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VIDEO: Alice in Wonderland Trailer Is Released
Originally posted 07/22/2009 03:15PM
From the looks of the new trailer for Tim Burton's Alice In Wonderland, Alice – and movie-goers – will be in for a wild ride when the film hits theaters next year.
The fanciful Walt Disney Pictures adaptation stars Johnny Depp, Anne Hathaway, Alan Rickman, Helena Bonham Carter and Australian actress Mia Wasikowska as Alice.
Check out what happens when she falls through the rabbit hole.
Alice In Wonderland is due out March 5, 2010, which the trailer calls "a very important date," indeed.
– Marla Lehner
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Johnny Depp's Secret Recipe to Chill: His Own Island
Originally posted 06/01/2009 11:55AM
When not making blockbusters, Johnny Depp likes to relax far from Hollywood – around his 45-acre private Bahamian island, Little Hall's Pond Cay, to be exact.
As experienced from aboard his 156-ft. yacht, the Vajoliroja, an amalgam of the names of his children, himself, and partner Vanessa Paradis, "I don’t think I'd ever seen any place so pure and beautiful," the Public Enemies star, 45, tells Vanity Fair for its July issue, on sale nationally June 9.
The Pond Cay life, he says, "is my decompression. It's my way of trying to return to normalcy," he says. "Escapism is survival to me."
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Winona Ryder Recalls Teenage Heartbreak
Originally posted 05/27/2009 02:20PM
For the past seven years, Winona Ryder has lived mostly out of the spotlight.
Now, with a role in Star Trek and the release of another movie – The Private Lives of Pippa Lee – opening in Europe soon and in the U.S. in the fall, the actress, 37, is talking about the strain of being in the public eye.
Ryder, who was engaged to Johnny Depp after co-starring with him in 1990's Edward Scissorhands (they split when she was 19), says one of her first big challenges was dealing heartache during the height of her fame.
"I had just done Dracula and Edward Scissorhands. I had just had my first real break-up, the first heartbreak," she tells Pippa Lee director Rebecca Miller, who interviewed her for the U.K. edition of Elle, out Wednesday.
"And I think it was really ironic because, like, everybody else just thought I had everything in the world, you know, I had no reason to be depressed, everything was sort of at its peak, but inside I was completely lost.
"I remember feeling, 'I can't complain about anything, because I'm so lucky, I'm so lucky.' After that I realized I needed to take time off more [regularly]."
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POLL: Who Should Play Frank Sinatra?
Originally posted 05/15/2009 09:35AM
The race is on in Hollywood to play Ol' Blue Eyes.
Oscar winner Martin Scorsese will be directing and producing a biopic about legendary singer Frank Sinatra, who died in 1998 at age 82. The hot-tempered Sinatra led a famously colorful life: He wed four times (including to movie stars Ava Gardner and Mia Farrow), had early ties to organized crime, and starred in 50-plus movies, including the original Rat Pack extravaganza, Ocean’s Eleven, as well as From Here to Eternity, for which he won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor.
The role of Sinatra has yet to be cast, but the early favorite is Leonardo DiCaprio, who has made three films with Scorsese, including Shutter Island, which opens this fall. Another possible contender: Johnny Depp. Respected film industry blogger Nikki Finke reports he's the choice of the sponsoring studio, Universal. Neither actor is known for his warbling abilities, but that doesn’t matter because the film, which has the cooperation of the Sinatra estate, will use the crooner’s original recordings.
Other possible contenders? Justin Timberlake, who actually can sing and has the right hungry look. Tween heartthrob Joe Jonas has the pipes and the right look. Or maybe even Twilight’s Robert Pattinson, if he loses the fangs and nails a New Jersey accent. Pick your favorite to portray the crooner below:
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Angelina Jolie, Johnny Depp Most Beautiful Down Under
Originally posted 04/09/2009 01:10PM
They may be Down Under, but readers of WHO – Australia's version of PEOPLE – are anything but topsy-turvy in their selections of the world's Most Beautiful People.
