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Jane Austen LEGO tribute featuring the first proposal in the rain scene painting sticker!

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There’s a new Jane Austen LEGO tribute featuring the first proposal in the rain scene [from Pride & Prejudice (2005) film ] painting sticker! The new LEGO® Tribute to Jane Austen’s Books (40766) is an International Women’s Day celebration of the illustrious author!

Pride & Prejudice 20th Anniversary Soundtrack on Vinyl is available now!

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Happy  Pride & Prejudice  Vinyl 💿 Release Day! The wait is now over, the long-awaited P&P OST on Vinyl (in multiple colors) is out today and if you pre-ordered your copy last May, your copy should be arriving anytime today! If you’ve pre-ordered or just ordered your Vinyl copy, which version and color did you get?! Side Note: per Decca Records (US) store, any order placed BEFORE May 31st will ship on June 27th. Any order placed on or after June 4th, will ship on August 29th. Here are the various formats (in different colors) of P&P OST Vinyl that are available now to order or pre-order (and ship) today and also shipped on August 29 (for those who pre-ordered this month):

Keira Knightley reveals the cover of her upcoming children's book 'I Love You Just The Same'

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Keira Knightley  just revealed the cover to her upcoming children’s book debut, “ I Love You Just The Same ” (to be published October 23, 2025!), which she wrote and illustrated, in a new video via Waterstones.  Check out more info. of the multiple formats (hardback/eBook/Unabridged Audio/Kindle/Audible), the cover of her new book, and watch her video below....

Focus Features and Working Title Films Adapting Jane Austen Classic Sense and Sensibility Starring Daisy Edgar-Jones

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Focus Features  has announced today that along with Working Title Films , they are adapting a big screen adaptation of Jane Austen ’s Sense And Sensibility starring Daisy Edgar Jones  (see her photo above courtesy of her and Focus Features via IG) as Elinor Dashwood ! Read more info. via Focus Features press release announcement  below…

Barnes & Noble to release an exclusive Pride & Prejudice 20th Anniversary Periwinkle Vinyl

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As the 2005  Pride & Prejudice  film's  Soundtrack on Vinyl  makes its long-awaited release (and is  now available to pre-order ) this week, on Friday ( June 27, 2025 ), Barnes & Noble is releasing an exclusive periwinkle vinyl  version along with the standard 20th anniversary deluxe edition vinyl LP ! Here's a compiled links of stores to where you can purchase and pre-order P&P's Vinyl 20th anniversary deluxe editions...

Remembering Donald Sutherland, one year after his passing!

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Today marks the one year anniversary of  Donald Sutherland 's passing. May he rest in peace. He will always be known to us as the Bennet family patriarch (aka the OG girl Dad of 5),  Mr. Bennet . We loved and missed him. Most ardently. 

BBC and BritBox's 'The Other Bennet Sister' begins filming and reveals full cast including Richard E. Grant, Ruth Jones, and Indira Varma

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The full cast has been revealed, according to BBC , for the upcoming BBC and BritBox ten part-series  The Other Bennet Sister   (starring Ella Bruccoleri ), which   is a fresh spin around the ballroom for one of Jane Austen’s most unassuming characters:  Mary Bennet ! Also, they announced that production has started early this month and filming is underway.  Read more info. via BBC Press Release below...

Happy Father’s Day!

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Happy Father's Day to (my own Dad) and to all the fathers around the world! (And old post worth reposting with new header ^!)

Watch: Keira Knightley & Rosamund Pike Reunite 20 Years After 'Pride & Prejudice' in new Vanity Fair’s Reunited Series Interview!

