Johnny Depp & Amber Heard’s $100M Legal War Calls James Franco, Paul Bettany, Elon Musk, Disney & Warner Bros Reps As Witnesses At Trial; Jason Momoa & Bryan Lourd Emails Added To Court Docket

lost his libel trial against the Sun last summer, having sued the London paper for calling him a “wife beater” in a 2018 article. He said the charge was a lie and accused his “sociopathic” ex-wife of all the violence in their marriage. (During the London trial, Heard claimed that Depp was always the aggressor and any response from her was to defend herself.)“Johnny’s team had a certain strategy in going to the UK to sue the Sun,” a source close to Heard’s team told The Post.

In a parallel universe, we might have been talking about this controversial joke instead of the Will Smith slap all last week!

Johnny Depp was accused of being a "wife-beater" to his ex-wife Amber Heard by a British publication back in 2018. The court case went to trial in 2020, where the claims were deemed "substantially true". Since then, the Pirates of the Caribbean star has been shunned from the film industry while he works through a continuing defamation case.

Even while many are saying the Oscars are on "life support," the 94th Annual Academy Awards was not short of controversy and the internet was set ablaze a few times during the ceremony.  Before the show aired at its rightful place, the famed Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California, the 2022 Oscars faced backlash after the Academy announced its plans to eliminate eight of its honors in an effort to streamline the floundering telecast.Those eight awards would be presented off-air. The 94th Annual Academy Awards are facing backlash.  When the award show finally kicked off, some memorable moments had viewers reconsidering the Oscars as Hollywood's biggest night.

Johnny Depp, 58, is getting ready to face off in court against his ex-wife, Amber Heard, 35 — who he’s suing for $50 million in a defamation lawsuit that claims that Amber “destroyed” his career by penning an article in The Washington Post in 2018 about being a survivor of “sexual violence.” In court documents obtained by HollywoodLife, the jilted exes listed in their Exhibit List a text message conversation from 2013 between Johnny and his friend, actor Paul Bettany, 50. In the texts, the two actors discuss “drowning” Amber to ensure that she is “not a witch” — and their private messages are now set to be read out loud during the trial. The trial set to begin on April 11, 2022, in Fairfax County, Virginia.

Johnny Depp has suffered a loss ahead of the long-delayed trial for his libel lawsuit against ex-wife Amber Heard and this loss has set up a defense strategy for her legal team.

Johnny Depp’s ex-wife, Amber Heard, can argue to a jury that she should be protected from a libel lawsuit because her 2018 op-ed on domestic violence deals with a matter of public interest, a judge ruled Thursday.

Less than a month before the long delayed trial in Johnny Depp’s multimillion defamation lawsuit against Amber Heard is set to start, the former Pirates of the Caribbean star took a hit today in his efforts to hobble his ex-wife’s defense and $100 million countersuit.

FAIRFAX, Va. -- Johnny Depp’s ex-wife, Amber Heard, can argue to a jury that she should be protected from a libel lawsuit because her 2018 op-ed on domestic violence deals with a matter of public interest, a judge ruled Thursday.Depp sued Heard for libel in Virginia after The Washington Post published her opinion piece.

Johnny Depp, 58, and his ex-wife, Amber Heard, 35, are getting ready to duke it out in court again, over a $50 million defamation lawsuit filed by Johnny against Amber in March 2019. According to court documents obtained by HollywoodLife, the upcoming showdown, which is taking place in a Fairfax County, Virginia, courtroom, will include communication that took place between the two and various celebrities, including Aquaman actor, Jason Momoa, 42, and Harry Potter author, J.K. Rowling, 56.

Prime Video just revealed when fans can expect to see “A Very British Scandal”.

2018’s “A Very English Scandal,” based on the 2016 book of the same name by John Preston, ended up a critical darling for BBC with lots of overseas appeal. Now, Blueprint Pictures is back for a new iteration of the miniseries, “A Very British Scandal,” with an all-new serial ripped straight from the British tabloids.

comes another nonfiction series,, which will chronicle the notorious 1963 divorce between the Duke and Duchess of Argyll. Written by Sarah Phelps and directed by Anne Sewitsky, the sensational series stars Paul Bettany as Ian Campbell and Claire Foy as Margaret Campbell, the couple at the center of one of the most extraordinary and brutal legal cases of the time. Ahead of its April 18 premiere, Prime Video has released the first official trailer and images, giving audiences a look at the social and political scandal that included accusations of bribery, drugs, secret recordings, theft and violence.

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Johnny Depp and Amber Heard’s upcoming defamation trial.The long-delayed trial begins next month, with Marvel star Paul Bettany joining Franco and Musk as a witness. Representatives from the Walt Disney company and Warner Bros will also testify.According to Deadline, Franco and Musk are being brought in to testify on behalf of Heard after Depp accused them both of having an affair with his ex-wife.In 2019, Depp launched a defamation lawsuit against Heard, after she wrote a 2018 article in The Washington Post claiming she was a victim of domestic abuse.Depp and Heard will testify in person, per Bloomberg.

Johnny Depp “overrated” in his memoir. Watch the interview below.In his book released last year, titled Putting The Rabbit In The Hat, the Succession actor described Depp as “so overblown” and “so overrated”.A passage from the book read: “I mean, Edward Scissorhands. Let’s face it, if you come on with hands like that and pale, scarred-face make-up, you don’t have to do anything.