Keira Knightley Wore 6 Outfits in 12 Hours While Promoting 'Boston Strangler'

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Hit Japanese animation “Suzume” improved its box office performance in its third week of release in South Korea and remained far ahead of all competing titles. “Suzume” earned $6.06 million over the weekend between Friday and Sunday, a 7% increase on its previous weekend, itself a strong hold that almost equalled its opening session. Data is sourced from Kobis, the tracking service operated by the Korean Film Council (Kofic). The film, which has been a huge hit in Japan and some other Asian territories, enjoyed a 66% share of the entire Korean cinema box office over the most recent weekend and expanded its cumulative haul to $23.9 million after 19 days on release.

Tamar Herman South Korean alt-rocker Loren (stylized LØREN) has written songs for Blackpink and G-Dragon, appeared at South By Southwest and recently partnered with 88Rising, leading to a performance at the influential collective’s summertime Head in the Clouds festival — all before he released his first album. Out Friday (March 24), the EP “Put Up a Fight” is the result of a years-long effort while working at the Black Label, a prominent South Korean record company associated with Blackpink’s home YG Entertainment. According to the singer-songwriter, a full-length follow-up is almost finished.  Loren, born Lee Seung-joo, hopes to ingest a bit of punk and grunge to South Korea’s rock scene, and “Put Up a Fight” is his call to arms to like-minded music fans. Even amid waning popularity worldwide, and especially in South Korea where only the occasional indie or pop-rock band makes registers a blip, Loren is undeterred. 

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Multi-territory Asian streaming platform Viu is to deliver a Thai version of hit drama series “Reborn Rich.” The 16-episode Korean drama was produced by Korea’s JTBC Studios and Viu, aired on JTBC in Korea between November and December 2022 and was branded as a Viu Original in the 16-territoires in which it operates. Its story sees a long-term employee of a large family-run conglomerate falsely accused of embezzlement. After he is shot on an overseas business trip, he finds himself in the body of the family’s grandson and decides to use his new identity as a means by which to take revenge on the family and the corporation.

A relationship full of pride — not prejudice. Keira Knightley and her husband James Righton’s romance is still going strong after more than a decade.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Japanese animation “Suzume” retained the top spot at the South Korean box office for a second weekend, far outstripping holdover titles and newcomers including “Shazam! Fury of the Gods.” On its second weekend of release, “Suzume” earned $5.65 million, just a small fraction below its opening weekend score of $5.71 million. Underlining its dominance, the film increased its market share from 60% previously to 62%. After 12 days of release, the film has accumulated $15.8 million, according to data from Kobis, the tracking service operated by the Korean Film Council (Kofic).

Keira Knightley is looking back on Bend It Like Beckham.

Keira Knightley shares how difficult it was to experience massive fame at such a young age.

Growing up in Boston, writer and director Matt Ruskin heard about the Boston Strangler most of his life. But it wasn’t until a few years ago while researching the complex case that he was inspired to write his latest film, Boston Strangler, from a different point of view.

What to watch: 7 movies and show to stream this week - March 10What to watch: 7 movies and shows to stream this week - Feb 24“Swarm” looks crazy. The series, described as a horror show with some comedic moments, follows Dre (Dominique Fishbank), a fan of a Beyonce like singer who appears to be seriously disturbed. She embarks on a cross country trek jampacked with characters played by the likes of Billie Eilish, Kiersey Clemons, Paris Jackson, and more.

Matt Ruskin: Aside from being really interested in the Boston Strangler story and all of these untold aspects of it I was really compelled by Loretta McLaughlin, who’s at the heart of the story. It felt like the underdog story of this reporter who wanted to do much more meaningful reporting [and] who was sidelined because it was a very male dominated environment. I thought it was really compelling.

The story of the infamous serial murder case nicknamed the Boston Strangler involved 13 sexual assaults and murders between 1962 and 1964 in the Boston area. Officially, 12 of them have never been solved. The 13th, decades later, was proven through DNA techniques to be the chief suspect, and self-confessed “Boston Strangler” Albert DeSalvo. He was famously represented by F. Lee Bailey, who later would write a book about the case.

