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Johnny Depp Returning To Hollywood In New Thriller From Spider-Man Director
By Matthew Swigonski
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With multiple libel lawsuits nearly derailing his decades-long career, the last few years have certainly not been the best for Johnny Depp, with him being asked to resign from the Fantastic Beasts franchise as the cherry on top of his tough-time sundae. The last Hollywood movie that he appeared in was the 2020 independent drama Minamata, in which he played war photojournalist W. Eugene Smith. But after four long years, Johnny Depp will be making his Hollywood comeback in Day Drinker, the new thriller from Amazing Spider-Man director Marc Webb.
Johnny Deep Makes His Hollywood Comeback In Day Drinker
Produced by Lionsgate, Day Drinker will be Johnny Depp’s return to Hollywood following a brief stint of starring in a handful of international productions, including Jeanne Du Barry, the 2023 period drama from French actor-director Maïwenn. During his Hollywood hiatus, Johhny Depp also made his directorial debut with the biopic Modì, Three Days on the Wing of Madness, based on the life of Italian artist, Amedeo Modigliani. Featuring Al Pacino, the film premiered in Italy at the 19th Rome Film Festival on October 26.
But with his eye focused on making his way back to a full-fledged Hollywood production, Johnny Depp has waited until the perfect project came his way to act in his comeback. In Day Drinker, the 61-year-old actor will be teaming back up with Blow co-star Penélope Cruz in a thriller that has a growing team of top Hollywood talent behind it, including producers Basil Iwanyk and Erica Lee, who have had a hand in producing the John Wick film franchise. The film will also be produced by Zach Dean, who penned the original spec screenplay.
What Is Day Drinker About?
In a statement, Lionsgate Motion Picture Group chair Adam Fogelson described Johnny Depp’s Day Drinker as a “highly commercial concept with “wildly outrageous twists and turns all set in an incredible world.” Fogelson says that “there is no better filmmaker than Marc or two more perfectly cast actors than Johnny and Penélope to bring that world to life.”
Day Drinker will follow the story of a cruise ship bartender who meets a mysterious day drinker—only for both of them to find themselves entangled in a criminal underbelly, and connected in unexpected ways. While the remainder of the film’s plot is still under wraps, it is easy to see Johnny Deep thriving in a film with such talent around him, though it remains to be seen if he will be able to shake the rust off and hit the ground running following his lengthy layoff.
The Johnny Depp/Amber Heard Trial
In 2020, Johnny Depp became embroiled in controversy when the actor found himself on the losing end of a libel lawsuit with UK against News Group Newspapers, publisher of The Sun newspaper over an article that called him a “wife beater.” The newspaper reported that Johhny Depp had committed several acts of domestic violence against his then-wife Amber Heard.
Following a highly-publicized trial that saw testimony from each actor, the court found that Johnny Depp had, in fact, physically assaulted Heard. Soon after, the actor was asked by Warner Bros. to step away from his acting duties in the Fantastic Beasts franchise.
In 2022, Johnny Depp found a reversal of fortune in a separate libel case against Heard, when a jury found that all three statements from the op-ed that she had written about Johnny Depp were not only false, but defamed the actor and were made with actual malice.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
Entertainment
Garmin just launched the screen-free Cirqa Smart Band, and it looks a lot like Whoop
Garmin just debuted its latest fitness tracker, the Cirqa Smart Band, and it looks a lot like a Whoop.
When the Oura Ring launched, it unleashed a barrage of competitors coming out with their own smart rings. Now, Whoop is getting that same treatment. First, there was the Fitbit Air, and now, Garmin’s Cirqa Smart Band is the latest screen-free health tracker to hit the market.
The band is designed for round-the-clock wear, able to do so with 10 days of battery life. Data collected populates in the Garmin Connect app, where users access all their biometrics, including heart rate, Body Battery energy monitoring, Pulse Ox, stress, and skin temperature. Similar to Whoop and Oura, it provides insights into women’s health and cycles, compatible with the Natural Cycles app.
