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December 31st

WIP now have a site for The Jacket, a new US release date of March 4th ( a week earlier than previously slated), and the movie has a tagline, too: Terror Has A New Name. No trailers have appeared online yet, but teasers are now showing before Darkness and Sideways in US theatres. It will be rated R in the US for language, violence and brief nudity (presumably the action before or after this bit).
UK release is looking like mid-June, with a rating of 15.

Here are some screencaps from the King Arthur alternate ending.

December 29th

Details of another major new character in the Pirates sequels have emerged:
Tia Dalma: Late 20's-late 40's. Gypsy queen with a Jamaican accent has blazing eyes and a deep soul. A clairvoyant force of nature; with tattoos, dreadlocks, piercings and covered in jewelry. Her smile is more frightening than friendly. Role to appear in both Pirates 2 & 3. Lead.
That's me out, then. Thanks to Emma for the info.

As if Jane Austen fans weren't infuriated enough about Working Title's version of Pride and Prejudice, the screenplay writer Lee Hall, speaking on BBC Radio 4's Front Row programme yesterday, admitted he had turned the novel into "a bit of a teen flick". If you're quick you can still catch the show online here. It looks at the enduring appeal of the novel and how different writers have adapted it from different viewpoints over the years.
Meanwhile the latest press release from the film's distributor UIP still has the movie down for a September release, contrary to the director's hope of a Spring release.

Check back on New Year's Day for an interactive look at Keira's 2004 in the 'KeiraWeb Review of the Year'.

December 28th

Here is 10-year old Keira in The Bill, playing Sheena Rose in a 1995 episode called Swan Song. This was shown over Christmas on the BBC show Before They Were Famous. As it's such a brief clip, the editors have slowed down most of it. 500kb

December 24th

The third and final Christmas Treasure Hunt is now online - see above.

Australian celebrity gossip mag NW has provided the obligatory 'Keira dating leading man' rumour from the filming of Domino. It claims Keira and Mickey Rourke were 'extremely close' while sitting ringside at a boxing match, and that at one point 'he was even holding her arm' (shock horror!). I think NW must stand for Nonsense Weekly. It would appear this will now be the norm for every film Keira makes, so you can get ready for the Keira/Orlando rumours all over again next year.

Keira is now enjoying a very special Christmas break - and it's not with Mickey Rourke! More details next week, due to privacy and security reasons.

Keira was the fourth most popular name search on the Internet Movie Database in 2004. Considering the database has 51,000 names and 20 million users, that's quite a feat. Interestingly, three of the Top 4 are all cast members of Pirates of the Caribbean - I'm sure that will be music to Jerry Bruckheimer's ears, and Disney's too.

After a few weeks' delay, ITV1 in the UK will be showing little Keira in The Treasure Seekers on Sunday January 2nd at 3.30pm. She appears in two scenes.

I'd like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Thank you for all your kind words via email and guestbook entries this year, it makes the maintenance of such a continually-updated web site as this all the more worthwhile. A site doesn't get nearly half a million visitors if it has nothing worth visiting for, or to keep on revisiting. KeiraWeb is a solo effort and still very much a 'spare time' project for me, hence the absence of many sections you would expect to see on a fan site, but keep it bookmarked - they will appear, I promise.

Best Wishes,
Paul

December 22nd

23% of British men would like to kiss Keira under the mistletoe, according to a poll by Sky Movies. That would be a long queue - she wouldn't be finished till August.

Mackenzie Crook is the latest actor to confirm his return for the Pirates sequel(s).

Pride and Prejudice screenplay writer Lee Hall talks about the production on Front Row, BBC Radio 4's arts programme, next Tuesday 28th at 7.15pm GMT (2.15pm EST). You can listen online here.

The first two promotional stills for Pride and Prejudice have been released. See them here.

December 20th

A few more days in Vegas is all that's left for the Domino cast and crew, according to the local Review Journal today.

Great quote from Geoffrey Rush today on his yes/no return to Pirates: "Technically, I'm in the sequel, but I've read more about it in Internet chat rooms than I've heard about it from Disney. That's how I handle my career. I read the fan sites and say, 'Oh, that's what I'm doing.' "

December 19th

Legendary singer/songwriter Tom Waits has landed a walk-on part in Domino. He will play a 'wandering soothsayer'. Meanwhile, the film's closing scene was recorded at the Stratosphere Tower on Saturday, including an explosion which blew out two windows in the Top of the World restaurant.

Pride and Prejudice topped a 'book that changed your life' poll of Woman's Hour listeners on BBC Radio 4. Article.

If this week's stories of Chow Yun Fat's casting as Chinese pirate Cheung Po Tsai are true, this poses chronological problems for the Pirates sequels. Google for the legendary pirate's name and half the sites say he lived in the 19th Century (ie. a century after the events of POTC1), and half the sites say he lived in the 15th Century (three centuries before POTC1). Whichever one is correct, it doesn't add up for the continuation of an 18th Century story (at least, the official production notes for POTC1 state it was set in the 18th Century - even though Port Royal was destroyed by an earthquake in 1692). Either we are to politely ignore the anachronism, or time travel is part of the storyline (please, no!).

Don't forget the new Christmas Treasure Hunt (above). If you haven't seen the final scene of Princess of Thieves, you won't have seen Keira sporting possibly the longest neck in the world. I'm sure it's shrunk since then - must have been all that heading the ball in Bend It Like Beckham!

December 17th

Attention all prospective cast members for the Pirates sequels: Here is an interview with casting director Sande Alessi of Sande Alessi Casting, who held auditions last weekend. It also contains very interesting information on filming and casting. The article is reproduced with kind permission of the author, Diane B. Rooney.

The Robert Wyatt photos from The Times earlier this year are reproduced in the January edition of Stuff magazine - certainly worth a second look, plus '20 reasons Keira Knightley is the UK's hottest export' - a collection of quotes and misquotes. See the Magazines page.

Here'a a brand new clip, from Sky's behind the scenes show Bonus: The Making of Love Actually. You can see the full programme in the UK at the times listed opposite in the Calendar. This was recorded around October 2003 towards the end of Keira's filming of King Arthur - note the long hair and muscly arms! - 2.8Mb

December 16th

Filming on Domino is due to wrap next Monday, December 20th. The original plans for an explosion at the top of the Stratosphere now appear to have been changed to a climactic scene in the restaurant at the top of the tower instead. Article.

Comingsoon.net reports that Chow Yun Fat will have a role in one of the Pirates sequels, and points to an article confirming the return of Geoffrey Rush as Barbossa.

The first of the long-awaited casting calls for the Pirates sequels has been posted here, with all sorts of strange characters being called for. The long filming schedule of February to December would suggest that two sequels are still planned to be recorded back to back. The call for ethnicities from just about every corner of the world gives away not a lot about the possible locations for the films, but Pacific adventures are hinted at.

The BBC's annual look at celebrities 'Before They Were Famous' on Christmas Day will feature Keira in this year's show, with footage from The Bill likely to be shown.

December 14th

A Las Vegas topless dancer will double for Keira in Domino's love scenes, according to this article in the Review Journal newspaper of Las Vegas. Roberta Lorincz - at 28 a full nine years older than Keira - was called in to record the sex scenes at the Valley of Fire State Park in Nevada. Filming took four takes over seven hours, with Lorincz wearing her long hair under a short crop wig, so as to match Keira's short do. Lorincz is lead dancer in the X Girls topless revue at Aladdin's V Theatre in Las Vegas.
- Keira has always said recording nudity is fine if it's integral to the story, as it was in Doctor Zhivago and King Arthur. Perhaps this scene is not integral to the story - and therefore decided not to do it.
- For the record, a love scene in next year's The Jacket and a mild scene with Clive Owen in this year's King Arthur followed this scene from Doctor Zhivago, recorded when she was 16 and this brief topless scene in The Hole, recorded when she was just 15 (although she was 16 when the movie was released).
- A full movie clips gallery will be online soon. Watch this space...

