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December 24, 2007:
The sneak peek for Coraline is out! Thanks Tom for letting me know! You can check it on the Neil Gaiman site, here. It looks like it's going to be a wonderful movie! Also, I want to wish a wonderful christmas for everyone and a very happy new year. May all our dreams come true in this new year coming! All the best for Dakota and her family!

December 20, 2007:
It looks like Dakota is really going to be in The Secret Life of Bees. According to Reuters, Dakota is in final negotiations to join the cast of the movie, a female-oriented coming-of-age tale based on the Sue Monk Kidd best-seller. Queen Latifah, Jennifer Hudson and Sophie Okonedo are already on board the Fox Searchlight project, which is scheduled to go into production next month in North Carolina. The studio is planning on a release later in 2008. To find out more about the movie, check the article here.

November 18, 2007:
I know most of us are eager to see Hounddog, and here's some good news! The final edit of the movie is finished and distributors are now able to view it with the intention of a sale. Keep your fingers crossed! For more, read the full story. Thanks to Katie for this :].

November 14, 2007:
Dakota has joined other celebrities in a campaign for alling for affordable, quality healthcare for all Americans in a new U.S. TV advertisement. Directed by actor/filmmaker Tony Goldwyn and featuring music by avant-garde composer Philip Glass, the public service announcement also features Reese Witherspoon, Ben Affleck, Joaquim Phoenix, Garth Brooks, Morgan Freeman, Eva Mendes and Jeremy Piven. The commercial asks viewers to log onto website DividedWeFail.org and join the organisation calling for its members to only vote for political candidates who endorse cheaper healthcare and lifetime financial security. To watch the video go here or here. You can also access Divided We Fail website to know how you can get involved. Screencaps were added in the gallery. We believe the dog in the video is Dakota's dog, Lewellen.

November 3, 2007:
On November 1st, Dakota's Swarovski Star was unveiled at Rockefeller Center. It's to benefit the Starlight Starbright Children's Foundation and her star is so beautiful! Sadly, Dakota didn't go, but there are two photos of her star you can take a look at.

October 25, 2007:
According to Variety, Dakota is set to star in a new movie. The movie is entitled My Sisters Keeper and will be based on the acclaimed novel of the same name. Dakota will share the screen with Cameron Diaz, and her little sister, Elle! Production reportedly begins this March in Los Angeles. Click "read the full story" to read the full Variety article, or visit this link.

October 10, 2007:
Dakota's 'Untitled Short Movie' is called Cutlass and it will be premiering on October 15 (yes, next monday already!). It will be online at the Clinique website on the 15, so look forward to that :)
Also, don't forget to check Glamour Reel Moments site! I have updated the Filmography and added a page for Cutlass. Ah! I also added the movie cover in the gallery.

September 7, 2007:
Dakota will be in a new movie, directed by Danny DeVito, The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle. The movie, an adaptation of the book by author Edward Irving Wortis, centers on the adventures of a 19th Century 13-year-old girl, who must forswear her ladylike upbringing when confronted by intrigue and danger on the high seas. Joining Dakota in her journey across the Atlantic will be Morgan Freeman and Pierce Brosnan. To know more details about the movie, check this article in our archive.

{Source: MTV Movies Blog | Kajol}

August 24, 2007:
Dakota is set to be attending a new event on the 6th of October, along with more than 60 other popular young actors (including Miley Cyrus, Emma Roberts, Hilary and Haylie Duff, Elijah Kelley, Ashley Tisdale, Sean Faris, Shawn Pyfrom and Raven Symone), Says Variety.com. Dakota will sit on Variety's Youth Advisory Board, chaired by NBC Universal Television's Ben Silverman.

"An Oct. 6 luncheon will be the centerpiece of Variety's Power of Youth, a new philanthropic program designed to encourage the next generation in Hollywood to become involved with humanitarian efforts."

This is intended to become an annual event.

{Source: Variety.com | Dakotafan10}

August 18, 2007:
Dakota has been nominated for yet another award! It's the UK Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards, and she is up for 'Best Movie Actress'. She is up against Emma Watson, Cameron Diaz and Keira Knightley. The award ceremony will be held on the 20th of October, in London. But enough of that- go vote! http://kca.nick.co.uk/. There is also another movie for Dakota! It's called "Push", and is a thriller. Filming starts next month in Hong Kong. "Push centers on a group of young American ex-pats with telekinetic and clairvoyant abilities who hide from a U.S. government agency in Hong Kong and band together to try to escape the control of the division."

