Johnny Depp announces 'new beginning' after award ceremony

Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment WriterOn its face, celebrating the year’s most popular films during the Academy Awards makes perfect sense — movies are a popular art, after all. But when the Academy announced that it would celebrate the Fan Favorite movies of 2021 with a Twitter poll, anyone who has spent roughly 15 minutes on Twitter could have predicted things would get weird.Narrator: “They got weird.”On Monday, the Academy announced 10 movies that made the cut for the #OscarsFanFavorite Leaderboard, selected via hashtags and submissions on an Academy website.

Video: Charli XCX interview (The Independent)Apartment buildings in Kiev damaged as Russian forces shell Ukraine capitalCyrano trailerJohnny Depp and Amber Heard arrive at the High Court as libel hearing continuesNEWS OF THE WEEK: Bob Saget's family reveals cause of deathElton John at UN peace concertUN reports says ban smackingCelebrity Mastermind contestant gets confused between Greta Thunberg and 'Sharron'Brit awards 2019: George Ezra wins British Solo MaleSam Hunt's pregnant wife files for divorceSuper Pumped: The Battle for Uber trailer 2022Classic children’s cartoon Arthur ends after 25 yearsBill Bailey and Oti Mabuse dance to 'Rapper's Delight' on StrictlyCharlie Sheen posts bizarre first TikTok videoKate Garraway gives heartbreaking update on Derek Draper's 'worrying' COVID-19 battleGlastonbury Festival in numbersSmallville star Kristen Kreuk reveals she hated ’gratuitous’ episodeThe star recently described her forthcoming collection as "the most pop" she's ever been. "I've just never committed, I suppose," Charli told Fader about the theme of her new record earlier this year. "Instead I've always made breakup songs or really emo love songs.

Paul Bettany has spoken out again about his private messages with Johnny Depp, which were made public as part of Depp‘s libel court case.

The exciting new trailer for “Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets Of Dumbledore ” has arrived and features faces both new and familiar to the wizarding world.

The exclusive Lanesborough hotel is the focal point of a new BBC factual entertainment show about some of the most opulent overnight stays in the UK. A single night in the 5* A list approved property can set you back almost £30,000, which is more than most Brits earn in a year.The hotel can be found Hyde Park in Knightsbridge, a stone's throw from Buckingham Palace, and is popular with the rich and famous looking for luxury in the capital.

Johnny Depp shared in court during the latter’s libel trial as “embarrassing”.Back in 2020, Depp sued The Sun newspaper over a column that referred to the actor as a “wife beater”.A series of texts between Bettany and Depp – who have starred in three films together – were read aloud in the trial, where they joked about “drowning” Depp’s ex-wife Amber Heard to prove she wasn’t a witch.One of the messages written by Bettany, sent in 2013, read: “I’m not sure we should burn Amber. She is delightful company and pleasing on the eye. We could of course do the English course of action and perform a drowning test.

Wyatte Grantham-Philips editorAmerican High has announced its inaugural American High Film Festival, a new film festival set to showcase films told through the lens of high school-aged characters. Filmmakers of all ages have been invited to submit their projects starting Wednesday.The American High Film Festival will take place at the production company’s flagship studio in Syracuse, N.Y.

Regina Spektor has announced her new album ‘Home, Before And After’ and shared the single ‘Becoming All Alone’ – you can hear the track below.The forthcoming LP, which will be her eighth studio album, is the follow-up to the US artist’s September 2016 album ‘Remember Us To Life’.Described in a press release as Spektor’s “most quintessentially ‘New York’ [record] in decades”, ‘Home, Before And After’ was recorded in upstate New York and produced by Spektor and John Congleton.‘Home, Before And After’ is set for release on June 24 via Warner. You can hear the record’s first single, ‘Becoming All Alone’, in the below lyric video.You can see the tracklist for Regina Spektor’s ‘Home, Before And After’ below, and pre-order the album here.01 ‘Becoming All Alone’02 ‘Up the Mountain’03 ‘One Man’s Prayer’04 ‘Raindrops’05 ‘SugarMan’06 ‘What Might Have Been’07 ‘Spacetime Fairytale’08 ‘Coin’09 ‘Loveology’10 ‘Through a Door’Spektor will perform tracks from ‘Home, Before And After’ during a special live show at New York’s Carnegie Hall in April, before a run of dates in Utah and Colorado in July.

