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Keira Knightley was spotted wearing an over-billowy plae pink dress yesterday morning and afternoon. An onlooker said: "It looked like she grabbed some curtains from a rail and turned them into a dress. I thought she was going to trip over the bottom of it when she was walking down the steps outside her house." Surprisingly, Keira wasn't satisifed with her outfit either and changed up her look mid-day, pulling a belt and bag switcheroo.

After lunching at Julie's Restaurant & Bar (135 Portland Road, London, W11 4LW), the 21-year-old actress returned home to ditch both her five-hole studded belt and brown satchel, opting for a simple brown belt and black tote. Keira's pink dress, sunglasses, and bright sea green slippers stuck around for both outfits. After her outfit change, actor boyfriend Rupert Friend accompanied Keira out of their West London home .

Los Angeles, Calif. :: A typically shirtless Ryan Phillippe worked out for an hour on his favorite track again earlier this weekend. The 31-year-old actor proves he's more than just a pretty face, pushing himself through a grueling work-out, pumping his own gas, and toy shopping with his 2-year-old son Deacon.

Sienna Miller, wearing yet another hair color, took a liking to chopping off her brunette wig with a pair of scissors on the set of her upcoming movie, Factory Girl. Producers are forcing Sienna to reshoot scenes in New York City as her character Edie Segwick, the muse of Andy Warhol. According to Page Six, Sienna has to re-film the sequences where her character screen-tests for Warhol, but this time the artist's pals Brigid Berlin, Sam Green, Richard and Robert Dupont will appear in the background to add credibility to the movie. Factory Girl is scheduled for a September 2006 release. Just last week in Toronto, Sienna was filming black comedy Camille with costar James Franco

Bob Geldof is banning his daughter from going on holiday to Ibiza.

The former Boomtown Rats singer felt uncomfortable with Peaches' plan to DJ alongside best friend Fiona Ritchie at a festival where Babyshambles star Pete Doherty will be playing.

A source said, "Bob's happy for her to carve out a niche as a DJ and loves her spending time with Fiona - he thinks she's a great influence. However, he does want to remind her that she is only 17 and she's not supposed to be drinking.

"Obviously working in nightclubs puts her slap-bang in the middle of people enjoying a good time, but he feels he can keep an eye on all that when they're in London. He's drawn the line at Ibiza though as she will be out of the country and hanging around people like Doherty. Bob trusts Peaches, but he is acting as any parent would."

Actor Mickey Rourke
once lost a role in a major Hollywood movie after he gave a drug dealer concussion in a brawl.

The Man On Fire star became angry after discovering a local pusher was supplying his wife with heroin, so decided to implement his own justice.

But Rourke's violent behaviour cost him professionally.

He recalls, "I found this dude that had been giving my lady drugs. Where I'm from, if somebody is giving my wife heroin, you bet your ass I'm going to take a pop at him.

"I punched him - one punch and I gave him concussion.

"And I'm thinking, 'Oh shit. I went for that movie the other day.' I call my agent and he says, 'You are out of the picture and you may never f**king work again.'".

The nominations for this year's Mercury Music Prize have been revealed. Pianist Jools Holland announced the shortlist of 12 albums, which will battle it out for this year's award.

The nominations are:

Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am...

Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan - Ballad Of The Broken Seas

Editors - In The Black Room

Guillemots - Through The Windowpane

Richard Hawley - Coles Corner

Hot Chip - The Warning

Muse - Black Holes & Revelations

Zoe Rahman - Melting Pot

Lou Rhodes - Beloved One

Scritti Politti - White Bread Black Beer

Sway - This Is My Demo

Thom Yorke - The Eraser

Last year's prize was won by Antony & The Johnsons for their album I Am A Bird Now.

Richard Ashcroft is to play his biggest UK solo shows ever.

The ex-Verve frontman will play five arena dates in November, reports NME.

They will follow his June appearances at Isle Of Wight, T In The Park, Oxegen and his show at the Old Trafford Cricket Ground.

The dates are:

Glasgow SECC (November 29)

Manchester Evening News Arena (30)

Newcastle Arena (December 2)

Birmingham NIA (3)

London Wembley Arena (5)

Tickets go on sale on July 21 at 9am.

EastEnders actress Kara Tointon has split from lover Terry Kiely.

The star, who plays Dawn on the BBC soap, had been dating the Dream Team actor for 18 months. Friends claim that Kara's closeness to co-star James Alexandrou was partly responsible for the break-up.

A source said, "Kara and James are good mates and are always fooling around together."

However, Tointon insists that her busy schedule caused problems for their relationship; "We're both very busy - although I hate to think work could have been a factor."

