GALLERY LINKS:
- Public Events: Linda Ramone Hosts “Commando: The Autobiography of Johnny Ramone” Launch Party

“I have no inteterest in real. I find real people boring.” – Rose McGowan

“If somehow, Liza Minnelli in Cabararet and Jean Harlow had a baby and threw it in white puffy boots with the perfect poodle… It would be you!” – Rose McGowan judging Sharon Needles

Screencaptures of Rose McGowan guest judging on the most recent episode of RuPaul’s Drag Race have been added to the gallery. What a fun (and emotional!) episode. Rose couldn’t have guest starred on a more fitting episode, being that it was doggy inspired couture and we know her love of pups. Rose looked gorgeous in her amazing sparkling corset and the episode was a blast, that ultimately and tearfully sent one of my favorite queens home. I really wish Rose would come back for more episodes because she was hilarious alongside Ru and the other judges! Watch the entire episode on Logo’s website (US only).

GALLERY LINKS:
- RuPaul’s Drag Race: Episode Stills
- RuPaul’s Drag Race: 4×11 – “The Fabulous B*tch Ball” Screencaptures

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- RuPaul’s Drag Race: Episode Stills

Stay tuned for screencaps and video footage of Rose’s appearance next week!

GALLERY LINKS:
- RuPaul’s Drag Race: Episode Stills

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- Public Events: Valentino Rodeo Drive Flagship Opening

Style in the Movies: The Legendary Costumes of Travis Banton
One of the most important costume designers of classic Hollywood, Travis Banton was the man who taught Edith Head and dressed the likes of Mae West, Claudette Colbert, Carole Lombard and a host of other glamorous Paramount stars. The festival will feature six films showcasing Banton’s work. They will be introduced by Oscar-nominated costume designer Deborah Nadoolman Landis, who will be joined by Rose McGowan for Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948).

Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948)
Introduced by Rose McGowan and Deborah Nadoolman Landis
Joan Fontaine plays a woman obsessed with a pianist played by Louis Jourdan in this rich romantic drama from Max Ophüls. Howard Koch adapted the screenplay from a novella by Stefan Zweig.

WeAreMovieGeeks.com is also reporting that Rose will be involved in a multimedia exploration of style in film noir, presented by The Film Noir Foundation’s Eddie Muller.

Photos have also been added of Rose attending Just Jared’s 30th Birthday Party the day before, on March 24. She wore a sparkly Blonds dress and accessorised with a YSL bag, Sergio Rossi heels and an awesome black wig.

GALLERY LINKS:
- Public Events: 26th Annual Genesis Awards
- Public Events: Just Jared’s 30th Birthday Party

Glitz, glamour and celebrity were out in full force on this beautiful spring evening for a programme of awards, gala, entertainment, dance and song in honour of the Austrian film industry.

Rose McGowan wowed the audience in a gorgeous black and white dress at the event and she swarmed over how beautiful the Austrian capital is: “I was last here nine years ago, its a wonderful place. I will be back again for sure.” Watch a brief video of Rose here. I have added photos of Rose from the evening gala and also looking adorable and casual at another Orange Filmball event the day before. Thanks to Laura for her contributions!

GALLERY LINKS:
- Public Events: 2012 Orange Filmball
- Public Events: 2012 Orange Filmball (Evening)

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- Public Events: Celebration For The 40th Anniversary Of Sir Charlie Chaplin’s Honorary Academy Award
- Public Events: Marni At H&M Collection Launch
- Public Events: Fall 2012 Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week – Imitation
- Public Events: Barbie The Dream Closet at Lincoln Center
- Public Events: Oster Media Presents Leila Shams After Party
- Public Events: The Heart Truth’s Red Dress Collection 2012 Fashion Show – Red Carpet
- Public Events: The Heart Truth’s Red Dress Collection 2012 Fashion Show – Runway
- Public Events: The Heart Truth’s Red Dress Collection 2012 Fashion Show – Backstage
- Public Events: 13th Annual Warner Bros. And InStyle Golden Globe Awards After Party
- Public Events: The Art Of Elysium’s 5th Annual Heaven Gala
- Public Events: After Hours at Electric Room

GALLERY LINKS:
- Events in 2012: 20th Annual Elton John AIDS Foundation Academy Awards Viewing Party

In honour of these exciting news, I’ve updated the gallery with a nice batch of stills from The Doom Generation. Special thanks goes out to our friend Dale for contributing many of these. Enjoy!