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Even without a screen, the Cirqa detects and records activity. The fabric band is designed for all-day comfort, coming in citron gray, mauve, French gray, dark olive, captain blue, French blue, and black. Plus, it’s designed to be worn around the wrist or as an arm band. It comes in two sizes, small/medium and large/extra-large.
But unlike the OG screen-free tracker, Whoop, the Cirqa is subscription-free. That means all you have to do is buy the band to gain access to the full suite of features.
The Circa Smart Band will be available to order on July 24 for $199.99.
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In case you forgot, AMC movie tickets are 50% off on Tuesdays and Wednesdays — its a year-round thing
HALF OFF MOVIE TICKETS: AMC Stubs members get 50% off adult evening movie tickets every Tuesday and Wednesday.
All Stubs tiers are eligible for the promo
It’s been over a year since AMC announced that evening movie tickets would be 50% off every Tuesday and Wednesday. That officially bumps the promo into “year-round” territory.
It only feels right to re-remind you of how easy it is to get cheap movie tickets, given the nonstop bangers that summer 2026 is blessing us with. The Odyssey and Evil Dead Burn are the two must-see-in-theaters picks that come to mind as I write this post on July 21, but there’s bound to be a wicked box office lineup regardless of when you’re reading this. Heavy hitters like Spider-Man: Brand New Day, Resident Evil, Other Mommy, Verity, Avengers: Doomsday, Werwulf, and Dune: Part III are all making their theater debut in the last quarter of the year.
As long as you’re an AMC Stubs member, you can catch all of them for around $9 per person (ticket prices may vary slightly depending on your location). All tiers of the AMC Stubs membership have access to the promo, and Stubs members can buy up to 10 tickets at 50% off per showing. The discount applies to the base price of a standard adult evening ticket only — no IMAX.
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To elevate the in-theater experience even more, Stubs members can also get 50% off small combos on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, like the heavenly pairing of popcorn and that good movie theater Coke. AMC’s snacks are apparently so elite that people are paying to order them at home through Uber Eats — and here you are, getting ’em for cheap.
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Light Flip is a minimalistic, cheap flip phone that wont distract you
Remember Light, the New York-based company that builds super-simple, distraction-free, cheap smartphones?
It’s back with a new device; its first-ever flip phone called the Light Flip.
Once again, this is a cheap phone designed to free you from endless scrolling and social media addiction, while still offering the basic tools you need for everyday life. To do this, the company has built an Android-based, minimalistic operating system called LightOS that’s mostly textual and displays everything in just two colors. You do get access to music, messages, alarms, and other basic apps, but you don’t get to scroll the flashy new TIkTok video; that’s what your other phone is for.
The Light Flip is available in six colors: Black, Navy, Red, Pink, Yellow, and Light Gray.
Credit: Light Phone
The Light Flip doesn’t stray far from the formula, but approaches it with the body of a flip phone. In many ways, it’s far more simple than the company’s previous phone, the Light Phone III, which has an OLED touchscreen. The Light Flip is basically your flip phone of old, with a plastic body, a numeric, T9 keypad, some function buttons, and a 2.8-inch, non-touch display.
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Numeric keypad? That’s right, but at least it supports T9 predictive input.
Credit: Light Phone
Inside, it’s powered by a MediaTek MT8873 chip, 6GB of RAM, 128GB of storage, and has a 50-megapixel camera and a (replaceable) 1,800mAh battery. Other amenities include a headphone jack (nice!), a USB-C port, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and 5G connectivity.
The camera on the back has a 50-megapixel sensor but takes 12-megapixel images.
Credit: Light Phone
The numeric keypad might be a tough sell to folks that are used to touchscreens or at least QWERTY keyboards. Fortunately, the Light Flip does support voice-to-text and audio messaging, too.
The phone is available in six colors: Black, Navy, Red, Pink, Yellow, and Light Gray.
The Light Flip retails for $299 or $39 per month with the Light Service plan. It starts shipping in April 2027.
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