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Yahoo
2 days ago
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Johnny Depp Has Reportedly Made A Significant Move To Sussex After Living There During Covid Pandemic
Johnny Depp has reportedly moved to a house in the Sussex countryside of the UK. The actor, who was previously living in a Soho townhouse in London, is said to have made the move for reasons of peace, privacy, and security. By relocating, Johnny Depp has followed in the footsteps of his late friend, guitarist Jeff Beck, who owned and lived in a 16th-century house in the location. The Actor Bought A Large House In The Sussex Countryside According to the Daily Mail, Depp recently snapped up a home in the Sussex countryside, near the border with Kent. While specific details about the house remain scarce, it is believed to be significantly larger than the Soho townhouse he previously occupied in London. As for why the "Pirates of the Caribbean" star made the decision, he reportedly did so for reasons of peace, privacy, and security. It is also possible that the move was done in homage to his late friend, guitarist Jeff Beck, who owned a Renaissance-style home in the same area. Depp had lived there with Beck during the COVID-19 pandemic and once described the place as "beautiful and wet," according to a friend. He returned to the property in 2023 following Beck's death from bacterial meningitis. Then, Depp and Beck's widow, Sandra, gave the legendary guitarist a "green burial" on the grounds of the estate. Johnny Depp Feels At Home At The Location As reported by the outlet, friends of the actor claim he feels at home at the location. Part of the appeal may lie in the fact that key members of his inner circle, including Stephen Deuters, CEO of his UK production company, also reside in Sussex. Meanwhile, Depp has already begun settling into local life. He has been spotted at The Middle House pub and hotel in Mayfield, East Sussex, and has even paid a visit to the Folly Wildlife Rescue center, where his late friend Jeff Beck was a known patron. During the visit, Depp was photographed gently cradling an orphaned badger named Freddie Mercury. Further evidence that Depp has taken up residence at the property came last week, when he was reportedly chauffeured from the home to the premiere of his new film, "Modigliani: Three Days on the Wing of Madness." How Johnny Depp Arrived For The Premiere Of His New Movie For the London premiere of the movie, "Modi," which Depp directed, the actor arrived in oversized, all-black tailored pants and jackets. The actor accessorized the outfit with a stylish scarf around his neck and a pair of colored sunglasses that slightly veiled his eyes. Depp also rocked his signature metal jewelry for the outing. In "Modi," Depp is behind the camera, while the titular role is played by Italian actor Riccardo Scamarcio (Amedeo Modigliani). It also featured veteran actor Al Pacino as art collector Maurice Gangnat. Speaking about his second attempt at directing, Depp said in a previous statement that he was "incredibly honored" to have helmed the project. "The saga of Mr. Modigliani's life is one that I'm incredibly honored, and truly humbled, to bring to the screen," Depp said, per People Magazine. "It was a life of great hardship, but eventual triumph — a universally human story all viewers can identify with," he added. The Actor Previously Opened Up About His Childhood Trauma In A Raw Interview Earlier in the month, Depp pulled back the curtain on his traumatic childhood, particularly how he suffered physical abuse at the hands of his late mother, Betty Sue Palmer. "She beat me with a f-ck stick, a f-ck shoe, an ashtray, a phone, it didn't matter, man," he told The Telegraph. "But I thank her for that." "Physical violence, physical abuse. That was a constant," he further recalled. "We were all somewhat shell-shocked. She'd walked past, you'd shield yourself because you didn't know what would happen." Johnny Depp Said The Psychological Abuse 'Was Almost Worse' Than The Beatings He Received While the physical violence Depp endured at the hands of his mother was harrowing, he revealed that it was the emotional turmoil that left the deepest scars. "The verbal abuse, the psychological abuse, was almost worse than the beatings," Depp noted. He continued, "The beatings were just physical pain. The physical pain, you learn to deal with. You learn to accept it. You learn to deal with it."
