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In May we ran a story about how grown up child actress Dakota Fanning, 14, looks. Dakota is the same age as Ali Lohan, but she manages to look very pretty yet age-appropriate at the same time. At the premiere of her controversial film Hounddog last night in NY, Fanning wore black patent peep-toe wedge heels and a silver satin strapless top over black skinny jeans. She had on minimal makeup and wore her hair long with a little volume.

Fanning’s schedule is busy. She has the Secret Life of Bees coming out this year, two films in post production scheduled for release next year, and another in the works. She’s sure to get more offers for projects soon. I’m really impressed by this girl and you can see how she will mature into more adult roles. She may very well win an Oscar before she’s 20. Somehow she’s managed to preserve her childhood despite a busy Hollywood career and she’ll hopefully stay grounded throughout her teen years.

Hounddog premiered at the Sundance film festival in 2007 and includes an infamous scene in which Fanning’s young character is raped. All that is shown is her face, but the inclusion of the scene is said to have scared off investors and caused production and distribution to be delayed multiple times. It is finally out in the US in limited release this Friday, September 19.

Rumors are flying yet again that Leonardo DiCaprio and Bar Refaeli have split, but that’s not really new news. In Touch is reporting the two are over and haven’t been seen together since July 14 in LA, but New York magazine reports they have been seen together and alone around New York City. These two break up and make up more often than they change their socks.

Everything Leo does is tabloid fodder, and here is a round-up of Leo stories from the weeklies. The stories range from probably exaggerated to downright unbelievable, so take these with a grain of salt the size of an iceberg.

If Bar really is Leo’s ex-arm candy, maybe it’s because he’s been partying up a storm with college girls. The September 15 print edition of In Touch says Leo was spotted at Coco de Ville in LA on August 26, “partying with the hot USC sorority girls all night,” according to an onlooker. “He poured the cocktails, was flirting with them, and even paid for the entire bill….He enjoyed every minute of the attention.”

An insider says this wasn’t Leo’s first meeting with the coeds. They first met at The Bank at Bellagio in Las Vegas on August 15.

But being a horndog doesn’t mean Leo’s not a nice guy. National Enquirer’s gossip guru Mike Walker reports in the September 15 print edition that while walking down the street in Manhattan, Leo helped an inexperienced and lost cabbie. The taxi driver had pulled over to ask directions, but the man he asked was giving him bogus information. A witness says Leo overheard the conversation and told the prankster, “You’re giving this guy wrong directions!” and gave the grateful cabbie the correct info.

Leo also helped a woman who couldn’t afford gas for her SUV. While famously eco-friendly Leo was driving his hybrid with (apparently on at the time) girlfriend Bar Refaeli, he pulled into a gas station.

[Leo] noticed a woman with five kids in her SUV getting teary-eyed as she filled her tank and watched the meter climb past $100. ‘Oh my God, look at this, I can’t afford these gas prices anymore,’” she wailed.

Instead of lecturing the woman on driving a gas-guzzler, Leo told the gas station attendant to put the woman’s gas bill on his credit card. When the woman found out that he had paid for her, she chased after him to thank him, but didn’t recognize him. She said, “You know, you look so familiar to me, but I just can’t place your face.” Leo’s response? “Have a nice day.”

The 2008 Verizon and Tag Body Spray MTV Video Music Awards were last night, and the big winner of the evening? Hold on to your extensions! People Magazine says

It was Britney’s night!

The pop star made a triumphant return to MTV’s Video Music Awards, winning three Moonmen, including the night’s big honor, video of the year, for her hit “Piece of Me.” She looked a little nervous at first, but proved to be in fighting form in a vintage silver Versace minidress.

And there you have it, folks. After sixteen nominations, Britney finally won big. I suppose that was the “highlight” of the evening. And yes, there were highlights. I’m pretty sure there were. There had to be. It was like seven goddamn hours long. Maybe if I close my eyes tight and think real hard, I could remember a couple of them for you. Let’s see…

