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December 31st

The KeiraWeb Review of 2005 is now online.

You can vote now in the Empire Magazine Movie Awards. Keira has twice been nominated for Best Actress in these awards, so it does make a difference. Registration is required.
In the new issue of Empire Keira is No.142 in their survey of '200 things that rocked our world'.
Thanks Jess

Keira is one of the BBC's Faces of 2005.

This list gives March 14th as the North American release date of the P&P DVD, and May 9th for Pure. Meanwhile the BBFC has running times for some of the P&P DVD bonus material.

Here's some New Year light relief: Ken & Barbie do Pirates of the Caribbean.

December 30th

More mentions for Pride & Prejudice in End of Year Top 10s and reviews:
USA Today: Mike Clarke, Claudia Puig - Entertainment Weekly - FoxNews - Roger Ebert - Mr. Skin

The BBC holds Keira as "hot competition" in an Oscar race article.

Vote for Keira in Hello!'s Most Attractive Woman poll.

Keira hs been voted "most likely to succeed" in Parade magazine's Fantasy Celebrity 'Survivor' poll.

December 29th

With the promotional frenzy now over for Domino and P&P in the UK and US, it's easy to forget that the movies are still to open in quite a few countries. Domino opens in Germany, Hungary and Austria today, with Iceland, Israel and the Czech Republic in January. Pride & Prejudice has still to open in a dozen countries in January and TWO dozen more in February ! It would be great to see P&P top $100m worldwide (latest figure $75m) so check the revised release dates on the promo pages (see links above right) and go to see the movies if you can.

December 28th

Next week sees the nominations for the SAGs, the Screen Actors' Guild Awards. Keira attended a SAG screening of P&P on August 28th following which she conducted a friendly Q&A session. Last year's SAG Best Actress winner Hilary Swank went on to repeat the win at the Oscars. Also next week are the nominations of the Writers Guild, Directors Guild and Producers Guild awards.

The Disney site says filming has resumed on Pirates DMC.

December 27th

As I reported on December 4th, the Daily Mirror have named Keira Actress of the Year in their 3am gossip column. All their winners were pictured in today's paper, and will be in the Scrapbook section soon.
Meanwhile you can read the text here.

December 26th

Plenty of End Of Year Best Movies reviews coming in now, with quite a few mentions for Pride & Prejudice. Here's a sample:
Jam! Canada - Lansing State Journal - Glasgow Herald - Arkansas Democrat - Dallas Star-Telegram - Boston Globe - E! Online

Keira's house-hunting friendhas been identified as either her P&P co-star Rupert Friend (Mr. Wickham) or Goblet of Fire star Robert Pattinson. You decide.
Thanks Marie, Elaine

December 24th

The KeiraWeb 2005 Christmas Quiz can be found on the Puzzles Page. See how much you remember ! I'll post the answers on January 1st. The Review of the Year will also be here on New Year's Day.

To all visitors to KeiraWeb.com, I hope you have a very Merry Christmas.

December 23rd

The name Keira continues to increase in popularity in the UK, rising to No.38 in the Top 100 list of baby names, up from last year's No.51.

Keira has been spotted visiting estate agencies in London with friends. The Sun assumes it's Keira who's looking for property - how they can conclude that from a few photos I've no idea - and go on to give a reason: the split with Jamie, even though the very same photographers have snapped both of them regularly over the last month or so. Hello! have more pics.

Further to yesterday's mention of the 100 Favourite Family Films, the Top 10 has now been revealed ahead of its broadcast tonight, and Pirates is at No.4, surprisingly.

December 22nd

The London Critics Awards nominations have only just hit the press, including Keira's nod for Best Actress, even though I reported on it six days ago (see below). The news about the Pirates DMC web site launch is also on the newswires today, first reported here on the 10th.
Not boasting, just saying :-)

In tonight's countdown of The 100 Favourite Family Movies Bend It Like Beckham ranked No.71 - see the segment on the right. Pirates will appear in the Top 50 in tomorrow's programme.

Pride & Prejudice made No.12 on the list of highest box office takings from UK cinemas this year. Article.

Site News: I have a ton of Keira pics from newspapers and snippets in magazines which I've never scanned in and put online, so I'm planning a new section called Scrapbook to put them all in. If Father Christmas brings you a shiny new scanner for Christmas please bear this in mind next time you turn the pages to find that familiar face staring back at you.

December 21st

Keira is No.8 on the aggregated StarMeter poll from IMDbPro. StarMeter ranks 70,000 people from the movie and TV industries based on page views of their filmographies by more than 30 million users. Keira is down from last year's No.4, but out of a list of 70,000, that's not too bad !
Thanks Laurie

December 20th

I have received an email today from Michael Pitt's manager to confirm that Michael will be playing the lead in Silk, Herve Joncour, opposite Keira. The director saw his performance in 'Last Days' and immediately offered him the part. Michael is said to be "thrilled" at landing the role and is looking forward immensely to working with Keira. Official confirmation of the casting of both roles is due to appear in Variety after the holidays.
Thanks Carolyn

The Asprey site has been redesigned to incorporate the latest photoshoot of Keira.

The March issue of Vanity Fair is due to be the Hollywood issue featuring nude photos of Keira, Scarlett and Rachel McAdams, photographed by Annie Liebovitz. Although nude shoots usually mean naked but with strategically-placed arms, hands or props, this photo shoot is rumoured to leave nothing to the imagination.

Daily News columnist Jami Bernard names P&P in her Top 10 movies of 2005.

ComingSoon.net again has props for Keira in its latest Oscar Watch column.

December 19th

NEW MOVIE

EXCLUSIVE: As revealed earlier tonight on the Newsletter, I can confirm, thanks to Keira's agent, that Keira WILL be starring in Silk, adapted from the novella by Alessandro Baricco. It is likely she will play silkworm trader Herve Joncour's wife Helene, as stated by the Daily Mail story which first mentioned the role last week. The movie will be directed by Francois Girard who has redrafted Baricco's original screenplay. Filming is set for mid 2006, inbetween Pirates DMC and final work on Pirates 3.

Read a synopsis of Silk here. There is a detailed analysis of the novel here (beware spoilers). Or you can buy the book from the Store.

History of Silk:
1996 Seta (Silk) by Alessandro Baricco published in Italy, instantly becoming a bestseller.
1997 Silk published in English, again becoming a bestseller despite being barely 100 pages long. It has since been translated into 27 languages.
29 Oct 1999 - Miramax options the novel for producer Domenico Procacci at Fandango Pictures. Baricco himself is writing the first draft of the screenplay.
01 Nov 1999 - John Madden interested in directing the movie, after his Oscar-winning Shakespeare In Love.
13 Mar 2005 - Director Francois Girard (The Red Violin) is now attached to the project as director, and has redrafted the screenplay. Co-production will come from Fandango, Niv Fichman and Nadine Luque.
16 Dec 2005 - Daily Mail announces Keira may be in the role of Helene with Michael Pitt (The Last Days, The Dreamers) possibly in the lead role of the husband Herve Joncour.
(sources: Bookdata, Variety, Daily Mail)
 

P&P forum Longbourn.net have a petition online for a Director's Cut of the movie to be released on DVD at some point in the future, following the initial release of the disc in February. You may sign the petition here.
Thanks Sandra Platt

KeiraSeduction has a nice gallery of pics from a photoshoot taken at the BIFAs on November 30th.

December 18th

This weekend starts the slow winding down of P&P at the US box office. It has been playing at its widest this last week, 1,335 cinemas, but the Saturday/Sunday figure is 1,141 screens. It has still taken over $1.5m again this weekend, making a new US total of just over $29m.

In an article regarding the promotion of Bob Nugent to Senior Vice President of E! Entertainment, today's Variety has this:
"His credits include overseeing casting of skeins "Filthy Rich" and "Party at the Palms" and securing Jessica Alba, Keira Knightley and Zach Braff, among others, as hosts for "Specials" and the "101 Entertainment Countdown" series."
This would suggest Keira has or will record a guest presenter slot on some kind of show - probably a countdown - for E! television. North American fans keep your eyes peeled, as UK shows on E! are usually a month or more behind.

