The Venice Film Festival is such a momentous occasion. And this year, Tim Burton was awarded a career Golden Lion award for his accomplishments in film.

Most appropriately, Johnny Depp, a frequent leading man in Burton’s films, was chosen to present the director with his award. He told press, “It’s a very big honor to present Tim with this award. He is my favorite director and a very close friend.”

George Clooney and Helen Mirren are Hollywood’s best vintages according to a new study.

Nearly a third (32 per cent) of Brits chose The Good German star Clooney as the Hollywood heartthrob who has aged best, while Oscar winner Dame Helen Mirren was crowned the nation’s beauty Queen with more than one in three (34 per cent) Brits choosing her as the female film star who has aged most gracefully.

The survey by Campo Viejo also found Johnny Depp and Jennifer Aniston were the actors we would most like to share a bottle of wine with.

When it comes to acting talent, Brits are characteristically patriotic choosing Pirates of the Caribbean stars Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightley as the most talented young actor and actress.

Bloom, who is currently treading the boards in London’s west end, secured nearly twice as many votes as his nearest rival Jake Gyllenhaal and nearly three times as many as Spiderman star Tobey Maguire Scarlett Johansson and Kirsten Dunst battled it out for second and third place.

Johnny Depp was shocked at how “great” an actor Keith Richards was.
The Hollywood actor, who appears alongside the Rolling Stones legend in new movie ‘Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End’, admits Keith’s talent blew him away.
Speaking at the world premiere of the third installment of the hit movie series at Los Angeles’ Disneyland, Johnny said: “Obviously, Keith Richards invented charisma. But what I didn’t expect was that he was going to be such a great actor.”
Johnny based his character Jack Sparrow on Keith, 63, and was thrilled when the guitarist agreed to play Jack’s father Captain Teague.
He added: “The anticipation was mad and when he finally arrived he was like this gunslinger. He charmed all the women and impressed all the men, then split.”
Johnny and Keith were just two of the stars who wowed fans at the theme park premiere. The movies were inspired by the Disneyland ride of the same name.
Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightley, who also star in the movie, also thrilled the crowds as they walked down the red carpet on Saturday (19.05.07) evening.
The ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ films have become one of the most successful film franchises ever, with the second installment of the series taking over $1 billion worldwide.
‘At World’s End’ is one of the most expensive movies in Hollywood history, costing a reported $300 million.
The film is expected to be one of the most successful this summer and probably would take a new 1 or 2$ billion worldwide and it would make the fans go crazy again.