Dakota Fanning

Do you want to talk about: "He's Just Not That Into You"? Jennifer Aniston, Scarlett Johansson, Ben Affleck, Drew Barrymore, Jennifer Connelly (and many more) make a romantic comedy just in time for Valentine's Day. What's not to like? Well, it did rip the title from a self-help book written by "Sex and the City" writer Greg Behrendt and Liz Tuccillo, but you know it's not going to be nearly as good as that show. (This film's writers previously wrote "Never Been Kissed." Yeah.

Dakota Fanning is going nude in her newest film "Very Good Girls. " In Naomi Former's coming-of-age film, Fanning, 19, plays a girl who makes a pact with her best friend (played by Elizabeth Olsen) to lose their virginity before they start college. They both fall for the same guy and, naturally, their friendship is at risk. As for baring it all in her first sex scene... "Yeah, well, I've never done that before and I'm very newly allowed to do that," she told MTV News at the Sundance Film Festival.

Dakota Fanning's porcelain-doll features were swathed in exotic makeup and her blond hair coiffed into a feathery shag; she raised her umpteenth shot of sake and cast a knowing glance at Kristen Stewart. The "Twilight" star held Fanning's gaze briefly and toasted back, looking every inch the tough rocker chick, with her matching black shag hairdo, spiked bracelet and razor-blade charm necklace. The actresses clinked glasses and giggled. With downtown Los Angeles' Kyoto Grand Hotel standing in for a bustling Tokyo sushi joint last summer, the teen stars were on the set of the coming-of-age drama "The Runaways" -- in character, with Fanning as Cherie Currie, the wild-child lead singer of the titular all-girl rock group, and Stewart portraying Joan Jett, its electric-guitar-wielding, 'tude-copping founder.

Dakota Fanning's porcelain-doll features were swathed in exotic makeup and her blond hair coiffed into a feathery shag; she raised her umpteenth shot of sake and cast a knowing glance at Kristen Stewart. The "Twilight" star held Fanning's gaze briefly and toasted back, looking every inch the tough rocker chick, with her matching black shag hairdo, spiked bracelet and razor-blade charm necklace. The actresses clinked glasses and giggled. With downtown Los Angeles' Kyoto Grand Hotel standing in for a bustling Tokyo sushi joint last summer, the teen stars were on the set of the coming-of-age drama "The Runaways" -- in character, with Fanning as Cherie Currie, the wild-child lead singer of the titular all-girl rock group, and Stewart portraying Joan Jett, its electric-guitar-wielding, 'tude-copping founder.

Like many 9-year-old girls, Dakota Fanning loves junk food and ballet. She dreams of the day when her feet will be big enough for toe shoes. She also wants to be an actress when she grows up, but that's a feat she's already accomplished. Fanning -- with television credits from "Ally McBeal," "The Practice," "Malcolm in the Middle," "CSI," "ER" and the sci-fi miniseries "Taken" -- has appeared in several films, including "Sweet Home Alabama" and "I Am Sam," which earned her a nomination for a Screen Actors Guild Award, the youngest performer ever honored.

Is Dakota Fanning the new Shirley Temple? Back in the 1930s, the dimple-cheeked mop top was the most popular child star of her day. Singing and dancing away audiences' blues during the Depression, she starred in such hits as "Poor Little Rich Girl," "Wee Willie Winkie" and "Captain January." She also was cast opposite some of the biggest stars of the day including Oscar winners Lionel Barrymore, Warner Baxter and Victor McLaglen. John Ford was among her directors.

CONSIDER this your early-warning Sundance Film Festival controversy alert: Cute little Dakota Fanning plays a precocious child sex-abuse and rape victim in Full Moon Films' upcoming "Hounddog." The issue: Fanning, who turns 13 next month, is reportedly depicted in the film nude or scantily clad during compromising scenes, and her face is shown in close-up during a rape scene.

In "Charlotte's Web," Dakota Fanning's farm girl grabs an ax from her father as he is about to slaughter a runt piglet. "I will not let you kill him," her Fern declares. Fanning's first take of the scene wowed director Gary Winick, who told his charge it was better than Meryl Streep. But this was a children's movie. He asked her to do it again. "The next take, she was a 10," Winick recalls. "She totally simplified it and got it to be innocent and instinctual."

The year's first laugh-out-loud-funny thriller, "Hide and Seek," owes much to Stephen King and not a little to the perilous path of being too self-referential. "Come out, come out, wherever you are!" beckons an oft-repeated piece of dialogue, echoing star Robert De Niro's Max Cady in the 1991 version of "Cape Fear." It's a silly connective -- using intentional humor to leaven the tension.