December 16th

Keira has received another Best Actress nomination for Lizzie Bennet, this time closer to home from the London Film Critics. Joe Wright, Brenda, Ros and the movie itself feature prominently in the nominations. And no Reese Witherspoon in Keira's category this time ! Winners will be announced on February 8th.

Today's Daily Mail newspaper in the UK has an article stating, kind of, that Keira will play Helene in the movie version of Alessandro Baricco's short novel Silk. It tells of a married French silkworm trader who obsesses over a beautiful European woman he sees while in Japan. The article says Keira will play the man's wife (not the beautiful woman?). This role remains to be confirmed but what is certain is that the screenplay HAS been written and casting IS underway. Sometimes the press get wind of which scripts have been sent to which actors and tend to report it as a done deal for one actor when in fact they may be one of several actors on a shortlist. When it appears in Variety you can believe it. John Madden was once set to direct the movie (as he was Tulip Fever) but now Francois Girard is to direct.
More about the novel here.

December 15th

Keira has conducted her most unusual photoshoot yet - underwater in the Paddock Tank at London's Pinewood Studios. She is the first in a number of celebrities who will hold their breath in aid of charity. WaterAid aims to raise funds to ensure Third World countries have the most basic of human needs - clear, unpolluted running water.
I have posted some behind the scenes pics in this message at the KKW Forums, taken from this story in today's Sun newspaper, who is backing the campaign. You can donate to WaterAid here. The photoshoot was conducted on December 5th by underwater photography specialist Candice. WireImage has exclusive pics from the shoot. No doubt the high-res versions will appear online soon.
Keira will visit Tanzania next year to see how WaterAid's funding is helping to change the lives of so many people.

December 14th

Keira has won her first award this season. The New York Film Critics Online (NYFCO) awarded her Best Actress for Elizabeth Bennet in Pride & Prejudice. The winners were announced on December 11th. Meanwhile her WAFCA nomination for Best Actress - see December 9th news below - fell to Reese Witherspoon for Walk The Line.

The full set of pics by Tony Marsh, taken yesterday at the Soho Hotel in London to accompany the media's Golden Globe nomination coverage, can now be seen here in high-res. Many papers chose to use P&P UK or US prem pics though.

If you want to see The Kiss in slow motion (and if you've just arrived from another planet that's the Pride & Prejudice exclusive US ending scene), you can see it in extreme slow motion here.
Thanks Christina

December 13th

Keira has received a Best Actress nomination for her performance of Elizabeth Bennet in Pride & Prejudice at the Golden Globe Awards. The nominations were announced this morning at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles. Pride & Prejudice is also nominated for Best Motion Picture: Musical or Comedy.

Many congratulations to Keira, and I have sent an email to her via her agency on behalf of all of her fans and supporters.

Best Performance By An Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy:
Judi Dench - Mrs. Henderson Presents
Keira Knightley  - Pride & Prejudice
Laura Linney - The Squid and The Whale
Sarah Jessica Parker - The Family Stone
Reese Witherspoon - Walk The Line

You can watch the nominations announcement and UK news coverage here:

Nominations announcement:
E! News 800kb - Sky News 850kb

News reports (first three with Keira interviews):
Sky News 700kb - Five news 600kb - E! News 600kb - CBBC 600kb

Working Title have issued a press release regarding Keira's and the film's nomination.

Keira's reaction. More articles here, here, here and here.
A new set of photographs were taken for the press to accompany the story in tomorrow's papers.
 

Meanwhile, the announcement of Keira winning Best Actress at the New York Film Critics' Circle awards was jumping the gun after all (see 11th news below). The award actually went to Reese Witherspoon for Walk The Line.
Thanks Gemma

Pirates of the Caribbean premieres on Irish TV channel RTE1 on Christmas Day at 6.40pm. Last year RTE beat BBC1 to the terrestrial premiere of Bend It Like Beckham, which the Beeb showed just after New Year's Day. So it looks like Pirates might be the New Year blockbuster for BBC1 this year.

Keira is fourth in a poll to find who people want watching over them as Guardian Angel ! Sean Connery topped the poll, conducted by financial group AXA's British members.
Thanks Josh

December 12th

The Boston Society of Film Critics nominated Keira as Best Actress in their annual awards, but she lost out to Reese Witherspoon for Walk The Line. Fingers crossed for the Golden Globes nominations, which will be announced tomorrow.

UK Gossip mag Grazia have placed Keira at No.9 in their Best Dressed Women of 2005 poll. Kate Moss was voted No.1. The list is in this week's issue, out Tuesday.

Keira may - or may not - appear tastefully nude in a future issue of Vanity Fair magazine, along with Scarlett Johanssen and Rachel McAdams among others in their annual Young Hollywood edition. There's a bit of a story surrounding the shoot though, so you can believe it when you see it. Read all about it.

December 11th

Keira has apparently won Best Actress for Lizzie Bennet in the New York Film Critics' Circle Awards. Details here say she's won already, although according to their web site the winners will not be announced until tomorrow night.
Thanks Corey, Carolina

Another nomination for Keira as Best Actress has just been announced. The BFCA (Broadcast Film Critics Association) have nominated her in their Critics' Choice Awards. She will be up against Reece, Charlize, Dame Judi, Joan Allen and Felicity Huffman. Winners will be announced on January 9th. Article.

Pride & Prejudice falls only two places to No.8 in the US box office this weekend, despite Aslan & co. roaring to the top spot. The US tally of $26.4m now pushes the global figure over $69m.

Variety had an article on Keira in Friday's issue:
Having appeared in five films over the past two years, Keira Knightley might seem older than her 20 years -- but it's simply not the case. The British-born thesp already has 14 feature films to her credit, not including extensive television work, it's only the beginning of what looks like a lengthy career...
The full article can be read on the newsletter.

Do I take it that nobody States-side capped the Isaac Mizrahi Show with Keira ? Pity, that. It looked like a fun interview. Please get in touch if you know someone who has it.

Online now is a clip of Keira's dad Will Knightley in his first ever TV role. This was an episode of suave writer/detective Jason King, from the episode 'Variations On A Theme'. He plays a waiter in a Viennese hotel, and was filmed in 1971, just two years after meeting Sharman Macdonald and a full 14 years before Keira came along. 1Mb

December 10th

The Pirates DMC web site is now live at pirates.movies.com.
Thanks Adam, Angel

December 9th

Keira has received another nomination for her Lizzie Bennet. The WAFCAs (Washington Area Film Critics Association) have shortlisted her as Best Actress. Also nominated is Brenda Blethyn for Best Supporting Actress, Deborah Moggach for Best Adapted Screenplay and P&P itself for Best Ensmble movie. The winners will be announced on the 12th December. WAFCA is comprised of DC area film critics for newspaper, television, online and radio outlets. Winners are chosen from among Academy Award eligible films. Full list.
Thanks Corey and Carolina

Amazon UK have now added details to their listing for the DVD of P&P, and it does include the alternate US ending. Mutiny averted. It can now be pre-ordered here.
Thanks Carolina

UK TV: For some unknown reason ITV have pulled parts 2 and 3 of Doctor Zhivago and replaced them with Agatha Christie movies. On the plus side, Bend It Like Beckham gets its second terrestrial airing on BBC1 on the 22nd at 9pm.

December 8th

The old rumour about the Pirates 3 subtitle seems to have resurfaced. 'Uncharted Waters' is apparently the working title of the film. This, and 'World's End' and 'Calypso's Fury' were first mentioned on July 27th. (See News Archive). Now that these names are in the public domain it cannot be the actual title for legal reasons, just as Treasures of the Lost Abyss was touted as a title for Pirates 2.

