Dakota Fanning's Corner

I Can Take Paris's Medecine!

2007-06-14T15:53:00.000-07:00

I'm always disgusted when I see a celebrity twice my age acting like she's ten years younger than me. Honestly I usually try to keep my mouth shut about it... I don't like sticking my nose in other peoples business but this whole "in again - out again" thing with Paris and prison is totally really starting to upset me. Celebrates like me are no different from me or you. And we all (we celebrities I mean) need to learn that. We shouldn't get free passes when we get caught doing something stupid or drinking under age. Personally I think the treatment Paris is getting now is even kind of deplorable. She's practically in a 5 star suite compared to what regular person in her situation would get.

That's why to prove to the world that we celebrities really are no different than normal people I would like to make an offer to the L.A. County Department of Justice. Send me to jail. That's right I want to prove that I can take what Paris Hilton couldn't. I want to do a full 45 days in an actual factual prison. I want to sleep with thugs and murderess. I want to eat slop. I want to shower with thirty other women. I don't care; I can handle it because I'm a real person. And I know what you're all saying... she's only a kid she'll get killed in there. Well to that I say I'd like to see someone try. My friend Nicholas Cage set me up with lessons from his very own Shaolin Master and I was a very apt pupil. I can now take out men 8 times my size. Master Qoa Lin says that when I'm fully grown I will actually be able to disable a stampeding elephant with my bare hands in under 6 seconds. So if some burly prison girl comes at me with a whittled down spoon she'll be on the floor before she even knows what happened. Seriously I will be Queen of Whatever Prison you send me too.

If legally I have to do something illegal for you to throw me in Jail just tell me what it is. Something that would get me in there for about 45 days. I'll break a window or something like that. I know it's wrong but in the end it's for a good cause. (I'll even pay for the person to get a much nicer window... and maybe even a new house like in that extreme makeover show. Maybe I'll break a poor person’s window!) But I'll do it to show the world a lesson. Celebrities are not above the law... and I'm way tougher than Paris Hilton.

BTW: You guys should write in with fun ways for me to get myself sent to jail!

DAKOTA WHO?

2007-06-04T17:26:00.000-07:00

Check out the trailer for this new movie The Golden Compass

Uh… so does someone want to explain to me who this person is? Dakota Blue Richards, are you serious? I mean it’s not enough that this girl is trying way too hard to look like me (which she totally doesn’t) but she has to go out and steal my name to get a part that should be rightfully mine to begin with? Come on! I mean how man Dakotas have you met in your life that aren’t states. I’ve met one; me. Now there’s two of us and we just both happen to be child actresses? You can’t even argue with me that it’s a coincidence. She’s ripping me off whole sale! Even if that id her actual name. She should have had the good taste to change it. It’s like if your name was Picasso and you were a painter. You know what you’re doing, you know everyone is gonna think your that more famous good painter. That’s exactly what this girl is doing!

I want her to change her name. It shouldn’t even be an option. The screen actors guild should make her do it. Heck can’t she just be “Blue Richards”? Isn’t that name distinctive enough? But I guess distinctive isn’t what this little identity thief is going for anyway. She wants a free ride on my hard work cause lord knows she’s not gonna be starring in any stupid talking polar bear movie based on her own talent.

Happy Birthday Star Wars!

2007-05-25T17:04:00.000-07:00

Star Wars turns 30 years old today. Happy birthday Star Wars! I guess I was too little for George Lucas to cast me ina ny of the prequels but theres a rumor going around that a new one will come out soon. If that's the case then I can think of plenty of roles for me! Here are some suggestions:

Da-ko Fa-Fa: The best, and most cutest Pod Racer in the Galaxy!

Darth Fanious: A evil and very cute Dark Sith lord. People wouldn't expect something so cute to be so sinister. That's whow I would slice them with my light saber.

Senator Fam-mala: A senator for the planet of Naboo. My cuteness would prevent nasty trade disputes that cause unrest in the galaxy.

Dakota Skywalker: Dakiota fanning but a Jedi.

Dakota Fanning: Just put me in a Star Wars movie already George Lucas.

