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He left the series for a return to the big screen. In 1990 he had two movies released....John Water's Cry Baby and Tim Burton's Edward Scissorhands. Scissorhands was the first of many collaborations between Tim Burton and Depp. For the next 15 years Depp, built a solid reputation for making quality movies with limited box office. That all changed when Depp took on the part of Captain Jack Sparrow in the Pirates of the Caribbean movies. Pirates was a monster hit and turned Depp into one of the biggest movie stars making movies today. Pirates V will be in theaters July 2015...I am hoping that it will be much better than the fourth part. http://cogerson.hubpages.com/hub/Johnny-De...nd-all-the-rest I'll give a different definition, then. A decade, or even 15 years ago, if you made a salary of $10 million plus to headline a movie, you were in a very elite category. Johnny Depp, as well liked as he was for some of his quirkier roles, was never close to that. You could make the same argument about Robert Downey, Jr., before Iron Man and Sherlock Holmes. No argument they are both very talented actors, but hardly global brands until those respective movies for Depp and Downey.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Mar 26, 2013 -> 08:50 PM) I disagree about Depp not being famous worldwide. He had Edward scissorhands, fear and loathing, blow, sleepy hollow, from hell, Donnie brasco, Ed wood, Gilbert grape all under his belt before he ever put on Jack Sparrows costume. And 21 Jump Street, but how many of those films you listed played around the world? Maybe Sleepy Hollow or From Hell, but many of the other ones are considered more art/indie movies (Fear and Loathing, Ed Wood, What's Eating Gilbert Grape) with niche audiences or followers of Tim Burton as much as Depp (like The Corpse Bride voice work). Edward Scissorhands, Blow and Brasco (or even Once Upon A Time in Mexico) were successful, but not $100 million plus blockbuster films.

QUOTE (High Mileage @ Mar 26, 2013 -> 10:42 PM) Wade Davis is the 4th starter. Hochevar unfortunately still on the roster, but now in the bullpen at least. That's a VERY expensive 12th man on the pitching staff. However, he's insurance, because the Royals have had pretty bad luck with pitching injuries in their starting rotation over the 2-3 years. Well, ever since Appier and Jose Rosado, haha. Or Saberhagen/Gubicza.

http://movies.yahoo.com/news/movie-stars-j...-011557359.html How new movie "stars" like Jennifer Lawrence, Jessica Chastain and Ryan Gosling are defining or redefining stardom... Gone are the days of Cruise, Pitt, Roberts, Meg Ryan, Reese Witherspoon, Stiller, Sandler, Will Ferrell and Jim Carrey making $15-25 million for one picture. It's interesting 15 years ago, Robert Downey's career was in the toilet (and drug rehab) and Depp was never truly famous worldwide until the Pirates movies. Will Smith's about the only one has sustained success over the last 20 years, and even Smith's career is trending downwards a bit the last five years. The last really good movie he was involved with was Pursuit of Happyness. Leo DiCaprio's another interesting example here...or Russell Crowe. There's a huge difference between being a talented actor and a proven box office draw. Then there's the "Anne Hathaway" backlash movement.