December 7th

SITE NEWS: I've added MSN Groups to the choice for the KnightleyNews newsletter. I never use that site so I didn't even know they did groups. Not sure if they work the same way as Y! or Google, but I guess I'll soon find out. Newsletter

December 6th

Just in case you didn't spot it (!) you are all cordially invited to join the KeiraWeb.com newsletter KnightleyNews. It's an idea I've been toying with for a while. I've no idea how successful it will be, so I'll wait till there's 50 members on board before I start posting messages. You can have emails as they happen or in a single-email digest. It doesn't matter if you only have a Yahoo! account or a Google account - all messages will be posted to both groups. But it's so much more than just an extension of this News Wire column. I have big plans for it, so with your help we'll see how it evolves. Visit the Newsletter page for more info and joining instructions.

Keira at the BIFAs will no doubt feature in most of this week's gossip mags in the UK. She's on the cover of Grazia for a start. Talking of mags, the US Vogue scans are now online.

Keira told Variety that upon receiving news of her Personality of the Year award, she took an online personality test and was relieved to discover she was "completely normal".
 
 

December 5th

Keira has once more got her hands dirty in the name of charity. She joined many celebs courtesy of Celebrity Handprints to leave her mitts in the mud. The prints will be sold off in 2006 to raise money for BBC Children In Need. More info at their site.
Thanks Amo

More new pap snaps of Keira out and about. Put your bra away, you Jezebel !

Variety's Monday awards buzz has more kudos for P&P and Keira:
Variety weighs in on a dozen independently financed contender heavyweights that could find themselves in the kudo mix:
PRIDE & PREJUDICE
IN SHORT: Debut feature helmer Joe Wright's take on the saga of Jane Austen's 18th-century Bennett clan has stood out among the fall specialty releases, grossing nearly $20 million so far in platform release.
PROS/CONS: Star Keira Knightley stands a solid chance of being nominated, with possible notice for supporting thesps Judi Dench, Brenda Blethyn and Donald Sutherland. Period setting bodes well for craft mentions. But with this year's deep list of major category contenders, "Pride" is a long shot for picture or director noms.

And The Boston Globe mentions Keira in an article on the female contenders for the upcoming awards season, or lack thereof.
 

December 4th

Keira has pulled out of the carols concert I mentioned yesterday, due to Pirates filming. The same happened in 2003 when she had to pull out for King Arthur reshoots.
Thanks Lizzy

Keira appears to have won another award, this time from the Daily Mirror entertainment section 3am, according to this pic at KKDaily.  She won their Woman of the Year last year and was presented with it at another awards ceremony. This year she seems to have received their award at Wednesday's BIFAs. No point spending money on your own awards ceremony if you can gatecrash someone else's !

P&P finishes at No.6 in the weekend chart for the US. It has taken another $4.6m for a new US total of $22.6m.

December 3rd

Keira is due to read a Lesson at a Carols service in London this Thursday 8th, along with Alison Steadman and Rosamund Pike. It takes place at St. Paul's Church in Knightsbridge, from 7pm. The proceeds from the admission fee will go to Breast Cancer Care.

The latest daily box office figures for the US put Pride & Prejudice at No.4 with total takings now just over $18m in the US.

Online now is the Pirates teaser from Entertainment Tonight and E! News' preview of Keira's appearance on the Isaac Mizrahi Show, to be aired on Monday 5th on the Style Network (Ed: a grateful reminder to States-side capturers, along with E!'s P&P show please).

Pirates cast and crew have returned to LA for about another week of shooting before breaking up for Christmas. Filming resumes in the Caribbean in January.

Here are some new high-res scans of Keira at Superior Pics. Returning home with her brother here and swordfight training here (check out those abs!)

Brits don't forget to catch Keira on ITV1 Sunday afternoon at 3.45 in Doctor Zhivago, However it will most likely be heavily edited for a broadcast at that time.

December 2nd

Keira's first performance-related nomination of the awards season was announced today. The International Press Academy have nominated her in their Satellite Awards in the Best Actress - Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy category for her Lizzie Bennet. The ceremony will take place at the Four Seasons in Beverly Hills on December 17th. See the nominations list here (pdf) or their web site here. Jacqueline Durran is also nominated for Costume Design in Pride & Prejudice. Talking of which, KeiraWeb regular Lizzie took this photo of Keira's dress at Chatsworth House (Pemberley in the film), where an exhibition of props and costumes recently took place.
Thanks Cassie, Lizzie

The BBC have a very nice long profile of Keira in their online Magazine this week. Pity they get her age wrong in the first sentence though.
Thanks Amo

Here are the extras which will appear on the P&P DVD from a spokesperson at Universal:
Politics of dating featurette; Stately homes of P&P documentary; The Bennets; The life and times of Jane Austen; On set diaries; Audio commentary with Joe Wright; Galleries of the 19th Century; P&P family tree.
It doesn't mention 'Alternate Ending' but after the fuss it's caused they'd be fools to leave it off.
Thanks Alice

December 1st

Well here we are in December and what promises to be a quieter period for Keira and KeiraWeb, after a solid THREE MONTHS of promotions. Sometimes it's felt like three years but I've had such fantastic feedback from my efforts and made new friends and connections, so it's been great fun. It all started back on September 5th with my trip to the Pride & Prejudice world premiere in London, followed by the British TV promotions for the movie, including the GMTV interview and the two in-demand behind the scenes documentaries. Then came the exclusive clips from the marketing company and the link on the official British web site for the movie. October was Domino month, with Jay Leno, Access Hollywood and the premieres on both sides of the Atlantic. Then it was back to Pride for the US promotions, with Jon Stewart, Conan and all of the fabulous reviews. My news archive for this year is the biggest yet, and the biggest it's likely to be for a couple of years I reckon. Since early September KeiraWeb has had 130,000 visitors, and is getting close to its millionth hit.
Thanks to all the contributors over the last three months, all of the people who have linked here from message boards and sites, and to my mysterious financial benefactors who have helped to fund the site and expand the bandwidth allowances. Without whom, etc.
Now back to business.

I've put up the two clips of Keira from TV reports of the BIFAs. See right.
More high-res pics here.
And some BIFA articles from Sky, M&C, BBC, Evening Standard and Hello!

The Pirates DMC trailer is now officially online. See it here. Hardly seems worth BVI's trouble getting it offline just for a few days. Serena from BloomKnightley has some screencaps from ET's play of the teaser here. And some screenshots plus the concept art can be seen here.
Thanks Serena, Kyle and Carolina

E! News seemed to have a slightly different version of the teaser on its show tonight. 2.5Mb

Ye Olde Kaz James rumour seems to be selling Domino down under, if articles like this and this are anything to go by. Well he is Australian, even if he is a liar.

Keira's cheekbones contribute to Teen People's perfect celebrity body.

Respected movie journal ScreenInternational had this to say in its Golden Globes preview today: "Keira Knightley should comfortably secure a nomination for her surprisingly good interpretation of Elizabeth Bennet in Joe Wright's Pride & Prejudice. After a string of feisty pretty-girl roles in Pirates Of The Caribbean, King Arthur and Love Actually, Knightley finally demonstrated her acting chops..."

At the end of a fantastic year for the woman, this pic really says it all, don't you think ?:

November 30th

Tonight Keira collected what is, with any luck, the first of many accolades this coming awards season. She was in London at the British Independent Film Awards to be handed the Personality of the Year award, chosen by the movie industry bible Variety.

Keira's agency has asked me to say thank you to ALL of you who kindly sent in your congratulations, via KeiraWeb, to Keira on the winning of this award and your comments should soon be read by Keira herself.

Keira's award was accompanied by a cheque for $10,000, which she has donated to Comic Relief. In March this year she co-presented a comedy clips show as part of Comic Relief's telethon event Red Nose Day. This followed a personal visit to Ethiopia in 2004 to see how the charity's money was helping to change people's lives.

KKDaily has gathered together some images from Keira at the BIFAs tonight. Hi-res pics will be online there as and when they come in.
Thanks Fliss

Amazon UK tonight lists February 6th as the release date for the Pride & Prejudice Region 2 (Europe) DVD. This would make it the same day as Domino.
Thanks Carolina

E!'s P&P Behind The Scenes show airs in the US at these times. There's also the Isaac Mizrahi show on the 5th (on Oxygen TV). If anyone can capture either or both I'd be grateful.

