Did You Know...

TRENDS

Tim Burton prefers to cast blondes

(even sometimes having brunette actresses wear wigs)

Kim Basinger in "Batman"

Winona Ryder in "Edward Scissorhands"

Michelle Pfeiffer in "Batman Returns"

Patricia Arquette in "Ed Wood"

Lisa Marie in "Mars Attack"

Estella Warren in "Planet of the Apes"

Christina Ricci in "Sleepy Hollow"

Alison Lohman in "Big Fish"

Jayne Wisener in "Sweeney Todd"

Anne Hathaway in "Alice in Wonderland"

Michelle Pfeiffer in "Dark Shadows"

Candid of the Week

The cast of "A Nightmare on Elm Street" (including a very young Johnny

Depp and a headphone-wearing 'Freddie Kruger') hang out on set, 1980's

25 Best Christmas Films

10) EDWARD SCISSORHANDS

Director: Tim Burton

Actors: Johnny Depp, Winona Ryder, Anthony Michael Hall,

Dianne Wiest, Kathy Baker, Vincent Price, Alan Arkin

Year: 1990

Back when Johnny Depp was just 'that hot guy from 21 Jump Street', he met a quirky weirdo by the name of Tim Burton. This meeting led to the two becoming one of the most powerful duos in Hollywood, but it all started with a strange little film called "Edward Scissorhands". Everything about this film is awesome (the set, costumes, screenplay, and the acting). Of course, Depp stands out, but I especially like the sweet, Betty-Crocker-ish performance by Dianne Weist.

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Fun Shoots

The cast of 2012's "Dark Shadows"

(l. Helena Bonham Carter, Chloe Moretz, Eva Green,

Gulliver McGrath, Bella Heathcote, Johnny Depp, Ray Shirley,

Jackie Earle Haley, Jonny Lee Miller, Michelle Pfeiffer)

The original cast from the 1966 television show

Director Tim Burton gives notes to Pfeiffer and Miller

Burton helps Depp with his creepy hand movements

25 Most Attractive Actors

Johnny Depp (1963)

Johnny Depp began his career in B horror films ("A Nightmare on Elm Street") and silly television shows ("21 Jump Street"), but he hit his stride when he made the seemingly odd choice to star in unknown director Tim Burton's risky film "Edward Scissorhands". Depp hasn't looked back and has based his career on his talent rather than his great looks.

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Candid of the Week

John Cusack and Johnny Depp ride

around with Hunter Thompson,

Los Angeles, 1990s

Keeping Score

Film: EDWARD SCISSORHANDS

Composer: Danny Elfman

Year: 1990

Fun Shoots

Back when they were the 'it' couple in young

Hollywood, Johnny Depp and Winona Ryder

did a spread for Vogue, early 1990s

lovely couple

channeling his 'Scissorhands' days

it wasn't meant to be

an adorable Winona

Skip It

Film: CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY

Director: Tim Burton

Actors: Johnny Depp, Freddie Highmore, David Kelly, Helena Bohnam Carter, Noah Taylor, Missi Pile, James Fox, Deep Roy, Julia Winter, AnnaSophia Robb

Year: 2005

Taking the classic 1977 original family film and turning it into a uber-weird, crazy mess was not such a good idea. I don't think it was really one specific thing that turned me off, but when the credits began to run, I felt strange and uncomfortable. The kookiness of Depp wasn't enough to keep this flick afloat. Always default to the Gene Wilder version. It's terrific.

MisMatched

Actor: CHRISTINA RICCI

Film: "Sleepy Hollow"

Character: Katrina Van Tassel

Year: 1999

Christina Ricci is an acquired taste. She really isn't a very good actor, but I've grown up with her. I can remember her cute face in "Mermaids" and her odd coming-of-age in films like "Casper", and "Now and Then". That is why it hurts me to say this. Ricci is completely wrong for this film. She's totally unsure of herself. She made me feel uncomfortable (and I'm pretty sure that is not how Burton intended to get that reaction from the audience). What's more... Ricci as the love interest for much older Depp is awkward to say the least. Bottom line: I don't buy it.

Did You Know...

... Johnny Depp and Nicolas Cage have been good friends since the early 80s (before either one was famous). Cage even convinced Depp to take up acting. Not too long after, Depp got his big start in 1984's "A Nightmare on Elm Street".

You Say It's Your Birthday!

Happy 47th Birthday, Juliette Binoche!!!!

a beautiful Parisian

with Daniel Day-Lewis in

"The Unbearable Lightness of Being", 1988

with Ralph Fiennes in "Wuthering Heights", 1992

on the set of "The English Patient", 1996

after winning Best Supporting Actress

for "The English Patient", 1997

on the set of "Chocolat" with Johnny Depp, 2000

with Jude Law on the set of "Breaking and Entering", 2006

working with Steve Carell and Dane Cook

in the film "Dan in Real Life", 2007

Quote of the Day

I think we've all arrived at a very special place. Spiritually, ecumenically, grammatically.

Johnny Depp as 'Jack Sparrow', "Pirates of the Caribbean", 2003