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Disney Prepares To Replace Johnny Depp In 'Pirates Of The Caribbean' Franchise

Cinemablend | Posted 09.29.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Dick Cook, Johnny Depp, Film, Disney, Pirates of the Caribbean, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, Entertainment News

Given that the Pirates franchise was the only live-action property making any money for the studio, they could reach deep in their pockets and keep De...

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Johnny Depp Back For New 'Pirates' Film In 2011

AP | SANDY COHEN | Posted 11.11.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Johnny Depp, Film, Pirates of the Caribbean, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, Entertainment News

ANAHEIM, California — Avast! Disney says a new "Pirates of the Caribbean" film is on the horizon. Johnny Depp sailed onstage Friday on a pirate...

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How Obama Can Pass Health Care, or F--k Disneyland

Sherman Yellen | Posted 09.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Pirates of the Caribbean, Disneyland, Obama Health Care, Health Care, Obama Health Care Reform, Politics News
Sherman Yellen

I have learned that the use of anger by an otherwise reasonable man can bring down kingdoms -- in my case a magic kingdom -- and in Obama's case it might even bring in health care.

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An Open Letter to Johnny Depp

Marshall Fine | Posted 08.23.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Marshall Fine, Pirates of the Caribbean, Dark Shadows, Johnny Depp, Don Knotts, The Incredible Mr. Limpet, Nicolas Cage, Lone Ranger, Entertainment News
Marshall Fine

I recognize that Hollywood ran out of original ideas years ago, but I always assumed that you, Johnny Depp, had a little more integrity.

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Pirates??!!

Dean Obeidallah | Posted 05.09.2009 | World

Read More: Pirates Ship Somalia, Somali Pirates, Somalia Pirates, Alien Versus Predator, Pirates of the Caribbean, Foreign Affairs, Pirates, Johnny Depp, Barack Obama, Advocacy, World News
Dean Obeidallah

Pirates!!! That's right, there are friggin' pirates!! What year is this?! What's next -- a scurvy outbreak? Witches? Man, I can't wait for the Industrial revolution to finally get here.

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Wall Street, Somalia, and Jack Sparrow

John Feffer | Posted 03.06.2009 | World

Read More: Pirates, Somalia, John Thain, Wall Street, Jack Sparrow, Russia, John Thain Decorator, Suez Canal, Debt, Ethiopia, Algeria, Horn of Africa, Merrill Lynch, Pirates of the Caribbean, Saudi Arabia, Somalia Ethiopia, Frank Lambert, Wall Street Bonuses, Somalia Pirates, Morocco, Somali Pirates, European Union, United States, John Thain Merrill Lynch, Pirates of the Caribbean 4, New York City, Rubrick Biegon, Foreign Policy, Pirates Ship Somalia, Brooks Brothers, John Thain Bonus, Ethiopian Troops Somalia, Bonuses, Tripoli, Citigroup, World News
John Feffer

Why are more than a dozen of the world's navies converging on Somalia to battle pirates there instead of sailing into New York to capture the Wall Street pirates?

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"The Golden Age of Piracy" or Long John Silver in a Tank

Richard Spilman | Posted 11.02.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Disney, Piracy, Somalia, US Navy, Anarchic Lawbreakers, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, Stephan Eklof, Pirates of the Caribbean, Golden Age of Piracy, Somalia Piracy, Modern Piracy, Andrew Leonard, St. Augustine Pirate Gathering, Disneyfication, Pirates Ship Somalia, Entertainment News
Richard Spilman

I do understand why folks have always had a fascination with pirates but my problem with Disney and other mass marketers is that they have attempted to make pirates cute and cuddly.

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"I'm Going to Disneyland!"

Ken Levine | Posted 06.24.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Traffic, Tourism, Pirates of the Caribbean, Disneyland, Anaheim, Disney, Space Mountain, Los Angeles, Nostalgia, Entertainment News
Ken Levine

I have always loved Disneyland. I'm not ashamed to say it. Even as a five year-old curmudgeon I marveled at the imagination, scope, and vision of this wondrous (albeit highly profitable) world.

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"Indiana Jones" Rakes In $311 Million Worldwide, Loses To "Pirates"

AP | RYAN NAKASHIMA | Posted 06.03.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Indiana Jones, Indiana Jones 4, Pirates of the Caribbean, Entertainment News

LOS ANGELES — The most recent Indiana Jones film more than recouped its big budget with an estimated $311 million in global box office sales thr...

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"Indy" Unearths $126 Million So Far, But Can He Top "Pirates?"

AP | RYAN NAKASHIMA | Posted 06.02.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Indiana Jones, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Pirates of the Caribbean, Harrison Ford, George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, Entertainment News

LOS ANGELES — Indiana Jones unearthed box office gold at domestic theaters with a performance that puts the film on track to become the second b...

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Amazon.com Has Best Season Ever

AP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Wii, Amazon.com, Holiday Season, Jeff Bezos, Garmin GPS Systems, Apple MacBook, Pirates of the Caribbean, KitchenAid, Planet Earth, KitchenAid Stand Mixers, Harry Potter, Nintendo Wii, The Discovery Channel's Planet Earth Dvd Set, Business News

Amazon.com Inc. said Wednesday its 2007 holiday season was its strongest to date, with Nintendo Wii game systems and the "Harry Potter and the Order o...

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