So, apparently, CNN ran with this last night:
And then, they promptly removed it - - all traces of it.
I <3 Dakota Fanning - I hope this was just a big goof up.
via: Diva Dish
Update: This, of course, is a hoax - - I shoulda seen it coming, eh? What a horrible hoax it is, too! Thanks to Chris for pointing out the hoax update.
2:04 pm on April 11th, 2006
What?! Big mistake if it was in error… I hope it was in error… that would be horrible!
3:34 pm on April 11th, 2006
Smells like a hoax by Celluloid and Vinyl to boost their traffic to me…
4:11 pm on April 11th, 2006
I think it’s a joke by CNN and someone was quick to snap a picture. Shame on CNN.
8:06 pm on April 11th, 2006
Man I hope that’s a joke…she’s a total doll! F-in’ CNN, sheesh!
7:34 am on April 12th, 2006
Smells like a hoax to me. I followed several of the threads, and everyone seems to be passing around the same screen shot that came from a single blog source, the site that “broke” the original story. Color me cynical.
7:48 am on April 12th, 2006
Exposed as a hoax… see http://www.celluloidandvinyl.com/2006/04/11/dakota-fanning-update/ .
9:52 am on April 12th, 2006
That’s a horrible hoax! I love her. She is such a good actress . Shame on them…
1:15 pm on April 18th, 2006
1:16 pm on April 18th, 2006
DAKOTA: i think u are really good! u are a diva!… ^^
11:24 am on April 19th, 2006
I can’t really say much because if i did it would be filled with swearing against the people who made this. May they rot in hell
9:29 pm on April 19th, 2006
It’s been nine days now since that hoa
?) was posted. Has there been any news at all since? Has the Osbrink Agency commented?… or the Fanning family? And, for that matter, has anyone seen the Fannings in public? I’m as sure as I can be that it’s a hoax, but what puzzles me is the dead silence from those who should have responded immediately. Can you imagine the grief from God knows how many children had it been true? Yet, these blog sites are still on display and no doubt there are many who are just now discovering the story and are beginning to wonder. Those kids, if no one else, deserve a little re-assurance. It’s largely the money from their allowances that have made Dakota rich and her agents right along with her. A little respect for them is called for.
3:33 pm on April 20th, 2006
7:23 am on April 21st, 2006
But, as I said, the story is still on the websites and will remain there. It therefore should have been refuted immediately and vocally… first by CNN (it was their website that was plagiarized) and then quickly followed by the Osbrink Agency that manages her affairs. It’s been ten days now, and there’s not been so much as a public statement of denial and condemnation from either. That should have happened that very morning.
As to CNN, it’s hardly unexpected. It’s what they are. Cindy Osbrink, however, if she truely had Dakota’s best interests at heart, should have been quick to respond and reassure her client’s many devoted supporters (like you) that all was well. Her failure to do so follows a dismal pattern over the past few months of not acting to protect that child’s career and good name…or, perhaps, even her personal safety.
11:39 am on April 21st, 2006
Isn’t it strange how only Celluloid and Vinyl had that screenshot? OBVIOUSLY THEY DID IT! Past friday I saw in the news “actress Dakota Fanning died for 15 minutes” but that’s all they said, they just showed a photo of her crying, then I went on vacations and returned yesterday, I started looking in Google to see what happened and I saw all this. Of course she didn’t die! Everybody would be talking about it! I mean it’s not like CNN posted that and then the parents said: ‘hey take it off!’ Duh! Plus only Celluloid and Vinyl saw it… LIARS
!!! Besides, she just turned 12 on February 23rd is not like she’s gonna die ¬¬… WE LOVE DAKOTA!!! visit my fotolog of Dakota and her sis Elle:
http://www.fotolog.com/dakota_and_elle
kisses,
Helsy
3:13 pm on April 21st, 2006
3:37 pm on April 21st, 2006
5:20 pm on April 21st, 2006
9:54 pm on April 21st, 2006
thnx but u dont really mean that do u and no i wasnt accusing u i just had an opinion to like other people u no and how am i charming? yah but thnx again
5:39 pm on April 23rd, 2006
what do u think that i would become a good actress?
i i hope so i want to be actress soooooooooo bad
6:12 pm on April 23rd, 2006
Celina: All kids, girls in particular, want to be actors, models and dancers. You’re wired that way! Dakota managed all three! Don’t put too high hopes on it, though. There’s only so much room at the top. Dakota got there by being the right kid in the right place at the right time with the right people watching. Once there, she did what any successful person in any career field does: she made herself indispensable by personal charm and dedication. This is known collectively as “talent”!
If the opportunity comes, know it for what it is and run with it! If it doesn’t- so what? There are lots of more rewarding things to be. Besides, there’s a downside to all the fame and adultation. Look at what just happened to her!
