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Disney's Margot Robbie-led Pirates of the Caribbean spinoff has been killed by the studio, per the Oscar-nominated actress. While Disney couldn’t be reached for comment, Robbie made her remarks in an interview with Vanity Fair published on Monday. “We had an idea and we were developing it for a…

A month after Johnny Depp won his multi-million defamation trial against Amber Heard, the ex-Pirates of the Caribbean star now officially faces the first attempt to smack down his legal victory, with a harsh one-two-punch. “For all the reasons set forth above, and for the reasons set forth on the record during the…

Captain Jack is back! The original Pirates of the Caribbean attraction at Disneyland has reopened to throngs of enthusiastic fans — and a few technical hiccups. The ride, which debuted in 1967, was closed for refurbishment on March 14 and was originally scheduled to reopen in “summer 2022,” and then July 1…

On the eve of the jury's first full day of deliberations, Johnny Depp's $50 million defamation trial against Amber Heard has become a morass of misdirection and repugnance. After six weeks, the plaintiff and defense both rested their cases Friday, and a seven-person jury finally went behind closed doors to decide on…

UPDATE, 1 PM PT: Johnny Depp was "drunk a lot of the time," Ellen Barkin told a Virginia courtroom today of her Fear and Loathing in Last Vegas co-star in his $50 million defamation suit against Amber Heard. The highest-profile witness to give testimony at the April 11 starting trial, Barkin's stint on the virtual…

2nd UPDATE, 1:58 PM: Going into sordid specifics, Amber Heard told the court in Johnny Depp's $50 million defamation trial against her of how the former Fantastic Beasts actor sexually assaulted her in 2013. "He's grabbing my breast, he's touching my thighs, he rips my underwear off and proceeds to do a cavity search…

EXCLUSIVE: Attorneys for Amber Heard are planning to ask a Virginia judge on Tuesday to dismiss Johnny Depp’s $50 million defamation case against their client. However, the defense team is almost certain to come up short, and they know it. How To Watch The Johnny Depp-Amber Heard Trial Under the statutes of the Old…

EXCLUSIVE: Amber Heard will now be the second witness for the defense as her team shifts tactics in the $50 million defamation trial with Johnny Depp. The Aquaman star had been set as the opening witness in the defense case, as Deadline exclusively revealed last week. However, as is not unusual in such trials, events…

EXCLUSIVE: Amber Heard will take the stand next week as the first witness for her defense in the $50 million defamation trial instigated by Johnny Depp. The Aquaman actress could begin her testimony in the Fairfax County Courthouse as soon as Monday, once Depp’s team finish their case, we hear. How To Watch The Johnny…

What actually went down at Johnny Depp and Amber Heard's downtown LA penthouse six years ago was back in the spotlight today in the former Pirates of the Caribbean star's $50 million defamation case against his ex-wife. With Depp, Heard, the jury and everyone else in the packed Virginia courtroom watching the video…

2ND UPDATE, 1:23 PM: "I tend to be quite expressive in my writing," a halting Johnny Depp said Tuesday on the stand of his $50 million defamation trial against ex-wife Amber Heard. After previous testimony during the day detailing his dysfunctional childhood and rise to international stardom, Depp shifted focus in the…

Jay Wolpert, who was the original producer of The Price Is Right in the 1970s, created other game shows and later scripted The Count of Monte Cristo and Disney’s first Pirates of the Caribbean film, died Monday of Alzheimer’s in Los Angeles. He was 78. Wolpert’s reps at Code Entertainment confirmed his death today…