2005   July 31st The KeiraWeb promotions page for Domino is now online. Click here. Keira was on the cover of the Sunday Times magazine Culture today, with a double-page feature on P&P. The article starts here. If anyone can send me the scans, please do. Thanks to Aslam. The official Star Wars magazine of France has a Keira article in its new issue. July 29th AustenBlog has had an update from P&P's distributor Focus Features. The UK release date remains September 16th. The US date is November 18th on limited screens, going wider on the 23rd, and wider again on December 2nd and 9th, much the same as Love Actually did. Never quite sure why they do this with a movie of such potential as this - anybody know ? Today's Daily Mail has an interesting article about P&P. Buena Vista Home Entertainment are releasing a double pack DVD of Jerry Bruckheimer productions, Pirates of the Caribbean and National Treasure, on October 3rd. Pre-order. July 28th WireImage have some thumbnails from Tuesday's P&P screening in Amsterdam. And Working Title have some pics from the Hamburg screening. UK cinema-goers can now see the Domino trailer before 'appropriate features'. Not Willy Wonka, then. July 27th Well, despite the increasing number of premieres and previews of Pride and Prejudice, it would appear the general release has gone way out to the Christmas season. The official site is now listing November 18th as the release date. Meanwhile, cries of "That's Me!" will be ringing out in Peterborough this weekend. Working Title is showing the movie to local residents who took part in the Meryton village scenes, filmed in nearby Stamford. Article. The Keira Knightley 2006 Calendar is now available for pre-order from Amazon, out on September 1st. The cover can be seen here - not the best cover picture I've ever seen but at least there's twelve more chances for redemption inside ! One of the Pirates writers, Terry Rossio, has confirmed that 'World's End' is a working title for Pirates 3, but stresses that it is not the final title, and others are being considered such as Calypso's Fury and Uncharted Waters. For legal reasons, it will probably end up being NONE of these. July 25th Ahead of the premiere on Sky Movies this weekend, Sky are running a 'Bonus!' featurette on the movie, of which I've edited Keira's bits into a clip (see TV Guide for schedule). Might be new to some of you. Watching this now, Pirates seems like decades ago. How time flies. 2.2Mb Here is the segment from VH1's '100 Most Wanted Sexy Bodies'. The Knightley body came in at a measly 97. Don't blame me, I didn't compile it ! 4.5Mb Keira was in Hamburg, Germany today for a screening (described in the photo captions as the premiere) of Pride and Prejudice, marking the first in a long haul of promotions for Lizzie Bennet. Photo. More watermarked pics here. Don't forget to keep checking the P&P promotions page at the link above for everything Pride and Prejudice. Toronto fans can enjoy a free open air screening of Bend It Like Beckham on July 30th at 9pm at the CIBC Stage of the Harbourfront Centre. July 22nd Are you fat, hideously unattractive, funny-shaped, look like a serial killer or have missing teeth ? Wannabe in Pirates 3: World's End ? Now you can... well, if you live in the LA area, anyway. A casting call has been posted for the movie here. The scenes required for these characters will be filmed at the LA studios, you won't get a free holiday to the Caribbean ! Thanks to Lila Chu Notes: Its requirement for "tons of Asian people" would seem to confirm the story takes place in the Far East, hence the apparent title and Yun-Fat's casting. Also of note is the filming period "thru the middle of next year." So January's wrap has been extended - that would still allow twelve months for post-production before the movie is released in the Summr of 2007. It also means (assuming she still has a significant role in Pirates 3), that Keira won't be signing on for anything else until next Summer ! Here's some new pics of Keira doing what women do very well - nattering. Her phone is a Nokia 7610 by the way, in case you were interested :-) 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 Thanks to Captn Llama July 19th Variety is listing P & P as having a PG-13 rating in North America.  And the poster is now available - take a look here. Meanwhile, if you're interested in Jane Austen generally, I captured a feature from BBC2 tonight on Jane's home in the South of England, Chawton House, and a look at some of her personal items and first editions, including Pride and Prejudice. It was captured for my good friends over at AustenBlog.com, the must-see site for Janeites. Part 1 - Part 2. July 17th KeiraWeb has more exclusive video clips for you to enjoy - none of which have previously appeared online. From Keira's earliest available performance in A Village Affair, to her stunning portrayal of Lara in Doctor Zhivago, these are just three of a huge collection of clips soon to be made available online. See the Archives in the column opposite to view.  Incidentally, if you have trouble viewing WMVs I would recommend the VLC Media Player - it's free and will play any type of multimedia file, even incomplete downloads. I use it everyday. Bend It Like Beckham distributors Redbus have finally settled a long-running dispute with the film's director Gurinder Chadha and producer Deepak Nayar over their share of the profits from the sleeper hit of 2003. Figures have not been disclosed but today's Variety reports that "...Redbus has agreed to pay a substantial sum to Chadha and Nayar." BILB cost £3.5m to make, of which £900,000 was funded from the National Lottery. It went on to take in more than £45m worldwide, not including video and DVD sales. July 16th Pirates Of The Caribbean: World's End is the title of Pirates 3, according to star Marty Klebba's web site. Perhaps a working title only ? We shall see. Thoughts: - It does suggest a long and dangerous journey for the crew, which would tie in with Chow Yun-Fat's character (a Chinese pirate) being in this movie only. - The cast do now have their scripts for POTC3, as Keira mentioned on the Good Morning America interview on May 25th. But scripts don't always have final titles on the top of them ! - On the subject of subtitles, the 'Chest' in the title of Dead Man's Chest may not be an actual wooden chest, but possibly the real Caribbean pirate island of that name (long since changed) which inspired Robert Louis Stevenson to write the song that appeared in Treasure Island. See here. Here's one of the ships you will see in Pirates DMC, The Bounty. And another rave review of P & P. Sudoku no.5 is up, plus the answers to no.4 July 15th Britain's top talk show Richard & Judy had a feature on Domino Harvey on tonight's programme. I've split the segment into two. The first features Domino's godfather Peter Evans talking about her and her life, plus some great photos we've not seen before. It also featured the movie trailer, which I've edited out as you can see that at the official site. The second half features FHM Magazine writer Piers Hernu who spent time with real bounty hunters in Indianapolis. (Amazingly, I'd only just got in from work and switched on to catch the 'coming up after the break' link, and just managed to boot up my PC and plug it into my digital TV box to capture it). Part 1 (8.8Mb) - Part 2 (5.5Mb). Here are some screen grabs of the Domino photos (2 and 3 are my faves - they almost seem to hark back to her former life as a model): 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 Don't forget there's a page of Domino promo reel captures still online. July 14th Keira flew back from a shopping trip in New York last night to be back in her home, London, for today's two-minute silence, observed by millions around the world. She stood in Trafalgar Square with thousands of other people, in remembrance of the 54 innocents who died a week ago today. July 13th US viewers can now see four Keira movies throughout July - check the schedules. Keira was in New York yesterday, as this People photo shows. Thanks to Caitlin July 12th Pride and Prejudice will be shown at the Toronto Film Festival, it was announced today. The festival runs September 8th - 17th. This will be a few days after the London premiere on the 5th, although the press release below says Toronto will be the world premiere (?). As mentioned here last month, Working Title premiered Love Actually at this fest so there was a good chance it would showcase P&P here too. Press release. On the TV Guide Channel's countdown of 'Summer Movie Hunks and Babes' Keira came in at No.14. Thanks to Troy. July 11th Bad news (again) for North American fans, Domino is now delayed until October 14th. At least that's what the official site is now saying, as well as the New Line site. The whole point of moving it back to August was to have Keira free to promote it while the Pirates filming is on hold. So the November date for the UK may well be correct after all. Who knows - it's burning my brain! Meanwhile, the full-length trailer is meant to premiere at the San Diego Comic-Con this week, with Richard Kelly and Tony Scott possible attendees.  