I'm hoping some of you watchers (or people chancing across my page) are more familiar with dA's functions than I am.

Yes, I have been a member here for many years now yet I have only ever wandered into the forums ONCE! I now want to gain access once again but I have no friggin' idea how! Where is the link? I've searched high and low but the only type of forum link I found took me to the help desk forum which isn't what I'm after.

While I'm at it I might as well also ask, was there a message centre Hot Topic recently concerning Tim Burton and Johnny Depp? A new film or something? I know there was a text one hinting at something that spelt out "Tim Burton" if you read the bold letters but did anything follow? I seem to have memories of a message that I didn't click on but planned on viewing at a later time, yet now there are no Hot Topics in my message centre.
If I didn't imagine this and there is an article, does anyone have a link for me to get to it at all?

Cheers, ta, and thanks.