There have been several entertaining story lines in the men’s NCAA basketball tournament thus far: Harvard achieving its first win ever over three-seed University of New Mexico; nine-seed Wichita State defeating the West Region’s top team, Gonzaga, and Ohio State’s Aaron Craft hitting a three-point buzzer-beater on Sunday to defeat the scrappy Iowa State Cyclones. But the story of the week has to be the South region’s fifteen-seed Florida Gulf Coast University Eagles, who on Friday and Sunday defeated, respectively, No. 2-seed Georgetown and No. 7-seed San Diego State. It is another first for the tournament: a 15-seed has never advanced to the “Sweet Sixteen.” In fact, in the entire history of the men’s NCAA tournament, only seven 15-seeds had even won a single game. It is not unusual for teams – the great and not-so-great – to endure a “let down” after a physically and emotionally draining win. But in the case of the Fort Myers, Fla.-based Eagles, they seemed to respond in the opposite manner. They dropped 81 points on the Aztecs Sunday night, whose wheels effectively fell off after a 17-0 run against them in the middle of a second half that was marked by numerous uncharacteristic turnovers. RECOMMENDED: March Madness basketball quiz: memorable players and feats After the game, Florida Gulf Coast’s coach Andy Enfield was asked about their next opponent, the perennially powerful, No. 3 seed University of Florida. He said that he had called the Gators before the beginning of the season, trying to get a scrimmage on the schedule, but that it was not to be. He won’t need Florida’s coach Billy Donovan to take his call this time. Witnessing this team on the sidelines or in the locker room, it is obvious these guys are having great fun, and they appear to very close knit. This has enabled them to play with an unusual brand of abandon, and it was more than evident in the second half last night. With point guard Brett Comer doing his best Jason Kidd imitation from the top of the key and center Chase Fieler’s dunks seemingly channeling Blake Griffin (minus the car), the Eagles were the more athletic team, effortlessly siphoning off the enthusiasm of the Aztecs. San Diego’s coach Steve Fisher (himself owner of a Fort Myers residence) was complimentary – even if he mistakenly referred to Florida Gulf Coast as Florida State University. Understandable – as most of America is just getting to know this remarkable team, which has defeated its first two opponents by a combined 20 points. The Eagles' captain and motivational leader is senior Sherwood Brown, who routinely speaks to the team during half-time intermissions. But following Sunday night's victory, Brown himself got a boost from San Diego State star Jamaal Franklin, who exhibited the true essence of sportsmanship when he sought out Brown, embraced him and told the Eagles' forward that they played a great game and to keep the dream going. In fact, Franklin stayed on the court, long after his teammates had left, to witness the excitement. www.yahoo.com/sports

Put it this way: If you get four starters to make 30 starts each, you're almost guaranteed to be in the playoffs. Forget about tinkering around the margins, middle relief, bench strength, chemistry and all the rest of the architecture of teams that we love to chew on; it really is this simple: over the past five years, 15 teams have sent four starters to the mound at least 30 times each. Eleven of those 15 teams have made the playoffs, including every world champion from 2008-2012. The Nationals and Tampa Bay Rays, deep in young, reliable starters and with strong defense behind them, are best positioned to profit from how the game is played today. If you're looking for a sleeper team, keep an eye on the Arizona Diamondbacks, who have a rotation of Ian Kennedy, 28, Trevor Cahill, 25, Wade Miley, 26, Brandon McCarthy, 29, and Randall Delgado, 23. Don't forget Daniel Hudson, eventually. Which makes the White Sox lack of success despite their relative string of pitching health (minus Danks) a bit more befuddling. Lots of inconsistent or erratic offensive numbers that look "okay" at the end of the season, cumulatively, but not quite enough. The clutch hitting and OBP killed this team in the 2nd half last year.

Tyler Flowers, C, Chicago White Sox (Y! ADP N/A, 3 percent owned) — Flowers replaces AJ Pierzynski in Chicago, which of course is no small challenge. His batting average will probably end up 40-70 points shy of AJ's this season, but Flowers has a terrific shot at 20-plus homers. He went deep seven times in 153 at-bats last year, and he hit 20 bombs across two levels in 2011 in just 399 at-bats. T-Flow in top 13 sleeper roto picks at yahoo sports

QUOTE (Cali @ Mar 25, 2013 -> 10:06 PM) Only for Homer Bailey... Report: Reds Agree to Send Homer Bailey to Chicago for Jermaine DyeDec 7, 2008 – 9:39 PM Thanks, Hal McCoy of the Dayton Daily News http://www.aolnews.com/2008/12/07/report-r...o-for-jermaine/

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-leag...?.tsrc=metrosnw

http://www.boxoffice.com/articles/2013-03-...-level-activity Still getting a hang on the disconnect between social media and how/if it equates to boffo box office... Olympus Has Fallen had comparatively little social media buzz, tepid reviews, but managed to be the only successful action film of early 2013, especially compared to the 19th Die Hard movie, which had 5X the promotions and advertising behind it, seemingly.

QUOTE (La Marr Hoyt HOF @ Mar 25, 2013 -> 03:37 PM) Danks DL is a certainty based on his velocity and who knows for how long. Hector has been getting lit-up in ST and clearly not a great option based on the looks of it .... Old school 4 man rotation! Depends if he was just working on secondary pitches or whatever. When he's on, he can be electric. The coaching staff understands him better than we do. Last year, he was trying to prove himself and focusing more on getting outs, versus using his full repertoire of pitches. But yeah, he was dominant in 3 innings Friday. Of course, it was at the very end of the game when mostly minor leaguers were playing, so also take THAT performance with a grain of salt.

