Lucy Liu's family refuses to admit they're related to the star - because they're embarrassed by her fame.

The actress shot to stardom on the TV show Ally McBeal and has since appeared in hit movies including Charlie's Angels, Kill Bill and opposite Keira Knightley in Domino.

However, her older brother and sister, along with her parents, refuse to let anyone know she is part of their family - because they don't want to be judged by her high profile status.

Liu says, "There's always sacrifices. My family don't generally say that they're related to me - my sister doesn't say she's ...

Keira Knightley has attributed her recent poor acting performances on taking too many roles in a short period of time.

The actress has been the target of critics lately who claim she "can't act" in several of her films, but the British beauty insists it was just a case of working too much.

She says, "I have had to learn a lot in a very short time. One thing is to try not to pack too much in. I went directly from playing Elizabeth Bennet in Pride & Prejudice to Domino with just a four day break, for example. It was a crazy thing to do."

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Keira Knightley is this week's 'Maxim Hot 100' girl! Head on over to Maxim's Keira Knightley page to check out their page of sexy pictures of the Pirates of the Caribbean beauty!

Keira burst onto the scene in 2002 in the highly successful football (by 'football' we mean 'soccer') film Bend It Like Beckham alongside Indian beauty Parminder Nagra. Soon after that she stole hearts as the lovely Elizabeth Swann in the 'Pirates of the Caribbean' trilogy. Then it was on to playing the sexy, badass Guinevere in director Antoine Fuqua's take on King Arthur. Next came the twisted thriller The J...

Before The O.C. and Laguna Beach, there was Beverly Hills 90210. The wildly popular landmark television show that became a cultural phenomenon returns to DVD with Beverly Hills 90210: The Second Season. Starring a hip and appealing cast that convincingly portrayed the concerns and struggles of young people, the eight-disc DVD set includes all twenty-eight dramatic second season episodes filled with love triangles, personal crises and teen tragedy plus cool special features.

Starring a hip and appealing cast: Jason Priestley, Shannen Doherty (Charmed™), Jennie Garth (What I Like About...

Happy Birthday to "Star Wars Episode III" star Ewan McGregor (1971), AC/DC guitarist Angus Young (1955), "Cheers" actress Rhea Perlman (1948), former US Vice President Al Gore (1948), "Welcome Back, Kotter" star Gabe Kaplan (1945), TV actress Valerie Curtin (1945), "Domino" actor Christopher Walken (1943), band leader Herb Alpert (1935), "Partridge Family" actress Shirley Jones (1934), prolific actor Richard Chamberlain (1934), hockey legend Gordie Howe (1928), and Austrian composer Franz Josef Haydn (1732; d. 1809).

In a Dancing with the Stars first, three athletes will dance to the finish in the fourth season of the hugely popular series, returning Monday, March 19 on ABC. Among the athletes are a current Olympic Gold Medalist, a member of the 1992 Men's U.S. Olympic Basketball Dream Team, and an undefeated female boxer - the first female athlete to compete on the series.

Celebrities joining them include a singer/actor who stars alongside his daughter in one of the Disney Channel's most popular programs, a former member of one of the biggest selling music groups of all-time, and a United Nations...

Keira Knightley strips for her new film - only to have her breasts belittled. The 21-year-old star gets naked in new movie Silk but her character's husband says her breasts are "small" and "like a child's".

A source said: "For all the people excited to see Keira, yes, you do see her topless. She is nude in a couple of scenes, once during a love scene and another when she leans over her husband with her gown gaping open and he remarks that her breasts are small and like a little girl's."

Keira plays Helene, the wife of 19th century silkworm smuggler Herve who is in love with a Japa...

Keira Knightley is grateful for her role in critically panned thriller Domino because the movie toughened her up. The star played the late daughter of actor Laurence Harvey, a former Ford model who rejected her privileged Beverly Hills life to become a bounty hunter.