WHO IS THIS? THEY ARE GOING TO PAY!

2007-05-21T18:08:00.000-07:00

Okay, now this kind of thing really gets me upset! Can someone please tell me who this is PRETENDING TO BE ME?

http://www.greatestjournal.com/users/fanninghdakota/702.html

Honestly! Where do people get off? Posting fake stroies, fake oppinions, fake thoughts as if they were mine! This is blatnat misrepresentaion! God, this thing doesn't even have any personality. It's like they copied this straight from the IMDB! Mark my words Fake Dakota, whoever you are, you are going to pay dealry for this! DEARLY!

Spolier Alert! Spoliers Are Jerks!

2007-05-16T17:45:00.000-07:00

Listen! This one's for all you snoopy poopies out there who want to go spoiling other people’s fun! I don't, I repeat DON'T want any secrets about the seventh and final Harry Potter Book revealed to me before the book is published.

J.K. Rowling released this statement today saying there are guys going out on the internet who have uncovered secrets about the book and are trying to reveal them to everyone. What jerks! You know I've been reading the Harry Potter books since before I was famous. I remember being five years old and reading the first book on the set of Ally McBeal (Calista Flockheart is not fun to work with. Reading that book was the only thing that kept me alive.) And I have such fond memories of reading each book as they came out. The last thing I want is to have it spoiled by someone who thinks its fun to ruin the party for someone else.

Now I know what you're thinking, and you're right. Since I am so famous I could get the book way before it's been published. But I don't want that, I want to read the book at the same time as every other normal kid. It's not fun being so famous all the time. This is a time when I want to be just like everybody else. I want to share the experience of everybody. So you see all you spoilers, you're even spoiling it for people like me!

But I do want to ask all my fans... what do you thinks going to happen in the new book!? I hope Snape is good... what about you?

Horray for the Camies!

2007-05-14T17:59:00.000-07:00

Hey guys! You are all doing such an amazing job taking on those dorks at Dakota Countdown.com. I seriously couldn’t be any prouder of you. There’s still a lot of work to be done but I ant to take a break from complaining to let you guys in on some awesome news!

I won my second Camie Award in a row last Saturday!

Now for those of you who don’t know the Camie Awards are like the Oscars only a hundred times better. You see instead of judging movies just on how good they are the Camies judge a movie based on how good it is for you. It’s not just about fancy editing or clever story telling. It’s about the message the film sends. That’s why movies that win Oscars never show up at the Camies. Oscar winners are usually devoid of morality because most of the people running Hollywood are vacuous, self serving jerks. When people like that see a movie like Charlotte’s Web they don’t get why it’s so amazing. They don’t see the value in a spider sacrificing its life for a pig. But the Camies do! That’s why they recognized my movie, Charlotte’s Web, as one of the best films of the year!

I mean honestly look at the films that were nominated in the Oscars last year. They were all about horrible things like betrayal (The Departed), war (Letters from Iwo Jima), oppressive monarchies (The Queen) and making fun of unattractive girls at beauty pageants (Little Miss Sunshine). None of these movies were as good as any of the movies that won Camies this year but the people who vote in the Oscars can only relate to the bad things in life.

What do you guys think? What are some of the good movies that are out right now? One’s that send really positive, life affirming messages? Write in and let me know. I’m interested in starting a dialogue.

I will not OFFICIALLY condone any illegal action taken against Dakotacountdown.com

2007-05-08T14:45:00.000-07:00

Hey, I got so many nice responses from all you guys about my post on the Dakota Count Down site. It’s really great to know I have so many supportive fans who are willing to do what I ask them. I wish I could thank you all personally but I’m just so busy right now. I hope you all don’t mind one big group thank you.

But I do have to say that all I want you to do is send the site e-mails. A lot of you wrote in saying that you would be happy to hack the site. Well, believe me I would really, really appreciate someone doing that for me. And I do think it is what those dirty creep wads running the site deserve. But unfortunately my Mom says I can’t condone or endorse such action. Obviously if one of you is going to do it you’re going to do it regardless of what I say. And I’m not saying I wouldn’t be eternally happy once it had been done. But my official stance on the position is that it’s illegal and you shouldn’t do it no matter how happy it would make me. but keep sending them those e-mails to let you know how mad their site makes you.