And Christopher Walken is due on David Letterman this Friday. Check this out and spot the stupid mistake. July 10th Here are the three latest pap snaps of Keira. I have airbrushed out the street name as it's not far from her home. Some of us respect her privacy, even if you do find the unairbrushed pics elsewhere. 1 - 2 - 3. Thanks to Captn Llama. The ever-unreputable ContactMusic.com now reports that Keira has warned boyfrined Jamie not to get involved with Kirsten Dunst while on-set of Marie Antoinette. Trouble is, the movie finished filming last month. Credibility comes with a little research, I always find. There's a new poll up on the Polls page. It's the third one down. Just curious. Pre-production on the bulk of Pirates 3 commences on August 1st in Los Angeles while post-production is underway now on DMC, in time for its release next July 7th. Promotions should kick off any day for Keira & co.'s big push for Domino. August 19th is still the US release date, although some sites now have an October date. IMDb has November 24th as a UK date, even though this has always been listed as August 19th, even amidst the US shuffles. Bewitched has been moved up to the same weekend here in the UK, so one or the other movie may well be about to move. Of course, most of the interviews are bound to be dominated by the death of Domino Harvey, even though Keira will more than likely be instructed not to speak too much on the subject, and the press too. You know what the media are like - tell them not to ask about something and they'll ask it. I'm sure Keira will tackle them with her usual intellect, initiative and diplomacy. July 8th Here is the segment from The Biography Channel's new series Hollywood's Ten Best. Tonight's programme featured the Ten Best 'Girls Just Wanna Have Fun' Flicks. Keira and Parminder were at No.9. 2.8Mb. July 7th It was inevitable it would happen one day, and today it did. I hope everyone's friends and families have not been affected by today's atrocities in London, and our sympathies go out to those who have lost loved ones in the numerous bomb blasts across the city. In terms of Keira's London I cannot say where Keira was today, but geographically the third blast occurred just two blocks North of Keira's apartment in Mayfair, and the bus blast happened three blocks North of Keira's agency offices at PFD. In other news, Chow Yun-Fat is confirmed for the second Pirates sequel, Pirates 3. He will play Captain Sao Feng and not, as originally reported (Dec 16th 2004 news), Chinese pirate legend Cheung Po Tsai. Filming on the sequels will resume in LA in mid-August, before heading back to the Caribbean (pending hurricanes of course). July 6th Variety has its first look at potential Academy Award contenders today: "The year is half over, but in terms of awards, the fun is just beginning. Only a few serious kudos contenders have so far emerged, such as "Cinderella Man" and "Crash"; the bulk of hopefuls arrive, as usual, in the second half of the year.... Following are some of the July-December openers -- not including animated features, docus or foreign films -- that will be up in a variety of categories, from tech to best pic... September: Focus Features' "Pride And Prejudice" (Keira Knightley); Miramax's "Proof" (Gwyneth Paltrow) and "The Libertine" (Johnny Depp)..." Site news: Although I'm working on two other sites at the moment, there are three brand new sections coming to KeiraWeb soon, including a much larger, more permanent home for the medium that sets KeiraWeb apart from the other Keira fan sites - the videos. Stay tuned. July 4th Domino screenplay writer Richard Kelly puts the record straight about the reshoots at richard-kelly.net. A memorial service for Domino Harvey was held in Los Angeles on Friday. Among the mourners was the movie's star Mickey Rourke who said: ""I came today because Domino was such a great girl. The moment we met we really clicked. Something in both our characters mirrored each other. We were the same kind of people. I met her to do research for the film role. She was fun, lively, charismatic. She would ring me up, or I would ring her up, and she would say, 'Come on, let's raise hell,' and we would go out for a few drinks and talk the night away." Keira's fella Jamie Dornan is due to sign to Sony Records later this year with his band Sons Of Jim. You heard it here first. With Disney UK's premiere broadcast rights to Pirates now at an end, the movie comes to Sky Movies from the 30th of this month. There will be 15 minute multistarts from 8pm on the 30th across the Sky Movies network. It will premiere on BBC1 at Christmas. For obvious reasons, Domino has seen a huge climb on IMDb's MovieMeter this week, based on clicks from visitors. It rose from No. 389 to No. 18. Keira's StarMeter also rose from No. 30 to No. 16, her highest position since February. July 3rd It's no surprise really but Keira is one of several actresses suggested for the role of American aid worker Maria Ruzicka who was killed in Iraq. Maria herself joked that Drew Barrymore would be perfect to play her if ever a movie biopic were made of her life. More details here on the investigations into Domino's death and the ongoing investigation before her death. July 1st There's a nice collection of personal photos from the set of Pirates on actor Marty Klebba's web site, starting here. Site news: - There's a new sudoku puzzle online until the middle of the month. - As KeiraWeb was the only site with a photo of the real Domino Harvey, it received 420,000 hits in the last two days, compared to a usual average of 40,000 for the same period. 75% of new visitors came from Google Images via a search for "Domino Harvey". Talk about "fame coming after death." June 30th Today's Variety has announced that not only will Domino's ending NOT be changed in the light of this week's tragedy, but that New Line have moved it back to an August release so that Keira is available to promote it while the Pirates filming is taking a break. June 29th Domino Harvey, the model turned bounty hunter to be portrayed by Keira later this year, died Monday night. She was 35. The cause of her death - whether natural, accident or suicide - is not yet clear. On behalf of all Keira's fans, I'd like to express our deepest sympathies to her family. The media are quick to jump on the fact that Domino was on bail awaiting trial on drug possession and trafficking charges, hinting at suicide, but Police Lt. Don Mauldin denied any evidence of a gunshot, overdose or other form of suicide. An inquest has been opened into the cause of her death. Media reports also claim Domino hated the forthcoming movie and wanted nothing to do with it. This is totally false. She had been actively involved in the screenplay and soundtrack. Keira met with her prior to filming the movie and said soon after "She is an extraordinary woman, really amazing. It was fantastic meeting her because she's very intelligent and just incredible." Born on August 7th 1969, Domino - named after one of Ian Fleming's Bond heroines - was the daughter of actor Laurence Harvey and Vogue model Paulene Stone. After spending some time with the Ford model agency, she took to running a nightclub and being a ranch hand in the San Diego mountains, and at the same time began to love the independence from her mother's money, and the look and feel of firearms. She then worked with the San Diego Fire Department before joining the Celes King Bail Bond Agency in 1994 as a bounty hunter, getting paid 10% of the captured bail bond from drug dealers. On May 4th this year, after a multi-state FBI operation, Domino was arrested and charged with possession of $2m of methamphetamines. She was released on $1m bail awaiting possible extradition to Gulfport, Mississippi where the arrest took place. On Monday someone called paramedics from Domino's home in West Hollywood. Domino was taken to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center around 11pm where she was pronounced dead. A post-mortem was scheduled for Wednesday afternoon but cause of death will not be released until the results of blood tests are returned. The movie's director Tony Scott said in a statement:  “Domino never failed to surprise or inspire me over the last 12 years. She was a free spirit like no other I have ever known.”  