Gun Used to Kill Dillinger Up for Auction

(NEWSER) - A sequel-vs.-sequel battle for the box office ended in a tie this weekend, USA Today reports. Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen each raked in $42.5 million as July 4th barbecues took a bite out of sales. Johnny Depp’s Public Enemies stole third with $26.1 million, while The Proposal ($12.8 million) and The Hangover ($10.4 million) rounded out the top five. More»

Mann's film is visually luscious, but some find it rote

(NEWSER) - Critics mostly like Public Enemies, Michael Mann’s lusciously shot—if not terribly deep—ode to ‘30s gangster life with Johnny Depp as bank robber John Dillinger.

• The film is a "beautiful work of art," declares Manohla Dargis for the New York Times, "a vividly realistic portrait of a country deep in depression and jumping with bad men, which looks and plays like no other American gangster film."

Actor reveals inspiration to Ellen DeGeneres

(NEWSER) - We all know Keith Richards inspired Johnny Depp’s Pirates of the Caribbean character, and yesterday on the Ellen DeGeneres Show, Depp revealed the inspiration behind his version of Willy Wonka. “I imagined what George Bush would be like incredibly stoned,” he said. “And thus was born my version of Willy Wonka." He also noted that Edward Scissorhands was inspired in part by a dog he once owned. See the video at the Huffington Post . More»

'It's so sad,' says one source

(NEWSER) - Good news for aspirant single men and ladies everywhere, bad news for Johnny Depp and long-time girlfriend Vanessa Paradis: After 13 years and two children together, they are basically living separate lives. It's been more than a year since they've been spotted together on the red carpet, and sources tell People their relationship is pretty much done. And they've uprooted their life from an idyllic French town to Los Angeles, to boot. "It's so sad," says one source. Perhaps neither of them could stand the stench any longer... More»

Natalie Portman steals top spot from Johnny Depp this year

(NEWSER) - When you want to ogle an actor, the Internet Movie Database is a reasonable destination. So which 10 celebs racked up the most IMDb profile page views in 2011? The top spot now belongs to Natalie Portman , who snagged the crown from Johnny Depp (now No. 3, he's been No. 1 for six out of the last seven years). IMDb's managing editor certainly isn't shocked at the new queen bee: Natalie "won a Best Actress Oscar for Black Swan, was in the news welcoming a son into the world in June, and appeared in three films." Mashable reports on the rest of the top 10:

2. Mila Kunis : another Black Swan star