This is something I planned to take to my grave. But after seeing "Clerks II" over the weekend, I feel compelled to come clean. I have something...I have to tell you. Now, it's not like I'm straight or anything or inning myself. But true confession time: I have developed a huge crush on...Rosario Dawson!

I think it's allowed. I have plenty of straight male friends who have admited their guy crushes to me, the one guy they'd switch teams for, or who they just think is hot. Brad Pitt gets the most mentions, Richard Gere used to and I have one friend with a longstanding crush on Harry Connick Jr. (good taste all!)..

But enough about those silly boy crushes. This is about the ravishing Rosario. She cast me under her spell last year when I went to see the big-screen version of "Rent." She was one of only a two cast members who did not originate their role in the movie on Broadway. Among this supremely talented group, Dawson more than held her own with the sexy duet "Light My Candle" followed a short time later by my favorite number in the entire movie: "Out Tonight."

And so, the crush began. It grew after seeing Rosario in "Clerks II," which I thought was a fine follow-up to the original movie that I had seen at least five times. In this comedy, Rosario doesn't get to sing but she does dance a little on a rooftop and she has such a radiant smile. She gives the slacker comedy some real heart.