Producer Samuel Hadida said:  “We were enormously saddened to hear of Domino’s untimely passing. She and I had been conferring about her music to be used in the film only weeks ago. I know I speak for all of us on the movie’s cast and crew when I say how much we enjoyed her presence on set when she visited. And although our film is not intended as a biographical piece, hers was the dynamic personality and indomitable spirit that spawned an exciting adventure, not just on screen, but in real life.” Domino Harvey, August 7th 1969 - June 27th 2005. Here are the KeiraWeb Archive clips from the set of Domino: E! News (5Mb) - Entertainment Now (1.6Mb) - MTV Screenplay (1.6Mb) In other news, the UK premiere of Pride and Prejudice is confirmed for London's Leicester Square on Monday 5th September. June 28th More bad news for the North American release of Domino - it's been pushed back again, from November 4th to 23rd. June 27th According to the Daily Mirror Keira got more than muddy wellies during her time at Glastonbury. This report says she was heckled and taunted by a bunch of drunken yobs until she and Jamie had to leave. Bear in mind this is the 'celebrity gossip' pages of the paper, where the embroidering of facts to make a juicy story is par for the course, but it seems obvious something happened to spoil Keira's day. There's a short interview with Johhny re: the Pirates sequels here. And SciFiWire have a longer chat here, including the news that Keith Richards is back on (possibly) and Kevin McNally (Gibbs) has been taken ill. The Pride & Prejudice official site is starting to stir, with the trailer now online. Thanks to Trevor/Fiona. And there's three pages of P&P promo pics starting here. June 26th K & J visited the Glastonbury music festival this weekend at the invite of a record company. This pic shows them living the traditional image of Glasto, ie. mud and wellington boots, although the Sunday Mirror reports they spent most of their day snogging their faces off in the hospitality suite. More pics here. This site proves that not everyone is a fan of Keira. Not many members, though. Those Brits who are addicted to the KeiraWeb Sudoku, or don't know where to start with it, may want to watch Vorderman's Sudoku Live on Sky One, Friday night at 9pm. You can view the Pure trailer here. June 25th The Biography Channel has a new series for July called Hollywood's 10 Best, each show having a different theme. In the episode '10 Best 'Girls Just Wanna Have Fun' Flicks' Keira is featured in a segment about Bend It Like Beckham. UK premiere is July 8th at 6.30pm. Othr countries check your listings. The Jacket DVD will be out on Region 2 (Europe) on September 12th. No details yet of its contents, but most likely the same as the Region 1 disc. June 22nd Keira and Jamie were in London's theatreland last night for the opening night of the Wyndham Theatre's production of Shakespeare's 'As You Like It', starring Sienna Miller and Dominic West. Agency photos here. The new British Film magazine is finally getting some press thanks to its 'Thermal 30' list of hot British movie stars. As previously reported, Keira is No.1 and is on the cover of the magazine. You can buy a copy from the publishers via eBay (as I have) or Amazon right here. June 21st Still quiet in Keira land, except a reminder that The Jacket is out today for those of you in North America. There's apparently an integrated featurette/deleted scenes section. You can of course buy it from the KeiraWeb Store. New Archive contents are online, opposite. It's all videos this week. As it's Midsummer's Day today (at least here in the Northern hemisphere) I thought The Seasons Alter would be appropriate. There's another video below, too. It's midsummer video madness, folks ! Stay tuned to KeiraWeb for some great video clip premieres coming soon - stuff no-one's ever seen online before ! Here is the collected Keira-related footage from BBC3's documentary series Paparazzi. I never captured this on previous broadcasts as there's barely a glimpse of Keira, but several people outside the UK have asked about it, so here it is. Filmed at Burghley House in Lincolnshire in August 2004 near the set of Pride and Prejudice. Burghley will be seen as Rosings in the movie, home of Catherine deBourgh, played by Dame Judi Dench. It's a good insight into the lengths a paparazzo will go to to get his celebrity snaps. Very funny, if a little disturbing. 6.5Mb June 17th A new, longer version of the Pride and Prejudice trailer is now online at the Working Title Films site along with a photo gallery and synopsis page. Filming of POTC DMC has been suspended (as per its schedule) until August, according to this diary from a Bahamas tourist site. It also has some nice pics of the ships. And here's a snap of Orlando and Stellan as Will and Bootstrap Bill, together with some other strange creatures. Thanks to Vini for the links. The organiser of the annual Jane Austen Festival in Bath told me today that they hope to have the regional premiere of Pride and Prejudice as the highlight of this year's events. This would presumably be after the UK premiere but before its national UK release, which is still stated as the 16th September. Last year they had the regional premiere of Bride and Prejudice, attended by its director, Gurinder Chadha. Other release dates are: Netherlands 22nd - USA 23rd - Switzerland 29th - Finland 30th - Germany 20th October - Belgium 4th January - Czech Rep. 5th January - Sweden 6th January. Hello! Magazine has an article on Jamie's movie debut, marking the first time JD has made a news splash on his own.   June 16th EXCLUSIVE: It's been a long time coming, but I'm very pleased to announce that Keira's 2002 short film New Year's Eve is now online at KeiraWeb. There's a teaser page of DVD captures here.  A two-part compilation of Keira's scenes is available here: Part One (5.4Mb) - Part Two (4.8Mb). This is my first attempt at a DVD rip, so apologies for the occasional pixellation! Keira's boyfriend Jamie Dornan is to make his acting debut in Marie Antoinette, currently filming in France and being directed by Sofia Coppola. It will be released through Sony Pictures and co-stars Kirsten Dunst and Rip Torn. It is based on the biography of the Austrian princess turned French Queen by Antonia Fraser. Jamie is a client of PFD talent agency, as is Keira, but they do not have the same agent. Press release. The real Domino Harvey is due to appear in court on June 22nd according to this article in the local paper of the region where she will appear. There's a brand new su-doku puzzle online to bend your brain, plus the answer to the previous one. June 12th Here's the Sunday Mirror's take on "loved-up scruffy couple Keira Knightley and Jamie Dornan". Scan. June 11th After what is probably KeiraWeb's longest time without anything to report (a whole five days !), here's a couple of snippets. Keira is up for Best Actress: Action/Adventure at the Teen Choice Awards, for King Arthur. Please vote here (it demands an email address but you don't have to put your real one in - I didn't). Thanks to Thais for the info. The new magazine celebrating British cinema, which featured Keira on the cover of Issue 1 (see April 26th news) is up for grabs now on eBay UK. There's plenty left, as the seller had a thousand copies. Could be collectible in future as it doesn't look like the mag might last very long. The seller told me there's 3 other pics of Keira in the mag, including an article on The Jacket. There's also a full-page Asprey ad elsewhere in the mag, featuring Keira of course. June 6th Here's the latest couple of pap snaps of KK and JD, taken last Monday, here and here. Thanks to Captn Llama. There's new Archive stuff online, over there >>>>> US viewers with TMC can catch The Hole throughout June. See the TV Guide, opposite. The Jacket falls seven places to No.14 in the UK box office for last weekend, with a total tally of £532,765, mostly due to six new entries above it. June 4th The official site for P & P will be at http://www.prideandprejudicemovie.net/ Aren't you glad you don't have to type all that in ?! Nothing there yet, though. And Working Title will no doubt have their own special section, starting from here. There's a preview/article on the movie in today's Daily Telegraph. June 3rd KeiraWeb EXCLUSIVE: Further to the announcement yesterday regarding the brand new Keira Knightley photobook due out in March (see below), I am pleased to reveal a special offer available only to KeiraWeb visitors: a discount of 35% off the retail price ! When the book is published a unique reference code will be published here which you will need to type in when you order the book direct from the web site of the publishers Artnik. So bookmark KeiraWeb today (as if you haven't already!) and put a note in your diary to take up this great offer from Artnik. June 2nd The first book to be published just about Keira will be in the shops from March next year. Don't worry, it's not one of those 'unauthorised biographies' containing 99% lies and fiction (though I'm sure there's one of those in the pipeline), it's an 80 page photobook from entertainment publishers Artnik. There's more info here The person who informed me of the Stories of Lost Souls DVD is now selling a copy on eBay. Click here to bid or to see the cover. For the first time in a number of years The Winter Guest will be shown on UK TV later this month. FilmFour will air it on June 13th at 8.10pm. Originally a play by Keira's mum Sharman Macdonald, the screenplay for the movie version was written by Sharman and actor Alan Rickman (Love Actually, Harry Potter). This also provided Rickman with his directorial debut. The movie stars real-life mother and daughter Phyllida Law and Emma Thompson. More on the film and some video clips can be found at the official site here. The screenplay book is still available here. June 1st Here's the link to the full Pride & Prejudice trailer - a whole 2 and a half minutes, plus a new pic or two from Domino. Thanks to all who emailed the links. May 31st There's a brand new su-doku puzzle online, together with the answers to puzzle no.1. Congrats to Keira's beloved football team West Ham United who were promoted to the Premiership today after a two year absence. May 30th I've been sent some high-res pics of Keira in London last Thursday 26th. 