When Johnny hits the Red Carpet this evening he might well have his proud Mom on his arm, according to this article that Reemi found at the NY Times. Then it's on to Elton John's After-Show party - thanks Valeris. Make sure you catch all the action by tuning in to E!'s Red Carpet and After-Show party coverage, and the world-wide transmission of the Academy Awards ceremony itself.
For more details of Oscar coverage on tv in the US and UK, see the JDZ Calendar.

Johnny was in LA this weekend for the Secret Window press junkets, and Mary Kay found the first of many great pics at Wire Image.com. Mary also built a composite of all the pics posted so far - quick work, girl!. Depptwins reported that the official Secret Window site has been updated with more video clips and trailers, while Shadow found new SW pics at the Coming Soon site. Secret Window opens in the States on March 12th -- be sure to put it in your diary!

But it's not all work and no play... Johnny was spotted at The Venue theatre in London recently, "laughing like a drain" at the double-entendres in 'Round the Horne Revisited'. Thanks SueC for finding the sweet snippet in 'Now' magazine.

Another week, another win... Johnny won both 'Best Actor' and 'Best Comedic Performance' at the AOL Moviegoer Awards, as well as being the public's choice for 'Best Actor' in Blockbuster's Oscars predictions, proving yet again that cinema-goers loved his performance as 'Captain Jack' above all the rest. Thanks to Desi, Reemi and Sarah.

And you can still register your unofficial vote for Johnny at the fun Oscar polls at Hollywood.com and the Salt Lake Tribune. Thanks Forever Johnnys and Reemi for the finds.

Finally, back in 2002 Johnny contributed to the discussion of Charlie Chaplin's work in the film 'Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin'. Depptwins made a great find by locating a short clip featuring Johnny; Still-Rather-Timid found a review of the film at Film Critic; and RABrianna reminded US fans that they can catch the film when it premieres on the TCM channel at 8pm on Wed 3rd March. And for those of you who still haven't caught Johnny's edition of 'The E! True Hollywood Story', you can see a little clip at E! Online - thanks Hope.

Johnny also won 'Best Actor' in the Annual Apex Awards’ Fantasy/Science Fiction/Horror category, and Pirates won for both Sound and Hairstyling. Pirates also won two awards at the Visual Effects Society Awards, for Special Effects and Matte Painting. Johnny & Pirates are also nominated for the annual Saturn Awards, including 'Best Actor' category - winners will be announced on May 5th. And finally, Movieline magazine (Feb issue) has named its own 'alternative choices' and Johnny won the 'Best Use of Bling Bling'. Thanks micdus and Depp's Debb for the nice finds.

You can catch more pics at Wire Image and London Features International, and Lynn has screencaps of Johnny on the red carpet as well as JD's reaction to Stephen Fry's witty opening speech. You can also see a couple of little pics at Splash News of Johnny arriving with Harvey Weinstein at the after-show party.

Thanks to Reemi, Emma, depptwins, 1st, Lynn, Donna B, neophyte, Mary Kay for being so quick off the mark at finding the great pics and articles.

Emma and Anon in LA report that the Secret Window press junkets will be held in LA from 27 February and in NYC on 6-7 March. And we've some news on the highly-anticipated Secret Window premiere, thanks to Anon in LA who reports that it will be held in New York on Sunday 7th March at Loews Lincoln Square (1998 Broadway @ 68th St). Stay tuned for further details as we get them! And, finally, some not-so-good news for UK fans, as the UK release date slips back a couple of weeks to 30 April.

US magazines: As well as the Annie Liebowitz study of Johnny in this month's 'Vanity Fair' magazine (the Hollywood issue), he's also on the cover of 'TV Guide' (Feb 21-27 edition) and there's a Johnny cartoon on the cover of MAD magazine (March issue). 'Entertainment Weekly' has a picture from 'Secret Window', and the March issue of the kids' magazine 'Disney Insider' has 4 comic pages entitled "In Jack We Trust." International mags: There's an article on Johnny in 'Sneak' mag - issue of 24 Feb (UK), in the Swedish edition of 'Elle' (March issue) and Johnny & Vanessa are on the cover of the French 'DS' mag (March issue). Thanks to Ellen, Sam, Abigail, johnnylubber. Elsie, Helen, Pammy Sue and everyone who reported the new issues at the bookstalls.

Will 21 Jump Street finally come to dvd? The reply to one fan's query from The Cannell Company is encouraging. Thanks MiMi, Halia and L for the intriguing find. On the same subject, we've never heard any more about the proposed 21 Jump Street film that was announced in late 2002 (which is probably a good thing).

And Nigel Goodall has updated his 1999 biography of Johnny. The revised edition, entitled What's Eating Johnny Depp, will be published in the UK in June. Thanks to DeepinDepp and Sharon for the info.

The Screen Actors Guild (SAG) awards ceremony will be held at The Shrine, Los Angeles on Sunday 22nd February. Johnny is nominated for 'Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role'. US fans can watch the ceremony live on TNT at 8pm ET, and UK fans can catch it the following day on Living TV at 9pm (Sky channel 112). If you're interested in getting a grandstand view of the red carpet, Anon in LA has tipped that SAG bleacher tickets are likely to be auctioned on eBay courtesy of the YMCA youth program.

While Los Angeles is preparing for the Oscar ceremony on 29th February, you can eat your way to victory with these wonderful Oscar cookies! Click on the link to the 'Best Actor and Actress Cookie tins' at the bottom of the site, to see a life-like edible Johnny along with his fellow nominees. Thanks ANV for the delicious find :-)