Posted on 27 Jul 2010 by Celeste ♥ 2 Comments

Celeste is leaving for a holiday trip to London so there won't be any updates from me from the 28th July - 8th August.
I will update all photos as soon as I will return from the holiday!

Take care! =)

Posted on 26 Jul 2010 by Celeste ♥ 0 Comments

Remember cute little Dakota Fanning as Tom Cruise's daughter in "War of the Worlds"? She had been the precocious child in so many films that Amy Poehler used to impersonate her as a comic character on SNL.

Now that she is in her awkward teen years, which usually kill child actors, we have her in "The Runaways" portraying the lead of the story, Cherie Currie. Seeing her in lingerie, grinding onstage or doing the whole sex, drugs and rock and roll lifestyle is a little tough given her sweet little girl roles previously. So we have some real painful scenes here although she does manage her way through it, Kristen Stewart does a bit better as Joan Jett capturing her rough body language and attitude.

The casting of these two women who have to work against their innocent reputations is deliberate in this tale of the tough road to female empowerment.


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Posted on 26 Jul 2010 by Celeste ♥ 0 Comments

While Pattinson faces a big challenge from his costar and teenage actor Taylor Lautner, Kristen Stewart too is facing mounting challenges from other young actresses including Dakota Fanning.

You will be well aware about the two screen celebrities of America, Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning. Both have started their carrier at the age of eight. Dakota has played many roles like jailbait rock star, rape victim, alien, little girl under attack by aliens an daughter of a mentally challenged man. Likewise Kristen Stewart has also done a turn as a jailbait rock star and rape victim, as well as the girlfriend of a vampire, a teleporter, and a wilderness adventurer. She's also done stripper, amusement park employee, and disappearing diabetic daughter

These two celebrities have shown their best caliber in the same field from science fiction and horror to comedy and drama. Both have won several awards for their efficient work. An actress can be scaled as a good performer on the basis of her own working capacity. Kristen Stewart has held her own with Sean Penn, Robert De Niro, and Jodie Foster. Dakota Fanning, on the other hand, has also worked with Penn and De Niro as well as Tom Cruise, Forrest Whittaker, Denzel Washington, and Charlize Theron. Both the actresses are categorized as good actresses on the basis of their performance.

Talking about their awards Kristen Stewart has won 2008 Screen Actors Guild Award for her outstanding performance. She also won this year's BAFTA rising star award. In contrast Fanning was the youngest person (at age eight) to be nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award for I Am Sam. She also won 2006 Saturn Award as well as Broadcast Critics Associate Award for best young actress/actor. Till now Fanning is considered as more successful actress with a total of 17 awards as compared to six of Kristen Stewart.

Source: Ndchronicle.com

Posted on 24 Jul 2010 by Celeste ♥ 0 Comments

The Runaways, the film about the rise of teenaged femme rockers Joan Jett and Cherie (Bomb) Currie, is a political act. It is also rock history. And it is a rebellious, comi-tragic drama loaded with sexual energy and ass-kicking I Love Rock 'n' Roll music.

"This is not about women's lib," Runaways manager Kim Fowley growls as he goads the girls into being real rockers, "this is about women's libidos!"

The Italian-born, Canadian-raised director of The Runaways gets it. "Speaking with Joan about that stuff," says Floria Sigismondi, "she really wanted to own her sexuality. At the time (1975, when The Runaways were created in Los Angeles) girls didn't really do that. So, for her, it was very important to show what was going on in her life. She just wanted to shine a light on what her life was like and what other kids were doing. So that was really the politics behind that."

As a film, The Runaways made its debut this week on DVD and Blu-ray. Each is a single-disc edition with interesting, if limited extras. The main attraction is a commentary combining the still-rockin' Jett with actress Kristen Stewart, who plays her, and Dakota Fanning, who plays her then-lover and bandmate Currie. Sigismondi's feature film debut is based on Currie's biography, Neon Angel, which the director adapted.

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Posted on 23 Jul 2010 by Celeste ♥ 0 Comments

Uploaded 144 caps of Dakota on "Ellen DeGeneres" on November 16, 2009. Enjoy them <3




Link: 144x - Ellen DeGeneres - November 16

Posted on 22 Jul 2010 by Celeste ♥ 0 Comments

The Runaways, the feature film about the first all-girl rock 'n' roll band of the same name, is in stores on DVD and Blu-Ray on Tuesday (July 20).

The film stars Kristen Stewart (Twilight, Adventureland) and Dakota Fanning (Twilight, I Am Sam) as Joan Jett and Cherie Currie, respectively, two of the band's members. It follows their short-lived career from their formation in 1975 to their break-up four years later.

The Runaways is based on Currie's Neon Angel: A Memoir Of A Runaway book, and was written and directed by Canada's Floria Sigismondi. She's become well-known for her music video work, including Marilyn Manson's infamous clip for "The Beautiful People."

CHARTattack recently spoke with Sigismondi about what it was like to make her first feature film, working with Jett and Currie, and why she thinks films are "little miracles."


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Posted on 20 Jul 2010 by Celeste ♥ 1 Comments

Ahm yes - this is a new family site of Dakota Fanning Daily: Vanessa Anne Network <3 I hope it will be as successful as Dakota Fanning Daily is. I always wanted to have that site & now I've got it <3 Please visit it =)

Posted on 20 Jul 2010 by Celeste ♥ 0 Comments

Bristling with all-girl attitude and spandex, The Runaways were one of the great glam rock groups of the 1970s. Whether the “Cherry Bomb” hit-makers have one of the great stories to tell is another stack of vinyl. This biopic follows a familiar path, albeit one dressed up in plastic fashion and simpering with sunken-cheek cool. Guitarist Joan Jett (Twilight’s Kristen Stewart) and Cherie Currie (Dakota Fanning) are brought together in an unholy marriage by unhinged Svengali Kim Fowley (Michael Shannon). From there it’s initial success, drug problems and disintegration–with a few same-sex smooches on the way. Aspiring riot grrl rockers will dig the big time’s adrenaline rush; everyone else will shake their heads knowingly when it all goes up in angel dust.

