Five days of 'The Runaways'! Kristen Stewart on Joan Jett -- and the whole blogger problem

Joan Jett has a great admirer in Kristen Stewart. The young actress told me about her respect for the rocker Sunday at the Sundance Film Festival. 

"My biggest problem is bloggers," Stewart said of her modern struggles, compared to Jett's burden of breaking into the boys club of rock music. 

For being a girl playing guitar, "Joan had bottles thrown at her," Stewart marveled.

"What she has now is a thick, developed armor," Stewart said. "She's in tune with herself, honest, and has a self-preservation thing."

And about those pesky bloggers, perpetuating a maybe-romance with "Twilight" leading man Robert Pattinson?

"Hearsay is sometimes really awesome and sometimes really destructive," she said. "I don't care."

What are your thoughts on the girl power in "The Runaways"? The Internet speculation over Stewart and Pattinson? Tell me in comments.

— Matt Donnelly

Photo: Kristen Stewart banters with photographers at "The Runaways" premiere Sunday in Park City, Utah. Credit: Chris Pizzello / Associated Press.

Enjoy the Ministry's entire series on 'The Runaways':

Five days of 'The Runaways'! Day 2: How Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning learned to rock

Five days of 'The Runaways'! Day 3: A fake tattoo foreshadowed Dakota Fanning's role as Cherie Currie

Five days of 'The Runaways'! Day 4: Joan Jett on KStew; will Kristen and Dakota record their own albums?

Five days of 'The Runaways'! Day 5: Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning -- anatomy of a kiss

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Dakota Fanning, Gabourey Sidibe are V cover girls

It's been a breakout year for Dakota Fanning and Gabourey Sidibe, young talents with major presence in film for their roles in "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" and "Precious," respectively.

V magazine took note and transformed them into glam cover models for its latest issue, shot by Parisian photography team Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin.

Sidibe, who got the siren treatment with flowing locks and glossy lips, spoke about role model and "Precious" costar Mo'Nique: "She's a plus-sized woman who didn’t care about one day being skinny.

"All my life I’ve been hearing that I’ll never amount to anything until I am skinny," Sidibe said. "And she disapproved everything that everyone has ever told me."

As for Fanning -- the grown-up child star says don't be surprised if she's not squeaky-clean forever ...

The PREACH IT! 2009 year-end celebrity gossip quiz!

How well do you know your 2009? How well do you know your gossip? How well would you do in one giant year-end quiz that combines all the great taste of 2009 with the heady texture of celebrity gossip?

We have just such a quiz! We’re entertainment reporters. It’s our job to write quizzes for you.

Take your best shot at these 10 questions -- and Happy New Year from the divine folk at Ministry of Gossip. A link to the answers is at the end.

 1. Who was in jail in 2009?

(a) Lil' Kim

(b) Lil Wayne

(c) Lily Allen

(d) T.I.

2. It was a big year for shaking down celebrities. Who did not reportedly get threatened with extortion in 2009?

(a) Cindy Crawford

(b) David Letterman

(c) John Stamos

(d) 50 Cent

3. What was the name of the failed TV show self-produced by Richard “Balloon Dad” Heene?

(a) "Fun With Helium"

(b) "Box Time Playhouse"

(c) "Making Crawl Spaces Fun"

(d) "Fairy Tales for Grownups"

'The Runaways' trailer: Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning rock it like Joan Jett, fangs-free

Alas, Kristen Stewart emerges from her ongoing lunar cycles to try her hand at a role that's not Bella Swan.

The trailer for "The Runaways," Cherie Currie's story of Joan Jett and the Runaways that had Stewart shaggy-haired for months, has finally hit the Internet.

In the clip, she and fellow "Twilight Saga" star Dakota Fanning (who costars as the Runaways' Currie) chronicle the rise of Jett and the band to rock stardom in the '70s. The clip sees sweat drenching, guitars strumming, cars peeling out of strip mall parking lots rebelliously — and that hair just keeps happening. 

— Matt Donnelly

[For the record, 6:01 p.m., Dec. 17, 2009: An earlier version of this post incorrectly referred to "The Runaways" a Joan Jett biopic; it is a history of the band the Runaways, which included Jett, based on the book "Neon Angel" by fellow band member Currie. It incorrectly placed the movie in the '80s; it chronicles the Runaways in the late '70s. Thanks to commenter "me" for making sure we get it right.]

Related Kristen Stewart and 'Twilight' dispatches from the Ministry of Gossip:

PREACH IT! Enjoy the 'Twilight' while it lasts, Edward Cullen -- the witches are coming for you!

'New Moon' nearly blindsided -- should Robert Pattinson zip it about abstinence?

'Twilight: New Moon' rises in L.A.: red carpet in Westwood

A little-known group of actors from a lesser-known sequel called "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" descended on Los Angeles on Monday evening.

With fandemonium totally out of hand, Stephenie Meyer's beloved vampire franchise adaptation has finally hit the U.S. with the premiere of the highly anticipated sequel starring Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner.

Click onward for arrival photos of more of your favorite "Twilight" stars! Watch for Dr. Carlisle Cullen (Peter Facinelli) and his real-life bride Jennie Garth, Kellan Lutz, Alex Meraz, Cameron Bright, Nikki Reed, Anna Kendrick and more!

-- Matt Donnelly and Christie D'Zurilla

Photo: Robert Pattinson, above, signs autographs as he arrives at "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" premiere in Westwood on Monday. Credit: Matt Sayles / Associated Press

'New Moon' star Dakota Fanning probably kicks Rachel Zoe's butt at Nintendo DS

Our friends over at All the Rage report that actress Dakota Fanning and stylist Rachel Zoe recently got together at the Madison boutique on Third Street in L.A. -- to play Nintendo DS.

Why Nintendo? Because there's a new game out, Style Savvy, in which players get to operate a perfectly fabulous clothing boutique.

Why Rachel? She's been known to suggest a perfectly fabulous outfit or two for her celebrity clientele.

And why Dakota? Well, despite a resume that stretches around the block, the elder Fanning prodigy is reportedly still a child, and isn't that what These Kids Today do, sit around and do nothing but play video games?

Said Dakota, the "New Moon" newbie who is also a high school cheerleader and was just named a homecoming princess: "Usually video games are more action packed -- more masculine -- so, no. I’m really girly; this is the first time I’m interested."

Don't be alarmed by that ripping sound.

We'll get the space-time continuum fixed up for ya right quick.

-- Christie D'Zurilla

Photo: Rachel Zoe, left, is the adult in this picture with Dakota Fanning, taken while the two played Nintendo DS at Madison in L.A. Credit: Casey Rodgers / AP Images for Nintendo