Charlie Sheen suggested in an Australian interview that his meltdown is a Joaquin Phoenix-style hoax. He described it as “performance art,” and said, “It wasn’t like I was really believing that if you, it’s a drug called Charlie Sheen, if you take it your face will melt off and you’ll weep over your exploded body! … It’s about all those bitching words sounding cool all put together. It’s about shock value, its just about not having any interest in speaking like everybody else. It’s just boring.” [
Radar]
Today
Chuckles filed a $100 million lawsuit against Warner Bros. and
Chuck Lorre for firing him from
Two and a Half Men. [
E!]
Chuck Lorre responded through his lawyer: “The allegations in the complaint against Mr. Lorre are as recklessly false and unwarranted as Mr. Sheen’s rantings in the media … The accusations are simply imaginary. This lawsuit is about a fantasy ‘lottery’ pay-day for Charlie Sheen.” [
Deadline]
Kelly Preston, who broke off her engagement to
Charlie after he shot her in the arm, says, “My heart just goes out to him, and all of his family … He’s such a good person underneath all of it, he really is.” She adds, “We were together for a year, and he wasn’t drinking, and he wasn’t doing drugs. And there’s a beautiful person in there. He really is a great man.” [
People]
Today
Charlie appeared in a cooking show parody for Funny or Die. [
TMZ]
Brooke Mueller is demanding that
Charlie undergo a psychological evaluation before he visits with their twins again. [
Radar]
Children’s groups are angry about
Gwyneth Platrow performing “Do You Wanna Touch Me?” on
Glee, and not just because singing it to underage kids was creepy. Songwriter
Gary Glitter is a convicted sex offender who will probably receive thousands in royalties from sales of her cover. [
Daily Mail]
Felicia Pearson, who played Snoop on
The Wire, was arrested in Baltimore on drug charges along with 30 other people. [
E!]
- After a crowd of screaming girls gathered outside Justin Bieber‘s Liverpool, England hotel room, he was told it was a “possible riot situation” and he would be arrested if he went near a window for inciting a riot. [TMZ]
- Lovebirds Scarlett Johansson and Sean Penn had dinner at Chateau Marmont. [People]
- Once again a source is claiming that Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel have broken up and she’s “devastated.” [E!]
- Annette Funicello was taken to the hospital as a precaution after a fire that damaged much of her house. [Radar]
- Christina Aguilera was spotted drinking at the same restaurant she had dinner at before her public intoxication arrest. “She should see the arrest as a wake-up call, but she doesn’t. She doesn’t think things are that bad,” says a source. [Us]