Keira was spotted in the Ghost Bar on Saturday night,  located on the 55th floor of the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas.

Bend It Like Beckham will now premiere on BBC1 in the UK at 8.30pm on Bank Holiday Monday, January 3rd.

Vote for King Arthur as your Film of the Year on the BBC movies page.

SITE NEWS: A quick reminder to those linking directly to movie clips and jpegs on KeiraWeb - don't. Hotlinking is disabled and the link will only divert to this page. Please direct your visitors to the relevant page of KeiraWeb or the date from this column in which the clip or pic is posted. Thanks.

December 11th

Keira has suffered burns while filming Domino in LA. During a scene in which she fires two guns simultaneously, one of the shells ricocheted and hit her. She was treated at the scene and resumed filming shortly afterwards. An insider from the set said: "It was a corker of a burn but she hasn't complained and has just got on with the job."

December 10th

Following contact with her agency today, I can confirm that Keira WILL be resuming her role of Elizabeth Swann in the Pirates sequels.

The following has appeared on the imdb.com message boards:

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DO YOU WANT TO INTERVIEW THE STARS AT SUNDANCE?

"Starstruck!" the TV series is looking for a Kiera Knightly fan who would love the opportunity to interview her at the 2005 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL.

Because time is running out, if you are interested please EMAIL us your submission ASAP including a photo of yourself, name, age address and phone number. Be sure to also write why you think you should be chosen to interview Kiera at Sundance. Send your email submission to: info@iamstarstruck.com.

For more information about "Starstruck!" check out our website at www.iamstarstruck.com.

Good Luck!
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I must assume it's genuine. Let's hope they pick a fan who KNOWS HOW TO SPELL HER NAME CORRECTLY !!!!

The BBC appear to have sour grapes over Irish channel RTE1's premiere of Bend It Like Beckham on Christmas Eve, a day before it was due to premiere on BBC1. The Harry Potter movie has now been pulled forward to Christmas Day on BBC1 and BILB has disappeared altogether. Hmmm. But there's still plenty of Keira to catch while you're regretting eating that last mince pie - check the Calendar opposite.

December 8th

If you've seen the Pride and Prejudice clip below, you might like to compare it with a clip from Oliver Twist in which a 14-year old Keira is also in period costume and also playing the piano! : 1.6Mb wmv

This time last year Love Actually was Number 1 in the UK box office, and in quite a few other countries around the world. Here's Keira talking about the film and her role of Juliet: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4

Good news if you wrote to Keira at one of the two US addresses I gave for the Domino set - Jennifer has emailed to say she got a reply today, consisting of a signed 10x8 photo featuring one of the Domino publicity shots. Although filming has now moved to Las Vegas, you may still get a reply from the LA addresses.

UK cinema-goers this festive season may spot a familiar face in the pre-movie commercials. Keira's man Jamie Dornan can be seen in ads for Dolce & Gabbana.

US viewers with access to the Sundance Channel can see Keira's memorable and powerful performance in Pure during December. See the TV guide for dates and times. View the DVD gallery.

December 6th

Here's the first ever clips and behind-the-scenes footage from Pride and Prejudice. Shown on the BBC's movie review show Film2004: 1Mb wmv

The original costume drawings for King Arthur are on display at the Ely Museum in Cambridgeshire until December21st.

A brief update on the continuing Nevada shoot of Domino, from the Las Vegas Review Journal.

December 5th

Access Hollywood featured a set report from Domino this week. Read the report here.

While it's still uncertain that the UK's syndication of Access Hollywood will return to LivingTV next year, one of America's other staple entertainment shows WILL be crossing the pond in January. Sky One will show Entertainment Tonight from January 3rd next year, as well as producing its own one-hour weekly UK version, focusing on British celebs. That series starts on January 7th at 8pm. Filmed in Hollywood, no prizes for guessing who may pop up quite frequently on those shows.

December 1st

The Jacket will get its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, between January 20th and 30th, being held in Park City, Utah.

November 29th

King Arthur is let loose on DVD today in the UK - as tame or as bloody as you like. Both versions are available from the KeiraWeb Store.

November 25th

Keira came in at No.15 in E!'s countdown of ambitious blondes in Hollywood, and the show featured a nice 1min 50sec profile - 3.5Mb

Although it was announced almost nine months ago that Bend It Like Beckham had been bought by the BBC, and I predicted (correctly as it turned out) it would be shown this Christmas, what only became clear today is that the movie is one of BBC1's 'highlights' for the Christmas holidays. The film will premiere on Christmas Day evening at 6.25pm, with the channel's other movie highlight, the first Harry Potter film, showing at 5.40pm on Boxing Day evening. Coincidentally, Sky Movies' Christmas Day highlight at 8pm is Love Actually.

November 24th

The December issue of Sky Magazine has a four-page feature on Keira as they promote the Christmas day premiere of Love Actually. See the Magazines page for the scans and interview.

Disney's premiere of Pirates Of The Caribbean will be on Decmeber 12th at 7pm.
BBC1 have confirmed today that Bend It Like Beckham will form part of their Christmas package of premieres and new shows. Festive TV listings are out tomorrow.
Sky Movies will premiere Love Actually on Christmas Day from 8pm and showing every 15 minutes thereafter on multiplay.
So between now and New Year, us Brits can enjoy Oliver Twist, The Treasure Seekers, Pirates of the Caribbean, Love Actually AND Bend It Like Beckham. Have a very Keira Christmas!
Check the Calendar opposite for the full list.

November 23rd

The first set report from Domino was featured on E! News Live today. The full segment is here (5Mb) and the Keira-only clip is here (600kb).

November 22nd

E!'s 'Ultimate Hollywood Blonde' had a segment on male blondes including David Beckham, with a quick comment from Keira filmed during the US BILB promotions in 2003 - 318kb.

Prior to the UK TV premiere of Pirates of the Caribbean this Christmas on Disney, the channel will air a 25-minute behind the scenes programme called Unlocking The Treasure, showing on December 5th at 8.40pm. This may or may not be the same feature as on the DVD, but will bound to be very similar in any case!

Keira's wedding dress from Love Actually is currently on display at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Wilshire Boulevard, Beverly Hills - Article

King Arthur is the No.3 highest-grossing UK/Irish-made movie at the UK Box Office in 2004, according to new figures out today.

Some pap snaps of Keira and Jamie can be seen here, courtesy lime-light.org. Copy and paste the first link in, then change the jpeg number to see the rest, ie. 2.jpg up to 19.jpg

November 21st

Here's a taster of Keira as Rose Fleming from the first of three episodes of Oliver Twist, broadcast today in the UK. She's on-screen for about 20 seconds as she's shipped off to Paris - 600kb.
In next week's episode (28th, ITV1), she has about two minutes of screen time, but much more in Part 3 (5th December).

November 19th

Official synopsis for The Jacket from Warner Bros.:
"A psychological thriller about a military veteran who returns to his native Vermont suffering from bouts of amnesia. When he is accused of murder and lands in an asylum, a well-meaning doctor puts him on a heavy course of experimental drugs, restrains him in a jacket-like device, and locks him away in a body drawer of the basement morgue. The process sends him on a journey into the future, where he can foresee his death (but not who did it or how) in four day’s time. Now the only question that matters is: can the woman he meets in the future save him?"

