Bottoms Up

This afternoon Cinema Romantico learned via its daily edition of the Chicago Sun Times that the long-running rumor of music's pre-eminent guitarist/vodka drinker/palm tree enthusiast Keith Richards appearing as the father of Johnny Depp's infamous Captain Jack Sparrow in "Pirates of the Caribbean" is no longer a mere rumor. He is officially slated to appear in said role in the third installment of the film franchise set to be relased in the summer of 2007.

I haven't been this excited since I learned Sylvester Stallone himself had penned the screenplay for "Driven".