Johnny Depp praised at premiere of ‘Public Enemies’

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.

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 8th, 2009 LONDON - Animated movie 'Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs' has topped the UK and Ireland box office after raking in 7.64 million pounds on its opening weekend. The third Ice Age film landed the top spot, pummelling gangster movie 'Public Enemies' into second place, reports the BBC.

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 2nd, 2009 LONDON - Hollywood actor Johnny Depp is finding similarities between himself and his character from his new movie "Public Enemies" because of the contrasting jobs he has done before becoming an actor. The "Pirates of the Caribbean" star worked as a mechanic, construction worker, in sewers and as a T-shirt printer before finding fame.

July 2nd, 2009 LONDON - Hollywood actor Johnny Depp is finding similarities between himself and his character from his new movie "Public Enemies" because of the contrasting jobs he has done before becoming an actor. The "Pirates of the Caribbean" star worked as a mechanic, construction worker, in sewers and as a T-shirt printer before finding fame.

June 30th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Hollywood star Johnny Depp has revealed that he and beauty Marion Cotillard spoke to each other in French on sets of 'Public Enemies' so that film's cast and crew members don't understand what they were talking about. He said: "We would sometimes speak French to each other on the set, especially when we didn't want anyone else to know what we were saying!" However, after a point of time the 33-year-old actress grew tired of speaking in her native language because she felt it was affecting her acting, reports The China Daily.

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 24th, 2009 WASHINGTON - 'The Dark Knight' star Christian Bale has earned himself praise from the family of the real life FBI agent he portrayed in his new movie 'Public Enemies'. Bale, 35, plays Agent Melvin Purvis, the man who tracked down legendary 1930s bank robber John Dillinger, who is portrayed by Johnny Depp in the movie.

June 24th, 2009 WASHINGTON - 'Pirates of the Caribbean' star Johnny Depp is said to have shocked staff at a Chicago restaurant when he left a huge tip of 4000 dollars. Depp, 46, was celebrating a 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.

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 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.