“Museum of the Future” (MOTF) on the historically significant palindrome date, February 22, 2022 — and it’s being billed as the most high-tech and beauteous attraction in the country, if not the entire planet.Located next to the Emirates Towers on Sheikh Zayed Road, the museum signifies a peek into the world 50 years from now, exhibiting and predicting how next-generation solutions —  from artificial intelligence to augmented reality and identifying potential threats — can enhance and revolutionize humanity for the better. “It is an architectural and engineering marvel, confidently straddling the past and the future and applying advanced technology to traditional art forms,” United Arab Emirates officials said during the opening.

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Pirates of the Caribbean film, Salazar's Revenge (also marketed as Dead Men Tell No Tales), fans were excited to see what would happen next in the Disney franchise. A sly tease of a returning villain meant things were about to get even more interesting - but Johnny Depp was quickly cut from the series. Disney axed the star due to his ongoing court case with ex-wife Amber Heard, making it unlikely he would return - until now.

Ed Sheeran has announced details of some new warm up shows ahead of his UK and European tour later this year.Sheeran will play two gigs in Brighton, followed by five new London shows. Tickets are available here.Speaking about the new dates, Sheeran said: “I’m going to be doing some warm up shows for my tour in the next few weeks.“These are very low key shows where I get to try out all the new tunes before taking them into the stadiums.

Balkan Insight, Depp was award the honour for his “outstanding merits in public and cultural activities, especially in the field of film art and the promotion of the Republic of Serbia in the world”.Receiving the award, The Daily Mail reports that Depp said: “I truly, sincerely thank you, President Vucic, and this medal of merit, if I am given the honour to walk away with this, I thank you for being kind enough to bestow it upon me.”The publication went on to say that Depp explained he was “right now on the verge of a new life”, adding: “I like a re-beginning, and I would love for that beginning to start here.”The actor had labelled himself a victim of “cancel culture” last year after being dropped from a number of projects in light of losing his bid to overturn a libel case that concluded he assaulted his ex-wife Amber Heard.Meanwhile, a documentary series focusing on the relationship between Johnny Depp and Heard is currently in development at Discovery+.The two-part series, called Johnny Vs. Amber, will break down the couple’s marriage, divorce and consequent legal action against each other, from multiple viewpoints.“Through the tapes, home videos and text messages shown in court, these films give viewers a rare and important insight into a marriage that went tragically wrong, and to better understand the hugely important issue of domestic violence,” explained producer Nick Hornby, via Deadline.

Johnny Depp received Serbia’s Gold Medal of Merit during a ceremony honoring Serbian Statehood Day in Belgrade, Serbia on Tuesday (Feb. 15). The actor, who had a dramatic fall from grace after he lost a libel case against The Sun regarding allegations of abusing his ex-wife Amber Heard, was awarded the honor by Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić for “outstanding merits in public and cultural activities, especially in the field of film art and the promotion of the Republic of Serbia in the world,” per the website Balkan Insight.

EXCLUSIVE: Saban Films is continuing to expand its international footprint, having recently inked a deal with distribution partners in Switzerland and Benelux. The L.A.-based company has signed with WW Entertainment in Benelux (Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg) and Ascot Elite in Switzerland, which it will add to deals it already has in place in the UK and Ireland (Altitude), Germany and Austria (Splendid), France (ACE Entertainment), Spain (Key2Media), Scandinavia (Mis.Label) and Australia and New Zealand (Defiant Screen Entertainment).

Johnny Depp shows off his medal during Serbia’s Statehood Day celebration on Tuesday (February 15) in Belgrade, Serbia.