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11 August 2008 6:43 AM, PDT | From Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news

Keira Knightley has revealed that she feels comfortable speaking to her mother about sex. The actress admitted that her playwright mum Sharman Macdonald encouraged her to be open about her romances when she was a teenager. "Mum and I would always talk about sex," Knightley explained. "She'd come up to my room, have me roll her cigarettes and then tell me I had to have one with her. It's not (more)

By Daniel Kilkelly

9 July 2008 12:12 AM, PDT | From NYPost.com | See recent New York Post news

Next month is the Us Open. Arthur Ashe Stadium. Biggest thing to hit Queens since the Triborough. And loaded with celebrities creeping through every racket. Know how come they're there? Not just because someone shouted, "Tennis, anyone?" Because wangling VIPs into attending anything from an all-time sports championship to a butcher shop's opening is now big business.

Eight years ago, Lori Levine, who began life booking for Conan, opened Flying Television Productions. Now a top celebrity wrangler, she's into the corporate world plus showbiz entities like MTV, Entertainment Tonight, etc. One client is the Open.

By CINDY ADAMS

1 July 2008 9:11 AM, PDT | From screeninglog.com | See recent screeninglog news

You may only know her as Dana Scully from “The X-Files,” but Gillian Anderson has several other big-screen appearances under her belt. In 2006 she starred alongside James McAvoy in “The Last King of Scotland,” and later this year she will be seen in “How to Lose Friends & Alienate People.”

According to Variety, Anderson is also set to produce and star in a biopic of renowned journalist Martha Gellhorn, a female war correspondent who covered major world conflicts, including the Spanish Civil War and Vietnam. She was also married to Ernest Hemingway.

Anderson acquired the rights to Caroline Moorehead’s biography “Gellhorn: A Twentieth-Century Life” via her production company Fiddlehead Prods. Sharman Macdonald is writing the script.

Anderson will next be seen alongside David Duchovny in “The X-Files: I Want to Believe,” which opens July 25, 2008. She also recently wrapped filming for Duncan Ward’s “Boogie Woogie.”

As a die-hard “X-Files” fan,

Franck Tabouring

24 June 2008 5:08 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Actress Keira Knightley was happy to film a sex scene for new movie The Edge Of Love - even though the naked romp was written by her mother.

The movie's screenplay was penned by Knightley's mum, Sharman Macdonald, who also served as a producer on the project.

Knightley insists that knowing her mother is capable of writing about steamy clinches didn't faze her and she was happy to strip off wherever necessary.

She says, "She dared to put a sex scene in it. It didn't worry me that my mother knows what sex is.

"Come to think of it, I was found under an apple tree. My mother is a virgin. I had no hissy fits when she presented me with the scene."

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19 June 2008 4:45 AM, PDT | From PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news

Keira Knightley has no problem appearing in the buff for her latest film. In fact, she says it's becoming a habit. "I always bare my breasts," she said at the press conference to promote The Edge of Love Wednesday at the Edinburgh International Film Festival. "It's not like it's only in this film!" The British actress, 23, is best known for the Pirates of the Caribbean films; last year she went au naturale in the period drama Atonement.Referring to a scene in the wartime romance The Edge of Love with her onscreen husband Cillian Murphy, Knightley said: "It was very simple.

Monique Jessen

15 June 2008 10:45 PM, PDT | From PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news

Keira Knightley isn't anorexic – her slim figure is thanks to her dad, not a restrictive diet, says the star's mom. "She has always been thin," Knightley's mother, Sharman Macdonald, told Britain's Sunday Times. "She's her daddy's daughter, with his long body." Like her father, the actress, 23, must "eat like a horse," to maintain her weight, Macdonald said. Knightley eats a diet high in protein and carbohydrates to make sure she doesn't lose any more weight.Last year, Knightley successfully sued Britain's Daily Mail, saying that the tabloid implied she'd lied about having an eating disorder. In 2006, Knightley vociferously denied that she suffered from anorexia.

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15 June 2008 6:58 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Keira Knightley's screenwriter mother Sharman MacDonald has hit out at media rumours suggesting her daughter is suffering from anorexia - comparing the press to "playground bullies".

Knightley has long been dogged by rumours that her waif-like figure is the result of an eating disorder, but she has always denied this - blaming her genes for her naturally svelte figure.

Last year, the 23-year-old successfully sued a British tabloid newspaper for publishing an article which accused her of being anorexic and setting a bad example to young girls.

And the star's mother Macdonald can't understand why the media is so obsessed with her daughter's weight.

She tells British newspaper The Sunday Times, "She's always been thin. She's her daddy's daughter, with his long body.

