Oct 20 2008 - 6:45am by
Molly

Taking a break from her life as an actress, Dakota Fanning looked like any other teenager performing with her cheerleading squad at her high school football game on Saturday. As a new student at Campbell Hall, Dakota seems to be fitting right in after years of being home schooled. The 14-year-old movie star had her own cheering section including her sister Elle and their mom.

The Secret Life of Bees: Just Sweet Enough When I left my screening of The Secret Life of Bees I felt comforted and content, and it took me a while to understand why: This movie calls back to older, Southern-set, empowering movies like Steel Magnolias and Fried Green Tomatoes. Those films celebrate womanhood and the importance (and potency) of female friendship, all against the unique backdrop of the American South.

Queen Latifah was on
SNL this weekend assisting Tina Fey in recreating the VP debates but last night she was cracking up with Will Smith on the red carpet in LA for the premiere of
The Secret Life of Bees. Will was there as a producer and to support Jada who
embraced Fall's latest lace trend and is an executive producer of the film based on the best-selling novel. Dakota Fanning continues to look all grown up while looking perfectly age appropriate.

Dakota Fanning and Robin Wright Penn were in NYC last night for the premiere of their film
Hounddog, which is finally being released after screenings at
Sundance in 2007. Kirsten Dunst isn't a member of the cast, but she still managed to take a night off from her
sports fandom to attend the premiere. The movie includes Dakota's
controversial rape scene, but the heavy subject matter seemed pretty far from her mind as she posed and smiled her grown up evening away.

The
MTV VMAs may have been the talk of the town, but the
Toronto Film Festival proved to be just as star-studded. Jennifer Aniston looked fabulous as usual in her mini black dress for
Management, while Keira Knightley looked like royalty once again on the red carpet for
The Duchess. Brad Pitt showed off his
Burn After Reading and talked about
how little sleep he's getting these days taking care of six kids.