Anyway, gotta get back to work. More Chipmunk re-shoots. I’ll fill you all in soon.

THIS IS FILTH-GUSTING!

2007-05-03T15:51:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone. I'm so sorry that I haven't update the blog in such a long time. Work on the Chipmunks movie has been exhausting. Anyway I was hoping to come back from my long hiatus with a report form the movie set but I recently discovered something that I just had to discuss.

http://www.dakotacountdown.com/index.php/home/

That is a link to the DAKOTA FANNING COUNTDOWN CLOCK. I wasn't sure what it was counting down to at first. My next movie maybe? But I don't have nay movies coming out in four years. But then I realized they were counting down to my 18th birthday. They're con ting down to the day that I can legally have sex.

I'm sorry have you ever heard of anything more disgusting? More filthy? It's so terrible that those two words don't even work. I have to call it filth-gusting.

Let me tell you right now, whoever you are you sicko who's running this site, you can count down all you like. You can count down till I'm a thousand years old. It doesn't matter. I'd never have sex with a dirty bird like you.

Please, everyone who reads this blog, I want you to do whatever you can to bring this web-site down! Send as many nasty e-mails to this site as possible. Send them all with the subject heading YOU ARE FILTH-GUSTING! Send hundreds of them. Send them so many that they feel ashamed and have to take down this embarrassment to my name!

Eve of the Chipmunks

2007-03-28T11:31:00.000-07:00

So I have some amazing news about the Chipmunk Movie! This is so exciting but before I can tell you what the news is I need to tell you a little story. You see earlier this week I was really close to quitting the film. It all started on Saturday when I was watching loads and loads of Chipmunk episodes, all the ones with the Chipettes! (BTW: To all my fans who wrote in, yes I know the Chipettes won’t get as much screen time as the Chipmunks, but I’m okay with that. Mom says that high profile supporting roles like this are really good for my career.) So anyway around the same time my friend Eve Ensler came over. She was in town to attend a performance of the Vagina Monologues at UCLA and wanted to check in on me and see how my yeast infection was doing (almost back to normal down there, thank goodness.) So I told her about my big new part and invited her to watch The Chipmunk Adventure with me. Well she was appalled! And once she explained to me why she was appalled I was appalled too! Just watch this scene!

Okay, I know most of you out there aren’t literary geniuses like Eve but let me explain. That scene isn’t really about the Chipettes singing to some snakes cuase those aren’t really even snakes. Eve says they’re penises. She says getting lucky is just another way of saying “having sex” and since the Chipettes are singing to the penises in order to save themselves pretty much the message of the movie is that girls should have sex with anyone who threatens them. She told me that if I was in the Chipmunk movie I’d be allowing a whole new generation of women to get raped. Well I’m sorry, I couldn’t do that. If my movie Hound Dog had gotten picked up by a distributor then you would have seen it and you would know how much I hate rape.

But then Eve had a great idea. She said she would write the Chipmunk movie. If she wrote it she could subvert the Chipmunks chauvinistic agenda and make it a film that empowers girls to fight back against their male suppressors! She even said she’d write in a scene where Dave Seville gets his dick cut off. But I think she was joking about that (LOL).

At first Tim Hill, the director of the movie, was all upset and threatened to fire me. But Eve told him that it would look really bad if he didn’t let her write it and the studio would just fire him and re-hire me and her anyway. So he gave in. Eve said you can get anything you want if you just play the gender card a little and I think she’s so right. (Plus Tim’s last movie Zoom as like this mega-bomb so his clout meter is like at zero.) Now I can’t wait to see what Eve’s version of the Chipmunk movie will be. The only thing for sure is it will be amazing.

Talk to you all later.

I'm A Chipmunk!

