Johnny Depp wins top actor award

HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Movie resource and database Web site IMDb.com named actor Johnny Depp as the top cinema star of 2004, the Hollywood Reported said Friday.

Lindsay Lohan placed a strong second in the Web site's rankings, with Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley and Angelina Jolie rounding out the top five of the year's most popular movie stars.

The site's STARmeter, available since 2001 through its subscription service, ranks celebrities' popularity among IMDb.com's more than 22 million monthly visitors.

The listings are an aggregate of search and page view patterns of the Web site, reflected in weekly rankings.