December 31st
A very happy and prosperous New Year to one and all !

The annual KeiraWeb.com Review of the Year is now online.

Some Pirates news to end the year:
- Pirates DMC will premiere on Sky Box Office in the UK on January 24th.
- Filming officially ended on Pirates AWE on December 12th. Thanks Vini
- Pirates DMC contributed to a rise in takings in many countries' annual box office charts for 2006. Of the figures published so far, it was No.1 in the UK, Hong Kong, The Netherlands and Japan, and No.2 in Germany, Italy, South Korea and Russia.

Finally, a huge thank you to all contributors to this site over the last twelve months. To everyone below, and those I've inadvertently missed. Thank you.
Amo, AlmostFamous, Adam Reed, Sam, Cassie, Drew, Mags, Andrew, Rachel, Gilbert's Girl, Vini, Marten, David, Tim King, Troy, Geoff, Anika, Edward, Sherri, Trisha, Andrea, Fliss, Tamise, Isy, Angel, Butherus, Jennifer, Robyn, Marilynka, Josh, Jake, Pymmik, Corey, Cindy, Serena, Katie, Cameron, Ulrik, Christina, Scott, Leigh, Elisha, Kyle, Thais, Alex, Brent, Emily, WorkingTitle Films, Keira Knightley Daily, Futerra, austenblog.com, keiraknightley.com, knightley-infos.com.

December 27th
Keira has been voted in the Top 5 British actresses in a new poll by thebestof.co.uk, in a survey to find the greatest things in the UK. Article.

Pirates CBP was the third most watched programme on UK TV this Christmas, with 10.1 million viewers. It also came in fourth in the US. TV ratings: UK - US

December 24th

Having taken advantage of the pre-Christmas sales I've bought a DVD/VCR Recorder, so I can transfer all my old VHS tapes onto disc for prosperity. One of the tests I did was with a segment of MTV UK's Screenplay show which was shown in August 2003, during the Pirates CBP promotions. It's a countdown of Keira's Top 5 Swashbuckler Movies, and it was never repeated. There's a bit of hiss as I've had to boost the audio due to the deteriorating quality of the tape (a justification, if any were needed, for buying the machine in the first place!), and I've taken out most of the movie footage shown, but the image size is three times larger than my normal clips. It's Keira's very first stint at presenting, a full two years before the Comic Relief show. Watch (9Mb).

December 23rd
Here's another new pic from Atonement, featured in the new issue of Empire film magazine, together with a few quotes from cast and crew. More importantly, there's a UK release date: September 14th. This is a good omen as it's the same week Pride & Prejudice opened.
Thanks 'painfullyuncool'

December 22nd
Keira has won Best Actress in The Sun readers' poll for 2006. Article.
Thanks Angel

And she has risen two places on the annual IMDb StarMeter Top 25 of aggregated people searches at the movie database. She climbs from no.8 to no.6, while Johnny Depp remains in the top spot. Article.

Today's Daily Mail has a short article about Atonement, with a new pic of Keira and Saoirse Ronan. (As I guess we'll be reading her name quite often next year, I've discovered that Saoirse is pronounced 'seer-sha'). Article.
Thanks Tamise

December 20th
Keira's popularity as a name for baby girls continued to rise throughout 2006, to No.33 from last year's 51. Article.
Thanks Amo

Pirates DMC was the biggest film of the year at the UK box office, taking £52m. Article.

December 18th
More YouTube clips uploaded. See middle column >>

Keira's dental rendition of 'Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head' on The Ellen Degeneres Show was No.6 in the 2006 Top 10 viral downloads (ie. the kind of stuff your friends say "you must see this"). You can read about the Top 10 here, or watch the clip here. Funny how Keira's was the only one that actually involved some talent.

And here's a camcorder clip taken by soemone on the beaches of Redcar during Atonement filming. Keira wasn't there of course but it's the most open 'closed set' you're likely to see for a long time !
Thanks KDA

ILM's work on Pirates DMC has been shortlisted for the Visual Effects Award at February's Oscars, Variety anounced Friday.

December 17th
Plenty of Keira on UK TV this Christmas. The TV Guide is now up-to-date for the festive season.

The Pirates DMC DVD sold 10.5m units in its first week in the US, and looks set to beat the current bestselling DVD of 2006, The Chronicles of Narnia. A re-release of Pirates CBP in the US this week has also come in at No.9.  It has repeated its British record-breaking performance in Japan where it has become the biggest selling DVD of all time. Meanwhile, Pirates DMC has greatly contributed to a successful box office year in US cinemas, with admissions forecast to be 2.6% up on last year. 2005 was 8% down on 2004.

December 14th
Unlike last year, there was no car waiting to whisk Keira off to a Golden Globe nominee press call today, although Johnny's Jack Sparrow is up for Best Actor in a Motion Picture: Musical or Comedy. Full list of nominations.

December 11th
Well done to 'mandyromance' who won the Keira's hat auction on eBay. Final price was £695 ($1,360) !

December 9th
Disney appear to be pushing Keira for the Best Actress category at the Golden Globes, rather than Supporting Actress. There was a full page ad in the LA-area Backstage West magazine this week. Nominations announced Thursday 14th. See scan.
Thanks AF, JDR

Meanwhile, here's the first poster artwork for Pirates AWE.

December 7th
Here is the segment from tonight's documentary 'Extreme: Skinny Celebrities 2' on LivingTV. Despite showing footage from Bend It Like Beckham (when she was the same size and frame as she is now) they still insisted that she's lost huge amounts of weight since 'moving to LA' (when did that happen ?!). They focus, of course, on the Pirates premiere Gucci dress and the comments about her family history of anorexia at the press conference next day, both bad moves on Keira's part IMO, as I said at the time. 6.7Mb

Pirates writers Ted and Terry have given a new interview to mark the release of the DMC DVD, and it sounds like the trilogy is pretty final.

Today's rare British tornado which ripped through North London touched down just a few miles from Keira's house. Luckily no-one was killed in the incident. Article.

December 6th
Here's an interview with Keira, amongst others, from the 2005 BIFA Awards in London, when Keira received the Variety Personality of the Year award. View the full file online. I've also ripped the file and edited the Keira-only footage here.
Thanks Amo

The DVD of Pirates DMC has sold nearly 5 million copies on its first DAY of release in North America, according to this article, becoming a hot contender for the biggest selling live-action DVD of all time.

I've uploaded some more clips to YouTube, including Oscars arrivals, Love Actually interview, Thunderpants, Treasure Seekers, and Star Wars.

December 5th
Remember Keira in this hat ? Well now you can own it. Keira has donated the green beanie hat to the charity WOW - Wellbeing Of Women, as part of their 'Bids On Lids' celebrity hat auction. WOW raises money to fund research and awareness into miscarriages and support for those who have suffered them. Also included in the auction is a handwritten note from Keira as provenance (for collectors in the fledgling area of 'Knightleyana' this is a rare document, and will be far more collectable than the hat itself). You can place a bid here.

Geoffrey Rush talks a little about Pirates AWE here in a new interview.

December 3rd
As mentioned a few days ago there are some new pics from Pirates AWE on the Net. A couple of the Johnny ones you may have seen before but there's the big version of the Johnny, Keira, Geoffrey pic I linked to earlier. I love Keira's costume in that pic (as a fan of all cultural things Oriental), so I've made it my title pic. There's also a couple of poorer-quality pics of Keira, which have apparently come from the back of a Pirates 3 action figure (yes, they're out already!) See them all, starting here before Disney get them removed ! Oh, and IESB have the news that a junior Jack Sparrow will feature in AWE.

KeiraSeduction has uncovered a slightly larger version of the Atonement pic I posted a few days ago.

Regarding the Variety feature on Golden Globe hopefuls, the feature inside had this to say about Pirates DMC:
- Why it will be nominated: It's no stretch to imagine Globes will be in the same boat as the millions who made the pic the year's top grosser. As one of the rare mega-franchises to compete in this category, it has an advantage with profile and excitement that few competitors can match.
- Why it won't: Despite its financial success, the charm and nimbleness of the original may have dimmed too much between installments. With the original pic failing to earn a nom, it's unlikely the sequel will fare better.

