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I hadn't time all weekend to get to catch on my online celebrity stalking, lol, but when I did I caught an eyeful:
Sit down ladies. Johnny Depp is finally tying the knot with Vanessa Paradis, his companion of 10 years and mother of his two children. Depp is quoted as saying that he knows she'd be happy getting married and he wants to do whatever will make her happy. Aww! Sounds like Vanessa got tired of being referred to as his girlfriend, though I thought the French were less concerned with that? Perhaps some American has rubbed off on her.
Regardless, the source of the story stated that Depp's and Paradis' two children are very happy about the planned June wedding.
Isn't love lovely?
The Pirates of The Caribbean actor (previously married in the 80s) has said about his relationship with Vanessa, "For all intents and purposes, we are married," adding that, "if [Vanessa] ever said, 'Hey, let's get hitched,' I would do it in a second." A source close to the couple said: "Vanessa recently told Johnny that she would love to have a wedding. "Johnny loves Vanessa very much, and he said if that's what would make her happy, then he'd marry her." The summer wedding will be a low-key family affair.
The couple's children "are really excited about it," the insider tells Life and Style magazine. "Actually the whole family is excited. "They wanted to make it convenient for Johnny's family in Florida," so the wedding will likely take place in Georgia's Tybee Island, according to the source. "They're going to send out invitations in a few weeks."
The big event, which is set to take place June 14, will be a family affair. Johnny and Vanessa’s children, Lily-Rose, 8, and Jack, 6, “are really excited about it,” the insider revealed. “Actually the whole family is excited."
Rather than marry in the local church, L' eglise St Martin, the couple are expected to hold the ceremony in the ancient chapel within the 50-acre grounds of their idyllic rural hideaway in the tiny village of Plan de la Tour, an hour from St Tropez.
The source said: 'We understand they will marry this summer. Villagers thought they would wed in the church here but we now hear that they have a little chapel in the grounds of their home.
'It would make sense they would celebrate there because they don't like drawing attention to themselves. The whole reason they live here is because they like the quiet life.'
The couple's two children, Lily-Rose and Jack, four, will attend along with just a clutch of friends.
The couple have been living mainly in Richmond, Surrey this year while Depp fulfils his filming commitments but they make frequent trips to their palatial French villa.
Local taxi driver Jean-Philippe Reno, 44, said: 'They are a very private couple. We often see them out and about in the village but no one would dream of hassling them. That's the reason Johnny likes it here so much.
'There's no paparazzi. He can just be a normal person. It's no surprise that they want to celebrate in the privacy of their home.'
According to French law, the couple must obtain legal consent from the mayor to marry.
Once the formalities are over couples are then free to have a religious ceremony.
A spokeswoman for Plan de la Tour's mayor, Florence Lanliard, refused to comment on the rumour.
She said: 'We never discuss personal issues. We will not make any comment about Johnny Depp or Vanessa Paradis.'
With a population of 2000, it is easy to see why camera-shy Depp loves Plan de la Tour.
If they are at home, without fail they will drive in their black Chrysler Voyager to the Thursday outdoor market where they select their fruit and vegetables and even buy clothes from the bargain racks.
At the market last week locals gossiped about the village playing host to the wedding of one of Hollywood's hottest stars.
Stephanie, who is in her 40s, said: 'The villagers couldn't be happier for them. But the truth of the matter is, they are such a private family we probably won't know they have married until after the event. There don't court attention. They love it here because they can blend in and just be a normal family.'
Depp bought his French villa seven years ago from a German family for £750,000. Dotted around the vast grounds are five other houses, occupied the housekeeper, gardener and security. The tiny chapel is behind the house on the edge of the vineyards.
There is no give-away that this is the residence of one of Hollywood?s greatest actors. Even the security cameras are out of sight, hidden in the trees. But step inside the house and there would be no mistaking.
It has every modern luxury. The master bedroom even has its own swimming pool. A second, much larger pool is located in the garden alongside the vegetable and herb patch.
They have four ponies for the children and a playground with swings, a slide and a sandpit. Depp fell in love with France while shooting The Ninth Gate there in 1998.
Although Depp is not fluent in French he happily converses with the locals, few of whom speak a single word of English. Lily Rose, who is bilingual, has been heard many times correcting her father.
The actor has cited his children as a primary reason for his flight to France, saying he wanted them to 'grow up in a very simple and calm environment, where everything is not about the next movie or the next success'.
The doting dad added: "I love the simple things: the sunrise, the trees, the countryside. I can take a ride into the village and have a coffee with my girl, and people say: "Hello Johnny. How are you?" I'm not looking around for the paparazzi.'
@Dan that is so hard to disagree with as it is in my top 5 favourites of his and it was when I realized that given the right material, he was a talent to be reckoned with.
Posted by: Cyn | April 16, 2008 at 08:48 PM
Johnny Depp's best movie was "Whatever Happened to Gilbert Grape."
Posted by: Dan | April 16, 2008 at 01:05 PM