Johnny Depp

Still working the European front, Johnny looked very dapper as he was seen leaving his hotel and on the red carpet in Paris last night.

The reviews of the movie are coming out too, and they are - as usual - a mix bag. One thing shines through though, and that’s Johnny’s performance in a role he’s well used to playing - the dark, mysterious rebel.

Yum.

BuzzSugar says: As we experience a recession, we watch a story in which the protagonist robs banks in the midst of the Great Depression — should we be rooting for this guy? Depp makes us want to, that’s for sure, but what with all the bloodshed, it’s hard to always think that what Dillinger’s doing is cool. Public Enemies actually makes us think about this stuff, and making us think is more than most of the big Summer movies can boast.

They continue to say that while they love the story, an the choice of lead actors in Depp and Marion Cotillard, the filmmaking itself made them queasy with random close-ups and “herky-jerky” camerawork. They weren’t a fan of the makeup either, as it was to easily making them remember that it’s a story, all make-believe. It ended on a positive note, however, stating the film is an “intriguing thrill-ride with a little bit of heart and the sharp, intelligent Johnny Depp to lead us through it.” They give it 4.5 stars (out of five.)

EW has similar thoughts, giving the movie a B- rating. Their problem seems not to be with Johnny as the “effortlessly elegant, intriguingly self-contained stars on the screen today” portraying Dillinger, but that at the end, you never get to know Dillinger at all, and they couldn’t get a feel for the bank robber himself, stating in the end that “Public Enemies re-creates clothes, but doesn’t fully fashion the man who wore them.”

I dunno about you - but Johnny Depp can lead me ANYWHERE, and I’ll be happy to follow along!

Parade posted their interview with Johnny Depp today, and it’s a good one! (I know, I know, they’re all good ones!) Here’s a little taste for you!

On admiring Dillinger: “Back then the banks were the enemies. We’re learning today that they’ve been the enemies yet again. So when it comes to Dillinger, isn’t it somehow nice to see the underdog kind of take control, even if it was another time?”

Who would he hang with, Hoover or Dillinger?: “If I was given a choice to spend some time with either John Dillinger or J. Edgar Hoover, I’d pick Dillinger any day. J. Edgar Hoover was the most dangerous man in Washington for an inordinate amount of years. John Dillinger was someone who wanted to make the best of life. He just got handed a rotten egg and he did his best to right that wrong.”

How he connected with the character: “…I remembered my grandfather who, at the same time Dillinger was robbing banks, was running moonshine in Eastern Kentucky and West Virginia.They were both going against the establishment.”

But what’s really important? “My kiddies are getting bigger. My daughter’s 10 and my boy’s 7. The greatest thing is just the sort of beauty of watching my kids grow up and become little adults.”

And of course, advise on how to grow up: “Remember that you make your own reality. You don’t have to stay in a little shell that was hammered out for you from childhood. We’re all conditioned to live the way our parents want us to live, and that turns people into serial killers sometimes. At a certain point you have to come out and live your life the way you want to live it. I had to fight to retain my individuality. I’d get agents who’d say, ‘Well, what are you fighting against? Why are you going against the grain?’ But I knew that if I continued on in the way that they wanted me to, it was death. It’s just a question of standing straight and saying, ‘No. I’m not going to be what you want me to be. I’m going to be what I want to be.’”

Mmmmmm! More Johnny! Who can go wrong with more Johnny Depp? I do love Premiere weeks! Public Enemies hits the theaters on July 1, and Johnny has been seen out and about all over town. He was spotted leaving dinner at Da Silvano’s Restaurant in New York City on the 27th, and then at the London Premiere last night - is he recyling his pinstripes? I think maybe. Do we care? Heck no!

Pictures of both the dinner and the premiere red carpet below!

And here’s HBOs first look at the movie, Public Enemies, delving behind the scenes for a bit of “the making of” - which serves only to make me wanna see it more! SO who’s gonna take me to the movies on Wednesday? (Assuming it actually hits our small theater on time… ha!)

Here’s a little clip from Johnny Depp’s Letterman appearance! This is the official CBS released clip where Johnny convinces Letterman that no, he doesn’t watch his own movies. After all, after he’s done, they’re “none of his business” and “that guy” is on screen.

Oh I DO love it when Johnny’s pimping a new movie…

Tonight, Johnny Depp was a guest on Late Night with Davide Letterman, and he dressed up for the occasion in true Johnny style.

Mmmmmmm yummy.

Oh Johnny, how dashing! Not much to say, other than YUM! Enjoy!