2007-03-22T10:46:00.000-07:00

Oh my gosh, totally huge news you guys. My agent said I needed to keep this under wraps until it was official but we just signed the last of the paperwork so I guess I can spill. I just got cast as ALL THREE CHIPETTES in the upcoming Alvin and the Chipmunks movie! Not just Brittany or Jeanette or Eleanor but all three of them! We’re gonna do it with one of those weird-o motion capture suits like they did in Lord of the Rings. I’ll do my acting and then they’ll feed it into a computer and turn me into a chipmunk girl! And then we’ll do it again two more times so I’m also a fat chipmunk girl and a chipmunk girl wearing glasses! Then they’ll put all three up on screen at the same time so there are three chipmunk mes on screen at the same time! I can’t wait! This will be a chance for me to really show off my acting range and my singing ability. My mom says I’ll b e just like Peter Sellers. I don’t know who that is. But it’ll totally be like Eddie Murphy in Norbit! YAY NORBIT!

Anyway! I have to go watch some Chipmunks on YouTube to start getting ready for my roles. Talk to you soon!

SO IMMATURE!

2007-03-16T10:21:00.000-07:00

So I went out on another date with Dominic James because my mom made me. God I hate him, he is so immature. First we spent three stupid hours at Chucky Cheese and let me tell you something that little idiot couldn’t hit a whack a mole if its legs were broken. I won all the tickets that night (I am so good at that game where you role the coin down the ramp and get it into that spinning hole. I would have won more if it wasn’t being hogged by those Chinese girls.) But after I won all the tickets he insisted on picking out the toy we got. He picked a giant stuffed Donkey from Shrek. Honestly I can’t think of a bigger waste of prize tickets.

But then the worst thing came when we went back to his place. He asked me if I wanted to touch his penis. I didn’t know what to do so I just said “yes”. I was so shocked it was all I could do. So he tells me to close my eyes and stick out my hand which I do… but when I feel something g it wasn’t a penis at all. IT WAS A PIECE OF POOP! He put am piece of poop in my! What a baby! Oh and his poop smells so bad! My hand still smells bad today. His mom is so neglectful. All he eats is stuff off the Wendy’s 99 cents menu and you can totally tell. Anyway, I still have my Yeast infection and I just know this isn’t going to help. But he thought this was all so hilarious! He laughed about it like it was the funniest thing in the world.

Well the jokes on you Dominic James! Now the whole world knows about this and you’ll never get a girl to touch your penis!

Shut Up Dominic James!

2007-03-13T17:58:00.000-07:00

Oh gosh you guys. It's been a rough week, seriously I usually like to try and keep a happy face on here. I mean I know you don't come here for a big fat extra value meal of bad attitude. I'm a celebrity and I know it's my responsibility to keep the rest of the world happy. But this week, well let me tell you about it...

It all started out so exciting! My mom and my press agent had come to the collective decision that thirteen is the appropriate age for a young lady to start dating and they picked out what seemed like a really cool first date for me. His name was Dominic James. You may have seen him recently, he plays Billy in the new movie Wild Hogs. Well it was all perfect, he’s less than a week older than me and we have the same agent so mom thought we’d be really compatible.

But on our date he just wouldn’t shut up about how successful his movie was. I don’t like to begrudge anyone their success but he’s so not the reason that movie brought in 38 million dollars. But he acted as if he shared equal billing with Martin Laurence, Tim Allen, John Travolta and William H. Mace. But come on! His name wasn’t even on the poster. War of the Worlds made like three times that it’s opening weekend and I WAS on the poster for that but I didn’t going around bragging about it. But anyway we get to CPK and he’s just all like oh… Wild Hogs this and Wild Hogs that. Telling me how hard it is to do comedy. Like Cat in the Hat wasn’t a comedy or something. Like playing against John Travolta is harder then playing off Mike Myers. Ugh… I tried to enjoy my spinach did, and buffalo wing pizza but I just couldn’t stand him. It was like he was trying to make me feel bad for taking more artistic roles recently. I’d like to see him molested on film. Then we’ll see who the real actor is.

Well the date couldn’t have ended quicker. But all week he wouldn’t stop calling me for another date and my Mom kept insisting that I said yes. “Being part of a couple will be good for your image” she says. Please, once the world figures out what a scumbag Dominic James is dating him will be like virtual career suicide.

