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From Yahoo News UK
Deep film breaks Disney DVD record
The Press Association Monday November 27, 03:22 PM
Deep film breaks Disney DVD record
Pirates Of The Caribbean is Disney's fastest selling DVD ever in the UK.
Nearly 1.5 million copies of Dead Man's Chest sold in a single week, figures from the British Video Association show.
The Johnny Depp film became the fastest selling DVD ever at Sainsbury's within 48 hours of going on sale on November 20.
Disney said high demand meant it had been forced to order in a million extra copies for the UK.
The company's marketing director Brian Winsor said: "With the film doing so well at the box office we always hoped the DVD would prove popular. It seems as though the appeal of Jack Sparrow and his shipmates goes on."
Disney expects the DVD to sell up to three million copies by the end of the year if demand continues at the current level.
The British Video Association is an industry body which tracks the sales of film releases across all major retailers.
Disney did not release the latest Pirates of the Caribbean film on video.
Its sales figures are its highest for DVD but do not eclipse the combined
video and DVD sales of some previous blockbuster movies, a spokesman said.
From the Mirror UK
22 November 2006
Big movies for BBC1 on Christmas Day will be Monsters Inc and Johnny Depp in Pirates of the Caribbean.
From Yahoo News
Funds for Children's Hospice Coalition
(excerpt)
Monday November 20, 7:05 am ET
Auction begins on eBay Dec. 4-14, 06 with Items from Johnny Depp, George Clooney, Mandy Moore, Tom Hanks, and others
Benefit Auction Hosted by OurStory.com and Kompolt
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Melissa Gilbert, board president of the Children's Hospice Coalition is leading a celebrity effort to donate items for a charity auction on eBay through eBay Giving Works. Proceeds from the auction will benefit Children's Hospice and its efforts to improve care for children with life-threatening conditions. Working in conjunction with OurStory.com, the official story keeper of Children's Hospice, and Kompolt, the online auction agency, Ms. Gilbert is asking her fellow actors, directors, producers and friends to donate items for the charity auction. Some of the celebrities participating are Johnny Depp, George Clooney, Tom Hanks, Peter Max, Jennifer Garner, Mandy Moore, Mike Farrell, Cindy Crawford, and others.
To view the current list of charity auction items and to learn more
about the auction, please visit: http://www.ebay.com/childrenshospice.
The auction begins on eBay on Dec. 4 and continues until Dec. 14, 2006.
100 percent of all proceeds go directly to the Children's Hospice Coalition.
Posted by CStephens at Mousepad
One bit of very interesting news came out at the Olszewski Disneyland miniatures release today.
March 18, 2007 marks the 40th anniversary of Pirates of the Caribbean at Disneyland, and there is apparently a special event planned in conjunction with the anniversary. There is no information available about what the event will include, what the pricing will be, or when tickets will go on sale. However, Olszewski Studios has been commissioned to create some merchandise pieces for the event.
So, keep an eye on DisneyGallery.com for more information.
From the BBC
Disney offers club 'grand a goal'
Johnny Depp in Pirates of the Caribbean
The Robins will take the name of Johnny's Depp's character
Cheltenham Town Football Club's cash difficulties could be eased slightly with a one-off sponsorship deal offered by Disney.
The team launching the new Pirates of the Caribbean II DVD is to give The Robins an undisclosed four-figure sum. As an added incentive, the club will get "a grand a goal" at Tuesday's FA Cup clash against Scunthorpe. During the game, The Robins will become The Sparrows in honour of the film's main character, Captain Jack Sparrow. It is believed to be entertainment group's first football sponsorship.
Incentive
Ryan Virgo from Disney said: "We don't want to put too much pressure on the lads, but we're hoping they will end up costing us a few thousand pounds on the night. "We've never carried out any kind of football sponsorship previously, but when we heard about Cheltenham's search for a striker we felt it was right." The team will also be offered another £1,000 for every save against Scunthorpe.
Cheltenham Town assistant manager Keith Downing added: "We've had a
tough season and a win against Scunthorpe will certainly give us a massive
lift. "The support from The Pirates of the Caribbean is fantastic
- not that we needed any further incentive for getting a result on Tuesday."