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 Thanks to Captn Llama Entertainment Tonight on Friday showed a large part of the Pride & Prejudice trailer. We get ET the following weekday here in the UK, so I've captured it today: 800kb. The mystery surrounding Stories of Lost Souls has been solved. The film is a compilation of six separate short films, of which Keira's is the 2002 short New Year's Eve, directed by Colin Spector. So the bad news is it's not a new Keira performance, although most people have not seen New Year's Eve, which brings me onto the good news - this compilation is already available on DVD ! It was spotted in a Wal-Mart bargain bin in the US over the weekend, despite it not appearing on Amazon or anywhere else. The synopsis on the back of the DVD reads: "In the spirit of The Twilight Zone, Stories of Lost Souls is a hard hitting presentation of six short stories of conquest, desperation and perseverance featuring remarkable performances by an all star cast. Confronted with tragic and mysterious circumstances, six varying personalities from different walks of life must come to terms with the bizarre twists their lives have taken. From an abusive alcoholic husband (Gandolfini) to a seductive temptress at a New Year’s Eve party (Knightley) to debonair swindler (Bettany), all of the characters share one common element – the desperation for redemption felt by all those who live in the realm of Lost Souls." So there we have it - no new Keira performance, but still one most fans would never be able to see. I suggest a trip to your local Wal-Mart is in order! Huge thanks to Michael Warnke for this information. Some background on New Year's Eve: British film director Colin Spector shot this debut 16-minute film with £20,000 of his own money and all the actors who took part were paid no fee. The movie itself was shot on what is now regarded as 'old-fashioned' 35mm celluloid. In this social-observation cum comedy, Keira plays Leah, a 15-year old seductress at a less-than-swinging party on New Year's Eve, at which people from different backgrounds and with different outlooks on life start to mingle. Co-stars included Stephen Mangan and Philip Herbert. It premiered at the London Film Festival on November 18th 2002 and was entered into the Sky Shorts film contest, organised by Sky Movies in the UK. This allowed several broadcasts of the film on the Sky Movies network in early 2003. Keira's on-screen time totals only about 5 minutes of the 16 minute film. May 29th The Jacket climbed one place to No.7 last weekend in the UK, taking a further £121,000. UK cumulative now stands at £411,290. Not a bad move in the face of Anakin and co. Scotland's Sunday Mail newspaper has picked up on the Domino reshoots but has linked it to the arrest of the real Domino Harvey. This has not been announced elsewhere as the reason for the reshoots. The article states the ending has had to be changed to reflect Miss Harvey's current situation, but the story only follows her life very loosely anyway, so it may be a case of linking two unconnected events purely to make a story out of it. That wouldn't be the first time. May 27th Here is the Keira/Orlando Good Morning America appearance. Part 1 - Part 2 (both 4.5Mb) Credit: OrlandoLove. And here is a brand new, albeit six second, peek at Pride and Prejudice. Taken from a promo video for Focus Features, the US distributor of the movie. Choose from a 1.1Mb mpeg or a 260kb WMV. I've made some screencaps here: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 And some more official stills are out now, too. There'll be a P & P page up as soon as the hype machine gets rolling in earnest. May 26th Marilynka has a nice selection of screen caps from yesterday's Orlando and Keira appearance on ABC's Good Morning America. Dig the hat ! May 25th The Cannes poster for Stories of Lost Souls was snapped here. It shows Keira apparently around the time of Love Actually (late 2002), if her hair is anything to go by. Another synopsis I found reads: "What defies expectations leads to the unpredictable...Six short stories of conquest, desperation and the will to overcome." Curiouser and curiouser! Keira and Orlando appeared on one of the US breakfast shows Wednesday - possibly GMA or the Early Show - keep an eye out for repeats ! The reworked poster for the US release of Pure can be seen here - with Keira now bumped up to first credit, natch. May 24th NEW PERFORMANCE !!! Less than a month since KeiraWeb told you about Villette (see April 28th news below) and her second Lux commercial (May 6th news), another totally-unknown Keira performance has come to light. But this time it's a movie ! Stories of Lost Souls. A 90-minute movie described as 'six stories of lonely souls in unexpected situations' and 'frantic individuals discover to what extremes they will go to resolve desperate circumstances'. The film co-stars Josh Hartnett, Paul Bettany, Illeana Douglas, Cate Blanchett, James Gandolfini and Hugh Jackman. It was filmed (possibly) in early 2004 and released through America Video, a company based in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Keira's screen time and number of scenes is not yet known. With a cast like that, it is to be hoped it will get at least a limited theatrical release. It premiered at the American Film Market in November 2004, and has recently been shown at the Cannes Film Festival. Article. Little else is known at present. More if I find anything !   May 23rd More date changes for your diary: The expected April limited release of Pure across North America by Indican Pictures never materialised. It will now be screened from June 10th. Check your area listings, not necessarily your local theatre. Domino's postponement (see below) may be due to reshoots. A resident living near to where quite a few scenes were shot in October says equipment is being brought back into the area (in LA) which would indicate a reshoot for one reason or another. Thanks to Bailey for the info. The Archive opposite only has a new video this week, but it's a biggie - her entire appearance on David Letterman last June. It's 17 Meg but it's worth it. May 22nd Domino has been pushed back to a November 4th release in the US. The web sites of the distributor New Line, BoxOfficeMojo.com and IMDb all now list the new date. Strangely, the UK date is still August 19th. So the next Keira movie to hit Stateside may well be Pride and Prejudice, which is still down for mid-to-late September. ContactMusic.com is reporting that Keira is close to purchasing a property in LA and that she will be 'moving to Hollywood to live'. While it's no surprise that Keira needs a place to call home over there as Hollywood increasingly becomes her 'place of work', it's unfair to say she's quitting the UK completely. She has family, friends and barely-lived in property over here, which I doubt she would leave behind, especially as she has said many times that she couldn't possibly do that.  Two things: ContactMusic.com never (or very rarely) quote a source for their information, which renders any of their articles (including this one) doubtful until verified. Also, get ready for the hypocritical British tabloid 'Keira quits Britain for Tinseltown' headlines, digging out old quotes where she contradicts such possiblilities. ScreenDaily (a reputable source of information, unlike the above) states that Pride and Prejudice may get its premiere at the Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy which runs from August 31st to September 10th this year. The UK release of the movie has now been pulled forward to September 16th. May 21st The Daily Mirror interview from Friday is here. It was accompanied by a few new photos which I'd not seen before, apparently from a Jacket promotional photo set. Keira still has her long dark hair, so they must have been taken at the time of filming early last year. If anyone can point to this set online, please do. You'll note in the interview the media's small capacity for distinguishing between two films, as it mentions the 'Keira body double' story as pertaining to The Jacket, instead of Domino. Honestly, why do they bother if they can't get basic facts correct ? May 19th How's this for free movie publicity? - Domino Harvey, the bounty hunter on which Keira's next movie is loosely based, is in prison in Los Angeles awaiting trial for possession of amphetamines with intent to distribute! Read the full story here. The trial may possibly affect the August 19th release date. Watch this space. Keira will be featured in Friday's Daily Mirror movie supplement The Ticket. Are you a Su-Doku addict ? Never heard of it ? You will do very shortly. It's the simple-looking but fiendishly difficult logic puzzle which is set to do for the brain in this century what the Rubik's Cube did last century - and KeiraWeb has the very first Keira Knightley Su-Doku for you all to pull your hair out over.  