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/yankees--desp...-032917823.html Passan rips Yankees for the deal.

By SCOTT CACCIOLA Published: March 24, 2013 PHILADELPHIA — After pregame player introductions, Florida Gulf Coast’s Sherwood Brown began to dance as his teammates, their arms interlocked, spun in a circle around him, their speed building and building until they broke apart and scattered. Tournament Bracket and Forecast Nate Silver is calculating each team’s chance of advancing to any given stage of the N.C.A.A. tournament. View his bracket and keep tabs on the latest results. In a sense, that was how the Eagles hoped to play against San Diego State on Sunday night at Wells Fargo Center: fast and exciting and borderline reckless, a bunch of grown children coloring outside the lines. Why not have some fun? Florida Gulf Coast officially turned the N.C.A.A. tournament into its own big celebration, romping to an 81-71 victory over San Diego State in the Round of 32. In the process, the upstart Eagles became the first No. 15 seed in tournament history to advance to the regional semifinals. “As everyone’s seen, we’re doing something special out here,” Brown said. On Friday, Florida Gulf Coast will face Florida, the No. 3 seed in the South Region, for a spot in the Round of 8. Yes, you read that correctly. Brown, the Atlantic Sun Conference’s player of the year, pushed his way through foul trouble to score 8 points in a late 17-0 run that blew apart a tight game. There were 3-pointers and dunks, fast-break layups and defensive stops. In other words, business as usual for the Eagles. It was such compelling theater that many Duke fans — awaiting their team’s late game against Creighton — stood and cheered for the Eagles when they returned to their bench for a second-half timeout. Brown, who finished with 17 points, waved his arms, urging them on. Bernard Thompson scored a game-high 23 points for Florida Gulf Coast (26-10), which shot 55.9 percent from the field. Brett Comer, the team’s sure-handed point guard, finished with 10 points and 14 assists. And Christophe Varidel, a sharpshooting guard, had three 3-pointers off the bench. “We just want to make history,” Thompson said. “We live for moments like this.” San Diego State Coach Steve Fisher, who has a condominium in Fort Myers Beach, Fla., not far from Florida Gulf Coast’s campus, said he was familiar with Coach Andy Enfield’s program, perhaps as familiar as any coach in the country could have been. It did little good. “They play with a swagger, and they have a right to do that,” Fisher said. Jamaal Franklin scored 20 points for San Diego State (23-11), which committed 17 turnovers after being sucked into Florida Gulf Coast’s vortex. “I don’t like to slow our style down,” Enfield said. “I like to let our guys play.” In just its second season as a tournament-eligible Division I program, Florida Gulf Coast has suddenly gone from one of the country’s most unknown teams to perhaps its most celebrated. On Friday, the Eagles pulled off the Round of 64’s most remarkable upset, knocking off second-seeded Georgetown. In the wake of that win, Enfield said he received 450 text messages, e-mails and voice mails. But such was life in the spotlight, not that his team was going to change. After all, these were the same players who, just before taking the court for their Atlantic Sun tournament final earlier this month, opted to keep loose by partaking in a locker-room round of freeze tag. The players refer to Fort Myers as Dunk City — for good reason, based on the evidence they have provided. “We don’t take ourselves too seriously,” Enfield said. At the same time, Brown said he and his teammates were not satisfied with one win, with one upset. They wanted more. It might have sounded brash, considering the team played in Division II as recently as 2006 (and in the N.A.I.A. before that). Did they care? No. The Eagles were amped from the start. When San Diego State’s Chase Tapley pump-faked on a 3-pointer on his team’s opening possession, Brown barreled into him like a bulldozer. At the other end, San Diego State’s aggressive defense continually forced Florida Gulf Coast into using the entire shot clock. This was not the Eagles’ preference. They wanted to leak out in transition and score easy baskets. Still, Florida Gulf Coast looked to be easing into its familiar rhythm midway through the half when Comer found Eric McKnight for an alley-oop dunk — a play reminiscent of the team’s high-flying acrobatics against Georgetown. It spoke to the team’s carefree, go-for-broke style. “We’re going to be in full attack mode the whole entire game,” Comer said. The Eagles dealt with adversity against San Diego State. Brown picked up his third foul early in the second half, but his teammates took up the slack. Comer got into the lane for a runner, and Varidel hit a 3-pointer. By the time Chase Fieler raced in for a fast-break layup, Florida Gulf Coast was ahead, 52-46, and Fisher was desperately calling for a timeout. Brown hit another 3-pointer for a 58-52 advantage, and the lead grew from there. “It’s hard when we keep going and going and going at you,” Comer said. Nobody has been able to slow Florida Gulf Coast. Not Georgetown. Not San Diego State. The team’s next stop is Arlington, Tex., though Enfield did not seem entirely sure of the destination. “Where are we going?” he asked. His players knew: Dunk City was headed where no No. 15 had been before. “Everybody be ready,” Thompson said. www.nytimes.com