Today's Wales On Sunday has a long article on the two impending Dylan Thomas films, with Best Time's write-up unfortunately focussing on the 'lesbian romp' story, thanks to you-know-who. Worse news is that the wonderful Rosamund Pike has been cast as Caitlin in the OTHER Dylan movie. Arrghhh!!! Now why oh why couldn't Ros have come on board to star opposite Keira again, instead of that Lohan woman ? Still, what's done is done. Imagine how different the reaction would have been though. In the meantime, Lindsay's publicist and mother have both confirmed the rumours about her checking into Alcoholics Anonymous are true. I think she should have a couple of years off to fully recover ;-)

December 2nd
It's time to dig out the old awards icon again, although it won't be used quite as often as I did this time last year, sadly. However, Disney are pushing Keira, Johnny and Orlando for Golden Globe nominations for Pirates DMC right now, and Johnny was on the cover of Variety this week, in an attempt to catch the eye of the voting panel (what they call 'For Your Consideration'). 'Best Actress In A Supporting Role' would be a nice addition to the CV/resume for Dame Keira, though, don't you think ? Nominees will be announced on December 14th, with the ceremony on January 15th.
Thanks AF, JDR

November 30th
Here we go with one more try at uploading to YouTube. I've recently had one entire account deleted due to copyright infringement despite me clearly stating copyright ownership and the clips being seen by 50,000 people. Oh well, let's see how long these last. I've uploaded New Year's Eve, Comic Relief, a Doctor Zhivago blooper, and a post-Oscars clip. I'll update the Video Gallery page if the clips don't get removed within a couple of weeks.  Watch.

November 28th
On the right is what I believe to be the first official still to emerge from Atonement (as opposed to pap snaps from the set). Obviously there must be bigger versions just released, and usually about half a dozen or so. No doubt they'll surface shortly.
Thanks Amo

Pirates DMC has become the biggest-selling DVD in the UK ever. It's sold 1.5m since going on sale November 20th, that's a quarter of all the DVDs sold during that time. Article.

Atonement author Ian McEwan has been accused of plagiarising a war memoir autobiography by Lucilla Andrews for his bestselling novel. McEwan has denied the allegations. Article.

Here's a pic of Elizabeth, Jack... and Barbossa from Pirates AWE.
Thanks Amo

November 27th
The same source I referred to yesterday is also friends with the '3am Girls' at the Daily Mirror, and met up with them yesterday to give a more accurate account of what's going on with K & R. The resulting article, somewhat sensationalised (hey, this is a tabloid we're talking about) was published today: Article.

Capitol Films, producers of The Best Time Of Our Lives, have put on their web site the first detailed synopsis of the movie. Read it here.

November 26th
EXCLUSIVE: The girlfriend of one of Rupert's close friends has contacted me to let me know the truth about the engagement story. They were with Keira and Rupert at The Paper Club in London on the night the story emerged. They are NOT engaged, she tells me, but are angry, not just by the story itself, but by the reports of their behaviour towards each other and staff during their apparently 'celebratory mood'. The story was made up by the company who organised the party on behalf of Lindsay Lohan, who promised a London media company a 'good story' from the party in exchange for a mention of their party company in the 'showbiz gossip' releases the media company feeds to the UK newspapers and magazines. The party organisers were apparently keen to kill the 'Lindsay snubs Keira' story which emerged the day after the party (the Saturday) by inventing a more sensational one (the engagement story) to catch the attention of the media instead. Only the News of the World ran with the engagement story on the Sunday, but sadly that's the kind of thing the world's media pick up on from the newswires, which is why it's still gaining coverage a week on. Incidentally, the media company involved is the same one that ran the engagement story back in August. For potentially legal consequences I am deliberately not naming the companies involved, although the email's author did so. I'm sure the media don't care about printing false stories but this site has always tried to give Keira's fans the truth, and with a story as significant as this I'm grateful to the contact for her information.

Playback magazine has an interview with Silk's DOP (director of photography). It's a subscription magazine but you can read the article in full on the Newsletter.

Today's Observer newspaper has an article on the two Dylan Thomas films about to go into production, Caitlin and The Best Time Of Our Lives. It suggests Dougray Scott may be in the running for Best Time's Dylan Thomas role. Article.

Meanwhile The Independent hauls Keira over the coals because of a fur stole she wore for a few hours twelve months ago ! Article.

With this weekend marking the end of the fiscal year in the US movie busines, Pirates DMC came out as the top-grossing film of 2006. Article.

Love Actually gets its UK terrestrial premiere on December 6th on ITV1 at 9pm (11pm in some regions).

November 22nd
The BBC have unveiled their Christmas TV package today, which includes Pirates CBP on Christmas Day on BBC1. They bought terrestrial rights way back in October 2003 but have had to wait for broadcast seasons on both the Disney Channel, and Sky Box Office/Sky Movies before they could air it. Article.

Here'a an article on Zizzle's lucrative tie-in with Disney to sell Pirates DMC merchandise this year.

November 19th
Today brings two different stories from the British tabloids. First up is that Keira has publicly announced her engagement to Rupert Friend at a party within the last few days and that they will marry in a Tom & Katie-style Italian castle next year. The News of the World says Rupert proposed in Paris in September. The other story comes from the Sunday Mirror which claims that at possibly the same party, apparently held by Lindsay Lohan, Li-Lo insisted on knowing what Keira was wearing, summoned her over by text and then virtually deafed her out when Keira spoke to her for the first time. I'm not even going to speculate on which of the above are facts - I'm getting kind of tired of doing so to be honest - but I could imagine the Diva Lohan story as being quite accurate. The 'Keira gets engaged' story was already offered by The Sun on August 21st. I guess if they trot it out often enough it'll be true one day.
The stories: Engagement - Lindsay

Domino premieres on UK TV on December 1st. See the TV Guide.

November 17th
A survey of new baby names in the UK has found 8,716 little Keiras born in the last five years, in an obvious parallel with the rise to fame of a certain actress. Article.

Ladies, here's more details on the must-have leather jacket seen being worn by Keira earlier this week. Article.

The Times has a competition to win a day filming at the Pinewood Studios 'paddock tank' where the frozen lake sequence in King Arthur was filmed, as well as Keira's underwater photo session for WaterAid.
Thanks Amo

November 14th
Keira is now back in the UK and was snapped out and about today. Pics.
I wonder if Lindsay will be popping round for tea while she's in town to present the World Music Awards tomorrow ?

Disney has reported a doubling of profits for its last fiscal quarter (July-August 06), thanks mainly to its studio entertainment section, including box office hits cars and of course Pirates DMC. Article.
And Disney has recently made available Pirates DMC for iPod download from Apple's iTunes store. Article. You can download it directly from this link (US iTunes store required).

In an interview for French magazine Figaro, Atonement author Ian McEwan says he's seen a rough-cut of the movie and has described Keira's performance as 'great'. Google translated version here. Original here.

November 11th
Pirates writers Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio have said today on their message boards that Keira has said no such thing about not wanting to be a part of future POTC movies, and that filming has far from wrapped. I have left a comment for the writer of the Daily Mail article that maybe he should have put a question mark on the end of his headline 'Swann song from Pirates maid Keira'. All comments are vetted so I doubt if it will appear on the article page (linked to yesterday, see below). I suggest you submit your own voice of disapproval until he can start writing facts which are actually that - facts.

November 10th
Keira wraps filming on Pirates AWE today, and has told producers it is to be her last Pirates film. While this does not necessarily cast doubt on a fourth POTC, the initial reaction from fans is that they don't want to see a POTC4 without Keira. The bulk of the reaction to today's news is positive in Keira's favour - they are glad she's jumped ship when she has, and are looking forward to more adult, more fulfilling roles to come. I second that. Article. IMDb boards: Keira - POTC AWE

November 9th
Disney is looking for another cast member for Pirates AWE. Auditions will be held in London on November 16th. Just one small point - you need to be a parrot. Article.

