There are dozens of new stories about Kirsten Dunst and her new boyfriend/boy-toy, Garrett Hedlund this morning. The rumors have been around for a few months – I think Kirsten and Garrett were photographed together a few months ago, and people began assuming that they were now a couple. I wasn’t sure though – mostly because I thought Kiki was still dating Rilo Kiley’s Jason Boesel. Did we ever hear about Jason and Kiki officially breaking up? In any case, Kiki and Garrett are now a thing, everyone agrees. They’ve been spotted in Sundance, getting all loved up. Page Six refers to their “open canoodling at a packed party after the Sundance premiere of Dunst’s raunchy, dark comedy, ‘Bachelorette.’” And Kiki and Garrett were also “canoodling” at a CAA party earlier this week too. Here’s the official version from People:

They’re going public!

Kirsten Dunst wasn’t shy with the PDA with new beau Garrett Hedlund at the Sundance Film Festival. The two were kissing and hugging at a dinner for Dunst’s new movie, The Bachelorette, hosted by Joico and Simple House. The couple danced the night away with friends and fellow attendees, including Will Ferrell, who is one of the comedy’s producers, Justin Long and Rashida Jones.

According to a partygoer at the WireImage tent, where the intimate dinner for 40 guests took place, Hedlund didn’t really leave his girlfriend’s side after the two made their late arrival. They also toasted to the film together.

Adds a source: “Kirsten and Garrett have been spending time together since the holidays. They were friends on the set of On the Road, and now they’ve grown closer. They spent Christmas together and he feels very strongly about her.”

[From People]

Radar also has a story (and video) about Kiki and Garrett. Radar’s source claims that on Monday night, “They were making out all night long. They were attached at the hip the whole night and it was obvious to everyone that they were an item.” You can see Radar’s video here – the video doesn’t include any making out, but they are standing close to each other in a couple-y way.

So, what do you think of this new(ish) couple? Kiki is 29 years old and in the midst of a career resurgence after a difficult few years that involved bad career decisions and lots of alcohol (and drugs too, probably). Garrett is 27 years old, and his career is basically just starting – he’s only become an “It Boy” in the past year or two. I don’t really think they make that much sense as a couple, just because they’re in such different places in their lives. But I kind of like that Kiki isn’t dating yet another dude in a band.

Photos courtesy of WENN, Fame.

I’m really loving Kirsten Dunst lately. She’s impressed me with how well spoken yet down to earth she is in recent interviews, and I think she’s conquered her demons and is ready to conquer Hollywood. I want to hear more news about her landing leading roles. I also love that she became a German citizen and wants to do a German language film, it’s ambitious but seems genuine since her dad is German.

Last night Kirsten announced best supporting actress along with Owen Wilson. You could tell she was a little nervous, but she pushed through it and I found it endearing. I have to say that If I was just looking at these photos without paying much attention to her otherwise, I would find her bitchface off-putting.

Her black Christian Dior gown was just the right mix of fashion-forward yet classic. In some photos the ribbons along the neckline looked fussy, but on screen the dress was lovely. I really liked the sheer hemline and the ruffles and ribbons on the skirt. Her hair and makeup weren’t the best but overall I think she got it right here. Look at that gorgeous Harry Winston tennis bracelet and those amazing earrings. I would love to wear those diamonds just for one night.

There were a lot of black dresses last night. Chloe Moretz wore a black Chanel gown with fluffy sleeves and a diamond shaped jewel detail at the neckline that just wasn’t pretty. Still, she’s a kid at 14 and it’s nice to see her dressing like one. (Kirsten has also worn a fug jeweled Chanel in the past.) Her shoes are very similar to the style that Kirsten wore, but Kirsten had on Jimmy Choo while Chloe’s shoes were Rupert Sanderson.

Fellow young actress Shailene Woodley was up for two awards: Best Supporting Actress for her role in The Descendants with George Clooney, which went to Octavia Spencer, and Best Young Actor/Actress, which went to Thomas Horn for Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close. I looked at these photos and assumed she was in her teens. Woodley is 20, and this lackluster styling is really doing her a disservice. She’s wearing Calvin Klein and while the dress may look elegant in theory, it falls short for me on the red carpet. She’s so pretty and she needed to do something more with her hair and makeup.

