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'Runaway' lip lock for Stewart & Fanning?
Original at topix.com
• Thu, Jul 2
Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning will reportedly share a girl-on-girl kiss in band biopic 'The Runaways.' Kristen Stewart may star in a steamy bedroom scene with one of her costars.
Dakota's almost driving age
Original at topix.com
• Thu, Jun 18
June 16, 2009 -- Whoa! Is that DAKOTA FANNING ? The whimsy is taking over - she was the cutest little munchkin in Man on Fire and Charlotte's Web and now she's all grown up.
Dakota Fanning's Runaway Day
Original at The Gossip Girls
• Wed, Jun 17
Continuing the prep work for her new flick, Dakota Fanning was spotted arriving at the Sunset Sound Studio to rehearse for “The Runaways” yesterday (June 16). The “I Am Sam” sweetie looked casual chic as she breezed past the paparazzi in a beige jacket ...
Dakota Fanning: Ready for “The Runaways”
Original at The Gossip Girls
• Mon, Jun 15
Just Jared Jr. Branching out into the rock star genre, Dakota Fanning was spotted arriving at Sunset Sound yesterday (June 15) to prep for her new film “The Runaways.” The “I Am Sam” actress looked to be in a good mood as she strolled past the paparazzi in a white ...
More on Jada Pinkett Smith and 'Hawthorne'
Original at Reading Eagle
• Fri, Jun 12
PA She also served as executive producer for "The Secret Life of Bees" (2008), a drama with Dakota Fanning and Queen Latifah. She and Smith are co-producing another feature, which will star their 10-year-old son, Jaden, who made his film debut with a ...
Actress Gets Same Strange Expression Every Time She Thinks About Hounddog
Original at Gawker
• Fri, Jun 12
By Richard Lawson Lil' Dakota Fanning going to a rehearsal for her Joan Jett movie; image via Bauer-Griffin]
Film review The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
Original at Time Out New York
• Tue, Jun 9
New York Daily News NY He's the generous soul who, after mounting the ugly Dakota Fanning kidnapping movie, Man on Fire, delivered both Domino and Déjà vu, films that can turn you on to going to bed early. To say that The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 is marginally better than ...
This Is Real Life
Original at Dlisted
• Tue, Jun 9
By Michael K Window licker Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning left a recording studio in Los Angeles yesterday where they were beginning vocal work on The Runaways biopic. This isn't just a day terror you can snap out of. This is really happening.
Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning: Costar Chicks
Original at The Gossip Girls
• Tue, Jun 9
They've already collaborated on the upcoming “New Moon” flick, and yesterday (June 8) Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning were spotted working together on another project. The “Adventureland” hottie and her “I Am Sam” gal pal were spotted leaving a ...
'Coraline' Begins A Fun, New Stage Off-Broadway
Original at topix.com
• Tue, Jun 2
In the 2009 3-D animated film directed by Henry Selick, Dakota Fanning provides the voice of the title character, a lonely but adventurous girl.
Rafael Film Center celebrates delightful decade
Original at San Francisco Chronicle
• Thu, May 28
USA Everybody from Charlize Theron, Helen Mirren, Phil Kaufman and Dakota Fanning to the big three of Bay Area filmmaking - George Lucas, Francis Ford Coppola and Saul Zaentz - have appeared at and supported the theater that has energized downtown San ...
Film review: Coraline
Original at CBBC newsround (audio)
• Sat, May 9
UK From big American stars like Dakota Fanning (Charlotte's Web) who is the voice behind the lead Coraline, to the UK's own funny pair Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders who are hilarious as Coraline's weird neighbours Miss Spink and Miss Forcible. ...
Dakota Fanning: House Hunting with Mom - Infos Jeunes France
Original at infosjeunes.com
• Tue, Apr 21
Dakota Fanning: House Hunting with Mom She's had an overwhelming amount of success at such a young age, and yesterday Dakota Fanning looked like she was ready to spend some of her hard-earned money on a new house. The “Secret Life of Bees” cutie was joined by her mother as she met up with a ...
With ‘New Moon’ In Her Future, An Open Letter To Dakota Fanning ...
Original at moviesblog.mtv.com
• Wed, Apr 1
Since then, you’ve proven yourself to be an exceptionally talented young actress in films like “I Am Sam” and “The Secret Life of Bees.” But one thing that stands out about your impressive filmography is that you’ve never done a proper horror movie, ...