November 16th

It's gone a bit quiet on Planet Keira. Domino filming continues in LA, and will move on to Las Vegas from the 26th of this month.

Some UK TV notes:
- Keira's dad Will appears in this Friday's repeat of A Touch Of Frost on ITV1 at 8pm. He plays Barry Hockey in the episode 'Unknown Soldiers'.
- Oliver Twist starts this Sunday on ITV1, but Keira is not in it till next Sunday the 28th.
- The BBC's disturbing new series Paparazzi follows photographers as they hunt down Keira on a film set (possibly Pride and Prejudice). Catch it on Monday 29th on BBC3.

In the US, Doctor Zhivago repeats on PBS on December 19th and 26th.

November 12th

New Domino pic and brief blurb about the movie from USA Today, er, today.

And a less flattering photo of Dame Keira which appeared in the Sunday Mirror last weekend. Blame my mate Iain for the creases (but thanks anyway!).

King Arthur is no turkey in Turkey, where it has taken US$1.1m in 11 days, and US$2.5m in China over the same period. Total box office worldwide is now $149.7m, almost three times its US tally.

A new entry in the Rumours section today. The Daily Star (probably the least trustworthy of any newspaper anywhere) says there are plans to turn the West End musical Mamma Mia into a movie, with Keira tipped for a major role. Read about Mamma Mia here.

November 10th

SITE NEWS: DVD Galleries (so far) back in action.
And a taster of the Video Clip gallery:- Keira's full appearance on MTV's TRL show in July, promoting King Arthur. Part 1 (9MB) - Part 2 (8MB).

Keira stays in Tatler magazine's 'Little Black Book' of eligible men and women in Britain, but is knocked off the top spot she held last year by Jemima Khan.

As explained in my blog recently, the Pirates 2 subtitle will not be Treasures of the Lost Abyss. Producer Jerry Bruckheimer makes the denial in a new interview, as well as denying Keith Richards is on board to play Jack's dad (another rumour that's at least 12 months old). A March start date is mentioned, and Keira's confirmation as Elizabeth is also hinted at.
Note: IMDb is listing the 'Treasures...' subtitle as fact, thus proving, as I've said many times to many people, the IMDb is not the gospel of movie info that many visitors (and especially IMDb themselves) like to think it is. It is updated by the public and the public get things wrong.

Co-owner of Working Title Films Eric Fellner suggests an early Spring 2005 release date for its production of Pride and Prejudice, in this interview from comingsoon.net (scroll to bottom). This would mean Keira would have both The Jacket and Pride in cinemas at the same time. Tony Scott may also still be trying for a spring premiere of Domino, which would make three trips to the cinema for Keira fans in the first half of next year - and three DVDs to buy in the summer!

November 9th

The Domino cast and crew will move to Las Vegas between Thanksgiving (November 25th) and Christmas, according to this article today.

Yet another set of Keira and mum photos have appeared at lime-light.org. Keira seems to be wearing an animal other than her koi carp tattoo transfer around her neck! See them here.

November 8th

ITV1 will be showing Oliver Twist over three Sundays starting November 21st at 3.55pm. A 14-year old Keira starred as Rose Fleming, but only in Parts 2 and 3, I believe. This includes Keira's first screen kiss! This is the first time ITV have repeated this mini-series although it is available to buy on VHS.
E! UK will also be premiering its Ultimate Hollywood Blondes on the 21st at 9pm, in which there's a quick sighting of Keira.

November 5th

The photo here appeared on the People.com web site earlier this week.
Credit: PacificCoastNews. Thanks to Caitlin for submitting it.

Distributors for Domino are all but confirmed for selling the movie worldwide, ScreenDaily announces today:
"Universal Pictures has bought Latin America and Japan, Paramount Pictures has bought Australia and New Zealand, Entertainment has bought UK and Constantin Film has bought Germany. Producer Samuel Hadida retains French rights for his Metropolitan Filmexport, Aurum took Spain and Nordisk took Scandinavia. New Line has domestic rights."

Take a look at some great pics from actress Allie Raye, who plays a wannabe bounty hunter in Domino. She's just finished filming with Keira and Mickey.

November 3rd

A new collection of pics from the Domino set, courtesy lime-light.org:
1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10 - 11 - 12 - 13
14 - 15 - 16 - 17 - 18 - 19 - 20 - 21 - 22 - 23 - 24 - 25 - 26

Many appear to be from an official photocall (note the positioning tape on the floor in the last few). TV crews may also have been present - watch your local showbiz news progs for segments.

November 1st

PA (the Press Association) have issued an article on Keira's filming of Domino today.

King Arthur is becoming something of a sleeper hit in China. Opening quite poorly, it is now taking millions of Yuan, according to a release by the Xinhua Press agency today.

Details on the 3-disc Pirates DVD, coming out soon. General consensus is: buy it if you didn't buy last year's 2-disc original, otherwise just rent it to see Disc 3's goodies.

October 31st

Keira won Best International Actress at the IFTAs yesterday, the Irish film and television awards.

SITE NEWS: Added Filmography summary.

In case any ladies want to rush out and buy Keira's dress she wore to the Hollywood Film Awards, it was by BCBG MaxAzria.

October 30th

Two more pics from the set of Domino appeared in The Sun today via bigphoto.com, as you can see here and here. In the second pic, is Edgar Ramirez, on the left, who plays Domino's boyfriend Choco, so-called because of his passion for choking people to death (but I'm sure he loves his mother), and Mickey Rourke who plays Domino's boss Ed.

Talking of mothers, that's Keira's mum Sharman Macdonald on the left of this photo, in case you were wondering. Keira's body double is on the right.

Quick quiz - how many times have we now seen Keira handling firearms? Name the films and the characters! Answers on Monday.
 

BONUS: As I have some bandwidth to play with before the new month on Monday, I thought I'd put online the scene that gets talked about more than any other scene Keira has ever filmed. It's from The Hole - yes it's THAT scene, and yes, she was 15 when she filmed it - 8.3Mb
Warning: Contains strong language and nudity (like that's a deterrent !!!).

The new Empire movie magazine has a review of the King Arthur DVD saying the extra 17 minutes explains a lot of the confusion that arises from the edited theatrical release. It also has a short preview of The Jacket, but with no new pics or information - other than a UK release date of July 2005 (even though this page of its web site says November - and they've spelled her name wrong. Come on, guys!). If the March 11th US release date is still true, then July is more likely for the UK.

King Arthur took $869,000 in China, BuenaVista International's third-highest Chinese tally ever, after Pirates and Pearl Harbor. Seems there'll always be a welcome for Mr. Bruckheimer in the People's Republic. Global tally for KA is now $143m.

King Arthur cinematographer Slawomir Idziak (Black Hawk Down, Proof Of Life) will receive the Outstanding Achievement Award at the CamerImage Film Festival, to be held at Lodz, in his native Poland from November 27th. Here's an interview from 1995.

October 28th

New blog.

October 27th

Domino set pics, courtesy lime-light.org. These are freelance photographer's snaps, not official photographs: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5- 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10 - 11 - 12- 13 - 14 - 15- 16 - 17 - 18

Keira is nominated for Best Female Action Movie Star in the People's Choice Awards - Vote here.

The lovely Andy Gotts scan featured in The Times recently is now online. The accompanying profile can be read here.
Thanks again to Tamise for providing the photo.

