the duchess
Police Brutality Strikes Keira, Kate and Dakota at the Box Office
2:00AM STV | Welcome back to Defamer Attractions, your official tastemaking Bible for everything new and noteworthy at the movies. The second week of the fall season offers another mixed harvest of Oscar bait, multiplex placeholders and indie hopefuls, none more eagerly anticipated than the historically skeevy Dakota Fanning 2.0 drama Hounddog. But we’ll get to that momentarily, along with this week’s worthwhile DVD releases and an all-call for your own recommendations. As always, our opinions are our own — in times like these, who really wants to share? More »
Keira Knightley’s Foolproof Plan to Battle Anorexia Rumors: Pregnancy
2:55AM Defamer Hollywood | Mention Keira Knightley’s name to us, and two things come immediately to mind: Atonement, and a startlingly precipitous clavicle. For years, Knightley has been fending off rumors about her bony physique, though now, the squatting star believes she’s hit upon a plan that will silence her critics once and for all: More »
Keira Knightley Says ‘Don’t Airbrush My Norks! Er, I Mean, Stay In School!’
9:33AM Clem Bastow | After standing up for flat-chested rights (power, sister!) by commanding the makers of The Duchess not to airbrush her into busty-ness on the film’s marketing materials, Keira Knightley has now revealed she longs to feel “educated” and is reading everything in sight in an effort to catch up on lost time (she left school at 17 to star in Bend It Like Beckham and never looked back, as it were).
In an interview with Tatler magazine the 23-year-old said: ‘I am completely uneducated.
‘Not going to university did give me an incredible driving force because it leaves you with a slight chip on your shoulder.
‘It makes me feel I am going to read absolutely everything so I can prove I am not stupid.’
Surely someone can sort her out with one of those ‘honorary doctorates’ universities seem to like bestowing upon celebrities?
Ms Knightley, you best stop making me want to be your best friend – I am not in the business of acting like a 15 year old who “just knows” that if we met we’d get on like a house on fire; it’s quite unbecoming. More » 
