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January 2004 #86
Happy New Year to everyone! Last year was quite a Johnny filled year so here's hoping this year is a repeat of that luck for his fans. :-) Here's the news from December - IN THE PRESS Nigel Goodall is currently updating his original 1999 biography of Johnny under the new title of What's Eating Johnny Depp. It will be in the slightly smaller paperback size format and retail at £7.99, will be revised throughout with new and updated chapters and picture spreads and a modified filmography, this time with US box-office grosses of all of Johnny's movies, miscellaneous appearances, awards etc. Whether it will contain an index is still uncertain. It will be published this June in the UK, and presumably be available in the US shortly after. To read more and view the new front cover visit Nigel's website at www.nigelgoodall.co.uk where you will also find an excerpt from his original Johnny and Winona biographies. gerdie - At Blockbuster here in Canada, I picked up a free copy of "Inside Entertainment". It has Nicole Kidman on the cover, and it's the year end review issue. The reason I bring it up is because it has a gloriously beautiful full page pic of Johnny! I couldn't believe I got it for free!!! He's wearing a pinkish shirt, and a blackvest and sitting on a chair. There is a bed behind him! His right hand has a cigarette, and his left hand is down by his legs. (You can see the skull ring on it. He is hatless (seems like a rarity nowadays), and his hair has a chunk of blonde in it on the left side! It is beautiful. Elsie - johnny is certainly well-represented in the arts and leisure section's year end wrap-up in the New York Times (12/28/03). beginning with a drawing of johnny as captain jack in a hirschfeldesque group composite cartoon of this year's highs and lows in the arts on the section's page one and continuing through a.o. scott singing praises for both johnny and pirates of the caribbean in his article on this year's films and including elvis mitchell naming potc number one on his year's top ten films list, johnny was certainly not forgotten by the times this year. Vicki - There is a small article in the Star tab dated 1/6/04 about Johnny celebrating his 40th birthday at the Viper Room on 12/16 (belated party) with Iggy Pop and others. Party had a 40's theme and lasted until 4 a.m. Mellisa - There is a fabulous picture of Johnny in the new issue of Cosmopolitan (January Issue). The Queer Eye for the Straight Guys picked an outfit out for Johnny and thanks to the magic of computer graphics he is modeling their fashion shadysparrow - In the Los Angeles Times (Sunday 12/21), in the first Calendar section, page 2 was a page spread about the year of the pirates. Cool article on POTC, a kids book, and other pirate stuff over this year. Included an old picture of Captian Jack with Will. Monica - The Christmas Issue of the Dutch Nieuwe Revu magazine contains an article on Johnny. There are no new pictures. I saw two big B&W pics with the look from the Venice Film Festival 2002 (I think) and some small POTC pics. Micdus - Johnny came in at #3 on Entertainment Weekly's list behind Clay and Reuben from American Idol at #2 and the Lord of the Rings cast at #1 (issue EW 2003 Year-End Special Dec 26, 2003/Jan 2. 2004 #743/#744). Here's the photos and the article transcribed by johnnylubber. The list was aired on Bravo 12/19 and Malkeyh1 had this to say about the show - He came in at number 3, right between rapper 50 cents and the American Idol guys. There was no interview, but there some really nice comments. The commentator talked about Captain Jack Sparrow, saying that a pirate villain can be a fairly typical role, but Johnny took it and made it his own. There was also some nice remarks from Cher, who said that she really liked him, and mentioned specifically his performance in Ed Wood. There was also some mention of the Stern magazine controversy, before the piece was wrapped up with the announcer saying that he was going to reprise his role as Jack Sparrow. Arielle - the january cosmopolitan did an interesting hting where they took the heads of their favorite stars and put them on a different outfit. one of them is johnny. its very cute. sorry i cant be more descriptive, i only got a glimpse of it. tinahe - Johnny's reaction to his Golden Globe Nomination - Here is what I find in Hollywood reporter, Dec. 19, 2003 - Best actor nominee Johnny Depp may not have been available to comment on his nomination, but "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl" producer Jerry Bruckheimer spoke up for the press-shy star. "The nomination is so well-deserved," he said. "It was a daring performance, and he really took a character that had been written in a straight-ahead way and used his creativity to turn it into something special." Bruckheimer added that fans can look forward to seeing a lot more of Depp's memorable character because they are developing a pair of "Pirates" sequels that will likely shoot simultaneously in 2005.
Reemi - John August Penning Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Source: The Hollywood Reporter Monday, December 15, 2003 - John August, who wrote the current Tim Burton film Big Fish, is reteaming with the director to write the script for Warner Bros. Pictures' Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Johnny Depp is attached to star in the remake of the 1971 Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, and the studio is keen on getting the project before cameras early next year. Scott Frank, Gwyn Lurie and Pamela Pettler previously wrote drafts of the "Charlie" script, but August is said to be starting from scratch by heading back to the original source material, the Roald Dahl classic novel. August also wrote the two "Charlie's Angels" films.
Monica - I read an interview with feminist author Germaine Greer (64) and found a quote about Johnny. Her latest work, called "The Boy", is a coffetable book with 206 illustrations of boys and an essay. This is the quote (from Dutch newspaper NRC Handlesblad, interview by Stine Jensen): "I follow now with interest Johnny Depp's career. He is a boy - because his name is Johnny and not John. He often wears make-up and he wears juwels. But how long will he be able to keep this up? My prediction is that the end of his beauty will be his death as a boy: he will become a second-rate actor, unless he will succeed in becoming a serious actor, that means, a man. The boy has to be destroyed." This is only a quote and isn't much enlightining out of context. I haven't seen her book. But I thought it was interesting to know that she follows Johnny's career. Maybe she has written about him in her book or has spoken more often about him in interviews.
kel - What my local paper said... Dang right!!! - Herfooness - Aus mag alert - There is a new TV Hits Poster Power magazine out and there is a cool Jack Sparrow poster in it. Now I finally have a Pirates poster to put on my wall. Heather - There is a short article on Johnny in the December 15, 2003 'People' magazine as a follow up to his 'newly crowned sexiest man alive'. Lyn - In People magazine, there was an article about 40 year olds. One was Johnny Depp and when asked about how he felt about being 50 in the next ten years, he said something along the lines of: "Well, it would be nice to just drop off at some point and do some art or poetry, but I could also just sit there and kind of drool." Here is the complete article - People's newly crowned Sexiest Man Alive greeted 40 with "a couple bottles of wine-very calm," he said earlier this year adding, "By the time you're in your late 30s, you're ready for it." While the younger Depp earned his bad-boy stripes via a famously trashed hotel room, today the eccentric actor "has become very much of a family man," says pal Thierry Klemeniuk, one of his business partners in the nightspot Man Ray. "It's really nice." The actor splits his time between a medieval-style house in L.A. and a $2 million villa in Plan-de-la-Tour, a village in the hills above Saint-Tropez, alongside French pop star Vanessa Paradis, 30, his girlfriend since 1998, and their children Lily-Rose, 4, and Jack, 20 months. French locals know him as a doting papa poule ("father hen"), which is just the way Depp likes it. "Kiddies should grow up in a very simple, calm environment, where everything is not about the next movie," he told ABC's Elizabeth Vargas last summer. And how might the actor, who is slated to star in a remake of Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, greet turning 50? "You know, it might be nice to sort of drop off at some point and just go and write a book or paint," he has said. "Or you know, just kind of sit there and drool." On Fatherhood - "I think it's given me everything; it's revealed me. It's given me great strength, great perspective, great calm-and sleep deprivation."
Emma Johnny features in this coming weekend's issue - USA Weekend – The Year in Photos - December 26-28 - The year in pictures. USA WEEKEND focuses on the best photo outtakes from this year's covers. "Johnny Depp was as cool as cool gets," even while posing on a six-inch-wide guardrail 200 feet above a sidewalk in France, photographer Nigel Parry says. "Talk about living on the edge! He's extraordinary, that guy." Here are some of the out take photos.(only one appears in the paper)
Reader responses in People to the Sexiest Man Alive article - Like many, I was delighted to see Johnny Depp chosen as the Sexiest Man Alive. He's not only incredibly handsome but charismatic and a devoted father. At 40, he's like a fine wine that only gets better with age. Lucy Wilcha Stroudsburg, Pa. A 40-year-old actor who causes heart palpitations in a fortysomething mother as well as her daughters definitely deserves the title of Sexiest Man. I just settled an argument between my girls, 16 and 12, over who gets to keep this year's issue. Looks like I'll have to buy two more copies. Judy Dunlevy Mt. Holly Springs, Pa. Thanks, PEOPLE magazine, for my Christmas gift this year: Johnny Depp, Brad Pitt, Denzel Washington and George Clooney. A woman couldn't ask for anything more. Maria Dent Chicago, Ill. A big woo-hoo for including Clay Aiken. PEOPLE had the courage to admit that a wholesome, freckle-faced boy-next-door can be hot. Geeky and squeaky clean, Clay is definitely here to stay, reminding the world once again that it's hip to be square. Beth Werrell Finksburg, Md. Help! My issue has come to me printed backwards. Colin Firth ended up on the last page and I'm certain he was meant to be on the cover. Please fix. Kit Shemas Sylvania, Ohio Forget Ashton Kutcher and Justin Timberlake--I'd be more excited to see Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora. Take the boys and bring on the real men. Christine O'Brien Munster, Ind. How could you leave out Ben Affleck? I guess my dreams will have to suffice. Kelly Stanley Schenectady, N.Y. Are you people crazy? Why would you choose as Sexiest Man an American who's anti-American, except when it comes to American dollars? Depp has criticized the United States and its citizens. Your judges must either be French or smoking the good stuff. Patti Moore Brunswick, Ohio mellymel - Johnny will be featured in Rolling Stone's 2003 yearbook and Justin Timberlake is on the cover. I believe the issue hits newstands on Fri. Axl - I got mine last night at the Virgin Megastore in NYC. It is a good interview (with a pic of him from when he was promoting POTC -the same one used for the recent cover of People mag). Ironically he mentions an actor who over the past year has recently become one of my favs, Humphrey Bogart, and one of my fav films from him "In A Lonely Place"! I thought that was really wild! Anyway, here is the interview.
Kyoko - Johnny is on the cover of 2/2004 Screen and 2/2004 Flix. Wonderful photos from the January 04 Movie Star magazine.
Becka - Australian Foxtel Guide! As we know Crybaby is on Comedy Channel tonight..so I went to have a look and if anyone's interested, on the page for December 4th, at the bottom is a sexy pic of Johnny! Hehehe, it's only small but I still went all gooey over it!
johnnylubber - In Touch Weekly Dec 29, 2003 - page 56, 57 center of the pages in an article about Style : Same star, same old outfit. They have access to glamorous clothses, so why do these celebs wear the same thing again and again? There are four pics of JD dated June 19 & June 27 and August 23 & 25, 2003 in our beloved brown suede jacket with the following label : "Downtown Brown" and the following caption:"Johnny Depp is in his comfort zone with this brown jacket. 'He's being the regular guy, not the star,' says Cooper." also, on page 52 there is another pic of Johnny (johnnydeppfan.com/portrait12.htm -the first small pic) with the following from an article entitled Secret Celebrity Crushes, The stars reveal who they'd love to kiss under the mistletoe! Half of Hollywood's sweet on Johnny! Who doesn't have a crush on dreamy Johnny Depp? The superhot star of Pirates of the Caribbean has enought A-list admirers to land him a life-time of "booty". American Pie cutie Shannon Elizabeth, 30, is clamoring for a role opposite the sexy, dark-haired 40-year-old, and Jennifer Love Hewitt, 24, has also gone public with her affections. Most recently, Johnny's Once Upon a Time in Mexico co-star Eva Mendes, 25, confessed her true feelings. "He's one of the most beautiful men I've ever seen," Eva Said. "When I was a little girl, I actually had his posters on my wall. It was a total crush." Would it work? Maybe in Utah! But not a chance--Johnny's heart belongs to his starlet girlfriend (and the mother of his two children), Vanessa Paradis.