November 8th
What appears to be the 'blooper reel' feature from the Pirates DMC DVD has appeared on YouTube. Watch.

November 7th
Keira and Johnny are up for Best Match-Up at the People's Choice Awards. The ceremony will be on January 9th. Article. Vote here.

November 4th
London-based Capitol Films have announced they will finance The Best Time Of Our Lives. The full announcement can be read on the Newsletter, but says in part "We have a wonderful script with two of the hottest young actresses in cinema today and I am confident that the film will be amongst the most sought after new properties at the market."
Capitol had a two-page ad in Variety this week promoting their current and upcoming projects (due to the AFM movie trade fair in LA this week). The part of the ad mentioning Best Time can be seen here, confirming both Lohan's and Maybury's attachments.
Thanks to AF for the scan

October 31st
Happy Halloween to all. Trick or treat ? Well, you decide - Variety has the confirmation today of Li-Lo's casting in Best Time. It said:
Lindsay Lohan is joining Keira Knightley in the "The Best Time of Our Lives," which John Maybury is in negotiations to direct for U.K.-based Sarah Radclyffe Prods. Lensing is skedded to begin in April. Script by Knightley's mother, playwright Sharman Macdonald... Rebekah Gilbertson, who is producing with Radclyffe, originated the project. Gilbertson is the granddaughter of Phillips and Killick. Radclyffe co-founded Working Title with Tim Bevan in 1984 but left the company after Polygram took it over. Maybury directed Knightley in Warner Independent Pictures' "The Jacket."

October 30th
Here's a couple of snippets of Pirates news: Niagara Falls filming - JB interview

October 27th
IMDb have finally taken notice of my numerous submissions and removed ye olde Jurassic Park IV rumour. And about time too. Oh, and they've added La Lohan to the Best Time cast - I'm not guilty of that one. Last week Miss Lohan was awarded the same Breakthrough Female Award from the Hollywood Film Festival that Keira received in 2004. No, I can't work that one out, either.

Need to have a rethink on the YouTube plans. I uploaded the three Jay Leno interviews to start with, but NBC ordered them removed the next day! So that was a great start. Not.

October 26th
Congrats to Keira, who has made it into DeBrett's new publication People Of The Year 2006. A spokesman said: "The people in the book have all shaped something this year, or done something particularly interesting. This is a celebration of our meritocratic society." Article.

October 24th
L*****y L***n is worried about her British accent when she starts filming Best Time, according to The Sun. Meanwhile, the rest of those involved in the movie should be worrying about the box office. Still, at least she's going to try. That's more than can be said for Kirsten Dunst and her American-accented Marie Antoinette. Hilarious.

James McAvoy will be interviewed on next Monday's Film2006 on BBC1. He'll be talking about Starter For Ten, but there may be the first on-set footage of Atonement if we're lucky. The same programme provided the first on-set footage of P&P a couple of years ago, which went on to be my most downloaded clip ever. Watch this space...

Pirates DMC has been nominated for Best Feature Film and the Public Award at the Children's BAFTAs. The ceremony will be on November 26th in London. Article.

October 22nd
Joe Wright talks about Atonement in tomorrow's edition of Variety. The article in full is on the Newsletter right now. It says that the novel's author Ian McEwan "was 'very constructively involved' in reviewing drafts of the script", but also states that "a demanding post-production schedule is not expected to yield a rough cut until April." Release is set for September.

Meanwhile, Rupert Friend has given his first interview, about his movie Mr Palfrey At The Claremont, released recently in Australia.

October 20th
The reliable Daily Mail Hollywood columnist today has this to say about the Lohan casting: "I'm told the script contains a "flavour" about how close Caitlin and Vera became, but there'll be no lesbian romp." Well that's a bit of a relief, but I'm still thinking 'Of all the actresses...'  Still, at least it means no more tabloid nonsense like this. Li-Lo's all over the papers today wearing a coat made of real fur. Silly girl. Ah well, it makes a change from her other bits of fur she keeps showing people.

IMDb now lists late August to mid-September for Atonement's release in principal countries, thus running into October for most other countries. But with Silk also pencilled in for October I can smell another P&P/Domino schedule shuffle in the offing.

The first new snaps of Keira in quite a while have appeared. Cute specs!

October 18th
Local Santa Barbara news channel KEYT reports that Pirates AWE has today started filming at the Guadeloupe Dunes Park in California. No word on which of the cast, if any, will be present, but congratulations to them for managing to spell both of Keira's names wrong on their web site.

The L*****y L***n interview on E! News turned out to be one of InStyle magazine's press officers selling the current issue which features Li-Lo inside and on the cover, so no word on the recent cast announcement as the interview could have been conducted months ago. Apparently she wants to win an Oscar before she's 30....

....Now onto news about something that WILL happen: Keira's first Chanel commercial. FemaleFirst are reporting that Joe Wright will be directing Keira in her first 'short film' for the company, due out in early 2007. Not sure if they have their wires crossed here, but Joe doesn't seem arty-farty enough for Chanel's ads, from what I remember of them. Perhaps they've realised they may sell more goodies if people can actually understand what their ads are about.

October 17th
The Ryan Seacrest Show, still officially known as E! News, otherwise known as The Paris Hilton Daily News Show (remind me again who paid the bargain basement price for the next series of The Simple Life? Oh yeah: E!) will have an exclusive interview with Skanky Lohan tomorrow, so I guess we'll find out if our nightmares will come true about this role or if she's just been having a big joke with us Keira fans. You won't be surprised to learn that the global media have picked up on that small word 'lesbian' which Li-Lo mentioned in that article last weekend. So now the whole world is vomiting in unison. By the way, this picture is genuine, untouched by computer. Bucket please.

October 15th
Canadian cinema production newswire Playback have announced that Rhombus Media are now officially in post-production on Silk, and hope to have a final cut available by March. Clips and official shots should start appearing shortly after, to whet our appetites through the summer until its autumn release.

We don't get many Keira role rumours nowadays, but the one in today's People made me laugh. Apparently she's top choice to play head girl Virginia in a planned remake of the St. Trinians naughty schoolgirl romps. Somehow I can't see Keira in that role. Miss Lohan, perhaps ? :) Story.

BBC's The Culture Show is looking for nominations for their Greatest Living Icon poll. She fits their criteria (which can be read on the FAQ page), and as they're giving Liam Gallagher and Kate Moss as examples, I see no reason why Keira shouldn't get at least some votes. See the site to read and vote.

Pirates DMC has finally lost the top spot in its final market Italy, but not before taking $22m there. Around the world last week it brought in a further $2.6m. Global box office is now $1.056bn, of which $636m is non-US box office.
Source: Variety

October 14th
MTV is reporting that Lindsay Lohan announced on Thursday she is to star alongside Keira in The Best Time Of Our Lives.
This news has been greeted with universal condemnation by Keira's fans, and while it's more shock than anything for now, my own knee-jerk reaction is the same at the moment. Maybe it will change (if it's true) but I can't help thinking 'Of all the actresses in the world...'  In fact, of all the actresses in the world right now, if there's one who can kill the enthusiasm a fan has for a forthcoming movie by suddenly proclaiming she's attached to it, it's Miss Lindsay Lohan. And who's fault is that ?
All British-made films with US backing have a 'token American' to help it sell at the US Box Office (the only one that matters, apparently - think of all of Working Title's movies and you'll see what I mean: Renee, Julia etc.) but why Lohan ? I don't blame her for wanting to finally move away from the instantly forgettable tweenie crap she's been churning out for years, but if she wants to get her teeth into more serious, memorable movie roles, why does it have to be this one ?
Lindsay said of the role: "[Keira] is older than me, but she kind of has a mysterious relationship with my lover... And then there's somewhat of a lesbian undertone." Do you mind, Lohan ? I've just eaten. Hopefully she'll build on her recent reputation and just not turn up. Story - IMDb Message Boards: Keira - Best Time... - Take the poll

October 12th
Announcement: Please see the latest blog entry for news on the future development of this site.