Click here - but be warned, it's addictive! May 18th The Jacket debuted at No.8 in the UK Box Office today, taking only £176,000 across 100 screens. A 'wide release' in the UK is 420 screens, but it's still a pretty poor turnout for what could be Keira's 'Gigli'. The OK! magazine interview is now online. In the week The Jacket is released in the UK, what's the interview all about? Yep, Domino. May 17th OK, hands up who thought Natalie's hair would ever be shorter than Keira's ? I keep singing Sinead O' Connor's 'Nothing Compares 2U' when I see it :-) Keira is interviewed in this week's OK! magazine in the UK (issue 469). Scans are online now, interview tomorrow. Want to know what Keira listens to? Here's a list, posted at KKW. New Archive material up, opposite. May 14th Love Actually is being re-released on Region 2 (Europe) DVD on June 20th. No new extras. Sky Movies News featured The Jacket in its current show: 1.1Mb May 12th Here's a Jacket audio review from BBC Radio 1. Click here then skip 15mins in. Thanks: Louise. More UK reviews: ioFilm - The Scotsman - Channel 4 May 11th Here's the first couple of Jacket reviews. There seems to be more press about Domino at the moment: Islington Gazette - Sky Movies Talking of Domino, the official site is in place, though there's not much online yet, except confirmation that it will be an R rating in the US. May 10th Keira is No.53 in US Maxim's 'Hot 100' women poll. Press release. I've added Keira's biography to the site. I wrote it for IMDb and never thought to add it to my own site ! Doh ! May 9th The UK premiere of The Jacket slipped by without notice tonight - just like the film is about to, I fear. Keira attended the screening at the Rex cinema in London's Soho with her mother, director John Maybury and actor Daniel Craig. At least some photographers turned up - see some pics here, and a couple of soundbites here. New Archive material up - see opposite column. May 8th Today's Sunday Times magazine Style has a new interview. May 6th Guess who ? Yes, it's Dame Keira. Seriously. She has recorded a brand new TV commercial - her second - for Lux Styling mousse, for broadcast on Japanese TV. Called 'Timeless Princess' and promoting the Lux Super Styling product, it was recorded earlier this year in Los Angeles. This follows her first ad for the company 'Ready To Go', which promoted the original Lux Styling back in 2003. The new ad does not yet appear to be online, but it will turn up on this page when it does. Thanks to Emma for the heads-up. Keira pre-recorded an interview for today's Steve Wright In The Afternoon show on BBC Radio 2 here in the UK. To listen, click here, then click Listen Again > Steve Wright Show > Friday and fast forward the audio stream to 2hrs 20mins in. She talks about The Jacket and about her brother who sometimes works as producer on that very radio show. She also says her brother lives with her - now that's one we haven't heard before. Thanks to Rachey. May 5th Keira is on the cover of, and is interviewed inside, the June issue of Marie Claire magazine. Scans are up on the Magazines page. KeiraWeb has the honour of being the very first 'Site of the Month' at VisionsOfAlexis. Cheers Anna ! In case you're wondering where the middle column has gone, most of it was the Production Update section which is now on its own page. Updates were few and far between and will remain so for this year, so I didn't see a place for it on the homepage. It's up there on the Contents menu if you need it. We shouldn't expect details of Keira's next project until September at the earliest. May 4th MTV UK's film review show Screenplay has a peek at Domino in this week's show: 1.6Mb With Scotland abuzz ahead of The Jacket's UK release (a large part of it was filmed there), Scotland's Sunday Post newspaper had Keira on the cover of their PostPlus supplement this month, with this feature inside. Keira has again been snapped in London with Jamie, presumably yesterday. Perhaps she's here for The Jacket premiere - she's the only one who knows about it if she is! As reported earlier, you can now listen to Part 1 of Villette at the BBC7 web site archive here. Keira's main dialogue in this first part is within the first ten minutes. Towards the end of the programme she plays another role, Fleur, in a scene during a school French lesson. Part 2 is broadcast today and Part 3 on Thursday. May 2nd A few more morsels about Pirates from this Orlando interview with Empire. A few Jacket promos: - BBC Radio 4's The Film Programme talks to John Maybury on Saturday 7th at 5.30pm.  - Irish viewers with RTE1 can see a guest panel discuss the movie on The View, Tuesday 10th at 11.20pm.  - STC (The Soundtrack Channel) is currently showing the full trailer in its 'First Look' programme - Sky channel 241. General promos are a bit thin on the ground. Let's hope they take off next week, before the movie disappears in the wake of Star Wars a week later. April 29th The UK Jacket promotions kick off on May 10th with ITV3's movie show Film File featuring a segment, presumably with clips and interviews. See the TV Guide for times. Can anybody who wrote to Keira at the above address and have received a reply please let me know, as I want to know if it works and to reassure everyone else that it's still the address to use. Thanks. French pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet has composed the score for Pride and Prejudice, according to this interview. Domino makes the Top 25 big films of the summer in Box Office Prophets' new poll. April 28th KeiraWeb is pleased to announce the existence of a previously-unknown performance by Keira from 1999. It is a version of Charlotte Bronte's novel Villette, recorded and broadcast by BBC Radio 4, in which Keira played the character of Polly, known later in the story by her proper name of Paulina. The BBC's digital radio station for classic drama and comedy, BBC7, is repeating the serial in three parts next week, at the times listed at the link below. The main characters of the novel are played by Catherine McCormack and Joseph Fiennes. BBC7 have confirmed to me via email Keira's performance in this dramatisation. Keira was 14 years old in 1999 and it was the year she played Rose Fleming in another literary classic, Oliver Twist.  Each part of the serial is being broadcast at 10am next Tuesday to Thursday, with repeats at 9pm and 2am. Complete listings are available here. Times are BST, so EDT is -5 hours, PDT is -8 hours. UK listeners can access BBC7 via DAB digital radio, Sky channel 881, Freeview channel 78, NTL channel 866 or Telewest channel 910. Outside the UK you can listen live online here. The broadcast may also be archived here. The dramatisation is also available to buy from the BBC Radio Collection here. A synopsis of Villette is available here. April 26th The British film industry is launching its own magazine at the end of this month, and guess who's gracing the cover of the very first issue, exemplifying all that's good and getting better about British film talent? Click here to confirm your suspicions. Disney are planning a Pirates of the Caribbean online role-play game to coincide with the promotions of Pirates DMC next summer. More here. April 25th The design of the US DVD of The Jacket can be seen here. New Archive contents in the right-hand column. Keira is No.4 on the list of Martini King and Queen of the 21st Century, according to a press release today. "The public were invited to select a modern man and woman who they think epitomise old fashioned vodka martini-era glamour based on icons such as Brigitte Bardot, Marilyn Monroe and Audrey Hepburn." April 22nd BBC3 have today broadcast their annual Essential Top 50, listing all the things to watch in the worlds of entertainment, music, books, places to be seen in etc. Last year, Keira was at No. 39. This year she is at No.10. You can still view last year's profile here (1.4Mb). This year, she shares tenth place with Orlando Bloom. See it here (1.4Mb). April 21st Empire reports Keira's Love Actually co-star Bil Nighy will play the baddest of the bad: Davy Jones himself in the Pirates sequel. Keira is No.18 in this year's FHM UK's Sexiest Women poll. Here are some pics of the newly-built Black Pearl, prior to its sailing to the Caribbean for filming (bandwidth may be exceeded). Keira's beau Jamie Dornan is becoming a BIG personality - at least on posters like this one snapped in Houston. April 20th Another day, another part of Keira's anatomy is under the media microscope. Today children, we're taking a look at her nipples. Oh, purr-lease!  