You listen to me Dominic James, you have nothing to do with why Wild Hogs made so much money. You hear me! Stop taking credit for Tim Allen’s accomplishments.

My Sweet 13

2007-03-06T10:46:00.000-08:00

Hi hi everybody. Sorry it’s been so long since I’ve updated… I know I’m bad. But let me tell you, the last few weeks of my life have been the craziest ever. Like crazier then any episode of Spider Rider you’ve ever seen.

Where to begin?

Well last time we talked I had just contracted a Yeast Infection after Eve Ensler told me to stick chocolate up my Vagina. Now ordinarily any girl is major bummed when her vagina turns into an easy bake oven but this was worse then you can imagine cuase I’m sure as you all know my birthday was only a few days away. I had to get rid of that yeast infection and get rid of it quick. My Doctor said the best way to do that was to cut down on bread, make sure I wipe properly and also air out my Vagina as much as possible. So I figured what better way to do that then go to Nude Beach. Now the only really exclusive (a famous little actress can’t show off her privates just anywhere you know) nude resort community I could find in the southern California area was a place called San Vicente!

When I got there I admit I was still a little nervous. Especially after I saw the place was filled with all men. I know what kind of impure thoughts full grown men can have about underage girls like me now that I made my movie Hound Dog but they were all really nice and none of them were at all interested me sexually! BUT THE LOVED ALL MY MOVIES!

I had so much fun with my new friends Lance, Terry, Tug, Swank, Miss Burdy (he was a man bun insisted I call him Miss) Little Frog and all the rest. We had so much fun together that we totally forgot that we were all naked! They taught me about show tunes and water aerobics and all sorts of really neat stuff.

Unfortunately one of the best friends I made there, Simon, was keeping a secret from me. He was dying of Aids! When all my friends told me that I marched straight up to him and told him and let him know that he was being silly, there’s no situation so bad that you should keep it from your friends. He just looked sad and said that his birthday was coming up and he was worried that it would be his last one.

Well guess what! We ad the exact same birthday! I couldn’t believe it! And I tell you one thing America, no one does not have fun on my birthday especially when it’s their birthday too. So I told him we could do whatever he wanted for our special day and since I’m so rich I’d pay for it all. He said he wanted to die by me pushing him into a volcano.

So it was off to Brazil to the top of Mt. Guyez where I did just that! It was sad to see Simon's flesh be eaten by the scalding hot lava but it made me feel better to think tha this insides were being eaten by super aids.

Well anyway, the sulfur and heat from the Volcano actually made my Yeast infection worst but it was still the best vacation ever because I helped my friend fufill his dream of being murdered by a volcano!

Happy V-Day!

2007-02-15T15:18:00.000-08:00

Hey, sorry about no posts yesterday guys. But as you can imagine a girl like me is pretty busy on V-Day. And by the way that V doesn't stand for "Valentines". It stands for "Vagina!" Yay!

I don't know how many of you guys know about Eve Ensler but she is this awesome old lady who likes to put on plays where famous people talk about their vaginas. See, a lot of girls feel embaressed about their vaginas, like the way they smell and stuff, so Eve Ensler had this great idea. She knew that if famous people like the Ghostbusters secretary and Clarissa and even Joy Bayhar could get up on stage and show how cool their vaginas really were then other girls wouldn't be embarrassed. And her idea was so great and got so popular that now there's a whole day surrounding it. February 14th is now officially Vagina Day! This year, Eve Ensler asked me personally to perform a monologue in the official V-Day production of the Vagina Monologues in New York City!

Oh my god guys, it was amazing! I read this great speech about how my Vagina likes to eat chocolate. I thought it was silly at first but Eve explained to me that it's a metaphor for how girls want their vagina to be treated nicely and stuff. And that totally made sense. I feel nice when people give me chocolate so it makes sense that my vagina would feel the exact same way. When I got home that night I tried to feed my vagina some chocolate and mom says that's why I got a yeast infection. But I don't think she knows what she's talking about, chocolate doesn't have any yeast in it.