GALLERY LINKS:
- The Doom Generation: Production Stills

Rose is not only loved for her talent and beauty but also for her whip-smart personality. Here are just a couple of our select favorite quotes from Miss McGowan between the years 2007 and 2012, as part of our fifth year anniversary celebrations.

• “Everyone’s got a story; I’ve just got a lot of chapters.” – Genlux – Holiday 2011

• “I took two years off because of a major illness in the family. So many people get caught up in a panic about taking time off, worried they’ll be forgotten about. The reality is, this is my one life. I stick to my convictions, for better or worse.” – Modern Dog – Summer 2011

• “From a really young age, I was into female empowerment and supporting the underdog. Right now, I’m into female vengeance.” – Fox News, 2008

• “I love anybody who’s dedicated to anything and lets their weirdo flag fly. I’m all for it.” – Entertainment Weekly, 2008

• “I’m a pretty swell gal. I don’t mean any harm to anybody. Generally speaking, for a melancholy person, I’m pretty happy.” – Blackbook – April/May 2007

Please feel free to comment and share your favorites from these years. There are so many so choose from so we’d love to hear which dresses you’ve loved the most!

Conan the Barbarian World Premiere (2011)

2009 MAD Paperball Gala (2009)

Prada Premieres “Trembled Blossoms” (2008)

2007 Cannes Film Festival – Death Proof Photocall (2007)

Grindhouse Los Angeles Premiere (2007)

“In the performance of her life, McGowan throws herself into the juicy, sexy, funny, comic book hero role of Cherry Darling.” – Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper

“The whole experience was completely schizophrenic, but in the best way.” – Rose McGowan

Grindhouse is, hands down, our favorite project of Rose McGowan. Two films. Two characters. One awesome throwback concept idea. What’s not to love? If we had to define Rose’s most star-making performance, it would have to be the quick-witted Cherry Darling in Robert Rodriguez’s Planet Terror. And while her role in Quentin Tarantino’s Death Proof was smaller, it was more than memorable, and she did a magnificent job at portraying two such completely different characters in basically one movie.

This project also has an ever bigger meaning to us. We launched our site in February of 2007, a few months prior to the release of Grindhouse. While we had been fans of Rose for many, many years, the hype and uniqueness that came with the project led to us finally pursuing and realising this website. So, it’s pretty safe to say that if it were not for Grindhouse, Rose-McGowan.com would possibly not even exist!

“I had wanted to do a guest stint some years ago, but it never worked out schedule wise. It, as anyone who watches the show knows, is totally bananas. Just off the wall. I’m doing something I hope to never do hope to never do again – replace an actress who’s already established a role. It didn’t occur to me that it’d be completely unnerving and bizarre until I filmed my first scene. It was still a great experience,” explained Rose during her second Q&A with Rose-McGowan.com

Rose McGowan portrayed Dr. Teddy Rowe for five episodes on the sixth season of Nip/Tuck, which kicked off October 14, 2009. Another actress may have made Teddy a caricatyre but Rose portrayed her as anything but. Smart, cunning, gorgeous and so deliciously evil – you just had to love Rose’s performance as Teddy!