7:21 pm on April 23rd, 2006
thnx i guess your right ive been worried about it to much that sometimes i think i wont become one but who cares right
7:34 pm on April 23rd, 2006
its just im not that lucky and i want to be an actress but im shy and even tho i cant believe it i think im jelouse even tho i dont want to be shes just……. (snif) shes to good. sorry i think im worring to much and is that bad? and i dont think i would be a good actress!
7:38 am on April 24th, 2006
Celina: When I was a kid, I was REALLY self-conscious. Don’t fret it. You’ll get over it. All you have to do is keep focused, maintain eye contact and remember that you won’t please everyone, no matter what you do. In a pinch… moon ‘em!
5:20 pm on April 24th, 2006
lol i no im 13 and all but wats self conscious? lol well thnx for the advice
i think i really needed it
5:26 pm on April 24th, 2006
thnx steve any other advice you could give me?
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6:58 pm on April 24th, 2006
Celina: “Self-conscious” means worrying a lot about what others might think of you. This makes you shy. A little shyness, however, can also be charming. But just a little! As for career advice: do what Dakota did. Local plays, talent hunts, other social functions… until that magic offer comes. With her, it was a TV ad for the Georgia State Lottery! With Stevie Wonder! Local talent scouts saw her, thought she had potential, and passed her on to a Hollywood affiliate agency. The rest is history. Good luck!
7:29 pm on April 24th, 2006
Back to the subject of this blog: one last comment. Does anyone remember that pornographic March issue of “Vanity Fair” magazine? The one with cover-to-cover nudity, profanity and billious sophistry? The one that had Dakota posing right in the middle of it?
And then does anyone remember another child who was cruelly exploited in the same manner? Her name was JonBenet Ramsay.
Remember what happened to her?
That’s what made that faked CNN “death notice” for Dakota on April 11 particularly chilling… along with the dead silence afterward. Two children: both made up by heartless panderers to look like “femme fatales” for sick audiences. For one, at least, it was indeed “fatale”. Little Miss Ramsay, at the tender age of six, suffered the most horrific death a little girl could experience.
I wonder if Dakota’s agent, Cindy Osbrink, is at last coming to realize what danger her apparent greed and callousness may have placed her little client in…not just professionally, but personally. I hope and pray for her safety, just as I do for all children everywhere. Yet I worry… because terrible precedents for this sort of thing exist.
7:56 pm on April 24th, 2006
I love Dakota Fanning I think she is the best kid actress in the world. Keep going Dakota and you will win a academy award someday.
10:18 pm on April 24th, 2006
so steve if your leaving than all i have to say is thank you for the advice and ill try well to follow your advice
truth be told i dont want you to leave well if you are anyways thnx again 
you basically well i think i spelled that right but you became like a roll model for me 
thnx
11:55 pm on April 24th, 2006
God bless you, Celina. That was a very sweet compliment. I’ll probably breeze by this site from time to time. By the way, I’ve seen Ashley’s remarks on a number of websites. She’s a HUGE Dakota fan and, as I recall, an aspiring actress herself. You two should have a lot in common. Best wishes.
5:14 pm on April 25th, 2006
ok ill be here than and wat other web sites r there?![:-\](http://justagirlintheworld.com/smilies/yahoo_question.gif ":-\")
and thnx again for the advice
5:43 pm on April 25th, 2006
Do you have any kids yourself? Just wondering because your English is very good and so is your spelling.
Well I hope you answer my other question as well.
11:01 pm on April 25th, 2006
I can’t stop reading your last comment because its so nice that…well basically anyone has said to me in a long time now thank you steve for writing to me and giving me advice I think I needed it to snap me out of worrying to much about thinking I don’t have a chance to making an acting career thank you so much.
i wont forget you. I no this sounds weird but you’ve been basically a bother,friend,and a dad to me 
like someone I can look up to well I must go for I have to go to bed
write back please
5:35 pm on April 26th, 2006
omg if it was true i would becom suicidal and cry to my death
5:36 pm on April 26th, 2006
i wouls cry TO MY DEATH IF IT WAS TRUE
5:49 pm on April 26th, 2006
If you were dead you could’nt cry because you would already be dead but yah I agree its sad
7:12 pm on April 26th, 2006
Michael: Take it easy! Remember, there is absolutely no proof that anything bad happened to Dakota. Nor do I believe it, either. They couldn’t hush up something like that for two weeks, anyway!
My point is that I firmly believe that Cindy Osbrink (Dakota’s chief agent) should have been pro-active about this rather than going the route she apparently did- to ignore it until it went away. It’s largely worked, too! The trouble with that is (as I’ve said before) that blogs like this one don’t go away that quickly. This is the internet age. People will keep discovering the half-dozen or so websites that mention this event and, with no direct evidence to the contrary, will fear unnecessarily for that child’s safety. And, as far as I yet know, despite much searching, Dakota has made no public appearances since this thing happened. Just a small, innocuous 10-second TV bite- somewhere- would have dispelled it all.
Sitting on the story was the easy route, but it still involves needless anxiety to Dakota’s many young fans and supporters. To me, this equates to an arrogant disregard by the Osbrink Agency toward the kids whose love and support for her actress/client help to keep her firm in business. I don’t blame Dakota or her family for this. They, in essence, hired Mzz Osbrink’s expertise in such matters; none of THEM being Hollywood insiders.
In my opinion, it’s not the first time by any means that they’ve been let down in this regard. I still remember “Vanity Fair”.
7:25 pm on April 26th, 2006
Steve did you read my other comments? Im sorry im just so happy to hear from you for some reason but I just am.
sorry wow you really do make a little girl happy dont you
Im sorry again I act like its all about me sorry (so greedy huh) sorry I should no its a Dakota web site not mine
sill me lol
7:53 pm on April 26th, 2006
Dear Celina: I was just preparing my remarks to you when you wrote in. Michael seemed really distressed, so I answered him first. And yes, once again, you flatter me so very much and I do appreciate it. Truely.
As to the other Dakota fan-sites: there are dozens! Try dakotafanning.com for starters. It’s not an official website. I don’t believe she has one. That’s another failure of Cindy Osbrink. It’s well-known fact that the poor kid, for all her screen-smarts, can barely fire-up her P.C. without mommy’s help! Whatever… Just below the picture of her and- God help us!- Tom Cruise, you’ll see 15 links. Start clicking!
8:10 pm on April 26th, 2006
Oh, yes! You and her other fans here need a little more. NOT listed on that site (deliberately!) are two called advertisingwithoutpity.com and dakotacountdown.com. If you run into those on a Google search, be wary. They are hate-sites. I’ve commented on them often, but that was to counter the punks and perverts that infest them. Good kids go there because they either don’t understand this or because they want to defend Dakota. It can get scary. Ashley, however, has challenged them both! She’s gutsy.
Lots of foul language there, I’m afraid. Best avoid them.
Enchanting Starz (enchantingstarz.com) may be the best. It’s constantly monitored (no pervs allowed!) and I’ve spoken with one of the moderators via email about just that problem on the other sites. She was very helpful and concerned. She also personally runs “Totally Elle” (elle-fanning.com). “Starz” is a little complex and it takes a day to process your free membership, but it also lets you set up your own forum! No long scroll-downs!
I hope this helps. Every best wish!
10:35 pm on April 26th, 2006
Ok thanks again you’ve been very helpfull to me
i wont forget you! Would you forget me? I hope not well got to go i have to go to bed and thanks again for the advice and the web sites and for the complments i hope i spelled that right im not the best speller (lol)
write back if you wantof course
8:09 pm on April 27th, 2006
I need to mention that if you see a site called “thatlittlegirl.com”, it, too, should be avoided. That will, for some reason, put you right on the main page of “Dakota Countdown”. It’s a garbage dump. “Dakota Chatroom” and “Dakota Universe” on bravenets are dead and mouldering! Plenty of room, but no one to talk to.
By the way: NASA says that comet fragment will NOT hit the earth on Memorial Day! That’s nice! Maybe that’s why Dakota hasn’t been seen for a while! You can come out now, dear!!
10:48 pm on April 27th, 2006
Ok, (question) am I boring you?
7:19 am on April 28th, 2006
No, Celina! You’re a darling!! I was happy to find you some promising websites and I hope you’ll find a lot of good kids to talk to. I honestly enjoy talking to young people on the internet. It’s refreshing conversation and it’s good to know what Generation Y is thinking and up to!
However, I’m hardly one of you. Since I’ve been on the net, I’ve learned the hard way that you have to be ultra frank from the get-go that you’re an older guy. Kids don’t always understand words that would register immediately with others and can become terribly disappointed and angry when they realize (at last) that the one they’re talking to isn’t of their age group. I think you’re a very dear young lady and I wouldn’t want you to think that of me.
Please believe that I’ve enjoyed our talks immensely and hope to talk to you again if you wish. All the best.
8:34 am on April 28th, 2006
O k and thank you of the comlpements and the web sites
i enjoyed talkig to you to and I wont leave anyways so 
thanks again (it seems like I would always be thanking you and I would like to keep thanking you )
2:38 pm on April 28th, 2006
Thank you, Celina! I see you went and posted three comments on two of “Countdown”’s opinion sites. Be prepared for counterattack! Kids like “Monkey Man” and “Preety Girl” can be downright vicious. It’s a rough site, to say the least.
One note: If you use “thatlittlegirl.com” and punch in “Dakota Countdown”, you’ll get the main scroll-down. If you do (and I still don’t recommend it!), then go down to March 7. Ignore the surrounding trash talk and take note of a comment supposedly made by Dakota. It may be the only genuine one I’ve seen. It was also a little heart-rending.
Correction: On Comment #44- the second site on bravenet is “Innocent Dakota”, not “Dakota Universe”. Both sites are virtually unused.
