American actor, producer and singer Rosario Dawson, 29, grew up in a squat in New York. She supports online travel agent Trip Advisor’s More Than Footprints Scheme, which is donating $1m to five charities (see www.tripadvisor.com/Cause) What is the first charity you can remember supporting? When I was 10, I handed out leaflets on saving [...]
December 27, 2008
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Activism
We’re not yet thirty seconds into the interview, and Rosario Dawson has challenged my manhood. “Did you cry?” she asks. I, being completely secure with my own sexuality, artfully deflect her question with another question: Was this particular scene—which comprises the emotional crescendo of her new movie, Seven Pounds—easy to pull off? “It was pretty [...]
December 26, 2008
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Publications
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December 19, 2008
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TV Appearance
America might be facing severe job shrinkage, but once in a while you still find a position opening up that hasn’t been available for some time. Like this one: “romantic leading lady in a Will Smith drama.” That vacancy has been filled in “Seven Pounds” by Rosario Dawson, who’s better known for her prominent roles [...]
December 18, 2008
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Interview
“I just read the first book, it’s ridiculous, it’s like crack cocaine. I read it for 10 hours straight until I finished it,” Dawson, who will appear in Parts Per Billion with Twilight‘s vampire heartthrob Robert Pattinson, told PEOPLE at the Seven Pounds premiere in Hollywood Monday. “I actually made a vow to myself not [...]
December 17, 2008
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Random
In SCI FI’s Live Chat last night, Producer of Gemini Division, Brent Friedman announced that Afterworld will return with a second season, as will Gemini Division. Okay, I think the big question our Forum posters have had – can you answer without giving away spoilers – who is Anna talking to? Who is Anna talking [...]
December 17, 2008
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Internet, News
ComingSoon.net Interview The Insider at the Seven Pounds Premier Interview on Oprah and Friends with Gayle King at V to the Tenth Hollywood 411 Seven Pounds Interview Maximo TV at Seven Pounds Premier Just a note today’s Oprah Winfrey Show will be a repeat showing of Rosario Dawson’s appearance last month. Tune in to check [...]
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December 17, 2008
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TV Appearance
Rosario Dawson has established a definitive persona over her career in movies. When director Gabriele Muccino cast her in Seven Pounds, he didn’t want any of that. He wanted her to be Emily, a physically weak patient waiting for a heart transplant. “I was ready for it,” Dawson said. “It hurt sometimes. It was something [...]
December 16, 2008
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Interview
Rosario sat down with Movies Online and had a very revealing interview going in depth about the film Seven Pounds and the process of creating it. “Seven Pounds” is a stirring and emotionally suspenseful tale about a man with a haunting secret who sets out to redeem himself by drastically changing the lives of seven [...]
December 16, 2008
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Interview