Johnny Depp has splashed out on an £8.5 million home in Venice after falling in love with the city during filming last year

The 47-year-old actor spent several months in the Italian city with his family while shooting ‘The Tourist’ with Angelina Jolie and he was reportedly so besotted with the stunning location, he has bought the 17th century Palazzo Dona Sangiantoffetti.

According to local newspaper La Nuova Venezia, the Hollywood star outbid an Arab prince for the empty building which is one of the only available homes overlooking the famous Grand Canal.

Johnny – who has two children Lily-Rose , 11, and eight-year-old Jack with his French partner Vanessa Paradis – has previously spoken of his love for the city and revealed he loved to explore late at night when the streets were quiet.

He said: “My experience of Venice really happened between 10pm and 2am when the streets closed and I was able to walk around and experience the poetry of Venice, the ghosts of Venice, all those wonderful dark alleys.

“For an actor being able to film within the confines of that magical city certainly helps… The city’s magic shone through completely.”

While the actor and his family spent most of their time at their estate in France, he also owns a home in Hollywood and a 45 acre island in the Bahamas.

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Johnny Depp had to be rescued from Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie’s dog

The 47-year-old actor – who starred with the actress in ‘The Tourist‘ – is not a fan of canines, but agreed to watch the pooch so the couple could go on a romantic date, but soon regretted his kind gesture.

He recalled: “Foolishly I was persuaded to look after their dog Jacques for a night. He’s a huge bulldog. At first I had a terrible feeling, because Jacques smelt horrible.

“But then I told myself, ‘Come on, you will survive one night’. Everything was cool – until I sat down on the bed to take my shoes off. Jacques pounced on me from behind and kept jumping around on me.

“He’s not small. Around 175lbs of dog was hurled at me, which felt like about 300lbs. I shouted for help and luckily someone came to take that beast off me.”

Despite the incident, Johnny did not let it affect his relationship with the couple – who raise six children together – and he and long-term partner Vanessa Paradis, 38, enjoyed being able to socialise with them after filming ended for the day.

He told German magazine TV Movie: “We often went for dinner with them. It was great. I’ve known Brad since the end of the Eighties. It was great to see him as a man and amazing father.”

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Little Fockers-Review

So, finally the third sequel is out and now it’s not about meeting the parents, it’s all about the children. Greg Focker (Ben Stiller) received a promotion at the hospital in a leading position and Pam (Teri Polo) is at home taking care of the children. With their lives in constant motion, Pam and Greg rearly have time for each other. Jack Byrnes (Robert De Niro) just found out the tragic news that his favorite son-in-law, Dr. Bob (Tom McCarthy II) had relations outside of the marriage with his daughter. Dr. Bob and his wife didn’t spend must time together either, so when Jack and Dina (Blythe Danner) come over to visit, he opens up his eagle eyes again on Greg. Meanwhile, Greg meets a pharmacuetical rep, Andi Garcia (Jessica Alba), who is young and full of life. She wants him the speaker for a new drug (fixes male erectile dysfunction without raises the heart rate) her company is selling. Jack is snopping around and only hears what he think is infadelity and becomes more supicious. The last thing Jack wants is to see another daughter emotionally hurt, especially with Greg and Pam’s twins birthday party around the corner. So his next best plan is to get Pam’s ex, Kevin Rawley (Owen Wilson) and her back together. Will Greg be able to explain everything? Will Jack confront Greg? Will Pam open her eyes and be with Kevin?

Review:

I loved this movie. I have been hearing a lot of bad reviews and I 180 degrees disagree. This movie is as funny as the other two. I love how Greg has matured into the lead man when Jack tells him that Greg will take over the family when he dies. Off the subject, Ben Stiller is getting hotter. Why is it that when men get older, they become more attractive? Back to the movie, Jessica Alba’s character was a little too much. I mean, in the real world, a sales rep would not use slang when trying to talk to a nurse or doctor about a new product. I guess she can get away with it because she is beautiful, oh well. I liked that Jack and Greg finally did a good ole fashion fist fight. It was long overdue. Way to man up, Greg. My favorite scene was when Greg is looking for Jack in the ball pit and balls begin moving by in a random motion like ‘Jaws.’ Then Greg, screams to the children to get out of the pit, as if their lives are in danger. All in all, I will buy this film when it comes to dvd and blu ray.

