I think there will be few protests over my editorial decision not to recycle the recent scarfy and grungy looking photos of Johnny Depp that we’ve been rehashing over the past few months. Since we’ve been covering Johnny so much lately, I’ve grown super tired of the carefully planned and meticulously orchestrated “undone” look that Johnny has favored for a couple of years now, so I went back in time and fetched some pictures of Johnny circa 2005 and 2006. Doesn’t he look fantastic in these shots? You’re welcome.

There’s some new stuff going on with Johnny in both his personal and professional lives, and I’ll get to the former in a moment. First, there’s an exclusive report coming down from Deadline about the upcoming Whitey Bulger-based movie (Black Mass) that says Johnny has uncermoniously pulled out of the production. The movie was originally going to be directed by Ben Affleck and would have starred Matt Damon, but that deal fell apart, and then Barry Levinson was slated to direct with Johnny on board as lead. What went wrong? Johnny wanted a $23 million salary, and the financiers couldn’t justify that exorbitant expense. Who can blame them? This isn’t a huge Disney picture or anything, and even Johnny isn’t a guarantee that the movie will cash in big time. Look at what happened last year with The Rum Diary, for which Johnny was paid $15 million on a budget of $45 million, and the movie only grossed $24 million worldwide.

Good god, Johnny.

I guess he’s willing to score extra gigs for homeless guys, but Johnny himself has to make bank at all costs. Perhaps Johnny is not only used to the “stupid money” for his Pirates movies, but he’s also got a new lady to impress. Of course, I’m referring to Johnny’s new girlfriend, Amber Heard. They’ve been together for awhile but went public a month ago, and they might be secretly engaged. Yet according to Star, there’s a bit of drama that involves Johnny demanding that Amber “stop being bisexual!” LOL:

Johnny Depp may be one of the world’s sexiest men, but when it comes to girlfriend Amber Heard, the 49-year-old actor feels threatened — by other women! In a bid to get the openly bisexual actress to settle down, Johnny ahs been showering Amber, 27, with over-the-top gestures. After purchasing a sprawling $16 million estate in Nashville to cater to Amber’s love of horses, naming a beach on his private island after her and building a bar in her honor, Johnny gave Amber an ultimatum: Top seeing other women, or it’s over. “Amber agreed that Johnny’s the only one for her,” says a pal. The two were even spotted holding hands at a Roling Stones concert on April 28. After swinging both ways, Amber appears to have hit a home run!

[From Star, print ediiton, June 10, 2013]

Isn’t that hilarious? You can take the girl out of bisexual-land, but you can’t take the bisexual out of … oh, nevermind. I’m not really buying this story as it’s printed; that is, I don’t think that Johnny demanded that Amber “stop being bisexual,” but it makes sense that he’d be nervous about his lady love being attracted to both sexes. I would think that would be hell to not only worry about losing one’s woman to a man but also quite possibly to another woman as well. Johnny might have his hands full with this one.

Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet