TINSELTOWN SPYWITNESS.Byline: Elizabeth Snead and Joel Stratte-McClure A REAL SUGAR HIGH: There was a definite film fraternity on the chocolate carpet Sunday in Hollywood at the premiere of Tim Burton's ``Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.'' Composer Danny Elfman has worked with the darkly wry director on films including ``Nightmare Before Christmas,'' ``Sleepy Hollow'' and ``Big Fish.'' Burton also likes to work with Johnny Depp John Christopher Depp II[1] (born June 9 1963) is an American actor. Biography Early life Depp was born in Owensboro, Kentucky, to John Christopher Depp Sr., a city engineer, and Betty Sue (Wells), a waitress. , casting the handsome actor with an eccentric rock star 'tude in ``Edward Scissorhands,'' ``Ed Wood'' and ``Hollow.'' And now the expanded film fraternity includes young Freddie Highmore Alfred Thomas Highmore[1] (born February 14, 1992) is an English actor. Biography Freddie Highmore was born in London, England to a show business family; his mother is a talent agent and his father is an actor. , who met Depp when he played Peter to Depp's ``Peter Pan'' author, J.M. Barry, in ``Finding Neverland.'' Depp recommended the lad, who shares his birthday, to play Charlie. Look for little Freddie next in ``Five Children and It,'' based on E. Nesbit's popular British children's book. So has Johnny given any acting or life advice? ``Not in so many words, but one learns by watching,'' said the freckle-faced British lad. ``What impresses me the most is that Johnny is just so completely normal,'' says Freddie. ``Even though he's a famous actor, he's just a regular person.'' Regular folk Depp and his lady, Vanessa Paradis Vanessa Chantal Paradis (born December 22 1972 in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, Val-de-Marne, France) is a French singer and actress. 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He is best known for his role as the character of Jesse Katsopolis on the TV show Full House and the film's cast and crew got a sugar rush at the after-party benefiting the Make-A-Wish Foundation. The bash featured flowing chocolate fountains and bridges over chocolate rivers. Every kid and lots of adults were given a big bucket to fill with Wonka goodies piled high in every room. Now that's what we call a Golden Ticket. THE BIRTHDAY BLONDE: Partying with the Parental Units? Jessica Simpson celebrated her big 2-5 birthday Saturday at the Encino home of her parents. The party started at 9 and the Spazmatics, an '80s cover band Jess loves, started at 10:30, playing in the back yard, lit by colored lights, while mechanical fish swam in the pool. The last song was ``Rebel Yell,'' and Jessica got on stage and danced with the band, who were dressed like '80s nerds. Her red velvet cake A Red velvet cake is a type of rich and sweet chocolate cake (though it is often made without chocolate flavoring) which has a distinctive dark red or red-brown color. Common ingredients include buttermilk, butter, flour, cocoa powder, and often either beets, or red food coloring. (with butter cream frosting frosting the slight graying of the haircoat around the face, particularly muzzle, in dogs with aging and as a regular feature of some breeds such as the Belgian shepherd dog. ) showed up at 11:30 with trick won't-blow-out candles, which took Jess a few minutes to figure out. Nick and Jess kissed after she made her wish. Maybe for less tabloid coverage of their marriage? Then DJ Samantha Ronson blasted Jess' ``These Boots Were Made for Walking.'' Who came to see the B-day girl? Jake Gyllenhaal, Eva Mendes, Drew Lachey and Ashlee Simpson, Wilmer Valderrama (natch), Christian Slater, Joaquin Phoenix, Seth Green, David Spade, JC Chasez, Macy Gray, Topher Grace, Kevin Richardson, Quentin Tarantino and Cris Judd. And everyone hit the dance floor set up on the tennis court to boogie to Beyonce's ``Crazy in Love,'' and tunes by Gwen Stefani, Justin Timberlake, Coldplay, White Stripes and Missy Elliott. The music quit at 2 but the party went on until 3:30 a.m. Hubby Nick Lachey surprised Jess with rims on her SUV. She squealed with delight when she saw them before the party. But she also got a lotta loot from family and friends as well as a Silver Spoon gift bag containing Hammit bags, C and C T-shirts, a Lotta Stenson dress, Benefit makeup, True Religion jeans, Hard Tail workout wear, Daisy Duke shorts and a vintage Willie Nelson T-shirt. Guests got goodies, too: Lush and Benefit makeup, Theory clothing, Victoria's Secret sweats, Fred Segal vintage Disney T's, an Ona Spa spray tan gift certificate stuffed in Paul Frank tweed bags for gals and tweed backpacks for dudes. CAPTION(S): 3 photos Photo: (1) SPEARS: How'd the ticket get in there? Kevin Winter/Getty Images (2) HIGHMORE: Charlie's in charge. (3) BURTON: That's not hair - they're actually Twizzlers. Danny Moloshok/Associated Press |
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