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Serbia Is Seeing a Whole Lot of Johnny Depp These Days

Now, Johnny Depp fans in Serbia can pose for photos with the actor anytime they want. Johnny was honored with a statue in his image at the the opening of the Third Annual Kustendorf Film festival held in Belgrade, Serbia yesterday. The nearly life-size statue was created by renown sculptor Dragan Nikolic Bajastatue and was presented to Depp by Serbian director Emir Kusturica. In addition to the statue, Johnny also received the “Award for Future Movies.” Umm....

The statue was unveiled in the village of Drvengrad, which was created by Kusturica for his film, Life is a Miracle. Though it started out as a movie set, the "woodenvillage" is now a popular tourist destination with restaurants, a movie theater, library and gallery. The town was even named the best European architectonic achievement in the last three years by the expert jury of the Brussels Foundation for Architecture.

Why Depp might be back in Serbia sooner than you think...

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If Michael Cera Can Tour Detroit's Abandoned Train Station, We Wanna Go Too

Actor Micheal Cera, who took a break for a second from hanging out with his new posse The Cast of Jersey Shore, recently told MTV, "I've done a lot of stuff I'm really ashamed of" and when asked if it was illegal, he replied, "Yeah. And I'd rather not elaborate on that." Well, we know of at least one illegal activity Cera participated in while filming Youth in Revolt in Detroit—trespassing.

On Tuesday night he told Jimmy Fallon about a little trek he took through Detroit's abandoned train station. "We went in the abandoned train station, which you know about, we went in it, it was one of the scariest...There's this train station in Detroit that was designed by the guy that did Grand Central, y'know, that guy," he explained. "So its a beautiful structure and like, huge, but its been abandoned since '85 or something so its just filled with rubble and broken windows and we were in there because we were with a local who had gone in there since he was a kid, and well, we were in there we heard gun shots. So it sounded like the gun shots were coming from the bottom of the staircase we were descending and it was terrifying, but I think they were actually outside. So someone got shot and it was terrifying." Then he added the disclaimer: "don't go there, its not a tourist attraction or anything."

Of course, as soon as someone says, "don't go there", we're dying to check it out...

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50 Cent's Guide To Enjoying Grand Rapids, Michigan

Grand Rapids, MI has a new, unlikely, fan. 50 Cent is currently in Grand Rapids to film Gun and he has nothing but love for the city. The rapper/writer/producer/businessman says he prefers the small town vibe of Grand Rapids as opposed to working in NYC where everyone wants a piece of him.

"I was comfortable and able to focus on the actual project because of that. New York city is rough because so many people are conscious of everything that I do,” he said. “I’m in a scene and they want me to sign a piece a paper or take a picture in the middle of the scene. It’s like, ‘I can’t!’ And they don’t understand that.”

Where to find fiddy in Michigan, after the jump

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2009's Best Travel Movie Is...

You may remember us saying that 2008 was a "marquee year for travel movies." Thanks to George Clooney, an animated curmudgeon, and Mike Tyson, 2009 easily tops it. Many of the films released over the past 12 months didn't just allude to travel or leave us dreaming about about far away lands—their plots centered around hopping a plane, train, or automobile and seeing the world.

Up in the Air, with its critical accolades and dashing lead, would be the obvious choice for Best of the Year, but it didn't feature as much awe-inspiring scenery as it did shots of airport terminals, when we were lucky. If anything, it kind of discouraged people from travel and was generally pretty depressing. The most scenic shots happened during the opening credits, so it gets shoved aside. Julie & Julia was also a top contender, balancing scenes of unglamorous cohabitation in New York with Paris' romantic landscape, not to mention shots of rich French dishes like sole meuniere. Then there was The Hangover, which our sister site VegasChatter comprehensively covered, and also because it was downright hilarious, taking the oft-repeated saying, "What happens in Vegas..." to ridiculous new heights. You thought that your all-night party session on the Strip was epic? Try stealing Mike Tyson's tiger and get back to us.

Find out which film takes home our top prize after the jump.

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New Orleans Will Be The Star Of New HBO Drama 'Treme'

A new HBO series will feature some authentic N'awlins barbecue, or least it will feature some smoke from the grill. The series Treme, which is scheduled to debut this spring, is set in New Orleans immediately following Hurricane Katrina. The drama tells the story of the city’s recovery through fictional characters based on some of the real characters who lived through it. The series will also feature locals who know the culture of NOLA best, an important aspect to the series' creator, David Simon, whose other HBO series, The Wire, was known for its sometimes too realistic depiction of life in Baltimore.

One of those locals, Kermit Ruffins, will play himself in the pilot episode of the series. Ruffins can be found playing trumpet in New Orleans on just about any night of the week. And though no one would argue that this New Orleans native can sing and blow the horn, he brings a little something extra to each gig—his mobile barbecue rig.

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The Jolie-Pitts Spend The Holidays in NYC So Angie Can Get Back To Work

While everyone else is enjoying time off this week, Angelina Jolie is busy working. The mother of six dragged her whole brood, including Brad Pitt, to New York City last week so she could finish shooting additional scenes for the spy thriller Salt. The production took time off for Christmas but is back on today, filming a scene around W 28th St and 11 Ave in Manhattan. Angie spent most of last spring filming the project in which she stars as Evelyn Salt, a CIA officer accused of being a Russian spy. Liev Schreiber, Chiwetel Ejiofor and Andre Braugher also star in the film due in theaters next year.

The family appears to be making the most of their time in NYC, without breaking the bank. The clan sipped on hot chocolate at a Café Metro last Monday. Eyewitnesses claim Brad waited in line with everyone else while Ang got Maddox, Pax, Shiloh and Zahara situated. Brad and Ang were also spotted buying hats and gloves for the kids from a street vendor in Manhattan, proving even the rich and famous like to take advantage of a deal every once in a while.

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Find Out Where 'Avatar' Filmed The Non-CGI Scenes

As those of you who rushed to see Avatar this weekend know, the movie is hard to summarize in a few sentences. According to IMDb, James Cameron's epic tale is about Jake, a paraplegic war veteran of the future, who is brought to another planet, Pandora, which is inhabited by the Na'vi, a humanoid race with their own language and culture; then those from Earth find themselves at odds with each other and the local culture. What the summary doesn't tell you is that the 3D movie looks really cool thanks to new CGI techniques developed just for Avatar.

But even though the movie is a technological showpiece, there was still some old school location filming that took place in New Zealand and Hawaii. First, Cameron, who has always been an unconventional filmmaker, brought the movie's stars, Sam Worthington and Zoe Saldana, to Hawaii where he dressed them up like aborigines and had them running around half-naked while acting out their scenes before actually filming in front of a green screen in the studio. The technique was suppose to give them all a taste of how the scenes would feel if they were being shot in a real rain forest.

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