5:14 pm on April 28th, 2006
ok and im glad you saw them i was hoping you would
and i knew you would. i hope you had a good day i sure did i got compliments from my crush at school and i got to talk to you again you always make my day even better than it is or if i had a bad day you make it worth living
7:29 pm on April 28th, 2006
Steve i read your comments on some of the web sites on dakota fanning and you said that this grl named liby had your email address and i personall think that would be disrespectful wat did they say and if you dont want to tell thats alright to but i thought liby didnt like dakota? i dont no well talk to you later oo and i put a comment to on the on saying liby had your email address so if you want you can look at it it has foul languag in it though . but i have a point i think lol and i was mad at the time but noe im ok and i think libby probably got your email address by clicking on your name cuz i did that to mine and my emial showed up so……. but im not sure or positive you no im not her so i wouldnt no but hope you have a good or great weekend
9:50 am on April 29th, 2006
Dear Celina: I forgot to warn you about that site sufficiently. It was one of the reasons I hoped you’d avoid it. As you discovered, when you click the name, it reveals your email address. I was commenting on that site for a month and didn’t know until Michelle told me!
Another reason I wanted you to stay away is because I knew you’d get upset. Boy, did you ever! Celina, don’t use their own cuss words against them like that. People read that and put you in the same category with some of the worst of the commenters. You’re better than that.
By the way, Michelle’s not a bad kid. She just gets a little grumpy from time to time and uses the internet to get it out of her system! Libby’s a little different. She’s a aspiring actress/model from a show-biz family and says she had her big break ruined when Dakota’s agent came in at the last moment. (Some film about “Bees”, you probably know it.) She’s a sharp kid and actually rather sweet… but very focused on her career and has come to blame Dakota personally for her frustration. It’s too bad, but I wish her every future success. She posted her talent agency website that gives you her photo and general background. If she ever breaks loose, then look out Hollywood! Both of them are your age by the way.
As I predicted, you were viciously attacked on “Dakota Countdown” after you posted those remarks. Please don’t go there again. You don’t need to see that kind of garbage. I only go there now to warn off kids who stumble onto it, thinking it’s a fan-site. Besides, I know how to handle those sorry little brats (and did!) along with the resident perverts. No need to return.
Thank you for the kind words and best wishes.
12:32 pm on April 29th, 2006
ok thats what my brother said to he said dont cuss cuz it makes you one of them and i said ok so yah. yah i was kind of mad but i at least got to the point but i wont promise you that i wont go there agin i might. so you read my comment? wat did you think? and so libby dosnt like dakota or dose she? and who wrote back to me on the dakota countdown? well i have to go please answer my questions
2:34 pm on April 29th, 2006
Dear Celina: Michelle’s okay with things. I gave her the address to this site because she knew nothing about the faked death notice. Maybe she’ll have a comment. I haven’t heard from Libby for a while, so I can’t tell you what she’s thinking now. As to “Countdown”, it was just “Nasty Girl” again, trying to live up to her handle. Don’t worry about her. Her little moods swing back and forth like a weather vane in a tornado. If she had brains to back them up, she might be dangerous… but she doesn’t!
3:55 pm on April 29th, 2006
so nasty girl faked to be michelle oor something? well i went back to the web site and said things but i didnt use cuss words. sorry i seem to do things on my own
i have a way to doing things like that (not listening)
4:27 pm on April 29th, 2006
No, Celina. Michelle and Nasty Girl are two VERY different kids and post on different websites.
5:21 pm on April 29th, 2006
ok im confused whos nasty girl i no who michelle is but whos the other one?![:-\](http://justagirlintheworld.com/smilies/yahoo_question.gif ":-\")
lol i feel like this
6:12 pm on April 29th, 2006
ok, what the heck. what is this business with me and “nasty girl?” o yea, i forgot. i got to sign up as crazy wolf now, but who is nasty girl? ok, nvm. i read the other things and understand completly. there is this person called nasty girl and is not me and is posting wierd stuff, right? tell me if i’m wrong. o yea, i just had my piano recital. i’ve been playing for 6 years, and if you don’t mind me saying, am so good that i’m better than people who have taken like 10 years and i can play any piece that anybody gives me. i memorized a 6 page song and i played it on stage. i got a trophy too. anyway, are you serious that libby tried out for the movie “the secret life of bees” ?? that is going to be like a really good movie!!! she would have been realy realy realy realy realy famous!! wow. now i do feel sorry for her. that would have really been her carrer starter. i mean, i guess i don’t hate dakota anymore, but i still do in a way. i mean, she had a lot of other people competing against her that wanted a career and she beat them all. all my class mates in school hate me, but like, my dad said,” are you going to make them happy and step down so they will be succesful and you won’t? would you rather be the best or let someone else be the best for you? you got to make yourself stand out, and then you will succeed, but don’t make other people feel terrible. help them and give them advice, but alwas push yourself forward.” o yes, steve, tell me if libby does land a role!!!! i would REALLY LOVE to see her in a movie! tell her good luck. no wonder she hasn’t been answering. we should meet up sometime, libby and i.