Kara has previously been involved with ex-Busted singer James Bourne.

Former Savage Garden frontman Darren Hayes has married his boyfriend in a civil partnership ceremony in London.

The Australian singer announced his marriage to his British partner Richard Cullen in a statement.

"On June 19th 2006 I married my boyfriend of two years, Richard, in a civil partnership ceremony in London. I can honestly say it was the happiest day of my life," the singer revealed.

Hayes added: "I feel lucky to live in an era where my relationship can be considered legally legitimate and I commend the UK Government for embracing this very basic civil liberty. I'm proud of who I am, and after what felt like an eternity, I'm finally in a place where my heart is secure and content. And I can finally make sense of all of the searching."

Nick Lachey and Jessica Simpson have had an uncomfortable meeting at an LA club.

The former Newlyweds were both out partying at Hollywood hotspot Hyde. However, while Simpson was with her hairdresser friend Ken Paves, Lachey had new girlfriend MTV host Vanessa Minnillo on his arm.

A source said: "Nick walked over to Jessica's table, gave her a hug and said hello to her and Ken Paves. It wasn't the most comfortable situation, but it was totally civil and everyone was cool and Jessica was nice."

However, Minnillo stayed away from the Dukes of Hazzard star.

Latoya Jackson is moving back to Las Vegas. Michael Jackson's older sister lived in Sin City about five years before moving to Los Angeles in 2001 in fear of her life. Jackson, 50, lived in terror because of death threats from Jack Gordon, her former husband-manager. "This man had beaten me to the ground, " said Latoya. "I never left the house." Latoya hopes to have a dance album out soon, titled Starting Over.

Actress Carmen Electra and Rock Star: Supernova host Dave Navarro have separated.

Electra and Navarro are "amicably separating," says rep Jill Fritzo. They married on Nov. 22, 2003 in a wedding documented on the 2004 MTV reality show 'Til Death Do Us Part: Carmen & Dave.

Although rumors of trouble had circulated for months, the couple always insisted they were fine. Navarro, who has played guitar for Jane's Addiction and the Red Hot Chili Peppers, even turned out to support Electra at the New York City premiere of Scary Movie 4 on April 10.

That month, Electra said, "We're fine! I'm not saying we have the perfect marriage or that we're the perfect couple, but we're pretty damn good." If there were trouble, she added, "I wouldn't have my ring on. I would not walk around and pretend."

This was the second marriage for Electra (real name: Tara Leigh Patrick), 34. She married NBA star Dennis Rodman in Las Vegas in November 1998, but the union ended five months later. It was a third marriage for Navarro, 39.

At Navarro and Electra's wedding, which took place at LA's St. Regis Hotel, the 200 guests – including Hugh Hefner and Sharon Osbourne – were escorted into a Garden of Eden-like setting, complete with projected water walls, flowered metal vines and a white python.

Gazing at her husband to be, Electra joked during her vows, "I thought I would never marry a guy who looks in the mirror more than I do."

Mischa Barton is reportedly being lined up for a role in TV sensation Desperate Housewives. After quitting THE OC - the teen show that made her famous - the British-born star is rumoured to be discussing a new role with Desperate Housewives creator MARC CHERRY. Cherry's spokesperson says, "He's interviewing and auditioning all the time. "I'm sure Mischa would be a welcome asset to the show but who knows what will happen?"

Hell must have frozen over because Hollywood's most enthusiastic bachelor Owen Wilson is officially off the market.

The 37-year-old actor plans to marry 51-year-old fashion designer Donatella Versace's niece Francesca, 24, and start a family with her.

And Owen, whose film credits include Starsky and Hutch, Zoolander and The Wedding Crashers, is so determined to make babies, he's vowed to become a dad pretty sharpish.

Owen said: "I won't adopt but definitely in the next couple of years I see myself settling down and starting a family. I'm 37. By the time my dad was 30, he had four kids already, so I'm definitely way behind. But Francesa's very busy."

It sounds like Francesca, who studied fashion in London, will be even busy now.

IT'S week seven of Matthew McConaughey's "Look What You're Missing Out On Penelope Cruz" stint.

The troubled Texan, 36, ruined all of his good work by being photographed so drunk, he ended up on the floor with a beer gut hanging out of his stained trousers and dribble around his mouth.

But he's dug himself out of that hole by being pictured taking some very sexy surfing lessons in Malibu.

16-year-old Brit lad Alex Pettyfer, is a kid we're tipping to be the next big thing in Hollywood. He plays teen spy Alex Rider in flick Stormbreaker.

Also on show at London's Vue WestEnd cinema for the films premiere were co-stars Alicia Siverstone and Ewan McGregor.