Depp left 4k dlr stip at a Chicago restaurant!

October 11th, 2009 LONDON - Ozzy Osbourne has said that he would like to see a film being made on his life with Johnny Depp playing him. The former Black Sabbath lead wants his autobiography 'I Am Ozzy' adapted into a film.

September 30th, 2009 JOHNNY DEPP has teamed up with British group BABYBIRD to record a track for their forthcoming album. The actor is a keen musician, playing the acoustic guitar in the 2000 movie Chocolat and showing off his skills on a solo album.

September 29th, 2009 JOHNNY DEPP once saved COURTNEY LOVE's life - he resuscitated the singer when she was close to dying. The former Hole frontwoman has endured a number of troubles over the years, including a lengthy battle with drugs.

September 12th, 2009 JOHNNY DEPP has confirmed he's sailing back to the PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN film franchise by appearing in character at Friday's (11Sep09) D23 Expo in Anaheim, California. The actor was welcomed onstage at the Anaheim Convention Center by Disney boss Dick Cook to help the executive announce plans for the fourth Pirates film, On Stranger Tides.

August 10th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Colin Farrell may step into the shoes of Johnny Depp, after the latter has reportedly pulled out of the movies based on Spanish literary hero Don Quixote. Director Terry Gilliam was said to have roped in Depp in 2000 to star in the project, originally entitled 'The Man Who Killed Don Quixote'.

August 6th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Actor Johnny Depp has walked out of director Terry Gilliam's movie about Spanish literary legend Don Quixote - after a series of disasters delayed the filming schedule by a decade. Gilliam had roped in Depp and Jean Rochefort to appear in the film back in 2000, and his attempts to make The Man Who Killed Don Quixote were chronicled by filmmakers Keith Fulton and Louis Pepe in 2002 movie Lost in La Mancha.

July 17th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Johnny Depp has said that he would love to portray singer/actress Carol Channing in a biopic. Depp has tried out unique roles in his entire film career, and even dressed up as a woman for his starring part in 1994 comedy Ed Wood, reports Contactmusic.

July 7th, 2009 LONDON - Johnny Depp has revealed that he shares a secret language with director Tim Burton. Depp, who has worked with Burton on a host of films including 'Edwards Scissorhands' and 'Sweeney Todd', reckons they can talk without anyone else on set understanding their conversation.

June 30th, 2009 LONDON - Johnny Depp won't be playing Michael Jackson if a movie about the King of Pop's life goes into production. Depp had been rumoured to have previously expressed interest in playing the tragic star on the big-screen, reports Sky News.

June 27th, 2009 LONDON - Hollywood superstar Johnny Depp says he is publicity shy and prefers to stay away from the public spotlight. "I can't think of myself in terms of celebrity.

June 24th, 2009 CHICAGO - Hollywood superstar Johnny Depp shocked restaurant staff in Chicago by leaving a mammoth tip of $4,000. The 46-year-old actor was celebrating the red carpet screening of his new movie "Public Enemies" with a group of friends including his co-star Marion Cotillard and the film's director Michael Mann at Gibsons Bar and Steakhouse when he left the exhorbitant gratuity for waiter Mohammed A.

June 18th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Johnny Depp has been named the dream celebrity camping companion in a new poll. The 'Pirates of the Caribbean' star's wild ways and rugged looks helped him make the celebrity most people would love to share a tent with at a rock festival.

June 13th, 2009 LONDON - Actor Johnny Depp is surely a dedicated actor so much so that he sometimes ends up in bed because of an illness. The Pirates Of the Caribbean star told Vanity Fair, "There is a period once you finish a guy - a character - when you're looking to go back to yourself and sometimes it can manifest in illness," reports The Daily Express.

June 4th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Johnny Depp has revealed that his role in new gangster movie 'Public Enemies' is a salute to his grandfather, who was a racketeer of the prohibition-era. Depp, who plays notorious 1920s criminal John Dillinger in the new film, insists that he took the role because he has grown up on tales of his own family's shady past.

June 2nd, 2009 WASHINGTON - Johnny Depp has named a beach on his 45-acre private Bahamian island after late Heath Ledger. The 'Pirates of the Caribbean' star has shown off his island, Little Hall's Pond Cay, which he calls his "decompression", in July's Vanity Fair.