We’ve come a long way since Brooke Shields’s mom sold pictures of her 10-year old daughter to Playboy. Magazines can no longer get away with asking a child what it means to be good in bed, and I am as thankful for that as I am for young Shields’s answer: "When I'm sick and I stay home from school propped up with lots of pillows watching TV and my mom brings me soup—that's good in bed."

In the end, Brooke Shields turned out alright, and I hope that young Dakota Fanning, who is the beneficiary of much stronger legal protections, will too. She recently starred in The Runaways, and although it’s old news here, the film is making its premiere in England this Friday, and is regenerating press about Fanning’s on-screen kiss with co-star Kristen Stewart. Stewart recently spoke with England’s Stylist magazine, explaining that the famous kiss only took “like 5 seconds in the movie” and appeared “innocent”, “natural and impulsive.”

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