October 26th

UK: Pirates of the Caribbean will premiere on the Disney Channel in the UK, according to a 'winter season' promotion currently showing, which also includes the premiere of Finding Nemo. Pirates has now finished on Sky Box Office pay-per-view, but it's not clear if the Disney run will be before, after, as well as, or instead of, its run on Sky Movies. The BBC have already bought broadcast rights for its terrestrial premiere in 2005.

The trouble with being No1..... Today's Daily Mirror has a go at Keira just for dressing casual in LA in comparison with her being recently voted World's Sexiest Woman. She can't win, can she ? Scan.

E! News Live featured Keira again last night in their Fashion Police segment - 500kb

October 25th

"You're The One That I Want..." No, it's not Olivia Newton-John as Sandy in Grease, it's the first pics of Keira Knightley as Domino Harvey. The one here appeared in The Sun newspaper today, and a larger but black-and-white image appeared in the Daily Mirror, which I have scanned here.

October 24th

Further to yesterday's good news about ITV1's new Sunday drama slot including Oliver Twist, I can now confirm it will also include The Treasure Seekers.

October 23rd

UK TV channel ITV1 will be starting a 'classic Sunday afternoon drama' slot from next Sunday, 31st. Between now and Christmas, Oliver Twist will be one of the serials shown. A 14-year-old Keira played Rose Fleming in this retelling of the Dickens novel by playwright Alan Bleasdale. The wonderful companion book to the series is still available.
Thanks to Tamise for the heads-up.

Barbossa is back! In an article in today's Sydney Morning Herald, actor Geoffrey Rush has reoprtedly been offered roles in movies taking him through 2005, many of which will have to be declined as he 'will be returning as Captain Barbossa in Pirates of the Caribbean 2'.
Sets are apparently being built behind closed doors under a false project name in Hollywood, a common 'insider' tactic for sequels of blockbuster movies.
Things are stepping up a gear now for the Pirates sequels. Expect confirmation of who, what, where and when within a few weeks. Of course, we don't know what, if anything, Keira will be doing between Christmas and the reported filming start of Pirates 2 in March. Tulip Fever, perhaps ? Stay tuned, folks!

October 22nd

Zap2It reports Pirates 2 pre-production is now underway, although filming won't start until March.

Love Actually is being re-released for Christmas on November 8th in the UK. Nothing extra on the DVD from what I can gather, just a Christmassy cover.

Urgent scan request: Can anyone provide the pic of Keira as Domino from this Thursday's New York Post ? These were the stories of the day, Keira's photo was apparently in the Page Six supplement. Email me if you can help. Thanks.

Two more clips of the Hollywood Film Awards. These are thanks to Richard at Keira Media, whose collection of clips will shortly be online at KeiraWeb.
These were recorded through a dying VHS recorder, so please excuse the vibrating voices!
Entertainment Tonight - 1.2Mb
Access Hollywood - 500Kb

And for those allergic to scrolling, here's the first one:
E! News Live: 670kb

October 19th

Keira dazzled at the "Hollywood Awards" ceremony of the 8th Annual Hollywood Film Festival, held at the Beverly Hills Hilton hotel in Los Angeles on Monday night. She was presented with the award for Breakthrough Actress by Bend It Like Beckham co-star Parminder Nagra. Also at the event were Hollywood A-listers including Mel Gibson, Scarlett Johannson, Kate Beckinsale, John Travolta, Jada Pinkett-Smith and Leonardo DiCaprio.

Full size pics here - Slideshow

Reports: Press Release - Hello! - Evening Standard - Daily Mail

Montage of footage from E! News Live: 670kb wmv

In other news, The Hole is reissued today on Region 1 (North America) DVD.

October 18th

King Arthur had a Chinese premiere in Beijing yesterday. None of the cast attended, but Keira's costume, together with Clive's and Ioan's plus a number of props, were on display outside the theatre. This is the first time Hollywood movie props have made the journey to China. Article & photo.

October 17th

Keira's love interest in Domino is revealed to be little-known Venezuelan actor Edgar Ramirez, playing a character called Choco. See an updated cast list here.

King Arthur opens in China on October 25th, one of only 20 'Western' films allowed to open there per year.

TV note: Keira receives her Breakthrough Award at the Hollywood Film Awards tomorrow evening in Beverly Hills. Not sure if this is a TV cameras event, but States-side and UK entertainment shows should have coverage from Tuesday if it is, and photos should be out even sooner than that.

New section: A blog!

There is also a new poll - it's personal and please only vote once. Just some 'market research' which I've always been curious about.

October 16th

Costumes from Pride and Prejudice will be on display at one of the film's locations Basildon Park when the movie opens, reports BBC Berkshire.

Keira was among a role call of British talent in a pull-out guide in today Times. Her feature was accompanied by a beautiful black and white portrait. Scan please anyone?

October 14th

Romola Garai comments on the constant comparisons with Keira in this interview.

Nothing new here, but it's the first profile of Keira I've seen from China. King Arthur opens there this weekend.

October 13th

The Sun newspaper has a couple more photos from Pride and Prejudice, this time the final days of filming at Chatsworth House.

The new issue of US magazine V Life has a short feature on Domino Harvey, the bounty hunter Keira is currently portraying in Domino, now filming in Los Angeles. Richard-kelly.net has the scan of the feature and probably the first photo anyone has seen of the woman. I don't think I'd get into an argument with her! See it here.

Bride and Prejudice opened at No.1 in the UK this week taking £1.7m, only slightly less than director Gurinder Chadha's first blockbuster Bend It Like Beckham, which debuted at No.1 with £2m.

October 11th

Keira is on the cover of the next Italian Vanity Fair. Photos inside are nothing new, except for a severely airbrushed cover shot.

The Cambridge Union have invited Keira to talk on a subject of her choice. No date has yet been confirmed. The CU is the debating society of Cambridge University in England, and its speakers since the Union's formation in 1815 have included Winston Churchill, Stephen Hawking and Michael Moore.

October 10th

Disney's presidet Bob Iger has confirmed that Pirates 2 is still in the pipeline. Speaking at the Merrill Lynch Media and Entertainment Conference in Pasadena, Ca., he said he had high hopes for Disney's future projects including "The Shaggy Dog," "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" and "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe."

Today's Sunday Mirror reports that a romance developed on the set of Pride and Prejudice between actress Rosamund Pike and the film's director Joe Wright.

King Arthur has now racked up $137m around the world, with Turkey and China still to open.

Further to last week's feature on Keira's school boyfriend, a reader writes in today's Letters Page:
"I LOVED your story last week about the student who dumped Keira Knightley, who's now been voted the sexiest movie actress in the world. I've done some stupid things in my time, but when I read how dumb MattLeo Dean was, I felt really good for a change."
 

October 9th

The UK King Arthur DVD will be available in both a 'theatrical cut' version (certificate 12) and a 'directors' cut' version (certificate 18). The latter will feature all the gory scenes which were cut for the cinema, an extra 17 minutes in total. Both are released on November 29th.
 

Fans in North America who always wanted to write to Keira but didn't want to send letters to London can now get in touch with her while she's in the US filming Domino. Don't expect immediate responses and use this guide to ensure you do the right thing, or ask me nicely for tips! Write to Keira at:

- Keira Knightley, c/o 'Domino', New Line Cinema, 116 North Robertson Blvd., Ste. 200, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA      or
- Keira Knightley, c/o 'Domino', Scott Free Productions, 634 N La Peer Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90069, USA.

As these addresses are brand new, they are not 'tried and tested', so please let me know how you get on and I can pass on the info in this column. Don't forget to mention KeiraWeb.com when you write!

