‘Minamata’ With Johnny Depp Gets Long Delayed Theatrical Release

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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.

In a move that was expected to happen, Universal has announced that they’re halting their theatrical releases in Russia given the country’s invasion of Ukraine.

Disney is taking their own stand against Russia as the invasion of Ukraine continues.

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.

Hollywood hasn’t been the most bullish about taking an action that would dent its bottom line, but Disney today has taken the bold move of pulling its theatrical releases from Russia temporarily in response to the country’s invasion of Ukraine.

Ellise Shafer The Walt Disney Company announced on Monday that they will be pausing all theatrical releases in Russia, including that of “Turning Red,” which premieres March 11.“Given the unprovoked invasion of Ukraine and the tragic humanitarian crisis, we are pausing the release of theatrical films in Russia, including the upcoming ‘Turning Red’ from Pixar,” a company spokesperson said in a statement. “We will make future business decisions based on the evolving situation.

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.

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Dave Grohl has said that he hopes to release a full album of new thrash metal music by next week.The Foo Fighters frontman was speaking ahead of the release of the band’s supernatural horror comedy film Studio 666, which is set to arrive on February 25.Earlier this week a track by the fictional band Dream Widow, which features on the Studio 666 soundtrack, was released, and Grohl has now revealed that more new music is on the way.Speaking on The Howard Stern Show this week, Grohl explained more about how the film’s soundtrack connects with its premise, which sees the Foos setting up to record their tenth album in a haunted mansion.“I wind up finding this creepy basement. And I go into the basement, I find this tape by a band [Dream Widow] from 25 years ago that recorded there,” Grohl said.

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.

Amber Heard looked every inch the doting mother as she shared a rare snap with her "mini-me" baby daughter Oonagh. In July of last year, the American actress announced she'd had a baby via surrogate in April and since then has only shared a few snaps of the adorable youngster. And talking to her Instagram platform, the 35 year old unveiled a new snap of her cradling her ten month old daughter while playing with her short blonde locks.

Johnny Depp's most recent performances have included him taking on some notable projects. In Minamata he retold the story of an injustice against a Japanese community. In Waiting for Barbarians he played a cruel Colonel battling against indigenous people in an unnamed empire.

This may be the most disturbing chapter yet in the public falling out between Alice Evans and Ioan Gruffudd.

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.

Ethan Shanfeld The world’s favorite K-pop band will grace the big screen in theaters worldwide on March 12, with the release of new concert film “BTS Permission to Dance on Stage – Seoul: Live Viewing.”The event marks the first live worldwide cinema broadcast of a concert from South Korea. With a three-hour run time, “Permission to Dance on Stage” features BTS’ greatest hit songs from across their catalog.Tickets for the concert event are on sale in North and South America, Europe and Oceania on Feb.

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.