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Viewers of the UK’s “This Morning” program got a delightful surprise on January 18th when Steve Wilson aired his eight-minute feature on SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET. Wilson intercuts numerous film clips with interviews with the SWEENEY cast, and asks some original questions. For example, he asks director Tim Burton if it was “weird” seeing Helena Bonham Carter “on screen in love with one of your best mates?” Grinning broadly, Burton (with Johnny chuckling next to him) replies, “No . . . because I knew what was going to happen to her at the end, so I felt very confident their relationship wouldn’t last.”

You can watch the entire “This Morning” feature on You Tube here: http://tinyurl.com/33l3nu Many thanks to Mrs Pink for the link. Don’t miss the game of “Guess the Goatee” or the moment when Steve Wilson hands Johnny Depp a razor and dares the screen’s most notorious singing barber to give him a Mohawk. “Just don’t put it anywhere near my throat,” the interviewer adds prudently. Johnny obliges, as you can see in our photo. To see a larger version of that screencap, click here: http://tinyurl.com/ypp4ry Thanks to Lu for sharing her screencaps with us! In this case, a picture is definitely worth a thousand words. –Part-Time Poet

At the Paris premiere of SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET, a reporter from AP Television asked Johnny Depp how he got the news that he had won the Golden Globe for Best Actor, Musical or Comedy for his performance as Sweeney Todd. “I was at my house,” Johnny replied. “Yeah, I was at home, just hanging out.” And Johnny’s reaction to his victory? “I was very surprised, certainly. Moved, you know. Flattered. Honoured.” Johnny recalled that the Hollywood Foreign Press Association were the first to recognize his film work with an award nomination, for EDWARD SCISSORHANDS. “They nominated me about 17 years ago,” Johnny said. “It was the first time.”

Tim Burton did not learn that SWEENEY TODD had won the Golden Globe as Best Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy until the morning after the awards. “Well, I was in London and I was asleep,” the director told AP Television. “So, I read about it in the newspaper the next day because nobody has my phone number so I was not really aware of it until the next morning.”

The Zone thanks Theresa for sharing the story; you can read the article here: http://tinyurl.com/33hcgw Thanks also to AnaMaria and Bonnie for the photo of Johnny in Paris. –Part-Time Poet