News Briefs
- The latest word on Lily-Rose’s condition is that e. coli is responsible for her recent illness, although that still hasn’t been confirmed by any official source to my knowledge. Reports do say, though, that production of Sweeney Todd will resume on Monday (March 26) — to me, that’s the best indication that she really is doing well.
In other news…
- The Columbus Dispatch offers a Q&A interview with Mira Nair, director for the upcoming film Shantaram. When asked about Johnny approaching her for the project, Nair said, “I was very honored and happy because it’s about time we deal with this continuum between East and West. It’s about time we get that right… I think Johnny embodies that East-West fluidity, and he’s very curious about the world.”
- Times of India offers another interview with Mira Nair, in which she discusses getting the call that she had been chosen as director for Shantaram. “I was amongst the few directors that Warner Bros and Johnny Depp’s company were talking to,” she said. “I had a five-hour long meeting with Depp, who told me he was blown away by Namesake. Then he called and said, ‘You’re mine.’” She also called Johnny a “very intelligent man” and said he knows he’ll fall in love with India when he begins filming the movie. “I know that once I go there, I’ll never want to go back, is what he says,” said Nair.
- The Venice Film Festival will honor Tim Burton this September with a Golden Lion Award for Lifetime Achievement. September 5th will be “Tim Burton Day” at the festival, which will reportedly feature a “series of surprise offerings” related to the director. Go, Tim! (I also like the choice of dates for “Tim Burton Day” — that happens to be my 20th wedding anniversary. *heh*)
- IndyStar.com offers a Q&A interview with Mike Wanchic, long-time guitarist and musical director for John Mellencamp. In it, he mentions a before-they-were-famous encounter with Johnny Depp: “When we were very young, making the ‘John Cougar’ record in Miami, Johnny Depp was a resident of Miami and a fledgling rock star, or so he thought. His mom would drop him by the studio in the evenings, and he would hang out with us. He was about 16 and he had a band called the Kidz. Johnny Depp had the same thing John Mellencamp had. It was a drive, a talent that was going to be realized — whether it was in music, acting or art. Somehow that was going to come through.”
- The Tribeca Film Festival will host the world premiere of a documentary called Brando during the sixth annual held April 25 - May 6, 2007 in New York. According to the site, the Turner Classic Movies film “about the complex life of Marlon Brando, is a compilation of intriguing never-before-seen footage and interviews with friends including Martin Scorsese, Johnny Depp and Al Pacino.” The film will make its television debut on Turner Classic Movies (TCM) May 1-2.
In other news…
- The Columbus Dispatch offers a Q&A interview with Mira Nair, director for the upcoming film Shantaram. When asked about Johnny approaching her for the project, Nair said, “I was very honored and happy because it’s about time we deal with this continuum between East and West. It’s about time we get that right… I think Johnny embodies that East-West fluidity, and he’s very curious about the world.”
- Times of India offers another interview with Mira Nair, in which she discusses getting the call that she had been chosen as director for Shantaram. “I was amongst the few directors that Warner Bros and Johnny Depp’s company were talking to,” she said. “I had a five-hour long meeting with Depp, who told me he was blown away by Namesake. Then he called and said, ‘You’re mine.’” She also called Johnny a “very intelligent man” and said he knows he’ll fall in love with India when he begins filming the movie. “I know that once I go there, I’ll never want to go back, is what he says,” said Nair.
- The Venice Film Festival will honor Tim Burton this September with a Golden Lion Award for Lifetime Achievement. September 5th will be “Tim Burton Day” at the festival, which will reportedly feature a “series of surprise offerings” related to the director. Go, Tim! (I also like the choice of dates for “Tim Burton Day” — that happens to be my 20th wedding anniversary. *heh*)
- IndyStar.com offers a Q&A interview with Mike Wanchic, long-time guitarist and musical director for John Mellencamp. In it, he mentions a before-they-were-famous encounter with Johnny Depp: “When we were very young, making the ‘John Cougar’ record in Miami, Johnny Depp was a resident of Miami and a fledgling rock star, or so he thought. His mom would drop him by the studio in the evenings, and he would hang out with us. He was about 16 and he had a band called the Kidz. Johnny Depp had the same thing John Mellencamp had. It was a drive, a talent that was going to be realized — whether it was in music, acting or art. Somehow that was going to come through.”
- The Tribeca Film Festival will host the world premiere of a documentary called Brando during the sixth annual held April 25 - May 6, 2007 in New York. According to the site, the Turner Classic Movies film “about the complex life of Marlon Brando, is a compilation of intriguing never-before-seen footage and interviews with friends including Martin Scorsese, Johnny Depp and Al Pacino.” The film will make its television debut on Turner Classic Movies (TCM) May 1-2.
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