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Battleship Misfires

Neal Colgrass — Sun, 20 May 2012 15:24:23 CDT

Battleship barely raised anchor this weekend with a weak $25 million opening that could make it the next John Carter mega-flop. Even the action flick's $226 million international gross won't ease the pain unless domestic interest picks up, says the Hollywood Reporter . Avengers continued to wallop the domestic competition with...

Dark Shadows Has Charm, No Substance

Matt Cantor — Fri, 11 May 2012 09:33:05 CDT

Critics aren't thrilled with Tim Burton's latest offering, inspired by the late-1960s cult TV show of the same name and starring Johnny Depp as an 18th-century vampire who is buried alive, only to be accidentally dug up in 1972. The film isn't sure what it wants to be: Dark Shadows...

Depp Channeled 'Incredibly Stoned' George W. for Wonka

Evann Gastaldo — Wed, 09 May 2012 09:14:23 CDT

We all know Keith Richards inspired Johnny Depp’s Pirates of the Caribbean character, and yesterday on the Ellen DeGeneres Show, Depp revealed the inspiration behind his version of Willy Wonka. “I imagined what George Bush would be like incredibly stoned,” he said. “And thus was born my version of Willy...

Depp, Paradis Basically Over

Evann Gastaldo — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 09:58:05 CST

Good news for aspirant single men and ladies everywhere, bad news for Johnny Depp and long-time girlfriend Vanessa Paradis: After 13 years and two children together, they are basically living separate lives. It's been more than a year since they've been spotted together on the red carpet, and sources tell...

Top 10 Actors We Stalk on IMDb

Dustin Lushing — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 13:20:05 CST

When you want to ogle an actor, the Internet Movie Database is a reasonable destination. So which 10 celebs racked up the most IMDb profile page views in 2011? The top spot now belongs to Natalie Portman , who snagged the crown from Johnny Depp (now No. 3, he's been No....

Hell Breaks Loose Over Depp's Drunk Jesus Song

Mary Papenfuss — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 02:20:00 CST

Having Jesus turn up for a bachelor night is bad enough. But when Johnny Depp sang about him drinking then passing out on the floor in a new song, it was more than some Christians could bear. The Christian Coalition says Depp and members of the indie band Babybird "will...

More Booze Than Plot in Rum Diary

Matt Cantor — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 12:02:05 CDT

The Rum Diary is like a superhero origin story, several reviewers note: Set in Puerto Rico, it tells the story of how journalist Hunter S. Thompson became himself—complete with heavy drinking and plenty of sex. You get the sense that the film is a "passion project" for the impressive...

Depp: Sorry for Comparing Photo Shoots to Rape

Evann Gastaldo — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 10:42:37 CDT

Johnny Depp really stepped in it in a recent Vanity Fair interview, when he compared photo shoots to rape. "Well, you just feel like you’re being raped somehow," he said. "Raped … It feels like a kind of weird—just weird, man." Anti-rape activists, of course, were not amused. "While...

Celebs With 2012 Guinness World Records

Evann Gastaldo — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 08:51:05 CDT

The Guinness Book of World Records is not just for regular joes who go on epic bar crawls or paddleboard rides . No, it's also for celebrities—and according to Perez Hilton , Gossip Cop , and MTV , a whole slew of them made their way in to the 2012 edition: Lady Gaga...