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“The only creatures that are evolved enough to convey pure love are dogs and infants.”

“I was ecstatic when they re-named ‘French Fries’ as ‘Freedom Fries.’ Grown men and women in positions of power in the U.S. government showing themselves as idiots.”

“America is dumb. It’s like a dumb puppy that has big teeth that can bite and hurt you, aggressive. My daughter is four, my boy is one. I’d like them to see America as a toy, a broken toy. Investigate it a little, check it out, get this feeling and then get out.”

“All the little films I’ve done that were perceived by Hollywood as these obscure, weird things, I always thought could appeal to a larger audience. I mean, box office is such a mystery to me that I can’t… you know… I have enough -trouble doing my own gig. ”

(When asked why he hides his box office good looks behind strange wigs, fake teeth, and girly squeals) “I think it’s an actor’s responsibility to change every time. Not only for himself and the people he’s working with, but for the audience. If you just go out and deliver the same dish every time…it’s meatloaf again…you’d get bored. I’d get bored.”

We had been shooting Charlie for about a month, and I was beginning to get nervous because there weren’t any phone calls. I called my agent and asked, Has no one called from the studio to complain or say, ‘Hey, what’s he doing?’ or ‘Hey, he’s freaking us out?’ And when she said no, I thought, ‘Christ, I’m not doing enough! Something’s wrong!’ Then some of the studio brass came over to the set, and they were sitting in my trailer and I was all decked out as Wonka with the little bangs. And I just had to know. So I said, ‘Okay, who was the first one, when you started seeing the dailies, that got a little worried?’ And there was this beautiful 30-second silence. And (Warner Bros. president) Alan Horn finally said, ‘Yeah, that was me.’ I felt better instantly.

On his character in the film Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003): “Captain Jack Sparrow is like a cross between Keith Richards and Pepe Le Pew.”

“I can remember when I finished ‘Edward Scissorhands,’ looking in the mirror as the girl was doing my make-up for the last time and thinking — it was like the 90th or 89th day of shooting — and I remember looking and going, ‘Wow, this is it. I’m saying goodbye to this guy, I’m saying goodbye to Edward Scissorhands.’ You know, it was kind of sad. But in fact, I think they’re all still somehow in there.”

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“With any part you play, there is a certain amount of yourself in it. There has to be, otherwise it’s just not acting. It’s lying.”

“The only gossip I’m interested in is things from the Weekly World News - ‘Woman’s bra bursts, 11 injured.’ That kind of thing.”

“I’m an old-fashioned guy… I want to be an old man with a beer belly sitting on a porch, looking at a lake or something.”

(On being an uncle) My sister Christi had a baby when I was 17, and I had just heard about crib death. The horrible thing was that it wasn’t understood. For some unknown reason the baby would stop breathing. So I would sneak into where the baby was sleeping and put my hand in her crib, hold her little finger, and I’d sleep on the floor like that. It was stupid, I’m sure. But I thought the warmth of my hand might help, that maybe if she felt my pulse it would remind her to breathe.

When asked by James Lipton on “Inside The Actor’s Studio” (1987) what attracts him to funny hats: “I don’t know, maybe I just read too much Dr. Seuss as a kid.”

After being asked if he is a romantic: “Am I a romantic? I’ve seen ‘Wuthering Heights’ ten times. I’m a romantic.”

“Taken in context, what I was saying was that, compared to Europe, America is a very young country and we are still growing as a nation. It is a shame that the metaphor I used was taken so radically out of context and slung about irresponsibly by the news media. There was no anti-American sentiment. In fact, it was just the opposite. I am an American. I love my country and have great hopes for it. It is for this reason that I speak candidly and sometimes critically about it. I have benefited greatly from the freedom that exists in my country and for this I am eternally grateful.”

“France and the whole of Europe have a great culture and an amazing history. Most important thing though is that people there know how to live! In America they’ve forgotten all about it. I’m afraid that the American culture is a disaster.”

Talking on the Sleepy Hollow (1999) set about what it was like being dragged behind a carriage in the woods: “I wasn’t afraid of getting hurt. I was just afraid that the horses may relieve themselves on the journey.”