It’s all over the net this morning, and my source inside the post-production office (Hey - I KNOW PEOPLE! WHOOHOOO!) made sure that I had gotten the notice that they’ve released some of the first looks at Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland, starring our boy Johnny! Now, being in Alaska, and fond to sleeping till Noon, these pictures are making it up all over, so I’d best get them here for you ASAP right?

It’s not even NOON yet!
(And we just had an earthquake! WHOO! Ride the wave!)

Anyway - here you go. We’ve got the first pictures of Johnny as the Mad Hatter, of Helena Bona Carter as the Red Queen, and a stunning Anne Hathaway as the White Queen - and? Matt Lucas as the Tweedles, Tweedledee and Tweedledum, and Mia Wasikowska as Alice, too.

Something you might not know, is that the movie is sort of a sequel! Alice is 17, and finds out she’s going to be proposed too at a snooty party, and makes a run for it, and of course, follows the White Rabbit down the Rabbit Hole back to wonderland, where she first visited a decade before. The White Rabbit is convinced that he has the right girl, but Alice doesn’t remember her trip. The creatures of Wonderland are ready to revolt and are hoping that Alice will help them - can she?

Another tidbit - The Red Queen has “a moat filled with bobbing noggins” (OFF WITH THEIR HEAD! hahaha!), the White Queen floats instead of walking, and Johnny uses an accet for the Hatter that the producers can only call “indescribable”!

I love love LOVE the artwork, and I can’t WAIT! March 5, 2010 is SO FAR AWAY… Good thing we have Public Enemies to keep us going through the summer, hm?

I’ve been away a few days, so my apologies for just now getting these pictures up! It was red carpet time last night (June 18) in Chicago, and our boy Johnny was out and about in oh so Depp red-carpet style! Stylish pinstripe suit, and mussed hair… looking deliciously scruffy even all dressed up… oooooooooh yeah baby!

Christian Bale and Mario Cotillard joined him, of course, and I’m sure they looked fantastic too - Ok, I know they did, because they’re in the pictures too - but who can look anywhere other than at our boy? EXACTLY.

Johnny spent some time signing autographs too in Chicago, where Public Enemies is actually set up - lucky fans! So who’s gonna be first in line to see Public Enemies? And can you somehow get me in with you? (It won’t open here in the middle of AK for a while yet. Darnit.) Soon as you score a viewing, be sure to come back and let us know!

In the mean time? Enjoy pretty, pretty Johnny…

Oh, how I love my job…

On June 9th, our boy turned 46 -and still looks every bit as yummy as he did when I first fell in lust with him during Nightmare on Elm Street. (…21 Jump street? Heck no - bring on the HORROR FLICKS!) He’s definite proof that men only get better with age, for sure!

The cast and crew in San Juan, Puerto Rico, gave Johnny a party to celebrate the day - that included cake, and gifts. What do you give the guy who has everything? Simple! A guitar and the red corvette he’s been driving during the filming of The Rum Diary! Lucky, lucky guy! He does look hot in that car…

So join us in wishing Johnny Depp the happiest of birthdays - may the movies be many, the life be long, and the happiness be great. (…and more pics would be nice too. )

…and Sundays don’t always get me down! Especially when we get to see pictures of our boy from the set of The Rum Diary - aaaaaaaaaall wet! That’s right, it’s raining on the set, and Johnny is smack dab in the middle of it. Sure, we can’t really tell if it’s raining as part of the movie, or actual rain, but really - who cares?

Johhny Depp.
In the Rain.

(Insert happy lil sigh here!)

And, as always, Johnny always makes time for his fans - saying hello to some on the way to his car, and one lucky lady even got a kiss! Lucky random lady! Check out the smile on the one behind him too, who’s hand he’s holding in that picture! Think it’s too late to book a flight to Puerto Rico?!

Here’s some pictures of our boy down in Puerto Rico, where he’s filming the Rum Diary since April. Of course, he’ll be working double as it’s time to promote Public Enemies too, as it opens next month. And you know what that means - More Johnny! We absolutely can’t go wrong with that…

Did you know you can find the first draft of the script for The Rum Diary online? I didn’t until recently, but for those who are interested, click here. It is only the first draft, so who knows how many changes there have been made, but if you like being in the know, you can be.

In the meantime, enjoy the pictures of Johnny in Puerto Rico! I gotta say, I love those sunglasses…

Oooooh Johnny!

I’m so glad Public Enemies is about to open, as it means that the next weeks will be filled with more and more Depp - and really, wouldn’t couldn’t use more Johnny?! The new Vanity Fair hits the newstands on the 9th, and the preview of all the deliciousness is sprinked all over the internets. In the interview, Johnny talks about how he likes to unwind far from Hollywood, and be normal with his family - on his own island.