6:39 pm on April 29th, 2006
hey michelle i wrote to you on the other site (dakotacountdown ) saying things (nice things) i gusess anyways steve comes on every once in a while well like every day. anyways you dont no libby? cuz steve talks about you and her together like you guys r like really close or something but just wondering. oo and i love pianos i hope you did very well. and i didnt mean to offend you or other people that like dakota on dakotacountdown i just had an opinion you no like everyone dose. and do you no wat libby looks like? well gotta bounce
6:51 pm on April 29th, 2006
Oh and Steve I might not be coming on here for a while because my mom found out that I was talking to you by my sister. Anyways thank you again for the compliments,advice, and the kindness you’ve given me. Although I will talk to my mom about it and say that you’r not like other guys perverted guys and see if I can talk to you and Michelle again so ill see you soon hopefully
7:03 pm on April 29th, 2006
Celina and Michelle: The reason I usually answer promptly is because entries on this site go directly to my email… which I try to check several times a day. I don’t know what Libby’s up to right now. Michelle- why don’t you give her an email? Also: Nasty Girl writes in on the “Dakota Countdown” site. As Celina has now discovered for herself, it is a VERY bad site. I’m sorry to say it, but Nasty helps make it so. Libby’s posted talent site is:
“exploretalent.com/model_page.php?talentnum=49126″
As she openly published it, I’m sure it’s all right to republish it here.
P.S. Crazy Wolf???
7:42 pm on April 29th, 2006
That’s okay, Celina. Please assure your mother that I had only meant originally to post a comment on the posted subject, not to make a pen pal. I understand her concerns completely and am not offended. Quite the contrary. As Michelle knows, I found those two hate-sites while researching for a column I intended to publish locally about Dakota Fanning’s appearance in “Vanity Fair” magazine and how it demonstrated the exploitation of children in Hollywood culture. When I found those sites (and a few others) I came to realize there was another danger to kids as well: the internet. Specifically- unmonitored, open-forum sites that young people congregate at (the name “Dakota” will do it!). Kids, pro and con, sign on and get in bitter and then profane arguements. Then you have pedophiles, sometimes openly so, who enjoy feeding the flames, as it were, and try to solicit personal information off of them. When I see this, I try to warn them… with mixed success. It’s the “anonymity” factor that makes it all so dangerous. You can’t be sure of anyone’s identity or who may be watching without leaving a comment. My sister-in-law, who’s a school teacher and a VERY strict mother to my two nieces when it comes to the internet, told me about this before I got my computer. I’ve seen the truth of it- which is why I sympathize fully with your mother. Tragically, few parents are so mindful. I see it all over.
I’ve enjoyed our chats very much. I hope you and Michelle will be good friends. Best wishes.
9:16 pm on April 29th, 2006
i can only make one more comment but i wont be leaving for good ill come by every once in a while. but i enjoyed them to thank you steve i say once more (lol)
you were cool to talk to athough some words were to advaced for me but i could make out most of what you were trying to say. i say once more thank you for te compliments and for understanding me. i get that barliy people interupt me to much and they dont listen to me but i found someone who can listen to me and that was you steve thank you 
5:14 pm on April 30th, 2006
steve steve steve i can come back on.Ahhhhhh im sooooooo happy i can talk to you again. well hi. i talked to my mom and she saw your comments and thought you where ok to talk to so she let me stay on here
5:18 pm on May 1st, 2006
steve? where are you come back please
12:14 am on May 2nd, 2006
DAKOTA FANNING IS A BRILLIANT ACTRESS AND SHE ROCKS. I CANT WAIT TILL CHARLETTES WEB COMES OUT
I WISH HER THE BEST OF LUCK AND KEEP GOING DAKOTA U WILL WIN A ACADEMY AWARD SOMEDAY
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GO DAKOTA FANNING!!!!
1:20 am on May 2nd, 2006
Ashley: My God, you’re all over the websites with a vengeance tonight, aren’t you? If I had a champion like you, I’d be President now! Not of my company… the country!
Celina: Please thank your mother for me for her kind regards. Also, please assure her that I make it a strict rule never to speak to young people on anything else but a public forum (i.e. no emails). That’s out of respect to the parents. The only time I broke that rule was when Libby wrote to me on mine with a very kind message and politeness demanded I respond. I was still completely in the dark as to how she had gotten it!
Michelle: You’re a regular little bundle of talent yourself! I don’t think Libby has a thing on you. I wonder which of you is going to be world-famous first!
I’m going to hit the hay, now. I’ve got a lot of sleep to catch up on from the past two days. Lots of clients asked for upgraded security because of the Latino demonstrations slated for the afternoon. I really wish they’d go back to their own country and demonstrate there! If they used all that energy to cleaning up Mexico, they wouldn’t need to come here for jobs.