A couple of paragraphs near the bottom of this article would appear to confirm the location for the premiere of Pirates DMC next June - the same place as the first one, Disneyland California.

November 29th

Domino will be released on Region 2 DVD (UK & Europe) on February 6th and Region 1 (North America) on February 14th. See a cover shot of the widescreen US edition here. All editions will feature:
- Dolby Digital 5.1-EX and Stereo Surround 2.0
- English DTS-ES 6.1
- English & Spanish subtitles
- Audio commentary #1 with director Tony Scott and writer Richard Kelly
- Audio commentary #2 with script notes and story development from director Tony Scott, executive producer Zach Schiff-Abrams, writer Richard Kelly and actor Tom Waits
- Deleted and alternate scenes with optional commentary by director Tony Scott
- 'I am a Bounty Hunter' featurette: A look at the life of Domino Harvey with optional commentary from writer Richard Kelly and Domino Harvey
- 'Bounty Hunting on Acid: Evolution of a Visual Style' featurette: A look at Tony Scott's visual style starting with his award-winning Marlboro ads through the gritty styling of Domino
- Theatrical trailer
- Teaser trailer
Please be kind enough to order or pre-order through the KeiraWeb Store. Thank you !
Thanks Adam Reed

Both the Hollywod Reporter and ComingSoon today have Golden Globes and Oscar buzz for Keira, respectively.

Final figures for this weekend's P&P performance are now in:
$7,158,119 across 1,299 screens, giving a $5,510 per-screen average, and a total of $16,032,282 in three weeks.

The Pirates DMC teaser will 'premiere' on Wednesday's Entertainment Tonight, because it went online rather prematurely apparently. That didn't stop everybody downloading their own copy before it was pulled though ! And Dark Horizons has been sent a couple of sneaked pics of Davy Jones' impressively-barnacled ship.

Who the hell is Keira Knightley ? No, it's not a touch of amnesia but the title of this nice little article, providing a resume of her career so far.

November 28th

Movie industry bible Variety has today published a new batch of articles in its Awards Central supplement. No less than nine articles mention P&P as award material, and five mention Keira.

Entertainment Tonight in the US is due to have a report from the Pirates DMC set in its Wednesday programme.

November 27th

Pride & Prejudice finished at a very decent No.7 in the US this weekend. On Friday it expanded from 1,182 screens to 1,299 (still less than half of a wide release) giving a weekend gross of $7,027,000, and a total of $15.9m since opening across the US. The important figure now it's in wide release is the per-screen average, and it's still an excellent $5,409 per screen. Latest global figure is $56m.

The Pirates DMC teaser may no longer be officially online, but that didn't stop several people copying it while it was up. If you haven't seen it yet you can download it from here (wmv), here(avi) or here (zip).
Thanks Elaine and Serena

November 26th

Premiere magazine have added their voice to the recommendation that Keira gets nominated for an Academy Award on January 31st. Article.

The LA Daily News published a new interview with Keira yesterday.

Site News: Coming December 1st is a brand new service from KeiraWeb which I hope will prove popular, and new sections will also be added to the site throughout December.
Four new video clips have been uploaded today from the Archives.

November 25th

The US version of P&P is playing at selected cinemas in the UK from today. To see where it's playing near you, go to this page and fill in the form.

P&P took $1.14m on its first wide day in the US, playing on 1,182 screens. Its US total is now $7,664,000 pushing its worldwide tally to very nearly $48m.

November 24th

The American P&P behind-the-scenes show from HBO, First Look, is now online.
Huge thanks to Andrew who airmailed the show on disc from Chicago foc in gratitude for KeiraWeb. What a guy !

The Jacket will premiere on Sky Box Office in the UK from December 14th.

Here's more on today's Keira Knightley horse race, and the other Asprey-sponsored races.

Everyone's favourite ex-con Martha Stewart is running a poll to decide whether to call her new cat Polaris, Electra, Mira or, er, Keira Knightley. Vote now.

Talking of polls, vote for P&P as your film of the year in the BBC Film2005 poll.

Disney have today denied production was halted after burglaries from cast and crew on the Bahamas. None of the 'major' cast were affected as their quarters are under 24 hour security patrol, and the person said to be a Disney spokesperson is actually an extra on the set. Article.

The DMC teaser has been removed already from the Black Pearl Racing site, but you can view it by scrolling down this page.
Thanks Rachel

November 23rd

As expected, the first Pirates DMC teaser is now online. Go here and click on 'The Movie'.

Trouble in paradise: Filming on the Pirates sequels has been halted after a spate of thefts targeting cast and crew on the Bahamas. Article.

You know you're famous when you get a horse race named after you. London jewellers Asprey, of whom Keira is celebrity face, is sponsoring six races at the Nad Al Sheba racecourse in Dubai tomorrow. One race is the Bond Street Challenge (Bond St. is the site of the London flagship store), and another is called the Keira Trophy.

November 22nd

It would appear LatinoReview have had to remove their Pirates 3 script review which I linked to yesterday. No surprise, really. I was asked to remove the Treasures of the Lost Abyss rumour when that first appeared.

UK viewers can enjoy Keira at her very best (in my opinion) on Sunday afternoons from the 4th December at 3.45pm when Doctor Zhivago returns to ITV1 in three weekly parts.

Pride & Prejudice opens wide (ish) from tomorrow in the US. Please support Keira and the movie by travelling across America and seeing it at EVERY cinema. Well Ok, just your local theatre will do. The much-publicised Rent also opens tomorrow so P&P needs all the receipts it can get. Meanwhile, Domino opens in France and Belgium tomorrow, the Netherlands on Thursday and Finland and Sweden on Friday.

November 21st

Pride & Prejudice was the seventh most popular search term on Google last week, according to their statistics service Zeitgeist.

Today's Variety has its first ever article just about Keira Knightley. Of course, her Personality of the Year award she will receive on the 30th is sponsored by the leading trade journal of the movie and entertainment industry. You need a subscription to read Variety but you may be able to read this article for free here.

November 20th

Pride adds another $2.1m to its limited run in the US, remaining at No.10. From BoxOfficeProphets tonight:
Tenth goes to Pride and Prejudice from Focus Features. Out to only 221 venues, the period piece grossed $2.1 million, down only 26% from last weekend. Not including Pride, the average drop this weekend was 58%, so you can see how positive this weekend's score is for Keira Knightley flick. Pride now sits with a domestic total of $6 million, and has already earned over $40 million overseas. Not bad for a film that cost its studio only $28 million to make.

Here's a new interview with Keira regarding P&P.

The Jacket will premiere on UK TV in December. The channel is yet to be confirmed, but is likely to be one of the cable or satellite Box Office channels, or possibly FilmFour. Pirates is coming to the end of its run on Sky Movies, and will premiere on BBC1, possibly at Christmas. King Arthur should also premiere on Sky next month or in the New Year.

SITE NEWS: The KeiraWeb video clip archives are back. See right. A taste of things to come. I was astonished to discover I've got over 2 Gigabytes of clips. I think it's about time the long-awaited Video Gallery was born...
Thanks to all who sent in your messages for Keira. If you've yet to pass on your congratulations for her award, you've got another day left before I put them all together and send them off. See white box above.

November 19th

There's a short-notice casting call today in Orlando, Florida for men to be used as extras in the Pirates sequels. Details here. Meanwhile, the soon-to-be Hurricane Gamma is due to pass North of the Bahamas late Monday (cast and crew are currently on the central cays called the Exumas). It may yet turn South and head straight for the islands.

ScreenInternational is hinting at BAFTA nominations for Keira, Joe Wright and P&P at next year's ceremony on February 19th at the Odeon in London's Leicester Square. Since changing its date a few years ago the BAFTAs have become similar to the Golden Globes and Screen Actors Guild awards in terms of 'predicting' Academy Award nominations. There's no doubt P&P will bring many awards this season, and hopefully Best Actress for Keira at all ceremonies.

