| 26 Jun 2008 | Gallery Update: Puplic Appearances, Photoshoots and Movie stills |
 Added 152 new pics of split up as follow:
- InStyle UK 2006 photoshoots
- The Edge of Love Movie Stills
- The Duchess Movie Stills
- Keira Leaving BCC Radio 1
- The Edge of Love Photocall at 62nd Edinburgh International Film Festival
- The Edge of Love Premiere at 62nd Edinburgh International Film Festival
- The Edge of Love Premiere in London
- The Edge of Love VIP Party in London
I hope you like them as I do. 
I apologize for the lack of updates guys, but I moved to a new house where I don't have yet any internet connection  : this is an update I made from my office!! 
Hopefully, I'll be able to have a connection for July. |
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| 30 May 2008 | Gallery Update: Candids and Magazines |
| Added nice candids of Keira out and about in Paris with her mother and Rupert Friend and several magazines scans. |
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| 28 May 2008 | Knightley, Hopkins and Paltrow to Star in 'King Lear' |
 It looks to me like the last time Shakespeare's "King Lear" was adapted into a film it was back in 1999 with Brian Blessed playing the title role. IMDB shows the King making his way into a feature film approximately 20 times and it looks like 21 is in order as Anthony Hopkins will play the title role with Keira Knightley starring as his daughter Cordelia and Gwyneth Paltrow as Regan, Lear's treacherous middle daughter.
The news comes from the UK's Telegraph citing the film was announced at the Cannes Film Festival and will be made on a budget of $35 million and will feature epic battle sequences, according to its makers.
As the "Telegraph" points out Lear is also making his way to the UK's Channel 4 this Christmas, based on the recent and highly acclaimed Royal Shakespeare Company production starring Sir Ian McKellen as Lear and Romola Garai as Cordelia. McKellen stars along with Romola Garai as Cordelia.
"King Lear" tells the story of Lear, the aging king of Britain, who is stepping down from his thrown and will divide his kingdom among his three daughters; Goneril, Regan and Cordelia. He tests his daughters asking them to put their love for him into words and while Goneril and Regan give flattering answers, Cordelia says nothing giving reason that words cannot describe how much she loves her father. Despite being Lear's favorite daughter, he is outraged and Cordelia is banished. Cordelia ultimately marries the king of France despite the fact that she brings with her no land, which is when Lear realizes his tragic mistake, but it just might be too late.
Source:Ropes Of Silicon |
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| 28 May 2008 | Keira Knightley's singing fear |
 Keira Knightley says shooting her new movie was the most frightening experience of her life.
The actress had to sing in 'The Edge of Love', in which she plays Vera Philips the lover of Welsh poet Dylan Thomas, and admits she found it incredibly tough.
Keira said: "I did some lessons with a voice coach because I can't sing. It was live. There were 100 extras and the director John Maybury was like, 'Now you're going to sing.'
"I've never been so frightened in my entire life. I never want to do it again. I don't want to be a rock star. "
In the film - which also stars Sienna Miller, Cillian Murphy and Matthew Rhys - Keira sings 'Blue Tahitian Moon', as well as renditions of 'Maybe It's Because I Love You Too Much' and 'Drifting And Dreaming'.
'The Edge of Love', which was written by Keira's mother Sharman Macdonald, is set during World War II and is due for release on June 28.
© BANG Media International
Source: List.co.uk |
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| 28 May 2008 | Keira Knightley hates her famous pout |
KEIRA Knightley believes her trademark facial expression makes it harder for her to convey varied emotions on the big screen.
She said: "The pout means I'm being c**p, like my face is frozen in this one look of surprise, and that's hardly helpful for conveying complex emotions.
I think I was really pouty when I was 16 or 17 and that's when my first films came out, and it's sort of stuck.
"When I'm nervous my neck gets really, really tense and then that pressure sort of squeezes up to my lips and they push out and well, there you go, that's the pout."
The 23-year-old actress admits it is her ambition to prove herself as a serious actress.
She said: "Since my first films, like Bend it like Beckham, I've always been looking to be stretched - it doesn't always mean I'm going to be good, but I'm trying to be a good actress, I really am."
Source: Perth Now |
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| 28 Apr 2008 | Glamour expected at EIFF Opening Gala |
Keira Knightley and Sienna Miller will inject some glamour into this year’s Edinburgh International Film Festival, following the announcement that they are to join The Edge of Love director John Maybury on the red carpet at the festival’s Opening Night Gala.
Maybury’s film, based on poet Dylan Thomas’ love life, will screen on Wed 18 Jun. EIFF artistic director Hannah McGill said: ‘I couldn’t be happier . . . [the film] affirms John Maybury as one of our most important directors.’