Daily Mail
20-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Johnny Depp moves to Sussex: Pirates of the Caribbean star snaps up large house after living in the county during Covid in guitarist Jeff Beck's 16th century cottage
EXCLUSIVE Johnny Depp moves to Sussex: Pirates of the Caribbean star snaps up large house after living in the county during Covid in guitarist Jeff Beck's 16th century cottage He cuts the most bohemian of figures. But it can be revealed that Johnny Depp has joined the gin-and-jag set by putting down roots in the Home Counties, snapping up a large house in the Sussex countryside, near the border with Kent. He was chauffeured from there to the premiere of his new film, Modigliani: Three Days On The Wing Of Madness, last week, which is why he reportedly was a little late. Two years ago, there were reports – which proved inaccurate – suggesting the Anglophile actor had moved to Somerset. In fact, he was holed up in London, in a Soho townhouse and art studio, where he lived for a couple of years. The Daily Mail's Alison Boshoff reported in July last year and recently-published interviews with Depp were indeed conducted in Soho. However, for reasons of peace, privacy and security he's now decided to move out to the country, just like his late best friend, the guitarist Jeff Beck, it can be revealed today. Johnny Depp has decided to move out to the English countryside, just like his late best friend, the guitarist Jeff Beck Jeff Beck under a wisteria in his beautiful Sussex walled garden. The guitar hero supported the local wildlife rescue charity and would be seen chatting to locals and even pottering around the Co-op supermarket Beck lived in a 16th-century farmhouse in Wadhurst, Sussex; and Depp stayed with him during the Covid pandemic. A friend said Depp said he was 'in the English sticks', which he described as 'very beautiful and wet'. Depp has a huge house in the south of France, where he and ex-partner Vanessa Paradis largely raised their children Lily-Rose and Jack; and a Caribbean island, Little Hall's Pond Cay, where he tied the knot with Amber Heard in February 2015. That relationship unravelled just two years later, and after the divorce came two legal battles over allegations of domestic abuse. Depp lost the libel action which he brought at the UK High Court in 2020, after being called a 'wife beater', but successfully brought a libel action against Heard in a US court in 2022. Depp told the High Court in 2020 he'd lost $650million of the money he made at the peak of his Pirates Of The Caribbean fame, and was left owing $100million in taxes, on account of managers he accused of stealing from him. But friends say, despite unhappy memories of his British court case, Depp feels at home here. Key members of his team, including the CEO of his UK production company, Stephen Deuters, are based here. Depp seems to enjoy East Sussex, and has been spotted at The Middle House pub and hotel in Mayfield. He's also taken a tour of the Folly Wildlife Rescue animal centre in Kent, of which Beck was patron, and was pictured cradling an orphaned badger named Freddie Mercury. Depp was devastated by Beck's sudden death from bacterial meningitis in January 2023. Johnny was reportedly at his bedside. He and the guitarist's widow Sandra gave him a 'green burial' in the grounds of his house in Sussex. And it is perhaps no surprise that Depp is drawn to settling there himself. Johnny may even take a leaf out of his old friend's quieter life as a country gent. Beck supported the local wildlife rescue charity and would be seen chatting to locals and even pottering around the Co-op supermarket - though, of course, villagers said some 'absurdly gorgeous classic car' would be parked wherever he went. Depp gave an interview to Hollywood Authentic where he said: 'There's a couple who very much helped to keep me alive and sane and happy through the weirdness. And that's Jeff and Sandra [Beck's wife]' Beck lived in Wadhurst in East Sussex, which has repeatedly been named as the overall best place to live in the UK. Depp lived there with his friend during the pandemic When he wasn't recording in his home studio, or touring the world and playing his iconic music to thousands of adoring fans, Beck would even write the occasional letter to Wealden Council. Only his friend Johnny Depp would raise eyebrows in the community, with a taxi driver who once picked up the Hollywood star near Beck's place in Wadhurst - where they had been jamming - telling BBC journalist Victoria Valentine that the actor's 'jangly necklaces' were 'a bit unusual in rural Sussex'. The pair first met in 2016 and began recording the album in 2019 while Depp was also playing with Alice Cooper's supergroup Hollywood Vampires. In 2022 Beck released a full length album, titled 18, with Depp and the pair played a number of live gigs together. Depp gave an interview to Hollywood Authentic where he said: 'There's a couple who very much helped to keep me alive and sane and happy through the weirdness. And that's Jeff and Sandra [Beck's wife]'. Beck, regarded as one of rock's greatest ever guitarists, was ranked fifth in Rolling Stone Magazine's list of the '100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time'. His extraordinary career saw him share the stage with some of music's biggest names – and produce an album as well as touring with Depp in 2022.
