Janelle Monae Wants a Career Like Johnny Depp's - Here's Why

American audiences might not know author Kōtarō Isaka by name. However, you are probably familiar with the newest film based on one of his novels.

Staffers at the Bustle Digital Group represented by the WGA East are decrying the layoffs of 21 of their part-time colleagues. BDG voluntarily recognized the guild as the staffers’ bargaining representative two years ago, but the two sides have been unable to come to terms for a first-time contract.

EXCLUSIVE: The stories of Girls Gone Wild and NXIVM are to be told in a new podcast series from Campside Media, producers of the Chameleon: The Hollywood Con Queen podcast, and Sony Music Entertainment.

“I didn’t read the script as a horror script,” says Oscar nominated filmmaker Luca Guadagnino about his 1980s-set cannibal love story, Bones and All.

Stargirl is wrapping up after its third season and star Brec Bassinger recently opened up about the “emotional roller coaster” it was waiting to find out what was happening with the DC show.

EXCLUSIVE: CSI: Vegas co-executive producer Safia M. Dirie is expanding her relationship with the companies behind the CSI sequel: CBS, CBS Studios and Bruckheimer Television.

Country cuties! John Osborne and his wife, Lucie Silvas, are expecting their first children — a pair of twins.

Prince Harry would approve!

Britney Spears is still harboring a LOT of resentment after her former pals and colleagues participated in the many documentaries about her life and conservatorship battle released last year!

 

Major wiggage! Freddie Prinze Jr. and Rachael Leigh Cook staged a mini She’s All That reunion at the premiere of his new movie.

An Ayrshire MP is one of the most targeted Scottish politicians when it comes to online abuse.

Motherwell boss Steven Hammell was pleased with the effort his depleted side showed against a Celtic side he admits is "one of the best" the top flight has seen in years.

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An audacious bid by North Ayrshire Labour to raid the council reserves to help struggling families at Christmas have been resoundingly defeated.

After Caelynn Miller-Keyes happily accepted a proposal from Dean Unglert without the diamond she knew he purchased months prior, the Bachelor in Paradise couple are still looking for the missing stone.

Adidas may be slow to act, but more people in Kanye West‘s orbit are cutting ties with him!

After a career spanning nearly forty years, Tim Burton shows no signs of slowing down, even if it’s been three years since his last film, the live-action Disney remake of “Dumbo.” Up next for the auteur? “Wednesday,” his Netflix series based on “The Addams Family” character, starring Jenny Ortega.

Johnny Depp and Amber Heard.Depp played Captain Jack Sparrow across five films in the Pirates Of The Caribbean franchise, with the last being 2017’s Dead Men Tell No Tales.According to TMZ, the world’s largest costume retailer, Halloweencostumes.com, has seen sales spike by 90 per cent for Jack Sparrow outfits this year.The retailer sells two different costumes of the character – a basic one for $85 to $95 (£75 to £84), and a premium one for $245 to $299 (£216 to £264). According to the outlet, stocks have already been depleted by more than 85 per cent.The sales boost comes after Depp’s trial against ex-wife Heard earlier this year, where the actor sued Heard for defamation over a 2018 op-ed in The Washington Post.The trial concluded in June with the jury siding with Depp, who was awarded $10million (£8million) in compensatory damages and $5million in punitive damages.

Janelle Monae continues her red carpet domination!

Halloween is right around the corner, and everyone’s got Johnny Depp on their minds. The website Halloween Costumes.com says that Depp will be one of this year’s leading costume ideas, with people purchasing Jack Sparrow costumes in wild numbers.Johnny Depp is reportedly dating a lawyer from his defamation trial teamAmber Heard photographed having fun with her daughter in SpainThe website reports that the costume’s sales have increased by 90%, meaning that you’ll likely spot a pirate in one of your Halloween outings.

Daniel Craig sandwiches himself in between his beautiful co-stars Janelle Monae, Kate Hudson and Kathryn Hahn ahead of the Q&A panel for Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery held at The Curzon Mayfair on Monday night (October 17) in London, England.

according to Halloweencostumes.com.Depp — who has regained the spotlight since he won his defamation trial against Amber Heard in June — was forced by Disney to walk the plank and quit the “Pirates” franchise. The Halloween outlet has several different types of Jack Sparrow costumes for those who wish to imitate the pirate this year.

The stars lit up the red carpet for the premiere of Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery in London!

