Johnny And Amber To Marry Next Week?

JOHNNY DEPP and Amber Heard are reportedly set to tie the knot next week at the actor's private island in the Bahamas. Sources close to Depp have confirmed that the couple will be joined at his Little Hall's Pond Cay island home by 50 of their nearest and dearest, including his children Lily-Rose, 15, and Jack, 12. Heard is said to have chosen a gown by Stella McCartney for the ceremony.

Far from choosing a date close to Valentine's Day for romantic reasons, it seems the couple had more practical considerations.

"She's filming a movie in London, and he's getting ready to film the next Pirates of the Caribbean in Australia," a source told Page Six. "So this is the only time that everyone could get together."

Despite the 45-acre size of the island - which Depp bought in 2004 whilst shooting Pirates of the Carribbean there - living accommodation is limited, and as a result many of the guests are staying on Depp's 156ft yacht, Vajoliroja, moored nearby, during the festivities.

Depp has been engaged four times - latterly to Vanessa Paradis, mother of his two children, and previously to actresses Jennifer Grey (of Dirty Dancing fame), Sherilyn Fenn and Winona Ryder (resulting in a now-defunct "Winona Forever" tattoo) - and was married in the early Eighties to Lori Anne Allison. Despite years of marriage rumours during his relationship with Kate Moss, she and Depp were never engaged.