Daily Mail
18-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
EXCLUSIVE Johnny Depp moves to Sussex: Pirates of the Caribbean star snaps up large house after living in the county during Covid in guitarist Jeff Beck's 16th century cottage
He cuts the most bohemian of figures. But it can be revealed that Johnny Depp has joined the gin-and-jag set by putting down roots in the Home Counties, snapping up a large house in the Sussex countryside, near the border with Kent. He was chauffeured from there to the premiere of his new film, Modigliani: Three Days On The Wing Of Madness, last week, which is why he reportedly was a little late. Two years ago, there were reports – which proved inaccurate – suggesting the Anglophile actor had moved to Somerset. In fact, he was holed up in London, in a Soho townhouse and art studio, where he lived for a couple of years. The Daily Mail's Alison Boshoff reported in July last year and recently-published interviews with Depp were indeed conducted in Soho. However, for reasons of peace, privacy and security he's now decided to move out to the country, just like his late best friend, the guitarist Jeff Beck, it can be revealed today. Beck lived in a 16th-century farmhouse in Wadhurst, Sussex; and Depp stayed with him during the Covid pandemic. A friend said Depp said he was 'in the English sticks', which he described as 'very beautiful and wet'. Depp has a huge house in the south of France, where he and ex-partner Vanessa Paradis largely raised their children Lily-Rose and Jack; and a Caribbean island, Little Hall's Pond Cay, where he tied the knot with Amber Heard in February 2015. That relationship unravelled just two years later, and after the divorce came two legal battles over allegations of domestic abuse. Depp lost the libel action which he brought at the UK High Court in 2020, after being called a 'wife beater', but successfully brought a libel action against Heard in a US court in 2022. Depp told the High Court in 2020 he'd lost $650million of the money he made at the peak of his Pirates Of The Caribbean fame, and was left owing $100million in taxes, on account of managers he accused of stealing from him. But friends say, despite unhappy memories of his British court case, Depp feels at home here. Key members of his team, including the CEO of his UK production company, Stephen Deuters, are based here. Depp seems to enjoy East Sussex, and has been spotted at The Middle House pub and hotel in Mayfield. He's also taken a tour of the Folly Wildlife Rescue animal centre in Kent, of which Beck was patron, and was pictured cradling an orphaned badger named Freddie Mercury. Depp was devastated by Beck's sudden death from bacterial meningitis in January 2023. Johnny was reportedly at his bedside. He and the guitarist's widow Sandra gave him a 'green burial' in the grounds of his house in Sussex. And it is perhaps no surprise that Depp is drawn to settling there himself. Johnny may even take a leaf out of his old friend's quieter life as a country gent. Beck supported the local wildlife rescue charity and would be seen chatting to locals and even pottering around the Co-op supermarket - though, of course, villagers said some 'absurdly gorgeous classic car' would be parked wherever he went. When he wasn't recording in his home studio, or touring the world and playing his iconic music to thousands of adoring fans, Beck would even write the occasional letter to Wealden Council. Only his friend Johnny Depp would raise eyebrows in the community, with a taxi driver who once picked up the Hollywood star near Beck's place in Wadhurst - where they had been jamming - telling BBC journalist Victoria Valentine that the actor's 'jangly necklaces' were 'a bit unusual in rural Sussex'. The pair first met in 2016 and began recording the album in 2019 while Depp was also playing with Alice Cooper's supergroup Hollywood Vampires. In 2022 Beck released a full length album, titled 18, with Depp and the pair played a number of live gigs together. Depp gave an interview to Hollywood Authentic where he said: 'There's a couple who very much helped to keep me alive and sane and happy through the weirdness. And that's Jeff and Sandra [Beck's wife]'. Beck, regarded as one of rock's greatest ever guitarists, was ranked fifth in Rolling Stone Magazine's list of the '100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time'. His extraordinary career saw him share the stage with some of music's biggest names – and produce an album as well as touring with Depp in 2022.
