Johnny Depp's Wlly Wonka is 'Creepy' - Zap2it.com
Johnny Depp is playing his Willy Wonka in a darker, creepier way than has ever been seen on screen.
That's according to 11-year-old actress AnnaSophia Robb, who stars as Violet in the upcoming "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory," starring Depp and directed by Tim Burton.
"His character is very creepy from any other Willy Wonka you've seen," Robb tells Zap2it.com. "I'm not allowed to say very much about that movie."
Robb plays a very polite daughter of a preacher in "Because of Winn-Dixie," which is far different from the bratty Violet, who's one of the winners of the sweepstakes that delivers a group of kids to the mysterious candy factory. She says she often gets asked about what it's working like with Depp.
"He's such a normal guy, he treats everyone with the same amount of respect," she says. "He invites us to his trailer to make us feel more comfortable with him."
As for the eclectic director, she says, "Tim Burton is brilliant, he has so much imagination, it goes off the charts,"
"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" is expected to be released in July
Keira's Bum Choice - Daily Telegraph
Getting into shape for nude scenes is part of the job for most actresses.
Keira Knightley, however, simply had to point. The 19-year-old actress chose her very own "bottom double" for her latest movie, Domino.
Roberta Lorince, a 28-year-old Romanian dancer, was paid $1300 a day to double for Knightley in the nude scenes.
The former ballerina, who works in a Las Vegas nude revue, was chosen from a line-up of bottoms.
"We had an audition. I was in an office and women came in and stripped," Miss Knightley recalled.
Miss Knightley said she was well aware that her own rear view might not have made the grade.
March start for Pirates follow-ups
Shooting on the back-to-back sequels to 'Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl' will begin next month, reports MTV.Com. Speaking at the Sundance Film Festival, where she was promoting her new film 'The Jacket', star Keira Knightley said: "I don't know anything about the story. I hear a secret script has arrived in my flat, but I haven't read anything yet, no character breakdowns, no nothing." Joining Knightley, Johnny Depp and Orlando Bloom are '28 Days Later' star Naomie Harris and 'King Arthur' star Stellan Skarsgard. The first sequel is due in cinemas in the summer of 2006
Publicity Terrifies Knightley - IMBD
Kiera Knightley is so scared of all the media attention she attracts, she's considered quitting acting altogether. The Pirates Of The Caribbean actress has stopped reading newspapers and magazines to avoid confronting all the harmful rumors written about her. However, she has no choice but to carry on performing because she isn't qualified to do anything else. The sexy star says, "I don't read any magazines or newspapers any more, because I find it really scary and I get really scared when I'm followed by photographers. I have, on many occasions, broken down in tears because I find it terrifying. I dropped out of school when I was 16 so there's nothing else that I can do."
Bloom and Bosworth Blame Split on Work - IMDB
Orlando Bloom and Kate Bosworth have blamed their love split on their increasingly heavy work schedules. The screen stars spent two years together, but reports recently emerged that they had decided to go their separate ways, which their publicist has now confirmed. Representative Robin Baum tells People magazine, "They did decide to take some time apart due to their upcoming work schedule, and they remain very close. It was a mutual decision." Baum has declined to elaborate on when the split occurred, or the reasons, but the two were spotted together as recently as January 21 at Hollywood's Chateau Marmont hotel, where Bloom was staying during the Golden Globe Awards. Both Bosworth, 22, and Bloom, 28, have busy schedules ahead. Bosworth is in talks to play Lois Lane in director Bryan Singer's Superman Returns, and Bloom appears in Ridley Scott's epic Kingdom Of Heaven, which is due to be released in May.
Knightley Scared To Bare Bottom - IMBD
British beauty Keira Knightley is insecure about her body - and refuses to bear her naked bottom in front of the camera. The King Arthur screen siren recently filmed her first sex scenes in movie The Jacket, and she was anxious to have as few crew members on set as possible. The 19-year-old recalls telling a director, "You're not going to see my a*se! The top half is fine but the bottom half isn't. It's a girl thing. You know, it's just one of those things." Knightley jumped at the chance to star alongside Oscar-winner Adrien Brody in The Jacket because it was unlike any role she'd been offered before. She says, "When I read this script the character was different from anything I had played before and was just really, really exciting." Before her first sex scene, Knightley made special arrangements with director John Maybury: "It was kind of the first time I had done a nude thing. It was cool. It was only John, the cameraman and the focus-puller, so there were only three people."
Bloom "Ends Bosworth Romance" - IMDB
Troy hunk Orlando Bloom has ended his three-year romance with actress Kate Bosworth because they were spending too much time apart, pals claim. The sexy 28-year-old has been dating the Beyond The Sea beauty since they met on the set of a Gap ad in 2002. But Bloom allegedly separated from Bosworth after their recent holiday to Brazil, because their hectic filming schedules prevented them from having a stable relationship, reports British newspaper The Mail On Sunday. A close friend explains, "Orlando has said that's it all over between him and Kate and that's he's back in the dating game. It seems they were never together for longer than a week before one of them had to jet off to the other side of the world for film commitments. Kate's devastated by the split but the truth is Orlando has always been a bit of a ladies' man and thinks he's too young to settle down."