Stage and screen star Rosario Dawson will direct a benefit reading of Eve Ensler’s newest work, I Am an Emotional Creature: The Secret Life of Girls Around the World, at Urban Zen Center at Stephan Weiss Studio, on Friday, February 5 at 7:30pm.

The piece chronicles the struggle of girls everywhere to overcome the obstacles, threats, and pressures that rob them of their originality and power. The readings will be performed by teen girls, including Samantha Mozes and girls from V-Girls pilot sites in New York City – the Harvey Milk High School at the Hetrick Martin Institute, the Young Women’s Leadership School, and the Lower East Side Girls Club.

Proceeds will benefit V-Day’s work with women and girls worldwide. Tickets are $100 for general seating with packages at $1000 – $5000, which will include an intimate cocktail reception immediately after the reading.

For more information, call 212-924-1229 or e-mail events@vday.org. To purchase, click here.

I have just added 96 HQ and MQ photos of Rosario from the premiere of the new film “The Book of Eli” that was held earlier this week in Los Angeles. Rosario looked absolutely amazing! You can see all the photos by clicking on the thumbnails below!

I have updated the gallery and added 50+ photos of Rosario from the latest events that she has attended! She look amazing, as usual, so make sure you check out all the new pictures!

I have finally added photos of Rosario from last week when she was at the Tommy Hilfiger show during Mercedes Benz Fashion Week! There is 30 photos total – you can see them by clicking on the thumbnails below…

Americans for the Arts, the leading organization for advancing the arts in America, announces recipients of the 2009 National Arts Awards. The annual awards recognize those artists and arts leaders who exhibit exemplary national leadership and whose work demonstrates extraordinary artistic achievement. They are organizations and individuals—artists, business leaders, and patrons—who understand that the arts enrich people and communities alike.

This year, the following will be honored:

Robert Redford, Lifetime Achievement Award
Salman Rushdie, Kitty Carlisle Hart Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Arts
Ed Ruscha, Artistic Excellence Award
Sidney Harman, Frederick R. Weisman Award for Philanthropy in the Arts
Rosario Dawson, Young Artist Award for Artistic Excellence
Anne Finucane, Bank of America, Corporate Citizenship in the Arts Award

Rosario Dawson, Young Artist Award for Artistic Excellence
As a critically-acclaimed actress, producer, and co-founder of the nonprofit organization Voto Latino, Rosario Dawson is making both meaningful art and a lasting difference. Discovered as a teenager and cast in the controversial hit Kids, Ms. Dawson has emerged as one of Hollywood’s most sought after leading ladies, yet remains a dedicated advocate for young people. She recently starred in Eagle Eye, Grindhouse, Rent, Seven Pounds, and Sin City. In 2004, she co-founded Voto Latino, a nonprofit, non-partisan organization dedicated to increase American Latino youth civic participation by both increasing voter turnout and political involvement among this group.

From Art Daily

Salma Hayek, Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem will all be honoured at next month’s Alma Awards.

The show, which takes place in Los Angeles in September 17, will be hosted by comedian George Lopez and Desperate Housewives star Eva Longoria Parker, who also serves as executive producer.

Other honourees at the ceremony, which celebrates Latino achievement in entertainment, will include John Leguizamo and Rosario Dawson.

Salma will be given the Anthony Quinn Award for Industry Excellence.

Performers on the night will include David Archuleta, Nelly Furtado, Selena Gomez, Sean Kingston, Pitbull and Luis Fonsi.

Adam Rodriguez, Benjamin Bratt, Michelle Rodriguez, Oscar Nunez and Rey Mysterio are among the show’s presenters.

The Alma Awards were created in 1995 by the National Council of La Raza, a national Latino civil rights and advocacy organisation, as part of its effort to promote diverse and fair portrayals of Latinos in the media.

Alma stands for American Latino Media Arts and also means “soul” in Spanish.

From the Press Association

Rosario has been in Italy at the Ischia Global Film & Music Fest this week, and I’ve added 4 new sets of photos of Rosario out and about during the festival… You can view them all by clicking on the thumbnails below!

Rosario attended 2 film premieres last week for the movies “Public Enemies” and “Bruno”. I have added photos from both of these events, which you can view by clicking on the thumbnails below.