October 8th

Catch-up from the last couple of weeks:

SITE NEWS: Video clips and King Arthur page have been removed. Clips will be back shortly.

Conflicting reports on the Pirates sequels: A UK radio report stated Keira was out of both sequels, but a TV interview with Jonathan Pryce (Governor Swann) said he and she were both signed and filming would begin in early New Year. Confirmation awaits...

The Hollywood Film Festival, which will see Keira presented with the Breakthrough Actress Award on October 18th, couldn't have picked a better movie to showcase her talents. Among the festival's 60 movies being screened from around the world is Pure, by Gillies MacKinnon. Keira played pregnant drug addict Louise Bastable in a movie recorded in early 2002.

King Arthur has opened in its final market Italy, debuting at No.2 behind Spider-Man 2 with $2.2m. Its global box office is now $135m.

More details on the special-edition Pirates DVD out next month.

Filming on Domino has begun. Keira flies out this weekend now Pride and Prejudice has wrapped. New additions to the cast were announced this week.

Final scenes for Pride and Prejudice were filmed this week, including  a cliff-top scene for Keira in the Peak District. Sun article - Mirror scan.

Scotland's Daily Record has a Top 10 list compiled by an actor's average box office gross, with Keira at No.8 on £98m. Most entries are Star Wars-related.

The Sunday Mirror had an interview with Keira's school boyfriend MattLeo Dean. Basically a 'sour grapes' rant about not hanging on to her. More fool him. And there are some factual errors in his quotes, such as Keira having blue eyes and her playing Juliet in the youth theatre production of her mother's play After Juliet (Juliet was dead, hence the title!). Possibly journalistic errors, but still...
The spread DID feature some never-before-seen school photos, however.

Bend it Like Beckham has its 'last-play' on Sky Movies next Monday 11th at 10.05pm. It will then premiere on BBC1, possibly over Christmas.

See if you can Beat The Aunties in this Bend It Like Beckham game. Be warned - it's VERY addictive. I have the No.20 high score. See if you can beat that or knock my friend Leanne off the top spot.

September 23rd

New video clips! From E!'s 'Extreme Close-Up: Keira Knightley'. As it was Keira-dominated, I've just cut the non-Keira segments and spliced the rest together for convenience. Part three is the longest TV profile of Keira yet broadcast.
WMV format, 3 parts. - 6Mb- 7Mb - 8Mb

Article from tonight's Yorkshire Post on next week's filming at Chatsworth House.

September 22nd

Keira is nominated in the category Woman of the Year at the ITV Celebrity Awards, to be held next Tuesday 28th and broadcast on ITV1 on Wednesday 29th at 8pm. Keira is currently 2nd favourite to win.

September 21st

SITE NEWS: New section: Keira's Diary.

September 20th

EXCLUSIVE: After correspondence with Ruby Films, production company of Tulip Fever, I can confirm that the movie *WILL* go ahead. It will shoot next year, and Keira will still be playing Sophia Sandvoort. Filming will likely take place April to June, as originally intended. 12,000 tulip bulbs were planted the previous winter so as to be flowering in time for filming during those months this year. This will likely be the determining factor once more. In a film about tulips, synthetic ones just won't cut it! The involvement of the other actors, notably Jude Law, is still unconfirmed, although Jude has nothing conflicting so far in his schedule, as far as is publicly known.

The doubts about the future of this movie were threefold.
1. The sudden closing of a 'tax loophole' by the British government on February 10th meant the promised funding and 'cash-back' incentive of the funding companies was stopped. Producer Alison Owen vented her anger in an article for The Guardian. A new tax break for British movies will be announced by the government tomorrow (September 21st). This may or may not affect the project. If funding has since been sourced elsewhere, it shouldn't. The original $45m budget has now been shaved to $26m.
2. The Internet Movie Database (IMDb) have removed all traces of Tulip Fever and its cast and crew's involvement. IMDb is held by many as the 'movie Bible', whereas it is only a publicly-updated database, and therefore can only be as accurate as the information provided by that public.
3. Filming of the Pirates of the Caribbean sequel(s) were due to start early next year, thus conflicting with any filming of Tulip Fever, and vice versa. Nothing has been heard for quite a few months about these sequels, other than both stories were definitely being written. After the dismal year Disney have had at the 'domestic' (ie. US) box office, perhaps the big guns are having a rethink.

In an interview in today's Daily Telegraph, director Gurinder Chadha has confirmed earlier reports that her Jeannie in the new adaptation of I Dream of Jeannie will be 'a Muslim girl'. This kills stone dead all of the rumours that Keira will star as the genie. Parminder, perhaps ?

September 19th

Bend It Like Beckham is a surprise hit at the North Korea film festival:
"...one of the biggest favorites was Tuesday's showing of the 2002 comedy "Bend It Like Beckham." North Koreans roared at the jokes and gasped at the love scenes— an eye-popping departure from the government-made propaganda flicks that are standard viewing fare in the Hermit Kingdom. "It was incredible," said a stunned filmgoer who has visited the country regularly for the past decade. "The entire crowd responded spontaneously and naturally. That was something I've never seen before." - Article.

'Extreme Close-Up: Keira Knightley' airs on E! Entertainment UK this Wednesday at 6.30pm. It will feature footage and interviews from the set of King Arthur.

Film2004 will have a profile and interview with Beckham director Gurinder Chadha as her new movie Bride and Prejudice prepares for release. BBC1, Monday night at 11.50pm. Meanwhile, there are interviews here and here in which she talks about the success of BILB.

September 18th

The two different versions of the King Arthur DVDs (rated and unrated) will feature different artwork, according to the cover pics on this review site.

September 17th

A new Korea move: Keira has become one of only a handful of Western actresses to be introduced to the people of North Korea. The world's only remaining closed Communist state held a low-key international film festival last week in its capital Pyongyang. A fiercely competitive sporting nation, one of the films deemed suitable for exhibition was Bend It Like Beckham. The dictator-leader Kim Jong-Il is a massive Hollywood movie fan, even going so far as to kidnap a South Korean filmmaker in 1978, forcing him to make propaganda movies for him. Thankfully, Keira did not attend the film festival.

AustenBlog has received information confirming Keira IS still filming P & P, and will be wearing a wig for the rest of the scenes. There's also more details of the supporting cast.

September 15th

The first major co-star for Domino has been announced. It is to be Ian Ziering, who played Steve Sanders in both Melrose Place and Beverly Hills 90210. He is to play a reality TV host who gets kidnapped. Filming in Nevada will include shoots in the Valley of Fire State Park and the Stratosphere Hotel in Las Vegas and its famous rooftop tower and thrill ride (which is due to explode in a dramatic finale). The rumour about 90210 cast members being in the film is true, as they will be part of the reality show. A release date of late April 2005 has already been pencilled in. Article (scroll down). Filming in Nevada and LA begins on October 4th. More cast to be announced soon.

What goes around comes around. On February 14th this year, it was announced that Bend It Like Beckham director Gurinder Chadha was planning to remake the classic TV sitcom I Dream of Jeannie. Immediately, and perhaps inevitably, rumours circulated that Keira was to be Jeannie, none of which were ever confirmed. Gurinder's plans are again hitting the headlines and the rumours about Keira are again doing the rounds. If Keira really has been considered for the role, she would only be one of a dozen or more actresses on a shortlist, but it will be Keira's name that will persist, purely because of her 'girl of the moment' label and her previous working relationship with Gurinder.

Love Actually has made the Top 10 of (yet another) all-time favourite film poll, this time conducted by Diet Coke and Vue Cinemas in the UK. Article.