Sorry. I’m a little tired and just a bit frustrated right now! Good night. God bless.
5:14 pm on May 2nd, 2006
I think Dakota is the best!!!! i mean those people should be ashamed of themselves for posting that horrible fake newsflash!!!they are total losers!! i love Dakota Fanning! plus who would i worship if she died?????
Dakota is the best starlet ever!!! note to Dakota: i email u alot i need to be trained. my dad is a actor!! Herb Mitchell.
: to the people to Dakota, 
5:17 pm on May 2nd, 2006
wow your still so kind even if you are tired and frusterated and you still spell correctly wow im amazed i would do it half fast maybe anyways….. i dont no well ill talk to you peeps l8ter
5:21 pm on May 2nd, 2006
wow Kailin you really like her dont you so you wanna be an actress? i do i would love to actwell if you do want to act then we havesomething in common
well gotta bounce
5:28 pm on May 2nd, 2006
5:34 pm on May 2nd, 2006
ok we get it
6:35 pm on May 2nd, 2006
Hi, Celina. If I manage to spell well, it’s just because I learned to read when I was very young. My mom would read me classic children’s stories until I knew them so well, I was able to connect the words to the printed page! I heard somewhere that that’s Dakota’s story as well. Her ability to read and absorb scripts at a very young age was (logically enough) a major factor in her success. It also explains why she’s been so predominant in acting for her age group. Reading isn’t pushed as hard in school these days and too many children are being short-changed in this very vital skill. If she can do it when other little actresses need for it to be read to THEM, who’s the casting director going to choose? Duh!!
Historical Note!!: It’s said that Dakota’s major learn-to-read work was “Alice in Wonderland”. With me, it was “The Wizard of Oz”. I’ve still got the book! It’s a fully-illustrated 1939 hard cover special edition (because that’s the year the movie was released) still bearing the occasional stain of chocolate ice cream left there by a very sloppy young reader!
By the way, does anyone know if Dakota’s “Alice in Wonderland” project is still a going thing? I hope so. For the reasons mentioned above, it would probably be, for her, the crowning event of her fast waning phase as a child actress. You know, if it goes into production, that’ll probably mean work for a lot of other child actors in supporting roles. Kaitlin Mitchell, take note!
8:12 pm on May 2nd, 2006
hi steve uhh im so mad
well of course not at you its just all these people at school keep telling me lies and i dont no who to believe any more cuz ill believe them at first then some one else will tell me different and then i dont no who to belive uhh im sooo confused![:-\](http://justagirlintheworld.com/smilies/yahoo_question.gif ":-\")
and it really pisses me off. Anyways did you sleep and if you did,did you sleep well? i hope so anyways ill talk to ya later i gotta do my homework
8:15 pm on May 2nd, 2006
The wierd thing is that i dont believe the people ive known for like ever and i can believe you when i barliy know you im sorry im all spilling all my problems on you
9:55 am on May 3rd, 2006
Dear Celina: Welcome to the Terrible Teens! What you’ve got here are a lot of young people who are starting into the grow-up phase and they’re trying to cope with it. Your friends are trying desperately to learn how to be popular and act cool in their peer group. It’s always been a hit-or-miss process (lots of misses!) with emotional pain attached. This is known as ANGST!
One of the most important lessons they’ll learn (and some, I’m afraid, never will) is the importance of honesty and trustworthiness… even when it calls for self-inflicted embarassment. It’s a hard lesson to learn, but a vital one.
Another big lesson along those lines is keeping confidences. When you tell a friend something in private and, the next day, it’s all over the school, then you’re naturally not going to confide in that person again. Some kids don’t learn that lesson until they suddenly realize that’s nobody’s talking to them anymore! It’s especially important for boys to learn that when dealing with girls, because girls are so terribly vulnerable emotionally at your age. I was fortunate to learn that early, but I still left a few regrets behind!
Be Christian about it, but take careful note of who can be trusted and who can’t, no matter how much you may otherwise like that person. Most will grow out of it shortly. Those who don’t… God help them. They’re in for a rough road in later life.
5:18 pm on May 3rd, 2006
dakota fanning did you say dakota fanning i love her every time i see her on tv i go nuts with excitment thats how much i love her and if i got one wish in the world i would wish to meet her or to live with her i just love her[-o
5:52 pm on May 3rd, 2006
I guess you can put Vicky in the “positive” column!
6:09 pm on May 3rd, 2006
yo ppl! i haven’t been able to go on lately cuz of homework. getting busy!! but i usually read all the coments, but this time there were like tons and i’m just kinda lazy… i haven’t had a good day anyway. just wanted to say thanx for the compliments steve. did read that part. i don’t want to give libby my email(nothing personal) because my dad has a filtered system that whatever i do, he gets a copy although he hasn’t used it 24/7 but he will notice if i start talking to other ppl that aren’t my friends. they hate it when i go on the computer. anyway, i hope you kno that my email on here is fake. lol. ttyl ppl. ttfn. i’ll check back once in a while.