Keira Knightley's 7-year-old daughter has been brutally honest for some time now, and the world — well, specifically her mom — got a taste of it, which she shared during her appearance on .The 37-year-old actress traveled down memory lane while catching up with Jimmy Fallon, but she also shared her kids' latest obsession: 's Rainbow Unicorn. While she was all for giving her daughters — Edie, 7, and Delilah, 3, whom she shares with husband James Righton — their fair share of Rainbow Unicorn, Knightley said she's also tried (key word, ) to show her kids some of her past work.«I did a version of a few years ago where I play, like, a psychotic pink cake,» she explained. «And so they watched that but didn’t like it at all.

From the opening moments of “Boston Strangler,” writer and director Matt Ruskin makes it clear he’s thought through exactly how he wants to depict the true crime at the heart of the film. The camera refracts a killing off the surface of a television, sparing the gruesome sight of strangulation as the titular troublemaker strikes once again.

To be a male serial killer of women one must be a misogynist. “Duh,” you’re probably saying, and yet we’re surrounded by sexy serial killer media, from Zac Efron as Ted Bundy to whatever Ryan Murphy is up to these days.

Courtney Howard Bleak atmosphere and a David Fincher-inspired aesthetic are the first things that audiences will notice when watching “Boston Strangler.” Writer-director Matt Ruskin pulls us into this true-crime tale, centered on the dedicated reporters determined to solve Boston’s serial killings in the early 1960s, using similarly desaturated color, frame composition and camera movements. A distant cousin to “Zodiac,” with splashes of “Seven” mixed into its homages, this thriller falls short of its influences yet carves out a small space of its own. It makes a searing indictment of the sloppy, sexism-laced police work that might’ve resolved the case, and pays tribute to the two women who broke the investigation wide open.

Keira Knightley has ruled out a return to the Pirates of the Caribbean series, saying she wouldn’t want to change her character’s departure in the series.The Boston Strangler actor has stated she’s happy with how her character from the franchise, Elizabeth Swann, ended her run in the series. Knightley was asked about the potential of her return by Entertainment Tonight, to which she responded: “I mean, she sailed away so nicely. She sailed away in brilliant style.”The first movie in the series turns 20 this year, and helped to launch Knightley’s career alongside her turn in early work like Bend It Like Beckham.

Keira Knightley and Carrie Coon are hitting the red carpet!

 ship seems to have sailed for Keira Knightley! ET spoke to Knightley at the premiere of her new Hulu original movie, — out Friday — where she explained why she wouldn't make a return to the beloved Disney franchise.«What about Elizabeth Swan?» Knightley joked when asked if she would re-join the crew, given  producer, Jerry Bruckheimer's recent comments about bringing back the saga, potentially with Johnny Depp's Jack Sparrow at the helm. «I mean, she sailed away so nicely. She sailed away in brilliant style.»As for what she remembers about the franchise's first film which is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, Knightly said, not «very much.»«It sort of launched me out of a rocket, really, as far as my career went,» she shared.

Ahead of the premiere of Keira Knightley’s new crime-drama “Boston Strangler”, the actress reveals what it was like to portray Loretta McLaughlin, the first journalist to connect the murders of the infamous 1960s Boston Strangler killings and break the story. 

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief CJ ENM is putting an emphasis on TV content over feature film at the upcoming FilMart rights market in Hong Kong. The South Korean behemoth, which operates multiple studios and the TVing streaming platform, is touting at least six shows and formats. Sebastian Kim, the group’s director of international content sales and acquisition, will also be taking part in a Monday morning seminar “Spotlight Conversation: The Asian Wave in 2023 and Beyond” at FilMart. His lineup is headed by “The Heavenly Idol,” a fantasy, romance series which sees a priest from a different era transported to the present day as a pop idol. His training makes him a hopeless celebrity, but he has to learn to adapt. Starring Kim Min-gue and Go Bo-gyeol, the 12-part series began airing mind-February on tvN.