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The January 2006 issue of Vogue Magazine ( U.S. ed.) has a full page review of Johnny’s new movie that everyone is talking about The Libertine. (Sienna Miller is on the cover of the January issue and the Libertine article is on page 80.) Here is a short excerpt from the article:

“What saves this from being a grim morality play is Depp, a dazzling chameleon whose sole flaw is that he hides himself so far inside his characters that we don’t feel the humanity within. Wilmot’s cynical detachment clearly speaks to something deep in this superb actor, inspiring his most expansive work since his larky turn as Captain Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean. With his long, wavy tresses and frilly garb, Depp’s Wilmot may look every inch a man of the past, but his disillusionment feels utterly modern. He’s a Restoration pop idol bored with his own power to thrill.”

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Contact Music – Johnny Depp’s swashbuckling Mega-hit PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: The Curse of the Black Pearl has been listed as number #4 in the top 100 countdown of best family films of all time on British TV network Channel 4. The Top spot went to Steven Spielberg’s blockbuster: ET: THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL, next came the loveable SHREK, with Disney’s MARY POPPINS in third place. Toy Story with it’s delightful Disney characters (remember Woody?), took fifth.

Poll results were compiled by public vote from a list of titles posted on the Channel 4 website. [more…]

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LOS ANGELES — IN THE FLURRY of press cons crammed into our schedule before the holidays began, our group asked several stars what their hopes and wishes are for 2006. Most of them gave profound answers, especially Johnny Depp who just keeps impressing us (although he does not try to) with the views that he expresses in our conversations with him. This man is a beautiful soul. – by Ruben V. Nepales for the December 23, 2005 issue of the Philippine Daily Inquirer.

Johnny Depp: “I hope for all of us, dwellers of this planet, to attempt to work things out first before we start lighting cars and buildings on fire and hurting other people. Let us all talk first. We have the beautiful ability to speak but we are losing the ability to understand and compromise. That’s disheartening. The only thing to do is keep moving forward and hope that we can all get it together. Well, not to sound like a hippie or a moonie but that’s how I feel.”

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Beverly Hills, CA – Tim Burton’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is one of seven films being considered for nomination in the category of Achievement in Visual Effects for the 78th Academy Awards announced today by The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Other contenders listed in alphabetical order are: BATMAN BEGINS, THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA, HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE, KING KONG, STAR WARS EPISODE III: REVENGE OF THE SITH, and WAR OF THE WORLDS.

The nomination procedure will consist of the Visual Effects Award Nominating Committee screening 15-minute clip reels from each film, then voting for three to be considered for Oscar consideration. Film Clips will be screened on Wednesday, January 25 with official nominations announced on Tuesday, January 31, 2006, at 5:30 a.m. PST, in the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater.

The 78th Academy Awards will be presented at the Kodak Theatre March 5, 2006 and will be televised live by the ABC Television Network beginning at 5 p.m. PST.

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IMDB.com – The Movie database IMDb.com has just released their top 25 mega-stars for the year 2005. The STARmeter rankings are based on the actual search behavior of over 30 million users of the database.

Johnny is at the top of the list…

1. Johnny Depp (Last year 2004: #1)
The hits keep on coming for Mr. Depp, the IMDb’s favorite for the second year in a row. Starting out the year with an Oscar nomination for Finding Neverland, Depp wowed everyone with his, um, idiosyncratic interpretation of Willy Wonka in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, lent his voice to another Tim Burton flick, Corpse Bride, and started filming on back-to-back sequels for Pirates of the Caribbean.

To view the the picks #2 through #25 please click here.

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Sunday Independent – Cast to type perhaps, Shane [McGowan] appeared as a drunken minstrel in The Libertine which starred his friend Johnny Depp as the rapacious Earl of Rochester. Shane’s movie career isn’t over. He returned from New York last month where he met Depp and author JP Donleavy to discuss the filming next year of Dunleavy’s masterpiece The Ginger Man. [It is rumored that] Depp will play the lead while Shane will play Brendan Behan.

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Sun- Sentinel.com – Baume & Mercier, the grand 175-year-old Geneva-based company, is a cause celebre these days. For the first time in the 175-year-old firm’s history, there are actors in the magazine ads: Kiefer Sutherland and Meg Ryan. David Yurman has Ed Burns sporting the designer’s watches. Tag Heur has Uma Thurman and Maria Sharapova. Montblanc has Johnny Depp and Julianne Moore. Longine signed Harry Connick Jr. and Aishwarya Rai this summer.

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Sunday December 18, 2005 – Recently Katie Melua dished with Pogues singer Shane MacGowan on Johnny Depp, for The Observer…

KM: Johnny Depp recently said you’ve produced ‘beautiful lyrics that are a great gift to the world.’ What do you make of that? A fair summary?

SM: Ha! He is a great actor and a great guitar player too. We played together. He really heavied it up. His guitar playing releases all of his rage and frustration. We did one song together, but forgot to record it. But it sounded like an atom bomb going off!

KM: You took a small part in his recent film The Libertine, didn’t you?

SM: Yeah, I enjoyed working with him, but they dumped the bit I was in. I was supposed to be a drunken minstrel so I put together a really offensive anti-Catholic, anti-Monarchist, anti-English song that would offend everyone in the crowd. They hadn’t told the crowd of extras that they weren’t meant to clap politely. But Johnny and I might work together again, on the story of Brendan Behan, who at the height of his fame managed to drink himself to death.

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Awards Watch at Movie City News announced yesterday the nominees for London’s Film Critics Awards. Johnny is up for ‘Best Actor of the Year’ for his role of Willy Wonka in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Rounding out the male category of nominees are Bruno Ganz for Downfall, Heath Ledger for Brokeback Mountain, Don Cheadle for Hotel Rwanda; Crash, and Viggo Mortensen for A History of Violence. The awards will be presented on February 8, 2006. Congratulations Johnny!

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The Advertiser Adelaide (Scene) Awards were announced last evening at an exclusive party and awards ceremony held at the Sugar nightclub in Rundle St. (Austraila) Johnny Depp was awarded ‘best actor’ for his role in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Cate Blanchett, the Foo Fighters and local band Hilltop Hoods also won awards.

“The Adelaide (Scene) awards honors the best in music, film, fashion and venues and is voted on by Adelaide (Scene) readers. More than 500 people voted to determine this year’s winners. “The Adelaide (Scene) awards gives something back to our best entertainers, particularly the local industry that works tirelessly to promote our state and the best it has to offer,” said Advertiser editor Melvin Mansell.

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