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Adult actors often describe battling and barely escaping media brutality. It makes one wonder, what it is like for the young actors in the Hollywood biz.

Entertainment News / IndieWire / October 3

Dakota Fanning Recalls Being Asked ‘Super-Inappropriate Questions’ as a Child Star

"People [were] almost wanting me to fail or something," Fanning said of her 25-year career.

Entertainment News / Rolling Stone / October 1

Dakota Fanning Calls Plans to Adapt Paris Hilton Memoir Her ‘Girlhood Dream Come True’

Fanning says working on the adaptation with Hilton and A24 has been a "fun adventure"

Entertainment News / IndieWire / September 3

‘The Perfect Couple’ Trailer: Nicole Kidman and Dakota Fanning May Be Murderers After a Destination Wedding Goes Awry

Liev Schreiber and Meghann Fahy co-star in the series based on Elin Hilderbrand's novel.

Entertainment News / Yardbarker

20 notable sets of famous sisters

Celebrity sisters have taken over Hollywood from the big screen to reality TV. They’re captivating in one way or another, whether it be their talent or their ability to brand themselves as a big deal. Whether or not they are a big deal is debatable, but people eat it up like a Vegas buffet.

Entertainment News / IndieWire / June 14

‘Ripley’ Star Dakota Fanning ‘Would Not Change One Thing’ About Her 24 Years in Acting

Fanning, 30, dedicated her IndieWire Honors speech to her mother, Joy, who "put her own dreams to the side so I could achieve mine."

Entertainment News / Nerdist / June 6

THE WATCHERS Is Unwatchable in Almost Every Way

The first hour of writer-director Ishana Night Shyamalan’s debut film The Watchers is instantly forgettable and totally uninteresting in almost every way.

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Entertainment News / IndieWire / May 31

Dakota Fanning Gave ‘Ripley’ Its Backbone

Fanning, who will get the Performance Award at IndieWire Honors, says acting is still a real thrill: It "can be difficult, and it can be discouraging, [but] I achieve a state of calm and flow that I have never been able to necessarily achieve anywhere else."

Entertainment News / IndieWire / May 16

Top TV Talent to Be Feted at First-Ever Spring IndieWire Honors

Carol Burnett, Quinta Brunson, Issa López, Lulu Wang, Riley Keough, Dakota Fanning, Francesca Sloane, and key duos behind "Fellow Travelers" and "Scott Pilgrim Takes Off" make up the list of honorees at the first TV-specific IndieWire Honors.

Entertainment News / Men's Journal / April 23

The Watchers Trailer: Dakota Fanning Leads Ishana Shyamalan’s First Film

Ishana Shyamalan's directorial debut, The Watchers, is edging closer to its theatrical release, and Warner Bros has shared the first full trailer, which previews what the first-time director has in store for us.

Entertainment News / Rolling Stone / April 22

Dakota Fanning’s Talking Bird Is Trying to Warn Her in New Trailer for ‘The Watchers’

The debut feature from M. Night Shyamalan's daughter, Ishana, is set to hit theaters in June

Entertainment News / Men's Journal / April 15

Tom Cruise Gave Dakota Fanning Her First Cell Phone

Netflix's latest series sees Andrew Scott star as Tom Ripley opposite a host of spectacular talent, including Dakota Fanning as Marge Sherwood. Fanning and Scott are on the rounds promoting the show, and in a brand new interview with Harpers Bazaar, Scott guessed something fans might not know about his co-star.

Entertainment News / IndieWire / March 4

‘Ripley’ Trailer: Andrew Scott Obsesses Over Johnny Flynn in Netflix’s ‘Talented Mr. Ripley’ Adaptation

Dakota Fanning co-stars in the series created by Steven Zaillian.

Entertainment News / Nerdist / February 27, 2024

THE WATCHERS Trailer Puts Voyeuristic Creatures in the Irish Woods

It’s an unnerving feeling when someone is watching you. Even if they are not in your eyesight (or your eyes are closed), that strange tingle in your spine that alerts you to their surveillance is chilling.

The movies, TV shows, albums, and video games we're looking forward to in 2024

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Entertainment News / Men's Journal / February 5, 2024

New AppleTV+ Series Will Star Nicole Kidman and Elle Fanning

Rufi Thorpe's new novel, Margo's Got Money Troubles, has received a straight-to-series order from Apple before it has even hit the shelves. The new drama series from David E.

Entertainment News / IndieWire / January 22, 2024

‘Ripley’ Teaser: Andrew Scott Deceives the Elite in 1960s-Set International Caper

Dakota Fanning, Johnny Flynn, and John Malkovich co-star in the Netflix series adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's novels.

Entertainment News / Yardbarker

The best two-season TV shows

Often, we hear about the one-season wonders in television. People espouse a Freaks and Geeks or a My So-Called Life. What about the two-season wonders? Some were canceled too soon, others wrapped up of their own accord.

Entertainment News / IndieWire / December 12, 2023

‘Ripley’ First Look: Andrew Scott Grifts Through Europe in ‘Talented Mr. Ripley’ Netflix Limited Series

Dakota Fanning and Johnny Flynn co-star in Steven Zaillian's adaptation of the Patricia Highsmith novels.

Entertainment News / Yardbarker

20 of the best 2000s movie duos

A pair of actors need to have that extra something special between them to make their friendships believable, and no one did it quite like the twosomes sprinkled throughout cinema in the days of frosted tips and Pepsi Blue.

Entertainment News / Yardbarker / July 10, 2021

Reese Witherspoon & Dakota Fanning fuel 'Sweet Home Alabama' nostalgia with this Instagram post

Josh Lucas recently cited Reese Witherspoon's hectic schedule as the reason there hasn't been a Sweet Home Alabama sequel, but she's not too busy to reminisce on the 2002 romantic comedy.

Jason Momoa says he 'fangirled out' the first time he saw Liam Neeson

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Entertainment News / Yardbarker

Den-ewww-ment: Movies with awful endings

Some movies end with a bang, others end with a whimper. Or maybe they end with you rolling your eyes or letting out a heavy sigh. The movie may have been good to that point, but failed to stick the landing.

Entertainment News / Yardbarker

The most talented actresses 30 or younger

Ah, to be young, talented and famous. Hollywood is a place where you see a lot of working people of vastly different ages. Here, though, we are going to focus on the young actresses of Hollywood who have made an impact. These are the most talented actresses who have not yet turned 31.

Entertainment News / Yardbarker / May 29, 2018

June entertainment planner: 'Jurassic World,' 'Sense8' and Kanye bring the summer heat

Summer officially arrives in June, and although you should probably be outside enjoying the warm weather and associated activities, there’s still plenty of TV shows to catch at night, movies to watch on hot or rainy days, and new music releases that can be the soundtrack to your summer.

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Entertainment News / Yardbarker

15 greatest movies based on children's books

"Peter Rabbit," a CGI/live action hybrid movie based on the Beatrix potter children's book about an anthropomorphic farm animal voiced by James Corden, will hit theaters nationwide this Friday.