Johnny Depp, Miley Cyrus, John Travolta and the Muppets are all set to appear in upcoming Disney films, and they came to the Anaheim Convention Center to tell fans in person.

They joined Walt Disney Studios Chairman Dick Cook yesterday at the D23 Expo for a presentation on the studio's forthcoming film slate.

Depp sailed onstage in a pirate ship dressed as Capt. Jack Sparrow. He staggered about and embraced Cook, who announced that "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides" would be released in the summer of 2011.

The first all-things-Disney convention runs through tomorrow. The event's name signifies creator Walt Disney's 1923 move to Hollywood.

BEATLES REMARK JUST A JOKE, COWELL SAYS

The Beatles once got in trouble over a flip comment about Jesus. Now Simon Cowell has ruffled feathers with a quip about the Beatles.

Cowell says that he really was joking when he claimed the legendary group wouldn't have made the cut on "American Idol" or "Britain's Got Talent."

The producer and TV talent-show judge was on CBS' "The Early Show" Wednesday when he was asked how the Beatles would have done as contestants. He said he would have taken the band minus drummer Ringo Starr.

John Lennon's 1966 remark that the band was more popular than Christ sparked protests by some in the U.S.

WARHOL COLLECTION STOLEN IN LOS ANGELES

A multimillion-dollar collection of Andy Warhol artwork depicting famous sporting figures was stolen from a West Los Angeles home, police said yesterday.

The 10 pictures were taken from businessman Richard Weisman's home sometime between Sept. 2 and 3, said a detective with the Los Angeles Police Department's art theft detail. A $1 million reward was being offered for information leading to the art's return.

The stolen pictures include images of O.J. Simpson and Muhammad Ali. Their exact worth wasn't known, but Weisman tried to sell the collection in 2002 for $3 million.

KENNEDY'S CHILDREN FEARED FOR HIS SAFETY

A son of Sen. Edward Kennedy says he and his siblings grew up anxious about their father's safety and worried he'd meet the same fate as his slain brothers.

In a "60 Minutes" interview airing tomorrow on CBS, Ted Kennedy Jr. says whenever the senator appeared in public, he and siblings Patrick and Kara always had in the back of their minds some "crazy person" might try "to make a name for themselves."

The segment includes previously unreleased footage of the last videotaped interview the senator did before his death last month of brain cancer.