As expected, Disney have denied they're going to kill off Will Turner in any Pirates 4 movie. With DMC's billion dollar box office being down to three massive fanbases, they're hardly likely to eliminate a third of that for no real reason. Article.

October 8th
UK TV: Next Sunday will be Keira Night on Sky Movies! Either deliberately or by accident, the 8pm premiere of Pride & Prejudice on SM1 (or SM3 if you want the director's commentary) will be followed by a choice of viewing: King Arthur on SM1 or The Jacket on SM2. The making of programme, the P&P Diaries is on SM3 at 10.10pm. Looking ahead, Domino is likely to follow in November or December, together with both the expected BBC1 premiere of Pirates CBP and the terrestrial premiere of Love Actually over Christmas. Oh, and Oliver Twist is out on DVD next Monday too :)

Pirates AWE has won its first award already: Most Anticipated Film, at the Scream Awards, organised by the Spike TV channel in the US. Pirates DMC also won an armful of awards. Press release.

The not-very-reliable Daily Star newspaper has the story that Orlando Bloom will not be in Pirates 4 due to cost-cutting, but Keira and Johnny will. Funny that they know such details, considering the movie's not even beyond the 'possibility' stage yet. Article.

In response to several enquiries I can clear up some confusion over the hearsay that Keira is pregnant. She's not (as far as I know) but, and perhaps even more shockingly, it's the 16-year old star of Whale Rider, Keisha Castle-Hughes, who IS pregnant. Both actress and whale are said to be thrilled at the news (sorry!). Story.

October 3rd
Keira is nominated by the Hollywood Film Festival this year in their annual awards ceremony in the category Hollywood Female Star Of The Year. You can vote here.
Thanks AF

September 29th
The usually-reliable Daily Mail showbiz reporter Baz Bamigboye states in his column today that Keira is confirmed for the role of Vera Phillips, friend of poet Dylan Thomas, in The Best Time Of Our Lives, and that filming will start in April, rather than January as originally reported. This means the first three months of 2007 are as yet unconfirmed for Keira - another movie maybe ? Or perhaps Rupert's rumoured booze cruise is about to take place! The director Mike Radford is also apparently out, replaced by John Maybury, who directed Keira in The Jacket. The screenplay is by Keira's mum Sharman Macdonald, and tells the story of the events leading up to a shooting and threatened grenade attack on the Thomas home by family friend William Killick. More on the incident here (2/3 down the page) - Daily Mail article - Keira's movie news archive.

September 28th
You can see the cover of the Pirates DMC DVD here, and I've just spotted a 2007 calendar too.
Thanks Adam Reed

September 25th
Pride & Prejudice will premiere on Sky Movies in the UK on October 15th. Keira is on the cover of the October Sky magazine and there's an interview inside, but nothing new in the words or pics. The premiere will also be broadcast with the behind-the-scenes programme which you can still see on the P&P Promo Page, and also the option to watch the entire film with Audio Commentary, as per the DVD. See the TV Guide on the right for details.

September 24th
Still quiet on the Keira front, except for an interesting snippet at the bottom of this page. Doesn't quote a source though, as usual.

Pirates DMC is now the fourth biggest movie ever at the International (ie. non-US) box office, with $617.3m, knocking Harry Potter And The Chambr of Secrets down to fourth place. Italy's late release of DMC continues to pull in the crowds as the film had taken $15.5m by last Wednesday. The global figure is now $1.036bn.
Source: Variety

September 21st
Disney have a new site up in anticipation of the DVD release. It's called Dead Man's Mail. Check it out.

September 20th
Pirates producer Jerry Bruckheimer says that the principal actors will have completed their scenes on Pirates AWE by early November. Article.

Keira was in Paris earlier this week for a meeting with people at Chanel, whose main offices are in the French capital. See pics at Keira Seduction. The first TV commercial and print ads for Coco Mademoiselle are due early next year.

For those interested in the evolution of films from page to screen, Variety has an interesting article on the ups and downs of getting Keira's next-but-one release Silk financed and filmed. Variety is subscription only, but you can read the article on the Newsletter.

Both Domino and Pride & Prejudice will be shown on the US channel Cinemax from the end of this month. Check here for dates and times. They should be on Sky Movies too before the end of the year.

September 19th
Here's the official press release announcing the arrival of the Pirates DMC DVD(s) on December 5th.

September 18th
Pirates DMC continues to break records. Its late opening in Italy on Friday saw it break through the $600m threshold at the International box office (non-US), only the sixth film ever to do so. It's total of $612m places it at No.5 on that chart, but is within days of becoming the No.4. Global box office is now $1.03bn. In italy itself, the movie brought in $12.8m in just five days, more than double the performance of Pirates CBP there. It was enough to return DMC to the No.1 movie currently showing at the international box office, a position it lost to Cars last week.
Source: ScreenInternational

September 17th
I have made a one-clip compilation of all Keira's scenes in The Phantom Menace. She wears the black costume in most of the scenes, until the scene in the Naboo forest and the storming of the palace where she is wearing the black and red costume/head-dress. In the final celebration scene, she is standing behind Anakin, wearing the green cowl. 12Mb

Keira has been voted 'Greatest Ever Hollywood Starlet' in a poll by Yahoo! visitors. Something tells me Keira would greet that news with a smile - through gritted teeth. Don't go up to her in the street and call her a starlet - not without having paramedics on standby anyway. Article.
Thanks Sam

September 16th
Pirates DMC is now available for pre-order, and will be out on November 20th. Amazon UK has a limited edition with artwork postcards, and a saving of £11 too. Please click the the link to Pre-order.
Thanks Adam Reed
 

September 14th
Disney have announced that Pirates AWE will be released globally on May 25th next year, rathr than gradually around the world, ScreenInternational reports. Mark Zoradi, president of the Disney Motion Pictures Group says: ""All we need to do is get the trailer out there, put together a good campaign and I think the audience is going to be with us."
The article also states, intriguingly: "The third film... will conclude the initial Pirates trilogy, though it is unlikely to be the last Pirates sequel."
Read the full article on the Newsletter.

Keira is being mentioned as a potential lead for a proposed movie about Hannah Dustin, the New England woman who killed her Indian captors, and escaped in a canoe. Article.

September 12th
Pirates DMC took a further $7.7m at the international box office this week, giving a new total outside the US of $592.4m. US total is now over $416m, meaning the global total is now 54% higher than the final figure of the first Pirates movie. With Italy still to debut DMC this Friday, it should climb from 6th to 4th most successful movie of all time at the international box office. Britain continues to bring in the highest non-US total, $94.7m, with Japan second on $81m.
Mark Zoradi, president of Disney's Motion Pictures Group, said today: "We feel there are really no bounds for the worldwide appeal of the stars -- Johnny Depp, Keira Knightley and Orlando Bloom -- particularly with the popularity of the first two films."
Source: Variety

Meanwhile Pirates CBP has been voted the favourite pirate movie of all time. Can't imagine there'd be a huge list to choose from there :-) Article.

September 11th
The new issue of the Movie Idols poster mag profiles Keira for the second time. The first was back in 2003. More here.

Kingdom Hearts II will be released across Europe at the end of this month. I think we concluded the POTC cast did not provided the character voices in the Pirates of the Caribbean World. Article.

September 10th

It's official ! Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest is now the third biggest movie of all time. Disney made the announcement yesterday. The all-time chart now looks like this.