Johnny makes #1 on USA columnist list for 2003 - www.usatoday.com/life/columnist/popcandy/2003-12-17-pop-candy_x.htm The Hollywood Reporter Thursday, December 4, 2003 - Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, starring Johnny Depp, became the swashbuckler of home video Tuesday, topping 4 million combined DVD and VHS units sold through to consumers and rental stores during its first 24 hours on store shelves. While Disney executives declined comment on sales or rental numbers, several national retail video buyers predicted the double-disc "Pirates" DVD to perform on par with Disney/Pixar's animated Finding Nemo, which has become the top-selling DVD of the year and is a contender for best-selling home video of all time, a record that belongs to the original release of Disney's The Lion King, which sold approximately 32 million VHS units in 1995. Total DVD mag UK December - Jack Sparrow on cover. anerje - It has a 2 page review of Pirates, and then a 5 page feature, with about 3 quotes from Johnny which don't seem new to me. Plus, lots of pix we've seen before.
tvguide.com interview of Keira - JD excerpt -
WST - aussie mag alert - NW: article on models who can't get married/or don't want to. 4*5 cm pic of kate and johnny, nothing new
Meeps -
Danish Film Guide - OUATIM - Yes, all written in the quotes below has probably already been mentioned in the international articles But a small free magazine here in Denmark called Film Guide mentions Once Upon A Time In Mexico because that movie has its premier here January 16, 2004. I only translated the part which has to do with Johnny though (since it was so nice ) and here it is:
FILM GUIDE. December/January 2003/4
Page 32.
DESPERADO IN CONFESSO. WEBSITES Starlight456 - Johnny Depp, who was a staple of such fare as Edward Scissorhands and Ed Wood is all of a sudden the pirate-that-sold-a-gazillion-tickets-to-families-with-children, E! Entertainment TV's entertainer of the year and People magazine's sexiest blah blah. Joss "Buffy's dad" Whedon, Johnny Depp and the Queer guys all made the top five of USATODAY.com's Pop Candy's 100 People of 2003, for crying out loud. mellymel- Happy Holidays!! Johnny is #9 on the list of the top 10 hottest celebs of 2003 on the Netscape.com poll.
stef - i found this in the Calendar section of the LA Times today (12/17)... Herfooness - The Open Air Cinema and the Moonlight Cinema will be playing Pirates in the up coming month. The link for them are: St George.com (with a nice pic of Johnny on the main page) Monica - I found two pics of Johnny from Venice at Libero.it. Click on AVANTI for a close-up of his hands with rings. I found a short article about a store in Paris called Antik Batik, where Johnny and Vanessa were regular costumers at Vogue UK. The article is from 2001.
Reemi - DEPP PLANS A RETURN TO DON QUIXOTE'S LA MANCHA - JOHNNY DEPP's success in PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN looks set to bring his DON QUIXOTE dream back to life in 2004. TERRY GILLIAM movie THE MAN WHO KILLED DON QUIXOTE, which was to star Depp, sank without trace in 2000 when the project turned into a disaster with storms wrecking sets and money running out - the catastrophe even became the subject of quirky documentary LOST IN LA MANCHA. But, thanks to Depp's 2003 successes, which have seen him voted PEOPLE magazine's Sexiest Man Alive in America, Gilliam is keen to get Don Quixote chasing windmills again. Depp says, "The last time I talked to him (Gilliam), he seemed very optimistic that we could get it back on the road. "Terry came to visit me one day on the set of Pirates. He was looking at everything, all the giant sets, and he said, 'This is just great. I'm so pleased that you're selling out. "This can be a giant hit, and we can get Quixote back and running." From Channel 4.
johnnylubber - Out of Hiding - JD at Ohio.com - The normally elusive Johnny Depp has become surprisingly accessible now that Oscar voting time is approaching. Screen Actors Guild members have been bombarded lately with e-mails inviting them to come to screenings to hear the usually anti-Hollywood star answer questions about Pirates of the Caribbean. As an added inducement, says MSN.com, SAG members are being offered free popcorn. Interesting article called "Truly, madly, Depp-ly" at The Advocate.
