Peoples Choice Awards
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Don’t forget to tune in – People’s Choice Awards – 1/10/06
The 32nd Annual People’s Choice Awards will be held on Tuesday, January 10, 2006 with television coverage on CBS beginning at 9:00 p.m. (live Eastern Time/ delayed Pacific Time)
The Award Show will be hosted by Scottish born Craig Ferguson, host and writer of The Late Late Show.
Johnny Depp has been nominated for the People’s Choice Award in the category of Favorite Male Movie Star competing againt such notable actors as Nicolas Cage and Samuel L. Jackson.
Congratulations to all the nominees! Go Go Johnny!
Exclusive: Tim Burton & Johnny Depp Team For ‘Sweeney Todd’
MovieMusicals.net – By Andrew Hartman
Status: Rumor From Valid Sources
According to anonymous sources, director Tim Burton and actor Johnny Depp, who together have worked on five major motion pictures will team once more for the upcoming movie musical adaptation of Stephen Sondheim’s ‘Sweeney Todd.’
‘Sweeney Todd’ first opened on Broadway in 1979 and is currently on Broadway in its second revival. Depp will portray title character Sweeney Todd – the demon barber of Fleet Street – who slits the throats of his innocent (and not-so-innocent) customers.
An official announcement is expected in the coming weeks.
‘The Corpse Bride’ Announced For January DVD Release
Toonzone.com – by Birdboy – Warner Bros. Home Video has officially announced Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride for a January 31st release. Both full and wide screen versions are planned in a single-disc release. The manufacture’s suggested retail price is $28.98.
Synopsis: Set in a 19th century European village, this stop-motion, animated feature follows the story of Victor (voiced by Johnny Depp), a young man who is whisked away to the underworld and wed to a mysterious Corpse Bride, while his real bride, Victoria, waits bereft in the land of the living. Though life in the Land of the Dead proves to be a lot more colorful than his strict Victorian upbringing, Victor learns that there is nothing in this world, or the next, that can keep him away from his one true love.
Johnny is Hollywood’s most popular star
Johnny Depp has topped as poll as the most popular star in Hollywood for the second year in a row.
The actor is known for keeping a low profile, but according to a recent poll he is the World’s most searched name in the movie industry.
Reformed hell-raiser Johnny believes his wife and children are the main reason for his success.
He has previously said that his family-man lifestyle has done wonders for his relationship with Hollywood.
Films such as “Pirates of the Caribbean” and “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” have all raised Johnny’s profile and portrayed the star as a family film actor.
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The Libertine DVD release
VideoDetective.com – The DVD release of Laurence Dunmore’s story of John Wilmot (played by Johnny Depp)the Earl of Rochester, a 17th century poet who died an early death due to drinking and a rogish lifestyle. The film also stars John Malkovich and Samantha Morton.
The DVD version of The Libertine is slated for release on March 1, 2006.
What’s Next for Infinitum Nihil?
Infinitum Nihil, Johnny Depp’s production company is working on the JP Donleavy cult classic, The Ginger Man. Depp will star in the movie as student Sebastian Balfe Dangerfield to begin filming in Ireland next year. It is reported that the author Donleavy is currently expanding the character role of ‘Brendan Behan’ for Shane MacGowan. Says Donleavy, “Behan only appears briefly in the book. I am writing a bigger part for Shane – Mr Depp wants him in the movie.”
According to dogmatika.com, Infinitum Nihil also have the rights to Joseph Gangemi’s Inamorata, a tale of supernatural Philadelphia in the 20s and are in talks with Canongate to acquire the rights to The People’s Act of Love, James Meek’s ‘Siberian Apocalypse Now’.
In 2005 they acquired Nick Hornby’s A Long Way Down and have director Bruce Robinson signed up to direct Hunter Thompson’s The Rum Diary.
