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Johnny Depp and Marilyn Manson Are Collaborating

US actor Johnny Depp poses for photographers during a photo session after a press conference to promote his new movie ‘The Tourist’ in Tokyo on March 3, 2011. The film opens in Japan on March 5. AFP PHOTO/Toru YAMANAKA (Photo credit should read TORU YAMANAKA/AFP/Getty Images) Photo: TORU YAMANAKA/2011 AFP

Marilyn Manson is shoring up his Hollywood connections. The shock rocker recently employed Shia LaBeouf to direct the video for his single “Born Villain,†and this week, Manson announced that on his upcoming album of the same name, he’ll be collaborating with Johnny Depp … on a cover of the Carly Simon hit “You’re So Vain.†Well, why let the Flaming Lips, Biz Markie, and Ke$ha corner the market on unusual duets? And if Depp gets that line about “Your scarf, it was apricot,†hey, the man knows what he’s talking about.

Johnny Depp and Marilyn Manson Are Collaborating