Archive for November, 2006

New Gallery Additions

The gallery has been updated with Rosario’s appearances at the Glamour Women of the Year Awards, the Piperlime Launch party, as well as over 500+ screencaps from the film Clerks II (in stores THIS TUESDAY, go out and buy it!). Click the thumbnails below to be taken straight to each album.    {nl}{nl}

‘SHOP TO STOP AIDS’ International World AIDS Day Benefit

On World AIDS Day, December 1, 2006, Kiehl’s Since 1851, the venerable New York-based purveyor of fine quality skin and hair care preparations, will host one of the world’s largest HIV/AIDS benefits — “SHOP TO STOP AIDS.” The 2 hour shopping events will take place from 5:00 pm until 7:00 pm in 13 countries and 41 stores worldwide, with 100% of the net profits from sales during the events benefiting YouthAIDS.Some celebrities expected to stop by Kiehl’s stores and shop to show support include Emmy Rossum in New York; Rosario Dawson in Los Angeles; Jermaine Dupri and Bow Wow in Atlanta; Ludacris in Washington, D.C.; and Kelly Rowland in Miami.[ SOURCE ]{nl}{nl}

Book Bank Foundation Honors Rosario

G-Unit front man 50 Cent will be honored by The Book Bank Foundation (BBF) at the annual Book Bank Foundation Hero Awards in New York. Slated for Dec. 12, the BBF’s Hero Awards honors the best in film, entertainment, sports and business, to benefit the national youth homeless advocacy and literacy work of the BBF. 50 Cent is being honored for his charitable contributions through his non-profit organization, The G-Unity Foundation. Actress Rosario Dawson, Ed Lover, Asante Samuel (New England Patriots) and James Macklin of the Bowery Mission will also be honored.[ SOURCE ]{nl}{nl}

Rosario Dawson Joins Cast Of ROB ZOMBIE’s ‘El Superbeasto’

{nl}Fresh of the set of Quentin Tarantino’s “Grindhouse” feature “Death Proof”, Rosario Dawson has now joined the cast of Rob Zombie’s animated feature “The Haunted World of El Superbeasto”. Rosario plays Miss Velvet Von Black, the love of Dr. Satan’s (Paul Giamatti) life.Zombie is currently mixing a live album with producer Scott Humphrey for a tentative early 2007 release. As previously reported, Rob Zombie’s second feature film, “The Devil’s Rejects” was named “Best Horror Movie” at the Spike TV’s Scream Awards 2006, the first annual televised event which celebrates horror, sci-fi, fantasy and comic books. Zombie also picked up a Chainsaw Award for “The Devil’s Rejects”. The “Killer Movie” award, presented Oct. 15 to Zombie by Robert “Freddy Kruger” Englund, was part of the first televised “Fuse Fangoria Chainsaw Awards” to honor the best films and actors in the horror genre.

Rosario Dawson tells EW about her efforts to get out the Latino vote

Before today’s midterm elections, EW’s Nisha Gopalan caught up with outspoken actress Rosario Dawson to pick the Sin City star’s brain about something very dear to her:

Lewis & Dawson Split A Year After Moving In Together?

One of Hollywood’s most beautiful couples, ROSARIO DAWSON and JASON LEWIS, have reportedly split.The actress was overheard telling a friend about the break-up in a New York restaurant over the weekend (04NOV06), explaining she was having to fly to Los Angeles to clear her belongings from the Hollywood home she shares with the former SEX & THE CITY hunk.Dawson and Lewis started dating in 2004 and moved in together exactly a year ago (NOV05). The SIN CITY star has often cooed about her man, a former model, in interviews. In one recent article, she gushed, “He’s just a wonderful human being. He’s generous and loving and intelligent and warm and funny.” A publicist who represents both Lewis and Dawson had not responded to calls when WENN went to press.[ SOURCE ]{nl}{nl}