What’s next for Depp after finishing POTC and other current commitments is the autobiographical tale of Austalian Gregory David Roberts, a former heroin user who turned to bank robberies to support his habit in the 1970s.
Following a series of robberies, Roberts eventually was captured and sentenced to a lengthy jail term. But after two years he escaped from Melbourne’s Pentridge Prison, beginning an odyssey that took him to New Zealand, India, Afghanistan and Germany, where he was finally recaptured and extradited back to Australia.
2005 Motion Picture Money-Makers Poll
GROTON, MA – (MARKET WIRE) – Tom Cruise has been voted the Top Money-Making Star of 2005 in Quigley Publishing Company’s 74th Annual Top Ten Money-Making Stars Poll. Johnny Depp finished second in the voting and Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt tied for third. This is Angelina Jolie’s first appearance in the poll and Brad Pitt’s fourth. Vince Vaughn made his first appearance in the poll at #5.
The Quigley Poll, conducted every year since 1932, is an annual survey of motion picture exhibitors, which asks them to vote for the ten stars that generated the most box-office revenue in the preceding year for their theatres. Long regarded as one of the most reliable indicators of a Star’s box-office draw, the Quigley Poll appears annually in Quigley Publishing Company’s International Motion Picture Almanac and at www.quigleypublishing.com
Five on last year’s list who did not make it in 2005 were Leonardo DiCaprio, Nicholas Cage, Denzel Washington, Jim Carrey and Julia Roberts.
Top Ten Money-Making Stars of 2005
1. Tom Cruise
2. Johnny Depp
3. Angelina Jolie
3. Brad Pitt
5. Vince Vaughn
6. George Clooney
7. Will Smith
8. Reese Witherspoon
9. Adam Sandler
10. Tom Hanks
Stars of Tomorrow
Dakota Fanning
Jack Black
Johnny is crowned No 1
Johnny Depp has turned his back on the hellraising days when he trashed hotel rooms and dated Kate Moss – By Alexa Baracaia, Evening Standard.
Yet despite swapping parties for the quiet life, Depp remains the most fascinating Hollywood star. The 42-year-old heart-throb has topped a list of the most popular film icons of 2005, according to online movie database www.imdb.com
His name received the most hits among the tens of thousands of actors covered by the website.
It is the second year in a row that Depp, who lives in rural France with wife Vanessa Paradis and children Jack and Lily-Rose, has made it to number one on IMDB’s “star-o-meter” list.
He began 2005 with an Oscar nomination for Finding Neverland, before enthralling millions with his idiosyncratic interpretation of Willy Wonka in Charlie And The Chocolate Factory.
He also lent his voice to another Tim Burton movie, Corpse Bride, and began filming back-to-back sequels for Pirates Of The Caribbean.
Depp says shunning the limelight and settling down has “done wonders for my relationship with Hollywood”.
He says: “I don’t know who’s famous. I don’t know who’s not famous. So, I come in just completely ignorant of all of it and it feels really good. Because then I don’t have to think about anything but my work.”
Depp’s novel approach to Scotland
Scotsman.com – HOLLYWOOD superstar Johnny Depp is poised to buy the film rights to a Scottish author’s critically acclaimed novel – by William Lyons.
The actor, known for his versatility and love of British culture, is in negotiations with Canongate publishers to acquire an option on James Meek’s Siberian classic The People’s Act of Love.
The deal, which is yet to be finalised, will give Depp’s production company, Infinitum Nihil, sole rights to any film adaptation of the acclaimed epic.
As yet no actors have been approached to star in a film but it has been likened to a Siberian Apocalypse Now with a possible pairing of Depp and Russell Crowe.
Last night, Canongate owner Jamie Byng refused to discuss further details until a contract had been signed. But he said: “We are in discussions. It is pretty much agreed.”
Depp founded his own movie production company in 2004 to develop projects for which he is expected to either star in or produce. So far it has announced three films, including the adaptation of Hornby’s novel, A Long Way Down. [more…]