The Secret Life of Bees: review
Original at Telegraph.co.uk
• Wed, Apr 1
United Kingdom Getting sticky with honey is useful for adolescent flirting, too, as Lily (Dakota Fanning) discovers in South Carolina in 1964, when she escapes her abusive father (Paul Bettany, briefly terrific) and hides out with her nanny (Jennifer Hudson) in the ...
John Polson and Russell Crowe show a little togetherness
Original at The Australian
• Tue, Mar 31
Australia Both Swimfan and Hide and Seek, a thriller starring Robert De Niro and Dakota Fanning, performed well in the US. Polson describes the US films as "much more down-the-middle genre films, the big Friday night popcorn releases" that were fun to make. ...
I Am Sam
Original at TheCelebrityCafe.com
• Mon, Mar 30
NY Sam tries his best to provide for his daughter, Lucy (Dakota Fanning), by taking her out to IHOP and reading her Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss. He named her after the Beatles song, “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds.” Once Lucy became 8 years old, ...
Best Movies
Original at Dispatch Online
• Fri, Mar 20
South Africa The Secret Life of Bees – Fourteen-year-old Lily Owen (Dakota Fanning) lives in South Carolina. It’s 1964, and the only woman she can depend on is taken away because of her race. When she and Rosaleen (Jennifer Hudson) reunite, they begin a quest to ...
The Secret Life Of Bees
Original at Sydney Morning Herald
• Fri, Mar 6
Australia Dakota Fanning and Queen Latifah bond over the art of bee-keeping. A 14 year-old girl escapes with her caregiver to a South Carolina town that she believes holds the secret to her mother's past. GLOSSY yet ultimately shallow, this platitudinous, ...
Coraline Review Ratings = MovieMotherTrucker.comOriginal at YouTube
• Sat, Feb 28
By rss@youtube.com (MovieMotherTrucker) MovieMotherTrucker.com = It's probably not a good idea to see Coraline until after you've seen this video. Coraline, Dakota Fanning, Teri Hatcher, John Hodgman, Dawn French Keywords: Coraline Dakota Fanning Teri Hatcher John Hodgman Dawn French Added: February 28, 2009
Push Review Ratings = MovieMotherTrucker.comOriginal at YouTube
• Sat, Feb 28
By rss@youtube.com (MovieMotherTrucker) MovieMotherTrucker.com = It's probably not a good idea to see Push until after you've seen this video. Push, Chris Evans, Dakota Fanning, Camilla Belle, Djimon Hounsou Keywords: Push Chris Evans Dakota Fanning Camilla Belle Djimon Hounsou Added: February 28, 2009
Review says 'nothing can redeem this mendacious swamp of a film'
Original at WorldNetDaily
• Fri, Feb 20
OR By Bob Unruh Concerned Women for America, the largest women's public policy organization in the nation, is asking retailers to take the infamous Dakota Fanning "rape" movie "Hounddog" off their shelves for the protection of children and families. ...
Hounddog DVD Review
Original at NewsBlaze
• Thu, Feb 19
CA By Kam Williams It's rural Alabama in the late Fifties, and little Lewellen (Dakota Fanning) is feeling pangs of sexual awakenings. Unfortunately, the prepubescent adolescent is being raised by her Bible-thumping grandmother (Piper Laurie) whose ...
Psychic Dakota Fanning Sadly Didn't See Drew Barrymore's Steamroller ComingOriginal at Defamer
• Fri, Feb 6
By STV FOR SHUT-INS: A sparse week of new DVD releases includes Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist, a two-disc edition of Zack and Miri Make a Porno, the good Dakota Fanning alternative The Secret Life of Bees, "deluxe" reissues of the first three Friday the 13th films, and the indispenable-to...
Psychic Dakota Fanning Sadly Didn't See Drew Barrymore's Steamroller ComingOriginal at Gawker
• Fri, Feb 6
By STV FOR SHUT-INS: A sparse week of new DVD releases includes Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist, a two-disc edition of Zack and Miri Make a Porno, the good Dakota Fanning alternative The Secret Life of Bees, "deluxe" reissues of the first three Friday the 13th films, and the indispenable-to...
DVDs: 'The Secret Life of Bees'
Original at Seattle Post Intelligencer
• Tue, Feb 3
When lonely, emotionally starved Lily (Dakota Fanning) flees her angry father (Paul Bettany) to learn about her half-remembered mother, she takes Rosaleen, ... New on DVD: 'The Secret Life of Bees' Baltimore Sun New on DVD: The Secret Life of Bees Popjournalism
New on DVD: 'Madagascar,' 'Space Buddies'
Original at New York Daily News
• Tue, Feb 3
NY - A strong cast--led by Queen Latifah and Dakota Fanning--provides the best reason to see the Southern drama "The Secret Life of Bees"(PG-13, $29.99). ... Zebras, giraffes, bees and a little fine wine Seattle Times all 2 news articles
Opinion: Oh The Places You'll Go
Original at Defamer
• Fri, Jan 9
By STV · This Week in Awards Hell: Bashir stunned WALL-E. The PGA boosted. The WGA snubbed. The DGA sleepwalked. The people spoke (drunkenly). And Dakota Fanning became an Honorary Sista. · Weary Barbara Walters resolved to be nice to her View co-hosts in 2009. That could have gone better.
