A Box of Crayons- A Donations Project For Children's Hospitals To Honor Johnny Depp

In October of 2006 Johnny Depp was honored with The Courage To Care Award by Los Angeles Children's Hospital. He was recognized for his humanitarian efforts for being an advocate for children everywhere.

Johnny Depp secretly visited Great Ormond Street Hospital yesterday (1/14/08) to donate £1 million of his own money to thank staff for saving his daughter's life.

He arrived unexpectedly at the London children's hospital where eight-year-old Lily-Rose was treated last year when her kidneys failed.

Last week he invited five Great Ormond Street doctors and nurses to the party for the London premiere of his film Sweeney Todd.

And on November 29, unknown to the public, Depp spent four hours at the hospital telling bedtime stories to patients dressed as Captain Jack Sparrow after having his Pirates Of The Caribbean costume flown over from Los Angeles.

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Hollywood star’s kind words for dying Mark

A GRANDAD has thanked a Hollywood star for the comforting words that helped bring some cheer to the final days of his dying grandson’s life.

Pirates of the Caribbean hero Johnny Depp sent an emotional video message to eight-year-old Mark Westwood as he fought an aggressive brain tumour.

In the message the Pirates of the Caribbean star told him to keep his chin up and wished him lots of luck for the future.

Paul Robinson, of Levenshulme, said his grandson watched the 35- second video email ‘over and over’ in the final days of his short life.

Paul, 61, who lives on St Oswald Road, said: "We are so grateful to Johnny Depp for everything he did for Mark.

"Mark was a massive fan of his films and the message was really special and personal to him. It really meant a lot."

The video arrived after Mark’s parents – Barry and Sarah – became friendly with a couple, who also had a sick child, while Mark was being treated at Alder Hey Hospital.

The couples turned to each other for support during their sons’ treatments and, when Mark’s parents revealed that he was a fanatical fan of Pirates of the Caribbean films, they discovered their new friends were pals with the Golden Globe-winning star.

Not long after the conversation the personal email from Johnny Depp dropped in to Sarah’s email inbox.

During the dedicated message the 44-year-old star expressed his admiration for Mark, told him to ‘keep his chin up’ and wished him ‘all the best and lots of good luck for the future’.

Johnny Depp dressed up as his Pirates of the Caribbean character – Captain Jack Sparrow – for the video, after he heard of Mark’s love of the films. He also sent a signed photograph to the youngster.

Mark was first diagnosed with a brain tumour in May 2005 and despite three operations he lost his fight for life in January last year.

Mark lived in Prestatyn, Wales, after his mum, dad and two brothers – Peter and Lee – moved from their family home on Pennington Street, just off Stockport Road in Levenshulme.

Mark’s mum, Sarah, 37, was brought up on Hannah Street in Levenshulme with her mum and dad, Paul and Linda.

Dad Barry said: "Mark did so many special things during his life and we have a lot of people to thank.

"Alongside the very special message from Johnny Depp, he was granted his wish of becoming a police officer for the day by North Wales Police and he got to step out on the turf as a mascot for his team Manchester City."

Following his grandson’s death, Paul has become a fundraiser for the charity, Brain Tumour UK.

He said: "I don’t want Mark’s death to be a waste and after going through the experience I have found out there is hardly any funding in this area."

Paul is now set to host a fundraising gig with his rock band, Killer Instinct, to raise money for Brain Tumour UK.

The gig will take place at the Thatched House music venue, 74 Churchgate, Stockport on Sunday, February 10. For tickets contact Paul on 0161 224 3052.

“an interesting mix of new photography and celebrity expression helping two amazing charities for children.” – Johnny Depp

Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley and David Beckham are just a few of the celebrities who have given their ink handprints to the new book 'Celebrity Handprints' by James Preston, published 1st December 2007. Imagine, the fingerprints of Johnny Depp at your own fingertips. What's more, all proceeds from the sale of the book are being given to the UK charities BBC Children in Need and Great Ormond Street Hospital. The book is available from Amazon, bookstores and the website http://www.celebrityhandprints.org

James Preston has spent the past three years traveling the UK and the world compiling an amazing collection of ink handprints and accompanying photographs from over 100 of the most famous names in film, television, music and sport. In this book you'll find 42 unique expressions of identity for you to examine. Enjoy comparing each one and then your own palm to those of David Beckham, Johnny Depp or Keira Knightley. These actual size handprints provide a fascinating insight into the personality of the celebrities, who have shown kindness by contributing to this creative project.. Discover what makes a handprint such a symbol of achievement and success in Celebrity Handprints.