Written by Nicole Hamilton

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Little Fockers won the weekend again. True Grit won second place again. Hollywood missed Avatar again.

For surprising box-office news you had to look to—surprise!—The Tourist.

REWIND: Shockers from the box-office year that was

The $100 million Angelina Jolie-Johnny Depp “bomb” hit $120 million worldwide.

And the Golden Globe-nominated comedy (or musical) ain’t done yet, even as it fell out of the domestic Top 10 after a brief three-weekend stay. Expectations were that when all is said and grossed, The Tourist could reach $200 million worldwide.

Elsewhere, Ben Stiller’s and Robert De Niro’s Little Fockers broke $100 million domestically, and managed to edge Jeff Bridges—twice.

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Johnny Depp has joked he feels “emasculated” after Ryan Reynolds was named the Sexiest Man Alive

The ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ star was awarded the title by People magazine in 2009 and 2003 but was dethroned by the younger Hollywood hunk this year.

The 47-year-old actor – who stars in the ‘The Tourist’ with Angelina Jolie – insists he is just starting to get over his defeat.

He quipped: “I feel emasculated. I feel like I’ve been beaten down like some horrible … you know, like some pathetic harp seal. But, I mean, that’s how it goes, isn’t it?”

Johnny – who recently finished filming ‘Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides’ – has no plans to try and reclaim the honour for a third time.

He told MTV News: “I think I can work my way forward, but will I try for it again? No… I worked so hard to gain that title.”

Ryan, 34, was named Sexiest Man Alive by People in November, and admitted he was going to have to face a lot of ridicule from his friends, family and wife Scarlett Johansson about the title.

He said: “You just have to go with the flow. This gives my family entre into teasing me for the rest of my life.

“Now it’s going to be, ‘Sexiest man, take out the garbage.’ That does sound better. But the most difficult part is going to be organically working this title into a conversation with random strangers.”

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Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie like to be “locked away” at their homes

The pair had never met before appearing together in ‘The Tourist’, despite having homes in southern France close to one another.

The actress insists there is nothing unusual about their lack of social interaction because neither of them really enjoys social situations.

She said: “We’re both not that social. I don’t think either one of us goes out of our house, especially in France. We’re both locked away.”

Despite Johnny never having met Angelina – who raises six children with partner Brad Pitt – he had wanted to work with her for a long time, even though he had no idea of what she would be like.

He told Entertainment Weekly magazine: “So much has been written about Angie and Brad. They’re sort of the Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton of our era. I knew she was a big star, but I didn’t know what to expect.”

The 47-year-old actor – who has two children, Lily-Rose, 11, and Jack, eight, with long-term girlfriend Vanessa Paradis – was nervous about meeting Angelina but they quickly bonded after discussing family life.

Asked if he was nervous about their first meeting, Johnny said: “Well, there is sort of that. Because on one level it’s like, ‘Here we go, kid. We’re about to get into the ring together.’

“We sat there and babbled about our kids, and it was a huge relief. I was pleasantly surprised that she has an incredibly perverse sense of humour. She’s a really cool broad.”

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Angelina Jolie reportedly asked Brad Pitt to marry her.

The actress – who earlier this month was reported to be preparing to tie the knot with her long-term partner – is said to have decided it was time to make Brad her husband during the couple’s stay in Venice, where Angelina was shooting new movie ‘The Tourist’.

A source said: “Angelina has fallen in love with Brad all over again – and she wants to make it official by getting married. Once she made up her mind the only thing left to do was tell Brad.”

Rumours are rife the ceremony will take place at Brad’s close friend George Clooney’s Italian villa on Lake Como and the pair’s oldest four children, Maddox, eight, Pax, six, Zahara, five, and three-year-old Shiloh, will have big roles on the special day.

Brad’s parents, Bill and Jane, are also said to be delighted at the news of the nuptials and are looking forward to seeing their son wed for the second time. His first wife was Jennifer Aniston.

Another source told National Enquirer magazine: “Bill and Jane have never been entirely comfortable with the idea of he and Angie cohabiting, so they are thrilled.”

Brad, 46, and Angelina, 34, also have 21-month-old twins Knox and Vivienne together.

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