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Breaking Bonaduce Contents_july 6/12/06 3:02 PM Page 4 contents Famous | volume 7 | number 7 3/C B G R 26 100 2 5 25 50 75 95 98 22 18 FEATURES DEPARTMENTS 18 RUMOUR HAS IT 06 EDITORIAL 42 NAME OF THE GAME Tabloid fave Scarlett Johansson gets Prey puts you in touch with your her chance to dish the dirt as an 08 SNAPS spirit shooter American journalist in London in Nicole Kidman has a tantrum 100 2 5 25 50 75 95 98 Scoop I BY BOB STRAUSS 44 VIDEO AND DVD 10 SHORTS Umm, oh yeah, right, Weeds 22 UMA STRIKES BACK Matthew McConaughey camps out; The twice-divorced Uma Thurman and battle of the cartoon casts: 48 HOROSCOPE says she could relate to her role as a The Ant Bully vs. Monster House scorned superhero who torments her 50 FAMOUS LAST WORDS former lover in My Super Ex-Girlfriend 12 SPOTLIGHT I BY EARL DITTMAN Little Man’s Lochlyn Munro COVER STORY 26 THE DOMESTICATION 14 THE BIG PICTURE 32 CAPTAIN COURAGEOUS OF A REBEL Go undercover with Miami Vice; Johnny Depp took a big risk when Matt Dillon talks about his rise to find out why John Tucker Must Die he agreed to star as the flamboyant 100 2 5 25 50 75 95 98 respectability and the joy of playing Captain Jack Sparrow in the first a newlywed husband in the comedy 36 COMING SOON Pirates of the Caribbean movie. You, Me and Dupree Gearing up for Talladega Nights But his eccentric turn paid huge I BY EARL DITTMAN dividends for everyone involved, and 38 STYLE now Depp returns as Captain Jack in 30 A COSMIC TALE Swimwear and cool beach products the sequel, Dead Man’s Chest, and British director Paul Crowder on as he explains, there’s no one else he’d rather be I BY EARL DITTMAN Once in a Lifetime, a doc about the 40 LINER NOTES COVER PHOTO: PETER MOUNTAIN rise and fall of the New York Cosmos Beastie Boy Adam Yauch on the © Disney Enterprises Inc. I BY INGRID RANDOJA concert DVD Awesome; I...Shot That! 100 2 5 25 50 75 95 98 famous 4 | july 2006 Stay Focused. GFX Sport Design Group. European styling. The 2007 Ford Focus: Globally inspired to capture imaginations the world over. Toujours FORD PUBLICATIONS Famous Players 1600, boul. René-Levesque Ouest, # 1200 Montréal (Québec) H3H 1P9 Tél. : (514) 846-8166 N° dossier : 11133 N° d’annonce :FSP-FOR-A-74351-06F Couleur : 4C Format : 8 x 10.5 TITRE : HAIR ENGLISH Nadeau Wunderman 200359 Editorial_July 6/12/06 2:23 PM Page 6 editorial | July 2006 volume 7 number 7 PIRATING PUBLISHER SALAH BACHIR 3/C EDITOR MARNI WEISZ B DEPUTY EDITOR INGRID RANDOJA ART DIRECTOR MATTHEW PICKET G PRODUCTION DIRECTOR SHEILA GREGORY MOVIES R or the past month, the Pirates PRODUCTION ASSISTANT ZAC VEGA of the Caribbean rides at both Disney World in Orlando, Florida, CONTRIBUTORS EARL DITTMAN july 2006 | volume 7 | number 7 F and Disneyland in Anaheim, California, SCOTT GARDNER SUSAN GRANGER have carried nary a soul over whirring LIZA HERZ waters, past popping gun battles or DAN LIEBMAN through crackling cellophane fires. BOB STRAUSS Yes, the wenches and scallywags of the Spanish Main were given a break from ADVERTISING SALES FOR FAMOUS, FAMOUS QUEBEC AND FAMOUS KIDS chasing each other in circles as some new IS HANDLED BY CINEPLEX MEDIA. residents — Captain Jack Sparrow and HEAD OFFICE 416.539.8800 his ghostly nemesis Barbossa from the VICE PRESIDENT ROBERT BROWN (ext. 232) PLUS REESE WITHERSPOON, JIM CARREY AND OTHER STARS GET ALL PHILOSOPHICAL first Pirates of the Caribbean movie and NATIONAL SALES MANAGER JOHN TSIRLIS (ext. 237) 100 2 5 25 50 75 95 98 Davy Jones, villain of the sequel — were brought in, bolted in place MANAGING DIRECTOR, SALES CINDY FROST (ext. 254) and hooked up to complicated computer programs that will have ACCOUNT MANAGERS ZOLTAN TOTH (ext. 233) JENNA PATERSON (ext. 243) them racing each other in search of plundered treasure over and over BEN MUNGER (ext. 235) and over again for years. BILL LAMMERS (ext. 257) Now…you just had one of two reactions. SALES & MARKETING CAROL BRATHWAITE (ext. 256) If you have never been to a Disney theme park, or you have just the CO-ORDINATOR faintest childhood memories of getting sick on Space Mountain or standing in a two-hour line for the Jungle Cruise, then you probably BRITISH COLUMBIA 604.904.8622 WESTERN SALES MANAGER DIANE RAJH responded, “meh.” But if you harbour a strange affection for the land of eerily lifelike ALBERTA 403.266.4412 Animatrons and strictly enforced happiness, as I do, you likely said, WESTERN SALES MANAGER ELIZABETH D’ARTOIS “What!? How can they tamper with one of the few remaining classics? That’s blasphemy!” QUEBEC 514.868.0005 100 2 5 25 50 75 95 98 DIRECTOR OF SALES SOPHIE JODOIN (ext. 222) Such is the power of this movie franchise. ACCOUNT MANAGER NATHALIE DUPONT (ext. 224) Some trepidation preceded the release of the first Pirates of the SALES CO-ORDINATOR PATRICIA CARPENTIER (ext. 223) Caribbean movie, 2003’s The Curse of the Black Pearl. Another attraction- to-screen adaptation, The Country Bears, had been released the year SPECIAL THANKS MATHIEU CHANTELOIS before to little applause, and The Haunted Mansion, which came out a JOAN GRANT few months later, was a blight upon the reputation of the 999 happy ELLIS JACOB JEAN-FRANÇOIS LÉGARÉ haunts who live in that big, spooky house. PAT MARSHALL But to everyone’s delight The Curse of the Black Pearl was a hit in every DAN MCGRATH way — critical, box office…Johnny Depp even earned an Oscar CATHY PROWSE nomination. And so the movie that was spawned by the theme park SUSAN REGINELLI attraction has, in turn, changed the ride forever. Famous™ magazine is published 12 times a year by Cineplex Entertainment. In “A Pirate’s Life for Him,” page 32, Depp explains how the movies Subscriptions are $32.10 ($30 + GST) a year in Canada, $45 a year in the U.S. 100 2 5 25 50 75 95 98 changed his life forever too.