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In this Jan. 25, 2015 file photo, actor Johnny Depp attends the premiere of the feature film "Mortdecai" in Los Angeles.
In this Jan. 25, 2015 file photo, actor Johnny Depp attends the premiere of the feature film "Mortdecai" in Los Angeles.

Facing the threat of being put down, Johnny Depp’s dogs Pistol and Boo were shipped Friday from Australia to the United States after Australia’s agriculture minister angrily accused the Hollywood actor of sneaking the pups into the country. A Department of Agriculture officer escorted the Yorkshire terriers from Depp’s home— where they had been temporarily quarantined — to the airport Friday evening, Agriculture Minister Barnaby Joyce said in a statement. The tiny dogs promptly were placed on a flight to California, just hours before a government-imposed deadline that the dogs leave Australia or be put down. The hastily arranged departure came after Joyce accused Depp of smuggling the dogs aboard his private jet when he arrived in Australia on April 21 to resume filming of the fifth installment in the Pirates of the Caribbean movie series at Gold Coast Studios. Australia has strict quarantine regulations to prevent the spread of diseases such as rabies. Taking pets into the country involves applying for a permit and a quarantine on arrival of at least 10 days. The Agriculture Department told Depp and his wife, Amber Heard, on Wednesday that they had to send Pistol and Boo back to the United States within 72 hours or the animals would be put down. The department learned of the dogs after they were taken to a dog groomer, Joyce said. How the pets entered through the Brisbane airport without an import permit is being investigated. Depp’s publicist has not responded to requests for comment.

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Amanda Seyfried arrives at The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating "China: Through the Looking Glass" on Monday, May 4, 2015, in New York.

Amanda Seyfried is making her stage debut this month in a new off-Broadway Neil LaBute play, and she’s still a little shocked that the knot in her stomach is allowing it. “Isn’t it interesting how you have this whole sick, sick feeling every time you think of something, and then, all of a sudden, it’s gone? It takes the right people,” said the star of Mean Girls and the film adaption of Les Miserables. Seyfried will star in The Way We Get By, which opens Tuesday. Seyfried’s name soon came up during casting because the star was getting the word out that she was interested in finally making her theater debut. “I’ve been dancing around the idea of being onstage for about five or six years, and the only thing that’s been keeping me from it is timing and fear,” she said.

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