So what, exactly, has brought in the booty for this movie ? I have my theories. It's not the promotion as that seems to have been spent on action figures, lunch boxes and Kellogg's cereals; it's not the overwhelming praise from the critics because half of them panned it; it's not the special effects or even the continuation of a popular storyline. The reason DMC has become the third biggest movie in cinema history is because of the bringing together of not one but three massive fanbases - star power, but more importantly the supporters of those stars, has made this film the success it is.
Since Black Pearl, Johnny Depp's already large fanbase has likely more than doubled since he gave us Jack Sparrow in 2003. Orlando Bloom's growing fanbase from Lord of the Rings exploded after his appearance as Will Turner, and Black Pearl was truly Keira's breakout movie (Bend It Like Beckham became big worldwide, but only very slowly and only in limited theatres - Pirates CBP put her on the map globally).
I wonder if the cast, crew and companies involved will acknowledge that it's primarily the power of us, the fans, who have made this movie a 10-figure Box Office blockbuster ? Sadly, I think we all know the answer to that question.
Still, we must congratulate Keira on being part of the third biggest movie ever made. It's her second in the Top 10, along with Phantom Menace.

September 9th
Working Title have issued a news update announcing that filming on Atonement has now wrapped. We now have to wait till the end of next summer to see the results.

A Cailfornian boating newspaper has a report on one of the stars of Pirates AWE, The Black Pearl.

September 6th
It's nearly there - Pirates DMC has now totalled $993.7m around the world, just a few days away from being the third biggest movie of all time. The US total is currently $414.2m, providing a non-US total of $579.5m. It is still packing out cinemas in countries where it opened several weeks ago - France $2.4m in this, it's fifth week, and Japan another $1.6m in its seventh week. The UK has the biggest non-US tally for DMC, coming in at $93.9m. It has still to open in Italy next Friday.

September 5th
It's hard to believe it's already a year ago today since I was on the red carpet with Dame Keira Knightley at the London premiere of Pride & Prejudice. It seems like last week.

And it's still being nominated for awards. The European Film Academy (no, I'd never heard of it either) has shortlisted it for its People's Choice Award. Winners will be announced on December 2nd and you can vote here.

It's a further example of how the tiniest snippet about Keira gets picked up, that the newswires are abuzz with the goodie bag tax story (see below), even going so far as to say that Keira was angry to have to pay the bill of $2000. She probably had that much in her purse! Still, it keeps her in the news I guess...

Girls, take the Daily Mail's jewellery quiz to see what kind of style personality you have. If you choose the Bs, you're a Keira clone.

September 3rd
An article here on the new tax laws that have forced celebs to cough up for their freebie giveaways, and focusses on Keira's recent visit to the Silver Spoon pre-Emmys do a couple of weeks ago.

And an interview here with Marc Evans, director of the 'other' forthcoming Dylan Thomas movie, but mentions The Best Time Of Our Lives.

Commercial break: As part of my concert tickets site, I now have stores set up for all your music needs. You can buy CDs, DVDs etc. from here, or official band t-shirts, caps and stuff from here. And now back to your regular programming.

September 2nd
Keira attended a birthday party for her stylist Rachel Zoe at the Social Hollywood club on August 24th, according to this article.

September 1st
Pirates co-writer Terry Rossio has confirmed that the subtitle for Pirates 3 will be At Worlds End. Article.

August 30th
As part of Sky Movies’ Star Wars season in September, which will see the broadcast of all six episodes, there are a galaxy of behind the scenes shows scheduled too. Of potential Keira content, of course, are the Phantom Menace programmes, which are listed here. These may or may not be the extras on the DVD.

Anne Hathaway admits Keira’s Lizzie Bennet provided a daunting prospect for her portrayal of Jane Austen in new movie Becoming Jane. Article.

Here's a new pic of Keira from the Pirates 3 set. Article.

August 28th
- Pirates DMC is now within days of passing Harry Potter And The Sorcerer's Stone to become the third biggest movie ever, and is within seven days of breaking the $1billion global box office figure, only the third movie ever to do so. This week raked in another $17.8m outside of the US, giving a new international total of $554.7m. Added to the US domestic figure, DMC has now achieved $962.3m (Harry Potter peaked at $976.5m).
- In the US, it is the sixth biggest movie ever, and will remain so as the number of theatres now playing the movie decreases, so that figure is unlikely to pass the current No.5 movie, The Phantom Menace. US tally is now $407.6m.
- Internationally, DMC is now the biggest movie this century, due to it being the No.1 movie for eight consecutive weeks. The previous record of seven weeks was the first Pirates movie.
- Around the world this week, DMC debuted in Greece, breaking the Greek box office record for any movie. A $2.6m debut there was 25% above the previous record holder. Even in war-torn Lebanon, where people have more important things on their minds right now, DMC was the year's biggest movie, taking $100,000 on 65 screens. It remained the No.1 film in France and Germany. France took a further $3.2m, Germany $2.3m, Japan $2.2m, Spain $2.1 and the UK $1.1m. British tally is now $91.5m, almost £50m.
Source: Variety

August 27th
Today's News of the World has some snaps of K & R boogieing the night away in LA. Pics.

Atonement completes filming in Redcar today. Article.

August 25th
Keira attended the Silver Spoon Hollywood Buffet on Thursday, held annually at a private residence in Los Angeles. Silver Spoon organise the two-day event ahead of a major celebrity happening in Hollywood to raise money for designated charities. Last year it pre-empted the MTV Movie Awards, and this year it was ahead of Sunday's Emmy Awards. Article. Photos.
Thanks Cassie, Drew

I continue to be astounded by the creativity present on YouTube.com, as these two Pride & Prejudice videos show. The audio is from the two Focus Features trailers, but the video is from, well, elsewhere. Fantastic stuff, here and here.
Thanks Mags at AustenBlog

There's articles and pics from the set of Pirates 3 here and here.

Keira gets third place in this month's Celebrity Look poll by fashion and beauty site beautyriot.com, behind Ashley Olsen and Nicole Richie. Press release.

August 23rd
The big numbers keep rolling in for Pirates DMC.
This week alone: $25.5m at 6,222 screens in 51 countries, notably Spain (second week): $5.1m on 758 screens; France (third week): $4.8m on 750 screens; Germany (fourth week): $3.5m on 1,380 screens; Japan (fifth week): $4.1m on 711 screens; UK (seventh week): $4.1m at 711 screens.
Global box office is now $923.8m and Variety says ""Dead Man's Chest" has a decent shot at becoming the third film after "Titanic" (with $1.8 billion) and "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" ($1.1 billion) to gross more than a billion dollars worldwide."
Source: Variety

Comic lovers will want to know that the new issue (No.103) of Archie & Friends is out on August 29th. It features a POTC-inspired story with characters based on Keira, Orlando and Johnny. See exclusive examples of the artwork by Andrew Pepoy here and here. For more info visit archiecomics.com
Thanks Andrew, Rik

A woman and shopping are not parted for long. Keira was barely off the plane in LA before she hit the shops. Pics.
And these scans from a French mag would suggest a set of photos taken somewhere on the day of the DMC premiere in London, though I haven't seen any others.

August 21st
Keira's beach tantrum in Pirates DMC won her Choice Hissy Fit at yesterday's Teen Choice Awards, and DMC won seven surfboards in total. Details here.

As expected, Pirates DMC will be out on DVD in December, Buena Vista Home Entertainment confirmed today. Availability and 'featurette' content sounds much the same as CBP, according to this article.

The new issue of More magazine has quotes from "a source" regarding her and Rupert's apparent engagement. I wonder if it's the same non-existent source who said she was besotted with Kaz James when in fact she'd never even met him ? Hmmm. All will be revealed soon, I presume. Article.

August 20th
The first new clip in almost a month: E!'s Sexiest European Stars, broadcast in the UK tonight. Keira was Numero Uno. 5.5Mb

Piraets DMC today becomes the first film this year to pass $400m at the US box office, having taken another $5m this week. It is now at No.8 after seven weeks. Overseas it has taken more than $463m making a global tally of $864m. It has now passed Finding Nemo in the all-time charts to become Disney's biggest ever movie, a No.7 placing, pushing Nemo down to No.8. It only needs another $7m to put it in the all-time Top 10.

August 18th
Keira left London for the sunnier climes of Los Angeles on Thursday.  She is due to spend three months in the US filming internal scenes for Pirates 3, mainly at a disused aircraft hangar outside Palmdale, which Disney has transformed into the required Oriental sets. Fans in North America can write to Keira at a Burbank, California address provded to me by Disney Consumer Relations. See the Fanmail section below for the full address.

