Johnny Depp was visited by the spirit of a gangster on his new movie. The Hollywood star portrays John Dillinger in "Public Enemies" and insists the notorious bank robber was watching over him while he was filming scenes.

He told BANG Showbiz: "It was magical to be able to literally walk in the same steps that he took. You could almost feel him. I did feel him, not to be spooky or anything, but there were moments when I felt his presence. There were moments when I felt a certain level of approval from the guy."

A threat of a dry summer, which caused Ontario residents to panic buy and stock up on liquor, no longer looms following the temporary agreement reached Wednesday by the Liquor Control Board of Ontario and the Ontario Public Service Employees Union.

The 7,000 LCBO workers were legally in a position to strike Wednesday. Ontarians took advantage of the one-day window to stock up on liquor causing LCBO's sales record to be broken.

The Tallmadge city council in Ohio has proposed a nuisance ordinance that will ban businesses from parading dancing employees dressed in costumes along sidewalks to advertise their establishments.

The ordinance was introduced apparently due to public complaints against distracting advertising strategies, including carrying of signs to invite customers.

A Missouri mom was shocked to discover their family's Christmas photo had been with as an advertisement in Prague, without the family's knowledge or permission.

Danielle Smith got a call from a friend who was vacationing in Prague and saw the family's photo in a store window, The Intelligencer reported.

Jon Lech Johansen, known more widely as DVD Jon, has pulled off a real-life hack on Apple as he bought a huge advertisement space on the wall outside the Apple Store in San Francisco.

The marketing banner placed directly next to the main entrance to Apple's flagship store is about doubleTwist that gives "The Cure for iPhone Envy". The company aims to become a default application for all hardware devices.