Tickets for the screening go on sale on Fri 9 May at midday, with the full programme launching on Wed 7 May.
Source: List.co.uk |
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| 28 Apr 2008 | Keira Knightley's £2m love nest |
 Keira Knightley and her actor boyfriend Rupert Friend are buying a £2 million love nest together.
The 'Atonement' beauty hopes committing to buying a house will help cement their relationship, after their busy schedules have kept them apart recently.
Keira is also said to be worried about Rupert's budding friendship with his 'Buddha's Little Finger' co-star Sophia Myles.
A friend said: "They have been arguing about Rupert's workload and how little time they spend together. Keira was quite concerned they were drifting apart and was also worried he was getting a bit too close to Sophia.
"So she flew to the set in Germany and they sorted things out. It was then that they decided to buy a house together and they are going to put in £1 million each."
The couple - who met on the set of 'Pride and Prejudice' in 2004 - have reportedly decided to start looking in London's popular Notting Hill area.
Keira, who is currently living with her brother in Hyde Park, is so determined to make the relationship work she has put her film career on hold.
The pal added to Britain's Mail on Sunday newspaper: "Keira has turned down all scripts for the time being so she can spend more time with Rupert.
"The problem is he has been doing back-to-back projects for six months."
(C) BANG Media International
Source: M&C |
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| 14 Mar 2008 | Gallery Updates: Candids |
| Added a few candids of Keira out and about in Soho, London, yesterday. |
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| 09 Mar 2008 | Keira Knightley is releasing an album |
The 22-year-old actress has already recorded several songs for the soundtrack to her upcoming Dylan Thomas movie 'The Edge of Love'.
The LP features the songs Keira sings in the movie, set during World War II, including her opening number 'Blue Tahitian Moon', as well as renditions of 'Maybe It's Because I Love You Too Much' and 'Drifting And Dreaming'.
Last year, Keira - who plays one of two women vying for the affections of Welsh poet Dylan - confessed she did not have much confidence in her singing ability.
She said: "I can't really sing. I had to have a few lessons, but once I started doing it, a sound emerged that wasn't too disagreeable."
Suggs from Madness, Siouxsie Sioux, Patrick Wolf and Beth Rowley also feature on the soundtrack which will be released in the summer to coincide with the opening of the film.
'The Edge of Reason', which was written by Keira's mother Sharman Macdonald, stars Matthew Rhys as Dylan Thomas, Kiera as the wordsmith's childhood friend Vera Phillips, and Sienna Miller as his wife Caitlin MacNamara.
Source:the Cheers.org |
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| 09 Mar 2008 | Coens and Keira line up for Oscars 2009 |
Buoyed by last month's quadruple Oscar win for No Country For Old Men, Hollywood top brass have prodded the multi-garlanded film-makers Joel and Ethan Coen back on to the awards season carousel.
Burn After Reading, a darkly comic account of a CIA agent who loses his unpublished memoirs, stars Brad Pitt, John Malkovich, Tilda Swinton and George Clooney, who teamed up with the Coens on O Brother, Where Art Thou? and Intolerable Cruelty.
Fans will have to wait six months before they see the brothers' film, however, since the distributor Focus Features fancies its chances in the 81st annual Academy Awards next year and has chosen to release the film in the awards season gateway month of September.
Many studios have already plotted the release of their early contenders in the 81st annual Academy Awards - and the Coens aren't the only ones who'll get a second crack at the big prizes.
Keira Knightley missed out on an Oscar nomination for Atonement and is already being positioned as a potential nominee in 2009 for her role as the outspoken 18th century Duchess of Devonshire opposite Ralph Fiennes in The Duchess.
Meanwhile Philip Seymour Hoffman, a supporting actor nominee for Charlie Wilson's War who won the lead actor trophy for Capote two years ago, stars in the Catholic Church sex scandal tale Doubt with Meryl Streep and rising star Amy Adams.
Other heavyweights expected to be ready in time are Ron Howard's stage adaptation Frost/Nixon with Martin Sheen and Frank Langella, Baz Lurhmann's sweeping epic Australia with Nicole Kidman and High Jackman, a lavish big-screen treatment of Brideshead Revisited and biographies on the political figures Harvey Milk and Che Guevara.
Source:the Guardian.co.uk |
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| 05 Mar 2008 | Keira Knightley: 'I Love Bjork And Bonham Carter's Style' |
British actress Keira Knightley is desperate to take her style cues from Bjork and Helena Bonham Carter - but doesn't yet have the confidence to emulate their outlandish tastes.