August 15th
According to The Sun today, K & R are engaged, having announced it over dinner in LA this week. Funny that, because they're still in London. How does that slogan go ? 'The Sun - We Love It'. Except for accurate news, apparently.

A photographer is putting together a photo study of the Redcar locations for the Atonement filming.

Pirates DMC has already won its first award - The Hollywood Film Festival will award it the Visual Effects trophy at the ceremony on October 23rd.

August 14th
Pirates DMC has now grosssed $855m worldwide, the 12th biggest movie ever made. By the end of August it will become only the seventh movie ever to pass the $900m mark. It debuted in Spain on 980 screens this week, bringing in $11.4m, a new Spanish record. Another $8.5m in France brings its total to £30m in 12 days. In Germany, $5.6m this week makes a total of $45.7m there, and another $2.3m in the UK makes a British total of $85m.
Source: Variety

Meanwhile, Monday's Variety has an article on the race for the box office booty next May when not one but THREE movies, all of them second sequels, will be vying for the big bucks: Pirates 3, Shrek The Third and Spider-Man 3. You can read the full article on the KeiraWeb Newsletter.

August 13th
Keira has fallen victim to phone hackers, according to this exclusive feature in the Independent on Sunday today. This is not the monitoring of voice calls but rather voicemails (see the middle column of this article to understand what goes on). The royal correspondent for the News of the World newspaper was arrested recently following similar apparent interceptions of Prince William's phone messages. Both the prince and TV presenter John Leslie called in police following suspicions of illegal activity with their phones, but it is not clear whether Keira had similar suspicions or whether her name has just been revealed as part of the police widening their investigations into this illegal activity.
The article claims the monitoring of Keira's messages revealed her relationship with Rupert Friend, but if it did, the News of the World did not announce the scoop. Photographs of Keira and Rupert began to circulate in the New Year and several fans emailed me having recognised who he was, but it was celebrity gossip mags Grazia and Heat who were the first to name him as Keira's Pride & Prejudice co-star.
It begs the question why anyone would want to bother doing this to Keira. Unlike some of the other people identified as victims, she doesn't court scandal or have any 'skeletons in the closet'. Perhaps they did it just because they could. Either way, Keira must be devastated at this news. For someone who has publicly - albeit only occasionally - discussed her 'price of fame' concerns, usually regarding covert surveillance by photographers, this revelation must have sent her reeling and we wish her well.

EXCLUSIVE: Having contacted Working Title's publicist for Atonement yesterday, I can confirm that Keira has now wrapped filming all her scenes for the movie and that she will not be involved in the subsequent filming in the Grimsby and Redcar areas in the coming weeks.
Thanks Rachel

August 12th
More on Redcar's transformation here, here and here.

Keira tops next Sunday's 'Sexiest' poll on E! UK at 10pm in their 'Sexiest European Stars' countdown.

August 11th
The latest global figure for DMC is $772m, with forecasts of it beating Finding Nemo to become Disney's biggest ever grossing movie. Its French debut this past week brought in $18m on 700 screens, and a still-impressive $3.4m on 485 UK screens, now in its fifth week in Britain, totalling $80.6m in the UK. In Belgium, ticket sales went UP in its second week, and fell only slightly in Japan, Switzerland, Brazil and Mexico. DMC is now the No.7 biggest film ever in the US, and 19th worldwide (Finding Nemo is currently 11th). It opens in Spain today, another strong market, with Greece (24th) and Italy (September 15th) still to come.
Source: Variety, BoxOfficeMojo

If you've been looking for the SUV that Volvo and Disney buried as part of the Pirates DMC promotions, you can stop looking - somebody's found it. Article.

Filming of Pirates 3 has resumed in California and the desert salt flats of Utah. With the cast and crew of Atonement readying for the Grimsby and Redcar shoots next week, Keira may have wrapped on the latter and is about to fly out to the States ready to don hair extensions and Oriental costumes for Pirates 3. I'm sure the pap snaps from LAX will tell us when she's arrived.

Don't forget that Pure is now on DVD release across North America. The distributors have added the legend 'Academy Award Nominee Keira Knightley' to the cover credits. A great performance from Keira, and also young Harry Eden.
Thanks Adam Reed

August 10th
Here's an article on the connection between celebs and perfume, mentioning Keira and Chanel.

And here's the text of a Disney conference held by the 'top table', in which the success of DMC is spoken of highly.

August 8th
There's some more pics of K & R here, taken yesterday in London. Now, I was reluctant to mention this, but she's wearing the same dress she wore to the launch party of the Irish Film & Television Awards in Dublin on July 30th 2003 ! Reluctant in case it embarrasses Dame Keira (though I'm sure she couldn't care less), but also because it either makes me out to be an uber-fan (which is cool) or creepishly observant and sad (which is not so cool). Nurse?!!! My pills!

On a slightly more sane note, US fans can see a repeat of Keira's appearance on the Ellen Degeneres Show this Friday, in which Keira talks about Pride & Prejudice and plays a merry tune while accompanying herself on her teeth.

August 7th
Here's the first sighting of Keira in Oriental costume for Pirates 3. The external scenes, remember, have already been filmed while Pirates DMC was filmed in the Caribbean. Watch here.
Thanks Gilbert's Girl, Winnie at Johnny Depp Zone

Let's hope Universal get Keira to do the publicity for Atonement if its author Ian McEwan's comments so far are anything to go by (scroll down). Or maybe he was being sarcastic.
There's been a new LiveJournal set up here for the movie.

And here's another one with photos from the DMC premiere in London.

August 6th
Pirates DMC fell to third place at the US box office this weekend, but racked up another $11m in the process. Total US tally is now $380m, making it the No.8 biggest-grossing movie in US box office history. In the UK it is set to top the £50m mark ($93.5m). This week's total outside of the US is $55m, pushing the movie past $300m in foreign markets. The worldwide overall total is now $681m, making it the 23rd biggest grossing movie of all time.
Source: Variety, BoxOfficeMojo

WTR hs a couple of pics apparently from Pirates 3 - here and here.
Thanks Vini

August 4th
As that mad woman from Iceland once sang "It's oh so quiet", at least with Keira news. Here's a nice one-page gallery of more than a thousand Keira pics, and here's some recent pap snaps of K & R in London.

Pirates DMC opened in France on Wednesday to another record-breaking figure. It sold 693,023 tickets for the first day's screenings, beating the previous French record of 641,000 for Star Wars Episode 3. This gives the movie an opening of $4.4m en France.

The recent US InStyle interview and photoshoot is featured in the September UK edition. Or on the Magazinespage if you prefer.
Thanks David

August 1st
Oliver Twist, featuring Keira as Rose Fleming, will be released for the first time on Region 2 (Europe) DVD on October 16th. Here's a few clips to tide you over: One - Two - Three
Thanks Marten

The worldwide box office for Pirates DMC is now in excess of $664m, beating the closing total of the first movie which was $653m, and DMC is yet to open in over a quarter of its countries. Here are the figures from debut countries last weekend: Germany $18.8m on 903 screens; Austria $2.8m on 105 screens; Belgium $2.2m at 125 screens. It raked in another $6.4m in Japan and $4.9m more in the UK, taking Britain's total box office to $72.4m. The movie opens this weekend in France, Hong Kong, South Africa and Colombia.
Source: Variety

July 31st
More pics from the exterior London set of Atonement. The paparazzi must feel like they've won the lottery - Keira Knightley, filming, in public! The shots of her in the nurse's uniform made some of the UK tabloids today, with the predictable headlines about men having their pulses checked and being in need of medical attention, etc. Yes folks, it's Carry On Keira! Ooh, matron.

