Keira Knightley News

MOVIE swashbuckler JOHNNY DEPP has agreed a "basic" pay deal of 21MILLION for making the latest Pirates of the Caribbean blockbuster.

Teddington, London, England native Keira Knightley, affectionately known as "Boo" has racked up an impressive on-screen portfolio as well as a wealth of trivia and fun facts about her life and career fans are always digging for.

Acting is in Keira Knightley's blood. Keira was born March 26, 1985 to actor, Will Knightley, and actress-turned-playwright, Sharman Macdonald.

Caption: Carey Mulligan , Dominic Cooper and Emma Thompson Premiere of 'An Education' BFI 53rd London Film Festival London, England .... MULLIGAN: 'KNIGHTLEY IS MY BEST FRIEND' CAREY MULLIGAN counts KEIRA KNIGHTLEY as one of her dearest pals - even though she fell for her PRIDE & PREJUDICE co-star's beau RUPERT FRIEND on the film's set.

Highly paid for his role as the father of Keira Knightley's character in the first three Pirates of the Caribbean films, Jonathan Pryce is, though, not afraid to bite the hand that feeds him.

JOHNNY DEPP may be a multi-millionaire Hollywood heartthrob, but Jonathan Pryce has revealed how he feels sorry for him.

Since she first came to the attention of many moviegoers with her completely loony and lovable performance in Happy-Go-Lucky last year, Sally Hawkins has been pretty much missing from the movie scene.

Tonight's the night for Hollywood's final verdict, but first our Scots cinema buffs tell us who their money will be on... Mark Millar, comic book author and screenwriter, on ATONEMENT I'm starting to hate all the best films.

LINDSAY LOHAN has fuelled a war of words with her father MICHAEL - branding him a "lunatic" who "doesn't deserve" to have children.

Keira Knightley is new 'Fair Lady' a "Fish Tank" leads at the 12th annual British Independent Film Awards with eight bids including a best picture nod.

Keira Knightley has been confirmed as the lead in 'My Fair Lady'. After months of speculation, the British actress - who is known for her glowing performances in period blockbusters 'Atonement' and 'Pride and Prejudice' - will definitely play Eliza Doolittle in the movie remake of the 1964 play 'Pygmalion' by George Cukor.

Brit cast set to star in remake of 1947 Richard Attenborough thriller Brighton Rock Rose will be played by Carey Mulligan a 23-year-old actress who has a string of films about to be released and in production that will turn her into a major rising star.

Actress Keira Knightley will portray Cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle in the forthcoming film remake of the classic 1956 Lerner and Loewe musical My Fair Lady .

Well it looks like Keira Knightley really has given up on contemporary films. The 24-year-old actress is reportedly going to star in My Fair Lady , the latest adaptation from English director Joe Wright , whose other project, Indian Summer , fell apart just last week.

MEET Carey Mulligan. She's "the new Keira Knightley" apparently. In which case, I'd like to be the first person to say: Congratulations, Carey.

Keira Knightley may not yet have won any awards for her acting, but she has become the victor in a battle close to her heart.

"THAT'S A Dom Perignon '55, Mr. Bond. It would be a pity to break it." So said actor Joseph Wiseman in 1962, portraying "Dr. No" to Sean Connery 's original James Bond, in the first 007 film.

Caption: Sienna Miller outside the Ed Sullivan Theater for the 'Late Show With David Letterman' New York City, USA .... MILLER ADMIRES KNIGHTLEY'S PERSONAL LIFE SIENNA MILLER wishes she was more like her pal KEIRA KNIGHTLEY - because the PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN star always keeps her private life out of the media.

Nominated for 7 Academy Awards including Best Picture, 2007's Atonement is an original, tragic, love story that's worth every minute of the movie watchers time.

WITH its gleaming Baroque architecture and finely- manicured grounds, Chatsworth House would more likely be associated with a refined costume drama than a blood-curdling Hollywood horror movie.