After the show I hung out with Eve and her life partner Ariel. I told her that her name was just like the Little Mermaid's name and she told me that all Disney movies are just propaganda distributed by the male dominated media intended to program little girls like me into accepting our roles as cultural subordinates. I asked if even Lilo and Stitch was doing that and she said especially Lilo and Stitch. So I'm sorry everybody but if you have a copy of my movie Lilo Stitch 2 you're gonna have to get rid of it. That and any other Disney movie you own. I don't want any of my fans turning into cultural subordinates.

Anyway that's all for me. I hope you all had a great V-Day!

An Open Letter to Abagail Breslin

2007-02-13T16:43:00.000-08:00

Hey Abagail,

I just wanted to say congratulations on your big Oscar nomination. I know a lot of people have speculated about my feelings on the matter and to be honest I was a bit jealous at first. Let's face it, I was supposed to be this generations Jodie Foster. But here I am, days away from the big ONE THREE and all I've got to show for my-self are an MTV Movie Award and some nominations from the Screen Actors Guild. And then on top of all that to see you, a ten year old, get the Oscar nom... well it all just drove home the fact that I'm wasting my life. So I decided to get mad at you when I should have been getting mad at my-self. It was immature and I see that now.But I've spent a lot of time with my Meditation Guru this week and he helped me overcome my anger and make a pretty serious realization. I realized, Abagail, that your nomination is actually a good thing, for me and the tween acting community as a whole.

You've un doubtbly heard about my struggles to find a distributor for my new film Hound Dog. I feel that with child abuse being such a prevalent problem into today's society it is the responsibility of artists such as ourselves to open a public dialogue on the issue via our art. But it seems that those in control of the media would rather turn a blind eye to these matters because it would make some people uncomfortable. But Abagail what i realized is that alone I can't fight these people, but together we could. Just think of it, my box office clout mixed with your critical success. We'd be unstopable. We could get any project we wanted green lit. No longer would we be forced into "kiddie" rolls, trying to act against a talking pig or Mike Myers covered in Yaks hair. We could finally make the important works of art we were put on this earth to make.

That's why I want you to take a look at a script I just discovered. It's the perfect vehicle for us to co-star in. It's called Pre-Teen Dyke Out and it's a tasteful yet harrowing look at the tragic lives of pre-teen girls and the societal factors that lead them to dyking out. My agent will forward your agent the script. Please read it and tell me what you think.

Good luck at the Oscars. I'll be rooting for you.

-Dakota Fanning

READER EMAIL #3

2007-02-11T21:16:00.000-08:00

hi, (Dakota, ms Fanning, Dakota Fanning, D.F,, Hannah, wateva u want me to call u)

1. I think u're a gr8 actress and I wud like to congratulate u on u're acting career.
2. I'm directing a movie called extinction, and I wud like u 2 play a part in it, email me if u refuse or anything, (********@hotmail.com)

Thats all,

Cya.

Dear Mr. Director,

Thanks for thinking I'm a great actress. I'm still a little peeved that I didn't get an Oscar nom this year (and that little unrefined Miss Sunshine(up my ass) did), but I'm sure I'll have my shot one day. Perhaps for my next movie where I get fake-raped! Exciting stuff!

As far as your movie goes, send me a script. After I, my mother, my agent, and my publicist read it will get back to you. You know what they say, my people will call your people. Why don't you have an agent yet? If you have the means, I suggest that everyone gets an agent. That way you don't have to send your scripts out to random people!!!

But oh yes, I guess I'm not random. I'm Dakota Fanning.

Thanks!

READER EMAIL #2

2007-02-05T22:09:00.000-08:00

To: Dakota Fanning
From: Bojo Smith
Subject: couple questions

i have a question for you. i have 2 young daughters ones 8 and ones 12 and they want to get into acting and become movie stars...can you help me out with any ideas on where i would start out at? i would very much appreciate it and so would they. please get back to me if you can help me thank you very much

Thanks for the email, Bojo (that's such a great name! were your parents part of a circus?)

When I'm not making movies, people always stop me in the street and ask, "Dakota, how does my daughter get into acting?"

