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For the July issue of Vanity Fair, Norman Jean Roy photographed the spooky beauties of The Twilight Saga: Eclipse—five vampires (Dakota Fanning, Nikki Reed, Ashley Greene, Elizabeth Reaser, Bryce Dallas Howard) and one lone lady werewolf (Julia Jones). Nancy Jo Sales was on set, where, between takes, the girls mused on the gothic romance that has everyone palpitating.

Nikki Reed plays the disapproving Rosalie Cullen. Here’s her take on the story’s appeal: “Bella and Edward’s love is very taboo and forbidden,” says Reed, “and I think that kind of represents all youthful relationships, because that’s what all first loves feel like. … It’s sort of borderline, like, insane.”

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She may have started out a child actress, but Dakota Fanning hasn't given up one quintessential part of her teenage years: the prom. "[I went with] a group of friends," the actress told PEOPLE while hosting the UCLA 5K Run/Walk on May 23 benefiting the Child Life/Child Development program at Mattel Children's Hospital. "I think you put more effort into getting ready before than actually you spend at the place. But it was so much fun."

Fanning, 16, currently a junior and a varsity cheerleader at an L.A. high school, says she's "lucky" to be able to have a movie career while going to school – where she isn't treated differently because of her Hollywood status. "I've been able to have a really great experience and it's almost over. I can't believe it!" she says.

Outside of school, Fanning's enjoyed another kind of experience: Being part of the Twilight worldwide phenomenon as the villainous Volturi Jane. "It's so fun," says Fanning about filming with the cast in Vancouver. "I've done a few movies with Kristen Stewart now, and she's become one of my best friends, so it's always fun to be with her. The cast is also fun and so nice and [we] have really become very close." Working with Stewart on another film, The Runaways, in which the two stars shared a kiss, also brought them close, says Fanning. "We have a really close bond in the film so it allowed us to have a really close bond in real life as well," she says.

As for whether she's Team Edward or Team Jacob, Fanning is playing it neutral and staying tight-lipped. "I will get in trouble if I [picked] one," she says.

Actress Dakota Fanning, star of "The Twilight Saga: New Moon," "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse" and "The Runaways," hosted the 11th annual UCLA 5K Run/Walk to benefit the Child Life/Child Development program at Mattel Children's Hospital UCLA.

There’s a new clip from The Twilight Saga: Eclipse making the rounds, and if nothing else, it makes a convince case for Dakota Fanning as the freakiest immortal teenage vampire ever. (Sorry, Kirsten Dunst!) The clip also highlights the new directorial stamp of David Slade, who looks to be emphasizing the franchise’s horror roots a bit more than past directors Chris Weitz and Catherine Hardwicke.

I was kind of a sucker for the soft-focus romantic gushiness of New Moon, but I’m excited to see how Eclipse‘s darker, more action-packed storyline plays out onscreen. (It’s definitely going to be bit more male-friendly: boyfriends and father-chaperones of the world, rejoice!) It’s also interesting to consider how each Twilight director has changed up the franchise’s style a little bit.

PopWatchers, are you excited about David Slade’s more action/horror-inflected take on Twilight? And do you agree that Dakota Fanning’s Jane is a vamp villain for the ages?

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