ScreenInternational said of the BAFTAs: "...By the end of October, the lobbying was already at fever pitch. Scores of screenings have been set up and talent present for awards Q&As have included Keira Knightley and Joe Wright for Pride And Prejudice..."
Variety also had this earlier this week on the Academy Awards: "...The lead actress list is filling up quickly as well... Keira Knightley is being compared to a young Audrey Hepburn in early reviews of "Pride & Prejudice," and could contend for Oscar's heart in a newcomer slot..."

Awards diary:
December: 13th - Golden Globe noms
January: 5th - SAG noms; 16th - Golden Globe awards; 18th - BAFTA noms; 29th - SAG Awards; 31st Academy noms
February: 19th - BAFTA awards
March: 5th - Academy awards

November 18th

Tulip Fever is back on !
Today's Variety reports that the project has been refinanced but scaled down financially, notably filming in Eastern Europe rather than London. The original $45m budget grew to $62m before the UK government closed a tax loophole in February last year which was the last straw for the project and it folded just weeks before filming was to begin. Director John Madden has been replaced by Peter Chelsom (Shall We Dance; Funny Bones) and funding will come from BBC Films and the UK Film Council among others. The story, from the novel by Deborah Moggach (currently receiving acclaim for her screenplay of Pride & Prejudice), concerns Sophia Sandvoort, a beautiful young woman who marries a wealthy merchant in 17th Century Amsterdam. When an artist, Jan, arrives to paint their portrait she's smitten and they plan for a future together by putting their money into the highly speculative tulip market, in which certain flower bulbs were worth huge sums. The film is still to be distributed by DreamWorks and produced by Ruby Films. Tom Stoppard wrote the original screenplay, which is now being revised by Peter Flannery. Article.
NOTE: The original cast of Keira, Jude Law and Jim Broadbent is NOT yet confirmed to be returning, and no start date has been scheduled. Keira has said she will still be filming the Pirates sequels until late summer next year. Watch this space...

Proof that people power really does work - P&P's production company Working Title have tonight posted this press release on their web site:
"Following the US release of Pride & Prejudice, there has been a phenomenal wave of British press and public interest in the slightly extended ending being screened there. As a result, UK cinemagoers will be given the opportunity to take a look at what audiences have been seeing across the water when the US version is released in a limited number of cinemas in the UK on November 25th. Details of where screenings will take place will be available in local press next week..." In Full.
Thanks Carolina

Though there have been many pointless comparisons between the new P&P and the BBC version, the one on this site is interesting because they have provided screencaps of both versions for comparison.
Thanks Christina

November 17th

If you have a few grand to spare you might want to bid on a couple of Keira-related items to raise money for BBC Children In Need. There's a signed Love Actually script and a limited edition P&P promotional book.

November 16th

The fuss over The Kiss is really getting some press now. Check the New Online section on the right for reports from Sky News and Channel 4 News. Plus two new videos from Focus Features with testimonials from fans of the book and fans of Keira - both clips have The Kiss at the end. There's also a special Entertainment Tonight mention of P&P's excellent box office debut and a sneak peek at Keira's Wizard Of Oz Vogue shoot. Also online are new improved quality versions of Conan, The Early Show and Regis & Kelly.

The Kiss petition is here should you wish to sign it.

P&P now totals $3,345,000 after 5 days, that's $669,000 per day, or $15,500 per cinema. Worldwide box office is now over $41m.

Keira will be a guest on a new talk show (another one ??) on the US networks Oxygen TV and StyleTV called The Isaac Mizrahi Show. It will air on December 5th but has (possibly) already been pre-recorded as Keira Seduction has some snaps of her and Mother Knightley leaving the studios recently.

Here's a cool article about Keira and her career.
Thanks Cassie

November 15th

"I don't think we're in Mayfair anymore, Toto!" See the wizard Vogue scans at keirapictures.com

Today's Daily Sport, a British newspaper (though I use the term loosely) had an apparently-nude photo of Keira all over its front page with the headline "Keira Knightley Naked Photos Fury". Inside you could, as the rag is fond of saying "See The Lot!" It turned out to be a photo they'd mocked-up themselves, with a brief mention of the fake nude pics from the Pirates US premiere - with her white Valentino top mysteriously missing (and I've seen far more explicit fake pics of Keira than those anyway). There was no mention whatsoever of "Keira's fury" as their front page proclaimed. So just an attempt to get Keira's name in big letters to sell more papers. No change there then.

Forget Bend It Like Beckham 2, it ain't gonna happen folks! Gurinder Chadha had this to say today: "Am I completely insane to go back to ...Beckham? My dear, that train left the station long ago. There's absolutely no reason for me to return to it. I think the rumour started when this silly journalist from a British paper asked me at a party what I wanted to do next. I told her that I was writing, that I wanted to return to my roots, and that ...Beckham was part of my roots. The next thing I knew they had announced a sequel. They even put up stories on the website about Keira Knightley being in it. Poor thing! I'm just not interested in ...Beckham any longer.”
So there you have it - a shame for some (four fifths of you who voted in my poll were in favour of a sequel), but a relief to others. Bloody journalists. Article

The Conan O'Brien and Regis & Kelly appearances are now online. See the New Online section. The quality is not perfect as they're from a Canadian recording, and NTSC never captures as well as PAL for some reason. There's nothing new in the conversations really that we haven't heard over the past couple of months. There's also a couple of Entertainment Tonight Canada clips, and the scans from the December Esquire UK edition are also online.

As revealed here back on October 5th, Keira will not only have a brand new photoshoot (with a Wizard of Oz theme by Annie Leibovitz) in the December US Vogue, but will also be cover girl.
Thanks 'Vendettav'

November 14th

Good news and bad about P&P in the US: Its small but significant debut is making waves in the trade press (see below), but BoxOfficeMojo quotes Focus Features as saying its wide release on the 23rd will only be to 1200-1500 theatres, not the 3000 of a wide release. Even 2000 would have been better.
Variety: Focus Features can take a lot of pride in the robust opening of "Pride and Prejudice," which landed in 10th place despite bowing on just 215 screens. Jane Austen adaptation made $2.8 million, for a per-screen average of $13,043. It's the biggest opening for a pic playing between 150 and 275 screens since "Terms of Endearment," according to Focus. "It speaks to the confidence exhibitors can have that this movie can succeed as counter- programming against everything," Focus distrib chief Jack Foley said.
ScreenInternational: Focus Features' Pride & Prejudice was perhaps the most notable of the weekend's openers, taking in a magnificent $2.8m on 215 sceeens for a rock solid screen average of $13,041. Buoyed by excellent reviews the familiar period drama is expected to prosper in the weeks ahead.

There's a whisper the first Pirates DMC teaser will be shown ahead of The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe in US theatres this Christmas. I think it should be online before then though.

Newsweek has a short interview with Keira in this week's issue, in which she talks about learning to drive among other things.

If there's anybody States-side who can capture the P&P behind-the-scenes show on HBO this month I'd be grateful.See near the bottom of this page for times and dates.

Don't forget this is the final week for contributions re: Keira's award. I'm collating them this weekend and will post them Monday. Please see the above left-hand box if you still wish to contribute.

November 13th

Pride & Prejudice has debuted at No.10 in its first weekend at the US box office, taking $2.8m across just 215 screens, that's a fantastic $13,000 per cinema, more than twice the per-screen average of some of the other debut movies above it on the chart which are on wide release ! Figures.

If you still need convincing to go and see P&P, I've added tons more praise for Keira's Lizzie Bennet on the Plaudits page.

November 12

Box office estimates for Friday in the US put P&P at $970,000 in its first day, with a very respectable $4,500 per screen. Saturday/Sunday should be even better.

Listen to this interview to hear the Jane Austen Society's mixed thoughts about the new P&P.