“Meanwhile, Rose McGowan, as Lang’s demented witch of a daughter, Marique, takes the scenery chewing route, licking blood from her Freddy Krueger-esque finger blades, seemingly having the time of her life portraying a monstrous lunatic, which all adds to the films’ unashamed craziness. – The Hollywood Reporter

No question about it, most unique of ALL of Rose McGowan’s character looks has to be Marique, a role that was originally conceptualized for a male actor. It required Rose to sit through six hours of make-up each morning. And while the film itself received mixed reviews, no one could deny that Rose stole the show. With her villainous attitude, razor-nails, wedge heels and leather get-up… Marique is anything but forgettable!

The Essentials (2007-2009)

“I’m going to be co-hosting The Essentials with Robert Osborne on Turner Classic Movies (TCM). I’m beyond excited. To be discussing classic films with a brilliant film historian is a dream come true.” – Rose McGowan

Not only did Rose deliver superior acting performances in the past give years but she also contributed to Turner Classic Movies’ The Essentials. In November 2007 Rose McGowan debuted during the Guest Programmer month and eventually went on to co-host the program with Robert Osbourne. Between March 2008 and January 2009 she brought the classic silver screen films to the small screen on a weekly basis.

Last but certainly not least! We’d like to dedicate an honorable mention for Boop, Rose’s hilarious guest bit on FunnyOrDie.com’s short faux trailer for the untold story of how Betty Boop came to exist. Such a treat!

Rose-McGowan.com opened its doors on February 12, 2007, which means that today, on February 12, 2012, we are celebrating the site’s fifth birthday!

To celebrate the occasion we are doing five different look backs at various aspects of Rose McGowan and the site. We are starting with this post, which features five of the highlights of Rose-McGowan.com between the years 2007 and 2012.

• In November 2007 and July 2009 we conducted exclusive Q&A sessions with Rose McGowan herself. Needless to say, this was a great honor and these interviews remain some of the greatest highlights of the site.

• Every year we’ve aimed to create something special in honor of Rose’s birthday on September 5. One of the highlights includes our 2009 birthday project. Over 30 fans from 16 different countries contributed to the 32+ paged color printed scrapbook, which consists of letters, birthday wishes, fan art, poems and local postcards, all dedicated to Rose. We also gifted her with some gorgeous Boston Terrier memorabilia, including a stunning figurine. Rose was deeply touched by the gift and sent us a very sweet thank you note. View the birthday project page for further details.

• In August 2010 we auctioned an authentic Rose McGowan autograph to benefit Boston Terrier Rescue Net, one of Rose’s favorite charities, in honor of the actress’ 37th birthday. View the news post for further details.

• Rose-McGowan.com was mentioned the August 2011 issue of Total Film. The magazine featured a truly wonderful article on Rose and used our site as an example of Rose’s Old Hollywood demeanor. It was a huge honor to us that it was recognized by a magazine, especially one as awesome as Total Film! View the news post for further info.

• In celebration of her 38th birthday we created a video featuring clips of some of our favorite Rose scenes and performances throughout her career set to some great pieces of music. We were able to present a DVD copy to Rose in person in October 2011, which she absolutely loved!

• Lastly, we’d like to take a moment to thank all of our loyal visitors, many of whom have been with us since the very beginning. Thank you for sticking by us and for all of your lovely comments, contributions and friendships. We really and truly appreciate all the love! To us YOU are the biggest highlight of the site. We are so privileged to have met so many wonderful people throughout the years and formed such great friendships.

Pictured: 1st Polaroid – Riikka & Mycah (webmasters) meeting fellow London-based Rose McGowan fan Paul for the first time // Riikka & Dale‘s first meeting. 2nd Polaroid: Riikka & Mycah in Manchester, England for their yearly meeting in September 2011 // Last but not least – Riikka meeting Rose on her visit to London in October 2011. ♥

This past weekend, on February 4, Rose McGowan visited The Gentle Barn in Santa Clarita, California. Founded by Ellie Laks in 1999, The Gentle Barn is currently home to 130 animals who are rescued from severe abuse, neglect or slaughter.

