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Johnny Cash video features 36 artists

NEW YORK, Nov. 9 (UPI) — The new video for Johnny Cash’s “God’s Gonna Cut You Down,” features cameos from 36 popular, mostly U.S., artists and icons.

“God’s Gonna Cut You Down” is the first video from Cash’s album “American V: A Hundred Highways,” which was released on July 4 by American Recordings/Lost Highway.

The stars in the video include, Iggy Pop, Bono, Justin Timberlake, Jay Z, Keith Richards, Johnny Depp, Dixie Chicks, Terrence Howard, Patti Smith, Dennis Hopper and Chris Rock.

All of the artists are dressed in black to honor Cash, and each artist expresses themselves in their own unique way during each individual segment.

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“God’s Gonna Cut You Down” will also be on sale at iTunes on Nov. 21, as well as streamed live at other online video outlets including AOL, Napster, YouTube, Yahoo, Windows Media, and Quicktime on Nov. 14.

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Topix.net – By Nicole Maestri.

The image of a human skull over two bones crossed together, once the purview of punk rockers and Goth lovers, has gone mainstream. Disney’s “Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl,” with Johnny Depp’s swaggering portrayal of Captain Jack Sparrow, hit theaters in 2003, renewing an interest in pirates, and their skull and crossbones symbol.

But the trend took off afresh this year as the sequel, “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest,” sizzled at the box office, racking up more than $1 billion in ticket sales worldwide.

“The whole thing about using a skull and crossbones is it immediately sends out the bad-boy signal,” said Hal Rubenstein, fashion director of In Style magazine. “There’s a certain amount of fun in being bad.”

Saks Inc. is selling a $264 pair of Rock & Republic skinny jeans with skulls embroidered on their back pockets, while Barneys New York has a $220 silk skull-print scarf.

Disney itself has seen strong demand for its “Pirates” gear, which ranges from cotton pajamas for youngsters to elaborate rings sold at upscale retailer Fred Segal.

Offering high-end pieces gives the merchandise a certain cachet, said Donna Sheridan, vice president of Disney apparel. Mid-tier and mass merchants then typically mimic the trend and offer similar products in their stores.

“What’s great about this trend is that it’s at every single level,

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Director Tim Burton has reportedly cast actress Helena Bonham Carter as the female lead in his big screen version of the Stephen Sondheim’s musical Sweeney Todd according to Sawfnews.com

She will play the role of Mrs. Lovett – a murderess who dispenses her victims’ bodies in meat pies, and becomes the passionate accomplice of the Demon Barber of Fleet Street, played by Johnny Depp, reports Moviehole.

Shooting for the film begins early next year for a late 2007 release. (ANI)

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KillerMovies.com Sacha Baron Cohen is in talks to star opposite Johnny Depp in Tim Burton’s Sweeney Todd, says Production Weekly.

Cohen will play an Italian tonic salesman and barber. Although Cohen’s character appears in only two of the film’s scenes, he is a pivotal part of the story.

The project is slated to begin shooting in early February at Pinewood Studios near London.

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Zaptoit.com: Rumors of Will Turner’s death have been greatly exaggerated.

Fans afraid that Orlando Bloom won’t return to the “Pirates of the Caribbean” films can rest easy. Despite buzz that Bloom’s character would be sacrificed because of budget constraints, the rumors are “completely unfounded.”

Public Relations firm New Market Strategies informed journalists via email that Bloom will return to the swashbuckling franchise.

“As some of you may have seen,” begins the statement, “there have been some rumors going around online regarding potential absence of Orlando Bloom in the future ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ films. We are working closely with Disney and want you to know that while we cannot comment on specific plot points, such rumors are completely unfounded.”

The third installment, “Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End,” is due in theaters May 2007.

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HOLLYWOOD – Orlando Bloom’s much-loved character in Pirates of the Caribbean will reportedly be killed off in the fourth installment of the Disney series — so says a Disney insider who spoke to the British paper Daily Star.

According to the source, the script for the fourth film is currently being written, and Disney bean counters are already examining ways to cut its massive costs.

According to British newspaper reports, Bloom’s character Will Turner is deemed “not necessary” to the sea-faring saga, although his cast mates Keira Knightley and Johnny Depp are unaffected by the cutbacks.

The report also states that the films’ minor characters, who were faithfully brought back for the first sequel, are also on the chopping block.

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LA TIMES:
Indiana Jones, meet Jack Sparrow
by Jay A. Fernandez.

Jim Uhls, who successfully adapted the “unadaptable” Chuck Palahniuk novel “Fight Club,” has been hired to turn “Rex Mundi,” a series of graphic novels by Arvid Nelson and Eric Johnson, into a feature for Johnny Depp to star in and produce through his Infinitum Nihil (Infinite Nothing) production company.

“Rex Mundi” (King of the World) posits an alternate present of 1933 in which the Reformation never happened, the Inquisition is still in full swing, Europe remains dominated by the Catholic Church and the rest of the world consists of colonies. Depp will play a pathologist investigating the mysterious death of the priest who found him as an orphan.

“It’s a noir-ish ‘Raiders of the Lost Ark,’ ” Uhls says. “There are murders and a mystery, and the lead character discovers a massive conspiracy, biblical in its origin.”

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China View:
Johnny Depp who had to pass a singing test to land a part in musical ‘Sweeney Todd,’ is taking singing lessons from girlfriend Vanessa Paradis to prepare for his new film role.

The film’s bosses have reportedly allowed Vanessa – who enjoyed a successful pop career in the 80s–to take charge of Johnny’s vocal coaching so that he wouldn’t have to leave his family in France to be trained in Los Angeles. Johnny is reportedly “over the moon Vanessa can train him in the studio at their converted barn.”

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The upcoming film adaptation of Stephen Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd, directed by Tim Burton and starring Johnny Depp as the relentless demon barber of the title, will begin filming in February of 2007.

Broadway World.com
According to the Hollywood Reporter, DreamWorks Studios has announced that filming will take place at London’s Pinewood Studios beginning on February 5th.

Besides Depp, no other casting has been announced (although Jim Broadbent has been rumored for the role of Judge Turpin).

A late 2007 release is planned.

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INDIAFM NEWS BUREAU: Chunky Pandey has confirmed that he is a part of the Hollywood film Shantaram based on the book written by Gregory David Roberts. Chunky plays the role of a Bollywood actor in the film. This will probably be Chunky’s first Hollywood film in his career.

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