The Babylonian excess of Johnny Depp

Johnny Depp's constant insistence that he's "keeping it real" is wearying.

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Johnny Depp: "Keeping it real"
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A friend of mine once eavesdropped on a conversation between two rich wives aboard a swanky yacht in the Mediterranean, says Jemima Lewis in The Daily Telegraph. One confessed that while she and her husband had a share in a private jet, it wasn't quite the same as owning one. "Ahhh," she sighed. "How the other half lives."

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