Melissa McCarthy was also up for Best Supporting Actress for her hilarious turn in Bridesmaids. She’s won an Emmy for “Mike and Molly” and I’m hoping she takes home some awards for Bridesmaids too. She was in David Meister and it looks like a lot of the other dresses she’s worn this season. She loves blue and purple jewel tones and sequins. I’m not a fan of her style, which tends towards pageant-wear (credit: Kaiser on that one). I also think her earrings and necklace are too matchy-matchy. Her hair and makeup are really pretty though.

Judy Greer is one of my favorite supporting actresses. She usually plays the goofy best friend role, and in interviews she’s funny, gracious and upbeat. Her dress here is a little underwhelming and those shoes are odd, the design makes her feet look stuffed into them, but I like her styling a lot.

Finally poor Penelope Ann Miller of The Artist is looking like an old lady. She’s only 48, but this hair color ages her 10 to 15 years. Is she just letting it go naturally gray? I’ll be honest, I started going gray in my 20s and I would look like this too if I didn’t faithfully dye my hair every month. I also don’t like her gown, which is too monotone, or her styling at all. This look screams “makeover!”

Designer IDs thanks to Just Jared, The Fashion Patrol and Red Carpet Fashion Awards. Photos credit: Apega/WENN.com and KM/FameFlynet Pictures

Kirsten Dunst covers the December issue of Lucky Mag, and she looks pretty great on the cover. Granted, this hot pink and black number is nothing that I’d ever be able to pull off, but Kiki wears it well, and she looks really good with the benefit of a good stylist. The accompanying interview is a mixed bag, and it’s fairly obvious that this poor journalist came at the tail end of the Melancholia promotion because Kirsten makes it very clear that she’s sick of talking about the movie. However, Kiki does reveals a bit more about her distaste for the red carpet as well as a bit more about her discomfort during director Lars von Trier’s infamous Cannes Nazi rant. Also, she’s apparently a spray-tan convert now:

On Not Calling It A “Comeback”: “Just don’t write the ‘she’s back!’ thing. I wasn’t ever away! Sorry I wasn’t in Spiderman 4 a year after I was in Spiderman 3! You know what else I don’t like? Most people ask me questions based on a previous interview. That’s not an interview. It’s like they’re just saying my quotes back to me. And at this point, you can’t ask me about Melancholia because I only have my go-to answers in my head.”

On What She Whispered To Lars von Trier At Cannes: “I just said, ‘Come on, Lars,’ or something like that. What was I supposed to say? There were a lot of us up there and I feel like if [my costars John Hurt or Stellan Skarsgard] had said something it would have been easier. I think one of the guys could have been like, ‘All right, Lars’ or made a joke out of it. We were all in shock.”

More On Her Red Carpet Phobia: “I hate red-carpet photographs! It’s such flat lighting! They take away my cheekbones-I just become a moonface. I hate those photos so much. I always look terrible. And they don’t know angles on faces. There is no artistry to it. It’s like-” Dunst does an impression of what can only be called a lobotomy patient taking a picture. “I hate them!”

On Her New Obsession With Spray Tans: Dunst, who says she has “the kind of skin that you touch and it gets red,” recently discovered spray tans. “You lose like five pounds immediately, and your face is glowing and gorgeous!” It’s fun to watch Dunst continuously cast herself in these one-minute roles. Talking about self-tanner, she becomes a mini opera star, puffing up her chest and opening her hands like she’s going to belt it to the mezzanine level. “I look amaziiiiiiing! I did it for my last movie. Then Isla saw me and was like, ‘I’m gonna get spray-tanned too!’ I only did it twice so I’m tan in like two scenes and super-pale in the rest of the film.”

On Settling Down: “I thought when I reached 30 I’d have a lot more figured out. Until you have a kid, you’re just looking for your partner. And guys have a Peter Pan vibe. They’re 35 and they act like they’re 25. That’s what scares me about being in my 30s: not finding someone to have kids with. I can’t wait to relive life in a little kid’s way. I’m so ready for that lifestyle: Get a little place upstate and have them go to school up there.”

[From Lucky Mag]

Hmm, Kiki with a spray tan? This is something that I simply must see at some point. Oddly enough, I’ve very recently started using a very subtle tanning lotion (not a Snooki shade at all) for fair skin, and it makes a great deal of difference in my eyes as well as those who have witnessed the effect. For the first time in my life, I don’t look like a corpse, which is what I imagine that Kirsten is also attempting to describe here in her own enthusiastic way.