IMDb seem to be getting less stringent about what they add to their filmographies lately. Ye Olde Jurassic Park rumour has been put back up again. In the summer of 2003 at the POTC press conference in California, a journalist asked if it was true that Steven Spielberg had called Keira regarding her availability for the project, following a recommendation by Jurassic Park star Sam Neill (with whom she'd worked on Doctor Zhivago). Keira said it was true she had spoken to Spielberg, and the rumour started from there. But old guard KeiraWebbers may remember I asked Keira's agent about this and received the response "she is not attached to Jurassic Park in any way". This was back on September 11th 2003.

July 30th
As expected, the resurrected Crockett & Tubbs have defeated Pirates at the US box office this evening, although Johnny & Co. still took another $20.5m, bringing its US takings to a new Disney record of $358.4m. Around the world the film has now passed the $200m mark at non-US box offices, and grossed $60m from 35 countries just last week. It took $17m of business in its opening week in Japan (four times the debut of Black Pearl there). Mexicans flocked to the film to the tune of $5.8m and in Brazil to $3.1m. The UK gross has now topped $62m with $80m expected before it leaves cinemas. German figures are still to come in, and it opens in France next week, with Spain and Italy two more big markets yet to open in August.
Source: Variety

The Keira Knightley 2007 calendar can now be pre-ordered from Amazon UK here. There seems to be another one available for order here. Let's just hope they correct the spelling before that one goes to print.
Thansk Adam Reed

Yet more Atonement pics have appeared of Keira as a nurse in London.

July 27th
Here's another set of Atonement pap snaps, this time from Westminster in central London. Marvel as Keira posts a letter - is there no end to this woman's talents ?

Keira can feel more confident about the legs she hates with the results of a survey by Braun, the makers of hair dryers, shavers, and... women's things. The women polled put Keira's legs as third favourite after Victoria Beckham and Giselle. Article.

This fortnight's Real magazine has a Keira cover, (kind of) interview, and fashion profile. See scans.
Thanks David

July 26th
Atonement shooting in Grimsby will take place August 16th-18th, with an open casting call, according to this article. And here are the high resolution versions of yesterday's pics.

July 25th
KeiraDaily has a new set of pap snaps from the set of Atonement.

Pirates DMC opened in another 11 countries over the weekend, adding another $11m to its total takings, and debuting at No.1 in every country's box office. It took $7m in its third week in the UK, making the British tally now $62m in just 17 days. With the film still to open in major countries like Germany, Spain, Italy and France it looks set to surpass its predecessor in global box office (a target of $653m, DMC currently stands at $540m). At present it's the 37th biggest-grossing movie of all time and may well end up in the Top 20. This would be Keira's second movie to do so, after The Phantom Menace.
Variety, BoxOfficeMojo

July 24th
Atonement filming has now finished in Shropshire and is currently ongoing in Westminster, central London.

Keira was No.6 on E!'s 'Sexiest Action Stars' countdown. 3Mb

Here's one TV presenter's Quest For Keira Knightley on YouTube.
Thanks Drew

July 23rd
EXCLUSIVE: Here are the first two official production stills from the set of Atonement, Stokesay Court in Shropshire. They don't feature any cast but they will form part of Working Title's production gallery nearer the film's release. One - Two.
Thanks Tim (c) Working Title Films

The records continue to fall for Pirates. DMC is now the fastest movie to reach $300m. It's feat in 16 days beats last year's Star Wars Episode III by one day. It has taken another $35m at the US box office this weekend, making a new US total of $321m. Three new releases were expected to make a dent in DMC's takings this weekend, but Johnny and co. fought them all off easily. Worldwide tally is now in excess of $539m.

ComingSoon has a report of the Pirates 3 footage shown at this weekend's ComicCon in San Diego. From other sources it appears that Keira hardly appears in the footage. Oh, and the World's End title wasn't mentioned either. As I may have said once or twice before, that won't be the title because it can't be.

July 22nd
I've waited until now before I updated the Plaudits page with Pirates DMC criticism so as to allow the majority of reviews to be published. They're all now in but there wasn't a lot to say about Keira's performance among the critics. Most of the reviews had too much else to say, mostly about Johnny, and the duration, and the subplots. But having read as many as I have today, a pattern formed quite early on - critics hated this movie. Ironic really, considering it went on to break every box office record in the book. All they had to say about Keira was that she was under-used, gave a better performance than in the first film, and that her and Orlando were virtually superfluous, and were only there to help the box office. Ouch. Plaudits.

July 20th
If you'd like to get Keira in your bedroom, go here :-)
Thanks Colin at cardboardcutout.net

Those interested in visiting Keira's filming locations can pop along to her latest location, Stokesay Court in Shropshire, as there will be a special open day on Sunday August 6th. Stokesay will be seen in Atonement. Email me for more info.
Thanks Tim of Shropshire Council

Keira attended the after-show party for Lily Allen's recent London concert. KeiraSeduction has the pics. Lily is the daughter of actor Keith Allen. She's currently the UK's No.1 artist with the song 'Smile', which Keira chose as part of her playlist for her DJ stint on the 6th.

July 19th
Today's Daily 10 on E! says that Scarlett Johansson has been cast alongside Natalie Portman in The Other Boleyn Girl, so that's one period piece Keira's managed to escape.
Thanks Troy

July 18th
Keira to play Jordan ? The British, er, model, er, celebrity-type person has said she would like someone like Keira to play her in an apparent forthcoming movie of her life. Even more amazing than the thought of Keira playing such a person is the thought that filmmakers are actually interested in turning her life story into a movie. For those who don't know who Jordan is (or Katie Price as she now likes to be known), just think Paris Hilton with silicone implants. Yeah, she really is that uninteresting to most Brits.
Article - Photo (may be distressing to some viewers).

Here's two very different fashion criticisms on Keira's latest outfit. The Daily Mail call it a 'curtain' while Hello! magazine are much kinder. They must still be waiting for Keira to agree to a photospread from inside her flat :-)

July 17th
We finally have some pics from the set of Atonement, albeit pap snaps. And there's some more details about costumes etc. from last Friday's Daily Mail.
Thanks Amo, KeiraSeduction

There's a couple of new interviews with UK teen mags on the Magazines page.
Thanks David

DMC continues to make new records in almost every country it's opening in. ScreenDaily has the following figures from the current overseas performance of DMC:
Opening in Russia, the picture plundered the biggest industry debut in history on $10.4m from 530 screens. Sweden generated a top three all-time launch on $3.4m from 125, as did Denmark on $2.6m from 80. Pirates 2 took $2.3m from 114 in Holland, $2m from 100 in Norway, $1.5m from 150 in Turkey, $1.8m from 65 in Singapore, $1.4m from 49 in Finland, and $1.1m from 70 in Malaysia. $1m from 125 in the Ukraine was enough to set a new industry mark there. In its second weekend the picture added $12m from 514 in the UK for $50m, $5.5m for $17.2m in Australia, and $4.4m for just shy of $16m in South Korea.

July 16th
KeiraPictures has the text of the August Elle feature.
Thanks Amo

Pirates DMC has taken $62.2m at the US office this weekend, a drop-off of 54% but still enough to keep it at No.1. Its 10-day gross was another record, $258.2m.

The latest E! countdown is now online: 'Sexiest Red Carpet Divas'. Keira was No.13 - 2.8Mb

July 15th
First week box office for DMC in the US was $196,019,502

Another UK premiere special is now online, with brand new interviews and different scene footage: Part One 14Mb - Part Two 14Mb

July 14th
Variety reports that Pirates DMC is well placed to break more records this weekend. Its daily drop-off in takings is currently far less than those of Spider-Man 2, all the Harry Potter movies and all of the Star Wars prequels.

There's a lot on the newswires at the moment about Keira's breasts which were enlarged for the US version of the King Arthur poster. God knows why that's a story again all of a sudden. After the last week's you-know-what rumours, it's either a reparation by the media, or more likely an attempt to find more proof for her 'apparent' problems.

July 13th
KeiraDaily has the August Elle scans. Always a nice shoot in Elle.

