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"Duchess" a disappointing showcase for Knightley

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - In "The Duchess," actress Keira Knightley's latest period picture, a lavish melodrama of aristocratic foolishness and betrayal is designed around the colorful though not always happy life of an 18th century socialite. <p><a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~a/reuters/entertainment?a=by2S2U"><img src="http://feeds.reuters.com/~a/reuters/entertainment?i=by2S2U" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/reuters/entertainment?a=gXhXUK"><img src="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/reuters/entertainment?i=gXhXUK" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/reuters/entertainment?a=Efar2k"><img src="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/reuters/entertainment?i=Efar2k" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/reuters/entertainment?a=gKQrVk"><img src="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/reuters/entertainment?i=gKQrVk" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/entertainment/~4/380062056" height="1" width="1"/>