Tim Burton article on Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory at DFW.com - excerpt
Big in 2003 - The Men (Johnny is number 1 again)- at Canada.com - excerpts: Harris Poll Results on Fav Stars - biz.yahoo.com/prnews/031217/nyw148_1.html excerpts: Nine of the ten stars in this year's top-ten list were also in last year's list. The one change: Johnny Depp comes in at #10, displacing Sandra Bullock. Among all of the movie stars who made this top-ten list, only Johnny Depp had a major box office success thus far in 2003 (in Pirates of the Caribbean). Johnny Depp: Clourophobia - abcnews.go.com/sections/Entertainment/WolfFiles/Wolf_Files-1.html excerpts: We've all got irrational fears. Most of us just don't have the money to afford 12 boxes of Kleenex like germ-phobic billionaire Howard Hughes. But in a time when celebrity obsession is running at an all-time high, it's interesting to note that some stars have obsessions even more bizarre than our own. 3. Johnny Depp: Clourophobia - A fear of clowns is no laughing matter, especially to Johnny Depp and Sean "P. Diddy" Combs. "Something about the painted face, the fake smile," Depp told reporters while promoting Sleepy Hollow. "There always seemed to be a darkness lurking just under the surface, a potential for real evil." Combs is also said to suffer from clourophobia. But he has repeatedly denied that his performance contracts call for a "no clown" clause, perhaps because it doesn't fit his bad-boy image. Several years ago, Depp purchased a painting by John Wayne Gacy, the children's clown turned serial killer who tortured and killed 33 boys and young men. The painting was a self-portrait of Gacy as "Pogo the Clown." "They told me when I got it that the proceeds went to a charity or to the victims' families or something, but I found out that wasn't the case," Depp told the San Francisco Examiner. Depp still finds clowns vexing. "Something must have happened when I was a kid," he recently told Entertainment Weekly.
Golden Satellite Nominations - www.oscarwatch.com/Awards...llite.html - I don't know how seriously these awards are taken but JD & Pirates & (gasp) OUATIM got nominations. Broadcast Film Critics Association's Critics' Choice Awards news at E Online. While Johnny Depp's commercial smash Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl didn't make the Best Picture list, the swashbuckling star was nominated for Best Actor and the movie is also under consideration for Best Family Film. Joining Depp, Penn and Murray in the Best Actor race are Master and Commander's Crowe and House of Sand & Fog's Ben Kingsley. Representing for Best Actress alongside Morton are Jennifer Connelly for House of Sand & Fog, Diane Keaton for Something's Gotta Give, Nicole Kidman for Cold Mountain, Charlize Theron for Monster and Naomi Watts for 21 Grams.