Bend It Like Beckham has been voted the second best football film ever in a poll of 4,000 visitors to football.co.uk. Escape To Victory topped the poll.

November 11th

''I love what I do, but feeling like I'm living in a fishbowl isn't doing it for me. So you've got to know what your limits are and when to walk away. It would be a hard decision to make, but if it went too far, I'd have to because I couldn't take it."
These are the words of Keira Knightley in an interview to the Boston Globe earlier this week while talking about the inexorable thirst for photos that comes with being an actress. She was speaking in particular about the British paparazzi, but it's the first time she's spoken out publicly regarding her personal feelings about the business she's in.

After being detained in traffic for more than an hour, Keira arrived at the Loews Theatre in New York and dazzled the waiting media (apparently not very publicised, there were more press there than fans). She popped out of her specially-designed low-cut Calvin Klein dress and black fur stole at least once. Also present were Matthew, Brenda, Donald, Ros and Joe Wright. An after-show party was held at the Loeb Boathouse in NYC. See high resolution pics here, and more here. KeiraWeb regular Erandika was there and took this close-up photo.
E! News had a short clip and chat on tonight's show.

Keira popped in to chat with CNN's A J Hammer during her promotional tour of the networks on Wednesday. She talks about hurricanes, corsets and that Kaz James person... Watch.

Uber-critic Roger Ebert said Keira would get an Oscar nom for P&P even while reviewing Domino. Now he's reviewed P&P and this is what he had to say.

If you're in North America and Pride and Prejudice opens near you this weeknd, PLEASE go and see it ! Even if it's not normally your type of movie (and it wasn't mine) I guarantee you'll love it. Let's get Keira back in a talked about movie for all the RIGHT reasons, after the drubbing Domino got. The American and Canadian reviews have been ecstatic, and rightly so. And you're getting that kiss at the end too ! If you want to be the next Roger Ebert you can send me your review of the movie and I'll put up a page if I get enough.

Kathy has three copies of the beautiful P&P soundtrack CD to give away to US residents at her Keira site WalkingInDaydreams.

November 10th

There's a six minute P&P Q&A with Keira, Matthew, Brenda and Ros here.
Thanks Carolina

And Keira's appearance on the CBS Early Show can be viewed here.

Keira is on the cover of December's UK issue of Esquire, with the photoshoot and interview as per the recent US issue.
Thanks Josh

You can read an early draft of the Pirates CBP script here.

November 9th

Keira has added the Early Show to her promo junket for P&P this week. See her on the CBS show on Thursday.
Hopefully I'll have the Regis & Kelly video within 24hrs - my source is on the West coast and I'm in the UK so the time difference is a pain. If anyone else has it in the meantime, please send it over. The more the merrier.

Good news for non-US P&P fans - in an interview published today, director Joe Wright says The Kiss WILL, apparently, be on the DVD.

"...[T]his is certainly a performance to shut up the “She’s just a pretty face with no talent” naysayers..." So says one of Harry Knowles' pack of reviewers at AintItCoolNews. The long review, with some strong language, can be read here.

Keira has donated one of her many pairs of shoes to help raise money for Breast Cancer Scare. See them here. And a BCBG Maz Azria dress she wore will soon be sold for an AIDS/HIV charity from the link on this page.

We have another case of the disappearing question mark, folks! When I submitted to The Sun newspaper yesterday the news that Gurinder was writing a sequel to Bend It Like Beckham, the story appeared, this morning, with the headline 'KeiraTo Bend Again?' Within hours the story had been picked up around the world and had become 'Keira To Bend Again'. Statement. It may well turn out to be true, but it ain't fact yet. And at least Dark Horizons bothered to credit me.

Keira is No.2 in this year's Most Eligible poll by magazine Tatler. Article.

E! Entertainment are lining up an Extreme Close-Up: Keira Knightley for sometime this month in the US. They did one for King Arthur which was basically an on-set report, so I'm guessing this will be from on the set of P&P. The UK's E! schedule is a few weeks behind.
Thanks Vini

November 8th

Comingsoon has an interview with Keira today.

US people, don't forget Keira on Regis & Kelly Wednesday morning, then later there's the Daily Show with Jon Stewart.

November 7th

P&P racked up another $1.9m in its current markets over the weekend, bringing a new global box office of $37.3m. This includes a UK total of $25.6m after eight weeks.

Michael Singer, the Unit Publicist for the Bahamas studios where Pirates is currently being filmed, has said this weekend that fiming will continue in the Caribbean until February, but with a break for Christmas. Read more and see pics of the sets and ships here.

November 6th

Director Gurinder Chadha announced on Wednesday she is writing a sequel to Bend It Like Beckham. Speaking at the after-party of the TCM Classic Shorts Awards she said: "I am making a sequel to Bend it Like Beckham. But I see it more as a continuation of the characters than an actual sequel. The first film was based on me when I was growing up, whereas this next one is going to be about my life afterwards. I'm busy with another project at the moment, but after that I'm really looking forward to getting started on it." Article
So, while it's quite possible that Parminder Nagra will be back as Jess, it doesn't necessarily follow that Keira will be back as Jules. But the companies funding the movie may well have other ideas, given Keira's current 'bankability'. It's difficult to remember - especially for the press - that it was Parminder's movie as Jess Bhamra: her story, her conflicts and her struggles to overcome prejudice. However, the fact remains that it was Keira's presence in Pirates which kept BILB afloat in the US box office for twice its expected duration. Buena Vista capitalised on Keira's sudden popularity by rescreening it at 1,000 theatres in the last week of July 2003 while Pirates was at No.1. BILB had a production budget of just $6.5m yet went on to take in more than $76m worldwide. Would you like to see a Bend It Like Beckham 2 ? Vote on it.

Keira is interviewed in the Boston Globe today about P&P, with Matthew in the Herald Tribune, Donald in Canoe, Brenda in the Seattle Times and director Joe Wright in the San Francisco Chronicle.

There are more than 1,500 screencaps from a pirated copy of P&P on this Jane Austen fan site.
Thanks Christina

November 5th

I have extended the deadline for submissions of congratulations to Keira on her award nomination. I figured more people in North America may want to send one in over the next couple of weeks after they get blown away by the splendour of P&P and the strength of Keira's performance. Closing date is now Sunday 20th. I realise this is still before the film goes wide on the 23rd, but I would like Keira to have your messages before the Awards night on the 30th. See the top of this column for submission info.

A student of media studies doing a project on Keira has emailed me to ask just what it is that I and others like about Keira, and I thought this would be a great opportunity for everyone to write in and explain why it's so great to be in orbit around Planet Keira ! Is it her talent, her looks, her charm, her accent, her so-not-Hollywood-ness ? Do tell ! All contributions will be made anonymous and I'll make a page of them if I get enough. Please write in here.

The first of several TV spots for American TV is now showing, and you can see it here. The difference between it and those outside of the US is the short, but rather important scene at the end - The Kiss.
Thanks Nicole

Canadian magazine Tribute have a short interview with Keira here.
And Canadian entertainment news show Star! have a great 3 minute profile of Keira directly here (streaming) or from the site here.
Thanks Cassie

MSN have their Pirates set visit report online.

November 4th

The US premiere of Pride & Prejudice will be held at the Loews Lincoln Square Theatre, 1998 Broadway (at 68th Street) in New York City on Thursday November 10th.

Keira was featured on E! News last night with some clips from P&P. See the segment here.

November 3rd

Keira will be a guest of Regis & Kelly for the first time since the Pirates promotions on Wednesday 9th. (I'd be grateful for the video from States-side capturers as we don't get that show in the UK. TIA).
So, to recap so far for US viewers:
9th - Regis & Kelly and Daily Show with Jon Stewart
11th - Conan O'Brien
various - P&P First Look on HBO (see TV Guide, left)

Here we go with the P&P reviews and exclusive clips. MovieFone have kindly sent KeiraWeb an exclusive clip - the Judi Dench/Keira dinner scene - which you can watch by clicking here.

