Reverse psychology?

Just so you know, Academy voters, Johnny Depp wouldn't take your old Oscar. "I don't want to win one of those things, ever," he told BBC Newsbeat. "I don't want to have to talk. They gave me one of those things, like a nomination, two or three times. A nomination is plenty." And don't refer to his performance in "Black Mass" as a return to form, either. "What did I come back from? The dead?" he asks. "I haven't done anything different in this than I have in any other film."

Pee-wee's new adventure

Paul Reubens will play the Penguin's father in "Gotham." … Denzel Washington will direct an episode of "Grey's Anatomy." … Major League Baseball is getting into the TV business, producing a scripted series about Babe Ruth that will be directed by Allen Coulter ("The Sopranos"). … Faith Hill will coproduce her own daytime talk show, set in a Nashville farmhouse, with Kellie Pickler as a co-host. … Gwyneth Paltrow will star in Ryan Murphy's next anthology series, about a female musical supergroup. … Maroon 5's video "Sugar" will be turned into an unscripted NBC series.

'Love Bug' redux?

Leonardo DiCaprio's production company has secured the rights to the Volkswagen scandal story. … James McAvoy joins M. Night Shyamalan's next thriller. … Nick Cassavetes ("The Notebook") will direct the Ronda Rousey update of "Road House." … Jennifer Lawrence has dropped out of Richard Link­later's "The Rosie Project," but she has signed on to Darren Aronofsky's next film. … Charlize Theron takes a part originally planned for Brad Pitt in the CIA thriller "The Gray Man."

'Inglourious' introduction

Michael Fassbender playing Steve Jobs was never a sure thing. Screenwriter Aaron Sorkin admits that when director Danny Boyle mentioned the actor's name, "I was the one person in the world unfamiliar with Michael's work. So I spent a fantastic weekend watching all of Michael's movies, and by the time I was, I think, halfway into his first scene in 'Inglourious Basterds,' I was leading the Michael Fassbender march."

Cynthia Dickison