6:31 pm on May 4th, 2006
Hey Steve sorry I havent been on for a while my internet kept kicking me off anyways yah I learned that lesson already. Im more honest this year then all my other years but im happy that way and people like me more so yah but this girl named kat she just wont stop lieing I mean everyone knows she lieing and she just wont stop so I dont talk to her anymore but ill talk to you later im going to the movies and am I on your positive list im sorry im like always bragging about myself. Well ill tell me more about my life later if you want to hear it of course cuz I have to go my moms yelling at me to hurry and by the way I would have already gotten bored with me if I were you I would say like shut up and stop bragging. Dont you feel that way about me? if you do then ill stop. But anyways ill talk to you later
PEACE lol
6:34 pm on May 4th, 2006
And about the not talking to people advice and its espesially to boys yah I agree no wonder Rene is so shy around me but he wants to back out with me so im happy.
5:34 pm on May 5th, 2006
Celina: Rene, like most boys his age, is trying hard to come to terms with the onset of masculinity and just what it all means. IT’S NOT EASY!! You’ve got your baser nature pushing you one way, your sense of morality another and a horde of mixed messages from friends and the popular culture to keep you in a constant state of confusion. Once your friend gets it somewhat sorted out (we never do fully!), then he’ll get his self-confidence. The WAY he ultimately sorts it out will decide whether he becomes a good, decent man or a Hollywood-style rodent. Since you’re his first “crush” (we used that word too ‘way on back!) then your good influence will help him a lot. It’ll call for kindness and patience, though!
But it’s not always enough. If Rene or any other boy in your life ever turns nasty on you in any way, drop him like a rock and walk away without a qualm. The first instinct of any decent boy should be kindness and protectiveness. Too many girls (and grown women) have come to grief because of misplaced loyalty to someone who was uncaring and/or abusive. No guy is perfect, but he needs to have the basics down pat!
6:07 pm on May 5th, 2006
what i dont know what your talking about you know im only 13 not 30 or an english teacher but what do you talk about around guys well your a guy and i get along with you very well i hope but the ones that are like so cute you dont want to mess up those ones. see i went out with him once for 3 months and we barliy talked at school or anything but on the phone we talked about a million things but hes to shy and i hate that and yes i know i cant change every body but how do you convice guys that you dont care if they mess up around you without them taking it the wrong way? or how do you come up with that subject. uhhh i dont no wat to do. other people like my friends say that he makes them laugh or do something silly how do i make him do that with me? well ill talk to you later
9:08 pm on May 5th, 2006
Dear Celina: I was a little heavy on the subject, I admit. Nor was I trying to get into THAT subject, either. Like you say, you’re both thirteen! I was just trying to say that boys that age tend to be a little awkward where girls are concerned and need a little patience sometimes until they grow out of it.
I’m starting to sound like a school councillor, aren’t I? Sorry about that.
God bless.
9:29 pm on May 5th, 2006
well yah but a good one at that so what you mean to say is that guys are shy around girls and there afraid that they will mess up![:-\](http://justagirlintheworld.com/smilies/yahoo_question.gif ":-\")
gosh im such a geek of not knowing these things
8:47 am on May 6th, 2006
Part of the process, Celina. And no, you’re not a geek! Rene is a very lucky young man to have attracted your attention first instead of another girl who might have used his shyness to make him miserable. That happened to me more than once. Guys don’t forget those things. We also remember forever the girls who were real sweethearts! Rene may not fully know how fortunate he is right now, but he will later. Best wishes.
12:09 pm on May 6th, 2006
ooo ok i get it thank you…… uhh sorry i have nothing else to say but thnx ill talk to you later
do you think im annoying?
5:27 pm on May 7th, 2006
hey steve uhh my rist hurts my friend pushed me and i landed the wrong way oww i hurts like heck anyways im typing with one hand and its really harda so ill talk to later cuz i have to go to my brothers going away party hes moving out hes 21 so ill talk to ya later
1:57 am on May 8th, 2006
GUYS! kewl celebrity site here:
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i think they wer the 1st to report dakotas fake death?
6:43 pm on May 8th, 2006
Celina: Reminds me of the time I left home at about his age. The difference was that MY new address was Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri and Basic Training! May his new residence be less stressful!
Marki: The story first broke on a blogsite called “Celluloid & Vinyl” in the early morning of April 11. THEY claim it was forwarded to them by persons unknown. Others have since speculated that they themselves were the hoaxers. I assume that someone is still investigating this, but the puzzling silence continues from all concerned parties. Nothing has been proven, so no accusations can be made. Personally, I’m still angry about the whole incident for the reasons I’ve stated since April 15th. Regards.
