Canada’s Inside Entertainment magazine has named Johnny as one of its Entertainers of the year for 2005. The Entertainer of the Year honors for the best of the very best included more than 200 nominees, covering every aspect of the arts, from film and television to stage and page. Fifteen finalists were bestowed the dynamic title including Jason Lee, (40 Year-Old Virgin), Steve Carell (The Office), mega-star Johnny Depp (the first repeat visitor to the magazine’s end-of-year tally) and the British supergroup Coldplay.
Inside Entertainment had this to say about Johnny:
As late as three years ago, Johnny Depp seemed, though hugely respected by peers and critics, rather a fringe player in comparison to Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt. Then ghostbusting pirate Jack Sparrow swaggered his way to nearly $700m in global receipts, earning Depp a surprise, if long overdue, Oscar nod. Suddenly, his delightfully offbeat characters were earning not just hurrahs, but also huge amounts of cash. This past year, Depp remained steadfastly true to his uncompromisingly quirky standards, continuing merrily along his colourful path (and defying the year’s sharp downward turn in ticket sales) with first his vibrantly sinister re-imagining of Willie Wonka in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, then, proving he could be equally magical using only his voice as bedeviled groom Victor in Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride.