Forbes
02-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Forbes
Jeff Beck's Album Finally Hits The Top 40, Half A Century After Its Release
Jeff Beck's Truth debuts on the Official Vinyl Albums chart at No. 37 as a vinyl bestseller decades ... More after its 1968 release, following a colorful reissue. LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 09: Jeff Beck performs during the NFL week 10 match between the Jackson Jaguars and the Dallas Cowboys at Wembley Stadium on November 9, 2014 in London, England. (Photo by) Jeff Beck accomplished so much during his decades-long musical career. After first finding fame and success as a member of the Yardbirds, he broke out on his own and began pushing the boundaries of what guitarists could do, both as part of various groups and as a solo superstar. More than two years after the celebrated musician's passing, one of Beck's earliest albums under his own name has finally become a top 40 bestseller and returned to multiple rankings in his home country. Jeff Beck's Truth Becomes a Vinyl Bestseller Beck's debut solo project Truth launches on the Official Vinyl Albums chart this week, becoming a bestseller on the format for the first time since the Official Charts Company began publishing the specific tally. Truth opens at No. 37 this frame. Jeff Beck's Solo Albums Have All Reached the Top 40 Beck has only ever placed a trio of projects on the Official Vinyl Albums chart, and as Truth arrives, he ensures that all of them have reached the top 40. He first cracked the region with Loud Hailer, which rose to No. 36. Just three years ago, he was joined by his friend Johnny Depp on 18, which brought him to a new career high of No. 32. Vinyl Reissues Make Truth a Collectible Parlophone recently reissued both of Beck's first two solo albums on colorful vinyl, turning them into collectibles. Truth, which originally arrived in 1968, and Beck-Ola, which followed in 1969, were offered for sale on orange and white vinyl, respectively. Only the former becomes a charting win at the moment. Truth Returns to Other Official Rankings As Truth debuts on the Official Vinyl Albums ranking, it also returns to both the Official Physical Albums and Official Albums Sales charts at Nos. 83 and 91, respectively. The set hasn't been seen on either of those lists since January 2023, when there was a surge in consumption of Beck's music following his death.
Yahoo
24-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Famous birthdays for June 24: Carla Gallo, Lionel Messi
June 24 (UPI) -- Those born on this date are under the sign of Cancer. They include: -- Writer Ambrose Bierce in 1842 -- Basketball player/shoe designer Chuck Taylor in 1901 -- Astronomer Fred Hoyle in 1915 -- Writer Norman Cousins in 1915 -- Basketball Hall of Fame member Sam Jones in 1933 -- Actor Michele Lee in 1942 (age 83) -- Musician Jeff Beck (Yardbirds) in 1944 -- Actor Peter Weller in 1947 (age 78) -- Musician Mick Fleetwood (Fleetwood Mac) in 1947 (age 78) -- Musician John Illsley (Dire Straits) in 1949 (age 76) -- Actor Nancy Allen in 1950 (age 75) -- Actor Tommy Lister in 1958 -- Musician Andy McCluskey (Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark) in 1959 (age 66) -- Actor Iain Glen in 1961 (age 64) -- Musician Curt Smith (Tears for Fears) in 1961 (age 64) -- Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum in 1962 (age 63) -- Actor Sherry Stringfield in 1967 (age 58) -- Actor Carla Gallo in 1975 (age 50) -- Actor Mindy Kaling in 1979 (age 46) -- Actor Minka Kelly in 1980 (age 45) -- Actor Vanessa Ray in 1981 (age 44) -- Musician Solange Knowles in 1986 (age 39) -- Soccer player Lionel Messi in 1987 (age 38) -- Actor Candice Patton in 1988 (age 37) -- Actor Max Ehrich in 1991 (age 34) -- Actor Beanie Feldstein in 1993 (age 32) -- Actor Erin Moriarty in 1994 (age 31) -- Actor Harris Dickinson in 1996 (age 29)