The Atonement star is keen on being in the limelight for her choice of outfits and cites the unique fashion sense of singer Bjork and actress Bonham Carter as her style icons. She says, "I don't think I'm confident enough yet to be used to being in the limelight because of my style. But I loved the swan dress Bjork wore to the 2001 Oscars. I'd love to have the courage to do the same."
And Knightley reserves high praise for Bonham Carter: "Helena wears whatever she wants and looks amazing."
Source: Starpulse.com |
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| 27 Feb 2008 | Fanart Section Updated |
 Just added a bunch of icons made by me of Keira's movies. You can find them in the Fanart section! |
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| 26 Feb 2008 | Keira's aboriginal philosophy |
London (ANI): Hollywood actress Keira Knightley has revealed that she hates being photographed on the red carpet. The 22-year-old actress said that she is not comfortable being photographed. "I'm not comfortable having to be myself, or being photographed as myself," Daily Express quoted her as saying.
"Australian Aborigines say, with every photograph that is taken, a piece of your soul goes with it. And there are some days when I kind of believe that," she added. However, Knightley scooped the Best actress gong and Woman of the Year title,' at the Elle Style Award.
Source: OneIndia |
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| 26 Feb 2008 | The secret behind Keira's busts |
Melbourne (ANI): Famously flat-chested star Keira Knightley has revealed the secret behind her fuller bust-line in Pirates Of The Caribbean. The British actress confessed that her big chest in the movie owes its size to make-up. The thin-framed beauty came into limelight with blockbuster Pirates Of The Caribbean with her breasts spilling over the tight corset she wore in the film.
However, it was all an illusion, which was made to look real by the film-studio art of "bosom make-up". This old-age skill of Hollywood went into oblivion with the a. "They painted my t**s on me for the films, which is extraordinary because it's kind of a dying art form - in the past, they used to have whole sections of the studios devoted to bosom make-up. And I loved it, completely loved it. Because it was the first time in my life I had big t**s, and I didn't even need surgery," The Daily Telegraph quoted Keira, as saying.
She revealed that it used to take the make-up artists almost 45-minutes every morning to create that eye-grabbing cleavage for the actress, before she started filming. The chest make-up required the artist to apply a slightly darker shade of base make-up between Knightley's own breasts to create a shadow to increase the 'cleavage effect'.
Keira had her assets digitally enhanced in movie posters for her 2004 film King Arthur. While in British versions she appeared in her natural state, in posters for the US they had grown to a C-cup size, leading to a hullaboo among cinema-goers.
Source: OneIndia |
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| 23 Feb 2008 | Gallery Update |
Added 400 photos to the gallery!!  |
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| 21 Feb 2008 | Fiennes: Sex Sells With Keira Knightley as "The Duchess" |
Ralph Fiennes is sure that distributors of his recently wrapped "The Duchess" film with Keira Knightley will push the sexual aspects of the story of Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire -- though in his view "it was her spirit that was remarkable. She was probably a normal woman with normal desires. She ended up in a menage-a-trios after her husband, in fact, had a love affair with her best friend. She also had a love affair with another man," says Fiennes, who plays the Duke of Devonshire the forthcoming film.
Referring to the true-life 18th century ancestor of the late Princess Diana, he adds, "She was a young woman who was quite open about her feelings, and romantic, and a vital, extroverted woman. She was a fashion setter of the day, engaged in liberal politics, and a compulsive gambler -- while her husband was very much a contained man. He doesn't make life easy for her, with his repressed emotions. I suppose it's meant to be how we Brits are, as the cliche," he adds with a slight laugh.
Right now, Fiennes is juggling his schedule -- simultaneously making the big-screen "The Reader" in Germany, beginning rehearsals for his London stage stint in "God of Carnage" that starts previews March 7, and promoting his "In Bruges" hit-man movie with Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson as it expands its release.
Critics have raised the question of whether the Focus Features movie, with its offbeat comedy and witty lines by Irish playwright/director Martin McDonagh, might be too sophisticated for mainstream action movie devotees, while being too bloody for the art house crowd. However, Fiennes, who plays against type as a brutal crime boss in the flick, is confident: "There's an audience for the film." He allows, "It's not a date movie. It probably has more appeal for men."
Source:National Ledger |
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| 21 Feb 2008 | New Layout and New owner! |
 Hello, and welcome to Just Keira, a fansite dedicated to the very talented and always stunning actress Keira Knightley that I have recently adopted by its former owner, Judit, though now it is in English version only. I really hope you like this layout and enjoy the visit! |
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