Now he had a program of his own, although he was hamstrung by NCAA restrictions that prevented him from hiring assistant coaches until April 17. There was a small core of returning players, most of them unaccomplished. Enfield needed more. Hence, on April 8 of that year, he was in a room at Tallahassee Memorial Hospital, talking to Eric McKnight, a freshman at Iowa State University who had just received his formal permission to transfer. Enfield was in a hospital because his wife was about to deliver their third child. The wife breathed. The coach recruited. "At one point, Amanda said, 'Put the phone down, we're about to have a baby,''' recalled Enfield before his team's practice at the Wells Fargo Center on Saturday afternoon. He stopped. Marcum was born, the couple's third child, after daughters Aila and Lily. Soon after the baby was delivered and transported to the nursery, Enfield fired up his cell phone again. As he recalls it, this time the obstetric nurse was changing his wife's IV when Amanda began questioning his sanity. "Amanda said 'Will you please be quiet? The nurse is trying to change my IV and I can't even hear.' I left the room. And I kept my recruiting call going.'' This time he wandered the hall until he found an empty birthing room, plopped onto the bed and continued talking to McKnight. At one point another nurse walked in and said, "Are you having a baby?'' Enfield shrugged sheepishly at the telling. McKnight, a willowy 6-foot-10 forward from Raleigh, N.C., signed with the Eagles and after sitting out a year, has started 31 games in this historic season. (Told on Saturday about the circumstances of his recruiting call, McKnight said, "Really? He was in the hospital? That makes me feel pretty honored that coach Enfield would do that.''). It is one story among countless stories surrounding the Eagles, who have hijacked a giant slab of March Madness and made it their own. (Harvard, too, took a mighty piece of the bracket into Saturday's game against Arizona, after shocking New Mexico in the opening round, but imploded against the Wildcats). There is the story of the school: Florida Gulf Coast University has 13,468 students, which already makes it among the largest universities in the U.S. Yet its recognition among college basketball fans was minimal. On Friday, the school's homepage received 432 percent more views than it had on the previous day, a phenomenon that mirrors the sudden recognition brought to Butler University when the Bulldogs first improbably reached the Final Four in 2010 (and then did it again in 2011). Yet it's not even clear FGCU needs the push; according to a school spokesman, the glistening campus, with its own sprawling lake, is already growing by 800-1,000 students each year. Yet the age of the college and the suddenness of its rise (FGCU began playing in Division I only in 2006-'07), lend an air of shock to everything the Eagles achieve. There is the story of the coach. Unless one of his peers has a well-kept secret, Enfield is the only startup entrepreneur in the Division I coaching ranks, having co-founded a software contract management company in the health care industry called TractManager in 2000, along with partner Tom Rizk, who had previously been the CEO of a publicly traded company. "My partner is a genius, I can say that for certain,'' Enfield said, yet he is palpably uncomfortable in discussing other aspects of his ongoing association with TractManager, which at one point was valued at more than $100 million. "I retain a part of company, but I'm not involved any way in management,'' Enfield said. He declined to provide the size of his stake, "because it's a private company.'' In 2003, while working in New York both with TractManager and his basketball consulting business (focusing on skills development), Enfield was introduced to Amanda Marcum, an Oklahoma native (and Oklahoma sports fan) with a thriving career as a fashion model. Their first date was arranged by a mutual friend, and Enfield said that upon first seeing Marcum, "As soon as I saw Amanda get in the car, I knew it would be a good trip.'' He took a fashion model to a game at St. John's and ate Taco Bell at the student union beforehand because nothing else was open. "I figured if she still likes me after Taco Bell and a basketball game...'' Enfield said. They were married in 2004. Two years later, Enfield took his career, and his wife, to Tallahassee. "What a sacrifice she has made to give up ... from flying all over the world to doing fashion shoots to moving to Tallahassee, which is a nice place, but it's not New York and it's not Milan and it's not Sydney and it's not Paris.'' Read More: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/-college-.../#ixzz2OWkZ4WjD

