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Topic: Keira Knightley

Ben Whishaw and Kiera Knightley in "Black Doves" (Netflix)

The messy friendship of "Black Doves"

Coleman Spilde
Keira Knightley attends the "Misbehaviour" World Premiere at The Ham Yard Hotel on March 09, 2020 in London, England. (Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images)

Knightley nixes male-directed sex scenes

Ashlie D. Stevens
Keira Knightley as Katharine Gun in "Official Secrets." (Courtesy of IFC Films)

"I never set out to be a whistleblower"

Andrew O'Hehir
Keira Knightley, John Carney (Evan Agostini/invision/ap)

This is how you apologize

Rachel Kramer Bussel
Keira Knightley (AP/Joel Ryan)

Jenny Kutner
Benedict Cumberbatch in "The Imitation Game" (Black Bear Pictures)

How Cumberbatch won the war

Andrew O'Hehir
Keira Knightley and Mark Ruffalo in "Begin Again" (The Weinstein Company)

"Once" creator tries it twice

Andrew O'Hehir
Liam Neeson with scarf in "Love Actually," with gun in "Taken 2"

6 degrees of "Love, Actually"

Colin McEnroe
Keira Knightley (AP/Joel Ryan)

Laura Gottesdiener - Alternet
Keira Knightley in "Anna Karenina"

Andrew O'Hehir
Keira Knightley attends the "Misbehaviour" World Premiere at The Ham Yard Hotel on March 09, 2020 in London, England. (Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images)

Stephanie Zacharek
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