The Two Boots Mardi Gras Benefit Ball, hosted by L.E.S. homegirl Rosario Dawson, is the party of the year – with incredible costumes, bands from New Orleans and NYC, the crowning of a celeb Queen and King, live art, DJs and great food and drink. The Girls Club is building our new building on Avenue D and needs your support more than ever!

Purchase your tickets now ($20 or $100) and get ready to let the good times roll!

100% of all proceeds go directly to The Lower Eastside Girls Club!

Third Annual Two Boots Mardi Gras Benefit Ball
Featuring Los Po-Boy-Citos, direct from New Orleans!
Hosted by Rosario Dawson
Tuesday, February 21st 2012
7pm to 12am
Le Poisson Rouge (158 Bleecker Street New York, NY)

Tickets:
$20 in advance, $25 day of event
$100 VIP ticket (includes food, 3 hour open bar & reserved seating)

Hollywood royalty Rosario Dawson (Seven Pounds, Men in Black 2, Sin City) caught a stir as she was serenaded by an all singing, all dancing tramp in London’s west-end. Passers-by looked on in amazement as the bemused star joined in and danced around with the excited gentleman.

Luckily, as it turns out she was making a cameo appearance in supergroup The Bullitts’ music video for new single Supercool, out 4th March.

Famous for her roles in Sin City and as leading lady to Will Smith in Seven Pounds, Rosario has been in London filming.  She is set to star in upcoming The Blind Bastards with Lenny Kravitz and Fire With Fire alongside Fergie (Black Eyed Peas), Josh Duhamel and legend Bruce Willis.

Rosario Dawson’s collaboration with the group follows in the footsteps of another leading lady of the silver screen, the gorgeous Lucy Liu (Charlie’s Angels, Kill Bill) who narrates The Bullitts’ debut album.

“Evocative, provocative, highly imaginative and utterly individual” are just some of the words used to describe the band, who burst on the scene with first official single Supercool, [released on 4th March].

Upcoming album They Die Before Dawn and Other Short Stories, due later in 2012, already has industry ears pricking up and includes collaborations with an incredible line up, such as Tori Amos, Roisin Murphy, Jay Electronica, Idris Elba (Golden Globe 2012 winner) and Mos Def as well as it’s superstar narrator.

OSLO, NORWAY, November 25, 2011 – Nobel Peace Prize Concert organizers announced today that Rosario Dawson will join Helen Mirren to host the 18th annual Nobel Peace Prize Concert on Sunday, December 11th in Oslo, Norway.

The Concert will feature previously announced artists including Sugarland, David Gray, Jill Scott, Janelle Monáe, Matthew Morrison, Ellie Goulding, Evanescence, Bernhoft, World Youth Choir and the Nobel laureates’ personal selections of Miatta Fahnbulleh, Angelique Kidjo and Ahmed Fathi.

This year’s Nobel Peace Prize Concert will honor laureates Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Leymah Gbowee and Tawakkol Karman, for what the Norwegian Nobel Committee calls “their non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women’s rights to full participation in peace-building work.”

The award is given annually for work exemplifying a spirit of hope and leadership that will help promote peace in the world. The Concert is presented by the Nobel Peace Prize Concert AS and broadcast to a global audience.

“Helen and Rosario will be wonderful hosts and ambassadors of peace,” said Geir Lundestad, Secretary of the Norwegian Nobel Committee. “We welcome these talented artists from around the world and look forward to a memorable evening that honours and celebrates these remarkable laureates.”

The Nobel Peace Prize is the most prestigious award in the world, honoring icons such as Mother Teresa, Nelson Mandela, Mikhail Gorbachev, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Barack Obama, Kofi Annan, Al Gore and other remarkable individuals and organizations. For the past seventeen years, the Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony has been followed the next day by the Nobel Peace Prize Concert, a musical celebration honoring the laureate.

Actress Rosario Dawson hosted an exclusive cocktail reception last night at Tao in the Venetian to launch Love Universe, a lifestyle jewelry collection, and model Linda Vojtova and jewelry designer Genevieve Jones were on hand to present their Love Universe-branded collections.

The evening also spotlighted Love Pledge, which encourages people to commit 1 percent of their annual earnings and 1 percent of their annual time to philanthropic causes and charitable organizations of their choice.

Rosario wore Love Universe bracelets in honor of her grandmother, who recently passed away. She shared how generous her grandmother was and that the actress was dedicating her Love Pledge to her grandmother.

After dining in Tao’s private dining room, Rosario, whose credits include Rent, Sin City, Seven Pounds and TV’s Gemini Division, and the Love Universe team took over the skyboxes in the nightclub, and later Rosario and her girlfriends headed down to dance on the catwalk to the sounds of DJ Reach, who gave her a shout-out.

Rosario dedicated her Love Pledge to her grandmother who just passed away and wore Love Universe bracelets in her honor.

