March 27th
Atonement premieres on Sky Box Office multiplay in the UK from April 7th.

Keira is on the cover of the April SkyMag (free to Sky Digital subscribers), with a short interview inside. Nothing new in text or pics.

Keira's most recent appearance on Regis & Kelly is repeated this Friday 28th in the US.

- The Duchess co-producers Pathe have a section on the movie in their web site's Coming Soon section.
- Fellow co-producers BBC Films have a page here.
- And there's a page on the costumes here.
- I was fortunate enough to read the script of The Duchess today. Having not read Amanda Foreman's biography I can't say how much of the screenplay is based on it, but blimey it's saucy ! No wonder it's not getting a summer release - it's far too much a sizzler for that time of year :) But seriously, it's a brilliant role for Keira. She's a girl ahead of her time, with opinions and attitudes 'unbecoming' for the age. Happiness and sadness enter her life in equal measure but there are certain parallels with modern celebrity culture, Keira included, from which you can't help but conclude that Georgiana was indeed the first true 'celebrity'. As with P&P, Keira is in nearly every scene, and there were comparisons, IMO, with Keira's Lara in Doctor Zhivago (still my favourite Keira role to date), so I can't wait to see the finished product.

March 26th

March 23rd
The official site for The Edge Of Love will be live soon.
And there's a new still on the web site of one of the filming locations.
Thanks Harriet

March 15th
Pride & Prejudice gets its UK terrestrial premiere on ITV1 next Saturday 22nd at 9.25pm.

Worrying statistics from a survey of UK students conducted by the Association of Teachers and Lecturers finds that more and more pupils think academic studies are unimportant as they are increasingly determined to become famous instead. Keira was the fourth favourite celebrity the 300 polled students wanted to be. Article.

The New York Times has an interesting article on US book publishing, and in particular the appeal of movie tie-in paperbacks, using the Knightley/McAvoy-fronted Atonement tie-in as an example.

March 14th
Silk is out on UK DVD on Monday. Order here.

Keira won Best Actress for Pirates AWE at the Rembrandts, the Dutch movie awards voted for by the public.
Thanks Marten

March 10th
Here's Keira's pre-recorded acceptance speech from the Empires - short but sweet: 400kb
This is her eighth consecutive Empire nomination but her first win - and the only win for this role among the six major nominations (BAFTAs, Globes, Satellites, IFTAs, London Critics, Empires). Pity she wasn't there ! She cited 'filming commitments' for her absence.

Silk won four awards at the Jutra Awards last night, celebrating the best in Quebec cinema (represented by director Francois Girard). It won Best Sound, Cinematography, Costume and Art Direction. Article.

March 9th
Keira won Best Actress at the Empire Film Awards tonight, beating Emma Watson, Cate Blanchett, Angelina Jolie and Katherine Heigl. This is her first win for her role of Cecilia Tallis. The awards are voted for by the British movie-going public. James McAvoy won Best Actor and Atonement won Best British Film, making three wins for the movie out of six nominations. Keira did not attend. The ceremony is on ITV2 in the UK on Monday night. Article.

March 8th
UK release of The Duchess is pencilled in for August 29th. With a likely shuffle to early September this will place it in the same week as the release of Atonement and Pride & Prejudice, raising the likelihood of a November US release in time for Oscar voting.

Keira keeps her place in Tatler's Best Dressed list for 2008. Article.

March 7th
The Daily Mail confirms Keira's songs which we'll hear her singing in The Edge Of Love will appear on the soundtrack. Not surprisingly, the newswires are already full of stupid 'Keira to release an album' headlines. New pic on the article, though.
Still no news on a release date: likely summer, with The Duchess in autumn/fall. I contacted the production company this week - there were plans to have a premiere of The Edge of Love in Laugharne where Dylan Thomas lived and parts of the movie were filmed, but the film company must have said no as it no longer appears on their programme for The Laugharne Weekend over Easter.

March 3rd
The green Atonement dress went for a cool $46,000 !!

Keira admires the styles - or perhaps the courage - of Bjork and Helena Bonham-Carter on the red carpet, according to The Daily Express. Article.

Atonement will be out on DVD in Australia on April 30th.
Thanks Amy

February 29th
Keira graces the cover of two UK mags at the moment, Eve and EasyLiving. Nothing new in either, though.
Thanks Harriet

Atonement will be out on DVD in North America on March 18th
Thanks Jamie and others

Just one day left to bid on Keira's green Atonement dress at clothesoffourback.

The Daily Mail had an article on people sent to work at celebs' homes, including a plumber who tinkered with Keira's pipes. He saw her "eating soup and sandwiches", the newspaper feels it important to tell us.

February 25th
Atonement won just one Academy Award last night: Dario Marionelli won for Best Original Score. Keira did not attend, although James McAvoy and Saoirse Ronan did.

