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Johnny Depp is voicing his support for the so-called “West Memphis Three” on an episode of the CBS newsmagazine 48 Hour Mystery, set to air this Saturday, Feb. 27.

Depp has asked for the reopening of the case of three men convicted as teenagers of beating three 8-year-olds to death in 1994. Jason Baldwin, Jessie Misskelley, and Damien Echols have spent 16 years behind bars for the crime.

“I firmly believe Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin and Jessie Misskelley are totally innocent. It was a need for swift justice to placate the community. Damien Echols is on death row to be killed by lethal injection,” the Oscar-nominated actor bellows with conviction. Johnny believes the convictions were the outcome of the prosecution’s focus on the teens’ obsession with heavy metal music and Satanic rituals.

Depp joins fellow celebs Eddie Vedder, Metallica, Winona Ryder, and The Dixie Chicks, in supporting the young men.

Baldwin and Echols are serving life sentences, while Echolsis — who was 18 at the time of the slayings — is on death row.

Pop singer Cheryl Cole and her soccer star hubby Ashley are calling it quits after nearly four years of togetherness — likely because Ashley has spent much of the marriage getting “together” with everyone except his wife.

“Cheryl Cole is separating from her husband Ashley Cole. Cheryl asks the media to respect her privacy during this difficult time. We have no further comment to make,” Cheryl’s rep Sundraj Sreenivasan said in a press release issued Tuesday.

The announcement ends one of the most high-profile showbusiness marriages in the UK. Since their marriage in 2006, the athlete and the “Can’t Speak French” singer had become one of Britain’s most famous celebrity couples, with newspapers and paparazzi recording every detail of their daily lives.

Until now, Cheryl, 26, has maintained a dignified silence over reports that her husband is London’s answer to Tiger Woods. Ashley is accused of bedding numerous women behind his famous wife’s back.

Cheryl — dubbed FHM’s “Hottest Woman” in 2009 — rose to fame with the pop group Girls Aloud before launching a solo singing career in 2009.

Sigh: Do we really need to see another Die Hard movie? Bruce Willis jumpstarted his career as a big-screen action man playing New York City cop John McClane in the 1988 blockbuster, which went on to spawn three follow-ups. Now 54, the actor is making plans to return to the Die Hard franchise, confirming that a fifth installment is currently in the works. The action star has suggested that he could “Die Hard” once more by the end of 2011.

Bruce says he’s in negotiations to reprise the role he made famous more than two decades ago — and he’s hoping to get Len Wiseman, who helmed 2007’s Live Free or Die Hard, to return for the next project.

“I think we’re going to do a Die Hard 5 next year. I would hire Len Wiseman right now (to direct).”

There’s possibly good news to report in the disappearance of Andrew Koenig…..

Police in Vancouver have renewed hope of finding former Growing Pains actor Andrew Koenig alive following a series of reported sightings of the missing former teen star.

Reports of sightings of the missing actor have been flooding Vancouver police stations by the dozens since news of Koenig’s disappearance hit the press on Sunday. According to TMZ.com, Vancouver Police have received numerous reports of Koenig sightings near Canada’s Vancouver Island and also reports of seeing the actor – who has been reported missing since Valentine’s Day – on islands closer to the city.

Koenig played Boner, the best friend of Mike Seaver on the hit ’80s sitcom Growing Pains.

Andrew, who is now a podcast producer, was scheduled to fly back to the States after completing some work in Canada last week, but he never made his flight home. Although, he has no history of drug use, friends and Andrew’s famous father — Star Trek’s Walter Koenig — are considered that the actor had been battling depression.

On Monday, Vancouver Police Constable Tim Fanning revealed that Koenig’s ATM card and cell phone were used after February 14, the date the actor was last seen. Fanning did not disclose when the items were used because the search for Koenig is still an ongoing investigation.

Anyone with information on Koenig’s whereabouts is asked to call the Vancouver Police at 604-717-2534.

It’s been nearly five years since Natalee Holloway disappeared during a school-sponsored trip to the blissful island of Aruba. The mystery behind the college-bound Southern belle’s disappearance has never been solved, but the primary suspect in the case is talking again. For the second time in two years, Joran Van Der Sloot is claiming he disposed of Holloway’s body. Van der Sloot now claims he dumped the Alabama teen in an Aruba marsh.

Bristol Palin’s ready for her closeup. The eldest daughter of former Alaska Governor and ex-GOP Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin will make her acting debut by playing herself on an upcoming episode of the ABC Family teen drama The Secret Life of the American Teenager, the network announced on Tuesday.

