The Fanning family is lucky. They have two pretty young girls, both are established or establishing themselves as respected actresses in an age when tween sexpots sell

Moviemaker Deborah Kampmeier is still defending her controversial movie Hounddog a week after it was banned by a leading U.S. cinema chain, insisting her young star Dakota Fanning's rape scene didn't even include physical contact.

Bosses at AMC theater chain have pulled Dakota Fanning's new movie Hounddog from their 5,117 cinemas across the U.S. over mounting pressure from family values groups upset about a rape scene in the film.

PARK CITY, Utah (AP) - Elle Fanning follows in her older sister Dakota's precocious footsteps with a star turn in the film ''Phoebe in Wonderland.''

Latest: Child star Dakota Fanning has hit back at critics who attacked her parents for allowing her to film a simulated rape scene in her new movie. Several religious groups have protested the movie Hounddog, saying that having a 12-year-old in a rape scene was criminal. However, Fanning says some of the people who bashed the film's concept "were attacking my family and me, and that's where it got too far.

A religious group is demanding a global ban of controversial new movie Hounddog, insisting it "celebrates" pedophilia. The film has sparked outrage following its premiere at Utah's Sundance Film Festival on Monday because it features a graphic rape scene involving 12-year-old actress Dakota Fanning.