The Telegraph has an article on the upcoming movies all featuring historical female figures from Britain's past. The mention of the 'Sapphic' storyline between Bess and Keira's character Georgiana in The Duchess has not entirely been omitted, according to my 'insider' who has read the script !

February 23rd
Variety have an Atonement 'Awards Showcase' with an exclusive screening interview, plus all of the promo videos. Watch.

BAFTA have a number of video interviews with The Duchess crew, featuring behind the scenes footage galore. Watch.

BBC Films have a page for The Duchess, as it's a co-production of the BBC's film-making company. Looks like being a September release at the moment.

UK satellite channel E4 has an hour of interviews with Keira and James on Monday 25th at 8am. Might be the same prog from around the time of the Atonement release, ie. mostly music videos with bits of interviews slotted inbetween.

February 21st
Fashion 'experts' seem to think Keira will be on Sunday's red carpet, judging by this article. Look out for pap snaps of her at LAX before Saturday if she's changed her mind about not going to the Oscars.
Thanks Harriet, Robert

The LA Times also has an article on Keira and Joe Wright.

Ralph Fiennes talks about The Duchess in this article.

February 19th
A new Edge Of Love pic has surfaced, on a personal finance magazine cover, strangely! KeiraDaily has the pic.

It's just occurred to me who Keira's boyf looks like - Watch (Great band, back on the road later this year).

Variety has some interesting location details on Atonement.

February 15th
Keira will not be attending the Academy Awards this year. She told the Daily Mail's showbiz man that she'll be watching it on telly with the rest of us. I have to say - again - how useful that guy is, compared to the rest of the writers on that paper. Look at how they've angled this article - could it be the small fact of the paparazzi in her face (and knowing that the Daily Mail is exactly the sort of rag to buy such shots) that makes her want to look so glum ?
Thanks Harriet

February 12th
Keira attended the Elle Style Awards this evening, where she picked up the gong for Best Actress. Article.

Handbag.com have a slide show on Keira's changing looks over the years.

The Independent had an interesting article on the public and media perception of Keira the actress.

February 10th
Atonement won Best Film at the BAFTAs !
The movie also won Best Production Design. Keira correctly predicted that Marion Cotillard would win Best Actress (see Sky News interview below). Keira was wearing a Valentino dress and an Alexander Wang jacket to keep out the chill.

Red carpet: BBC News (5Mb) - Sky News (3Mb) - E! (3Mb)
Best Film acceptance speech: BBC (4Mb)
Keira at post-awards party, Grosvenor Hotel: Sky News (1.7Mb)
Press releases: AFP - UPI- BBC

February 9th
The BAFTAs' sponsor Orange will be streaming red carpet arrival chats live on their site from 4.30pm Sunday (11.30am ET). BBC, Sky News and E! will also have live coverage. The ceremony will be on BBC1 from 9pm.

Keira gave a birthday surprise to a young co-star on the set of The Duchess. Bless.

February 6th
This year's Vanity Fair 'Hollywood Issue' (March) pays homage to Alfred Hitchcock's classic movies, with Keira and Jennifer Jason-Leigh featured in a scene from Rebecca. The mag site has a behind the scenes video and article.

Keira is No.39 on AskMen.com's Top99 Women poll.
Thanks Xan

The Jacket gets its UK terrestrial premiere on the 16th when it airs on ITV1 at 11pm.

February 5th
Atonement is now available on DVD in the UK, and it's currently No.1 on Amazon. They also have a Keira 'In The Spotlight' feature this week.

Helena Bonham-Carter beat Keira to the Evening Standard Awards Best Actress gong last night. Article.

February 4th
Keira is up for one of six nominations for Atonement in the Empire Magazine Film Awards, to be held on March 10th. Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Newcomer, Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Director are the categories. This is the seventh consecutive year Keira has been nominated at the Empires, but is yet to win. The first time was Best Newcomer for The Hole back in 2002.

February 2nd
BAFTA chief exec Amanda Berry has confirmed Keira will attend next Sunday's BAFTA Awards in London.

Keira has topped a poll by dating site Gay Parship as the person most lesbians would want to go on a date with. Article.

February 1st
Keira is reportedly on a longlist with Lindsay Lohan to play Cathy in a big-screen adaptation of Emily Bronte's 1847 classic Wuthering Heights. The movie is to be directed by John Maybury, who cast Keira in The Edge Of Love and The Jacket.  Article.
- Maybury comments on the matter of Keira deciding whether to do another period movie. What do you think ? Would you rather see Keira in modern roles for the next few years, or would another period costume drama be just your cup of tea ? Vote now.

January 31st
Atonement won four of six nominations at the inaugural Richard Attenborough Awards in London last night, voted for by UK journalists. Awards won were Best Film, Best Screenplay, Best Actor and Best Director. Keira was up for Best Actress but lost out to Cate Blanchett. Article.

