Despite Johnny Depps dodgy dress sense he still looked lovely when he stepped out for a spot of retail therapy in New York. Armed with a stylist, Johnny, 42, headed for Bloomingdales and Macy’s. But we can’t be too tough on the super sexy fella as he admits he has no idea how to dress well. He said: “Some people have that ability to wear whatever they want and wear it well, but not me.” Copyright (c) 1998-2005 The Daily Star. All rights reserved.
PRNewswire – BuyCostumes.com, the world’s largest e-tailer of costumes and accessories, has seen an unprecedented increase in hits to its website and sales of costumes over the past month. Halloween, now a three-month “season” for BuyCostumes.com and a $7 billion industry, seems to be providing Americans with a much-needed spell of family, fun, and fashion.
Traditionally, Hollywood and blockbuster movies drive Halloween fashion choices and this year is no different. Interestingly, two of Johnny Depp’s characters have pulled into the running for hottest costumes of ’05: Captain Jack Sparrow from “Pirates of the Caribbean” and Willy Wonka from Tim Burton’s latest adaptation of that fan favorite.
“Everyone just wants to have a good time, laugh a little, try on an alter-ego, and escape daily life in a costume.”
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Who in Hollywood does Orlando consider a mentor?
Orlando says that Johnny Depp, with whom he worked in Pirates of the Caribbean, has been a valuable mentor to him, on and off the set. “I have such respect for Johnny,” Orlando says. “He’s such a gentleman; he’s got such integrity. He just has a wisdom about him. He really holds himself very well. He’s a real gentleman. He opens doors for everyone. He’s always polite and courteous to everyone on set and he’s super conscious of safety and aware of all of that stuff so that nobody ever gets hurt or injured on set. He’s really aware of everyone around him and I think awareness of people around us is hugely important.”
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17 Oct – Film Premiere of ‘Corpse Bride’. – The Vue Cinema, Leicester Square.
No word yet on whether Johnny will be attending…
Their relationship is one of admiration, inspiration, respect, trust and, sometimes, even love. Their collaborations can result in Oscar-nominated performances or bargain bin specials – by Monica Haynes for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
But when the right director and the right actor get together there’s movie magic and a union that can last longer than many Hollywood marriages.
“Corpse Bride” represents the fifth time director Tim Burton and his muse, Johnny Depp, have teamed up, with Depp voicing the character of Victor. Burton’s personal muse, live-in love Helena Bonham Carter, is the voice of the title character.
Burton and Depp collaborated for the first time on 1990’s “Edward Scissorhands.” Four years later, the quirky director and the eccentric actor tackled “Ed Wood,” and “Sleepy Hollow” followed in 1995. Earlier this year, Burton released “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” with Depp once again in the starring role.
“Each time I’ve worked with Johnny, he’s something different,” said Burton. “He’s interested in being a character and not necessarily interested in his persona, and I find it very exciting to work with actors like that.”
For his part, Depp, like many actor/muses, has developed a deep and abiding trust of his favorite director.
“Tim’s vision is always amazing, beyond anything you expect,” Depp said. “If Tim wanted to shoot 18 million feet of film of me staring into a light bulb and I couldn’t blink for three months,
Next weekend, 150 members of the regional press will spend four days in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, for the 50th anniversary of the promotional event Cinema Days, deemed so important by British film-makers that stars from Bob Hoskins to the director Terry Gilliam will attend – Louise Jury – The Independent Online.
The guests will watch forthcoming movies – both British and foreign – including Stephen Frears’ Mrs Henderson Presents, shot in London, and The Libertine, starring Johnny Depp, which was filmed on the Isle of Man.
A strong launch in Italy was enough to send Charlie and the Chocolate Factory past the $200 million mark and remain No. 1 at the foreign box office. After a $13.8 million weekend from 52 markets, the picture jumped to $201.1 million-the sixth movie of the year to reach that milestone – by Conor Bresnan for Box Office MoJo.
With strong media buzz and positive reviews, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory ranked first in Italy with $2.7 million. It was also on top in Denmark with a $307,000 opening from 67 screens. The two markets were the last major debuts of Charlie’s overseas schedule, leaving it to rely on holdovers from here on out.
Tim Burton’s family feature has thrived thus far in holdover markets, led by the United Kingdom’s $65.3 million. In Japan, Charlie eased seven percent in its third weekend. It made $3.9 million for a $22 million total, light years ahead of animated movies such as Madagascar and Shark Tale. More impressive was South Korea’s nine percent drop from last weekend’s holiday opening. Its $1.6 million weekend staved off new entries to remain the market’s highest-grossing non-Korean movie, and the total rose to $5 million.
BBC.co.uk. Autumn Schedule 2005 – Johnny Depp takes a break from filming to present the James Dean story on Tuesday, September 27 at 8:30pm on BBC’s Radio 2, 88-9|FM.
There’s a popular showbiz story about Tom Stoppard turning down an offer to write a movie for Steven Spielberg because of a prior commitment to the BBC. “Oh, you don’t want to miss this for a television script,” insists the director, to which the playwright replies: “Actually, it’s radio.” – Mark Lawson – The Guardian
For the British, it’s a self-congratulatory anecdote turning on Hollywood incredulity that anyone could be bothered with the wireless. The assumptions behind it are overturned tonight when Johnny Depp makes his Radio 2 debut, hosting a documentary about James Dean. With Martin Scorsese making his BBC TV directing debut last night – with the Bob Dylan films for Arena – the corporation may soon be putting palm trees in its gardens to make all the tinseltown visitors feel at home.
Hollywood star Johnny Depp reveals that Fifties legend James Dean inspired him to enter the acting profession.
Speaking to BBC Radio 2 for a documentary that can be heard this week, Depp says that he has been a fan of James Dean since he was a young musician in Los Angeles.
Rebel Without A Cause – The James Dean Story can be heard this Tuesday 27 September at 8.30pm.
Johnny Depp presents the programme that marks the 50th anniversary of the death of Dean, who died aged 24 on 30 September 1955.
“I started out as a guitarist in the early Eighties,” explains Depp.
“I was very influenced by the rockabilly revival scene at the time, including bands like the Rockats and the Stray Cats. The Fifties stuff was very cool and we all wore ‘big hair’, jeans and biker jackets.
“I hooked up with a guy who idolized James Dean and he gave me a copy of the Dean biography, The Mutant King, which I thought was really interesting – BBC.co.uk.