With Autumn right around the corner, the September issue of any fashion magazine is always the most important of the year; ask Anna Wintour if you don’t believe us! So when Vogue have to make the all-important decision of who to feature in their September spreads, we imagine it can turn into a debate that spans over several urgent meetings.

Well, this year it looks like they’ve solved the problem of finding the perfect person, by instead just casting LOADS of huge stars.

Their US September issue includes the likes of Usher, Christina Ricci, Pharrell Williams, Hayden Christensen, La Roux, Naomi Campbell, Rachel Weisz, and more… But most importantly, they have our number one girl, Dakota Fanning, who looks beautiful in a dusky pink lace dress. Read full article.

Twilight actress Dakota Fanning is starring in a new Stand Up To Cancer public service announcement.

The 16 year old, who plays evil Volturi member Jane in the vampire movie series, said in the advert that the cause is close to her heart.

She said: ‘Pretty much everyone is affected in some way by cancer, whether it’s yourself or a loved one or a friend. I myself have lost both of my dad’s parents to cancer.

‘My grandmother passed away when I was four, so it’s something I’ve been affected by for pretty much as long as I can remember.’

A Stand Up To Cancer fundraising event will take place on September 10. [Source]

Dakota Fanning says she would be lost if she didn’t make it as a successful movie star — because she doesn’t know how to do “anything else” other than act.

The starlet says she feels her most comfortable when she’s on screen. “I’ve realized that I don’t know how to do anything else,” she said. “Acting is the only thing I feel most myself.”

Dakota also admitted she’s “really nervous” about learning how to drive. “I have my permit to drive but I am only just starting out driving,” she said. “I’m really nervous about it. I can drive along the flats now but not busy roads or the freeway. I have a long way to go before I’m brave enough for that.” [Source]

She made her film debut at the age of 6 alongside Sean Penn in the drama I Am Sam, and appeared all grown-up earlier this year with Kristen Stewart in the 70′s punk-rock epic The Runaways, but Dakota Fanning insists she is still taking her time when it comes to choosing adult movie roles.

“When you start out young, people get really attached to who you are at 6 years old,” Fanning says in the August issue of Marie Claire, on stands now. “I hope that The Runaways was kind of a moment to be like, ‘You know, I’m not that young little girl anymore, but I’m still not all grown up, either.’”

With a busy year ahead, including finishing up high school at North Hollywood’s prestigious Campbell Hall as well as wrapping the final two Twilight films, Fanning is looking forward to the future, but still enjoying the present. “As you get older, there’s so much more that you can do in films,” she says. “I’ve never wanted to rush that; I’ve always wanted to do what’s right for my age, but as you approach 18, a whole new world opens up to you as an actor, and I really look forward to that.”

Apart from the Twilight films, Dakota reportedly has two other projects in the works. [Source]

I added some new scans of Dakota Fanning to the gallery so, you can go there to take a look.

Gallery Links:
– Marie Claire Magazine – August 2010 (HQ)
– Flare Magazine (Canada) – August 2010 (HQ)
– Vanity Fair – July 2010

Hello, is this the Dakota Fanning we have all come to know and love?

Yes … and no. But one thing is certain – our little Dakota is all grown up.

“I felt so lucky I was asked to be in the film because I know a lot of people still think of me as younger,” Fanning says.

“They have watched me grow up since I was 6 (opposite Sean Penn) in I Am Sam.

“So to be able to do this role was really important to me.”

Fanning, 16, who warmed hearts in films such as I Am Sam and The Secret Lives of Bees, morphs into uber rock chick Cherie Currie in the new film The Runaways.

The ambitious saga chronicles the rise of the famed girl band of the same name and, eventually, the fall of Currie, the band’s lead crooner, who was caught in an avalanche of fame alongside Joan Jett, Lita Ford, Sandy West and Jackie Fox in the mid-1970s.  Read full article.