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Agent Tracey Jacobs was selected by VARIETY, the Hollywood trade paper, as a “Woman of Impact,” one of the most influential females in an industry where powerful women are still a rarity. Ms. Jacobs has represented Johnny Depp since his early days in Hollywood; in fact, it was Tracey who prevailed upon Johnny to meet Tim Burton and discuss playing EDWARD SCISSORHANDS. Johnny has often spoken of Tracey’s loyalty to him despite career choices that could drive an ordinary agent round the bend–for example, turning down blockbusters like SPEED while electing to make the little-seen (but thoroughly brilliant) DEAD MAN. “Tracey’s taken a lot of heat over the years,” Johnny told TIME’s Josh Tyrangiel last year. “She has bosses and higher-ups, and every time I take on another strange project, they’re going, ‘[…]When does he do a movie where he kisses the girl? When does he get to pull a gun out and shoot somebody? […] When is he finally going to do a blockbuster?’”

Ironically, Tyrangiel added, when Johnny Depp’s blockbuster opportunity came around, “his long-suffering agent didn’t want him to take the part” of Captain Jack Sparrow. “He was pitched the movie without a script,” Tracey told Tyrangiel. “They basically said, ‘We’re going to make a movie out of this theme-park ride. Want to do it?’ And he said, ‘Great! I’m in. I believe in the idea.’ I just thought, What idea, you lunatic?”

Today Johnny celebrated Tracey’s being named a “Woman of Impact”

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EXCLUSIVE: ‘Pirates’ webcast

Coverage of the Disneyland red carpet and premiere of ‘Pirates of the Caribbean.’ courtesy of MSN Video…

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Tonight – June 22, 2006 – The Pirates Of The Caribbean actor – who lives in France with his long-term partner French star Vanessa Paradis – took a crash course in the language to keep up with his bilingual children.

He told Britain’s OK! magazine: “I still have the world’s worst French accent but I’m working on it.

Depp revealed that Paradis converses with their children, Lily-Rose and Jack, in her native tongue, but they have to speak to him in English.

My daughter is usually willing to make allowances for me and even says, ‘Oh, c’est tr

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Source: Heather Newgen June 23, 2006

Coming Soon – Oscar nominee Johnny Depp sets sail once again with his ship the Black Pearl, creating mayhem in the high seas as Captain Jack Sparrow in Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest. Depp, dressed in a white t-shirt which sported his tattoos, jeans and a gray hat, couldn’t have been nicer to ComingSoon.net at a press day for the film. He signed autographs, posed for a picture and was even concerned about a reporter’s tape recorder not being close enough on the table. Who would have thought?

CS: Why is this the character you can revisit over and over?
Depp: I just feel like I’m not done. I just feel like there are more things you could do. Because, I suppose, with a character like this, the parameters are a little broader, so there are more possibilities I think. And he’s a fun character to play. I was really not looking forward to saying goodbye to him.

CS: How much freedom do you have to improvise?
Depp: You have the basic structure, you have your basic bones and a solid foundation. But with every one, you do your best to kind of explore it as much as possible while you’re shooting. It could be something that comes to you, like sometimes it just comes to me when I’m reading a script. A line will just come to me and I’ll incorporate it into the thing and obviously run it by Ted and Terry and Gore and the other actors certainly.

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“Extra’s” Carlos Diaz sat down with the ever-cordial Johnny Depp to discuss his Rolling Stone idol, how he keeps his family grounded and why Captain Jack is even more unique in “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest.”

In the sequel, you may find Captain Jack slightly more heroic this time around. “You’re never quite sure why he’s doing something,” Depp hinted. “He’s always thinking a bit; think ahead of the curve. You’re not quite sure what his motivation is.”

Johnny also revealed his kids were quite excited about bringing Captain Jack back aboard the big screen. “They were excited,” he said. “They came on the set, but they’re sort of like, ?Oh yeah, there’s Dad.

