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Whether it’s Ed Wood, Captain Jack Sparrow or Willy Wonka, there’s always a lot of pizzazz and absurdity that lifts Johnny Depp’s on-screen personas off the screen. However, in Maïwenn’s Cannes opening-night film Jeanne du Barry, the actor takes a definite less-is-more approach to his King Louis XV…

“Johnny! Johnny!! Johnny!!! Johnny Depp!!!!” The celebrity dutifully signed autographs for his followers on the red carpet for the premiere of Jeanne du Barry, director Maiwenn's Cannes Film Festival opener. And let's call him that “c” word, because to call him an actor in the true sense of the…

A humbled and defensive Johnny Depp spoke up at the Cannes press conference Wednesday for the fest’s opening-night film Jeanne du Barry. Not only was he moved by the standing ovation in the Grand Theatre Lumière, but he also referred to the wake of the Amber Heard trial headlines (without pointing to it)…

"The impertinence!" scream the courtiers of Louis XV when his newly recruited mistress, Countess Jeanne du Barry, has the audacity to look him in the eye. It is just the latest in a long line of taboo-breaking outrages that surround the affair between the…

The Cannes Film Festival officially kicked off Tuesday night with Michael Douglas receiving an honorary Palme d'Or, and Catherine Deneuve making a surprise appearance during the opening ceremony — ahead of the world premiere screening of Maïwenn's Johnny Depp-starrer Jeanne du Barry, arguably one of the…

The Cannes Film Festival has kicked off its 76th edition Tuesday with the opening ceremony followed by the world premiere of Jeanne Du Barry, starring and directed by Maïwenn and featuring the return of Johnny Depp to the big screen. The premiere was attended by Maïwenn, Depp and co-stars Benjamin Lavernhe, Pierre…

The 76th edition of the Cannes Film Festival kicks off this evening with a stacked two-week lineup of celebrated auteurs and Hollywood star power along with all the usual provocative characters. The opening film, Jeanne du Barry, is the sixth feature from French actress-writer-director Maïwenn and…

Cannes is ready to party again with the likes of Johnny Depp, Harrison Ford, Alicia Vikander, Jude Law and Cate Blanchett all set for a Côte d'Azur hoedown. Here’s a (non-exhaustive) look at some of festival festivities on deck at the 76th Cannes Film Festival, which kicks off Tuesday and runs through May…

With Johnny Depp making his big-screen return on the opening night of the Cannes Film Festival in Jeanne du Barry, after being shut out of Hollywood from battling ex-wife Amber Heard in the courts, festival juror Brie Larson was asked by a reporter at a press conference Tuesday whether she’ll see…

UPDATED: With information about Fifth Season handling global sales. EXCLUSIVE: Filmmaker Tim Burton, one of the most original voices in Hollywood history, is the subject of a four-part documentary series heading to the Cannes Market.  Tara Wood directed the Untitled Tim Burton Documentary…

Cannes Film Festival Thierry Frémaux has responded to French actress Adèle Haenel’s suggestion that Cannes is part of a French eco-system that turns a blind eye to sexual violence. The actress made the comments in an open letter in weekly TV magazine Télérama last week, in which she announced she…

EXCLUSIVE: On the eve of his acting return at the Cannes Film Festival, Johnny Depp has set a buzzy first round of cast for Modi, his first directorial effort in 25 years. The biopic of Italian artist Amedeo Modigliani will be led by Italian star Riccardo Scamarcio (John Wick Chapter 2), Cesar Award…