The King Arthur DVD will be released in the UK on November 29th, almost a full month before the North America release of December 21st, and will be priced at £14.99. Details on both region's discs are expected to be the same (see August 31st news below for DVD contents). You can. of course, pre-order either region disc via Amazon from the KeiraWeb Store.

September 13th

Keira appears to have had her hair cropped short, presumably for her new role of Domino Harvey, which starts filming on October 4th. Most of today's UK tabloids carried the picture, or one similar. See a pic from The Metro newspaper (which I have scanned and left large) here. We must assume that Keira's scenes in Pride and Prejudice have now been completed (although surely she would be in the Pemberley scenes at Chatsworth House from 27th to 29th of this month?).

Keira has been nominated in the category Best International Actress at the Irish Film & Television Awards (IFTA). See voting details here.

Jamie was back in his native Northern Ireland last week for an interview with BBC Radio Ulster's 'Saturday Magazine' show, in which he spoke about his own career and his 'fears' for Keira - article.

In an interview for Aint-It-Cool-News, Domino writer Richard Kelly says: "Pre-production and casting is underway. Lots of announcements soon about that. We start shooting on October 4th... Can't wait to see Keira sink her teeth into this one..." This site has some interesting character descriptions for the casting call.

September 11th

UK viewers can catch the Teen Choice Awards on Channel 4 next Saturday at 11.55am. Keira didn't attend, but she and Orlando won Best Liplock and Best Chemistry awards for Elizabeth and Will in Pirates.

SITE NEWS: I have disabled hotlinking to this web site for movies. Certain other fan sites and communities were linking directly to my movie clips, thus using my bandwidth without the visitors coming through my site. This will not be allowed. If you want to direct people to my movie clips, please give them the homepage address, http://www.keiraweb.com. A video page will shortly be online, bringing together the clips uploaded so far, plus many many more for which I never previously had the space.

This week's New! celebrity magazine has photos of Keira, Jamie and her parents out and about in Stamford. See right.

Today's Times (London) has an interview with Brenda Blethyn, who is playing Elizabeth's mum Mrs. Bennet in Pride and Prejudice.

September 9th

More articles from Stamford: Keira shopping - Diary of an extra - Filming ends

IGN FilmForce have resurrected the rumour about Keira being in Jurassic Park IV. At the moment, the rumour is still false, but I am trying to find out for sure. It was exactly twelve months ago that Keira's agent told me she would not be involved in either the JP4 or next James Bond projects. But times can change, and with Tulip Fever still not confirmed as being definitely on, perhaps she can fit it in after all. Of course, it's always possible that IGN are still clinging on to the old rumour. They wouldn't be the only ones.
Watch this space.

September 8th

More photos from Stamford, courtesy of a local newspaper. And an article.

If you haven't seen them tucked away right at the bottom of this column, the DVD captures gallery (so far)  is back online. It was the first thing to go when I was juggling webspace. There's Coming Home, A Village Affair, The Treasure Seekers and Pure. Scroll away.

A new article in a Californian magazine. Nothing new.

September 7th

Filming in Stamford has now ended, and the cast and crew have moved on to Basildon Park, in Berkshire, West of London. The House will become Netherfield, the Bingley family home. The Octoagon Room, dining room, entrance hall and reception rooms will be used, as well as exterior filming.

An interview with Mr. Darcy actor Matthew MacFadyen in today's Daily Telegraph.

A new batch of P & P set photos have appeared at the Z Review. The location may be Martin Down, as mentioned yesterday (see below).

An article on Jane Austen as 'the new Shakespeare'.

King Arthur's non-US box office now stands at $118m, including $1.4m in Greece, a live-action movie record for distributor BVI in Greece, beating even Pirates of the Caribbean in the Olympic homeland. Spain is also doing Arthur proud, totalling $11.1m in ticket sales, and $9.2m after three weeks in Germany. It stands at No.31 in the US, No.13 in the UK and No.1 for a second week in Germany.

September 6th
ER it like Beckham: BILB star Anupam Kher (Jess's dad) will guest star in an episode of US medical drama ER alongside Jess herself, Parminder Nagra. This will be the third time the two have co-starred, following BILB and Second Generation.

Pride and Prejudice catch-up:
Filming at Groombridge Place in Tunbridge Wells (where all those photos came from) finished on August 22nd, with the company moving to Wilton House in Wiltshire from the 23rd to 25th. The House was used for the majority of Pemberley's interior scenes, notably the drawing room and library scenes. Listen to a BBC Radio Wiltshire interview with the location manager here. Other tranquil Wiltshire settings, including Martin Down and Stourhead Gardens were also used (Wilton House was the location of the famous Colin Firth wet shirt scene in the 1995 BBC adaptation). Filming is now underway at Stamford in Lincolnshire, near to Burghley House where filming took place in July. A street and its shop fronts have been transformed into a period setting. Filming ends here on Tuesday 7th, and will then move to Berkshire, possibly Highclere Castle, before moving on to Chatsworth House in Derbyshire from September 27th to 29th, which will be used for Pemberley's exterior scenes, as well as a couple of rooms for interior scenes. Chatsworth was also used in the 1995 mini-series, and is believed to have been Jane Austen's actual inspiration for Pemberley.

September 5th

Here's the Empire magazine Public Access Q & A. (Thanks to Sarah for transcription)

King Arthur has now grossed $159m worldwide, and is in the all-time box office list at No.357. It's no comparison, of course, but The Phantom Menace is at No.4 and Pirates is at No.21.

Here's a quick clip from The Hole (2Mb wmv).

Site News: All pages and files should now be back online. Please mail me if anything's still 404.

September 4th

You're never too famous: Keira & co. have apparently been forced to be booked into hotels in nearby Peterborough rather than Stamford where they are currently filming. This is due to all Stamford hotel rooms being fully booked due to the Burghley Horse Trials taking place at Burghley House, where cast and crew were filming in August.

SITE NEWS: Well here we are at our new home, ready for the arduous task of writing the Encyclopedia of Keira Knightley. My good friend Leanne will be designing the pages for me (she's qualified in it to a high standard, I'll have you know!), and I intend to make this site the first Keira fan site that's NOT 99% pretty pictures. She is an actress first, after all, not a model.

September 3rd

First indications are that Pride and Prejudice will be released twelve months from now, in September 2005.

September 1st

The first gallery of The Jacket photos has appeared at ropeofsilicon.com.

August 31st

Keira has been awarded the 'Hollywood Breakthrough Female Performer' Award by the Hollywood Film Festival, and will collect the accolade at a gala ceremony on October 18th at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles.

Pirates of the Caribbean is being reissued on triple-disc DVD on November 2nd. The extra disc features 69 minutes of previously unreleased footage. The other two are as per the original release.

The King Arthur DVD is out on December 21st (subject to change) in cut and uncut versions and will feature:
- Audio commentary with director Antoine Fuqua
- Deleted scenes with optional director commentary
- An alternate ending with director commentary
- Blood On The Land: Forging King Arthur making-of featurette
- Round Table Video Commentary with cast and filmmakers.
- Knight Vision pop-up trivia feature
- A playable X-Box video game demo
- Jerry Bruckheimer's personal photo gallery.

The Jacket's limited release will be from March 11th next year. This means 800-1000 screens in the US (instead of the usual 3000-3200 for a wide release) and about 150-200 screens in the UK (instead of about 400 for a wide release).

Ye Olde James Bond rumour has surfaced again, after it was killed LAST August. Forget about it. Keira will not be a Bond girl.

