Posts Tagged ‘Dakota Fanning’

Fanning and KStew grab ya ’til you’re sore in ‘Cherry Bomb’ video

March 10, 2010 - 1:50 pm

By Jay A. Fernandez

I gotta say, “The Runaways” looks really fun, lurid and trashy in just the right ways. Here’s a music video with Dakota Fanning and Kristen Stewart cut by the film’s director, Floria Sigismondi.

“Get down ladies, you’ve got nothin’ to lose…”

SUNDANCE: ‘Runaways’ party has everything a festgoer could want

January 26, 2010 - 10:27 am

By Mira Advani Honeycutt

“Sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll — what’s not to like about this movie?” said a partygoer at the packed-to-the-gills bash for “The Runaways” — the buzz film of Sundance. Add to that the two teen stars — Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning, who are steaming up the snowy sidewalks on Main Street, and you have one hot party. Chronicling the rocky road of the 1970s teen rock group, Stewart channels Joan Jett and Fanning brings Cherie Currie to the big screen.

SUNDANCE: I hate myself for loving Joan Jett

January 24, 2010 - 1:47 pm

By Jay A. Fernandez

When I was sorting through party invitations pre-Sundance, I almost missed it. And then my eyes focused and realized I was being offered a chance to see Joan Jett — and the Blackhearts, thank you — perform a show at HarryO’s on Main Street Saturday night.

It quickly went straight to the top of the personal event list for the week. Not because I have remained a fan since 1981, but because it was a chance to see Joan Jett perform, for chrissakes. My first rock crush (also from my hometown of Philly). Like many contemporaries, “I Love Rock N’ Roll” was my first sing-along anthem (though Pat Benatar’s “Hell Is for Children” came right after), and she, along with Chrissie Hynde, represented the ultimate teenage fantasy: an attractive woman who could rock harder than you.

Teaser trailer for ‘The Runaways’ rocks online

December 17, 2009 - 12:07 pm

By Jay A. Fernandez

Punchy. Punky. Sexy. Rockin’. Just as it should be.

Right on the heels of news that Apparition picked up U.S. distribution rights to the $9-$10 million film, MTV has the first look at the 49-second teaser trailer for “The Runaways.”

Dakota Fanning as Cherie Currie. K. Stew as Joan Jett.

It’s a pretty hot, pumpin’ video and gets across exactly the punch-to-the-gut that the girls represented to the rock scene of the late ’70s. It surely helped that Jett herself was often on-set to consult.

As an unidentified male voice says over the end:

“The Runaways… have the most chance of any group I’ve seen… to tear this world apart.”

What do you think?

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