The text says she's after more property, even though she's hardly lived in the one she's got. But why have one 'den of iniquity' when you can afford two ? ;-) Keira's return to St. Vincent makes her the cover girl of Caribbean World magazine. Thanks to Cassie. And the interview in the current issue of Heat magazine is now online. See the Magazines page. People magazine have one of the Portobello Road pics, too. April 19th Tom Hollander, who stars with Keira in Pride and Prejudice, has won a villainous role in both Pirates sequels, according to comingsoon.net. Here's a couple of media pick-ups from an AlphaPress gallery of Keira and Jamie in London's Portobello Road: The Sun and Hello! April 18th According to my statistics, there seems to be an enormous number of people coming to KeiraWeb looking for the picture of the real Domino Harvey, so here it is. I've also added a search engine to the middle column which searches the entire site. I hope you'll find it useful. BVG announce details already of their Pirates DMC tie-in computer game. Press release. Off-topic-ish: UK Natalie Portman fans may like to know the premiere for Star Wars Episode III will be on May 16th, and Johnny Depp fans can catch Johnny at the premiere of Charlie & The Chocolate Factory on July 17th. Both in Leicester Square, London. I'm not saying either will attend of course, but it's more than likely. If anyone can provide good scans of recent UK mags featuring Keira, I would be most grateful and will give you credit. I just don't have time to go to the shops lately! Mucho grassy arse. April 16th FilmReview magazine puts Keira at No.2 in its list of 'bankable stars', after Orlando Bloom. The Jacket DVD debuts in North America on June 28th. JoBlo.com says it will feature just the usual documentary and deleted scenes. Novelist Deborah Moggach will be giving a masterclass on her adaptation of the screenplay for 'Pride & Prejudice' on June 3rd and 5th at the Hay Literary Festival this year. She also told me earlier this week she has still not heard of any developments regarding the movie of her novel Tulip Fever, which was to star Keira and Jude Law. The Guardian has a profile of the chairmen of Working Title Films, with a few mentions of Pride & Prejudice. And The London Evening Standard had an interview with Keira's Mr. Darcy, Matthew MacFadyen this week. There's a review of a rough-cut screening of Domino at richard-kelly.net. April 14th June 21st is the provisional North American release date for The Jacket DVD. April 12th The BBFC states The Jacket will receive a '15' certificate when it opens in the UK on May 13th. This page of their database also features details of two trailers, one suitable for showing before '12A' films, and a longer one suitable only for showing before '15' films. A very interesting technical article on the making of the 'hallucinatory sequences' for The Jacket. Thanks to Ian Failes. April 11th New Archive content in the right-hand column. New pics from the Pirates set here, complete with captions suggesting they may be officially endorsed. April 9th Here's another capture from Keira's 1995 appearance on The Bill, which is currently being used to promote 'They Started On Soaps', reported on April 5th below. I personally think she has the looks of a young Jodie Foster in that shot. DarkHorizons has an Orlando Bloom interview with a few more facts about the current Pirates shoots. April 8th The Internet Movie Database have accepted and published my vastly-expanded biography of Keira Knightley on its database. Some of the hyperlinks haven't come across properly and I've submitted the corrections, but you can read it now here. It appears below the shorter biography written - incredibly - by my good friend Leanne a few years before we'd even met! Spooky - talk about a small world! Keira is interviewed in the special 'British Film Elite' issue (no.57, May) of FilmReview magazine, and probably a few more in the run-up to the May 13th release of The Jacket. Thanks to Tom at FilmReview magazine for the press release. Today's Variety confirms New Line have moved Domino to an August 19th North American release. The Sun publishes some more of the Pirates DMC training pics today. April 7th Some swashbuckling is called for from Elizabeth Swann in one of the Pirates sequels, as this training photo shows. Thanks to Vini. April 6th Here is the latest pic everyone is talking about - Keira in a bikini, relaxing with Jamie on the St. Vincent & Grenadines Islands. No doubt the photographers were annoyed she kept it on. April 5th American viewers with access to SoapNet can see Keira's early role in The Bill on 'They Started On Soaps', premiering this Thursday. More info here. View The Bill performance at KeiraWeb here. Thanks to Kiera for the info.   April 4th American viewers can catch the TV premiere of The Hole throughout April on Showtime, Showtime 2 and Starz 2, while Bend it Like Beckham returns to the HBO network. Complete listings here. New Line's Domino synopsis page now states August 19th for its US release. Keira's mum insists her daughter's public outgoing personality is in complete contrast to her natural introversion - she'd rather read a book than go out, according to this interview. No indication of the source for these comments, which is never a good sign for their reliability. April 3rd Today's Sunday Mirror has a 'new' interview with Keira. If you've been keeping up with the last month's worth of interview links and video clips at KeiraWeb, you'll read nothing new in it. Should really have been published closer to The Jacket's release date, but that's Sunday tabloids for you. April 2nd I hope you're all recovering well from your April Fool's Day heart attacks! Anyway, in an effort to rebuild my reputation for truthful, accurate reporting I promise not to do that again. Until next April 1st. Back to business. The UK release of the The Jacket is confirmed as May 13th, as the official UK site is now online. Domino producers New Line have replaced the previously precise August 12th release date with just 'summer 2005'. Perhaps they're pulling it forward to the 'big July weekend' ? If not, this will be the only summer out of five consecutive years that Keira won't have a July weekend release: 2003 Pirates, 2004 King Arthur, 2006 Pirates DMC, 2007 Pirates 3. March 31st Jack Davenport gives little away about the Pirates sequels in this chat with Empire magazine, other than filming will wrap next January. March 29th Bit of a catch-up time - I've been busy working on another web site (I know, as if four isn't enough). A Domino teaser is now online here, and there's a new still here. Some listings now state May for the limited theatrical release of Pure across the US. Many sources still say early April, so check your local listings. Keira is in the April issue of Sci Fi magazine (US edition). Thanks to Jennifer. Archive section updated (right-hand column). March 27th While it's true that Keira is not in the Top 10 FHM 100 Sexiest Babes, she's not far away - she's in at No.11 !! Top 25. March 26th On behalf of all visitors to KeiraWeb.com I'd like to wish Dame Keira Knightley a very happy 20th birthday today. Not that she visits this site, but you never know :-) Keira fan and KeiraWeb visitor Jonno Hardy has made this nice video tribute from clips I've posted over the last year or so. It's a good tribute to the success of the site and the enjoyment people get out of it, as well as a cool homage to the lady herself. 3Mb. March 25th Keira flew back into London yesterday, perhaps to see out her teenage years at home with family and friends. Keira turns the grand old age of 20 on Saturday. Sharman speaks more about daughter Keira in an interview here. Keira is in the FHM 100 Sexiest Women poll again, but not in the Top10. Exact placing to be advised. UK Easter viewers can enjoy Pirates and the behind-the-scenes documentary on Disney, King Arthur on Sky Box Office, The Hole on FilmFour and the terrestrial premiere of Thunderpants on Channel 4 Easter Monday. TV Guide. Today's Variety previews Domino's competition on its North American release date of August 12th: Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo (Rob Schneider) Skeleton Key: (Kate Hudson) Dark Water: (Jennifer Connelly) Four Brothers (Mark Wahlberg) March 22nd Here is the Doctor Zhivago blooper from ITV1's Alright On The Night All-Star Special. 