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DAKOTA FANNING
AGE: 15
IN A NUTSHELL: Sure, you may always think of her as mini-Meryl, the precocious starlet who held her own alongside Denzel Washington and Tom Cruise in various big budget motion pictures (Man on Fire and War of the Worlds, respectively), but this mega-talented actress (the youngest person ever to be nominated for a Screen Actor’s Guild Award, no less) is all growed up now, and so far avoiding all the trappings of child actor hell.
BREAKOUT MOMENT: Breaking hearts alongside Sean Penn in 2001’s I Am Sam.
SEE HER (OR RATHER, AMY POEHLER) IN ACTION
MAYBE SHE IS JUST A TEENAGER AFTER ALL: When recent prom photos of Dakota and her posse of tween bffs appeared online, she was chastised for everything from her super-short pink dress to her cheeseball date.
WHAT’S NEXT: Roles in the upcoming films Push and Winged Creatures, plus a highly anticipated appearance as vampire Jane in New Moon, the next in the Twilight series. Now filming in Vancouver, will she get caught smoking pot and carousing with older, bad-ass co-stars Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson? The tabloids are frothing at the mouth just thinking about it.
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AGYNESS DEYN
AGE: 26
IN A NUTSHELL: Born Laura Hollins (she changed her name at the advice of a numerology expert), this supermodel went from getting rejected at agency after agency to appearing on dozens of fashion magazine covers and landing highly profitable endorsement deals from a slew of big names, including Anna Sui, Burberry, Armani, Paul Smith, and Vivienne Westwood.
BREAKOUT MOMENT: Spring 2008, when The New York Times wrote about the impact her “boy-short, peroxide-blonde” hair was having on the fashion industry.
SEE HER IN ACTION
IN HER OWN WORDS: “My current style is Jackie O. crossed with Debbie Harry meets Stevie Nicks.”
WHAT’S NEXT: Expect more rock 'n’ roll from this music (and musician) lover, who dated Albert Hammond Jr. until earlier this year and has been linked to former Phantom Planet singer Alex Greenwald. Agyness groupies are dying to know: Will her band, Gene Jacket, ever release an album?
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Alison Prato graduated from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where she was awarded the Hugh M. Hefner magazine scholarship. She began her journalism career with an internship at Playboy magazine and eventually rose to senior associate editor. She has been the executive editor of Giant and the Entertainment Director of Maxim.
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Alison Prato is a writer and editor specializing in entertainment. Born and raised near Chicago, Prato graduated from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where she was awarded the Hugh M. Hefner magazine scholarship. She began her journalism career with an internship at Playboy magazine and eventually rose to Senior Associate Editor. She has been the Executive Editor of Giant and the Entertainment Director of Maxim. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband, Vince, and her boxer, Axl.
Kirbonicus
I wonder how many of these 'stars' have curtains that match the drapes... ?
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Emeraldgreen
Is the African-American community ready for The Blondes Ms. Prato?
Are little Black girls ready for them?
Feigning puzzlement and acting like you really don't care would probably be your only answer, I suppose.
I can only hope and pray that you are so sorely wrong! Wrong! Wrong!
keemia
You lost me with this: "thanks in no small part to a slew of young, smart, talented women who are dominating the entertainment industry".
So the "entertainment industry" dictates how the nation as a whole views a certain demographic. Blond attorneys, engineers, scientists, doctors, nurses, teachers... can't be smart. It's the blond ENTERTAINERS(!!!) that are doing it. Self centered, are we?
KateTheGreat
*YAWN* an article about bleached blondes...tripe, offal, and gas.
akitty
upon reading the article, as a blonde , i have to give myself some credit
for writing the novel "TRUE BLONDES',. I have always been mystified by the
excitement that is generated by the color of a womans hair.. Remember the
story of HELEN OF TROY, she was blonde who sunk a thousand ships.
And remember Marilyn Monroe, Kim Novak, Grace Kelly , none of them were
really dumb. TRUE BLONDES (A NOVEL) BY CAROL HOLLENBECK
stevenpill
In every one of these "abridged" online bios of Dakota Fanning, one key word is conspicuously missing. "Hounddog". It's been almost three years now since that obscene movie wrapped, but its impact on the film world is still being felt... and will be for quite some time. Dakota's twisted agent intended it to be her little client's "starmaker". Instead, it not only left a cloud over her, personally and professionally (and at age 12!), but likewise left one over every child actor in Hollywood through her example. That's why it's rarely mentioned, now. It was Hollywood at it's absolute lowest; endeavoring to bring child porn into the mainstream. In a very real sense, too, they succeeded. But they used Dakota's name and image as an indespensible part of the process. And it will haunt her for the rest of her life.
maluminse
The photo of Alison, the writer, is not her best. Shes amazingly beautiful and has an amazing figure. She has turned down playboy and other venues from modeling. She is robbing us of her beauty! You can be smart and beautiful yes?
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