The $100m non-US box office target for King Arthur has now been passed, and a new target of $150m has now been set as it is still to open in some countries.

Keira is now back at Stamford in Lincolnshire for more scenes of Pride and Prejudice. The rushes so far have been seen by the Working Title top brass, according to a business interview in The Times this weekend.

The new issue of Star Wars magazine features a Keira interview. On sale 2nd September. Scans gratefully received.

The October issue of Empire magazine has the Public Access Q&A to which we all submitted questions last month.

The Hole is being reissued for the US market on October 19th.

Bend It Like Beckham's long run on Sky Movies appears to be coming to an end this week. BBC1 have bought the terrestrial rights to the film, so it looks like it will be part of their Christmas package. Similarly, Pirates of the Caribbean has now ended its run on pay-per-view TV and should premiere on Sky Movies in October. The BBC have also bought the terrestrial rights to Pirates, but don't expect to see it on the Beeb before Easter.

17 Aug - King Arthur has debuted in the top spot in Spain, Russia, Switzerland, Portugal and Argentina over the last weekend, taking its global total to $71m.
17 Aug - Filming of P & P is now confirmed at Chatsworth House in 'the autumn', according to the House's web site. This would suggest September, as the film is due to wrap on October 1st.
17 Aug - Keira is back up to No.5 in IMDBpro's StarMeter which measures the click-frequency of actors in its database (over 300,000 of them). Keira has been no lower than No.21 since Pirates premiered last July.

15 Aug - Filming of Pride and Prejudice continues at Groombridge until 28th August. Cast and crew then return to Burleigh House near Stamford for a further ten days.
15 Aug - The new issue of FilmReview magazine has a giant fold-out poster of Keira with an interview on the reverse.
15 Aug - Some new photos of Keira from the P & P set here.
15 Aug - Keira and Orlando won Best Liplock and Best Chemistry awards (for Elizabeth and Will in Pirates) at the Teen Choice Awards last week.
15 Aug -A new Poll for you to think about. A simple one to choose. Or is it ?

09 Aug - Another pic of 10-year old Keira in The Bill (episode 'Swan Song', 1995) has appeared, this time in the News of the World magazine yesterday. She's a pre-teen tearaway being apprehended by PC Hollis. Little rascal! Thanks to Chris for the scan. See it here.
09 Aug - King Arthur opened at No.1 in France, taking US$4.5m. It opened at No.2 in Mexico, behind a Mexican-made movie, and fell to No.3 in the UK, with a further $1.3m taking its total in Arthur's homeland to $11.7m. On its third weekend in Keira-obsessed Japan, it has now grossed more than Braveheart, taking $11.1m.
09 Aug - King Arthur distributor BVI are cashing in on its debut at No.1 in the UK with a new 'see the pride of Britain' TV spot (400kb).
09 Aug - Pirates and Prejudice: Although the rumour about Orlando Bloom becoming Mr. Darcy was unfounded, it appears his older sister Samantha Bloom has got a part in P & P opposite Keira. It's rumoured she might be playing Charlotte Lucas.

08 Aug 04 - Want to get Keira on your phone? Click here (check compatibility and small print)

07 Aug 04 - Five more interview clips with Keira from the UK King Arthur premiere, shown on Channel 4's teen segment T4 today:
5.5Mb - 1.6Mb - 2.4Mb - 1.3Mb - 2.8Mb

06 Aug 04 - Arena magazine sneakily left over one photo of Keira from their feature in last month's issue (August, see right). In the new September issue they have published the photograph as part of their Top 150 Arena Women. Keira is at No.3. See the photo here.
06 Aug 04 - Keira signs autographs in the nude - article.

05 Aug 04 - KEIRA VOTED WORLD'S MOST BEAUTIFUL CELEB - Keira has come top in a public poll to find the world's most beautiful celebrity. She beat off competition from Halle Berry and Jennifer Aniston to reach No.1 in the poll by NewWoman magazine. She features on the cover of the new issue. (Thanks to Wim for the scan).
- NewWoman press release.
- View the Top 10.
- Reports: Ananova - Evening Standard
05 Aug 04 - Keira hits out at the press and their love rumours in today's Daily Mirror.
05 Aug 04 - Keira's belly ring paid for with child benefit money - report.
05 Aug 04 Yesterday came some of the newest photos of Keira, and now here's one of the earliest, from WID.com. This may be Keira's first professional shot for her agency PFD when she joined at the age of six. She certainly appears to be younger than in her first role, A Royal Celebration, filmed when she was seven. All together, now - aaaaaah......

04 Aug 04 - Some lovely new Pride & Prejudice set pics: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6
Credit: Philip Toscano/Kent News & Pictures, via lime-light.org.

03 Aug 04 - A vigorous promotional campaign has paid off for Disney in the UK, with King Arthur storming to No.1 in the box office, taking £1.9m since opening on Friday and knocking Spider-Man 2 off the top spot. This is despite UK reviews being almost as negative as those in the US, with critics picking up on the lack of Camelot, Avalon and the love triangle in the storyline and with arguments rife regionally over the movie's failure to include its own area (the South West, Walesetc.) in this version of the legend. Of the £1.9m taken across 400 screens, £332,000 of it was in previews before its Friday opening. It also debuted at No.1 in Belgium, Thailand, Denmark and the Netherlands. Non-US box office now stands at $31.9m with several markets still to open, so it should surpass its fairly poor US tally of $48.5m so far. DVD sales, promised to include the uncut version of the movie, will help to recoup Disney's production costs on the movie.

02 Aug 04   NEW MOVIE !!!! - Domino
- Keira has signed to play Domino Harvey in a 'dark thriller' based on the life of the US model-turned -bounty hunter. Filming starts in Los Angeles and Las Vegas on October 4th, immediately after Pride and Prejudice wraps on October 1st.
- Official press release here.
- New Line Pictures press release here.
- More info in the Production section here.
- Read movie guru Harry Knowles' review of an early script draft here.
- More reports: ComingSoon - Zap2It - Reuters - Empire

02 Aug 04 - EXCLUSIVE: In correspondence today, Tulip Fever author Deborah Moggach told me she's still hopeful that her novel will be turned into a movie, and with the original cast, including Keira as Sophia.
Discussing Keira's role in Pride and Prejudice (for which Deborah adapted the screenplay) she said "...I was thrilled when Keira was cast as Lizzie Bennet... She'll bring a huge amount of natural charm and liveliness to the role."

02 Aug 04 - 67% of plastic surgery patients wouldn't mind Keira's stomach, according to a new poll.
02 Aug 04 - Keira pictured in a dressing gown in today's Daily Star.

01 Aug 04 - Keira charms the locals - article.
30 Jul 04 - BBC articles on King Arthur accuracy debate and visual effects.
30 Jul 04 - Adrien Brody laughs off Keira romance rumours in today's Independent
30 Jul 04 - Stars turn out for Irish KA premiere - but not Keira.
30 Jul 04 - Keira's popularity on the wane? No-one bids on her toothbrush. Is this the end? I really can't go on. Good grief.

29 Jul 04 - Read UK reviews of King Arthur and post your own.
29 Jul 04 - An extra's memories of working with Guinevere, and hopeful extras queue for Pride auditions.
29 Jul 04 - Article on Pride cast and crew's plans to take over a town in September.
29 Jul 04 - Keira is 'Superbabe of the Week' at The Sun newspaper.
29 Jul 04 - Another Jacket publicity shot has surfaced over at WalkingInDaydreams.
29 Jul 04 - Tongue-in-cheek guide to King Arthur characters from The Guardian.