Orlando Bloom offers a tidbit about POTC 2 at Action Adventure.com Depp & Quaid Eyed for Richard Petty Biopic? - Coming Soon.com - "Film Rotation has an interesting bit on a Richard Petty biopic that John O'Hurley is producing...As I was driving home from work this evening I caught an interview on Real Radio (a local FM talk-radio station here in Orlando) with John O'Hurley (who's claim to fame is playing Elaine's boss on Seinfeld) in which he scooped on the cast for a film he is producing based on the life of legendary race car driver Richard Petty. The frontrunner's to play Petty? Dennis Quaid and Johnny Depp. He added his hope was that Depp would get the part as he has the "hot-hand" lately and would bring an edginess to the role." and from the source Film Rotation (a pic on that page). Film Rot - excerpts: With roles already in the works for Depp in the Pirates of the Caribbean sequel, The Rum Diary and Tim Burton's Willy Wonka remake, it looks like Depp will have no shortage of opportunities any time soon. The Richard Petty biopic is scheduled to start filming sometime between early 2004 and spring of 2005. On the block: bare-chested Johnny Depp - New York Post - excerpts: December 12, 2003 -- THE show is called "Eros" and the pictures for sale at the International Center of Photography's benefit auction have lust written all over them. Not surprisingly, many of them turned their lenses on the stars. Timothy White shot a scantily clad, dazed-looking Liza Minnelli sandwiched between two pudgy, tattooed men. Patrick Demarchelier caught a bare-chested Johnny Depp. The photos will be on view to the public at the auction house of Phillips, de Pury & Luxembourg, at 450 W. 15th St., between Ninth and 10th avenues, today, tomorrow and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Monday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Admission is free. Monday night's (12/15) auction is by invitation only; proceeds benefit the ICP's educational and outreach programs. To place an absentee bid, call (212) 857-0031. At Coming Soon there is possible word on the subtitle for Pirates of the Caribbean 2, which in turn gives us possible word on the sequel's story. An anonymous scooper contacted us (Coming Soon) today with what they claim might be the working title for PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN 2. "I work for [removed] from Fantasy II F/X in Burbank, Ca," writes our tipster. "I can't give you my name. I can tell you this, I just saw some composite artwork for PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: TREASURES OF THE LOST ABYSS I'm not sure if that's just the working title or not." Their source says the 'Abyss' in the title refers to the first pirate ship that sailed in the Caribbean. So will the gang be on the hunt for this treasure, or perhaps they will have to keep other pirates from getting it? Stay tuned!
and from Cinescape - Just some gossip from TV Guide.com, but what the heck. "Since it stands to reason that the PYTs of Fox's The O.C. top most of America's most-wanted boy- and girlfriends lists, you'd think that the cast could get anyone and everyone they fancy. But it ain't necessarily so, Rachel Bilson sadly informs TV Guide Online. "My crushes are kind of like out of reach... unless you can tell Johnny Depp to forget the girlfriend and the kid!"Consider the Pirates of the Caribbean star's booty officially called, Rachel! In the meantime, the 22-year-old cutie can content herself with the knowledge that, wish though she may to be meeting Gilbert Grape, she already has a beau of her own. " Great new photos from Secret Window at Joblo.com. Here is the text - People Magazine recently named Johnny Deep it's Sexiest Man Alive and our own JoBlo has had Mr. Depp atop his sexiest men list since "21 Jump Street." Well he and the readers of People will be happy to hear about Johnny's next project, the thriller SECRET WINDOW. The film, based upon the novella "Secret Window, Secret Garden" by Stephen King, follows an author tormented by a psycho (John Turturro) who claims he ripped off his stories. Maria Bello (currently taking it all off in THE COOLER), Charles S. Dutton and Timothy Hutton co-star. The film was written and directed by David Keopp who's last (and first) directorial effort was the underlooked STIR OF ECHOES. It's not ready for theaters until April of next year, but we here at JoBlo.com have your first look at two stills from the film. Certainly sets the creepy mood, don't it? The King story wasn't all that great and the ending will seem familiar but with two leads in Depp and Turturro (who can play a mean ass bad guy) and Keopp behind the camera (putting his work writing SPIDER-MAN aside), I think we'll have a nice, effective thriller come April for our man JoBlo.
Emma - Johnny had dinner with Sharon and Jack Osborne at the Ivy on Sunday night (12/7). Check out some pictures Here.
Johnny will be taking part in the Screen Actors Guild “Conversations” this Thursday, December 11 in Los Angeles - "Conversations" is a national speaker series designed for high profile guild members to share their experience and knowledge to help educate and motivate Guild members on how to sustain their passion for acting, the value of training, education, and self-sufficiency. Details - Roll Film: 7:30pm Q&A w/Johnny Depp moderated by Melissa Gilbert. Q&A to be followed by an 8:30pm "Pirates of the Caribbean" screening. Thursday, December 11, 2003 in Los Angeles. Mann National Theatre, Westwood (10925 Lindbrook).
