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Apparently eager for a change of pace, Nicole Kidman is to get a change of sex into the bargain with a part in the film version of David Ebershoff's novel The Danish Girl.

Splitting hairs: From left, Christiana Molldrem, James Uva and Daniel Rowlands in Appleseed's Dr.

Q With Mamma Mia!, The Duchess and now An Education, you've proved you can act, sing, dance and wear tight period trousers.

Napoleon, who was part of The Devil's Horsemen stunt team. A 27-year-old mule who appeared in the movie, "The Duchess", starring Keira Knightley and Ralph Fiennes, has been killed in a car crash.

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.

The Duchess Theatre presents Endgame by Samuel Beckett . In Beckett's one act play the aged and blind Hamm and his servant Clov co-exist in a mutually dependent and fractious relationship, with only Hamm's parents, Nell and Nagg, legless from a biking accident, for company.

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.

A 17-year-old school girl in an English village in the 1960s, whose education is focused on preparing her for an admissions interview at Oxford, has desires of her own, which are summed up by the declaration that "At university I'm going to read what I want and wear black." The action of her life starts when one stormy day after a Youth Orchestra ...

Keira Knightley arrives at the world premiere of 'The Duchess' at the Odeon cinema, Leicester Square on September 3, 2008 in London, England.

Oscar-nominated star to perform in MoliA re's The Misanthrope alongside Damian Lewis and Tara Fitzgerald Press Association guardian.co.uk , Friday 9 October 2009 11.57 BST Treading the boards for the first time ... Keira Knightley.

For all of the corseting that aristocratic ladies of the Eighteenth Century wore , one might imagine that sexual naughtiness would have been well nigh impossible.A Those who have encountered the writings of the Marquis de Sade or Pierre de Laclos ' Les Liaisons Dangereuses know better, of course, as do those who saw the recent Keira Knightly film ...

Here are some films I've watched in recent weeks. "The Picture of Dorian Gray" OK, I've never read Oscar Wilde's classic novel.

THE popular film nights at Etton Village Hall start again on Friday October 2, with the film The Duchess .

THE Creative Stitches and Hobbycrafts Show is at Westpoint arena, near Exeter, today.

THE challenge of filming a biopic of Charles Darwin is a big one. Evolution is arguably the most significant discovery of all time and consequently Darwin is a scientific paragon.

He's known for romping around on screen wearing not many clothes, but when actor Dominic Cooper's not working, what does he like to wear? Emma Sibbles finds out Saturday, 19 September 2009 When it comes to clothes, the actor Dominic Cooper is best known for not wearing many.

Toronto Film Festival 2008: Guy Ritchie Talks 'RocknRolla' Toronto Film Festival 2008: Zac Efron Talks 'Me And Orson Welles' Toronto Film Festival 2008: Keira Knightley Talks 'The Duchess' PREV NEXT Keira Knightley at The Duchess premiere in Toronto Drew Barrymore Actor Mickey Rourke poses for a portrait while promoting his film "The Wrestler" ...

Film director Brillante Mendoza made history as the first Filipino to bag the rather elusive recognition that Cannes offers the worldwide film industry.

That's the schizo theme of Washington theater this fall. On the one hand, local venues will host top names, and on the other hand, because of economic realities, many companies have scaled back to smaller productions.