Archive for January, 2007

There With Care Presents ALL THE WORLD’S A STAGE Starring Jesse L. Martin, Rosario Dawson, & Tom Kenny Please join There With Care and actors Jesse Martin (Law & Order, Rent Broadway and Rent feature film), Rosario Dawson (Alexander, Men in Black ll, Sin City, Rent), Tom Kenny (Comic & voice of Spongebob Squarepants) and an array of other local performers including Motion Underground, Colorado Children’s Chorale & Cast members from Littleton Town Hall Art Center’s Musical Footloose who will come together to showcase their talents under the Performance Direction of James DeBrito. There With Care’s premier fundraising event for 2007 is a night of entertainment celebrating the first year of service.There With Care is a Boulder based non-profit 501(c)3 which supports families with critically ill children. Date/Time:  February 2, 2007, 7:30 pm Door Time:  6:30 pm Audience:  All Ages Seating:  All Seated Reserved/GA General Admission:  $25.00 Other:  VIP = $100.00 http://www.therewithcare.org (tax and service charges may apply to ticket prices){nl}{nl}

Actor BRIAN O’HALLORAN has lavished praise on his CLERKS II co-star ROSARIO DAWSON, insisting other actresses muted for the part wouldn’t have fitted in with the film’s lewd humour. The 41-year-old grew nervous when executive producer HARVEY WEINSTEIN gave director KEVIN SMITH a surprising list of actresses to be considered for the main female role, but his fears resided when Dawson arrived on set and joined in with the film series’ running gag about a sex act performed on a donkey. He recalls, “We were kind of nervous in the beginning, because Harvey Weinstein had given Kevin a list of women. Kevin wanted to do the film with the four guys from the original and unknowns for the other roles, but Harvey was like, ‘Absolutely not. You’ve got to give me a name actress at least.’ “But some of the names were really weird – like RACHEL WEISZ. I can just imagine what she would have been like: ‘Are you serious? A donkey show? Am I being Punk’d?’ “When we were on set, (co-star) JEFF (ANDERSON) asked her, ‘Rosario, seriously, how much are they paying you? Why did you say yes?’ And she said, ‘I wanted to see the donkey show.’ We were like, ‘That’s our chick.’” [ SOURCE ]{nl}{nl}

Someone asked me recently, “Who was your favorite celebrity interview?”I don’t have a single favorite. The stars I liked best were the ones who didn’t act like stars. They were always the most secure, most talented, most likable, and had the most interesting stuff to say. So, in no particular order, here are some behind-the-scenes looks at some of my favorite celebrities.ROSARIO DAWSON didn’t make it all about her when I interviewed her this year on the set of “Descent,” an indie flick directed by her longtime pal Talia Lugacy. She made sure her director and producer, Jeff Mazzola, were in on the conversation about this little revenge thriller revolving around a date rape.”It’s not like the role of the pretty girl who gets the guy at the end,” Dawson said. “This is dark. This is tough.”Traffic-stopping beautiful, with cheekbones like the Jersey Palisades, you have to admire this lady, who was discovered on a lower East Side stoop by a casting agent and cast in 1995’s “Kids.” Since then she has appeared in big-budget flicks like “Men in Black II,” “Alexander,” “Sin City” and “Rent,” and still lends time and star power to a little indie film with a friend.BY DENIS HAMILLMcClatchy Newspapers[ SOURCE ]{nl}{nl}