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Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning play real-life rockers Joan Jett and Cherie Currie in 'The Runaways,' and the teen stars dished to ET about tackling some of the film's racier scenes while premiering their high-voltage flick in New York on Wednesday night.
At only the age of 16, Dakota is put in questionable situations for someone of her youth while portraying Cherie. "I think there’s been numerous, numerous films with kids who aren’t 18 that play older [characters]," Kristen asserted. "And, in this case, she’s playing her age and there’s nothing exploitative about the movie. It’s all very natural.”
Dakota herself felt comfortable in all that she was asked to do when the director called, "Action!," and understands it is part of her line of work. She said with maturity, "I’ve grown up in this business thinking it’s just acting; it’s just pretend and that’s kind of what it is for me. It’s just a story and you get to transform yourself and be all different kinds of people.”
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Thu Mar 18, 12:45 AM
Ellen DeGeneres is known for boogying through her audience on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show." She hangs up her dance sneakers on Thursday's episode to make way for "Dancing with the Stars" contestant Pamela Anderson.
Pam announced that "the fuse is blown" with her electrician ex-boyfriend. "The only man in my life right now is Damian [Whitewood]. He has my undivided attention." The Australian dancing pro makes his American "Dancing with the Stars" debut this season.
He joins Pam on stage when Ellen gifts them with fuzzy slippers to comfort their aching dancing feet. Just one catch, Pam's slippers come in the form of stilettos. The host also gave the "Baywatch" babe an undergarment to protect her from inappropriate "wardrobe malfunctions" as she busts a move.
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'American Idol''s Top 12 Sing the Rolling Stones
Copyright 2007 Dave Hogan / Getty ImagesThu Mar 18, 12:40 AM
A Michael Jackson documentary titled 'Gone Too Soon' will mark the one year anniversary of the entertainer’s shocking death. Ian Halperin, the NY Times Best Selling author of "Unmasked: The Final Years of Michael Jackson," is behind the film.
According to Variety, 88-minutes worth of 300 hours of footage collected have made the final cut into the doc. Cameras were often rolling on the King of Pop, capturing moments fans and filmmakers will treasure forever.
Although the Jackson family was not interviewed for the movie, they are aware of its production. Members of Michael's inner circle did get involved, including his personal manager, chef, spiritual adviser, hairstylist, trainer, protective agent, and the family attorney Brian Oxman.
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Thu Mar 18, 12:01 AM
The popular children's book 'Diary of a Wimpy Kid' makes its big-screen, live-action debut in theaters everywhere Friday, and ET goes behind the scenes!
Newcomer Zachary Gordon brings Greg Heffley's cartoon shoes to life; a wimpy middle-school kid who is just trying to make it through each day alive. Surrounded by morons, wedgies, swirlies, cafeteria politics and bullies, all he wants is to one day get the recognition and status he feels he so richly deserves. In the meantime, he keeps a detailed journal of his opinions, thoughts, family trials and tribulations, and would-be schoolyard triumphs.
"It's pretty challenging trying to get me into this mood of this character, and trying to read the books over and over again and get his exact words of what he says, what he does and how everything backfires on him," says Zach. "Greg never gets anything good. But whenever he does get good stuff, it always backfires on him."
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Thu Mar 18, 12:03 AM
Former teen queen Molly Ringwald is now a busy mom and starring in her third season of "The Secret Life of the American Teenager" on ABC Family, and she tells ET just how she manages to balance work and her own family – and the thrill of reuniting with her fellow Brat Packers at the Oscars!
"It's always a little bit like a family reunion," she says of seeing fellow Brat packers such as Ally Sheedy, Anthony Michael Hall and Judd Nelson at this year's special Oscar tribute to John Hughes. "We don't get to see each other very often because we all lead different lives and live in different places … so it's always nice to get to catch up."
On the touching tribute to her late 'Sixteen Candles,' 'The Breakfast Club' and 'Pretty in Pink' mentor, she says, "I was just so excited and honored to be there, and really touched that the Academy chose to recognize his contribution to filmmaking and incredible impact that he's had on the world through his films. … And to also have the Hughes family there, it's been a really difficult year for them, and to get that recognition I think was really important for them as well."
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Photo: Michael Becker/ FOXWed Mar 17, 10:00 PM
One night after "American Idol"'s Top 12 sang Rolling Stones classics, Paige Miles, Tim Urban and Lacey Brown wound up in the season's first bottom three -- and one of them couldn't get no satisfaction.
"One of them is worth saving," Simon Cowell said, explaining that the judges can now save a lone eliminated contestant this season, but only with a unanimous vote.
Tim, who scored little sympathy from anyone following his reggae version of "Under My Thumb," was first to learn that he wouldn't be booted from "Idol" on Wednesday night.
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