Extras: KStew, DFann and the real Joan Jett all contribute to the commentary track ‘n’ there’s a “making of” segment.

Source: Movies.thefablife.com

Posted on 20 Jul 2010 by Celeste ♥ 0 Comments

They've squared off in Twilight's big-screen saga and rocked out side by side on stage as Joan Jett and Cherie Currie in The Runaways, a biopic in which both starlets shone. We think it's about time for a Kristen Stewart vs. Dakota Fanning showdown.

Round 1: Range

Fanning has far more range than you might expect from a 16-year-old -- until you remember she acted in her first film at age eight. From sadistic vampire telepath and psychic fugitive to jailbait rock star, rape victim, alien, little girl under attack by aliens, mentally handicapped man's daughter, and the animated heroine of a dark fairytale. Kristen Stewart also kicked off her screen career at eight. She's also done a turn as a jailbait rock star and rape victim, as well as the girlfriend of a vampire, a teleporter, and a wilderness adventurer. She's also done stripper, amusement park employee, and disappearing diabetic daughter. Both have tried their talents in similar genres, from science fiction and horror to comedy and drama, and have dug deep to deliver complex, compelling characters.

Winner: Dakota Fanning
On paper it's a tie. But in reality, though her resume boasts a diversity of characters and movie genres, we can't help but feel Kristen Stewart delivers them all with the same aloof, tough-yet-fragile, pensive persona -- as charismatic as it may be. Dakota Fanning is more of a chameleon.

Round 2: Star Stamina

A good measure of an actress' fortitude and skill is sometimes whether or not she can hold her own with her A-list colleagues and how often she's chosen to star with them. Kristen Stewart has held her own with Sean Penn, Robert De Niro, and Jodie Foster. Dakota Fanning, on the other hand, has also worked with Penn and De Niro as well as Tom Cruise, Forrest Whittaker, Denzel Washington, and Charlize Theron. Both Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning have received kudos from the big names they've brushed shoulders with on set.

Winner: Dakota Fanning wins by a smidge.

Round 3: Awards

Excusing her Twilight Razzie (it's Bella's fault), Kristen Stewart earned a 2008 Screen Actors Guild Award nom for her performance in Into the Wild. She also won this year's BAFTA rising star award and was included in Adventureland's 2009 Gotham Awards nom for best ensemble cast. Dakota Fanning, meanwhile, was the youngest person (at age eight) to be nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award for I Am Sam. She also nabbed a 2006 Saturn Award for War of the Worlds and the Broadcast Critics Associate Award for best young actress/actor twice.

Winner: So far Dakota Fanning's garnered more total awards at 17 compared to six for Kristen Stewart, and neither can trump the other with an Oscar, so we're ruling in favor of Dakota Fanning again.

Round 4: The Future

For the most part both Dakota Fanning and Kristen Stewart seem capable of and partial to challenging and unique roles -- the stuff of Oscars. Neither has backed themselves into a rom-com, action-adventure, or any other film genre corner and both seem willing to take risks and test their abilities. Next for Kristen Stewart is a film based on Jack Kerouac's iconic book On the Road and K-11, in which she's rumored to play a transsexual prisoner with autism. That's bold! What's next for Dakota Fanning? Talk on the boulevard is she'll play Betsy to Al Pacino's Napoleon in the adaptation of the beloved children's book Betsy and the Emperor. She's also slated to slip into the deadly shoes of 17-year-old assassin Lily in Furious Angel.

Winner: We think they both have Oscar potential and are certainly aiming high enough to reach a golden boy someday soon, so we're calling this one a tie.

The Verdict: Dakota Fanning wins by a moderate margin, so far. Only time will tell who truly triumphs.

Source: Film.com

Posted on 19 Jul 2010 by Celeste ♥ 0 Comments

Some old candids have been added:




Link: 014x - Visiting the Santa Monica Pier - August 4

Posted on 18 Jul 2010 by Celeste ♥ 0 Comments

The Runaways (2010, Sony, R, $28) - Based on a memoir by Cherie Currie (Dakota Fanning), who co-founded the Runaways along with Joan Jett (Kristen Stewart), Floria Sigismondi’s biopic covers the rise and fall of the gutsy all-girl group. Curie and Jett - along with their Svengali-like manager Kim Fowley (Michael Shannon) - worship at the altar of rock-and-roll - and so does this movie.

In the end, it feels a bit slight but as an evocation of the mid-70s L.A. scene and a testament to the power of three chords, it’s the cherry bomb. Extras: making of featurettes and commentary by Stewart, Fanning and Jett.

Also - "Cop Out," "Repo Men," "The Losers," "The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers," "Entre Nos," "I Do & I Don’t," "The Red Shoes," "The Professional," "The Wronged Man," "Prodigal Sons," "Jersey Shore Uncensored: Season One," "Matlock: The Fifth Season," "White House Revealed."

Source: NorthJersey.com (Amy Longsdorf)

Posted on 18 Jul 2010 by Celeste ♥ 0 Comments

Another, lovely scan of the Flare mag has been released!




Link: 005x - Flare Magazine [August 2010]