Posts from — October 2008

Actor Johnny Depp

JOHNNY DEPP is well known for his quirky sense of style but he’s upped the ante on the set of his new film in which he plays the Mad Hatter - by eating his hat.

The Hollywood star portrays the famous Mad Hatter character in director Tim Burton’s new version of Alice in Wonderland, and he has been amusing crewmembers on set with his strange behaviour.

Burton, who was worked with Depp on numerous film projects, including Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, says the actor is embracing his latest role.

He says, “Nobody plays oddballs better than Johnny and he’s loving playing this one. He actually ate his hat the other day. No word of a lie he just bit into the brim and chewed.”

Actress Vanessa Hudgens

“I am a happy person,” Hudgens says as she settles in to talk about the new movie. The feature film that is in movie theaters Oct. 24 is the end of a three-year journey that has made the 19-year-old Salinas, Calif., native a superstar. Her face is as well known as fellow Disney star Miley Cyrus or any one of the Jonas Brothers.

She’s got plenty of reasons to be happy. Her role as the very positive Gabriella Montez in the three films gave her a chance to do the thing she loves to do: act, sing, dance. She even found romance with her leading man, Zac Efron.

That romance has not been all smiles. Tabloids and Web sites printed nude photos Hudgens had sent to Efron. That’s the kind of stuff that makes Mickey Mouse blush.

Mostly, though, it has all been good. Hudgens began acting at such an early age that she was home schooled. No traditional high school experience for her. No prom. No graduation line.

No problem.

“That is just another reason why ‘High School Musical’ means so much for me. I got to go to my prom for the first time, but it was a lot better. I got to have the prom every girl wishes they have,” Hudgens says of the prom sequence in the feature film. “I got to wear a cap and gown for the first time and graduate with people who I love dearly, cast members who have become my dearest friends.”

Positive, positive and more positive. That’s Hudgens.

Actress Alyson Hannigan

Alyson Hannigan’s husband has a little less than nine months to perfect his own How I Met Your Mother story.

The sitcom star and her hubby of five years, actor Alexis Denisof, are expecting their first child together, Hannigan’s rep, Megan Moss, told People.

The baby, whose gender has not been revealed, is due this spring.

Hannigan’s CBS show is currently in production, though it’s unclear if her pregnancy will be written into the storyline.

The 34-year-old Hannigan and the 42-year-old Denisof met when the actor joined the cast of the actress’ last cult gig, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, back in 1999.

The gorgeous couple tied the knot with a three-day celebration in Palm Springs in 2003.