"It's a playground situation that we're looking at with the press - it's a form of bullying - but what can we do?"

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5 June 2008 5:12 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Keira Knightley clashed with her screenwriter mother Sharman MacDonald over their forthcoming movie The Edge Of Love - because the actress refused to play the part her mum had specifically written for her.

Macdonald told her daughter she had penned the role of Caitlin Thomas just for her in the upcoming film about Welsh poet Dylan Thomas - but the 23-year-old had other ideas.

Macdonald recalls, "I said, 'You're playing Caitlin,' and she said, 'No, I like Vera.'"

As a result, the part of Vera Phillips, one of the Welsh poet's love interests, was transformed - to Knightley's liking.

Macdonald adds: "She wasn't even a singer until Keira decided to play her."

The movie is set for its world premiere at the Edinburgh Film Festival in Scotland on 18 June.

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2 June 2008 8:50 AM, PDT | From PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news

They shared a nude Vanity Fair cover, and now Keira Knightley is showing vocal prowess to rival that of other actress-turned-singer Scarlett Johansson. As Vera Philips, the lover of Welsh poet Dylan Thomas in the new biopic, The Edge of Love, Knightley, 23, sings "Blue Tahitian Moon." "I did some lessons with a voice coach because I can't sing," the actress recently said. "It was live. There were 100 extras and John [Maybury, the director] was like, 'Now you're going to sing.' I've never been so frightened in my entire life." The film, written by Knightley's mom, Sharman Macdonald, and costarring Sienna Miller and Matthew Rhys,

7 January 2008 | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Hollywood stars like Julia Roberts, Keira Knightley and Johnny Depp look set to boycott this Sunday's Golden Globes ceremony to show their support to striking writers. Actors represented by the Screen Actors' Guild (SAG) are in "unanimous agreement" not to ignore the plight of the Writers Guild of America union members, who are picketing over royalties. Announcing the union's decision on Friday, SAG president, Alan Rosenberg, said, "After considerable outreach to Golden Globe actor nominees and their representatives over the past several weeks, there appears to be unanimous agreement that these actors will not cross WGA (Writers' Guild of America) picket lines." In response to the boycott action, the WGA members thanked the SAG for its "solidarity and support." Other stars nominated for gongs at the prestigious ceremony include George Clooney, John Travolta, Denzel Washington, Cate Blanchett and Jodie Foster - all of whom are unlikely to appear at the awards show if the WGA members do not reach an agreement with the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, which organizes the Golden Globes, in time for next Sunday. Knightley, who is up for Best Actress for her starring role in Atonement, is particularly supportive of the strike, because of her playwright mother, Sharman Macdonald. A representative for the British beauty confirms: "If the strike is still in place then Keira won't cross a picket line as her mother is a writer."

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5 January 2008 4:58 AM, PST | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Latest: Hollywood stars like Julia Roberts, Keira Knightley and Johnny Depp look set to boycott next weekend's Golden Globes ceremony to show their support to striking writers.

Actors represented by the Screen Actors' Guild (Sag) are in "unanimous agreement" not to ignore the plight of the Writers Guild of America union members, who are picketing over royalties.

Announcing the union's decision on Friday, Sag president, Alan Rosenberg, said, "After considerable outreach to Golden Globe actor nominees and their representatives over the past several weeks, there appears to be unanimous agreement that these actors will not cross Wga (Writers' Guild of America) picket lines."

In response to the boycott action, the Wga members thanked the Sag for its "solidarity and support".

Other stars nominated for gongs at the prestigious ceremony include George Clooney, John Travolta, Denzel Washington, Cate Blanchett and Jodie Foster - all of whom are unlikely to appear at the awards show if the Wga members do not reach an agreement with the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, which organises the Golden Globes, in time for next Sunday.

Knightley, who is up for Best Actress for her starring role in Atonement, is particularly supportive of the strike, because of her playwright mother, Sharman MacDonald.

A representative for the British beauty confirms: "If the strike is still in place then Keira won't cross a picket line as her mother is a writer."

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2 January 2008 5:33 PM, PST | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Keira Knightley has ruled out the prospect of marriage in the near-future - because she's been brought up to support herself.

The 22-year-old actress - who's in a longterm relationship with actor Rupert Friend - has heeded the advice of her mother Sharman MacDonald, who advised her against depending on men for financial and emotional support.

She tells Ok! magazine, "I'm from a very liberal upbringing. My mum's like, 'No, you get a job, you support yourself, never look to a man to support you.'

"I think getting married and having children would be lovely. But not right now or really any time soon."

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12 articles from 2008