Keira Knightley: 'Atonement' will be 'grown up'

Keira Knightley has said her current film project Atonement will be "grown up" compared to Pirates of the Caribbean, informs Digital Spy.

The movie of the Ian McEwan novel will see the star play student Cecilia, who falls in love with doctor Robbie, played by James McAvoy.

As Daily Mail reports, one terrific scene shows McAvoy typing Cecilia a note revealing, in sexually explicit terms, his truest feelings for her, which he then, mistakenly, has delivered to her. Later she and McAvoy make love, keeping their clothes on, but all the zips and buttons are unfastened, in one of the most erotic moments that's likely to be seen on screen this year.

"I was 17 when I started playing Elizabeth in the Pirate films and they were fun, but very much meant for families."

"Now I've grown up and so have the roles."

US Readers Buy 8.3 Million Harry Potter Books in One Day

The latest and final installment of the "Harry Potter" book series sold 8.3 million copies in the United States during the first 24 hours it was on sale.

The book's U.S. publisher, Scholastic Inc., says first-day sales of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the seventh book in the series, exceeded sales of the previous installment Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by more than one million books.

Bloomsbury, the book's publisher in Britain, will announce its sales figures later Monday. A spokeswoman says the company expected first-day sales of around three million books.

Legions of Harry Potter fans around the world gathered at bookstores at the moment went on sale worldwide - midnight Friday in London - so they could be among the first to get the book.

The Harry Potter anthology follows the adventures and trials of an English boy wizard as he learns to use his magical powers and confront opponents trying to kill him. Worldwide, readers have bought 325 million copies of the first six volumes in the series, which is translated into 64 languages.

Films of the first five books have earned some of the highest box-office revenue ever recorded, and movies matching the sixth and seventh volumes also are planned.

J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter's creator, had a very modest income before her first tale was published. Now 41 years old, she is now considered one of the world's richest women, with a fortune valued at over one billion dollars.

Lindsay Lohan parties at Pure in Las Vegas

Lindsay Lohan returned to the site of her scrapped 21st birthday party on Saturday in a bid to prove she can party without the booze. The star took a break from rehab to enjoy a night out at Pure nightclub in Las Vegas, according to Star Pulse.

The actress had planned to stage her recent birthday celebrations at the starry venue but opted instead to host a small party for family and friends at Courteney Cox's Malibu, California beach house. She made amends with Pure bosses on Saturday when she made an unannounced appearance and danced the night away, sipping only energy drink Red Bull.

Members of the Pussycat Dolls and illusionist Criss Angel joined Lohan in the club's VIP DJ booth, where they partied from 1 a.m. to 4 a.m.

Bruce Willis wants his on-screen ex-wife in "Die Hard 5"

Bruce Willis is keen to reunite with his 'ex-wife' in the next Die Hard sequel. The action man wants Bonnie Bedelia, who played his wife Holly in the first two Die Hard films, to reprise her role in a planned fifth film, alongside "the gang from part four," Star Pulse informs.

Meanwhile, internet rumors suggest Morgan Freeman, who is currently making "The Last Full Measure" with Willis, is in talks to play the villain in Die Hard 5.

Anne Hathaway refused movie role because of sex scene

Anne Hathaway once turned down a movie role because she felt one explicit sex scene was too much. According to Star Pulse, the actress, who went topless for sex scenes in “Havoc” and “Brokeback Mountain,” balked at one film script, which called for a co-star to show her private parts.

"I turned down another movie because it was going to show a vagina - not mine, but somebody else's. And I didn't believe that it was actually necessary to the story," Hathaway told Marie Claire magazine.

But the star insists the no-nudity clause many actresses have in their contracts is silly - and she'll happily bare all if her role truly requires it.

"I don't actively search for (movies) that I can get naked in. It's not the most fun requirement of the job, but nor is it something that I would ever not do a job because of. It is what it is. Some people choose not to do it on moral grounds; I think that's a shoddy argument," she added.