Opinion: Oh The Places You'll Go
Original at Gawker
• Fri, Jan 9
By STV · This Week in Awards Hell: Bashir stunned WALL-E. The PGA boosted. The WGA snubbed. The DGA sleepwalked. The people spoke (drunkenly). And Dakota Fanning became an Honorary Sista. · Weary Barbara Walters resolved to be nice to her View co-hosts in 2009. That could have gone better.
Darling Dakota doomed to be a Bonaduce
Original at The Brain Drain
• Fri, Dec 19
By Mitchell - Crumrine(noreply@blogger.com) The moment has come for Dakota Fanning to step back and let the world see that the new Dakota Fanning, just waiting in the wings, is Elle Fanning. In an industry that puts a premium on youth, why are buzzmongers so obsessed with 11-year-old Dakota, when Wee Elle is only seven and every bit as fr...
Dakota Fanning gives us another reason to like her
Original at Cele
• Tue, Nov 4
By Ceilidh Dakota Fanning is shown at a double Hollywood Star award ceremony for husband and wife producer/directors Richard Donner and Lauren Shuler Donner on 10/16/08. Credit: WENN Dakota Fanning doesn’t see the need to grow up fast. She enjoys the process of growing up, but is happy to take her tim...
The Secret Life of Bees
Original at stomptokyo.com
• Sun, Oct 19
By noreply@blogger.com (Ryan) The first thing we learn about 14-year-old Lily Owens (Dakota Fanning) is that she accidentally shot and killed her mother when she was four. This is the main memory she has of her mother, and her frequently drunk and abusive father, T. Ray (Paul Bettany) wants to keep it that way. He tells her t...
Review: The Secret Life of Bees
Original at Cinematical
• Fri, Oct 17
By Cinematical staff The Secret Life of Bees, adapted and directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood from the best-selling book by Sue Monk Kidd, weaves racism and the civil rights movement around the story of Lily (Dakota Fanning), a young white girl taken in by three African-American sisters when she runs away fro...
Sara Vilkomerson's Guide to This Week's Movies: Southern Girls, Eastern Boys
Original at New York Observer
• Mon, Oct 13
By Sara Vilkomerson Adapted from the acclaimed Sue Monk Kidd novel and directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood, The Secret Life of Bees is set in the civil-rights-era South. Ms. Fanning plays Lily, tormented by her guilt and living with her cold and abusive father (a fantastic Paul Bettany). After one particularly...
New Movie Trailer: "Hounddog"Original at dirtywhorelebritynews (WordPress)
• Tue, Sep 30
By Mistress D A provocative Southern tale set in rural Alabama in the late 1950s, "Hounddog" is the story of a spirited young girl (Dakota Fanning) and her struggle to rise above the repression that surrounds her. Also stars Piper Laurie, David Morse, Jill Scott, and Robin Wright Penn. The filmmaker is s...
Police Brutality Strikes Keira, Kate and Dakota at the Box Office
Original at Defamer
• Fri, Sep 19
By STV Welcome back to Defamer Attractions, your official tastemaking Bible for everything new and noteworthy at the movies. The second week of the fall season offers another mixed harvest of Oscar bait, multiplex placeholders and indie hopefuls, none more eagerly anticipated than the hist...
"The Dakota Fanning rape movie"
Original at Salon
• Fri, Sep 19
By Jessica Wakeman So what is "Hounddog" about, really? It's a touching and beautiful film about the tragedies that befall the broke but not broken in 1950s Alabama. It's also a richly feminist film, one of the few movies in which a young woman's burgeoning sexuality is not merely treated as titillation. Lewe...
Police Brutality Strikes Keira, Kate and Dakota at the Box Office
Original at Gawker
• Thu, Sep 18
By STV Welcome back to Defamer Attractions, your official tastemaking Bible for everything new and noteworthy at the movies. The second week of the fall season offers another mixed harvest of Oscar bait, multiplex placeholders and indie hopefuls, none more eagerly anticipated than the hist...