“The character I’ve played, that I’ve responded to, there has been a lost-soul quality to them.”

“Sure, I find it touching, honestly, but awards are not as important to me as when I meet a 10-year-old kid who says, ‘I love Captain Jack Sparrow’ … That’s real magic for me.”

“The term ’serious actor’ is kind of an oxymoron, isn’t it? (Like) ‘Republican party’ (or) ‘airplane food.’”

“On a film you start to get closer and closer with the people you’re working with, and it becomes like this circus act or this travelling family.”

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So, this I’m glad to present you the new not dozen for the previous weekend, July 21-23.

1. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
Distribution: Buena Vista Pictures Distribution

Weekend Gross: $62,345,264
Gross To Date: $258,364,766
Last Week’s Rank: 1
Weeks In Release: 2
Number of Theaters: 4,133

2. Monster House
Distribution: Sony Pictures Releasing

Weekend Gross: $22,217,226

Gross To Date: $22,217,226
Last Week’s Rank: New
Weeks In Release: 1
Number of Theaters: 3,553

3. Lady in the Water
Distribution: Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution

Weekend Gross: $18,044,396

Gross To Date: $18,044,396
Last Week’s Rank: New
Weeks In Release:    1
Number of Theaters: 3,235

4. You, Me and Dupree
Distribution: Universal Pictures Distribution

Weekend Gross:    $12,767,590

Gross To Date: $45,299,080
Last Week’s Rank: 3
Weeks In Release:     2
Number of Theaters: 3,137

5. Little Man
Distribution: Sony Pictures Releasing

Weekend Gross:    $11,025,108

Gross To Date: $40,636,230
Last Week’s Rank: 2
Weeks In Release:     2
Number of Theaters: 2,537

6. Clerks II
Distribution: MGM Distribution Company, The Weinstein Company

Weekend Gross: $10,061,132

Gross To Date: $10,061,132
Last Week’s Rank: New
Weeks In Release:     1
Number of Theaters: 2,150

7. My Super Ex-Girlfriend
Distribution: 20th Century Fox Distribution

Weekend Gross:    $8,603,460

Gross To Date: $8,603,460
Last Week’s Rank: New
Weeks In Release:     1
Number of Theaters: 2,702
Theatre Avg: $3,184

8. Superman Returns
Distribution: Warner Bros. Pictures International, Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution

Weekend Gross: $7,375,213

Gross To Date: $178,342,711
Last Week’s Rank: 4
Weeks In Release: 4
Number of Theaters: 2,826

9. The Devil Wears Prada
Distribution: 20th Century Fox

Weekend Gross: $7,361,991

Gross To Date: $97,508,460
Last Week’s Rank: 5
Weeks In Release:     4
Number of Theaters: 2,248
Theatre Avg: $3,274

10. Cars
Distribution: Buena Vista Pictures Distribution, Buena Vista International

Weekend Gross: $4,947,198

Gross To Date: $229,485,636
Last Week’s Rank: 6
Weeks In Release:     7
Number of Theaters: 2,410

11. Click
Distribution: Sony Pictures Releasing International, Sony Pictures Releasing

Weekend Gross: $4,035,847

Gross To Date: $128,224,427
Last Week’s Rank: 7
Weeks In Release:     5
Number of Theaters: 2312

12. An Inconvenient Truth
Distribution: Paramount Vantage, United

Weekend Gross: $1,000,372

Gross To Date: $18,790,273
Last Week’s Rank: 12
Weeks In Release:     9
Number of Theaters: 440

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AlexSandra

If you want to know something really interesting and true about Jonny Depp, you shouldn’t read different variants of his biography or look for rumors in newspapers, you should to take a closer look at his personal quotes. They will show him as an ordinary person like you and I. I hope that his statements will help you to understand him better…

“Anything I’ve done up till 27 May, 1999 was kind of an illusion, existing without living. My daughter, the birth of my daughter, gave me life.”
“If you turn on the television and see the horrors that are happening to people in the world right now, I think there’s no better time to strive to have some kind of hope through imagination. I think it’s a time to close your eyes and try to make a change, or at least hope to make a change, or we’re going to explode.”

