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A press release by Profiles in History, will be holding their Summer 2006 auction, featuring more than 650 items of original TV and movie memorabilia, worth more than $2 million on Friday, July 28. The six-hour auction, starting at 12 noon PDT, will feature Johnny Depp’s ‘scissor-hand’ glove from Edward Scissorhands, with the expected sale price of $7,000 to $9,000.

Profiles in History the nation’s leading dealer of original historical letters and manuscripts and the preeminent auction house specializing in Hollywood memorabilia including props, costumes, artist’s sketches, posters and autographs from film, television and rock n’ roll will hold the sale at their gallery located at 110 N. Doheny Drive in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles.

For more information about the auction or how to bid, please visit Press Release or Profiles in History Website

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And in resurrecting his Sparrow character, Depp found himself in strange territory: acceptance. “On Pirates 2 and 3, we didn’t get the calls – ‘My God, you’re ruining the movie!’ By Anthony Breznican for USA Today.

…”In a lot of instances they [Disney executives] kind of were beyond supportive to the degree where it’s, ‘Keep doing it! Make some more stuff up! Add some more weirdness!’ But we did hit a couple of places that made them nervous. . . .”

Depp pauses for a long time. That devil’s smile returns. ”And it does feel good. It does,” he says. ”If you don’t sort of tread in the arena of fear, you won’t move forward somehow.”

Gore Verbinski, director of the Pirates movies, says he and Depp were trying to find a way to ”one-up each other” to avoid playing it safe the second time around. At one point in the sequel, when Sparrow is captured by cannibals, Verbinski had the savages drape a necklace of severed toes around his neck.

Sparrow then does something outrageous. ”People were like, ‘You can’t put that in the movie,’ ” Verbinski says. ”Well, who’s going to stop us?” Not the suits. Not this time…

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JOAN E. VADEBONCOEUR, entertainment columnist for the Post-Standard writes “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest” delivers everything that a summer blockbuster should be and then some.

On the otherhand, she feels the movie lacks enough screen time with the Disney fan’s favorite scruffy pirate: Captain Jack. She says, “Too often, Depp is off and leaves the heavy-duty stuff to Bloom and Knightley. Two characters designed as comic foils are needless baggage. More Depp would be much more preferable.”

Read more of Joan’s review by clicking on the link above.

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In his exclusive interview for If Magazine Contributing Writer EMMANUEL ITIER talked with Johnny about playing Jack Sparrow in the Disney blockbuster sequel PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN’S CHEST. An excerpt follows:

iF: And how was it kissing Keira Knightley?

DEPP: Oh the smooch. Well those things are always so awkward especially because Keira and I have never been in that kind of situation together. She’s three and I’m a thousand. I’m Methuselah and she’s a toddler. There was that, but more than anything, we’ve known each other for a couple of years and suddenly it was, "Are you ready for this?" And you just kind of do it. It becomes more like a stunt in a way. "Where’s my double?" She was a great sport about it. She was really sweet.

Follow the link above to read more as Johnny talks about staying in character with his kids, Keith Richards as a dad, and French films.

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Who is the bigger box-office champ: Johnny Depp or his fictional alter ego Jack Sparrow? – By Anthony Breznican for USA Today.

“There are people out there who love Pirates but don’t like Johnny Depp, particularly, and don’t have an interest in seeing him in other things, but they like this particular character,” Poland says. “And there are other people who go to see every Johnny Depp thing. And then there are people who will now go see Depp’s other movies because of this.”

Depp is crucial to Pirates’ success, but “you can’t sell him in something people don’t want to see,” Poland says.

Whatever the case, Depp’s Sparrow is getting the credit for this huge debut, from both audiences and the film’s studio, Disney. A survey from online ticket-seller Fandango found 63% of audiences said Depp was a main factor in their decision to see the movie.

Depp has acknowledged that he sometimes clicks with fans and sometimes doesn’t. “You should be pushing yourself to the absolute brink of failure, in terms of like, ‘Boy, if this don’t work, it’s going to be real bad. And if it does work, it might be great,’ ” he said in an interview before the movie opened.

With the two Pirates films, and last summer’s blockbuster Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Depp’s idiosyncratic performances hit the right note with mainstream audiences.