1.4Mb Keira helped to raise $11,200 for a gift bag signed by herself and other celebrities at Sundance, the proceeds of which went to the Asian tsunami disaster relief fund. Press release. Mena Suvari talks about her role in Domino in this interview. March 21st Disney are to enter their own boat in the Volvo Ocean Race round the world yacht race to promote Pirates of the Caribbean 2. Some news sources are reporting that Keira, Orlando and Johnny will help man the boat on various in-port - ie. press photo opportunity - legs of the race (Keira's leg will be around the UK, Orlando in the Southern Ocean and Johnny in the Americas). This remains to be confirmed, but the boat promoting the film is confirmed. Reuters says the organisers are hoping to persuade the cast to take part. Official press release. Apparent artwork for Pirates 2 can also be seen at this link. March 18th Regular contributor and now Pirates 2 extra Diane Rooney has submitted an article on the two days she recently spent on the set of Dead Man's Chest in LA. Read it here. March 17th Ahead of its London debut, Keira's mum talks about her new play and life with Keira in an interview in today's Guardian. There's a gallery of captures from Keira's scenes in The Jacket here. Thanks to Jasmine. March 16th The scans from April's Elle magazine are now on the Magazines page. Photos are by Gilles Bensimon, and were taken in a townhouse in Paris, France. March 15th New Archive contents - see right-hand column. Here's a behind-the-scenes look at Domino, from ITV1's late-night show Entertainment Now!: 1.6Mb The BBC's movie review show Film2005 had a quick preview for UK viewers of The Jacket (out May 13th provisionally) and a brief interview with Keira: 2Mb Pride & Prejudice will be released on September 23rd in North America. Richard-Kelly.net have uncovered the source for the Domino captures, now in this gallery. It is from a 'promo reel' of rough cuts put together by producer Samuel Hadida to help secure international distribution for the movie. The full collection of images can be viewed in a slideshow here. An official trailer is due April 1st. ITV1 in the UK are repeating the outtakes show Alright On The Night All-Star Special on Tuesday 22nd at 8pm. At the very end of this show is an outtake from Doctor Zhivago where Keira and Sam Neill are together in a carriage. It's the only behind-the-scenes footage you're ever likely to see, unless they repeat The South Bank Show documentary from the set (which is unlikely). Bookmark the TV Guide if you need reminding. The only talk show booking for The Jacket stars so far is Adrien Brody who will be a guest on The Ellen Degeneres Show this Friday 18th. March 14th Here is a gallery of DVD captures from a 'promo reel' of rough cuts from Domino. The reel was used to help secure the movie's foreign distribution. Thanks to the original capper, whoever that is, and to Richard-Kelly.net for uncovering the source. Gallery. Here's a scan from the Sunday Mirror of Keira shopping in LA, with model Helena Christensen and a 'mystery man', probably a bodyguard or one of the stars' PAs. March 13th The Jacket has fallen to an estimated No.13 in its second week, taking a further $1.325m. Final figures out Monday. Kate Winslet has beaten Keira to the Best Actress award at the Empire Film Awards in London tonight. March 12th Here is Keira's entire appearances on 'When Johnny Met Keira', from BBC Comic Relief night, Friday March 11th. This is perhaps the first time most of her fans have seen her just being her. She's witty, relaxed and natural in straight-to-camera presenting. As Keira says throughout the clips, please make a donation to Comic Relief if you can. Hit the chad over there in the top right-hand corner. - First is a quick trailer with footage not shown in the programme itself: 400kb - And here are all the scenes edited together, minus the TV show clips. These files contain some strong language and adult themes: Part 1 - 6.9Mb - Part 2 - 5.6Mb - Part 3 - 5.6Mb UK viewers can catch the Empire Film Awards on Five, at 10.55pm this Tuesday 15th. Hosted by Johnny Vaughan. Unlikely Keira will be present, unless she is 'informed' (in the way winners usually are) that she has won the Best Actress award. Final figures for The Jacket's debut week are now in. The movie is still placed at No.10 in the US Box Office, but the $2.7m estimate is now a $3.65m actual.   March 10th Disney have advised me of the appropriate address to write to Keira while she is filming Pirates 2: Keira Knightley - Pirates Of The Caribbean, Walt Disney Fan Mail 500 S. Buena Vista Street Burbank, CA 91521-5064 Here's Keira and Johnny Vaughan in a publicity still from their show 'When Johnny Met Keira', being broadcast tomorrow night at the end of the Comic Relief telethon on BBC1. March 9th The Elle magazine shoot seems to have brought out the punk in Keira, as these preview pics show. The US edition has a Keira cover while the UK gets a Beyonce cover with the photoshoot inside. Larger stationers such as WHSmiths should have the US edition in eventually. March 8th Keira was due to perform a live sketch for Comic Relief on Friday's telethon, but has had to pull out due to filming of Pirates in LA. She would have been the damsel in distress saved by 'Spider Plant Man', played by Rowan Atkinson. The sketch also stars Rowan's Blackadder co-star Tony Robinson and Shaun of the Dead star Simon Pegg. The damsel will now be played by ex-S Club 7 star Rachel Stevens. Meanwhile, When Johnny Met Keira may be back in its originally-billed slot of 1.30am. Matchsticks for the eyes, anybody? There's new stuff in the Archive if you haven't seen it already - see right column. March 7th The Sun continues its coverage of celebrity reports for Comic Relief with an article about Keira's visit to Ethiopia last year. Read it here. The Jacket's director John Maybury has a go at just about everything in Hollywood, including the marketing of The Jacket. Interview here. Keira is nominated for Best British Actress at this year's Empire Magazine Film Awards, which takes place on March 13th. March 6th The Jacket has debuted at No.10 in the US box office, according to preliminary figures. That's $2.7m across 1,331 screens - a limited release. Triple that (roughly) for a wide release, and it would have come in at No.5. Not bad for an 'indie' film. I know they say Keira is a 'bankable star', but this is ridiculous. March 4th Filming, or at least dress rehearsals, of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest is now underway in Los Angeles as these spy snaps show. Many of the people on the ground seem to be looking curiously at the photographer so I'm guessing he shouldn't be there or is at least unwelcome (which paparazzi aren't ?!), and the scene apparently shows a wedding ceremony, possibly Elizabeth and Will's ? Keira still has her short hair, which suggests a dress rehearsal only. The special edition of the POTC DVD (the one with the 'Lost Disc') is finally coming out on Region 2 (UK and Europe) on April 25th. You can pre-order it from the Store. I can now confirm that 'When Johnny Met Keira' is indeed the rumoured raunchy bed antics from KK and Johnny Vaughan, and written by Richard Curtis. It's a 90-minute countdown of some of the best comedy clips from both sides of the Atlantic. It is now billed at 1am on the morning of Saturday 12th, half an hour earlier than originally scheduled. Keira had two movies in the Top 10 VHS sales in the UK for 2004, with Love Actually at No.5 and Pirates at No.8. Keira will have a brand new photoshoot in the next edition of US Elle magazine, and is likely to be cover girl too. March 3rd Keira is interviewed in the current issue of US magazine StarLog. Part of the interview is here. (Thanks to Emily) March 2nd Here's last night's E! News segment from The Jacket premiere in LA - 1.3Mb Keep an eye on this page and this one for The Jacket reviews. March 1st The official premiere of The Jacket took place in Los Angeles Monday night at the Pacific Arclight Theater, with an after-show party at the nearby Falcon Club. Thumbs here. It slipped by almost unnoticed, much like the rest of the promotions for this movie. Compare this with the entire page I had for the King Arthur promotions. Next Monday's box office figures will make interesting reading for Warner Independent. February 27th More thumbs from Keira's weekend appearances in Hollywood. The first of no doubt several interviews to appear over the next week or so promoting The Jacket comes from the San Francisco Chronicle. February 26th 'When Johnny Met Keira' is a 95-minute comedy sketch compilation show to be broadcast as part of Comic Relief night, Friday March 11th on BBC1. I am awaiting confirmation that the Keira of the title is indeed of the Knightley tribe (I'm guessing TV presenter Johnny Vaughan, not Depp). If it is her, this will be the first time Keira will have tried her hand as a TV presenter. Billed as 'a late-night romp', it will air at 1.30am on the Saturday morning. Watch this space for confirmation soon. It's still quite likely that Keira, Richard Curtis and Andrew Lincoln's visit to Ethiopia will be featured earlier in the evening, and the 'Bedful of Celebrities' sketch may also have KK under the covers. Yahoo! Movies has some clips from The Jacket. Keira attended a party at the Soho House Oscar Village in West Hollywood on Wednesday, which presented the new range of footwear from Taryn Rose, a leading designer in the industry. Other attendees included Vivica Fox and Selma Blair. Some thumbnails here. Keira was in Hollywood to promote The Jacket last week, so look out for some interviews on the entertainment shows this coming week. February 25th August 12th will be the release date of Domino in North America, according to the  distributor's web site. This is still only provisional, but it's the first date from an 'official' source since the April rumours. .  