Meanwhile, Kirsten looks quite fresh and pretty in this photoshoot, which polishes her up as more of a classic beauty rather than the grungy look that she tends to favor during her off-work time. The interviewer even notes that “Dunst has a short, dark manicure and smudgy last-night makeup” during their talk. Kiki can be so gorgeous, but the day-old makeup thing would sort of kill it for me.

Photos courtesy of Lucky Mag

Kirsten Dunst really seems to have matured in the past few years. She’s looking well put together and sober lately, where she’s had some serious fashion missteps in the past. In an appearance on Ellen yesterday, Kirsten was funny, self-deprecating and open. She told some funny stories and even got serious for a moment and spoke in general terms about battling depression. Kirsten went to rehab for “depression” in 2008, and insisted that it was not for “drug or alcohol abuse.” The way she explained it in 2008, she “was struggling,” and “had the opportunity to go somewhere and take care of myself.” On Ellen, Kirsten said something similar about how fame kind of drained her, but that she was not really comfortable discussing her bout with depression. She was gracious and handled the subject well. Kirsten also said that she’ll do promotion for her films, but that she doesn’t go to events as she feels uncomfortable. She also admitted that she lives with her mom, and joked about having to brush cat litter out of her bed! I’m really warming to her. Here’s more:

On her career break
I definitely took a little bit of a break. Also, when you’re in your 20s you’ve got to figure things out and take a step back… it reinspired what I do.

On depression
It’s not something I don’t feel like totally comfortable talking about. It’s a very personal thing I dealt with.

On being sensitive in the business
As an actress, you’re supposed to be sensitive and vulnerable and have this side to you. But then you’re supposed to be like super sociable and ‘on’ and like, nice to everybody. That’s a weird dichotomy. It’s a lot to ask of a person. It’s not a normal thing.

On going to events
I avoid the red carpet as much as possible. You have to do it to promote your movies obviously, but you won’t see me at an event for the sake of it.

On living with her mom
I’m in New York. But right now I’m at my mom’s house… My mom, my grandma, my aunt’s there visiting and my cousins live there. Three generations of ladies and three cats. So things are really looking up for me.

On having the cat litter in her bedroom
I have the worst bedroom. Downstairs near the garage. I’m leaving the cat litter box out of there. Because there was like granules on my bed and when I got out of the shower, melting cat littler. It’s hard to keep clean.

That’s hysterical! She has a great attitude about living with her family. She probably has a house in LA too anyway. It sounds like she’s in such a good place in her life.

Ellen told Kirsten, who won best actress at Cannes this year, that she’ll probably get an Academy Award nomination for Melancholia. She also inevitably asked her about director Lars Von Trier’s Nazi comments that got him booted from the film festival. Kirsten explained “He was so nervous and he just got started on a tangent and then wouldn’t stop. So it was like watching your friend just put their foot in their mouth deeper and deeper and deeper. I was so embarrassed for him.” She also explained that Von Trier was trying to make a joke. “YouTube it, my face is actually pretty funny.”

Later on in the show, Ellen and Kirsten played Guesstures with the audience. It was funny as hell and Kirsten really rolled with it. Whatever she went through, she’s come out the other side and she’s better than ever. I’d love to see her in more films.

Kirsten is shown on 11/3 and 11/4 on GMA and at the AFI Film Fest. Credit: WENN. Story via ONTD

Here are photos of Kirsten Dunst at two different event for the AFI Fest over the weekend. The photos of Kiki where she’s wearing the orange-red printed dress are from last night’s AFI premiere of Lars Von Trier’s Melancholia. Alas, no Alex Skarsgard at the premiere. It seems like Kiki is promoting this film on her own, for whatever reason. It’s not like the film is hated or anything – in fact, Kiki’s performance has been widely praised, and she won Best Actress at the Cannes Film Festival too. Anyway, the photos of Kiki in black leather are from the “Young Hollywood” roundtable discussion at the AFI Fest.