This latest success probably will bolster Depp’s ability to take on other curious,

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Cinema Blend
By Lexi Feinberg – Terry Zwigoff is set to direct an adaptation of Happy Days for Johnny Depp’s production company Infinitum Nihil, says the Hollywood Reporter.

The bittersweet story by author Laurent Graff, follows a thirtysomething man who decides to leave his wife and children and check himself into a rest home. While there, he develops a special bond with an old woman suffering from cancer, taking her on a special journey as her last wish.

“Johnny Depp asked me to do the film,” Zwigoff said. “He said he chose me because I’m very Hal Ashby-like,” referring to the late director of the intergenerational romance “Harold and Maude.” “I took that as a compliment. It’s a very quaint, fantastical story.”

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Los Angeles – Preliminary estimates released by Disney show that “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest” earned $55.5 million on Friday, which would set the record for the largest one day take at the box office. The previous record was set last year by “Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith,” which grossed about $50 million.

The movie was shown on 4, 133 screens, beginning at midnight Friday. Only 2004’s “Shrek 2” and “SpiderMan 2” debuted on more screens.

Disney also received reports of continuous sellouts and requests to add more screens at multiplexes. “We’re obviously thrilled beyond belief. Anytime you break an industry record…the word ecstatic comes to mind.” said Chuck Viane, head of distribution at Disney.

(This article was transcribed from the 7/9/06 Sunday edition of the Peoria Journal Star)

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After years of proving his versatility as an actor without ever starring in a gold-plated box-office blockbuster, his talent was finally acknowledged by cinemagoers and critics alike through his performance as Captain Jack Sparrow in Pirates Of The Caribbean three years ago – By Steve Pratt for The Northern Echo

Public adoration of Captain Jack, the fact that people took to the character and supported him, came as a pleasant surprise. “At a certain point some of the better dressed people at Disney were having a difficult time with my interpretation of the character. The fact that the audience came in and supported me was a win-win situation,” says the actor with a degree of satisfaction.

Executives’ worries were understandable when you consider Captain Jack’s mincing swagger and mangled, effeminate English accent. His body language is all to do with the weather, explains Depp. “It came from extreme heat. I went to a sauna, locked myself in – by the way, I don’t recommend that. Out on the open seas for a long period of time, he’d obviously be subjected to the elements. So what happens when you lock yourself in a very hot place? It starts to affect the way you move, that’s kind of how Jack’s movement was born.”

The combination contrives to remind you not only of Keith Richards but also Captain Birds Eye and Julian Clary. The two sequels are being filmed back-to-back, with Depp and the rest of the cast reuniting to complete filming next month.

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Like most Hollywood actors, his particular journey has been something of a rollercoaster ride and right now he couldn’t be higher off the ground by LAWRIE MASTERSON for the Sunday Mail.

Depp admits that even his mother, Betty Sue, was impressed when he landed on the cover of Newsweek recently and his star power drew comparisons between him and Tom Cruise.

But while Cruise, 44 on July 3, routinely tops lists as Hollywood’s most powerful and bankable star, it’s 43-year-old Depp who has the acting credibility, the reputation for uncanny choices of material.

And while Cruise’s personal life has taken turns towards what some regard as bizarre in recent years, Depp, who certainly had some wild days early in his career, now is the epitome of the happy family man. He is the father of Lily-Rose, seven, and four-year-old Jack with his partner of the past eight years, French singer and actor Vanessa Paradis.

“Even before the ride took this particular turn (with Pirates) I never really went out much, so nothing has changed in that regard,” he says. “My kids have a super-normal life. They do their school, they play with their friends.

“OK, they get to go to Disneyland maybe a little more often than other kids, but that’s part of the gig.”

Depp and his family divide their time between homes in Los Angeles and the south of France and, having spent more than two years in the Bahamas making the three Pirates movies and earning about $A47 million for the two sequels,

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Disney’s swashbuckling sequel sailed past the previous all-time best debut, 2002’s “Spider-Man,” which took in $114.8 million in its first weekend – By DAVID GERMAIN, AP Movie Writer for Yahoo News.

“Dead Man’s Chest” also did nearly three times the business of its predecessor, “Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl,” which took in $46.6 million over opening weekend in 2003.

The sequel surpassed that total in its first day alone, taking in $55.5 million Friday and with $44.7 million on Saturday, “Dead Man’s Chest” also became the first movie to top $100 million in just two days.

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