FILM STRIP: Fanning her fame

Dakota Fanning's putting away the barbies and fumbling for her Oscar: In the drama Houndog, Fanning is required “to confront tougher challenges than Brooke Shields and Jodie Foster did when, at Fanning’s age, they played child prostitutes. 'It’s not just the rape scene - the whole story is challenging Dakota as an actress,' Fanning’s longtime agent, Osbrink, told me." But before she takes teenage-dom into full swing, she'll star in kid-friendly Charlotte's Web and the animation Coraline.