July 27, 2007:
Dakota will be in a new short movie directed by Kate Hudson. The short film is part of Glamour magazine's third series of Reel Moments, three short films directed by Hollywood insiders. The '70s-period father-daughter story stars Kurt Russell opposite Dakota, comedian Kevin Hart and Chevy Chase.

June 18, 2007:
Unfortunately Dakota won't be taking part in The Women, a re-make film to which she was recently attached. The good news is that she does have two projects on the boil, including a strongly rumoured part in Peter Jackson's The Lovely Bones, based on the book of the same name by Alice Sebold, as well as a brand new project that would take Dakota all the way to Hong Kong for filming! Thanks to our great tipster for all the news.

April 28, 2007:
According to Fox News Dakota's next role will be in the upcoming film The Women. She would play Anjelica Huston's granddaughter, alongside a cast including Meg Ryan, Candice Bergen and Debra Messing. The Women is a re-make of a 1930s film about a group of "gossipy, high society women". At the moment, only Fox News is reporting this so it's not confirmed - we'll have to wait and see.

{Source: Fox News | IMDB.com | Dakota&ElleFan}

March 9, 2007:
In her new movie Winged Creatures, Dakota will be playing the character of Anne. Apparently the character's age was changed so that Dakota could play the part, as originally Anne was supposed to be a 16 or 17 year old girl! Rehearsals for this movie begin next week, and the movie should wrap by the middle of April. It's quite a low budget movie, but as we know, boasts an amazing ensemble cast.

March 9, 2007:
Dakota has been nominated for a Kid's Choice Award! You will be able to vote by visiting this link, at the Nickelodeon website, although Dakota's category hasn't been added for voting yet. Be sure to check back later and give her your support. Let's hope our girl can take home the goods this year! :)

February 16, 2007:
Dakota is apparently attached to a new film called Winged Creatures! Variety reports that "the movie is an adaptation of Roy Freirich's debut novel about survivors of a brutal restaurant murder who are left to divine their own individual paths to understanding their mortality and connection to society." Forest Whitaker, Kate Beckinsale and Guy Pearce have also been cast, and Rowan Woods (Little Fish) is attached to direct. Shooting will start very soon - next month in fact, beginning March 19. Congratulations Dakota!

February 10, 2007:
According to Amazon.com, the release date for Dakota's movie Charlotte's Web on DVD will be April 3rd 2007 for the US and Canada. It will also have lots of special features on it including a gag reel, seven featurettes, and deleted scenes. Check it out at Amazon if you want to read more about it, or pre-order a copy now.

February 8, 2007:
Remember the movie Conquistadora? Dakota was attached to it several years ago, playing a disabled twin girl, but eventually her involvement with the project broke off. Hold tight because the movie is now back until a new name - Hurricane Mary - and a new cast member - Dakota's real life younger sister, Elle, playing her twin! The story is still the same - Dakota and Elle's characters have cerebral palsy and are wheelchair bound, but are also "gifted" - and the story revolves around their mother's fight to enroll them in a normal public school. Production will begin on this movie in September, in New York. Congratulations Dakota!

February 6, 2007:
Dakota is nominated for favorite female movie star on the Nickelodeon's 20th annual Kids' Choice Awards. The other nominees are Halle Berry, Keira Knightley and Sarah Jessica Parker. The show will be on March 31 at the University of California, Los Angeles. Online vote will begin in March 5.

January 25, 2007:
Hounddog has been dogged by controversy from the get go, but this week Dakota finally spoke out against the critics of her film - especially those who haven't seen the movie they're criticizing. They "were attacking my family and me, and that's where it got too far," she says. "Pretty much everybody who talked about it attacked my mother, which I did not appreciate. That was extremely uncalled for and hurtful." Rumours of criminal negligence on behalf of the filmmakers or Dakota's parents were put the rest when the movie premiered this week (all had already been cleared legally). The controversial rape scene was shown to be less than 1 minute long, showing close-ups of Dakota's face that were filmed without any other actor near her. She insists that the movie was not disturbing to film. "I loved the Elvis Presley story line. I loved the fact she's born of hard circumstances and is trying to survive those," she says. "I like so many things about it that had nothing to do with being abused, or sexually abused."

January 12, 2007:
Dakota attended the 12th Annual Critics Choice Awards last night, where she was nominated for 'Best Young Actress'. Unfortunately our girl missed out on the award (it went to Abigail Breslin of Little Miss Sunshine) but Charlotte's Web did win 'Best Family Film' in its category!

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