From the Norwalk Advocate
(excerpt)
Target Backs Off in Online Movies Feud
By GARY GENTILE
AP Business Writer
Published November 17 2006, 7:32 PM EST
LOS ANGELES -- Discount retailer Target backed off plans to pull in-store promotions of products from Walt Disney after Disney threatened not to ship DVDs of hit movie "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest," a person familiar with the situation said Friday.
The companies are at odds over The Walt Disney Co.'s decision to sell movies online through Apple Computer Co.'s iTunes store for less than it charges Target and other retailers.
The dispute is part of a feud between a number of major retailers and Hollywood studios over online movie sales.
Target Corp. stores had removed signs promoting the DVD of the Disney-Pixar animated film "Cars" and other Disney products, according to a person familiar with the situation who was not authorized to speak for either company.
The two sides are discussing their differences after resolving the standoff,
the person said.
Several people have written to say Johnny was voted #5 in People Magazine's "Sexiest Man Alive" poll. He is still in the running for the People's Choice Awards, so please continue to vote.
From Kris - there's a Live eBay Auction for some of Johnny's costumes and props from "Chocolat" found HERE
Johnny has made it into the newest Guinness Book of Records as the "Most Powerful Male Actor." Way to go, Johnny!
"Gonzo" is a 'limited edition'boxed book set (See it here) starting at $300. It is written by " Hunter S. Thompson, Johnny Depp (Foreword), Steve Crist (Editor)
Gone Gonzo
Chronicling Hunter’s Escapades
Hunter Thompson was an inventive guy, and the most remarkable of all his inventions was Dr. Hunter S. Thompson, the character he played in life. Just because it was a role did not mean it was fake. The more he played and perfected it, the more real it became. But every now and then, when the friends in his kitchen in Woody Creek, Colorado, stopped goading him to be more gonzo, you could talk to him in a softer way and he would, for a moment, become earnest and appear (yes, really) even innocent.
Now comes Gonzo (Ammo), a book that gives a soulful glimpse of a younger Hunter Thompson looking beautiful and, despite his best efforts and evil glints, still exuding a few intimations of innocence. It’s a luxuriously crafted visual biography, published as a $300 limited edition with an introduction by Johnny Depp, that is filled with pictures by and of the good doctor, typescripts edited with his distinctive scrawl, mementos, and memento mori.
One night he came to Time magazine, with Depp in tow, to hand-deliver
a story he had written. He had an ability to use commas so deftly that
his pieces begged to be read aloud, so Depp read it for a small audience
while Thompson consumed substances and played air drums to the rhythm of
his prose. It turned into a little celebration, weird but sweetly charming.
Depp and Thompson have done just the same with this book, a celebration
of a weird, sweetly charming life.
From the Daily Record
(excerpt)
10 November 2006
HE'S HOLY ROWLING
Vicar's terrifying kids' books have knocked Harry Potter author off best-seller charts
By Lisa Adams
A VICAR has struck fear into the hearts of millions of youngsters across the world. The Rev Graham Taylor has made a fortune out of writing scary children's books which have been translated into 46 languages and have even knocked JK Rowling off the New York Times best-seller list.
Hollywood movie moguls snapped up the rights to his terrifying story Shadowmancer for a cool £2.5million after it stayed at No.1 in the British book charts for 15 weeks.
Now Universal Pictures are making the black magic blockbuster and have lined up heart-throb Johnny Depp to play the lead.
Graham, 48, said: "The scripts are with Johnny right now. We're hoping he'll love the story and really want to be a part of it."
Depp would play Obadiah Demurral, a wicked sorcerer who vows to take over the world in the fantasy movie, due to start shooting next year.
His fearsome character has dark powers which allow him to communicate with the dead.
The idea for the evil Demurral took shape in Graham's home at Cloughton, near Scarborough, Yorkshire.
"My study overlooked a graveyard," he said. "So typing the book in the middle of the night surrounded by graves, you couldn't fail to be scared. Shadowmancer was my baby and I sweated blood over that book.