Depp added that even though he and Vanessa Paradis and their two children are spending more and more time in the states, they still prefer their life away from Hollywood in France. “We live in the country,” he revealed. “Everything is very, very simple and very basic. And normal, which is important.”

Depp revealed he’ll soon be shooting scenes with Captain Jack’s on-screen dad, Rolling Stone rocker Keith Richards. “I’m more than confident that Keith is going to arrive and blow us all off the screen,” Johnny promised.

Please visit the website for a sneak peek into Johnny video and slide show.

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ZeeNews – Johnny Depp claims the secret to his happy relationship with Vanessa Paradis is that they never speak about Hollywood.

He said: “We have a miraculous understanding of one another – and we don’t ever talk about the business. We don’t talk about her work or my work. So our life in that sense is very simple.”

Depp – who has previously dated a number of famous beauties, including supermodel Kate Moss – also claims the reason he and Vanessa are so happy is because they are best friends as well as lovers.

He added: “We are great, great friends and are very much in love.”

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BBC NEWS – The first film was a global blockbuster and earned praise for its cast, especially Johnny Depp.

The movie has returned to its spiritual home: the film was based on a theme park ride at the children’s resort.

“The sort of horizon has been broadened ever so slightly,” said Depp. “We were able to put a few new things in. Bits and bobs.”

The star confirmed that the rock and roll legend was in talks to have a role in the third film, which is currently in production.

“They are talking about it. Yeah, they are talking about it,” he told AP television news.

https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/5115016.stm

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Has the success of the Pirates franchise trapped Johnny Depp in the mainstream fame he has avoided for so long? – by Stephanie Bunbury for The Age.

Just off the top of my head, here are three very good things about Johnny Depp:

(a) He is, as the Victorians used to say, as beautiful as the day.

(b) He isn’t stupid.

(c) He doesn’t say much.

Which makes him a film journalist’s dream, really. In fact, I don’t know of any movie hack who doesn’t go a bit mushy round the edges when JD’s name comes up. Johnny Depp is one of the great Hollywood stories: the untrained teen heartthrob who turned out to be one of the truly serious, committed and brilliant screen actors of our era; the bad boy turned good; the romantic adventurer who finally met the right woman – French singer and actress Vanessa Paradis, with whom he now has two children – and settled down, just as romantically, in the Provencale countryside. [More…]

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Access Hollywood – Actor shares golden moment with Maria Menounos

…”Now did your kids to see this (Pirates of the Caribean: Dead Man’s Chest) yet or will they see it?” Maria asked Johnny.

“They haven’t seen it yet because I haven’t seen it yet,” Johnny revealed. “As a parent I think the responsible thing to do is check it out, for the little ones, just to make sure there’s nothing that’ll spook them.”

“When will you see it?” Maria followed up.

“I will fight tooth and nail until the very last minute, until they push me in front of the screen and then I’ll see it,” Johnny grinned.

So why the hesitation?

“It’s just always weird for me to watch myself. I’ve never been comfortable with it. I have the experience, that’s enough for me,” he admitted… [More…]

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Hey, isn’t that Johnny Depp chasing the serving wench? – by Natalie Finn for ENews Online!

When the Pirates of the Caribbean ride reopens June 26 at Disneyland after being shuttered since March, visitors will be treated to bigger cannon explosions, more gold doubloons and an animatronic figure of Captain Jack Sparrow from the film franchise originally inspired by the classic theme park attraction.

Basically, Disney made movies based on a ride and, in turn, is now making the ride look more like the movies. Which, when you think about it, is pretty much what the company has been doing for the past 50 years.

This reintroduction to Jack Sparrow’s wily ways has been craftily timed, of course, to coincide with the nationwide July 7 release of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest, the sequel to 2002’s smash hit, The Curse of the Black Pearl, which has grossed more than $653 million worldwide and turned Depp into a $20 million man. (A third film is already slated for a late May 2007 opening.) [More…]

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