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Johnny Depp and Amber Heard speak in a videotaped apology played during Monday's hearing at the Southport Magistrates Court on Queensland state's Gold Coast(Photo: AP)
[h=2]10,000 Australian dollars to the first person who can get their hands on outtakes[/h]This is<span style="color: Red;">*</span>incredibly weird and toe-curling and awkward but WE CANNOT STOP WATCHING IT. Johnny Depp and his wife Amber Heard released a video apology to Australia for bringing their dogs Pistol and Boo into the country illegally last year. There are a few likely scenarios:<span style="color: Red;">*</span>1. Australia has turned into North Korea. 2. Someone is holding Johnny Depp's kids hostage. 3. Drugs. 4. Heard knows this is her only chance to win an Oscar. The video was played during a hearing Monday where Heard pleaded guilty to providing a false immigration document. She was facing up to 10 years in prison,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>(Can't you, can't you hear the thunder?) but the two more serious charges against her were dismissed. She was sentenced to a one-month good behavior bond.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>The debacle began when the two brought the Yorkies into the country on their private jet while Depp was filming the fifth (why!?) Pirates of the Caribbean movie. Heard said she didn't lie when she failed to declare the animals, she thought her assistants had handled that bizzo. Australia said that's rubbish. The country has strict quarantine regulations to prevent diseases such as rabies from spreading to its shores. Lesson: Declare everything when you enter Australia. Or have a hostage negotiator on speed dial.
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A videotaped apology was played to an Australian court on Monday featuring the actor Johnny Depp and his wife Amber Heard, as part of her court appearance into a number of charges relating to her bringing the couple's dogs into the country. April 1 AP
[h=2]President Obama's big immigration overhaul plan gets its day in court[/h]But the court<span style="color: Red;">*</span>— the Supreme Court, that is<span style="color: Red;">*</span>— won't have a decision until this summer.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Justices appeared divided between their liberal and conservative wings during arguments Monday over President Obama’s immigration programs that could affect millions in the country illegally. The backstory: Obama says he has the power to change immigration policy without going through Congress and is trying to enact a massive overhaul to let 4 million stay. Texas and 25 other states with Republican governors say nope, and have been bringing challenges through the court. Monday's arguments could indicate<span style="color: Red;">*</span>a 4-4 split.
[h=2]Amazon to Netflix: Bring it on[/h]Would you like some free shipping with your streaming video?<span style="color: Red;">*</span>If you don't, Amazon now has a streaming video plan for you.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Starting Monday,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Amazon will let you subscribe to its video service on a stand-alone basis, no Amazon Prime membership required.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Here's the kicker: It's $8.99 a month, which is a dollar cheaper than Netflix's standard plan. But fret not, loyal Prime users: Video remains one of your perks, along with free shipping. Game on.
[h=2]Coming up in Brazil: The Rio Olympics. Headed out, perhaps: Its president[/h]It's just not a pretty picture right now in Brazil. There's an<span style="color: Red;">*</span>economic recession. There's a corruption scandal. There's Zika. Ticket sales for the August Olympic Games have been slow.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>And now, a move to impeach its leftist leader,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>President Dilma Rousseff, has Brazilians on edge and the rest of the world a little freaked out. The country's Senate is expected to vote next month on<span style="color: Red;">*</span>impeachment proceedings, which<span style="color: Red;">*</span>are based on claims she used illegal accounting tricks to shore up flagging public support through spending.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Many Brazilians hold Rousseff responsible for all their woes: The<span style="color: Red;">*</span>recession, high taxes,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>poor public services, the list goes on. At the same time, many say they've moved out of<span style="color: Red;">*</span>poverty thanks to her Workers Party and decried Sunday's vote by its lower house<span style="color: Red;">*</span>as anti-democratic.
[h=2]Other items worth your time:<span style="color: Red;">*</span>'Chernobyl is not finished, it has only just begun'[/h]On April 26, 1986, an explosion destroyed reactor No. 4 at Chernobyl's Vladimir Illyich Lenin Nuclear Power Station in the former Soviet Union. Thirty years later, 5 million people live on heavily contaminated lands and hundreds of thousands of people are sick or suffering. USA TODAY traveled to this still-scarred area to share stories of those living in the shadow of the world's worst nuclear catastrophe. Read the full special report here.
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