Johnny Depp is pubilicity shy

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.

October 9th, 2009 OZZY OSBOURNE would love JOHNNY DEPP to play him in a film of his life. The shock rocker has just penned autobiography I Am Ozzy - and he'd eyeing the Pirates Of The Caribbean hunk as the perfect person to portray him if the book was ever transformed for the big screen.

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 21st, 2009 LONDON - Despite hating dance, Johnny Depp couldn't refuse director Terry Gilliam's request to shake his legs in new film The 'Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus'. "I think Johnny has to do the dancing (in the film) and he hates dancing," the Mirror quoted him as saying on the red carpet at the Toronto International Film Festival.

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.

July 1st, 2009 LONDON - 'Pirates of the Caribbean' star Johnny Depp was praised by everyone on the red carpet at Empire Leicester Square, where the premiere of his latest movie 'Public Enemies' took place. Depp, 46, who arrived early dressed in a black suit and shades, looking every inch the gangster that he's playing in the film, greeted waiting fans and signed autographs for nearly an hour.

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 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 9th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Johnny Depp has revealed that he loves feeding hot dogs to sharks while he unwinds on his private yacht in the Bahamas. The Pirates of the Caribbean actor and lover Vanessa Paradis, along with kids Lily Rose, 10, and Jack, seven, often turn to the paradise island of Little Hall's Pond Cay.

June 9th, 2009 LONDON - Acclaimed Hollywood actor Johnny Depp says he unwinds on his private tropical retreat in the Bahamas by feeding hotdogs to sharks. Depp and his partner Vanessa Paradis regularly visit Little Hall's Pond Cay island with their two children -- daughter Lily Rose (10) and son Jack (7), contactmusic.com reports.

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.