Baltimore’s singing sensation, Neenah Taylor, appears in “Ellicit Ills:” filmed with Rosario Dawson and shot in Philly

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Neenah Taylor, local Baltimore singer/actress/model and song writer appears in the new film, “Explicit Ills,” starring Rosario Dawson (Descent), rapper Tariq Trotter (known as Black Thought of the Roots) and Paul Franklin Dano (Little Miss Sunshine). The film, shot in Philadelphia, is directed by actor Mark Webber (The Good Life) and tells the story of the effects of drugs and poverty and the choices people make. Dawson plays the mother of an asthmatic son who has no health insurance.

Neenah is finishing up yet another film, “Sister Switch,” written/produced and directed by Torrance Calvin (www.24kblackfilms.com). That film is about a nerdy young girl, Ashleigh Cole (Neenah Taylor), whose big sister; Taylor Cole (Drew Sidora), is a very popular entertainer and Ashleigh’s dream is being just as popular as her sister. With the support of her father (Kadeem Hardison) her dream comes true.

Kadeem Hardison is best known for starring in the weekly sitcom, “A Different World,” a spin off of “The Crosby Show.” He also starred in “White Men Can’t Jump” and “School Daze.” In 1990 and 1992 Hardison received an NAACP Image Awards for his acting. He recently appeared in the special, “The Fantasia Barrino Story,” as the father of American Idol winner Fantasia. Drew Sidora has appeared on “The Game,” “Girlfriends,” “That’s So Raven,” “White Chicks,” “Without a Trace” and most recently “Wild Hogs” starring Martin Lawrence.

Neenah is an accomplished singer/song writer and model having performed as opening act for such artists as Trey Songz, Angela Bofill and Angie Stone. She has performed for the Mayor and Governor of Baltimore, ARTSCAPE and the African-American Heritage Festival.

Neenah Taylor is a member of SAG and AFTRA and has also modeled for such companies as Toy’s R Us, Daimler Chrysler, Apple Computer, CarMax Freddie Mac, Pampers, and the Baltimore Aquarium.

Taylor’s face has also graced the covers of Style Magazine and Prince William Parent Magazine. You can hear her unbelievable vocals at her myspace.com/neenahtaylor

From PR Urgent

Rosario attended the “Art of Elysium 10th Anniversary Gala” last night, January 12 in Los Angeles. You can view some small preview images at Wireimage 1 and Wireimage 2. Also check out some thumbnails below from the event! I’ll be adding HQ and MQ images from this event soon.

I have added part 1 of a two part update in the scans section of the gallery. There are articles and pictorials from 2001 until 2006 featured in this update! Check out some previews below, and when you click on them you’ll be taken to the last uploaded images of the scans category. I’ll update with part 2 a.s.a.p!

EDIT: I have updated the career tracker with information from 2006-2007, as well as some information on some of Rosario’s 2008 projects.

Some of you may have noticed that commenting on pictures has been going crazy. We started receiving “bots” (otherwise known as spammers) joining and leaving spam comments in the gallery. I just installed a captcha in the gallery that now requires you to enter a code in before you log-in, register, send e-cards, or comment. Commenting on photos is again open in the gallery, please continue to do so if you wish. Also, please let me know via comments on this post or by e-mail if you encounter any errors with this new method. Thanks and have fun!

As for comments on what the hold up is on updating, this past year hasn’t been the best for me. Not only am I extremely busy with my growing career (which includes a lot of time off the computer), but I’ve had to deal with my mother being in a hospital and a care home since September. Needless to say, real life came first in this matter. Things are looking up for me again, and I plan on resuming updates as soon as I can. Thanks to everyone who is being patient with things. I know coming to a site that isn’t updated sucks, and I never Sassy to turn out this way. I’m going to make 2008 a year full of updates, so please keep hanging in there.

Welcome to the new look here at Sassy! I created this layout a few months ago but I didn’t get time to add it properly, but now I have. Please feel free to comment and let me know your thoughts on the new look. Also, please feel free to report any errors / weird-ness going on in the comments as well.

I’m in the process of re-working the site’s content, so I’ll be sure to post about new and updated pages when I’m done. I also have a gallery update planned soon, I have a lot of things to catch up on.

I hope everyone who celebrates the Christmas holiday has a nice time today. Thanks for stopping by and I’ll be updating again soon!