Amber Heard Expected to Resume Testimony in Depp Libel Trial

Actor Amber Heard, left, and actor Johnny Depp appear in the courtroom at the Fairfax County Circuit Court in Fairfax, Va., Thursday, May 5, 2022. (AP)
Actor Amber Heard, left, and actor Johnny Depp appear in the courtroom at the Fairfax County Circuit Court in Fairfax, Va., Thursday, May 5, 2022. (AP)
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Amber Heard Expected to Resume Testimony in Depp Libel Trial

Actor Amber Heard, left, and actor Johnny Depp appear in the courtroom at the Fairfax County Circuit Court in Fairfax, Va., Thursday, May 5, 2022. (AP)
Actor Amber Heard, left, and actor Johnny Depp appear in the courtroom at the Fairfax County Circuit Court in Fairfax, Va., Thursday, May 5, 2022. (AP)

Amber Heard is expected to take the witness stand Monday for a third day of testimony in a libel suit filed against her by her ex-husband, Johnny Depp.

The high-profile trial is resuming after a one-week hiatus to accommodate a judicial conference. Jurors have already heard four weeks of testimony.

Heard has already spent two days on the witness stand and still has not been cross-examined by Depp’s lawyers.

Heard told jurors she was physically and sexually abused on multiple occasions before and during her brief marriage to Depp, which lasted from 2015-16. Depp has already testified and denied he ever hit Heard.

Depp is suing Heard in Fairfax County Circuit Court for libel over an op-ed she wrote in The Washington Post describing herself as “a public figure representing domestic abuse.” His lawyers say he was defamed by the 2018 article even though it never mentioned his name.



Italy's Paolo Sorrentino, US Star Dafoe Honored at Sarajevo Film Fest

A pedestrian walks across a bridge over the Miljacka River, nearly dried up and covered with algae, amid a heatwave and drought in Sarajevo, Bosnia, Aug. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Armin Durgut)
A pedestrian walks across a bridge over the Miljacka River, nearly dried up and covered with algae, amid a heatwave and drought in Sarajevo, Bosnia, Aug. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Armin Durgut)
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Italy's Paolo Sorrentino, US Star Dafoe Honored at Sarajevo Film Fest

A pedestrian walks across a bridge over the Miljacka River, nearly dried up and covered with algae, amid a heatwave and drought in Sarajevo, Bosnia, Aug. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Armin Durgut)
A pedestrian walks across a bridge over the Miljacka River, nearly dried up and covered with algae, amid a heatwave and drought in Sarajevo, Bosnia, Aug. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Armin Durgut)

Oscar-winning Italian director Paolo Sorrentino will be honored at the 31st Sarajevo Film Festival, which kicks off on Friday, alongside star actors Willem Dafoe, Ray Winstone and Stellan Skarsgard.

Sorrentino - known for "Il Divo", "The Hand of God" and "The Great Beauty", which was recognized as best foreign language film at the 2014 Academy Awards - will get the Honorary Heart of Sarajevo at the event which will show a retrospective of his films.

"Paolo Sorrentino managed to do what every filmmaker dreams of – he left a global impact through local, personal stories, festival director Jovan Reuters quoted Marjanovic as saying in a statement.

US actor Dafoe - who turned 70 last month and has starred in everything from "Poor Things" to "Spider-Man" - will also get an Honorary Heart, as will Britain's Winstone and Sweden's Skarsgard.

More than 250 films will be shown at the festival, which was founded by a group of movie enthusiasts towards the end of Bosnia's 1992-95 war.

Black comedy "Pavilion" by Bosnian film and theater director Dino Mustafic will open the program. It is the only Bosnian film made this year, reflecting the parlous state of the Balkan country's industry and a lack of government support, the association of Bosnia's film directors said this week.

Ukrainian film director Sergei Loznitsa will chair the festival jury. Nine co-productions from southern, central and eastern Europe will compete for the best feature film award, selector Elma Tataragic said.

The festival will show a selection of Arab cinematography in cooperation with the Doha Film Institute, including one showing footage of life in Gaza in the early 2000s.