While Knightley admits the film didn't help her career, she has benefited on a personal level despite the lukewarm reception by critics.

Knightley tells British movie magazine Hotdog, "It was really sad because I thought it was a really in-your-face kind of film about this young woman who was tough as hell. I have n...

Keira Knightley has enlisted the talents of fashion designer Isaac Mizrahi for her new film role - because she struggles to walk gracefully in her character's high heeled shoes.

The Pirates Of The Caribbean 2 and Domino star plays a French merchant's wife in dark love story Silk - but needed lessons from the stylist to help her master the uncomfortable footwear.

Mizrahi says, "I wanted her to put her weight back then walk foot first, foot first, nice and slow. She is so much better already."

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Happy Birthday to "Star Wars Episode III" star Ewan McGregor (1971), AC/DC guitarist Angus Young (1955), "Cheers" actress Rhea Perlman (1948), former US Vice President Al Gore (1948), "Welcome Back, Kotter" star Gabe Kaplan (1945), TV actress Valerie Curtin (1945), "Domino" actor Christopher Walken (1943), band leader Herb Alpert (1935), "Partridge Family" actress Shirley Jones (1934), prolific actor Richard Chamberlain (1934), hockey legend Gordie Howe (1928), and Austrian composer Franz Josef Haydn (1732; d. 1809).

Raise a glass, or a pint, to Visual Entertainment's DVD release of Irish Jam, an urban comedy featuring Eddie Griffin (Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo, Undercover Brother) and Mo'Nique (Domino, Oxygen's Mo'Nique's Fat Chance). Two worlds instantaneously collide as Jimmy (Griffin) lands in Ireland to take over a pub he won in a poetry contest. What follows is a hilarious fish-out-of-water comedy with romance, adventure and a great message about acceptance. Irish Jam is a broad based film perfect for families and urbanites. Just in time for St. Patrick's Day, this big-budget film will be available...

Keira Knightley loved filming sex scenes in 'Domino'. The stunning actress - who played a bounty hunter in the movie - admits it was refreshing to show off her body in steamy romps with co-star Edgar Ramirez. She said of their racy scenes: "I found it extraordinarily exhilarating."

Film bosses are now hoping Keira's assets can help save the movie from flopping on DVD as it did at the box-office. A source is quoted in Daily Star newspaper as saying: "It's a lot easier to see on the DVD. Hopefully, fans will want to study her in more detail."

This week on DVD: The Weather Man, Domino, Rent and North Country. 'The Weather Man' centers on Nicolas Cage as a forecaster who struggles to get a grip on a life that's spinning out of control. 'Domino' is inspired by the life of Domino Harvey, daughter of legendary actor Laurence Harvey and a former model who rejected her privileged Beverly Hills life to become a bounty hunter. 'Rent' tells the story of a group of friends living in East Village New York. 'North Country' centers on Josey Aimes (Charlize Theron), a single mother who winds up working in an iron mine to support her children...

* Keira Knightley was horrified after filming her sexy lap dance in Domino because the street gang her character was trying to disarm were real-life thugs. The slender star had no idea she was gyrating in front of genuine criminals - which included violent gangster Eddie Hernandez. But director Tony Scott was convinced most actors would be too good-looking to play the parts. Knightley says, "All of them acted like gentlemen. But it was bl**dy frightening afterwards." Scott explains, "You can't find faces like that in Hollywood."

* Harrison Ford and Paul Bettany clashed while shooting ...

Although the movie isn't scheduled to be released until 2008, DreamWorks Animation announced today that two-time Academy Award winner Dustin Hoffman, international superstar Jackie Chan, and award-winning actor Ian McShane are joining Jack Black in the cast of the computer-animated comedy "Kung Fu Panda." In addition, award-winning actress Lucy Liu is currently in talks with the studio to voice another main role.

Jack Black heads the voice cast as Po the Panda, the laziest of all the animals in the Valley of Peace. With powerful enemies at the gates, all hope has been pinned on an an...