The printed orange-red dress is Dolce & Gabbana, the black leather one is Derek Lam. Recently, I’ve been praising Kiki more and more because she seems to be putting more effort into looking polished and adult on red carpets. Her style can still get kind of funky and “precious,” but I think Kiki is off of the harder stuff and she’s trying to get her career back on track. Did I mention I recently watched that film that she did with Ryan Gosling, All Good Things? The movie was weird, but Kiki was really, really good in it. I forget sometimes that she’s a more than capable actress.

Anyway, this is a fashion post. Which dress do you like more, or is this a “neither” situation. I think the black leather Lam dress is too much for a soft, dimply blonde. Even with the poofy skirt. But I really, really like the D&G on her – very pretty.

Photos courtesy of WENN.

I realize that a lot of you will be like “meh,” with this story. Since I lived in Berlin for about four and a half years, I wanted to report on it. Apparently Kirsten Dunst recently became a German citizen. That was probably quite simple for her, because her dad is German and she can show that she has the means to support herself. She admits she can’t really speak the language and that’s one of the requirements for people without German parents who want to get naturalized. Kirsten is really excited about it, and she told People that she thinks Berlin is awesome and that she wants to move there.

The actress, 29, shares her German roots with the German tabloid B.Z., revealing that she now has German citizenship – in addition to her U.S. citizenship.

“I’m now a real international lady,” she says,”one who can film in Europe without a problem.”

Dunst’s dream? “It would be the greatest joy for me to act in a German film,” she says.

Dunst, who stars in Melancholia, the new film by Danish director Lars von Trier, added that she even speaks German – though “at a child’s level.” (Her father is German and her mother Swedish.)

She also says she frequently visits her relatives in Hamburg but enjoys an even larger city.

“I would prefer to buy an apartment in Berlin,” she says. “It’s such a young city, and right now so much is happening in Berlin.”

[From People]

Berlin is cool and there’s plenty to do. I really enjoy it there. Honestly my favorite part is that I can drive around the whole city and find parking without a problem. There are so many different neighborhoods and of course there’s great public transportation, but I love that I can drive anywhere and not worry about it.

To me though, once you move someplace, anyplace, it stops being awesome. Like it just becomes where you live and you always find things that you miss from back home. I tell people I lived in Switzerland for a couple years and they’re like “wow,” but I just say it’s not as great as you think. I don’t find bragging rights in it. Even if you absolutely love going to a tropical island, like that’s your idea of paradise, if you ever move there you will notice that there are trade offs. Now that I’ve moved back to the states, I find that there are a lot of things I miss about Germany, though. There really is no Shangri-La, unless you are on vacation somewhere. (Or are one of those people who is psyched about life every day. That’s not really me.)

Getting back to Kirsten, though, she seems like she’s doing great. She went through a rough patch about three years ago with rehab, drinking issues and depression but she’s been looking pulled together lately and she sounds happy. A move to Berlin might be great for her and for her career. There’s a huge film industry in that area and I’m sure plenty of directors would be glad to have her. Plus it’s not like she’s me and can’t afford to travel whenever she gets bored. She’ll stay in Berlin when she feels like it, drink a lot of great beer, and go back to the states when she misses it. The lucky bitch.

Kirsten is shown on 10/3 in New York and 9/29 and 9/28 (drunk pics) in London. Credit: Fame

Here’s Alexander Skarsgard in a shiny blue suit paired with a brown shirt and matchy blue tie at the Melancholia premiere in New York last night. He’s dressed like Ryan Reynolds here, but I don’t hate his look. This dude could make a muumuu look hot, primarily because we know what’s underneath.

Alex’s co-star Kirsten Dunst was also there looking overdressed in a floor length loose black v-neck gown paired with a black fabric choker. I like the simple cut of the dress and her hair and makeup were so pretty. As far as Dunst’s looks go this was a win for her. She’s had some disastrous fashion in the past. She’s really pulled it together lately and has shown a lot of improvement with a kind of conservative covered-up but feminine style.

Also there was Charlotte Gainsbourg putting our minor criticisms about Alex and Kiki’s looks to shame. She had major shaggy dog bangs trauma, heavily black rimmed eyes, and ridiculous too-long loose trousers festooned with sparkly silver front panels and an oversize belt. This is the chick who was pregnant during the Cannes promotion for Melancholia and who wore a see through wrap dress over her bump. It looked like she had on a robe, no joke. Maybe she felt uncomfortable with her post-baby body and wanted to cover up. Kristen shows how you do it well and without looking clownish.