Palin, 19, will befriend series protagonist Amy — played by Shailene Woodley — as a member of a music program for teen mothers on an episode expected to air when the series returns for its third season this summer.

“I am thrilled to be on this show and to be a part of a program that educates teens and young adults about the consequences of teen pregnancy,” says Bristol, the single mother of one-year-old son Tripp.

The show is just as excited to have Bristol on board for a guest appearance.

“Bristol Palin is the most famous teenage mother in America,” series executive producer Brenda Hampton remarked in a statement issued Tuesday. “We’re thrilled to have her join us, and I think she will bring additional attention to the issues facing teen parents that we’ve been exploring for a couple of seasons now.”

Bristol guest spot will shoot in Los Angeles later this year.

The Secret Life of the American Teenager airs Mondays at 8 PM.

London Fashion Week kicked off with a bang this week as fashion risk-takers Mary-Kate Olsen and Ashley Olsen picked up Style Icons of the Year honors at the 2010 Elle Style Awards in the British capital on Monday night.

Shots fired!! Adam Lambert has given new meaning to the phrase “Catty Queen” by revealing that he is no fan of fellow talent show sensation Susan Boyle or the debut album that catapulted the Scottish spinster to the top the charts late last year.

Boyle’s debut LP, I Dreamed A Dream, stormed Billboard when it dropped last November. Much to Adam’s chagrin, SuBo managed to keep the American Idol runner-up off the top of the US charts with his release For Your Entertainment, which dropped the same day. Lambert sold an impressive 200,000 copies in his first week, but still couldn’t believe he was one upped by Boyle’s “terrible” album — which features a cover of the Rolling Stones’ classic “Wild Horses” that made Adam “cry with laughter.”

Ouch, tough room.

Adam spilled the tea as he sat down for a chat with the March 10 issue of London’s Gay Times: “If only it weren’t for Susan Boyle! I’m happy for her success, but that album is terrible. Wild Horses is the one that made me laugh the hardest. I just died when I heard it, I was crying with laughter. It was the most horrendous, sacrilegious treatment of that song!” Lambert quipped. “Still, when my album charted, it was validating. I was feeling a bit attacked, like I had to vindicate something. I thought: ‘Wow, look what I did.’”

What an obnoxious asshat! We hope you’ve been misquoted here, Adam!

Crack Kills Vocal Cords…

Houston, we have a problem. The future of Whitney Houston’s first Australian tour in 22 years hangs in the balance after the pop music icon appeared breathless and exhausted during her opening concert in Brisbane on Sunday night. Houston has sparked fresh fears for her health after struggling through her set on the “Nothing But Love Tour.”

Livid fans — some who paid nearly $200 for tickets — stormed out of the Brisbane Entertainment Center as Houston only sang two songs before she was forced to take a break. After half a dozen songs, during some of which she coughed, she left the stage to take a break, bringing on her brother, Gary Houston, to sing.

An Australian Associated Press music reviewer branded the show a disgrace, writing: “The multi-award winning singer appeared disoriented and failed to properly name some of her backing band as she introduced them to the audience. But the final act faltered at the finale when she croaked her way through I Will Always Love You, pausing to get a drink and towel herself down just as she was about to hit the song’s epic high note, which she turned into a soft coo.”

One disappointed concert-goer tells The Courier-Mail, “She was not fit to perform. She seemed to be on another planet, and the concert was laughable. When the back-up singer’s performance is the stand out for the night you know something is wrong.”

A fan interviewed on Australian TV after the show fumed: “It was a disgrace. She can’t sing. She didn’t sing one song properly. She was disorientated and she needed a 20-minute break. It was the first concert I have walked out of in my life.”

Houston is scheduled to perform at the Acer Arena in Sydney on Wednesday. The tour will then continue in Hunter Valley, Melbourne, and Adelaide. Whitney isn’t the only music superstar to hit a sour note with Australians. Last year, Britney Spears left fans outraged after it was revealed that she lip-synched through her concert performances.

CLICK HERE for more video of Whit’s Disaster Down Under….

CBS will air a behind the scenes TV special of Fashion’s Night Out 2010 on Sept. 15.

Launched in 2009 by Vogue, The Council of Fashion Designers of America and NYC & Company, Fashion’s Night Out is a worldwide initiative to stimulate sales by aiming to celebrate fashion and boost retail sales amid the global economic downturn. In a one-hour primetime special airing on CBS on Wednesday, Sept. 15 at 8 PM, cameras will follow celebrities, fashion designers, editors and retailers as they prepare to collectively celebrate fashion for a good cause.