Opinion: Hounddog
Original at Rolling Stone
• Thu, Sep 18
Rating: 0 Stars Starring: Dakota Fanning, Piper Laurie, David Morse, Robin Wright-Penn, Jil... Review: This ain't the old Dakota Fanning rape movie they showed at Sundance nearly two years ago to a rain of critical revulsion. This is the re-edited Dakota Fanning rape movie that re-emerges...
February 23rd, 2008 - Happy Birthday Dakota Fanning!
Original at Outside The Beltway | OTB
• Sat, Feb 23
By Allie Fanning is the older sister of Elle Fanning, also an actress. Fanning’s mother had wanted to name her “Hannah” and her father wanted to name her “Dakota”; she has always used Dakota among her friends and family. Fanning is of half German descent and Irish origin. Fanning and her family are mem...
Dakota Fanning: No One's Valentine
Original at Cornell University The Cornell Daily Sun
• Wed, Feb 13
By John-David Brown She may have captivated some people in movies like I am Sam and War of the Worlds, but I think that Dakota Fanning is an ugly hack who is, amongst other obvious things, very undateable. While there are millions of reasons why nobody ...
The Fab Five
Original at topix.net
• Sun, Dec 9
1 It can't be easy to hold your own against fantastical features, elaborate special effects and Nicole Kidman -- especially when you're only 13 years old and have never before acted in a film. But in The Golden Compass, the wonderful Dakota Blue Richards proves a graceful and surprisingly...
I Am Sam Watch Movie Online
Original at Watch Videos Online
• Tue, Nov 27
By Dev Hudson Plot Outline: A mentally retarded man fights for custody of his 7-year-old daughter, and in the process teaches his cold-hearted lawyer the value of love and family. Cast: Sean Penn, Michelle Pfeiffer, Dakota Fanning, Dianne Wiest, ...
Djimon Hounsou & Dakota Fanning Will 'Push'
Original at Cinematical
• Fri, Aug 17
By Monika Bartyzel The film stars Djimon Hounsou (Blood Diamond), Dakota Fanning (Hounddog), Chris Evans (Fantastic Four) and Camilla Belle (The Chumscrubber) as young American ex-pats who are hiding out in Hong Kong. See, they all have telekinetic and ...
My latest Dakota Fanning fake pic
Original at Former Naval Person
• Sun, Aug 12
By Jim I was inspired to try my hand again at another Dakota Fanning fake. After the Hounddog movie was released, it seemed like the obvious thing to do: make Dakota Fanning fakes. (This picture is based on a rather low-res picture of Jenny ...
Podcast: Thrill Seeker Max Discovers Man vs Wild. And Dakota Fanning and Miley Cyrus Please Email Max And Be On His Show!!!
Original at Kid Power Radio
• Sat, Jun 16
I'd like to give 4 special shout outs to my friends at Drama Camp... Rebecca, Lindsay, Robert, Sophie Dakota Fanning if you're listening email me, please! Special shout out to Bob Barker for 35 years on The Price is Right! Saw the last show you did an awesome job.
The Untitled Dakota Fanning Rape Project Gets A Title: UPDATE [Dakota Fanning]
Original at Defamer
• Tue, Dec 26
By Seth Of course, should the licensing rights to the Elvis material prove cost ineffective, last minute rewrites can always turn Fanning's character into a diehard Engelbert Humperdinck fan at a price that would fit well within their budgeting constraints. The Movie: Hounddog [OhNoTheyDid...
Griffin Vs. Spielberg: The Dakota Apology
Original at Defamer
• Mon, Jan 9
By Mark With the War of the Worlds publicity tour's instant transformation into the Tom, Katie, and L. Ron Roadshow, we quickly forgot that eerily precocious master thespian Dakota Fanning was even in the film. This morning, however, Page Six cites a W magazine interview in which former E! red car...
War of the Worlds (2005) review
Original at f911tix.com
• Sun, Sep 4
By Administrator If you like action, War of the Worlds is a must-see movie. Starring Tom Cruise and Dakota Fanning in this almost 2 hour visual effects-packed science fiction movie, an updated adaptation of the H.G. Wells novel. The movie is directed by Steven Spielberg.
Dakota FanningWatch: Child Star Unafraid Of Low Health Ratings! [Gossip]
Original at Defamer
• Fri, Apr 15
By Mark UPDATE: A person who would have knowledge of such matters denies that the young culinary adventurer mentioned here is Dakota Fanning. Says the naysayer, "She's been in Australia the past 2 months shooting Charlotte's Web and hasn't been back to LA during that time." Wherever she is, we can...