Throughout her more than 20 years career, Dakota Fanning has collaborated with numerous esteemed Hollywood actors. Fanning opened up about her experiences working with such actors as Denzel Washington and Robert Pattinson. Among the many anecdotes she shared, one of the most heartwarming was about her time working with Tom Cruise in 2005’s War of the Worlds.
Tom Cruise gifted Dakota Fanning her first cell phone.
Fanning revealed that Cruise, whom she considers a lifelong friend, has been sending her a birthday gift every year since 2005. In a recent interview for Harper’s Bazaar Fanning shared that her first mobile phone came as a present from Tom Cruise. The actress revealed that her co-star in War of the Worlds gave her a Motorola Razr for her 11th birthday.
“Oh, my God, I was so excited,” she recalled this moment. However, Fanning admitted it might not have been the most practical gift, confessing that she didn’t have anybody to call or text at that time. “You know, I was 11,” she quipped, before adding, “But I loved having it. I loved it. I felt so cool.”
And the gifts didn’t stop at the iconic flip phone.
When Fanning joined Andy Cohen on the engaging show, Watch What Happens Live, she fondly revealed that Cruise didn’t stop his funny tradition. “He has sent me a birthday gift every year since I was 11 years old,” she disclosed, “Beautiful gifts.”
Now, more than a decade later, Fanning sometimes wonders if it will stop. “I always think, ’Oh, when I’m 18, he’ll probably stop. Oh, 21, he’ll stop.’ But every year. It’s really kind.”
Of course, Cohen asked Fanning to divulge what these “beautiful gifts” were, and surprisingly enough, the answer was fairly sensible, with Fanning revealing that “It’s usually shoes.”
It was not the only gift Dakota received from a Hollywood celebrity.
Dakota Fanning shared memories about a gift she got from her Dreamer co-star Kurt Russell. “Kurt Russell gave me a horse,” she said.
Reflecting on her experiences working with big names like Cruise and Russell since childhood, she mentioned that she didn’t feel intimidated, “Because I grew up familiar with being around people who would be considered ’intimidating’ kind of, I think it might’ve numbed that side of me a little. When you’re 8 years old, you’re sort of just getting to know a person as a person and not thinking about all of the other stuff, you know?”
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Five years after divorce, Brad Pitt, 60, is living with his new girlfriend – and i’m sure you will recognize her
Brad Pitt and girlfriend Ines de Ramon have taken the next step in their romance after moving in with each other, according to sources.
The coupIe were rumored to be an item as far back as November 2022, by which time reports suggested they had been dating for “a few months”. In recent times their relationship has been speculated about more concretely in the media, with Brad and Ines said to have celebrated the former’s 60th birthday in Paris.
It now appears there can be no doubting that the pair are ready and willing to commit their lives to one another, with PEOPLE claiming that de Ramon has moved into Pitt’s home.
The last few years have been tricky for Pitt where Iove is concerned. The actor’s marriage to Angelina Jolie ended in a tumultuous separation, the wounds of which still don’t appear to have fully healed. Famously dubbed ‘Brangelina’ in the media, the A-listers fell in love on the set of Mr. and Mrs. Smith, embarking on a romance that stole headlines all over the world.
In 2016, however, Jolie filed for divorce, citing irreconcilable differences. She also moved to request sole custody of the pair’s six chiIdren, Maddox, Pax, Shiloh, Zahara, Vivienne and Knox.
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – NOVEMBER 17: Brad Pitt, star of the upcoming Formula One based movie, Apex, walks in the Pitlane prior to qualifying ahead of the F1 Grand Prix of Las Vegas at Las Vegas Strip Circuit on November 17, 2023 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Yet if the past few months are anything to go by, Pitt’s found love again in the form of de Ramon, a jewelry designer who was previousIy married to actor Paul Wesley, star of The Vampire Diaries.
De Ramon and Wesley divorced in 2022 after three years of marriage, with de Ramon hooking up with Brad Pitt later that year.
According to Radar Online, one source revealed that Pitt had even set his sights on tying the knot with de Ramon, detailing how the actor was “head-over-heeIs in love with Ines and wants to marry her.”
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