Melancholia is a movie about the pending end of the world, as seen through a new bride’s eyes. It’s out in the US in limited release on November 11. It was directed by Nazi-loving Lars Von Trier, and I keep thinking of what Paul Bettany just said about how terrible it was to work with Von Trier after Alex Skarsgard’s dad, actor Stellan, convinced him to do it. “[Von Trier] has no interest in you being any part of the cerebral process with him. You’re absolutely his puppet. But no, I don’t want to be too down on Lars. He is extraordinary and he is a sensation.” You know that Alex isn’t going to trash talk Von Trier, though, he’s going to be gracious about him because he’s not about to jeopardize his career. Plus, that’s just the type of guy he is.

Aren’t these stills from Melancholia so pretty? Here’s a link to the trailer. It’s so weird looking.

Photo credit: Diane Cohen/Fame Pictures

Here are photos of Kirsten Dunst at last night’s London premiere of Melancholia, that Lars Von Trier film that debuted in Cannes, for which Kiki won Best Actress. The dress is by “Honor” a label/designer I’ve never heard of, and it’s from their Spring 2012 collection. When I first glanced through the photos, I was all, “Meh, boring party dress on a girl who does too many too-cute party dresses.” But as I really looked at the dress, it’s actually really, really pretty. The details are lovely, the fabric is pretty, and it looks really nice on Kiki. Unfortunately, none of Kiki’s hot costars made it to the premiere – no Alex Skarsgard, no Kiefer Sutherland. Boo.

As for the public’s reaction to this film… God knows. While promoting it in Cannes, Lars Von Trier got kicked out of the festival for saying nice things about Nazis. So… Kirsten is the one being sent out, front and center, to promote the film. Here’s a recent interview with her:

What was it like working with Lars von Trier, that must have been a huge draw for you in taking on this role?
Kirsten Dunst: Oh yeah. I was drawn to the project because, to me, Lars von Trier is the only film maker who specifically makes films for women, who can be ugly and messy, and not this perfect idea of what women should be in film. I was thrilled at the opportunity to work with Lars, he doesn’t make that many movies. It was an opportunity that I went in with an open vulnerability and trust because of the way that Lars presents himself to you. Now I feel like I have a good friend as well.

If this film is not about the end of the world, it is certainly about the culture of fear and depression in people, how you feel about that?
Kirsten Dunst: The depression and the kind of unravelling of my character Justine at the beginning of her wedding, she feels sort of alienated, that sort of throws her into a depression. But I also think that what’s interesting about her is that as the world is coming to an end, the most horrible tragedy that could ever happen, she gets stronger and stronger and she is the one that brings them together. In terms of Lars and working with women, I commend him, there are not many female roles out there like this, where you can be crazy and vulnerable and strange, you can be whatever you want. That’s a freedom that’s very scary, but also gives you a braveness that I took with me onto other projects after this.

What was the work process like on this film? What sort of state of mind did you have to put yourself in to play Justine?
Kirsten Dunst: I think the intimacy Lars creates on set automatically makes you emotionally available, and then we do as much as we have to do. We do as many takes or different ways until he’s happy, I hope (laughs). The process is very freeing, kind of anything goes, then you rein it in or the other way around. We often did takes that lasted five minutes, when do you get to do that!? With that there’s a freedom and a breaking down of walls. It’s not, ’This is your close-up, this is your wide-shot,’ all those things are thrown away and so you are left with a very natural way of just being.

[From Flicks & Bits]

I understand that this is the kind of meaty character study that most actresses want to sink their teeth into, but I feel like there’s a disconnect between “the kind of part an actress would love to play” and “the kind of part the audience feels comfortable seeing as the lead of the film.” I’m just saying, a film that centers on one woman’s unraveling, told by a self-indulgent director… it’s not something I want to watch.

Photos courtesy of WENN.

