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Kristen Stewart (The Twilight Saga, Adventureland) and Dakota Fanning (The Twilight Saga, Coraline) star as Joan Jett and Cherie Currie in The Runaways, the music-fuelled coming of age story of the ground breaking, all girl 1970's rock band, that paved the way for future generations of female musicians. Plucked from obscurity .. Read more

Starring	Kristen Stewart, Dakota Fanning, Michael Shannon, Alia Shawkat
Director	Floria Sigismondi
Genres	Drama, Music/Musical

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Fanning gets rocker status thumbs up from Runaways Currie
- 19 Jan 2010
Dakota Fanning has what it takes to make an unlikely rock star, according to The Runaways singer she portrays in an upcoming biopic. Cherie Currie admits she was blown away with the quiet 15 year old's ability to rock out in her first musical role, and she's now encouraging the teenager to record tracks. Currie says, "She's a great singer and a great onstage performer. When I saw her up onstage in that corset performing Cherry Bomb, I cried." She admits that she became very close to Fanning... Read more
Jett impressed with Stewart's likeness in Runaways
- 02 Feb 2010
Joan Jett is delighted with Kristen Stewart's portrayal of her in new movie biopic The Runaways - insisting the Twilight star's "quiet intensity" defined her. The teenager studied Jett by listening to the icon's music and partying with the star, and even mastered playing a left-handed guitar in a bid to portray the rocker authentically. And Jett is convinced Stewart's dedication paid off. She says, I thought she had a quiet intensity, the physical stuff... just the way we move in space. We... Read more
Stewart and Fanning are surprise guests at Jett concert
- 26 Jan 2010
Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning whipped crowds into a frenzy at Joan Jett's concert in Utah on Saturday (23Jan10) when they joined the rocker onstage to celebrate their new movie biopic, The Runaways. Twilight star Stewart rocks out as Jett in the film, about the singer's 1970s band The Runaways, with Fanning portraying bandmate Cherie Currie. The actresses were the guests of honour at the Joan Jett & The Blackhearts show in Park City at the weekend and the I Love Rock N' Roll hitmaker... Read more
2010 Top 20 Actresses Under 30
- 03 Jun 2010
We’ve been running this list for six years now – originally it was top ten under 25, a definition we realised was too narrow as our favourite stars got older. Funnily enough this year the youngsters are back in force – only three of our top ten, and one of the top five, are over 25. What does that mean? Well, obviously we’re not claiming that Mia Wasikowska (ranked 3 in our chart) is as big a movie star as Natalie Portman (ranked 14). And frankly I would be surprised if Read more

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  Kristen Stewart (The Twilight Saga, Adventureland) and Dakota Fanning (The Twilight Saga, Coraline) star as Joan Jett and Cherie Currie in The Runaways, the music-fuelled coming of age story of the ground breaking, all girl 1970's rock band, that paved the way for future generations of female ...