Extra, extra! Depp film has more shoes to fill

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OK, Johnny Depp fans. Director Michael Mann needs extras again for "Public Enemies," his rat-a-tat gangster film starring Depp as 1930s bank robber John Dillinger.

According to Extra Ordinary Casting, Mann is seeking tough-looking white men ages 18 up to play prison guard and inmates. The desired age range is 30 to 60. Scars, broken noses, and thin builds are pluses. Tans, visible tattoos and piercings are taboo.

This must be your first appearance on the "Public Enemies" set and you must pass a criminal background check. The scene will probably be shot mid-month in Joliet.

Mann also is on the lookout for "very upscale" white men and women 18 years and older for a scene on Chicago's Gold Coast. Men must be under 6 feet and wear a size 42 jacket or under. Women must be under 5-feet-7, a size 8 or smaller, and fair complected. Dark-haired women are preferred, no streaked tresses. Extras must be willing to model '30s hairstyles.

All men must be willing to shave.

E-mail your name, photo and vital statistics today to chicagoextrascasting@gmail.com. Universal's $80 million crime drama will be released next year.

12-bar riffing going on

The 25th Chicago Blues Festival is up and thumping in Grant Park and the lineup is loaded with venerated artists for the occasion. More than 90 acts are being showcased on six stages in the world's largest free bluesfest. Hours are 11 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. daily through Sunday.

Tonight's headliners at Petrillo Music Shell: 6 p.m., "Blasts From the Past" featuring Ruby Andrews, Cicero Blake, and Sugar Pie DeSanto with Willie Henderson; 7:25 p.m., Eddy "The Chief" Clearwater's West Side Strut with Lonnie Brooks, Jimmy Johnson, Ronnie Baker Brooks, Otis Clay and Billy Branch; 8:35 p.m., Blues queen Koko Taylor and Her Blues Machine.

Saturday's lineup: 5 p.m., Lil' Ed and the Blues Imperials; 6:10 p.m., Barbara Lynn with Lil' Buck and the Buckaroos; 7:15 p.m., Theodis Ealey; 8:35 p.m., the irrepressible Buckwheat Zydeco.

Sunday: 5 p.m., Karen Carroll w/ Charlie Love and Lurrie Bell; 6:30 p.m., Magic Slim and the Teardrops; 7:35 p.m., Little Willie Littlefield; 8:15 p.m., the mighty B.B. King

Texas guitarslinger Johnny Winter and vet singer-songwriter-harmonic player James Cotton were scheduled to headline first-night festivities Thursday while blues pianist Pinetop Perkins (the ex-LaPorte resident turns 95 next month), David "Honey Boy" Edwards and friends rocked the U.S. Cellular Front Porch.

Grapevine

Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday for Van Morrison's July 8 concert at Rosemont Theatre. The moody Celt is touring to support his "Keep It Simple" album ... Spotted: Actress Meagan Good ("Love Guru") sipping water in Rednofive's VIP section. Extreme athlete Tom Jones was hanging out with friends at the club, too ... Gospel great Albertina Walker, honored with songs and roses closing night at Chicago Gospel Festival, humbly thanked admirers "for allowing me to smell my flowers while I can."

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