Once the animals are rehabilitated they stay at the barn for the rest of their lives and serve as ambassadors helping to heal abused children. The Gentle Barn is host to kids in foster care, on probation, in gangs, on drugs and from the inner city, as well as school groups and special needs kids and adults. Through the interactions with the animals and their stories, kids learn kindness, compassion, confidence and reverence for all life.

What a truly wonderful cause! Be sure to visit the Gentle Barn website for plenty of more information and how to get involved if you are a local.

The gallery has been updated with images of Rose with Buddha, The Gentle Barn’s therapy cow, another cow named Buttercup and an adorable pot-bellied pig, among many others. She was also snapped with Betty DeGeneres, the mother of Ellen. Additionally, Rose was graciously surprised when Ellie Laks chose to name a newly rescued goat “Rose” as a thank you for her support.

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- Public Events: Rose McGowan Visits The Gentle Barn

Note that the 1997 Interview magazine article gets cut a little due to the large size of the magazine pages. But fear not, you can always read the full story in all of its glory right here in our library!

Enjoy the scans!

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- Magazine Scans: Arena (UK) – March 2005
- Magazine Scans: Interview (US) – March 1997
- Magazine Scans: Interview (US) – October 1995

GALLERY LINKS:
- Public Events: The Weinstein Company and Audi Celebrate Awards Season

Everyone’s got a story; I’ve just got a lot of chapters. – Rose McGowan

I have scanned and uploaded our original scans from the Holiday 2011 issue of Genlux magazine, which features Miss McGowan on the front cover. The photos are stunning and the article is a lovely read indeed. Many thanks to my friend Katie for her help in obtaining the magazine for us!

As in most cases, these scans were made by Rose-McGowan.com exclusively for this site. Please do not reproduce the scans without our permission and proper credit. Many thanks in advance!

GALLERY LINKS:
- Magazine Scans: Genlux (US) – Holiday 2011

Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas and a fabulous New Year 2012 to all of our visitors and, of course, the lovely Rose McGowan herself! We really love working on the site and appreciate your continued support. We can’t wait to see what 2012 will bring to Rose – and you can be sure that we’ll be here to cover it every step of the way!

Check back soon for a special contest and our end of the year highlights!

GALLERY LINKS:
- Conan the Barbarian: Blu-ray Screencaptures
- Conan the Barbarian: Blu-ray Screencaptures – “Battle Royal – Engineering the Action” Featurette

Dear Friends of the CPF:

Like many of you, my life was unalterably changed the day my father was diagnosed with Pulmonary Fibrosis (PF). He was my touchstone in life and once I realized that he was suffering from a disease that was 100% fatal, I found myself feeling utterly helpless and broken-hearted. It has taken me a great deal of time to begin to heal and I still shed tears at the most unexpected moments. He was taken at what seems to me a fairly young age of 61 – my heart was not ready to let him go.

I am now in the fight to stop this horrible disease because you can’t change anything by bemoaning your fate or sitting on the sidelines. After dealing with this tough loss, I have determined that my course needs to be one of helping to stop the disease – my loss can be turned into a win for all those diagnosed with PF in the future.

None of us can effect change on our own, but as a united group we can use our numbers to build national awareness of this terrible disease, demand attention to it and help fund the day-to-day work needed to help all those affected. We need a very large team of people coming together to generate a more active national campaign against PF.

My decision to help the CPF in their work to stop PF is my way of keeping my dad’s legacy alive and making a contribution to the world in his name. There are many causes that are better known, but watching the inexorable destruction that PF wreaks on the patient and their family and friends has convinced me of the urgency of this work. We are losing as many patients as breast cancer, but the investment in research for PF is minimal – it’s time for a change.

I welcome your support, both as an advocate and donor, and hope you will help the CPF and me win important victories over Pulmonary Fibrosis.

Thank you,

Rose McGowan