Johnny Depp has shaved off his beard and mustache - and he looks so different. The Pirates of the Caribbean actor was photographed in at SiriusXM’s Town Hall in New York with his band and also while greeting fans.MORE: Kate Moss opens up about Johnny Depp trial in rare interview: 'I had to say the truth'With his hair worn loose and his hands tucked into his pockets, Johnny smiled coyly and put his glasses up on his head.WATCH: Johnny Depp makes surprise appearance at MTV VMA'sHis head-turning appearance was made all the more surprising as he was clean shaven, following decades with his facial hair. Johnny looked relaxed and carefree which was in stark contrast to his mood earlier this year when he was embroiled in a bitter court battle with his ex-wife, Amber Heard. MORE: Amber Heard's daughter Oonagh is all grown up in new photoREAD: Johnny Depp's witness goes viral at defamation trialJohnny, 59, won all three defamation claims in his case against her. The $50m case stemmed from a 2018 op-ed article she wrote for The Washington Post in which she said she was a "public figure representing domestic abuse". Johnny appeared clean-shavenWhile the piece did not identify Johnny by name, his attorneys said it "incalculably" damaged his career, costing him acting roles.

Ella Kemp Guest Contributor Janelle Monáe reflected on her multifaceted career at a Screen Talk hosted by BFI London Film Festival programmer Grace Barber-Plentie. The conversation, which took place ahead of the European premiere of “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery,” included the musician-actor citing Johnny Depp’s career as one she’d like to emulate given the “transformative” characters he has played. Monáe stressed that it was only Depp’s acting career that she admired, and not Depp as a person. “When I think about careers, this person’s life as an actor, only… Johnny Depp has a very badass career,” Monae said, citing Willy Wonka and Sweeney Todd as “dramatic roles” she aspires to play in her own work. “Whatever the Janelle Monáe version of them is, maybe it’s something even better, I want to be able to do those transformative characters that people are dressing up as for Halloween.”

Janelle Monáe was fashionably late as she strolled onstage at the BFI Southbank, where she headlined the London Film Festival’s final major keynote ‘screen talk’ Friday afternoon. 

Amber Heard and her new legal team have filed an appellate brief listing 16 grounds for appeal, Fox News Digital can confirm. A jury awarded her ex-husband, Johnny Depp, $10.3 million in damages after he won their defamation trial that dominated the headlines over the summer. The "Pirates of the Caribbean" star argued that Heard defamed him in a 2018 op-ed she wrote detailing domestic abuse.  Amber Heard filed a notice of appeal a month after a jury awarded Johnny Depp $10.3 million in damages.

Michele Amabile Angermiller Johnny Depp brought his tour with Jeff Beck at the Hackensack Meridian Health Center at the Count Basie Center for the Arts in Red Bank, NJ, Tuesday night, four months after a jury awarded the actor $10 million in damages following his Virginia defamation trial against ex-wife Amber Heard. The pair kicked off their U.S. tour in Washington, D.C. just a few nights earlier, on Oct. 5, after releasing the joint album “18” this summer, and Tuesday’s show capped off a two-night New Jersey stand that attracted a crowd of fervent Depp supporters who regularly screamed “I love you, Johnny” and showered the actor with bras, cards and notes tossed to the stage. 

Amber Heard is taking the next steps in the appeal process.

Jem Aswad Senior Music Editor Julie Greenwald has been elevated to chairman & CEO of the newly created Atlantic Music Group. In her new post, Greenwald oversees Atlantic Records — including the Atlantic, Atco, Big Beat, and Canvasback labels — as well as 300 Elektra Entertainment, which encompasses 300, Elektra, Fueled by Ramen, Roadrunner, Low Country Sound, DTA, and Public Consumption. Greenwald and Craig Kallman will continue to jointly lead Atlantic Records, with Kallman continuing as chairman & CEO. Late last year, the company launched 300 Elektra Entertainment with Kevin Liles as chairman-CEO, merging the two labels as part of Atlantic parent Warner Music’s acquisition of 300 Entertainment.

looked unrecognizable with a clean-shaven face, was in town.The actor-slash-musician, 59, will appear alongside Jeff Beck at the Paramount in Huntington on both Friday and Saturday nights. Depp and Beck are partway through their North American tour and will also take to the stage together in Red Bank, New Jersey, on Tuesday night. Over the weekend, Depp was seen out in Port Chester, where he signed autographs and posed for selfies with fans.

his bizarre landing at the MTV VMAs as a moon person. He ditched the facial hair for that virtual appearance, too, and appeared throughout the award show to make a series of weird statements.

Johnny Depp flashed a smile for fans who waited outside his show in New York as he returned to the states to perform with Jeff Beck on the US leg of the tour after spending the summer playing gigs in Europe. The 59-year-old actor appeared to be in high spirits ahead of the performance while signing autographs and chatting with legions of loyal followers at the Capitol Theatre in Port Chester.