ROSARIO DAWSON NAMED SHOWEST “SUPPORTING ACTRESS OF THE YEAR”

DAWSON TO NEXT STAR IN GRINDHOUSE FOR DIMENSION FILMS

Rosario Dawson

LOS ANGELES — ShoWest has named Rosario Dawson ShoWest “Supporting Actress of the Year,” it was announced today by Mitch Neuhauser, co-managing director of the event that will be held March 12-15, 2007, in Las Vegas. Dawson will be presented with the ShoWest Supporting Actress of the Year award at ShoWest’s closing night ceremony on Thursday, March 15 at Bally's and Paris Las Vegas.

“With numerous films to her credit including Clerks 2, Rent, Sin City, Alexander and The 25th Hour, Dawson has emerged as one of Hollywood’s most sought after actresses,” noted Neuhauser. “We just know that Ms. Dawson is going to electrify audiences worldwide with her performance in the eagerly anticipated Grindhouse and ShoWest is delighted to recognize her incredible talent by presenting her with the 2007 Supporting Actress of the Year Award.”

Dawson can next be seen in Dimension Film’s Grindhouse. From groundbreaking directors Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez comes the ultimate film experience: a double-bill of thrillers that will recall both filmmaker’s favorite exploitation films. Grindhouse will be presented as one full-length feature comprised of two individual films helmed separately by each director. Dawson stars, as Abernathy, opposite Sydney Tamiia Poitier, Jordan Ladd, Vanessa Ferlito and Kurt Russell in Quentin Tarantinos’ Death Proof. For Austin, Texas’ hottest DJ, Jungle Julia (Sydney Tamiia Poitier), dusk offers an opportunity to unwind with two of her closest friends, Shanna and Arlene (Jordan Ladd and Vanessa Ferlito). This three-fox posse sets out into the night, turning heads form Guero’s to the Texas Chili Parlor. But not all of the attention is innocent: covertly tracking their moves is Stuntman Mike (Kurt Russell), a scarred, weathered rebel who leers from behind the wheel of his muscle car. As the girls settle into their beers, Mike’s weapon, a white-hot juggernaut, revs just a few feet away in the parking lot.

Dawson made her film debut in the highly acclaimed and controversial hit KIDS, after she was discovered in her native New York. With a surprise midnight screening at Sundance and a spot in the main competition at the Cannes Film Festival, Dawson’s film career was well underway. Most recently Dawson starred in her first self produced film Descent, for director Talia Lugacy, which will premiere this April at the Tribeca Film Festival. In 2005, Dawson starred in the role of ‘Mimi Valdez’ in the film adaptation of the famed Broadway play Rent and also made a huge impact starring in the Robert Rodriguez/Frank Miller film noir drama Sin City. This Miramax/Dimension film opened at #1 at the box office. Dawson’s additional film credits include; Sidewalks of New York, Men in Black 2, Shattered Glass, The Rundown, Alexander, and Clerks 2. She can also be seen later this year in the John Madden directed, Killshot alongside Mickey Rourke, Diane Lane and Johnny Knoxville as well as in Sin City 2 alongside Jessica Alba, Clive Owen, Brittany Murphy and Michael Clarke Duncan.

ShoWest is the largest annual convention for the motion picture industry. It is the only international gathering devoted exclusively to the movie business and the single largest international gathering of motion picture professionals and theatre owners in the world. The 2007 edition of ShoWest will be held March 12 –15, 2007 at Bally’s and Paris Las Vegas and is expected to draw more than 5,000 members of the motion picture industry. Each year, ShoWest attracts delegates from more than 50 countries in North and South America, Europe, Asia and Australia. ShoWest is managed by Nielsen Business Media, a division of The Nielsen Company.