Posts

Showing posts from June, 2008

New Keira Knightley The Duchess Movie Stills

Image
7 new stills (including one, the 4th image below, which we've already seen previously) from The Duchess movie has been released. Credit and thanks to lancelotfan over @ Keira Daily for finding all these gorgeous HQ stills of Keira from The Duchess film. Check them out! Click each image below to enlarge!

P&P Blog Weekly Poll

Image
Ok, I must say, I haven't really kept up with the weekly poll here since the last poll had been closed a while ago, lol. Sorry, my bad. Been busy posting news and articles here that I completely forgot to continue the weekly poll. So, yeah...bringing it back here. Hopefully, I can keep track with it. *knock on wood* All the previous Weekly Polls will be archived here . The current poll ( #4 ) is now up (scroll down at the bottom) right side bar under the Weekly Poll for the new poll question: Which P&P character from the 2005 film made you laugh the most? The result of the last previous poll is posted below. Thanks to those of you who voted. Who is your most favorite P&P character? Elizabeth Bennet 1 (12%) Mr. Darcy 7 (87%) Jane Bennet 0 (0%) Mr. Bingley 0 (0%) Caroline Bingley 0 (0%) Mr. Collins 0 (0%) Lydia Bennet 0 (0%) Mr. Bennet 0 (0%) Mrs. Bennet 0 (0%) Mary Bennet 0 (0%) Kitty Bennet 0 (0%) other 0 (0%) Total Votes : 8 P...

King Lear Film Update: Anthony Hopkins Confirmed and Naomi Watts joins the cast

Image
Showbiz Spy reports that SIR ANTHONY HOPKINS has been confirmed as the latest actor to play KING LEAR in a big screen adaptation of SHAKESPEARE's great tragedy. American newcomer Josh Michael Stern has assembled an all-star cast for the ambitious film, which will start shooting in Britain or Ireland early next year (09). Gwyneth Paltrow , Naomi Watts and Keira Knightley will play the tragic king's three daughters, and director Stern insists there will be many more suitable big-name surprises in his blockbuster. Read full article here .

Rupert Friend is Prince Albert in The Young Victoria

Image
One of Rupert Friend 's (aka Mr. Wickham on P&P 2005 film ) upcoming film projects is The Young Victoria , which he co-stars with Emily Blunt ( The Jane Austen Book Club and The Devil Wears Prada ), Miranda Richardson , and Paul Bettany . The film is currently in post-production and no theatrical release date has been announced as of yet, but there are a few stills from the movie that were released sometime late last year or so. Check out the stills from The Young Victoria below: Young Victoria ( Emily Blunt ) & Prince Albert ( Rupert Friend ) Emily Blunt as Young Victoria and Rupert Friend as Prince Albert : Read an article from UK's The Daily Mail about How Albert booked Victoria a first class adult saver return ... Also, read more detailed info (as well as more stills/behind the scene photos, news articles, etc.) about The Young Victoria movie here .

Get Smart outsmart competition with a #1 U.S. Weekend Box-Office debut

Image
From Yahoo! News : Audiences put " Get Smart " under surveillance as the spy comedy starring Steve Carell and Anne Hathaway debuted at No. 1 over the weekend with $38.7 million . The top 20 movies at U.S. and Canadian theaters Friday through Sunday, followed by distribution studio, gross, number of theater locations, average receipts per location, total gross and number of weeks in release, as compiled Monday by Media By Numbers LLC: 1. "Get Smart," Warner Bros., $38,683,480, 3,911 locations, $9,891 average, $38,683,480, one week. Read the rest of the top 20 here ( ' Get Smart ' maxes out weekend with $38.7M debut ). Also, read all related articles below: - ' Get Smart ' tops boxoffice - Audiences choose gadgetry over guru: " Get Smart " tops weekend box - Spy farce ' Get Smart ' tops US, Canada box office - ‘ Get Smart ’ number one at the box office - Sorry About That, Myers; Get Sm...

The Darcy Saga Continues: Journeys Beyond Pemberley is Sourcebooks.com #1 Selling e-book

Image
Austen Fans reports that Journeys Beyond Pemberley (sequel to Two Shall Become One: Mr. & Mrs. Fitzwilliam Darcy ) by Sharon Lathan is currently Sourcebooks.com #1 selling e-book! Congratulations Sharon!!! As previously posted here , the second book ( vol. 2 ), Journeys Beyond Pemberley by Sharon Lathan will be published and released soon to an online retailers and bookshelves near you. Currently, the e-book version for this book is available to be purchased @ Sourcebooks.com for the price of $5.99 . Check out Sharon's website here for updates and more info. about this novel. No news yet to when this will be released, but I'll be sure to keep you updated here in this blog as soon as I hear news from Sharon herself to when the official release date for this book is going to be released/announced. In the meantime, while you wait for this book to be released soon, go to Austen Fans website to check out a link to read the entire first chapter of Journey...