Kirsten Dunst covers the November issue of Flare while wearing a pink and red Giambattista Valli dress that we’ve already seen on a red carpet situation on Emma Stone. At one point very early in its conception, may have had the potential of being pretty boobtastic but has been rendered ridiculous by the actual shaping of the dress. The shoulders are too boxy, and the flappy details around the waist just look silly. If the dress was merely a two-toned, fitted shape, Kiki probably could have pulled it off in a sophisticated way; that is, she might have done so before the unkindly airbrush patrol took control of the sitation. Kirsten is only 29 years old and still relatively fresh faced, so what need was there to change her face so much? Then there’s the hairstyling, which reminds me a lot of Michelle Pfieffer in Scarface — cocaine is normally not something that comes to mind when thinking of Kirsten Dunst, but I could be wrong on that note.

At any rate, Kirsten appears within the magazine to promote Melancholia, which hits theaters (in limited release) on November 11. For her leading role as a depressed bride, Dunst received the Best Actress award at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. Since Kirsten underwent inpatient treatment for depression in 2008, she had plenty of experience from which to draw in playing her role:

On Her Performance In Melancholia: It was really hard for me to watch because I don’t recognize myself in parts of that film. It weirds me out a little bit. Like my voice change, this look in my eye. It scared me a little bit.

On Depression: I think that most human beings go through some sort of depression in their life. And if they don’t, I think that’s weird. People are embarrassed to talk about it – I would never put anyone down that was in that kind of space.

[From Flare]

Naturally, I do agree that almost everyone experiences some degree of depression at some point, but (from what little she says in these excerpts) Kirsten’s not really drawing the distinction between clinical depression based upon one’s body chemistry and the type of depression that is triggered by a tragic or otherwise life-altering event. Everyone is susceptible to the latter form of depression except for those rare people who are fortunate enough to never experience tragedy in their lifetimes. Then there are sufferers of lower-grade, chronic depression that usually indicates a low level of serotonin. Obviously, depression is a very complicated matter, and Kirsten has previously stated that her depression was of a primarily stress-induced variety, so she does know to a degree of which she speaks. Still, to label people who’ve never been truly depressed as “weird” goes a bit too far. Let’s go for “extremely lucky” instead, shall we?

Photos courtesy of Flare; Kirsten at TIFF courtesy of WENN

Kirsten Dunst is the cover girl for the September issue of Elle UK, and these are several pics from the cover shoot. I’m not a huge fan… I’ve grown tired of this airy-fairy, washed-out photography style, especially when the subject is herself airy-fairy and washed-out. Kiki can be photographed to look stunning and beautiful, but you have to take the time to light her properly, get her hair done, put her in good clothes, etc. You can’t just mess up her bangs trauma and shoot her through a hipster mist. That’s fashion, and it’s not a good editorial style. Just my opinion. Anyway, in the Elle piece, there are some half decent quotes from Kiki – I especially like the ones about her too-girly style and her “snaggle fangs”.

On her style: “I’m 29. I keep thinking, ‘Stop with the cutesy dresses.’ I’m trying to, I honestly am. I have things in my wardrobe that are too girlie for my age. But I like simple, feminine, casual. I don’t like overdone.”

On her happiness: “I’m much happier, more sure, more definite. Who you are at 25 and who you are at 29 is a very different thing. For me, it feels like a 20-year age gap. You live, you learn, and you come through the drama to a more easy, relaxed perspective.”

On her teeth: “I love my snaggle fangs. They give me character and character is sexy. People comment, but the only person who ever told me to fix them was my mom…. I just went my own way, like daughters do.”

Kiki on her split with Razorlight frontman, Johnny Borrell: “We all want the bad guy who doesn’t give you what you want. I did a lot of sitting in my car, listening to sad music, crying over boys.”

Now she’s with Jason Boesel: “[Jason's] not into partying and it works. We have similar schedules: long periods of time off and periods of mad work. When I’ve finished work, I travel to be with him. It’s special.”

Working on On the Road: “I know how big it is. Every time I’ve been on the set, I’ve thought, ‘This is On the Road.’”

[Elle UK excerpts courtesy of The Mail, transcript of interview]

I have to agree with Kiki about her snaggle fangs, honestly. I don’t like talking about teeth very often because I know I’m in the minority – most people prefer teeth that super-human white and straight as can be. That’s fine, but I won’t hate on someone for having weird teeth. As for Kiki on her ripe old age of 29… Meh. If she wants to think the difference between 25 and 29 is huge, more power to her. But I suspect she doesn’t even remember 25. Bitch was hammered for nearly the entire year.

Elle UK photos courtesy of The Fashion Spot.