7:38 pm on May 8th, 2006
hey steve at my brothers party we had a money tree and you put money on this little tree and i put a dime and i said oo look isaac look at my sexy-c dime and he said no take it off and at the end he ended up having $258.00 and that was kool but i think he got more by my mom and at the party i drank wine coolers they were good but i only had like little sips and i had strawberry but we had fun
9:45 pm on May 8th, 2006
hey i want to be just like u (an actress) email me at cuterile@hotmail.com i an ten years old and i an a girl and i am white:i live in alaska
5:17 am on May 9th, 2006
Celina: The day may come when your brother will wish he’d accepted that dime! And watch out for those wine coolers. They can sneak up on you!!
By the way: I read on Yahoo that Dakota was presented the Saturn Award for best young actress on May 4th. That’s a science-fiction award; this time for “War of the Worlds”. She was nominated once before for the miniseries “Taken”. I guess we can be fairly sure now that she’s alive! Nice to know- at long last!
5:17 pm on May 9th, 2006
hahahaha about the dime and wine coolers ok i wont get hooked on them
6:50 pm on May 10th, 2006
After all, it was my generation that invented the durn things!… along with heavy metal, protest marches, pet rocks and other assorted acts of lunacy!
7:07 pm on May 10th, 2006
hi steve(sounding bumded out) well i dont have much to say but …… well im happy for one thing and sad about the another but i dont no y which is wierd so yah ill talk to ya later -k-
8:55 pm on May 10th, 2006
I’ll bet you’re feeling a little down because your brother now has his own place, the house seems a bit empty without him and it’s all just starting to sink in. Your parents and sister are probably feeling it too (although perhaps hiding it better). We all want things to go on just as before forever… but they don’t. Someday, your parents will have to say goodbye to you, too. I’ll bet you anything they’re thinking of that right now and are saddened by the prospect. It’s hard to let go of your kids and your siblings.
The good news is… HE’S NOT DEAD!! He’s just living somewhere else. Just stay in touch and you’ll get used to it.
Every best wish!
5:17 pm on May 11th, 2006
ha yah i got the most sweetest email from rene and i said y do you lke me im not that great looing and he said your not fat or ugly i think your perfect i started to cry but it was really sweet well ill talk to ya later
im feeling alot better
6:42 pm on May 12th, 2006
Your modesty complements your sweetness, Celina. Rene sees that and admires it… which speaks well of him. By the way: Girls your age ALWAYS worry excessively about their looks. Don’t let it bother you. Just take care of yourself, dress well and BE yourself and everything will fall into place. All the best.
10:21 pm on May 12th, 2006
im working on it but hes to shy to joke around with me and i love guys who make me laugh like i had this boyfriend in 1st grade and he made me laugh so hard all the time his name was dj but he still makes me laugh and rene is too shy to barily even talk to me and uhh it bugs the heck outa me and for me to be funny the guys has to do it first so and im going to a new school thats in my area in….well i cant tell you and hes gonna saty wheres hes at so if i do go out with him again then it wont really last cuz we only have uhh 3 weeks so i dont no wat to do go out with him and see him in summer and weekends or not go out with him at all so i dont no wat to do![:-\](http://justagirlintheworld.com/smilies/yahoo_question.gif ":-\")
7:45 pm on May 13th, 2006
Dear Celina: I’m assuming that you’re transferring to a middle school and that Rene is a grade behind you. Celina- don’t be worried about all this! You’re both still very young and, although it may not seem like it now, strong relationships are still well in the future. Just be yourself and remain loyal to your friends. Things will work themselves out!
By the way: If schools are still the way I experienced them, then you’re going to find middle school to be a big difference from elementary. They’re not going to treat you like a child anymore and you’ll have a lot more choices and responsibilities! The two go hand-in-hand. Welcome to the world of teenagers! Here’s where it gets tricky…!
God bless.
8:50 pm on May 13th, 2006
no im already in a middle school and hes the same grade and well im in a middle school right now and so is he but theres a middle school in my area and i have to go there for 8th grade and hes staying at the middle school that im in right now and hes going to stay there for 8th grade and im transfering to a new middle school so yah the middle school im in is 7th to 8th and the one im transfering is i think 5th to 8th and so ill have one year in O’brian and then ill have one year in the other school so yah i do hope i didnt get you confused. yah hes the same age im 13 and hes 13 although im older by a few days we were both born in march his was march 31 and mine was march 15 so hes younger but hes very polite to me maybe a little to polite to talk to me but yah. so once again i hope i didnt get you confused. fare well (lol) i felt wierd saying that anyways ill talk to you later
12:04 am on May 14th, 2006
hey Steve i have a question and i hope you no the answer.is it better to LOOK young or be wat ever you are now? just wondering cuz i think i told you this but yah i wanna act so i want the most advice i can get if you dont no the answer then thats ok
thank you i no i sound wierd ( b