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Keira Knightley showed off her new hairdo at at Herr Karl Lagerfeld’s Chanel Spring/Summer 2011 collection in Paris this week. Knightley previously wore her hair long, wavy, and bangy, but has decided to switch to a side-parted bob with soft highlights.

The starlet is getting ready for the premiere of her new film Never Let Me Go, based on the Kazuo Ishiguro’s novel, which is to open this year’s BFI London Film Festival, organizers said.

A stalker who bombarded Hollywood actress Keira Knightly with gifts and letters has been charged with harassment and is due to stand trial later this year.

The Pirates of the Caribbean star, who is currently appearing in The Misanthrope at the Comedy Theatre on Panton Street, London, was reportedly left petrified of Polish fan, Marek Daniluk, 41, after he waited outside the theatre where she was performing.

Daniluk, who is thought to suffer with mental health problems, allegedly grabbed the 24-year-old actress after one performance and asked whether she’d received his gift, to which she replied: ‘Yes, thank you.’

In her statement to police, Knightly said she had become ‘worried and distressed’ by his behaviour at the stage door.

Daniluk, of Enfield, North London, was arrested on Thursday night and appeared before the City of Westminster magistrates’ court on Saturday. He pleaded not guilty to the charge and will stand trial in June.
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Keira Knightley star has reportedly been visiting London’s Halcyon Gallery to be painted naked by artist Mitch Griffiths for a new exhibition.

A source said: “It’s considered a great honour to be painted by Mitch. He is a highly respected nude painter and is painting as number of subjects for a new exhibition next year. He is delighted Keira decided to take part.”

The 24-year-old actress – who is widely considered to be one of Hollywood’s most beautiful women – is currently starring in play ‘The Misanthrope’, which is running in London’s West End theatre district.

In the production, a modern-day version of Moliere’s 17th Century comedy work, Keira plays a vacuous Hollywood starlet.
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Keira Knightley stars in this shocking new short film, directed by Joe Wright and brought to you by Women’s Aid - the UK’s domestic abuse charity.

I wanted to take part in this advert for Women’s Aid because while domestic violence exists in every section of society, we rarely hear about it. We may not think we know someone who has experienced domestic violence, but this does not mean that it is not happening. Domestic violence affects one in four women at some point in their lifetime and kills two women every week.
Without the services provided by Women’s Aid, many more women could be at risk of being killed.

Keira Knightley refuses to read reviews of her own movies, because they leave her depressed and housebound for days.
The British star has received criticism of her acting in the past, and it affected her so much, she now avoids reviews.
Knightley tells Glamour magazine, “Unless I’m unfortunate enough to catch something by accident, which happens, and it’s always a bad review. Always, it’s amazing. I will be sitting in a cafe, and I will open a random paper right to the page of the review. And then you’re sucked in and go home and never want to go out again.”
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