Well, there is no wrong or right answers! But what I've found is that helps a young actress most is that she have a good mother/manager, publicists that know what they're doing, but most of all you have a good sense of what works and what doesn't when it comes to chosing roles.

You see, many people can act. It's not that hard. But to chose a role that you were made to play...that takes an eye...that takes talent.

Take my new movie Hounddog, the film where I get brutally raped.

I'll admit it, when I first read the script I had no idea what was going on. Some dancer named Elvis played some part of it. It takes place a long time ago. There are no dogs in it, which I found weird consider the title of the movie. But when my mother told me that this was a role that just have to take -- THAT I COULD WIN AN OSCAR IF I TOOK THE ROLE -- well, what do you say to that? You take the role. And when I found out that my character would get brutally raped, I didn't flinch once.

If I have to get fake-raped to win an Oscar, I'm going to do it.

Any 12-year-old worth his or her salt would do the same. And if not, they should get out of this f**king town.

*sigh*

Okay, now where do you start out if you want to act? Well Hollywood of course! This place is fantastic for making movies! I say sell all of your belongings right now and come here fast! Hang out at the Saddle Ranch Bar & Grill on the Sunset Strip and say hello to the first man wearing a pinstripe suit you see. For some reason you might ditch your kids for a few hours like my mom did and go to the neighboring hotel to work out the business deals, but this is just standard practice in LA. People are always staying at hotels when they have homes on minutes away! (they're also going to the bathroom -- alot...Hollywood is so WEIRD!)

Well, I hope this helps. Keep in touch.

READER EMAIL #1

2007-02-05T21:59:00.000-08:00

To: Dakota
From: Des
Subject: Dreamer

hi dakota just watched you in dreamer great entertainment, hope somebody buys your new film .whats your new film about? good luck des

Dearest Des,

Sorry I've taken so long to get back to you. You might say that my life took quite a turn once my publicist started to get my press about my new movie Hounddog, where I get brutally raped (but don't worry! it's fake-rape!).

You loved Dreamer? Thank you so much! It's so exciting when a fan tells me that they love my work! Acting is an art, you see, and unlike many in Hollywood, I do it exceptional well I think. I'm in it for the long haul, like so many great actresses before me.

What's my new film about? It's about a little girl who dances to Elvis music and then gets brutally raped.

Thanks for the email! Please write again!

SCREW YOU, RICHARD HORGAN OF FILMSTEW

2007-01-28T13:33:00.000-08:00

Just a few words before I go on set to my new movie about the two little Aryan girls named Prussian Blue (not sure what it's about yet, but my mother says I could probably win an Oscar for it! Exciting!).

How dare you Richard Horgan of Filmstew.

How dare you say my movie Hounddog is in such pour taste and that I desecrated the image of Elvis Pressley and that I might as well have gone to England and get ganged raped by The Beatles. How rude!

Just because my acting skills are so advanced that I am able to be fake-raped on camera so convincingly, doesn't mean you have to trash my mom, my agent, and my film. You're being a hater. Do you know what a hater is? A hater is somebody who trashes a young girl for having the balls to be fake-raped on camera.

I may not win an Oscar for my film, but gosh am I going to win the hearts of all the young actresses out there who want to make something of themselves.

Actors have to be fearless. They have to be superhuman. They have to take chances.

Jodie Foster played a prostitute when she was a young girl. Halie Joel Osment played a dead kid. Drew Barrymore played a 9-year-old drunkard who saw aliens.

I am playing a girl who likes Elvis and gets raped.

I'm just part of a long line of actors who took a chance for their art.

That's all people expect of us, Richard. That's all I expect of myself. Any other young actress would feel the same.

Off to the set...

Dakota

Hello, World!

2007-01-25T22:18:00.000-08:00

My name's Dakota Fanning. I'm an actress who's currently trying to get her movie bought at Sundance Film Festival. It's called Hounddog (which is funny because I LUV dogs!) The movie's causing kind of a raucous right now because I get brutally raped in the film. I really don't see the big deal about children getting raped on film. IT'S ONLY A MOVIE PEOPLE!

Anyway...just testing this blogger thing out to make sure it works. Can any of you see this?