“I suppose nowadays it’s all a question of surgery, isn’t it? Of course the notion is beautiful, the idea of staying a boy and a child forever, and I think you can. I have known plenty of people who, in their later years, had the energy of children and the kind of curiosity and fascination with things like little children. I think we can keep that, and I think it’s important to keep that part of staying young. But I also think it’s great fun growing old.”

“On the money he makes: “You use your money to buy privacy because during most of your life you aren’t allowed to be normal.”

“I don’t pretend to be captain weird. I just do what I do.”
“I’m shy, paranoid, whatever word you want to use. I hate fame. I’ve done everything I can to avoid it.”

“When kids hit 1 year old, it’s like hanging out with a miniature drunk. You have to hold onto them. They bump into things. They laugh and cry. They urinate. They vomit.”

“This is a rumor-filled society and if people want to sit around and talk about whom I’ve dated, then I’d say they have a lot of spare time and should consider other topics… or masturbation.”

“One of the most incredible moments I’ve ever had was sitting in Vincent (Price)’s trailer… I was showing him this first-edition book I have of the complete works of Poe, with really amazing illustrations. Vincent was going nuts over the drawings, and he started talking about “The Tomb of Ligeia”. Then he closed the book and began to recite it to me in this beautiful voice, filling the room with huge sounds. Such passion! I looked in the book later, and it was verbatim. Word perfect. It was a great moment. I’ll never forget that.”

http://us.imdb.com

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AlexSandra

So, this weekend begins only tomorrow , that is why I would like to present you hot dozen for July, 14-16

1. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
Distribution: Buena Vista Pictures Distribution

Weekend Gross: $62,345,264

Gross To Date: $258,364,766
Last Week’s Rank: 1
Weeks In Release: 2
Number of Theaters: 4,133

2. Little Man
Distribution: Sony Pictures Releasing

Weekend Gross: $21,613,176

Gross To Date: $21,613,176
Last Week’s Rank: New
Weeks In Release: 1
Number of Theaters: 2,533

3. You, Me and Dupree
Distribution: Universal Pictures Distribution

Weekend Gross: $21,525,560

Gross To Date: $21,525,560
Last Week’s Rank: New
Weeks In Release: 1
Number of Theaters: 3,131

4. Superman Returns
Distribution: Warner Bros. Pictures International, Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution

Weekend Gross: $12,288,317

Gross To Date: $164,316,103
Last Week’s Rank: 2
Weeks In Release: 3
Number of Theaters: 3,765

5. The Devil Wears Prada
Distribution: 20th Century Fox

Weekend Gross: $10,386,386

Gross To Date: $83,490,860
Last Week’s Rank: 3
Weeks In Release: 3
Number of Theaters: 2,810

6. Cars
Distribution: Buena Vista Pictures Distribution, Buena Vista International

Weekend Gross: $7,840,985

Gross To Date: $220,001,446
Last Week’s Rank: 5
Weeks In Release: 6
Number of Theaters: 3,003

7. Click
Distribution: Sony Pictures Releasing International, Sony Pictures Releasing

Weekend Gross: $7,261,361

Gross To Date: $119,963,211
Last Week’s Rank: 4
Weeks In Release: 4
Number of Theaters: 3,296
Theatre Avg: $2,203

8. The Lake House
Distribution: Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution

Weekend Gross: $1,665,485

Gross To Date: $48,996,220
Last Week’s Rank: 7
Weeks In Release: 5
Number of Theaters: 1,710

9. Nacho Libre
Distribution: Paramount Pictures, United International Pictures

Weekend Gross: $1,615,331

Gross To Date: $77,233,137
Last Week’s Rank: 6
Weeks In Release: 5
Number of Theaters: 1,501

10. A Scanner Darkly
Distribution: Warner Independent Pictures

Weekend Gross: $1,266,427

Gross To Date: $1,868,905
Last Week’s Rank: 19
Weeks In Release: 2
Number of Theaters: 216