"I pictured Obadiah as a tall, thin man with long grey hair and a very rugged, handsome appearance. He was someone who looked holy on the outside, but was corrupted on the inside by money and power."
But all that hard work was definitely worth it. The vicar, who writes under the name of GP Taylor, has signed a nine-book deal with publishing giant Faber.
And the father of three claims his bad guys are scarier than any you'd find in Hogwarts.
"My villain, if he had got to grips with Harry Potter, would have beaten him," he said.
Graham, who recently quit his parish because of a heart condition, is keen for Michael Caine to play an angel in Shadowmancer.
"He's a force for good, but a cranky angel," said Taylor. "We need someone who is quirky, a little different and with an excellent comic edge."
Sean Bean has been approached to play the mysterious smuggler Jacob
Crane, who helps thwart the sorcerer's evil plans.
From Reuters
Johnny Depp plunders People's Choice nominations
By Steve Gorman Tue Nov 7, 10:12 PM ET
(excerpt)
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Pirates of the Caribbean" star
Johnny Depp, Hollywood's top-grossing leading man this year, led the
field of People's Choice Award contenders announced on Tuesday as he snatched
up three nominations.
Depp, the flamboyant buccaneer Jack Sparrow in "Pirates of the Caribbean:
Dead Man's Chest," was nominated as favorite male movie star, along with
Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington, and clinched a separate bid as best male
action star, competing in that category with Samuel L. Jackson and
Jet Li.
Depp, 43, voted favorite male star last year, shared a third nomination with "Pirates" co-star Keira Knightley in the category for favorite on-screen match-up.
"Dead Man's Chest" ranks as the highest-grossing film of 2006, raking in nearly $422 million domestically and more than $1 billion worldwide in theatrical ticket sales.
The film was a sequel to 2003's "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl," which earned Depp his first Oscar nomination for his Jack Sparrow performance, one of the signature roles of his career.
Unlike the
Oscars and other entertainment awards in which nominees and winners
are chosen by industry peers, the People's Choice Awards are determined
by the public. In previous years, polling for the awards was conducted
by the Gallup Organization.
This year and last, Web-based market research group Knowledge Networks recruited a sample of "pop culture-involved" men and women to nominate their favorites from pre-selected candidates in various categories.
The top three selections for each category became nominees, and the
winners will be chosen by a majority of online votes cast at the Web site
www.pcavote.com. The 33rd Annual People's Choice Awards will be presented
on January 9 in a nationally televised ceremony.
From USA Today
Lifeline: Quick hits
Posted 11/8/2006 12:01 AM ET
By Jim Cheng, USA TODAY
Basic black is dress code for Cash video
An all-star list of 36 black-clad artists pays tribute to the late Johnny
Cash in the video for God's Gonna Cut You Down, the first from Cash's American
V: A Hundred Highways. Those appearing include Iggy Pop, Bono, Justin Timberlake,
Jay-Z, Keith Richards, Johnny Depp and the Dixie Chicks. CMT, MTV
and VH1 will host the premiere of the video Thursday during CMT Top 20
Countdown. The video will air across the networks' multiple platforms and
be repeated during the day.
From the Daily Record
4 November 2006
INTERNET TOP OF 'COOL' LIST
THE internet is the coolest thing of all time, a survey claims.
A quarter of 2500 people polled by iwantoneofthose.com named it ahead of plasma TVs, iPods, mobile phones, the Mini Cooper and even Elvis.
Actors Johnny Depp and Samuel L Jackson were the next highest-ranked people on the list.
Most uncool item was the shellsuit.
Racing pundit John McCririck was most uncool person, followed by Pete
Doherty and Tony Blair.
World Record holding Grossing Films
1 Titanic Par. $1,845.0 $600.8 32.6% $1,244.2 67.4% 1997
2 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King NL $1,118.9 $377.0 33.7% $741.9 66.3% 2003
3 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest BV $1,060.9 $421.4 39.7% $639.5 60.3% 2006
4 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone WB $976.5 $317.6 32.5% $658.9 67.5% 2001
5 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers NL $926.3 $341.8 36.9% $584.5 63.1% 2002
26Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl BV $653.9 $305.4 46.7% $348.5 53.3% 2003
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