Topping their list of international stars, Angelina Jolie, followed (in order) by Kate Winslet, Jessica Alba, Halle Berry and Jennifer Aniston.
In the men's vote, Johnny Depp took the crown, trailed (in descending order) by Brad Pitt, George Clooney, Orlando Bloom and David Beckham .
When it came to picking apart the stars for their enviable body parts, the WHO readers went for Aniston's hair; Jolie's eyes, lips, cheeks and breasts; Nicole Kidman's nose; Kylie Minogue's bottom; and Elle Macpherson's legs.
The ideal guy, on the other hand, would consist of Hugh Jackman's hair, eyes, nose, abs, backside, arms, chest and legs – with Brad Pitt's mouth and Johnny Depp's cheekbones.
– Stephen M. Silverman
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POLL: Which Actor Makes the Best Lady?
Originally posted 02/04/2009 04:05PM
From Tyler Perry's popular Madea franchise to Dustin Hoffman's iconic (and Academy Award-nominated) drag performance in Tootsie, many leading men have happily donned a dress for a role.
Now, Jude Law joins the ranks. The Brit will play Minx, a "celebrity supermodel" in Sally Potter's new film, Rage, which will premiere at the Berlin Film Festival this month.
Before the film hits festivals and, eventually, theaters, tell us which star you think looks better in drag:
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Golden Globes: The Star Line-up Grows
Originally posted 01/09/2009 12:00PM
More A-Listers have been confirmed to present awards at the already star-studded Golden Globes Sunday night.
Johnny Depp, David Duchovny, Megan Fox, Eva Longoria, Sting, Sean Combs and Mark Wahlberg will also be on hand, it was announced Friday.
Other previously announced presenters include Simon Baker, Drew Barrymore, Pierce Brosnan, Sandra Bullock, Gerard Butler, Glenn Close, Sacha Baron Cohen, Cameron Diaz, Aaron Eckhart, Zac Efron, Laurence Fishburne, Ricky Gervais, Jake Gyllenhaal, Salma Hayek, The Jonas Brothers, Jessica Lange, Blake Lively, Jennifer Lopez, Hayden Panettiere, Chris Pine, Amy Poehler, Zachary Quinto, Seth Rogen and Martin Scorsese.
Steven Spielberg will receive this year's Cecil B. DeMille Award from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association for his "outstanding
contribution to the entertainment field."
The 66th Annual Golden Globe Awards will be telecast live on NBC Jan. 11 from The Beverly Hilton at 8 p.m.
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Johnny Depp Is Inspired by His Kids, Mortified by Celebrity
Originally posted 12/05/2008 12:30PM
Elusive actor Johnny Depp is finally opening up about one thing – his love for his family.
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Vanessa Paradis Opens Up About Her Romance with Johnny Depp
Originally posted 10/13/2008 09:45AM
Heard that rumor about Johnny Depp and Vanessa Paradis getting married? Yeah, so has she. And no, it's not true.
"Each summer people say we're supposed to be getting married, but we don't talk about it that much," Paradis – Depp's girlfriend of 10 years and the mother of his two children – tells the U.K. edition of Elle in its November issue. "He's got me, and he knows he's got me."
Adds Paradis, 35: "I love the romance of 'let's get married,' but then, when you have it so perfect ... I mean, I'm more married than anybody can be – we have two kids [Jack, 6, and Lily Rose, 9]. Maybe one day, but it's something I can really do without."
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Johnny Depp Back as Captain Jack – & Tonto & Mad Hatter
Originally posted 09/25/2008 09:40AM
Looks like audiences will be seeing a lot more of Johnny Depp.
The Pirates of the Caribbean star, 45, has signed to star in two new high-profile Disney projects – and has also agreed to reprise his role as Capt. Jack Sparrow in a fourth Pirates of the Caribbean movie now in development, Variety reports.
He'll play sidekick Tonto in a big-screen adaptation of The Lone Ranger and will team up again with frequent collaborator Tim Burton (Sweeney Todd) for Alice in Wonderland.
Depp, known for his own eccentric fashion sense, will star as the Mad Hatter.
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