11. The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
Distribution: Universal Pictures Distribution, United International Pictures

Weekend Gross: $1,168,360

Gross To Date: $59,855,120
Last Week’s Rank: 8
Weeks In Release: 5
Number of Theaters: 1140

12. An Inconvenient Truth
Distribution: Paramount Vantage, United International Pictures

Weekend Gross: $1,165,480

Gross To Date: $17,033,435
Last Week’s Rank: 12
Weeks In Release: 8
Number of Theaters: 570
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AlexSandra

I’m glad to introduce you the new category “hot dozen”!!!
You will have the opportunity to see the best films of the weekend!

We all like different competitions, in sport and in live, because they can help us to pick out the best. The same in film industry! The main criterion in this top list will be gross box-office returns and I will present all the information in the following way:

The Name of the Film
Distribution:

(picture) – for the best 6 films only
Weekend Gross: …  (the money that film collected last weekend)

Gross To Date: … (all the money that film collected)
Last Week’s Rank: …
Weeks In Release: …
Number of Theaters: …

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AlexSandra

Today I’d like to speak about another side of celebrities’ life – about fans. Some people states, quite rightly, that fans make the stars, but others suggest that fans are a great problem for famous people. First of all it is necessary to define a word «fan». So, English dictionary defines it as “devotee of a pop star or athlete”.  So, it is a synonym of the word «an admirer». Thus, fans are sparks which light a new star on the sky of glory. A star cannot exist without his or her admirers, he or she gives them his or her talent, and only admirers can appreciate their stars. However it is possible, that some fervent fans are only problems for stars.

Also we know that when famous people such as actors, singers, comedians and rock stars give their opinions, many people listen. For example many famous people take part in the advertisement. But should we listen to their opinion? Really, we can often see well-known people on of TV’s screens in the advertisement, and they offer to buy these or those goods. Advertisers expect that the reputation of a star will help to bring the product to the public’s attention. But it does not mean, that stars offer only qualitative goods, which deserve our attention. In fact in this case, stars first of all are actors, and they only do their work.

In conclusion I’d like to add that some people often are not interested in the popularity, they simply aspire to achievement of their goals, and it can lead them to glory and popularity. It occurs because ambitious people put before themselves serious problems which performance can lead to changes in the society, and it may be cause of interest. And as for me I want to achieve something great in my life but not for being well known.
We know that people around judge us whether we want it or not. And that is why it is possible, that the recognition of society flatters our vanity, but it is so big responsibility to be the well-known person. And I think that people who want to be famous shouldn’t try to achieve popularity; they should aspire to do their best and then their popularity will come to them.

And what are your thoughts on this matter?

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AlexSandra

I’m not a philosopher, but sometimes I like to meditate on different things and write something like an essay. Today I would like to speak about fame. When we speak about films and actors we often use this word.

I wish to start with my answer to the question: “What people can be famous or notorious for?” I consider this question as a very difficult one, because we should mention a lot of fields, in which people can reveal themselves. I get the impression that these fields determine qualities that famous or notorious people usually posses. For example people, who have become famous in the sphere of science, are very clever, talented, educated and responsible, I must admit that fame is a serious responsibility for such people. And as for notorious people, I think it will be more illustrative to say about people, who have revealed themselves in the sphere of show business, because they usually posses almost opposite qualities: they are not obliged to be modest and to have genius brain and good manners. Especially it concerns to people which become famous for 15 minutes. I quite agree with the opinion, that the extravagant behavior of such people can draw the attention of great amount of people, but only for little time. . But I must say that there are some fitches as persistence, purposefulness and bravery, which are typical, both for famous and notorious people.

And now I’m going to define how people can become famous. Some people suggest that when people succeed that is because of hard work; luck has nothing to do with success. In order to comment this suggestion I’d like to say two more statements. The first: «Life is a sequence of accidents; therefore people are only victims of Her Majesty of Destiny» and the second: «A person is the smith of his happiness». As for me I can agree completely with none of these statements. I think that the person himself chooses his road to the future, but he should make this choice at right time and in a right place. And only then he will be able to achieve success in his life. It means that hard work plus good luck is the formula of our success. For example one of the richest people in the world Bill Gates proposed his new computer program and achieved success not only due to his original idea but also because of suitable situation on the software market.