E! has another 'Sexiest' countdown to fire at us - 'Sexiest European Stars'. This time, Keira has the top spot.
Thanks Kieu

July 12th
Keira is interviewed in the next US issue of Elle, according to this article. That's the second time recently she's talked about having a good cry occasionally (she also mentioned it at the Radio 1 interview). It's unusually personal for Keira, but with last week's comments about her family's history of anorexia only serving to dig herself into a deeper hole than was necessary in front of journalists, it's probably the last time she'll talk about anything personal in her life...

...and if she's seen this week's issue of celebrity gossip rag Closer, I wouldn't blame her:
Cover - Scan 1 - Scan 2
This is the same mag which last week declared Keira as having the third 'most desirable body'. Hypocrites. A week is a long time in celebrity gossip. The next issue of USWeekly has a similar story about the 'craze for being thin' in Hollywood featuring Keira, Kate Bosworth and Anne Hathaway. Their headlines shout "Kids getting 'thinspiration' from dangerously skinny stars". Only if they believe the crap they read in your shitty magazines, guys.
Thanks David, Troy

E!'s latest 'Sexiest' countdown premieres in the UK this Sunday evening, with Keira as No.13 on their Red Carpet Divas show.
Thanks Geoff

July 11th
Head of Disney Bob Iger issued a press release congratulating cast and crew on the record-breaking performance of Pirates DMC. He thanks Keira nightly, apparently. Lucky man. Read.

ITV's UpClose section has an interview with Keira, put together from the red carpet and the press conference.

There's a lot in the press about Keira donating her UK prem Gucci dress, but the earliest source I can find for this is the ever-unreliable ContactMusic.com. I'll eat my words if it turns out to be true, but I've said that quite often in the past about stories emanating from that web site.

July 10th
Pirates DMC took $46.6m outside of the US in its three-day opening, according to ScreenInternational. It says:
Pirates took $25m in the UK on 514 screens, some 258% better than the 2003 original; $9m in South Korea on 350 for the biggest Hollywood launch in industry history fared 248% better than the original; and $8.1m in Australia on 281 that was 111% bigger than Curse of The Black Pearl. Elsewhere it grossed $1.9m from 18 in Taiwan, $1.4m in Thailand, and $1.2m on 72 in New Zealand. Results for Uruguay were unconfirmed at time of writing.

Meanwhile ChinaDaily confirms the movie will not open in China due to the cannibal scenes.

There's a couple of spoilerific articles about Pirates 3 here and here.

KeiraPictures now has the scans from August's US edition of CosmoGirl with Keira on and inside. Interview and pics are all old stuff though.

There's a genuine director's chair from DMC up for grabs on eBay signed by Keira, Johnny, Orlando, Naomi, Stellan, Bill and Jerry. All proceeds go to children's charity Variety, so take a look and place your bids.

July 9th
The figures are in... and four records have been smashed this weekend by Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest at the USA Box Office.
1. $132,028,000 - highest-ever 3-day opening.
2. $55.5m on Friday alone - highest ever 1-day takings.
3. $100.2m Fri/Sat - first movie to break $100m in two days.
4. $31,945 - highest per-cinema takings for an ultra wide release (4,133 screens).
Variety has the breaking news, available now on the KeiraWeb Newsletter.
BOP has an analysis of the figures.

A couple more full shows from the last few days. First is ITV's coverage from the UK premiere, with red carpet interviews and behind the scenes stuff (10Mb each):
Part One - Part Two - Part Three - Part Four

Next is a behind the scenes show from UK movie channel eatCinema. This is similar to the Starz and Sky programme but features more interviews, longer scenes and extra making-of footage:
Part One 11Mb - Part Two 6Mb - Part Three 9Mb - Part Four 9Mb

And here's a couple of features from Friday's E! News. First is a report from the French premiere on Thursday in Paris (1Mb), and then a segment on the cast confusion from filming both sequels at once in the Caribbean (3Mb). Don't forget you can see all the DMC clips on the Pirates DMC promotions page.

IMDb have finally added the details of my submission for Keira's next movie, The Best Time Of Our Lives. See the entry here.

Today's Independent On Sunday has a profile of Keira. While the Glasgow Mail reports on the apparently increasing acrimony between Keira and Rupert. May be some truth in it, maybe not, but if recent quotes from Keira are accurate there seems to be some definite cooling in that relationship.

IMDb's StarMeter rankings, based on who's looking at what on IMDb, has Johnny at No.1 this week, and Keira at No.2

Keira is No.3 in a Closer magazine poll to find the 'Most Desirable Body'. Article.

BoxOfficeMojo has an interview with Pirates scribes Ted and Terry.

July 7th
- Attention now turns to the box office figures for Pirates DMC. Today's Variety has a very insightful preview article, which you can read in full on the KeiraWeb Newsletter. The movie will open at a record 4,133 screens across the US, with online tickets sellers reporting double the sales for Superman Returns, and MovieTickets.com hailing its pre-sales as its largest so far this year. Experts predict DMC could beat the record for a three-day opening at the US box office, currently held by Spider-Man 2's $114.8m.
- The World Cup final on Sunday has intervened to stop the movie opening as wide internationally as it would otherwise have done. It opens in Australia, New Zealand, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, the U.K. and Uruguay today, but will compete with Superman Returns in all those countries except the UK (where Superman will open next Friday). Then next weekend, it opens in Holland, Malaysia, the Philippines, Russia, Scandinavia and Singapore. On July 21st, it opens in Brazil, Mexico and Japan and then launches in Germany on July 28th, followed by France the following weekend.
- Interestingly, the article also states the Pirates 3 subtitle as being "At The End Of The World", rather than "At World's End". This is the first time I've seen this particular wording, and Variety is rarely, if ever, wrong.
- In the table above you will find daily updates on the worldwide box office tallies for Pirates DMC. First US figures are due on Sunday evening, with international counts due on Tuesday.

Edit: Since writing the above this morning, British media are reporting that Pirates DMC has already broken the first-day opening record for UK cinema, taking £2.3m in preview screenings yesterday. It opens officially today. This beats the previous record of £1.57m for Spider-Man 2. Advance ticket sales in the UK were in excess of £1m.

Here's the Keira interview from yesterday's CBS Early Show. Nothing new if you're keeping up to speed with the other interviews.

This page has a diary from a cast member on DMC (possible spoilers).

July 6th
The anorexia story rumbles on, even to the extent that a betting web site (which I won't honour by naming), is taking money on Keira being admitted to an anorexia clinic before the end of this year. E!'s gossip show The Daily 10 had the rumours as their No.1 story today (1.7Mb). Keira mentioning her family's history of the disease was perhaps a faux pas, as it has lead to headlines such as 'Keira Knightley has first-hand experience of anorexia', from which only one conclusion can be drawn unless you read the full story. While everyone is currently airing their own 'guides' as to what constitutes being anorexic and therefore whether Keira is or isn't a sufferer, I have had emails from real sufferers giving me their opinions, and I'm more inclined to take note of their observations and comments. They are happy that anorexia is once again in the news, as Keira suggested at the press conference. The bottom line is this: Keira has told the world that she is NOT anorexic, and that should be good enough for her fans, and everyone else.

- Keira pre-recorded a radio show this week at London's Capital Radio. The station's owners, GCap Media, also own a network of local radio stations around the UK. The show was broadcast on many of those stations at 1pm on Thursday 6th. See some images from the recording here. Keira answered questions and telephoned two people live on air to ask for their questions. She also chose her own playlist, which was as follows:
Britney Spears - Toxic; Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out; Lily Allen - Smile; James Brown - Papa's Got A Brand New Bag; The Killers - Somebody Told Me; Christina Aguilera - Ain't No Other Man; Gnarls Barkley - Crazy; Scissor Sisters - Laura; The Police - Roxanne; Dido - White Flag.
- Some of the reasons for choosing those songs included: Britney because it's a favourite at her girlie nights in; Dido because she's British; James Brown because "anyone who can wear lycra and a cape is cool", and The Police because "it's about the only song I know all the words to!" She spoke about her privacy, some beauty tips, being starstruck and being nude!