By early Thursday evening, Deborah Kampmeier had arrived from New York after spending 29 straight hours putting the finishing touches on "Hounddog," perhaps the most eagerly anticipated film of this year's Sundance Film Festival. Operating on two hours of sleep, she was still smarting a bit from the criticism leveled by religious activists who had not seen her Southern gothic tale but object to the rape of the character played by 12-year-old Dakota Fanning.

Do you want to talk about: "He's Just Not That Into You"? Jennifer Aniston, Scarlett Johansson, Ben Affleck, Drew Barrymore, Jennifer Connelly (and many more) make a romantic comedy just in time for Valentine's Day. What's not to like? Well, it did rip the title from a self-help book written by "Sex and the City" writer Greg Behrendt and Liz Tuccillo, but you know it's not going to be nearly as good as that show. (This film's writers previously wrote "Never Been Kissed." Yeah.

WATHA, N.C. -- The setting sun reflects on the porch of a garish pink farmhouse as Queen Latifah, Jennifer Hudson and Alicia Keys stand, in '60s dress, gazing toward the west. Dakota Fanning runs down a path toward them while a film crew struggles to capture the moment in the fading light. After several takes, they resort to bringing in a spotlight as filming on "The Secret Life of Bees" nears its conclusion. A setting sun was fitting.

By early Thursday evening, Deborah Kampmeier had arrived from New York after spending 29 straight hours putting the finishing touches on "Hounddog," perhaps the most eagerly anticipated film of this year's Sundance Film Festival. Operating on two hours of sleep, she was still smarting a bit from the criticism leveled by religious activists who had not seen her Southern gothic tale but object to the rape of the character played by 12-year-old Dakota Fanning.

CONSIDER this your early-warning Sundance Film Festival controversy alert: Cute little Dakota Fanning plays a precocious child sex-abuse and rape victim in Full Moon Films' upcoming "Hounddog." The issue: Fanning, who turns 13 next month, is reportedly depicted in the film nude or scantily clad during compromising scenes, and her face is shown in close-up during a rape scene.

In "Charlotte's Web," Dakota Fanning's farm girl grabs an ax from her father as he is about to slaughter a runt piglet. "I will not let you kill him," her Fern declares. Fanning's first take of the scene wowed director Gary Winick, who told his charge it was better than Meryl Streep. But this was a children's movie. He asked her to do it again. "The next take, she was a 10," Winick recalls. "She totally simplified it and got it to be innocent and instinctual."

It should come as no surprise that dreams do in fact come true in "Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story," a classic underfilly tale about a girl, her horse and the family farm they bet against when dad Ben (Kurt Russell) accepts an injured racehorse as partial severance after getting himself fired from his job as a horse trainer.

Dakota Fanning is going nude in her newest film "Very Good Girls. " In Naomi Former's coming-of-age film, Fanning, 19, plays a girl who makes a pact with her best friend (played by Elizabeth Olsen) to lose their virginity before they start college. They both fall for the same guy and, naturally, their friendship is at risk. As for baring it all in her first sex scene... "Yeah, well, I've never done that before and I'm very newly allowed to do that," she told MTV News at the Sundance Film Festival.

Bible! The teeny Kardashians are not, and do not want to be, "Kardashians. " Kendall and Kylie Jenner, the youngest members of the Kardashian-Jenner clan, are forging their own identities, according to their interview in the March issue of Glamour. The girls are daughters to Olympic gold medalist Bruce Jenner and Kardashian matriarch Kris Jenner, which makes them half-sisters to Kourtney, Kim and Khloé Kardashian. "We're full-throttle Jenners! We don't have any desire to be Kardashians," Kendall, 17, said of having their father's last name.

The year's first laugh-out-loud-funny thriller, "Hide and Seek," owes much to Stephen King and not a little to the perilous path of being too self-referential. "Come out, come out, wherever you are!" beckons an oft-repeated piece of dialogue, echoing star Robert De Niro's Max Cady in the 1991 version of "Cape Fear." It's a silly connective -- using intentional humor to leaven the tension.

Is Dakota Fanning the new Shirley Temple? Back in the 1930s, the dimple-cheeked mop top was the most popular child star of her day. Singing and dancing away audiences' blues during the Depression, she starred in such hits as "Poor Little Rich Girl," "Wee Willie Winkie" and "Captain January." She also was cast opposite some of the biggest stars of the day including Oscar winners Lionel Barrymore, Warner Baxter and Victor McLaglen. John Ford was among her directors.