TOP TEN HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE 2008 VMAS

• 10. When nobody tells Rihanna or her rat tail that there’s toilet paper tucked in the back of her leather diaper. Tee hee!
• 9. When I realize that somebody must have finally hit Pete Wentz with a car, because he appears to be wearing a neck brace.
• 8. When the Jonas Brothers come straight from their shift at the Soda Shoppe to give an acoustic rendition of “Love Bug.” The only way this song could be any gayer is if it were sung by Andy Dick on Turkish Bath Night.
• 7. When MTV cuts Katy Perry’s version of “Like a Virgin” to less than twenty seconds. Strangely, I now feel like a virgin, because my vagina seems to have sewn itself shut.
• 6. The 33 seconds out of four total minutes L’il Wayne doesn’t have his hand on his junk during his performance.
• 5. When I see that hey, Bootsy Collins isn’t dead after all! But why is he dressed like black Uncle Sam?
• 4. When rapper T.I. mysteriously performs without me getting a UTI. It’s a VMA miracle!
• 3. When I went outside for ten minutes to smoke pot.
• 2. When I spent another twenty minute debating the decline of pop music and where to assign blame for the current state of MTV, conveniently missing Pink’s and Miley Cyrus’ performances.
• 1. When the end credits finally started rolling.

Five years of careful planning have finally paid off for Jennifer Aniston. The Daily Mail says

Rumors are circulating today that the former Friends star had a business dinner with her ex-husband, Brad Pitt, last night at the Toronto Film Festival. If true, it would be the pair’s first known meeting since their bitter divorce in 2005.

The 39-year-old is appearing at festival the to promote her latest movie Management.

“Promote her latest movie,” or “camp outside his hotel with a bottle of chloroform, the Ovatec® and a breeding restraint?” I could see how it’d be easy to confuse the two when you’re Jennifer Aniston.

The Dark Knight– which was the fastest flick to earn $400 million – has become the second movie in history to gross over $500 million at the box office the Associated Press reported on Sunday.

The Batman sequel has raked in over $502.4 million in just over six weeks - half the time it took Titanic, which reached the half-billion mark in a little more than three months the AP reported.

The Dark Knight ranks second behind Titanic's $601 million gross.

Dan Fellman, head of distribution at Warner Bros., said he expects The Dark Knight to finish at about $530 million, though it could reach $550 million.

"I keep raising the number because it just keeps holding better than expected," Fellman told the Associated Press.

Read More: http://www.usmagazine.com/the-dark-knight-tops-500-million-at-the-box-office+

Britney Spears will open the show at the MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday, PEOPLE has learned.

"MTV has long played an important role in my career. How can I not be there to kick off their 25th VMAs?" Spears tells PEOPLE in a statement. "I'm excited to open the entire show, to say hi to my fans and to be nominated."

Spears – who has been nominated 16 times and never won a Moon Man – is up for Best Female Video, Best Pop Video and Video of the Year for "Piece of Me."

It's still not known how she'll open the show. A source confirms that the opening segment will not feature a musical performance by Spears.

In a new political commercial, it show Senator and Presidential opponent Barack Obama speaking to the masses. McCain’s camp compares Obama’s fame to that of Britney Spears and Paris Hilton. He is only famous for being famous, he has no substance.

Ouch!

Especially considering that Paris Hilton’s parents contributed thousands of dollars to the McCain campaign. Ooops. So, do you think those commercial creators were fired?!? The Hilton camp is said to be not happy… Who would be if a presidential nominee insulted one of their children??

I thought she was a bit too skinny regardless she really had her style and looks. Over the years as she got heavily into drugs with her ex-boyfriend, Pete Doherty, I thought she has really lost that grace. What do you think, Kate still has it or not?

Formentera, a small Balearic island has taken over Ibiza as the number one celebrity hotspot this summer.

Speaking of her ex Doherty, he seems to be heart broken over his break-up with Kate. confessed that he had not had another relationship since splitting with the supermodel.

He told Loaded magazine: “We haven’t spoken since we broke up. When you split-up with someone, someone that you’re seriously in love with, it takes a lot of time before you even realise that you’re upset. You know? It just hits you.”

Britney has a new bodyguard. He was new after the Sam Lufti and crew hit the road. His name is Lee and him and Britney were looking cozy in pictures…she had on a bikini and he was wearing swim trunks. At one point, he had her in an embrace that looked like dancing. Ooooh.

Romantic or him sluffing off on the job? Now we’ll need to wait for more pictures to come in and get a better look at him. Supposedly, he is former Israeli military.

It seems that JT’s mom is very involved in his life. Like she cleans, does laundry and other household duties around the house. JT liked it up until now. But now JT’s mama is getting in the way!

She doesn’t like his new girlfriend Jessica Biel. And JT has been ring shopping and was going to pop the question to Jessica sometime this summer. So, he is backing off on proposing and trying to get mama and Jessica on the same page. Good luck. It seems that she is just as bad a stage mom as some of the female stars we see in the limelight…