I also would like to speak about different disputable questions that connected with the life of celebrities. First of all it’s their high wages. In fact, some famous athletes and entertainers earn millions of dollars every year. Some people maintain that that it’s unfairly, but others say that entertainers such as actors, singers and comedians contribute as much to society as professionals such as doctors, engineers and teachers do. Economics states, quite rightly, that people of the certain profession receive this or that sum of money not because of they deserve it from the moral point of view, but because of their work was appreciated by this sum. So, from the point of view of economics, these people quite deserve their high wages. However as for the moral aspect of this question, I suppose that, it would be unfair to speak, that stars have no rights to earn such sums. When we speak about the salary of actors, singers and comedians, we should notice, that they receive so much money because their work is important for society. It is possible, that certain actor, singer or comedian does not represent big value for each of us as our family doctor, for example. However the same actor, singer or comedian “serves” thousand people while our doctor is able to work only with several families. No doubt that stars influence emotions of thousands of people of over the globe and deprive themselves the right of private life (by the way, to my mind, it’s one of the most significant cons of these professions ). And that is why it seems to me that such high salaries completely justified to the contributions.

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There are a lot of sites, devoted to Johnny Depp, where you can find a lot of facts about him. The most interesting if them I collected for you. In my previous post you can see some facts about his tattoos and other things, and today I would like to continue…

 
Films…
- He wanted some of his teeth to be gold-capped for “Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl” (2003) but knew that the directors would never agree, so he went out and got lots more than he wanted capped, pretending that he wanted all his teeth capped to negotiate with the directors. He then showed the directors, and they decided to make him give up a few, so he got some taken off.

- Shot all of his scenes in 9 days for “Once Upon a Time in Mexico” (2003), but after his filming was done he didn’t want to leave. So he suggested to Robert Rodriguez that he play a small part, the priest that Antonio Banderas talks to in the church, and use his Marlon Brando impression.

- Has been in six films in which the title contains the name of the character he plays:
1. “Edward Scissorhands” (1990),
2. “Cry-Baby” (1990),
3. “What’s Eating Gilbert Grape” (1993),
4. “Ed Wood” (1994),
5. “Don Juan DeMarco” (1995),
6. “Donnie Brasco” (1997).

- Based the character of Captain Jack Sparrow on rock legend Keith Richards.

- Has portrayed a real-life character in seven films:
1. Edward D. Wood Jr. (”Ed Wood” (1994)),
2. Lt. Victor/Pon Pon (”Before Night Falls” (2000)),
3. Hunter S. Thompson (”Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas” (1998),
4. Insp. Fred Abberline (”From Hell” (2001)),
5. Joseph Pistone/Donnie Brasco (”Donnie Brasco” (1997)),
6. George Jung (”Blow” (2001))
7. J.M. Barrie (”Finding Neverland” (2004)).

Acknowledgement…
- Received a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on 19 November 1999. Tim Burton and Martin Landau were guest speakers.

- Ranked #4 in TV Guide’s list of TV’s 25 Greatest Teen Idols (23 January 2005 issue).

- He was voted the 47th Greatest Movie Star of all time by Premiere Magazine.

- In 2004, Renée Zellweger accepted the Screen Actors Guild Award for “Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role” on his behalf, because he wasn’t present at the awards ceremony

- Is the only actor to be nominated for the Oscar in the Lead Actor category in a Disney film (Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003))

- Although unable to attend, he was awarded the Gary Cooper Spirit of Montana Award at the 2005 HatcH audiovisual festival in Bozeman, Montana. HatcH honored Depp for his outstanding career and his role as a mentor and inspiration to young and aspiring artists.

- Was voted the Second Greatest Actor (behind Marlon Brando) in British Channel Channel 4’s Greatest Actor Poll.