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Finally, our beloved elder Bennet sisters ,  Elizabeth and Jane officially reunited !!  Keira Knightley , and  Rosamund Pike  were invited by Vanity Fair in their Reunited Series to reunite and do a one-on-one interview of each other after working together in Pride & Prejudice  (2005) film twenty years ago. They previously reunited in public (after so long, though it was mostly a rumor from the Toronto Film Festival where they were seen at an after-party years ago, but unfortunately no photos together) a few months ago, last March at their shared stylist Leith Clark's event. See my previous post here: Keira Knightley Reunite at Liberty Fete's 150th Anniversary Dinner!   This year, just when their P&P movie is turning 20 years old, that's when we finally got a big reunion between these two lovely and gorgeous Bennet sisters, who remained great friends (and I believe neighbors in London too as Keira mentioned during her GMA interview as she was int...

Pride & Prejudice Soundtrack Vinyl featuring an-all-new Sea Glass vinyl and a Super Deluxe Fan Box!!

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Focus Features and Decca Records has announced today more  Pride & Prejudice   Soundtrack on Vinyl is coming (and is now available to pre-order ) featuring an-all-new Sea Glass vinyl and a Super Deluxe Fan Box reveal !! Prepare to be 𝓑𝓮𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓬𝓱𝓮𝓭 𝓫𝓸𝓭𝔂 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓼𝓸𝓾𝓵…

Watch: Rosamund Pike talks about Pride & Prejudice movie and her Jane Bennet role in new Harper's Bazaar UK Interview

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Rosamund Pike  talks about  Pride & Prejudice   ( 2005)  movie and her Jane Bennet role, which had a lasting impact on her via her new Harper's Bazaar UK interview ! Ros mentioned her P&P co-stars Keira Knightley and the late Donald Sutherland . She's currently HB magazine's cover girl for June 2025 issue, which is out on stands now! Rosamund  (see her June cover on Harper's Bazaar UK's Instagram  below) also talks about her other roles from Gone Girl to Saltburn movies. Watch her just talk about P&P and Jane Bennet or in a full video via HB's YT video below...

Happy Birthday Penelope Wilton!

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Celebrating a birthday today ( June 3rd ) is  Olivier Award winner  and  Downton Abbey 's Dame   Penelope Wilton   ( co-stars as   Isobel Crawley ), best known to us  P&P movie fans  as  Mrs. Gardiner ,  Elizabeth Bennet 's favorite  aunt  in the   Pride & Prejudice  (2005) film . She also played  Tom Hollander 's mother in  Wives and Daughters  mini-series and co-starred with  Rosamund Pike  in  W&D  too as well as with her good friend  Judi Dench  in  Iris  and  The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel / The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel  films. Plus, she co-starred with  Matthew Macfadyen  in Netflix’s  Operation Mincemeat .  Miss Wilton  turns  79 years  young today! Happy Birthday Penelope Wilton! Born:    Penelope Alice Wilton June 3 ,  1946  in  Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England...

Watch: the official teaser trailer for 'Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale'

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Focus Features has released the teaser trailer for  Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale   with most of the original cast returning including   Penelope Wilton  as   Isobel Crawley  (aka  Lady Merton ). The film is slated for a September 12, 2025 theatrical release. Watch the teaser trailer  for Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale below...

Chatsworth to celebrate Jane Austen's 250th Birthday & Pride & Prejudice's 20th Anniversary with two sold out screenings, a Summer P&P Ball, and more!

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I previously posted last March about a  Pride & Prejudice  (2005) -  20th Anniversary Cinema Re-Release screenings at Chatsworth House (aka Pemberley , Mr. Darcy 's estate in P&P movie ) this month of June ( 13 & 14 ) and the two screenings for P&P movie were both SOLD OUT !  Also, Chatsworth is celebrating Jane Austen's 250th Birthday  with Regency themed entertainment including a  Pride & Prejudice screenings   in celebration of the film's 20th anniversary and Chatsworth House being immortalized as Pemberley in the film  and a Summer Pride & Prejudice Ball .  Read more info. about the following Austen 250 events at Chatsworth  and more P&P 20th Anniversary Cinema Screenings in the UK below...