Alexa - I'm not sure if any of you have seen THIS interview before, but I decided to post it anyways because it is new to me. Thanks to Sam over at the JDZ for finding it!
Moshpitmichi - An article about the global box office figures for POTC at Coming Soon. Neverland Official Web site. Not much there yet but hopefully soon. Jess - I found some new photos of Johnny and Lily-Rose, shopping. You can see them at Rex Features (or if that doesn't work go to www.rexfeatures.com and search for Depp) TELEVISION MacFluff - UK True Hollywood Story - E! is advertising this for 4 January at 8pm. WST - i was surfing the channels and yesterday evening (12/17) arrived at TMF (Belgium) with the program moviesnacks and they had a small segment on the potc dvd with some soundbites from orlando, johnny and keira. johnny mentioned how he thought of his character as a kind of organism who could change himself as needed or wanted (not exact quote). and he told something else but the excitement of seeing him on screen wiped it from my memory. i think this program gets repeated somewhere this weekend. i don't know when, check your guides.
Starlight456 - Keira, Pirates, POTC2 (briefly) on Access Hollywood - I was watching Access Hollywood today (Tuesday, December 16th), and they started talking about Keira Knightly and xmas gifts. She was jokingly talking about this HUGE, and I mean HUGE, diamond ring for the "bargain" price of $2.4 million. Haha... of course she started laughing afterwards. Anyhow, they started talking about how they've signed on to do POTC2. Keira said she was excited about it. She then said, "[Johnny's] a sexy man, sexy pirate." They showed clips from the making of the first POTC. It was cute; they showed some of him and Keira on the island and some of him and will when they fight in the blacksmith place. They also showed random shots of him struttin' his shtuff across the screen. It was very cute... then they mentioned how he was named People's sexiest man. Keira congratulated him. I forget exactly what she said but she said something like "Well done, Johnny."
Emma - Friday, Dec 12, 2003 - Johnny Depp named E! Entertainment Television's entertainer of the year
johnnylubber -
Ok so here's the transcript of what they said on A&E's Biography countdown of the top 10 to watch. Mind you, JD was not part of this countdown but he was apparently the winner of a newsweek.com & usa today and A&E viewer poll for Greatest Comeback. They played a short segment with many clips of POTC, sadly no OUATIM mention.A&E Narrator: People's Choice awards - "FAVORITE MOTION PICTURE ACTOR Johnny Depp Mel Gibson Denzel Washington." "People's Choice Awards are determined by public polling by the Gallup Organization. The awards will be broadcast live on CBS on January 11" (from Rueters 12/2/03). Another article about the same at EOnline, there's a wee picture of JD at the site. "Other interesting changes include the addition of hot ticket Johnny Depp to the Favorite Motion Picture Actor list manned by Gibson and Denzel Washington. The move nudges out longtime fave Tom Hanks (though he gets a special nod alongside Bill Cosby and Clint Eastwood as Favorite All-Time Entertainer). " Sea Hag - Today(12/9) A&E will have the Top Ten to Watch 2003. I could not find a listing of who the top ten are,but in the commercials they show a picture of Johnny from POTC. If you get this in your area be sure to watch just in case he's featured. They show it twice on the same day. Check your local listings for times.
Nadia - i know this is already posted, that johnny's winona forever tattoo is going to be mentioned on E's 101 Biggest Celebrity Oops countdown, but i just wanted to let everyone know that he is going to be on in the first hour, number 99. he's somewhere between 101 and 81. here's what i got from tvguide.com Sunday, 7 at 9:00 PM on E!
isabella - Empire magazine top 25 films of 2003!!! Empire magazine lists POTC and OUATIM in their top 25 films of 2003 list. OUATIM come in at number 22!! POTC come in at number 3!! OTHER STUFF keddyjo - Just saw on the tv that Johnny's nominated for a Golden Globe in the best actor in a musical/comedy motion picture category. (Show will air 1/25/04). Deppiss - News about Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (ATCCF)! The article at Film Stew is about CATCF and states that filming will start in February. johnnylubber found an article at Canada.com that stated perhaps CATCF would be an IMAX release!