Above left is the provisional artwork styling for Domino, from the distributors' site. As you can see, this is the first movie in which Keira's name alone will apparently sell the movie. However, compare this design with the one on the right, seen next to Keira during the interview segment of the clip I posted a couple of days ago. This appears to show the Stratosphere Tower as the letter 'i', the building in Las Vegas in which the climactic scenes of Domino take place. Which is correct? Either way, you saw them here first !! August may also be the date for Pride and Prejudice, if the December 13th DVD date at SendIt.com is anything to go by. Provisional to say the least. Uber movie critic Leonard Maltin had Keira on his mind in an article about the rise of middle-aged actresses today: "When you think of great female talent, there's got to be someone other than 19-year-old Keira Knightley on the horizon. She's good, but she's a kid. Now and then you need a mature woman in the part." February 24th A brief clip from the Domino press call interviews. Not sure when this was filmed but we see the movie's logo for the first time and some new footage. This is from BBC Liquid News, which is only quarter-screen size, hence the poor quality. 1.2Mb. February 23rd Music news: Pirates soundtrack composer Hans Zimmer is back on board for both sequels' soundtracks, according to this report, and Harry Gregson-Williams will continue his partnership composing for Tony Scott movies with the soundtrack for Domino. Here's the text of the Talking Movies interview (see Feb 20th news below), and a choice of formats to view the interview, and here is the review of The Jacket. February 21st Good news for U.S. fans! You won't have three Keira movies to see this year (Jacket, Domino, Pride) - you'll have four. Indican Pictures have secured a limited release of the 2002 movie Pure, showing in theatres from April 8th. Some sources say April 1st so check your local listings. It's likely it will be rated R, as there's heavy depiction of drug-taking (including by KK herself) and some strong language - but I hope those people who say Keira can't act will go to see this movie, as I think she's superb in it. See it if you can. Here is Indican's site feature, and here is the KeiraWeb DVD captures gallery. Keira did indeed attend the Edinburgh premiere of mum Sharman Macdonald's new play The Girl With Red Hair on Saturday. Some BigPictures snaps here, here, here and here. Fresh goodies are up for your delectation in From The Archive (top right of this page). February 20th With less than two weeks to go before The Jacket opens in North America, there has been noticeably little promotion, except for the screenings at Sundance. All the more surprising, then, that the first detailed TV review, coupled with a very interesting interview with Keira, should come from the BBC - the movie does not open in the UK until May 13th. This week's Talking Movies (showing throughout the week on BBC World), devoted the first 15 minutes of its 25 minute show to The Jacket, including footage not in the trailer and featuring talks with Adrien Brody and Jennifer Jason Leigh. Never one to ask the 'usual' questions at interviews, presenter Tom Brook is frank and critical in his questioning of Keira, but her immediate and insightful responses prove - more so than in previous interviews - that she has incredible intelligence and extraordinary professional acumen. Large files, but worth it. Enjoy. BBC Talking Movies - The Jacket: Review 8Mb - Keira interview 10Mb Observer newspaper reporter David Keeps writes about his lunch with Keira and Adrien at Sundance. Keira did apparently attend the premiere of mum Sharman Macdonald's new play The Girl With Red Hair in Edinburgh on Saturday, according to this report. Pics and hopefully vids coming soon. February 18th King Arthur comes to Sky Box Office in the UK from 6th March, playing every 15 minutes. It starts this month, 28th, on other digital platforms such as Telewest. The Hole returns to FilmFour on 2nd March too. TV Guide. According to this report, Domino Harvey has rubbished the story about her being upset at the movie not portraying her as the lesbian she apparently was: "I'm not gay, and I couldn't be happier about the way Tony Scott is treating my story." What a surprise. Not. InTouch magazine readers have voted Keira a having the Best Abs in their celebrity fitness poll. Advance screenings of The Jacket are up for grabs if you live in Florida. Enter here. February 17th Keira made a very rare non-promotional appearance last night, attending the Moet et Chandon Fashion Tribute Award show in London at which her designer friend Matthew Williamson was honoured. Keira and the other celebrity females all wore Williamson dresses for the occasion. (Keira's pink coat in the Love Actually airport scene was also a Williamson creation). The event took place in London's East End at the Old Billingsgate Market - a former warehouse now refurbished as a conference venue. An after-show party, also attended by Keira and Jamie, was held at the Kabaret Prophecy nightclub in the Soho district of London's West End (about 2 blocks from Keira's flat). Some thumbnails here, here, here and stories here and here. And if you're relying on KeiraWeb to have some video of the bash, well voila! Here's a couple of news clips I grabbed earlier tonight: ITV London Tonight: 900kb Sky News: 500kb There's a press release here for The Girl With Red Hair, the brand new play by Keira's mum Sharman Macdonald, which premieres tomorrow in Edinburgh. This is from a Sean Biggerstaff fan site, who stars in the play (he played Oliver Wood in the Harry Potter movies). Interestingly, his acting debut was in the film The Winter Guest, also written by Sharman, and directed by Alan Rickman, who also stars in the Harry Potter movies! The book of the play will be published on April 7th. You can pre-order a copy here. Journalist Diane Rooney, whose article on the casting of the Pirates sequels was reproduced on KeiraWeb on December 17th, has now submitted another report from the day she attended a costume fitting for the films! You can read both articles (today's first) on this page. February 16th Animated-News reports that Keith Richards may not be in Pirates 2 after all, as he was asking for too much money. A new-design poster for The Jacket has appeared. February 15th More here on the Domino Harvey storyline 'anger', this time with her mother adding fuel to the fire and adding Domino wasn't consulted on the script and wants nothing to do with the film. However, insiders claim the real Domino not only WAS consulted on the script, but that she was visited by Keira during her research AND attended the movie's wrap party, AND that she even has a cameo in the film! Whatever the truth, all publicity is good publicity. Movie industry trade journal Variety has a lukewarm review of The Jacket, with its best praise reserved for Keira: "...Sticking to a game plan that served him well for his Oscar-winning role in "The Pianist," Brody journeys through "The Jacket" with a look of shock and awe on his face, while most of the rest of pic's stellar cast have similarly been given one note to play. Among the principals, only Knightley, doing a spot-on American accent and projecting sensitivity and warmth beneath her steely exterior, seems to be playing a character with an inner life...." A new interview with Sharman hints that she MAY have at least the idea for a play to feature Keira treading the boards for the first time. Performance details for Sharman's new play 'The Girl With Red Hair' are as follows: Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh from Saturday until March 12, Hampstead Theatre, London NW3, March 23-April 16. Moviehole reports Jack Davenport will be returning as Commodore Norrington in Pirates 2. February 14th Residents of Dominica are angry at the Pirates sequels' storyline for portraying their ancestors as cannibals. Article. February 13th Domino Harvey is allegedly angry at her portrayal as a heterosexual in Keira's movie Domino, when she has in fact been a lesbian for many years. Article. The final sentence about the publicity seems strange, as there has been hardly any so far. U.S. people with Comcast HDTV can go to Free Movies > Sundance > Festival Daily 1/24 to see an interview with The Jacket cast. Entertainment Weekly have a profile of The Jacket. Thanks to Caitlin for the link, February 11th Los Angeles residents can see preview screenings of The Jacket at the following times and venues: Wednesday, February 23 at 4:00pm at the Raleigh Studios, Pickford and 7:30pm at the Interactive Corp , 8800 Sunset Blvd. Check out the 'RND05' video at the Comic Relief media page. There's a preview of the 'Bedful of Celebrities' sketch, which may be the one the press were referring to as starring Keira (see Feb 2nd news below). No sign of her in this clip, but it looks like a long sketch. Only four weeks left to find out. Pride And Prejudice has been voted 'most romantic novel of all time' in a new poll by the Romantic Novelists' Association. Meanwhile here's a very positive review of a pre-screening of the movie. Men from the English Midlands (where I live) vote Keira 'sexiest woman' in a new survey. February 9th