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Alicia Keys finds "The Nanny Diaries"
POSTED ON 04/13/06 AT 1:30 P.M.
BY ETHAN AAMES

Variety reports that Alicia Keys will join Scarlett Johansson in "The Nanny Diaries." Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini are directing the feature for The Weinstein Company.

Based on the hit novel by Nicola Kraus and Emma McLaughlin, the movie tells of a young New Jersey woman who takes on a job as a nanny to a wealthy Upper East Side family in New York City. It is there that she witnesses all the scandal, lies, and deception of the affluent family.

Keys will play Johansson's best friend. Chris Evans, Laura Linney, Paul Giamatti and Donna Murphy round out the cast.

The picture will begin shooting in New York City this month.