Credit: Las Vegas Sun

Largest Gathering of Volunteer and Service Leaders Convenes in New Orleans, June 6-8

NEW ORLEANS, June 1, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — As communities across the country face challenges ranging from the dropout crisis to childhood hunger to natural disasters, and as Americans look for ways to give back, volunteer service has become an essential strategy for solving community challenges. Leaders from the service sector will come together to share solutions, best practices and lessons for achieving greater impact at the 2011 National Conference on Volunteering and Service (NCVS) in New Orleans, June 6-8.

The conference, convened by Points of Light Institute and the Corporation for National and Community Service, is the world’s largest gathering of volunteer and service leaders from the nonprofit, corporate and government sectors. This year’s event will provide nearly 4,000 “Champions of Service” with an opportunity to learn, connect and be inspired through a range of plenary sessions, workshops, special events, service projects and more.

The closing session on Wednesday, June 8, features the presentation of a Presidential Volunteer Service award to actor and activist Rosario Dawson, performances by Grammy Award-winner Chris Thomas King and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Percy Sledge and the announcement of the 2012 NCVS host city, all hosted by comedian John Oliver from “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.”

For more information on NCVS, please visit www.VolunteeringandService.org

Voices 7 will be held at ESPACE, 635 West 42nd Street (between 11th/12th Avenues). This special evening features a cocktail reception, a silent auction, and performances by our members including Lyrical Circle—an award winning collective of poets. This event is a unique opportunity for our dynamic supporters to celebrate BHSS’s work helping Black and Latino youth develop into critical thinkers and community leaders.

Voices is our signature annual celebration of our youth and our life changing programming. The evening provides a platform for our members to share their unique commentary through spoken word performances. Voices is also the time when we celebrate and highlight the accomplishments of our honorees – individuals who embody the ideals of The Brotherhood/Sister Sol: Positivity, Community, Knowledge and Future.
Our honorees…
Dr. Cornel West – The Bayard Rustin Award for Social Justice
Rosario Dawson – The Frida Kahlo Award for innovative Creativity
Hon. David N. Dinkins – The Ella Baker & César Chávez Award for Positive Community Development

Our host…
Soledad O’Brien – CNN

Thursday, May 5th, 2011

ESPACE
635 West 42nd Street
Time: 6:30pm

The Brotherhood/Sister Sol
512 West 143rd Street
New York, NY 10031
www.brotherhood-sistersol.org

Please Contact Ariana Aguilar for any questions regarding Voices 7
Phone: 212.283.7044
E-mail: fundraising@brotherhood-sistersol.org

Buy your tickets here

Voto Latino will kick off the White House Correspondents’ Dinner weekend with our 2nd annual On Series event in Washington, D.C.

On April 28, 2011, the ON: Emerging Voices in Media forum will bring together journalists, policymakers, leaders, and artists to share their insights and discuss opportunities to break barriers in media. The ON forums convene thought leaders to tackle the most pressing issues that impact American Latinos today. Voto Latino believes that by coming together, we can innovate creative solutions to these issues.

Invited speakers include:

* Lee Brenner, HyperVocal Co-Founder, Former MySpace Political Director
* Rosario Dawson, Voto-Latino Co-Founder, Actor
* Mignon Clyburn, FCC Commissioner
* Janet Murgia, President & CEO, NCLR
* Antoine, Sanfuentes, NBC News Washington Bureau Chief
* Cenk Uygur, Young Turks & MSNBC Host

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Founded in 2004 by actress Rosario Dawson and political analyst Maria Teresa Kumar, Voto Latino is the leading non-partisan Latino youth civic engagement organization.

United by the belief that Latino issues are American issues and American issues are Latino issues, Voto Latino leverages youth, media, celebrity voices and the latest technology to shake up the political process.

Rosario Dawson will be a special guest at Sarah Jones’ New Year, Nuyorican! performance this Friday, February 11th at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe.

Buy Standing Room Tickets

There is no more seating available for this event. Standing room tickets are available for purchase at the above link. Sarah returns to the Nuyorican Poets Cafe. Come see characters new and old, hear material in development, improv, and even participate in an intimate Q&A with Sarah at recession-friendly ticket prices. First come, first seated; space is VERY limited, and a ticket does not guarantee a seat, so please arrive early. Friday’s special guest is Rosario Dawson. $12 student rush tickets to Sarah Jones’ performances will be available one hour before each 8PM performance, if any full-price tickets remain unsold at that time. Students may buy one $12 ticket per valid student ID.

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Samuel L. Jackson, Uma Thurman, Harvey and Bob Weinstein, Harvey Keitel, Johnny Knoxville, Sarah Silverman, Rosario Dawson, Patricia Arquette and Steve Buscemi are part of the star-studded lineup scheduled to take part in the Friars Club roast of Quentin Tarantino here on Dec. 1.