Rolling Stone magazine, never afraid to speak their mind, has a glowing review of Keira's Lizzie. Meanwhile there are clips online at Yahoo!, and M&C, including one of mine from last year I notice. And here's a profile of pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet, who plays Dario Marionelli's beautiful score for the film.

I'm selling my VHS copy of The Treasure Seekers on eBay at the moment. UK bidders only please.

November 1st

Keira will pay a visit to the Daily Show with Jon Stewart on Wednesday 9th. It shows on Comedy Central in the US and has just started showing with a one day delay on the new More4 channel here in the UK.
Thanks Cameron

Now here's a poll Keira's never appeared in before - Celebs Lesbians Would Most Like To Marry. Keira came out (if you'll pardon the pun) third in a poll conducted by UK gay radio station Gaydar FM. First was Ms. Jolie, second was Jodie Foster. Keira has a huge following among lesbians and female bisexuals, probably from her 'sexy tomboy' role in Bend It Like Beckham which ironically was originally to feature a lesbian storyline between Jess and Jules.

Home-grown British films have bucked the trend among Europe's box offices this year, according to figures out today. While some countries' figures were down by between 12% and 22% on 2004, the UK was down by only 3%. This was put down to the popularity of Brit flicks such as Wallace & Grommit, Nanny McPhee and of course Pride & Prejudice.

The official US P&P web site is now almost fully online. And very nice it looks too.
Thanks Erandika

October 31st

Although Pride & Prejudice didn't open in any new country over the weekend it still took another $2.7m in its existing markets. The movie has now grossed $34.2m, exceeding its $28m production costs, and probably well on its way to covering its marketing costs too.

KeiraWeb is gearing up for the big US P&P push with plenty of new promotional stuff now online: buttons, complete production notes and credits which were only previously available as a pdf, a huuuuge poster and the official Focus trailers. And finally both half-hour behind-the-scenes documentaries are now online, plus the return of some UK promotional clips which I had to remove for bandwidth reasons. See all the goodies in the middle column of the P&P Promotions page

Keira has spoken for the first time about the Oscar buzz surrounding her Lizzie Bennet: "I can't deny that it would be lovely to be nominated,'' she said, ''but I've just started in this business and there will be other, better-known actresses coming in films that haven't opened yet." Ever modest, that girl.

The Pirates of the Caribbean yacht team's web site is now online, ready for the start of the round-the-world race this weekend. The site will also have info on Dead Man's Chest such as release dates and the first, eagerly-awaited teaser trailer, which is due to premiere online in November. Keira, Johnny and Orlando will be on board promoting the film and the boat at various in-port photo opportunities during the eight month race.

October 30th

Keira has been voted second most sexiest voice, behind Sir Sean Connery, in a poll by the UK's Royal National Institute for the Blind, commissioned to celebrate 70 years of their Talking Books service.

October 28th

Keira is one of many celebrities who have designed a corset which will be auctioned by lingerie retailers Fredericks of Hollywood. All proceeds go to RAINN - the Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network. Sorry I don't have a bigger pic, unless someone with a photowire account can oblige.

I seem to have omitted to mention here that the apparent God of movie critics Roger Ebert is convinced Keira WILL get an Oscar nomination for her Lizzie Bennet (call it not wanting to tempt fate - although I have quoted his words in the Domino reviews). Roll on January 31st (the day of the nominations) and March 5th (the ceremony itself). Before then, and usually held to be a good indication of Oscar noms, is the Golden Globes which have its nominations announced on December 13th, and its ceremony on January 16th. The Globes will take place at the Beverly Wilshire, where Keira collected her Hollywood Breakthrough Actress award last October - a good omen possibly ? Ebert's full review of Domino is here.

October 27th

I read a new phrase today, and it shocked me. The KKK - Keira Knightley Klan. It relates to a story which I still hold to be false, but which started a retaliation that accelerated very rapidly into a nasty, evil truth. I would like to state here and now that I am not a member of this KKK, and neither is anyone I know who comes to this web site. The chain of events that transpired has compelled me to dust off my long-forgotten blog to write about it, exactly a year to the day since my last entry.
Read the entry here.

Keira is one of many celebs who have donated a pair of shoes for auction to raise money for Breast Cancer Care. See Keira's shoes here, and read more about the project here.
Thanks Anna

HBO in the US have a 15 minute First Look at P&P throughout November. Look out for many more such shows and segments on ET, Access Hollywood, E!, Extra, etc. Check the US link on the TV Guide, left.

Here's a couple more pics of Elizabeth Swann in the Kingdom Hearts II game: one, two.

October 26th

EXCLUSIVE: KeiraWeb can reveal the first batch of US cities which will launch Pride and Prejudice on the 11th November. They are: New York,NY - Chicago,IL - Boston,MA - Washington DC - San Francisco - Portland,OR - Philadelphia - Minneapolis - Los Angeles - Dallas,TX - Seattle,WA - Houston,TX - Miami,FL - West Palm - San Diego,CA - Atlanta,GA - Baltimore,MD - Denver,CO - Detroit,MI - Palm Springs - Phoenix,AZ - Sacramento - St. Louis,MO - Salt Lake City - Milwaukee,WI - Hartford,CT - Kansas City - Austin,TX - Tucson,AZ - San Antonio,TX - Buffalo,NY - Albany,NY - Charlotte,NC - Cincinnati,OH - Pittsburgh,PA - Indianapolis,IN - Memphis,TN - New Orleans - Oklahoma City - Cleveland,OH - Tampa,FL - Las Vegas,NV - Columbus,OH - Nashville,TN - Orlando,FL - Omaha,NE - Santa Barbara.
Thanks Kate

Everybody and their (sea)dog seems to have visited the Pirates DMC set recently. Here's another one at CineCon.

All the props and sets have apparently survived Hurricane Wilma's visit to the Bahamas. More than 100 homes were destroyed on the islands, and sadly a baby boy lost his life in the storm surge.

The press are wetting themselves again over recent pictures of Keira out with Jamie. It was even stated - hold the front page ! - that they were seen... wait for it... holding hands ! Why it's such a big deal when, as all regular KeiraWebbers know, they remain very close friends and the whole Kaz James thing was nonsense from the outset - I just don't know. But all publicity is good publicity (for Keira and the papers I guess). And the British press are picking up on the Variety award too now, so that's OK - see here, here and here.

UK viewers don't forget to watch baby Keira, complete with ringlets, tomorrow night on Channel Five, in a clip apparently from The Treasure Seekers. See TV Guide, left. You can view the DVD gallery from this children's drama here, or watch Keira's entire appearance here (5Mb)

October 25th

Keira will receive the Variety UK 'Personality Of The Year' Award on November 30th at the British Independent Film Awards, it was announced today. The ceremony will take place at the Hammersmith Palais in London.
From the press release:
Announcing its decision to honour Knightley this year, Variety’s Executive Editor Stephen Gaydos says: “There's no brighter star in the world today than actress Keira Knightley, who's gone in a few short years from breakout success in Bend It Like Beckham to blockbuster hits like King Arthur, Pirates of the Caribbean and Love Actually. This year, Knightley has demonstrated an impressive range, getting gritty in Domino, dark in The Jacket and solidifying her leading lady status in the critically-acclaimed Pride and Prejudice, while also joining the gangplank again for the much-anticipated Pirates II & III. That's why Knightley is Variety's UK Personality of the Year, an honour she will receive on-stage at the British Independent Film Awards in London on November 30.” Press release.

If you'd like to pass on your congratulations to Keira, send an email here and I'll see that she gets them.

FilmForce have the second of two Pirates set visits in as many days.

This Friday, Santa Monica residents can get a sneak peek of Pride & Prejudice followed by a Q&A with Mr. Bennet himself Donald Sutherland, at the American Cinematheque.

October 24th

Keira is the 12th most searched for term on Google this week according to their statistics service Zeitgeist, with Domino Harvey at No.3.