Emma - Johnny Depp helps homeless in LA Elizabeth - I was at Blockbuster Video yesterday and picked up one of their calendars with all the coupons and good stuff in it and I was very happy to see that Johnny is in it twice! January's picture is the movie poster for OUATIM and May's is the movie poster for Pirates! Reemi - Once Upon A Time in Mexico will be released on Region 1 DVD in the US on the 20th January 2004. Zreview
Commentary by director Robert Rodriguez HST - so my friends and i decided to go up to LA today (12/13. we stopped by the viper room cause i wanted to get a beanie....but the guy at the door was a real prick and told me to come back in 4 hours. so as we're walking back towards the car we see this black ford explorer pull up. we paused to see who it was cause it had pulled up right near the back entrance and all the windows were tinted. the back door opens and it is none other than Johnny! i nearly had a heart attack. i only saw him for about 5 seconds because he rushed right in the viper room. let me tell you, he is gorgeous in person. just thought i would share with you guys. Kazren - Johnny will be doing the press junket again for POTC in the next 2 weeks in Westwood Ca to promote POTC again - it will be playing in limited theaters on the big screen. The hope is it will get recognized come Oscar time - and especially that Johnny will get a nod from the Academy for Captain Jack. tinahe - From movies.yahoo.com - 'Pirates' Takes $19.5 Million in Rental Booty - Wednesday December 10 9:30 PM ET - Not only was "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl" the Week 1 record-breaker for combined DVD and VHS sales, topping 11 million units sold through to consumers and rental chains, but Disney's live-action swashbuckler earned $19.5 million during its first five days on rental shelves, according to studio executives and Video Store magazine rental data.
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Businesswire.com - Quote: BURBANK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 9, 2003--"PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL," one of this year's top grossing films, has gone on to sell 11 million DVD and VHS units in its first week of sales, becoming the largest opening week live-action home entertainment title in history. Found this information on POTC in an article in USA Today 12/4/03 - Orlando Bloom, who is signed to shoot Pirates of the Caribbean 2 in January 2005. Keith Richards interview at The Guardian - Excerpt - "Yet with his [Keith Richard's] fish-hooks and amulets dangling bizarrely from his hair, he does look every inch the rock'n'roll buccaneer, and you can see exactly why Johnny Depp chose to model his character in Pirates of the Caribbean on the Stones' guitar-slinger. Richards enjoyed the portrayal and reveals that he recently had dinner with Depp. "He paid. Which only seemed right under the circumstances." "Perhaps it's the talk of Johnny Depp and pirates. But Richards is clearly much taken with this nautical metaphor and the idea of the Stones as salty old sea dogs. "One expects some storms and some choppy waters. But it's like we've now gone over the Equator," he enthuses. "We're Magellan. Or Sir Frankie Drake. I was hoping for that, and miraculously we've got there through some rough old seas."
DVD easter eggs thanks to johnnylubber and Outlaw Jacks Bonny Lass - Choose Below Deck on the second DVD, navigate left to highlight the skull in the center of the medallion, click on this for a cgi of the ship battle. A second one is if you click on Scene Index on the Below Deck menu, go the the second page, navigate up to Pirate Ships and left to highlight the ring on the hand to see the Japanese trailer for POTC. Under Fly on the Set, go to Play All and then navigate right to highlight right vampire tooth of monkey to see Pirates Cave Construction. The fourth one is under Moonlight Serenade Scene Progression - my that is TINY even on my 60 inch tv ! You have to navigate to Main Menu and then hit down to highlight the impaled skeleton's right (and only) molar. JOHNNYDEPPFAN.COM UPDATES
New Encounter by Dani. Thanks soooo much to all the great fans who contribute news for this letter. That's all for this month. Bye for now.
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