His own ISLAND, ya’ll.

Dep owns a 45 acre private Bohamian Island called “Little Hall’s pond Cay”. We’ve all seen his lovely yacht, the Vajoliroja, which Johnny uses to bring himself and his family to the island. “I don’t think I’d ever seen any place so pure and beautiful.” He likes to spend time there to decompress, and return to normalcy - “Escapism is survival to me.” There’s even a place where one can snorkal, called “heath’s Place” after Heath Ledger.

“Whenever I was getting frustrated about being ‘novelty boy’ and making movies, I told myself, Calm down. I can come down here and disappear. I spent the Christmas season here with Vanessa and the kids. You can feed hot dogs to the nurse sharks in the Exumas [the out islands of the Bahamas] – but it’s best to not swim when doing it.”

While on the island, Johnny gets to indulge in his other hobbies - reading, playing the guitar and painting. He even laughs as he admits “Money doesn’t buy you happiness. But it buys you a big enough yacht to sail right up to it.”

Amen Johnny! Now, I just need to win the lottery, or a visit to said island. It’s not too much to ask, right? See below for the rest of the photos!

It’s getting closer! July first can’t come fast enough for me, I’ll tell ya. Watching the trailers just makes me more excited to see the film. Sure, it’s not the big Terminator or Wolverine, or even Star Trek, but it’s Johnny freakin Depp, and he is more luscious than the rest!

Here’s the trailers!

Yeah, inorite? Whoo!

In other news, while Johnny is currently filming The Rum Diary down south, with The Lone Ranger coming up after that, as well as Pirates 4 - rumors are swirling that Martin Scorsese wants Johnny to play Frank Sinatra in an his upcoming biopic! There’s no confirmation, but sources say that they’re thrilled with Johnny’s performance in Public Enemies (…duh…) and they “very much” want to “stay in the Johnny Depp business.” Who wouldn’t?!

While Johnny proved he could carry a tune in Sweeny Todd, the Sinatra film would use Sinatra’s own recordings, thanks to a deal with Frank Sinatra Enterprises. It might be a nice change of pace, to see Johnny work with someone new… what do you think?

It’s nice to see all these things line up for our boy -but what does Johnny think about growing older? He wants to take the time later on to develop a nice…. beer belly. “I just want to become a traditional old man with a beer belly. I’d like to be sitting on the veranda of our place in France, just staring out over the lawns.”

Sounds just fine to me. If anyone can pull off a beer belly? I’m betting it’s Johnny!

Aaaaaah, we do love it when our boy Johnny is filming something! It means we actually get to SEE him, and not just slinking into a studio somewhere, but out in the open, doing what he does best - making the ladies swoon!

Johnny’s been down in Puerto Rico to film The Rum Diary, where he plays Paul Kemp, a freelance journalist who finds himself at a critical turning point in his life as he writes for a run-down newspaper in the Caribbean. It’s not due to hit the theaters until sometime in 2010, but in the meantime we get to see many a picture of Johnny greeting his fans around the studio.

Always gracious - he even made one poor lady cry by saying hello. He stood by her and gave her a hug until she calmed down a bit and all of the rest of us are incredibly jealous about it all! The shades he’s sporting seem to be a staple for the duration, as is the fact he’s clean shaven and looking as pretty as ever.

All together now - dreaaaaaaamy siiiiiiiiiiiigh!

In other news - Alice in Wonderland is in post production, and rumor has it that the shots of Johnny are certainly nothing to sneeze at! The waiting is the hard part though - March, 2010 is so far away!

At least we have Public Enemies coming up in July, and The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus will be out at last in September, and of course, the below pictures of our boy struttin’ his stuff. Enjoy!

Did you know that Johnny isn’t the only talented member of the Depp family? His half-brother, Daniel, has his first novel on the shelves of Amazon and other bookstores right now! It’s called “Loser’s Town” and is touted as a a thriller about a tough private eye named David Spandau, who’s hired by a rising young actor being blackmailed by the mob.

The reviews of the book are pretty good, averaging 4 stars out of five. His main character is compared to Andrew Dice Clay in the days he was good - before he was just vulgar. It’s said to be a snappy and edgy little gem, that leads to actual laughing out loud.

Sounds good to me! If you’re looking for a new book and love a gritty P.I. type read that’s an “Irreverent crime thriller” that “skewers he perpetual Hollywood movie machine” - pick it up today!