From ScreenDaily:
Domino, which was picked up by Universal for Latin American and Japan, opened on $90,000 in Mexico and $450,000 in Japan.
Pride And Prejudice added $4m for Universal from 989 sites in eight territories for a $29.6m international running total and has 47 territories still to open. The picture opened top in Australia on $1.6m from 221 sites.
Ed: Never quite sure how they get their figures as their latest box office chart for Australia says P&P debuted there LAST week at No.5 ???

A whole range of Pirates DMC toys will be in the shops for next summer's release, according to a press release from their manufacturer today. And comingsoon.net have a set visit report from the LA studios of the movie.

October 23rd

Domino fell to No.11 in the US this weekend, taking another $2.4m, for a new total of $8.7m. There's no doubting the critics have torn this movie to shreds. Keira's performance has barely been criticised in the abysmal reviews for this movie, and only then to say that she is not suited to such a kicking-ass type of role (ie. compared to pretty roles like Pirates and Love Actually). Most of the negativity is for Tony Scott's editing, making an already confusing storyline just plain indecipherable. I actually thought it helped the fast pace of the story, but was unnecessary in a couple of places. Many critics have praised Keira's performance, and you can read a vastly-expanded collection of them on the Plaudits page.

October 22nd

Keira and the rest of the Pirates cast left the Bahamas on Wednesday ahead of Hurricane Wilma, which is due to pass over Florida and North of the islands on Monday. But Tropical Storm Alpha is also predicted to head North towards the islands later in the week.

October 21st

A few interviews: Keira on Domino (Singapore Electric Paper), Joe Wright on P&P (RopeOfSilicon), and again (FilmJournal), Keira on life and acting (New Weekly).
Thanks Eva, Sarah

October 20th

Leno got the Domino promo, and now channel-mate Conan gets the P&P chat. Keira will be a guest of Conan O'Brien on Friday November 11th, the start of the movie's slow-release in North America. It should be on CNBC Europe on Wednesday 16th. This is Keira's first visit to Conan in New York and she will be joined by Nicole Richie, Steve Irwin and Green Day. What a line-up!

Three new magazine scans are online. See right. Keira is also on the cover of the new Spanish Harper's Bazaar and Quick LA magazines.
Thanks KK Daily

October 18th

The interview with A A Gill in London which I referred to back on August 10th has finally appeared in today's New York Times style magazine, T. Kathy has the pics at WalkingInDaydreams and I have the interview as it's a subscription site.

October 18th

Domino debuted at No.7 in the UK this weekend according to Reuters, behind two strong new entries from Wallace & Grommit and Lords Of War. It took £481,000 across just 275 screens. Pride & Prejudice fell one place to No.3, taking another £600,000 and is still playing to 400 screens in its fifth week.
This is the first time since 24th May 2002 that Keira has had two movies in the UK Top 10. Back then, Bend It Like Beckham was in its seventh week when Thunderpants wafted into theatres.
Note: ScreenInternational has P&P still at No.2 and Domino in at No.6. I hope to clear this up shortly.

October 17th

Role-playing game Kingdom Hearts II will feature characters from Pirates, including Jack and Elizabeth. It's released on December 22nd in Japan, and here's a magazine preview.
Thanks Yui Seta

Keira is featured in People magazine's 'Day to Night Makeovers' section.

October 16th

Domino has debuted at No.6 in the US with $4.7m, according to preliminary figures. Final figures will be released Monday, and UK figures will be out Tuesday night.

Keira is at No.2 in today's new StarMeter chart on IMDbPro, only kept off the top by the new Bond Daniel Craig.

Access Hollywood have their own photo gallery from the Domino premiere.

Here's a fascinating article on the digital enhancements used in P&P.
Thanks to its author Ian Failes

October 14th

BBC Radio 1 movie reviewer Jamie King spoke to Keira (on the phone) on his Thursday show about Domino. Click here, then press the Fast Forward buttons until you get to 30 minutes in.
Thanks Angel

The new Tatler photoshoot and interview is now online, as well as some new clips including exclusive Domino clips. See right.
Please can I ask for anyone who can scan me the following Keira features: Glamour UK (Mariah cover), Arena UK, TotalFilm, InStyle, US Vogue, this Sunday's New York Times beauty feature. Thanks.

October 13th

It's here at last - Keira's appearance on Monday's Tonight Show With Jay Leno. See the New Online section on the right.

Keira's squids in in the Pirates sequel. She tells MTV she has just recorded a scene where she is mauled by a CGI giant squid.

Check out the Domino reviews so far from the external links on the Domino promotions page, and praise for Keira's performance on the Plaudits page.

Here's a look at Keira on the cover of the new Tatler.

October 12th

Apologies for the delay with the Leno video. I may have to wait until we get the show in the UK tomorrow. However, all good things come to they who wait - I'll be putting Keira's previous two Leno visits online too.

ComingSoon has an interview with Keira and Tony.

Check out the pics from the Domino premiere here, here and here.

The Smoking Gun have Domino's death certificate, if you're into such things, plus the coroner's report and mortician's report.

Keira has announced that Miss Swann will no longer have the cleavage she did in the first Pirates movie, as the make-up department don't have time to paint one in ! Article.

A writer for the Independent paper speaks today of her new role model. Not Keira, but her mum Sharman. Article.

October 11th

ScreenInternational seems to have jumped the gun with their box office figures yesterday. Final figures out today show that Serenity did in fact knock P&P off the top spot. Serenity took £960k, and Pride added another £907k. Oliver Twist came in at 3, starring Keira's Pure co-star Harry Eden as the Artful Dodger. Article.

Another Domino clip is online, this time at UGO. Oh, and the 'exclusive' lap dance scene has now appeared on at least six movie sites - some exclusive that turned out to be !

In keeping with the kick-ass role being promoted, the press are enjoying reporting that Keira likes to swear. Golly gosh, whatever next ? Example. Still, at least it's selling the film more appropriately than the non-existent boyfriend story that sold P&P last month.

Domino's premiere takes place tonight at the Chinese Theater in Hollywood. Still no news on the UK prem, if there will be one at all. Apart from a few mags, cinema trailers and the occasional billboard poster, you'd hardly know the film was out here in three days' time. What a difference from P&P. Let's hope we get an avalanche of promos starting soon.

October 10th

Don't miss the highlight of tonight's Jay Leno show on NBC... 'Headlines'. Oh, and Keira ;-) I should have the interview online tomorrow.

Pride & Prejudice is blowing away all criticism here in the UK after staying on top now for its FOURTH consecutive week, beating off new entries Serenity and Night Watch. It added another $1.6m, giving a new total for the UK of $20.5m. Only one previous Keira film spent four weeks at No.1 - Love Actually. Even Pirates and Star Wars have been slayed by Miss Bennet !
Pride also stayed top in the Netherlands for its third week. So far, the movie has grossed $21.8m worldwide. It opens in Belgium this week, then New Zealand, Australia, Austria and Germany next week.

Yahoo! Movies has some more clips from Domino online.
Thanks Butherus.

There's a 15-page interview with Keira at TeenHollywood.com, but only because there's one paragraph and a million ads per page.

Another new interview from the New York Post here...

And one from Canada's Canoe network here.

October 9th

Proof she's everywhere.. Ontario-based chain of beer stores, imaginatively titled The Beer Store, have Keira in the latest issue of their company magazine Chill. Read it here.
Thanks Cassie

October 7th

The Belfast Telegraph had an interview with Keira's ex Jamie Dornan yesterday. His band Sons Of Jim premiered their first single Fairytale on Irish talk show Gerry Kelly last night. See it in the New Online column.

The autographed PuchiBag on eBay only has a few hours left (depending on when you read this, of course). Bid here.

And you can now pre-order your Elizabeth Swann action figure from this site. Click on the image to view it full length.
Thanks Simon

My neighbourhood has received its first taste of culture for many a year, with this billboard a couple of streets from my house. It's the first one I've seen on my patch for any of Keira's movies.

Article round-up:
'I have a J Lo bum' - The Sun
Keira didn't like guns - MTV
'I'm my own worst critic' - Irish Examine