Guess Who's Johnny Depp's New Bestie

[peddlestools]

Johnny Depp has spent more than seven weeks in Saudi Arabia over the past year, traversing the country by yacht and helicopter. In that time, Depp and the crown prince have made “a genuine connection.”

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Comments

[vikingsmn]

Francis Ford Coppola was invited to the Red Sea Film Festival but declined the invitation because unlike Johnny Depp, he doesn't think it's cool to hang out with dictators who murder journalists.

Francis Ford Coppola supports and bankrolls a convicted pedophile.

[syvlie0o0]

lol yeah I have no idea what OP thought they were doing with that.

[anyaroses]

Maybe they thought that it was a good example because it shows that even someone as morally bankrupt as Coppola has their limits?

[dull_and_wicked]

i was about to say. coppola isn't the person to make a moral comparison with at all

[gillenvillain]

Oh? Really? This mf enjoys the company and praises another pos waste of oxygen human trash?

[inkstainedlips]

Would love to see both of them drop dead.

[picturemegone]

Did he blow all his money already?

[braindiva]

I mean, that does sound like a choice he'd make. He seems a bottomless pit of money. Plus, he gets people sucking up to him. Pathetic.

The article also mentions that some of these ultrarich people are buying top art pieces and keeping them hidden away. I know it's not a huge problem in the grand scheme of things, but I always find the commodification of art so depressing. Of course, artists have to make money from their art, but when you're talking about Da Vinci or other long deceased artists, especially those who produced masterpieces, it's just sad when people keep an investment hidden away instead of loaning it or sharing it.

[juliette666]

I hate that too. I went to see a small Remedios Varo exhibit in San Francisco last year, and I'm glad I got to see those works because several of them were purchased by private collectors, so who knows when anyone else will get to see them again? (BTW, I highly recommend checking her out if you haven't already. She was a surrealist who is one of my favorites and her work is so gorgeous.)

[braindiva]

Ooo, I love surrealists so thanks for the heads up. I'll look it up as it's not someone I know.

I always think of one of my aunts. She had an eye for talent and smart investment. She collected a lot of art, mostly in the 60s and 70s, and purchased pieces by artists that then became very revered. My dad says her collection is worth millions. (I don't know if she sold a lot of it. With her, we never really know.) But she kept it most of it in a vault or hidden away! That was so insulting to my art loving self. She is a pretty miserable lady so I'm not sure she even really enjoyed it.

[braindiva]

I looked her up, and I do know who she is. The name didn't ring a bell initially, but I have seen some of her paintings. I can't remember which museum though. It's lovely work.