There'll definitely be at least one handprint in the book everyone will want to cut out and frame. Therefore, also available from the website http://www.celebrityhandprints.org is a unique limited edition series of giclee prints, quality reproductions from the contributing celebrities including Johnny Depp with other names such as Oasis, Little Britain, Gwen Stefani and UK footballers John Terry and Steven Gerrard being added. These actual size giclee prints are supplied for buyers to frame and come with an accompanying 5" x 7" professional photograph of the related celebrity having printed their hand. The UK charities BBC Children in Need and Great Ormond Street Hospital will additionally receive 30% from each giclee handprint sold.

The book 'Celebrity Handprints' is paperback, 110 pages and priced at GBP20.00. ISBN 978-0955752308. The giclee handprints may only be purchased via http://www.celebrityhandprints.org and are priced at GBP50.00 each.

There are ten copies of the book Celebrity Handprints by James Preston and the 1st in the series of each limited edition giclee print from the names released on offer to press features as reader giveaways/prizes.

Note to Editors:

A picture accompanying this release is available through the PA Photowire. It can be viewed at http://www.mediapoint.press.net or http://www.prnewswire.co.uk.

Distributed by PR Newswire on behalf of Celebrity Hand Prints Ltd

Johnny Depp has promised to help a 17-year-old girl who has been in a coma for five months.

Fan Sophie Wilkinson was seriously injured in a car crash last year and has been in intensive care in Southampton General Hospital.

Depp agreed to record a voice message as his Pirates of the Caribbean character Jack Sparrow in an attempt to rouse the teenager after her parents wrote asking for help. He also said he would try to visit her.

Her dad Andrew is quoted as saying: "We are looking for the key to wake her up, so we wrote to Johnny and he said he would do the recording in the voice of Jack Sparrow.

"Only this week Sophie moved her right leg, which she has never done before. When we got home my wife and I were jumping for joy!"

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PUBLIC ENEMIES

Acclaimed filmmaker Michael Mann directs Public Enemies, an action-thriller that tells the story of America's criminal folk hero John Dillinger (Johnny Depp), whose wave of bank robberies and the subsequent FBI manhunt - commanded by J. Edgar Hoover and run by Special Agent Melvin Purvis (Christian Bale) - fascinated the nation in the 1930s. The film also stars Oscar winner Marion Cotillard, alongside Giovanni Ribisi, Billy Crudup, Stephen Dorff, Rory Cochrane, Stephen Lang, David Wenham,Stephen Graham, Channing Tatum and Jason Clarke.

Bid now on this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to make your big screen debut on PUBLIC ENEMIES in a non-speaking role in a scene with the amazing Johnny Depp

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The second season begins w/ an episode called "Escape" in which Johnny Depp elegantly

provides the voice for a young man named Mike who is confined to a wheelchair due to a

This is an excerpt of an article written about the show and the episode in which Johnny

And one of the show's best tricks is audio-only. Early on, Ira notes how artificial Mike's computer voice program sounds, and asks whom he would like to sound like, if he could pick any person in the world. Mike suggests either Edward Norton or Johnny Depp -- "Because they're both bad-a--es" -- and a few minutes later, Glass narrates, "Ladies and gentlemen, Johnny Depp," as we hear Depp reading from Mike's e-mails and text messages in voice-over.

To read the rest of this article and more about the show please refer to the link below.

you can also read more about the air dates and times of This American Life please

Naomi Judd Heads Up Exciting Auction~ Johnny Depp Donates Autographed Photos

Veteran country singer Naomi Judd has joined the autograph store for a charity auction to

Now here’s something really exciting: Country singer Naomi Judd has teamed up with The Autograph Store, a leading online auction dealer of celebrity autographed photos and signed memorabilia, to sponsor the Huntington, West Virginia, Ronald McDonald House’s Charity Auction.

The auction, which also includes a dinner and dance, will be held on May 31 at the Bellefonte Golf and Country Club in Ashland, Kentucky, and will feature some awesome items including guitars autographed by the Rolling Stones and Eric Clapton, CDs signed by U2 and Madonna, and photos autographed by Johnny Depp and others.

Autographed "SWEENY TODD" Movie Script signed by Johnny Depp, Tim Burton and more...
ID: 194

A truly unique opportunity to own a Sweeney Todd movie script autographed by 11 members of the cast and crew from Tim Burton's latest blockbuster.

Make-A-Wish UK will receive 80% of the net profit received from this item sold at auction.

The Kids. His first appearance for The Sheila Witkin Memorial Concert was in January 2007.

Johnny's Angels is a non-proft site created by fans who support Johnny's work with Children's Hospice. It is a wonderful site please support it!

A Box of Crayons- A Donations Project For Children's Hospitals To Honor Johnny Depp

Johnny Depp Helps!

Hollywood star’s kind words for dying Mark