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.’” Contact Music

I’ve added a few more MQ images from random events. I’m also working on adding a bunch of more when I get time. So keep checking back for more!

109 x Voto Latino Campaign Launch (MQ – Must be registered / logged in to view)
012 x The Manchurian Candidate Premiere (MQ – Must be registered / logged in to view)
042 x 2007 Golden Globe Nominee Announcement (MQ – Must be registered / logged in to view)
009 x The Weinstein Co. Golden Globes Party (MQ – Must be registered / logged in to view)

Rosario attended The Weinstein Co. Golden Globe After Party this week and it’s great to see out and about in 2007! I’ve added images from the event. Enjoy! I have also added 3 HQ’s from a shoot we already have in the gallery. You must be logged in to view these images, but they’re worth it.

028 x The Weinstein Co. Golden Globe After Party MQ (Must be registered / logged in to view)
003 x Shoot #008 HQ – ADD ONS (Must be registered / logged in to view)

Rosario is the cover girl for the February 2007 issue of Lucky magazine! Scans can be found in the gallery. She looks awesome.

Columnist, Denis Hamill, has written an article where he talks about his favorite celebrities that he has interviewed. He mentions this lovely piece about Rosario:”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.”Excerpt from the Belleview News-Democrat

The first still from Grindhouse has been released. You can check it out in the gallery. I also updated the why we love her section. Thanks for submitting! I love reading why everyone loves Rosario. This Revolution is being released this Tuesday, so I’m planning on getting that capped ASAP. Happy New Year to everyone and I hope you all have an excellent 2007!

Some good news for the Trybe Films produced Descent and some interesting “casting” news for Grindhouse have been released recently. “City Lights Pictures Picks Up Rosario Dawson’s Descent” and “Lindsay Lohan In Quentin Tarantino’s Grindhouse?”. Click on read more to check out both articles.

I went through and deleted some members from the gallery who haven’t logged in within 30 days or who have not finished registration. I will do this “cleaning” every month. So make sure if you join up to log in at least one time a month. If you happen to forget and end up getting deleted, please feel free to re-join. This is merely to help save space and clean up the database.