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Thursday, July 14, 2011

“Pixie” for ‘Now Is Good’ Role Goes by Dakota Fanning



Twilight Saga actress Dakota Fanning is sporting a dramatic new look for her forthcoming movie project, “Now Is Good.”

Fanning, the 17 year old star who began acting at the age of 5, swapped her normally long, blonde locks for a super short pixie cut to more accurately portray her character.

In the Ol Parker directed film, which also features Jeremy Irvine and Kaya Scodelario, Fanning takes on the role of a leukemia patient who compiles a list of things that she wants to complete before she dies.

In addition to the Now is Good gig, Dakota also has several other new projects in the works. She will play one of the 2 teen girls who decide to lose their virginity after they graduate from high school in another drama “Very Good Girls”, and will also portray a girlfriend of a diamond thief in “Mississippi Wild”.

Chime in with your thoughts. While Fanning is sporting the dramatic new look for professional reasons, do you think she will keep the do now that it seems to be a trending style?

In case you forgot (or even care) how long her hair used to be, check out this video clip of Dakota’s appearance on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon:

Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Wednesday for final season again "Rescue Me"

"Rescue Me," the Denis Leary starring show about a New York City firefighter, begins its final season Wednesday night.

Over the years, the show has been praised for its treatment of Sept. 11, for its examination of alcoholism and for the cast's performances. It is also been criticized for all those things.

The critics are taking to the Interwebs to weigh in on this last run. James Poniewozik in Time hopes "getting a final season will free the show from having to spin out the same stories and focus it in its closing episodes, a la FX's 'The Shield.'"

Mike Thomas of the Chicago Sun-Times writes in the no mystery here titled "'Rescue Me' is going out strong," "Not since 'MASH' has a show been so adept (albeit in an edgier and more graphic way) at eliciting belly laughs and tears, shocked amusement and unsettling horror."

In the New York Times, Alessandra Stanley writes, "The FX show is a well made, enjoyable series that was created with the best of intentions but somehow never quite rose to greatness. That could be because, for all the show's earthy candor and scathing wit, it is a soap opera at heart."

What do you think of "Rescue Me"? Will you watch the final season?