Keira's green Atonement dress will be auctioned from tomorrow by ClothesOffOurBack in aid of California children's charity Variety. It is one of several identical dresses made for the movie under supervision of Oscar-nominated costume designer Jacqueline Durran. Article - Auction site.

January 29th
Silk has been nominated for Canadian movie technical awards, the Genies. It's up for Production Design, Costume Design, Sound, Cinematography and Score by Ryuichi Sakamoto. Winners will be announced on March 3rd.
As it virtually by-passed most cinemas, Keira fans will be interested to know that Silk will be out on DVD in North America on February 26th and March 3rd in Europe.

January 28th
The press are making comparisons between 1960s model Twiggy and photos of Keira in the new issue of Canadian magazine Strut. The papers, including The Daily Mail (surprise, surprise) seem to be oblivious to the fact that it's a Roberto D'Este photoshoot from 2003 !

Teachers at Keira's former school have apparently signed a BAFTAs good luck card, as she missed out on an Oscar nomination. Article.

Atonement is now at its widest screening in North America (1,400 theatres), and has now taken nearly $38m there alone. Total global box office should break $100m in the next ten days.

Wow, look at the price of this (as noticed on my own ads :))

January 25th
Keira's cheeks are the most desired by plastic surgery patients, according to the annual Hollywood's Hottest Looks survey of the 'perfect fantasy woman'. Article.

Keira, James, Saoirse and Romola are all up for Evening Standard British Film Award nominations, and Atonement is up for Best Film, Screenplay and Costume. The ceremony will be held in London on February 4th.

January 22nd
Keira has missed out on an Academy Award nomination for Atonement, although the movie did get seven noms overall, including Best Picture and Best Cinematography. See my blog post for the categories and competition. The ceremony will take place (possibly) on February 24th.

To make up for today's disappointment, I have put online a huge collection of praise for Keira's performance in Atonement from critics worldwide. See the Praise page.

Keira's second appearance on The Ellen Degeneres Show will premiere in the UK on the 31st at 1.30pm on fiveLife.

The release of Atonement on DVD in the UK on February 4th (HD DVD on March 10th) will have a standard single release and also a double pack release with Pride & Prejudice. Pre-order here.

January 16th
Keira has received her first BAFTA nomination, for Best Actress in Atonement. The film leads the nominees with a total of 14 nominations. Read my blog post for the competitors in each of the categories. This makes amends for BAFTA's snub of Keira in 2006 for her role in Pride & Prejudice. Director Joe Wright had a dig at the organisation during his acceptance speech for Best Director. See it here (1.5Mb) if you haven't seen it. The ceremony will be on February 10th in London.

Keira's The Jacket co-star Brad Renfro was found dead at his home in Los Angeles yesterday. He played The Stranger in the 2005 movie. The cause of death has not yet been determined. Brad Renfro was 25. Here he is interviewed at the US premiere of The Jacket.

January 13th
Atonement won Best Film - Drama at last night's Golden Globe Awards, and Dario Marianelli won for Best Original Score. Article
The BAFTA noms are announced this Wednesday, 16th. Oscar noms are out next Tuesday, 22nd.

January 11th
Keira and James are on the cover of the new issue of Entertainment Weekly. And there's a behind-the-scenes video interview from the shoot at the EW site.
Thanks Roque, Franziska, Louise

They're also on and in the new issue of W Magazine.
Thanks Fliss

January 10th
Keira has won Favorite Female Action star at this year's People's Choice Awards, again a muted affair due to the writers' strike. Article.

January 8th
Due to the ongoing writers' strike in the US, The Golden Globes ceremony has now been reduced to a one-hour press conference at which the winners will be announced. This will take place at 6pm on Sunday PST (2am Monday GMT). More details here.

The New York Times had a profile of Keira on Sunday.
Thanks Troy

January 6th
Members of the Screen Actors Guild, including Keira, have unanimously agreed to boycott next Sunday's Golden Globe Awards unless an agreement is worked out before then regarding the ongoing strike brought by Hollywood writers over royalty payments. The ceremony itself is still due to go ahead at present. Article.

The Duchess is already on the Oscar buzz list for 2009. Article.

Keira is at No.15 on IMDb's aggregated StarMeter list of most searched-for artists on the movie database in 2007.
Thanks Drew

January 2nd
Atonement is now at No.14 in the US charts, having taken $11.2m since opening. Global tally is now just over $47m.

Keira's green Atonement dress has been voted cinema's best ever gown in a poll by Sky Movies and readers of InStyle magazine, who presumably have very short memories.

Meanwhile, in a poll by Fitness magazine, more than half of those surveyed would rather look like Keira than Queen Latifah. You don't say!