Category — Actors

Joe Jonas

Joe Jonas says he’s no cad.

The teenage heartthrob has been criticized since country star Taylor Swift said the Jonas Brothers singer dumped her with a phone call.

But in a posting on the group’s MySpace page, the 19-year-old defends himself. He says he never cheated on a girlfriend. As for claims he dumped Swift in a 27-second phone call, he says: “I did not end the conversation. Someone else did.”

The 18-year-old Swift has been talking about the recent breakup as she promotes her new CD, “Fearless.”

Both Swift and Jonas are multiplatinum stars.

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.”

Matt Damon made a surprise appearance at the Escape to Miami Triathlon on Sunday.

“My brother talked me into it,” Damon told the Miami Herald of his last-minute decision to participate.

The actor joined his stepfather Jay Jones and family friend Barry Hetherington in the race’s running portion as a member of a relay team, the Herald reports.

After finishing his 6.2-mile leg in 59 minutes and 54 seconds, he was greeted by wife Luciana and newborn daughter Gia.

The actor has been trying to shed the 30 lbs. he gained for his upcoming thriller The Informant.

“I was doing this movie this summer where I had to put on all this weight and my brother told me, ‘October 5, save the date,’” said Damon, who also has been hitting the boxing ring.

Asked after the race if he was ready to trade in his gloves for a pair of running shoes, Damon joked: “I don’t think so. I knew I was in trouble when the old guy with the oxygen tank passed me.”