The Fashion’s Night Out event coincides with New York’s annual Mercedes-Benz Spring Fashion Week, which will also be featured prominently during the special.

Teen sensation Justin Bieber was forced to cut an in-store appearance in Paris, France short on Monday after obsessed thousands of fans descended on the venue.

The “One Less Lonely Girl” singer appearing at a shop in the French capital, but authorities weren’t expecting such a big crowd and told Bieber to leave the venue so they could control the waiting fans. It’s not the first time Bieber’s popularity has caused problems: in November, a Bieber CD signing in Long Island, New York descended into chaos after thousands of fans converged on the Roosevelt Field Mall in hopes of catching a glimpse of the crooner.

In a post on his Twitter.com blog, the song wrote: “Paris is crazy! Had some interviews this morning with mags (magazines) and radio. Got to practice my French a little. But then the in-store (appearance)… there were thousands of kids at the in-store and the police were not expecting it. They reorganized the crowd and we got it going but after a little while the police stopped it and came in and said it was over and I had to leave. Sorry to any of the kids I didn’t get to meet….I love all of you for your support. To start my trip in Paris like this already, the love and the energy is amazing. Thank you so much.”

In honor of National Pancake Day, created by the International House of Pancakes (IHOP), all IHOP locations across North America will be serving free short stacks to customers from 7-10 AM this morning, Feb. 23. The short stack — comprised of three buttermilk pancakes smothered in buttery goodness — is free, but IHOP does ask for a donation for Children’s Miracle Network, an organization that supports children’s hospitals and life-saving research for a spectrum of diseases. Since beginning this tradition in 2006, IHOP has raised $3.25 million for various charities. The chain is hoping to raise $1.75 million for CMN during this year’s event.

Miss America Caressa Cameron is serving as spokeswoman for IHOP’s fifth National Pancake Day.

You may visit www.ihoppancakeday.com to find a participating IHOP in your area.

A new TV show based on the cinema classic The Blues Brothers is currently in development.

The widow of original star John Belushi has teamed up with Saturday Night Live writer Anne Beatts to pen a script for a small screen adaptation of the 1980 movie, which will star Kieron Lafferty and Wayne Catania as Jake and Elwood Blue — played by Belushi and Dan Aykroyd in the original movie.

Lafferty and Catania currently play the musical pair in the touring Blues Brother Review.

“I’ve written a script with one of the Saturday Night Live writers, Anne Beatts, and with Kieran and Wayne. …We have scripted it over six to eight shows where they are on a mission down the Mississippi back to New Orleans,” Judy Belushi Pisano revealed to Undercover.com.au this week.

Last week she fake miscarried her fake baby, but now compulsive liar Tila Tequila claims she’s still pregnant. And she’s getting married.

Uh-huh.

“Yes, I’m still pregnant!” Tila wrote in a Tweet last weekend. “Yes, I have decided to marry the father of my child! Yes, I am still trying to adopt a baby from Russia!”

She later added, “Tila Tequila is soooon to become a Mrs Tila… the moment I’ve been waiting for my whole life! I’m so happy! To be continued…”

Tila has yet to reveal the identity of the child’s father. She originally fingered The Game, who labeled her a looney and swore he’d never even slept with her. We’ll just have to stay tuned to her Twitter account to find out who the unlucky guy is….given the fact that he actually exists.

Breathe, Twi-Hards. Just breathe: Is this the news we’ve been waiting for? Has Pattz finally cracked? Robert Pattinson has reportedly confirmed that he is dating his Twilight co-star, actress Kristen Stewart.

The Brit has been romantically linked to Stewart ever since the pair starred in the first film in the vampire franchise together in 2008. Both Rob and Kristen have constantly dodged questions about their alleged clandestine romance, but now Pattinson has allegedly announced he’s dating the 19-year-old star.

Pattz, 23, allegedly admitted that he and Kristen are an item at the BAFTA Awards Afterparty on Sunday night. He insists the young lovers have only avoided going public with their relationship before now because they were worried about being hounded by obsessed Twi-Hards.

Rob reportedly tells Britain’s The Sun: “It is extremely difficult but we are together, yes. We can’t arrive at the same time because of the fans. It goes crazy. This was supposed to be a public appearance as a couple but it’s impossible. We are here together and it’s a public event but it’s not easy. We have to do all this stuff to avoid attention.”

Stewart won the Orange Rising Star Award at this weekend’s event.

What do prison-bound rap star Lil Wayne and spiritual leader the Dalai Lama have in common? Both joined the Twitterverse on Monday!