Among the other roasters and dais guests: Kathy Griffin, Pam Grier, Richard Belzer, Rob Schneider, Whitney Cummings and Jeff Ross. Kristin Chenoweth will sing the national anthem.

The roast, to take place at the New York Hilton, was postponed in October due to the sudden death of Sally Menke, Tarantino’s longtime film editor and close friend.

“Having seen Pulp Fiction and Kill Bill, I can only pray that he understands that we only roast the ones we love,” joked Friars Club dean Freddie Roman.

Quipped Tarantino: “I am not coming to get my ass kicked, I am coming to kick some ass!”

To coincide with the 100th Friars Roast, a DVD box set of classic roasts from the 60’s has been released – including Johnny Carson, Don Rickles and Jerry Lewis.

New York, NY (September 7, 2010) – MTV announced today that Cher, Ellen DeGeneres, Katy Perry, the cast of “Glee” including Jane Lynch, Cory Monteith, Chris Colfer and Amber Riley, in addition Rosario Dawson, Chris Pine, the cast of Jackass including Johnny Knoxville, Bam Magera and Steve-O, Kim Kardashian, “True Blood” cast member Joe Manganiello, Rick Ross and Romeo of the multi-platinum Latin supergroup Aventura, are set to present at the “2010 MTV Video Music Awards.” In addition, the list of performances grows as Mary J Blige and Swizz Beatz prepare to hit the stage with Drake, also Bruno Mars will make his VMA performance debut at the 27th annual awards show, which will broadcast live on Sunday, September 12 at 9PM (Live ET/Tape delayed PT) from the Nokia Theatre L.A Live In Los Angeles, CA.

Joining the red carpet festivities is Audrina Patridge from “The Hills” who will serve as the official MTV International “2010 MTV Video Music Awards” guest correspondent. Through special vignettes from behind the scenes, the red carpet and the main event, she will give international viewers the scoop on everything happening before, during and after the show.

A special premiere episode of “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” will tape from the “2010 MTV Video Music Awards.” Ellen’s cameras will be on hand to catch all of the VMA red carpet highlights and behind the scenes must see moments.

MTV Style has confirmed superstar model Coco Rocha to host MTV.com’s ‘Red Carpet Report.’ Coco will lend her style expertise to the VMA red carpet and interview celebrities about their fashion.

Previously announced presenters include: The Social Network’s Justin Timberlake, Jesse Eisenberg and Andrew Garfield, Ke$ha, Nicki Minaj, Emma Stone, Penn Badgley, Trey Songz, Ashley Greene, Selena Gomez and Ne-Yo. As previously announced, comedienne Chelsea Handler will host the show.

Other performers on the show include Linkin Park, Usher, Eminem, Kanye West, Justin Bieber, Drake, Paramore, B.o.B, Florence + The Machine, along with Travie McCoy, Jason Derulo and Robyn who will perform with this year’s VMA house artist, deadmau5.

Viewers can vote for “Best New Artist,” by visiting vma.mtv.com through the show, live on September 12. In addition, text voting for “Best New Artist” is open to all wireless carrier subscribers by texting BNA to 97979.

Jesse Ignjatovic/Den of Thieves is the Executive Producer for the “2010 MTV Video Music Awards.” Dave Sirulnick is Executive Producer. Garrett English is co-Executive Producer/Executive in Charge of Production. Amy Doyle is co-Executive Producer. Joanna Bomberg is Executive in Charge of Music and Talent. Jen Jones is co- Executive Producer. Hamish Hamilton is Director. Wendy Plaut is Celebrity Talent Executive.

Official sponsors of the “2010 MTV Video Music Awards” are 5(R) REACT(TM) Gum, freecreditscore.com(TM), Honda CR-Z Sport Hybrid, Rhapsody(R), Samsung Fascinate a Galaxy S phone, Taco Bell(R) and Verizon Wireless.

The “2010 MTV Video Music Awards” will be available to a potential viewing audience of more than 1.2 billion people via MTV’s global network of 63 channels reaching 605 million households around the world as well as through syndication. In addition, its convergent programming & content will reach the entire interactive community, via MTV’s more than 200 digital media properties around the world.

About MTV:

MTV is the dynamic, vibrant experiment at the intersection of music, creativity and youth culture. For over 28 years, MTV has evolved, challenged the norm, and detonated boundaries — giving each new generation a creative outlet and voice that entertains, informs and unites on every platform and screen. On-air, MTV is the number one full day-ad supported network for P12-24. Online, MTV.com averaged 24.5 million monthly unique visitors during the second quarter of 2010 — up +13% year-over-year. Average video streams for the second quarter of 2010 increased +8% from Q1/2010. And MTV’s successful sibling networks MTV2 and mtvU each deliver unprecedented customized content, super-serving young males, music fans, and college students like no one else. MTV is part of MTV Networks, a unit of Viacom (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B), one of the world’s leading creators of programming and content across all media platforms. Wanna know more? Come on in www.mtvpress.com