28 Jul 04 - Three new video clips, from E!'s Behind the Scenes: King Arthur (wmv format): One (2.6Mb) - Two (1.4Mb) - Three (800kb)
28 Jul 04 - New interview in today's Daily Mirror 3am magazine. No new pics.
28 Jul 04 - Keira is in the current issues of Heat and Ice magazines (talk about extremes!). If you can scan them for me, please do.

27 Jul 04 - Nice article on King Arthur's digital effects.
27 Jul 04 - King Arthur world box office figures for last weekend (US$): Sweden $1m; Norway $450,000; Taiwan $450,000; Australia $5.2m; New Zealand $422,000.

26 Jul 04 - I was playing around with Windows Movie Maker for the first time and came up with this (1.2Mb). It needs improving quite a bit but you can see what I was trying to do with it. 'A Potted History Of Keira Knightley', you could say. :-)
26 Jul 04 - UK visitors should take note of the updated Calendar. Lots of stuff coming up.

25 Jul 04 - Keira interview from today's Sunday Mirror magazine.
25 Jul 04 - A request to UK visitors. Keira and King Arthur will be in the press regularly over the next couple of weeks. If you can give me advance warning of any magazines or newspaper supplements, please email me at the link above. Thank you. (If anyone has the scans from Saturday's Daily Express magazine interview, please drop me a line).

24 Jul 04 - Just a bit of a change as the old columns were getting a bit weary.
Please remember, this 'news page' is barely 1% of KeiraWeb.com and the full site will be completely different in design to this temporary page. Please use the menu above if you want to jump straight to a particular section (or if you're too idle to scroll down!). If you haven't bookmarked this site, then please do so now.

23 Jul 04 - Keira as Lizzie Bennet (thanks to all who sent me links): ZReview - Sun - Hello! - Rex
23 Jul 04 - Keira appeared live by satellite at the King Arthur press conference in Tokyo.

22 Jul 04 - Keira in motion: Two forms of transport have chosen Keira as their cover girl for their current publications - Virgin Rail and British Airways. Thanks to Iain Yardley for the scans.
22 Jul 04 - Groombridge Place in Tunbridge Wells, Kent will be a major location for the filming of Pride and Prejudice. See Press Release and Official Site.
22 Jul 04 - Irish viewers can see a 25-minute documentary The Making Of King Arthur on RTE Network 2 on Saturday 31st July at 4pm.
22 Jul 04 - Too much of Keira? Satirical article.

21 Jul 04 - New interview in Thursday's Times (London).

20 Jul 04 - Don't forget to pre-order your 2005 Keira Knightley calendars. There'll be a rush on and there might only be a limited stock, so get your order in now. This is the first year Keira has had a calendar, so make it a record-breaker! It's out on August 5th from here.
20 Jul 04 - Keira is on the cover of this month's High Life magazine, the in-flight publication of British Airways. Scans coming soon.
20 Jul 04 - King Arthur falls to No.6 on the US box office, totalling $38m. Spider-Man 2 hits nearly ten times that with only a week head-start. UK adverts are now showing on TV.

19 Jul 04 - SITE NEWS: 200,000 visitors !   <faints> I guess I'd better start writing the rest of the site now, huh ? :-)
19 Jul 04 - Keira started filming her 11th big-screen movie today at Burghley House in Lincolnshire. Pride and Prejudice is her second feature for Working Title Films. The House will become Rosings, the home of Lady Catherine de Bourgh, played by Dame Judi Dench. Filming there ends on Wednesday. Source.
19 Jul 04 - Keira interviewed by ITV at the King Arthur premiere - 3.8Mb wmv

18 Jul 04 - Keira travelled to Ethiopia with Love Actually co-star Andrew Lincoln and director Richard Curtis on behalf of Comic Relief to see how the money raised by the charity is being spent. Story with photos here.
18 Jul 04 - KeiraWeb EXCLUSIVE - Freelance photographer Paul Burgman has provided me with exclusive use of his images of Keira and Jamie photographed in London on Saturday 17th. See column 3.
18 Jul 04 - A perfect example of tabloid journalism twisting the facts. An article in today's Sunday Mirror
here tells of Keira's love for Jamie despite the front page screaming 'Keira Exclusive - Knights of Lust' when
the article says nothing of the sort. The feature includes one of Paul's photos mentioned above and this
photo from last year's Empire Magazine shoot. It makes out that the interview was conducted during this
shoot, when in fact Keira may not even have met Jamie when Adrian Green did this shoot more than 12
months ago.
18 Jul 04 - Profiles in today's British press:  The Independent - Daily Telegraph
18 Jul 04 - Clips from 'King Arthur - The Premiere' on ITV2:
Keira clips - 500kb - 600kb - 3.8Mb  Clive Owen red carpet chat - 4.9Mb

16 Jul 04 - Premiere reports:
BBC- Worldmoviemag - Scotsman - Reuters - BBC Radio 1 - Hello! - Empire - Evening Standard - Sky
News - ITV
16 Jul 04 - Article catch-up: Ray Winstone on Keira - Keira's poster boob-job - Interview - Pride &
Prejudice filming
16 Jul 04 - Keira is featured in the next issue of Star Wars magazine, on sale 2nd September.
16 Jul 04 - Official King Arthur sites: US - UK - Germany - Switzerland
16 Jul 04 - Keira is on the cover of US Cosmopolitan magazine and featured inside. Scansplease!

15 Jul 04 - Quick clips of Keira at the UK premiere of King Arthur, Leciester Square, London:
Sky News (1.2Mb wmv) - ITV London News (500kb wmv)   Pics here and here.

14 Jul 04 - Submit a question to Keira for this week's TRL appearance (Celebrity Mailbox). If I manage to
capture it you might see it answered!
14 Jul 04 - A round-up of King Arthur promo clips so far: E! News Live studio - E! News Live studio - E! News Live NY prem - Jay Leno - David Letterman - Access Hollywood NY prem - Access Hollywood studio - Sky News NY prem
14 Jul 04 - Keira's parents to be Brenda Blethyn  and Donald Sutherland in Pride and Prejudice, Dame Judi
Dench and Penelope Wilton also to star - press release. Also see right-hand column for updated cast list.
14 Jul 04 - UK official King Arthur site.
14 Jul 04 - Download King Arthur screensaver.

11 Jul 04 - Estimates for US weekend box office puts King Arthur ($15.2m) third behind Spider-Man 2
($46m) and Anchorman ($28m). King Arthur tally is $23.6m since Wednesday opening.
11 Jul 04 - Celebrity Extra segment from KA premiere - 3.2Mb wmv.

10 Jul 04 - First publicity photograph of Keira as Jackie in The Jacket (pic courtesy Warner Independent Pictures). Click to enlarge.

30 Jun 04 - King Arthur premiere on E! News Live, 30th June - 2.2Mb wmv
30 Jun 04 - Teen People's Top 25 Under 25, Access Hollywood - 1.7Mb wmv

23 Jun 04 - KEIRA ON JAY LENO 21st June 2004: King Arthur promotion (16Mb, 8m 37s). Download codec bundle if needed.
 

10 Jul 04 - First publicity photograph of Keira as Jackie in The Jacket (pic courtesy Warner Independent Pictures). Click to enlarge.

30 Jun 04 - King Arthur premiere on E! News Live, 30th June - 2.2Mb wmv
30 Jun 04 - Teen People's Top 25 Under 25, Access Hollywood - 1.7Mb wmv

23 Jun 04 - KEIRA ON JAY LENO 21st June 2004: King Arthur promotion (16Mb, 8m 37s). Download codec bundle if needed.