CLICK HERE To Visit The Dalai Lama….CLICK HERE To Follow Lil Wayne!

Jessica Simpson — AKA “Sexual Napalm” — is headed to The Oprah Winfrey Show next month to promote the series premiere of her eight-part VH1 docuseries The Price of Beauty, and The Gossip Wire is atwitter with whispers that the dimwitted singer/sometime actress will also use the occasion to break her silence on some of John Mayer’s loose-lipped banter about their sex life in his recent interview with Playboy Magazine.

John – who dated Jessica for nine months before splitting in May 2007 – has reportedly attempted to make amends with his ex-girlfriend, but his efforts have so far been unable to win over her manager dad. A furious Joe Simpson reportedly lambasted the “Gravity” singer over his recent comments about the busty blonde in a tense phone call last week.

A New Jersey man who says he was beaten during an episode of MTV’s Jersey Shore has lost his bid to stop the release of video footage depicting the brawl. In a Tom’s River courtroom on Monday, Stephen Izzo, 26, of Berkeley, N.J., tried to stop distribution of the DVD box set of the first season of the popular reality series, due out Monday, because it shows him being knocked unconscious by cast member Ronnie Magro after he used racial slurs against Ronnie’s bodyguard.

Izzo argued that Ortiz shouldn’t be allowed to profit from footage of the Sept. 4 fight in Seaside Heights, where the show was taped, or the subsequent episode in which Ronnie brags about the beating. The episode, “One Shot,” shows the cast members hanging out at a local nightclub. After Snooki begins making out with a man, a “rather harsh verbal altercation” ensues with the man’s girlfriend and her friends, including Izzo. Allegedly, bodyguards employed by the show intervened and started choking Izzo, before Ronnie got involved and punched Izzo in the back of the head, knocking him unconscious.

“After punching plaintiff, defendant Ronnie Ortiz ran back to the MTV group screaming in a bragging euphoria how he had knocked out plaintiff with ‘one shot,’” the complaint read. “What you have is a criminal act that MTV orchestrated and had the ability to prevent, and are profiting from,” says Izzo’s attorney, Eugene LaVergne.

New Jersey Superior Court Judge Joseph Foster disagrees, saying Izzo “failed to demonstrate any financial or irreparable harm” would be caused by the release of the DVD.

MTV producers blurred Izzo’s face, but he argued that he was still recognizable.

Charlie Sheen’s wife Brooke Mueller, who is allegedly seeking treatment for crack addiction, is preparing to file a lawsuit against bosses of the Malibu, California rehab center she checked into earlier this month for allegedly violating her privacy.

Mueller was admitted to The Canyon on Feb. 9 to deal with personal issues after a similar stay at a North Carolina wellness clinic, where she spent a week recovering from an infection and a bout of pneumonia. Mueller left the facility after a staff member allegedly leaked a detailed patient admissions document to the media. The former real estate agent and mother of two is now set to sue executives at The Canyon and plans “to have the individual responsible for leaking the information arrested,” according to her lawyer, Yale Galanter.

Mueller entered a new rehab center in Los Angeles on Monday.

“(She is) in a private, more secure, confidential environment. Brooke no longer feels she can go into a public facility because of the breach of confidentiality The Canyon committed.”

As the search for former Growing Pains star Andrew Koenig continues, his on screen bestie Kirk Cameron is speaking out about the missing actor.

Cameron, who played Mike Seaver on the popular ‘80s series, while Koenig played his best friend Richard “Boner” Stabone, says he is hopeful authorities will find Koenig, who was last seen over a week ago in Vancouver.

“I am very concerned to hear of the disappearance of my old friend Andrew Koenig,” Kirk said in a written statement issued Monday. “Although I have not had contact with him for many years, I can remember many of the fun times we had on the set of ‘Growing Pains.’ I am praying for his family during this time of distress and for his safe return.”

Kirk, a devoted sent this message directly to Andrew. “If you’re reading this, please call me. Mike and Boner could always work things out when they put their minds to it. I’m praying for you, pal. Hope to hear from you soon.”

Andrew, 41, went missing on Valentines Day in Vancouver, British Columbia. His dad Walter Koenig, who played Pavel Chekov on Star Trek, said Andrew suffered from depression and sent a “despondent” letter that arrived Feb. 16.

Constable Tim Fanning told RadarOnline that there has been activity on Koenig’s ATM card since his disappearance and the Canadian Police believe the actor is still alive.

Anyone with information on Koenig’s whereabouts should call the Vancouver police at 604-717-2534.