QUOTE (fathom @ Mar 24, 2013 -> 09:01 PM) I'll never understand why they didn't go into ST thinking that Santiago was going to be a starter. Because Ventura wasn't listening to the experts at SoxTalk who've more correctly diagnosed Danks?? This is just idiotic, since none of those guys would pitch better than Santiago in the AL, and none of them would be part of the long-term solution, either. I'm not expecting to see Mitchell or Walker traded for some journeyman veteran who will soak up additional resources and hurt our future as well.

Hard to say which one was better, Fieler and Comer in the upset over GU FRI or the McKnight one in the first half today. FGCU and LaSalle/Mississippi and Oregon (well, not really) are looking to be the only double digit seeds left. Would be great to see Creighton knock off Duke, too.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Mar 24, 2013 -> 09:43 AM) Belle wouldn't classify as a miss. They got his best season, and then he left just in time to get hurt and be done. Yes, but a lot of those stats were put up after the Sox were far behind in the standings. Most importantly, he never really fit in with his teammates, wasn't cooperative with the front office and nor was he ever embraced by the fans.

http://espn.go.com/ncb/notebook/_/page/hom...home-court-live Article on why it will take a long time to ever trust a Gonzaga team again as a top seed or NCAA favorite.

http://www.tampabay.com/sports/baseball/ra...d-pasts/2110921 Another form of Moneyball, played by the Rays. The White Sox have been right out there over the last decade, taking numerous similar chances of their own. Of course, it didn't work so well with Swisher, O-Cab or Javy, for it usually has. There have been notable misses, like Albert Belle or David Wells, though.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Mar 4, 2013 -> 08:41 AM) Odds are he is probably behind Castro and Molina as well. Maybe even Rienzo. And Johnson, based more on potential.

Morel? They're not going to risk a $150-200 million roster on Morel, no way. At any rate, wish they were still playing Mitchell, Walker, Thompson in major league games more instead of Brandon Short.

QUOTE (whitesoxfan99 @ Mar 23, 2013 -> 10:11 PM) How so? There have been like 6 good games in 3 days. There have been a lot of upsets, but not so dramatic endings. The only really exciting one was Marquette/Davidson. After watching Marquette take out Butler, they really have to be kicking themselves even more down in Virginia. One ill-advised pass away from possibly being the Cinderella School of the Sweet 16. Now that title goes to WSU or Oregon. But those are not huge shockers, not to those who follow basketball year-in, year-out. Florida Gulf Coast would be the biggest story if they could win tmrw, and Creighton/Temple/LaSalle could also be legit underdog stories. Last 9 seed to knock out a 1 was UNI, I think.

QUOTE (Jake @ Mar 23, 2013 -> 10:09 PM) This is just what happens when you never play any competition. Well, nobody wants to play Gonzaga non-conference in Spokane, and it's not easy to schedule for that program...plus the remote location and travel times that are involved for a school in the Pacific NW. There's nothing to gain for most top D-1 programs in playing them, except for other mid-majors and mid-tier big conference teams, who all want to put a feather in their cap by knocking them off. But, yeah, Olynyk was fouled, no doubt about that. But Gonzaga didn't play that well against Southern, either. Definitely weren't at the top of their game this tourney.

Awesome comeback from WSU, and coach Gregg Marshall. Baker has STONES, man. A 10 point lead just evaporated, like that, in a heartbeat. Just incredible backcourt play down the stretch, and free throw shooting, to boot. And what the HELL was Stockton doing out there, passing up shot after shot? Definitely not the player his father was. Van Fleet's a Rockford kid, btw. And, if California can come back on Syracuse, what an incredible weekend for the PAC-10 compared to pre-tourney expectations.