Keira Knightley @ the London Premiere of The Edge of Love

Image
Yesterday (June 19th), Keira Knightley and co-star Sienna Miller (along with their mothers) attended another premiere for The Edge of Love , this time in London , England. At the London Premiere of The Edge of Love , Keira (in Erdem) was pretty in purple as she strode the red carpet. Check out Keira 's pics from the London Premiere below: You can view more KK (as well as KK with SM) photos at Keira Knightley Fan Gallery .

Rosamund Pike launched Cartier Love Charity Bracelet

Image
Yesterday Rosamund Pike launches the Cartier Love Charity Bracelet in support of Action Against Hunger, London . Read more about the Cartier Love Charity Bracelet and what it means and more. Check out 5 new (HQ) candid photos of Rosamund showing off the bracelet below... Click to enlarge! [rp images source: celebutopia.net ] View several more RP candids @ Getty Images .

Keira Knightley and Mom @ the premiere of their film The Edge of Love

Image
Earlier today Keira Knightley and her mother Sharman Macdonald (who wrote the screen play) attended the world premiere of their movie, The Edge of Love at Edinburgh International Film Festiva l (in Scotland), where it was the gala opening night film. Co-stars Sienna Miller and Matthew Rhys were also in attendance as does director John Maybury . Read an article about the premiere from the UK's Telegraph including Keira 's "terrifying" experience singing in front of a 200 extras for this film's opening scene. Check out pics of Keira and Co posing for the Red Carpet below! [Click each images to enlarge!] Red Carpet [images source: Gossip Girls ] View several more KK and Co premiere photos here plus Keira Knightley Fan Gallery has more. Also, before heading to the Red Carpet , Keira and co-stars Sienna Miller , and Matthew Rhys as well as her mother and the director did a press conference and posed for photocall . Read this article: Keira Knightley...

Keira Knightley scores a Teen Choice Award Nomination

Image
The 2008 Teen Choice Awards nominations were announced yesterday and Keira Knightley snagged a Teen Choice Award nomination for Atonement . Unfortunately, no other nominations for Atonement except for Keira . She is nominated for: Choice Movie Actress: Drama - Keira Knightley, Atonement . Meanwhile, her P&P co-star Jena Malone 's movie , Into The Wild scored 2 nominations including Choice Movie: Drama. Read a full list of nominations here . Voting is now open at the awards site , and you have to be between 13 and 19 (or make up a birthday) to participate. Winners for the 10th Annual Teen Choice Awards will be announced Monday, Aug. 4 on FOX.

Keira Knightley’s Edge of Love TV Interviews

Image
Keira Knightley and co-star Sienna Miller did interviews at Radio One studios in central London on Tuesday. The British actresses promoted their latest movie, The Edge of Love . The Edge of Love opens in UK theaters this Friday, June 20th . No U.S. release date has been set yet. You can watch a few clips interviews of Keira on BBC Entertainment or follow and click the links below: Keira in Dylan Thomas film | Keira and Sienna's friendship | Director on Sienna and Keira Also, check out 4 new stills of TEOL on Keira Knightley Fan's Gallery .

Anne Hathaway Get Smart Premiere in LA

Image
Becoming Jane star Anne Hathaway has a new movie called Get Smart , opening in theaters nationwide this Friday ( June 20th ). She was in attendance for the big Hollywood premiere of Get Smart in Los Angeles, CA, Monday night with co-stars Steve Carell and Dwayne Johnson . In the movie, Anne plays Agent 99 . Check out the trailer for Get Smart via YouTube. See photos of Anne Hathaway from the LA Premiere below [source: Gossip Girls ] : Click images to enlarge! Read an article and view more photos of Anne Hathaway and Steve Carell “Get Smart” in LA Also, read another related article about Get Smart 's movie premiere here . And one more thing...speaking of Anne Hathaway , she's on the cover of In Style Magazine . In the July 2008 issue, she makes fashion fun . This issue of InStyle hits newsstands on Friday.