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August 2005

Football Season Is Over – Dr. Hunter S. Thompson’s final note…Entering the no more fun zone

General by Martina

Dr. Hunter S. Thompson’s final note . . . Entering the no more fun zone – By DOUGLAS BRINKLEY.

Myths and legends die hard in America. We love them for the extra dimension they provide, the illusion of near-infinite possibility to erase the narrow confines of most men’s reality. Weird heroes and mold-breaking champions exist as living proof to those who need it that the tyranny of “the rat race” is not yet final.
— HUNTER S. THOMPSON, 1937-2005.

February was always the cruelest month for Hunter S. Thompson. An avid NFL fan, Hunter traditionally embraced the Super Bowl in January as the high-water mark of his year. February, by contrast, was doldrums time. Nothing but monstrous blizzards, bad colds and the lackluster Denver Nuggets. This past February, with his health failing, Hunter was even more glum than usual. “This child’s getting old,” he muttered with stark regularity, an old-timey refrain that mountainmen used to utter when their trailblazing days were over. Depressed and in physical pain from hip-replacement surgery, he started talking openly about suicide, polishing his .45-caliber pistol, his weapon of choice. He was trying to muster the courage to end it all.

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Johnny Depp Snogs Granny

General by Martina

August 3, 2005 – SkyShowbiz.com – Johnny Depp may be generally considered in the top one per cent of Hollywood hunks, but his latest ‘conquest’ is twice his age. Actress Liz Smith 80, better known as batty Nana in hit comedy The Royle Family, admits snogging sexy Johnny is one of her career highlights…

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“Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”

Uncategorized by Martina

August 3, 2005 – The Hollywood Reporter – Martin A. Grove – (2) With about $153 million under its domestic boxoffice belt the PG rated “Charlie” is a solid success, much of which can be credited to its star Johnny Depp. After emerging as a superstar in Disney’s “Pirates of the Caribbean,” Depp’s become an above-the-title powerhouse. Depp, by the way, was one of the few big stars with movies out this summer who didn’t make controversial headlines. As Depp is no stranger to media controversy, it’s possible he was making a point of being on his best behavior…

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The pursuit of ‘Libertine’

Articles by Martina

August 2, 2005 – The Hollywood Reporter – Stephen Galloway – He was one of the more curious and eccentric characters in a country replete with them. A sybarite whose lavish lifestyle left him dead from syphilis in 1680 at age 33, a profligate whose excesses would draw the wrath of no less a moralist than Samuel Johnson a century later. He was John Wilmot, the second Earl of Rochester who’s ability to offend has continued unabated for four centuries…

In 1992, Jeffreys began to turn Rochester’s life into “The Libertine,” a play that would make its debut at Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theatre two years later. Another two years would follow before the work was optioned by Mr. Mudd, the production company set up by actor John Malkovich and his business partners, Russell Smith and Lianne Halfon (named after Malkovich’s driver on 1984’s “The Killing Fields”).

In all, it has taken a decade for Malkovich, Smith and Halfon to bring “Libertine” to the screen, with the film set for a September release through Miramax. During the 10 years since Malkovich and Smith first became involved (Malkovich played Rochester onstage in Chicago), the project found financing and lost it, landed Johnny Depp and Nicole Kidman, only to lose them, landed Depp again and drew within weeks of principal photography, only to have the U.K. unexpectedly change its tax laws, essentially obliterating a large portion of the movie’s financing.

Indeed, “Libertine” had the kind of early luck that producers dream about.

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