- His performance as Edward Scissorhands in Edward Scissorhands (1990) is ranked #22 on Premiere Magazine’s 100 Greatest Performances of All Time (2006).

- His performance as Captain Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) is ranked #79 on Premiere Magazine’s 100 Greatest Performances of All Time (2006).

- Ranked #18 on Premiere’s 2006 “Power 50″ list. Had ranked #23 in 2005.

Passion…
- Is a huge fan of Jack the Ripper.

- A movie buff (with a somewhat encyclopedic knowledge of older films), he admits he watches few movies any more, other than the children’s films that his “kiddies” prefer. He also enjoys most of them.

- Loves watching animated films with his daughter such as Shrek (2001) and Finding Nemo (2003).

- Great admirer of Marlon Brando.

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory…
- When he was cast as Willy Wonka, many newspapers published headings about “Depp’s Willy” and “Deppy’s Willy is a Bit Wonkier.”

- As a child, he was allergic to chocolate.

- Was listed as a potential nominee on the 2006 Razzie Award nominating ballot. He was suggested in the Worst Actor category for his performance in the film “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” (2005), however, he failed to receive a nomination.

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AlexSandra

All the information was written according to the following sources, where you can read about Johnny Depp in more details:  (more…)

There are a lot of sites, devoted to Johnny Depp, where you can find a lot of facts about him. The most interesting if them I collected for you…

Music…
- Was the guitarist in a band called “The Kids”.

- Has twice recorded with British band Oasis. Most notably, he plays lead slide guitar on the track “Fade In-Out”, from the 1997 album “Be Here Now”. Noel Gallagher, Oasis’s lead guitarist, was allegedly too drunk to perform it himself, so celebrity pal Depp stepped in and nailed the lead on one take.

- According to the liner notes for the soundtrack CD of “Once Upon a Time in Mexico” (2003), he wrote his own theme music, the music for Sands (Track 9 on the CD).

- He also played slide for an acoustic recording of “Fade Away”, recorded in 1995 for the “War Child: Help” album.

- Ranked #1 in the “Best Hollywood Signers 2006″ list by “Autograph Collector” magazine (May 2006).

Tattoo…
- Got his “Betty Sue” tattoo May 31, 1988.

- When engaged to Winona Ryder, he had “Winona forever” tattooed on his arm. After the broke up, he removed it to simply say “Wino forever!” poor Winona…

- Sports his son’s name, Jack, tattooed on his arm and a beaded bracelet made by his daughter Lily Rose.

Pets…
- Adopted Goldeneye, the one-eyed Andalusian horse who played Gunpowder, Ichabod Crane’s steed in “Sleepy Hollow” (1999), thereby saving him from the glue factory.

Business…
- With Chuck E. Weiss, Depp paid a reported $350,000 for the Central Nightclub in Los Angeles, California, and turned it into the Viper Room at 8852 Sunset Blvd.. Other stars in contention to buy the club in 1993 included Arnold Schwarzenegger and, separately, Frank Stallone.

- Before Depp turned it into The Viper Room, the building in which the club is housed was owned by famous gangster Bugsy Siegel.

- Co-owns a restaurant/club in Paris called Man Ray (named after avant-garde artist Man Ray) with Sean Penn and John Malkovich. The restaurant is located in a renovated theater and serves Tibetan cuisine.

- His ownership of the Viper room ended in 2004, he signed it over to Amanda Fox, the daughter of his missing partner in the club, Anthony Fox.

TV…
- Lists British comedy “The Fast Show” (1994) - renamed “Brilliant” for US television - as his favorite TV program of all time. He used to take tapes of the series on tour with him to keep him amused. Made a guest appearance in the last-ever sketch in its last-ever episode.

Books…
- Wrote the foreword to Mark Salisbury’s biography of Tim Burton, “Burton on Burton.” He credits Burton’s belief in him for rescuing him from being “a loser, an outcast, just another piece of expendable Hollywood meat.”

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AlexSandra

All the information was written according to the following sources, where you can read about Johnny Depp in more details: (more…)