In "Notting Hill, " Roberts plays Anna Scott, one of the most famous actresses in the world.
Among the duo's credits: Notting Hill, Fargo, Dead Man Walking and Four Weddings and a Funeral.
It's a long, long way from a cheeky line at a dinner party in Notting Hill.
Ifans made his name internationally as Hugh Grant's eccentric Welsh flatmate Spike in the comedy Notting Hill.
Curtis, who wrote Notting Hill and the Blackadder series, is to start shooting the movie in September.
"The theme for Carnival 2007, has a very serious message, " said Notting Hill Carnival's chairman, Professor Chris Mullard.
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But just as Notting Hill's reputation threatened to reach a nadir, the rich began to infiltrate the area.
You think you have HOUSES. In Notting Hill they have HOUSES. I have seen them with my own eyes.
Curtis is best known for such films such as Four Weddings and a Funeral, Notting Hill and Love Actually.
Models and rock stars are drawn to the unrestrained opulence of The Portobello Hotel (22 Stanley Gardens, Notting Hill).
In the 1950s Notting Hill became one of the main London magnets for new arrivals from the West Indies.
Notting Hill became famous for its carnival, a weekend-long pageant of Afro-Caribbean culture.
In some parts of Notting Hill, house prices have tripled in four years.
Since the late 1950s Brixton and Notting Hill have both seen violent riots.
Thus Notting Hill from Kensington, Islington from the City and Chelsea from Belgravia.
Jo Matthews, 35, lives in Notting Hill and had already popped to the Oxford Street store before coming to Kensington.
John Rowe of Notting Hill Books, a local bookshop, scoffs at the notion that a real-life bookseller could afford it.
Those with more traditional tastes may prefer Notting Hill, where Westbourne Grove in particular has a number of elegant boutiques.
She features on Communion's first compilation album and has appeared at one of Communion's gigs in London's Notting Hill Arts Centre.
They were attracted by Notting Hill's central location, large houses and communal gardens and by the raffish lifestyle associated with the area.
Simply tap on the screen and you'll see a full filmography, where you'll realize that Hugh Bonneville was also in Notting Hill.
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Notting Hill started to take off in the late 1960s, when artists and designers like David Hockney and Ossie Clark moved in.
But perhaps the spirit of Notting Hill will not die but migrate.
Bev Halstead, also from west Belfast has made a special journey to Notting Hill for the past three years "because of the atmosphere".
The festival's gala section features new works from Bernardo Bertolucci, John Sayles, Notting Hill's Roger Michell and Amores Perros director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu.
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Most of the so-called local resident groups who participate in the carnival do not reside in Notting Hill as with most of the "performers".
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The average house price across Greater London is 445, 000 pounds, but in desirable areas like Notting Hill or Kensington, the average price is closer to 1.5 million pounds.
The average rent for a two-bedroom flat in Notting Hill runs at 577 pounds a week, while in Lewisham, the same size flat averages 284 pounds a week.
He said the Tories' only definite commitment was to cut inheritance tax for the richest, with the biggest group of beneficiaries in Kensington and Chelsea, including Notting Hill.
Last year, the channel introduced a new docu-soap Seven Days, in which viewers were able to follow the lives of people in London's Notting Hill as they happened.
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