meant so much to her that the idea of vying for the part and not getting it seemed crushing.”I got freaked out because what if my voice broke while I was dancing because I was out of….. “(continue the article below)
The media section has been updated with Rosario’s appearances this past week on the Today Show, Daily Show with Jon Stewart, TRL, and Starz On The Set of Rent. If anyone at all would be so kind as to send in appearances from Conan O’Brien or Regis and Kelly I would forever be grateful to you. I opened a brand new site you all should check out, it’s of Rosario’s co-star from rent Tracie Thoms. You can view it at traciethoms.net. It’s still in it’s beginning stages but it will soon become your source for all things Tracie Thoms. Also I finally fixed the contact form. If you ever used it in the last month I didn’t receive the email. I apologize. Please send in all your questions, comments, suggestions and concerns to me through the contact form. Thanks!
The gallery for November 2005 is fully updated, you can check it out here. I’ll add more premier photos later on but as requested from your emails I’m going for quality HQ images as opposed to quantity. See? I do pay attention to you guys. Also there are scans from this month’s Alternative Press magazine with the All American Rejects on the cover which features an interview with Rosario. You can view the scans here. Thank you to Melly for being so kind and sending them in.Lastly there’s a scan from Parade Magazine added. Thank you so much to Chelle for sending it in.
Lots of interviews with Rosario available online. Instead of posting one by one I’ll make a general link to each here. Click and enjoy.`Rent` Girls by: John Polly Interview: Rosario Dawson by Paul FischerRosario Dawson Pays the Rent by Edward DouglasAn Interview with Rosario Dawson and Adam Pascal by Wilson Morales
I don’t usually post these types of articles because they usually turn out to be false and are a waste of my webspace, but I was highly amused by this particular especially since it turned out to be true.Click below to read about Lindsay Lohan’s attempt to conquest Rosario Dawson’s boyfriend Jason Lewis.
“She may be new to “Rent,” but Rosario Dawson is very familiar with the world it takes place in.”I grew up with people around me who were similar to the ones in ‘Rent,’” says Dawson, 26, who was raised by her parents in a squat in Alphabet City. “I had friends who were HIV-positive. A crackhouse was across the street.”‘Rent’ actually articulated things about my childhood I was never able to put into words. When the chance came to be in the movie, I thought, I have to do this.”Dawson, who co-starred in “Sin City” earlier this year, auditioned to play Mimi – the sexy, drug-addicted cage dancer – when Daphne Rubin-Vega, who created the role onstage, became pregnant.First, though, she had to prove she could sing and dance.”I knew I could do those things. And I was determined to work my butt off so I didn’t disappoint everyone.”But I grew up going against convention, and that gives you confidence to follow your heart. That’s ingrained in me, just as it’s ingrained in the characters Jonathan Larson created.”"[ SOURCE ]
