Martin Sheen commented on his son Charlie Sheen‘s public meltdown today, saying, “I know what hell he’s living in. I’ve had psychotic episodes in public. One of them was on camera, the opening scene of Apocalypse Now. So I know what Charlie is going through. And when you do something like that, that is out of control, that’s the most difficult thing. You have to have courage.” He added, “He’s not a kid. Emotionally he still is. Because when you’re addicted, you don’t grow emotionally. So when you get clean and sober you’re starting at the moment you started using drugs or alcohol. You’re emotionally crippled.” [E!]
Supposedly CBS wants Charlie back on Two and a Half Men, even though he threatened boss Chuck Lorre and called him a “turd.” [Radar]
Charlie is planning to take his comedy tour to Haiti, and Sean Penn is helping him, but only because the proceeds will go to charity. [TMZ]
Mel Gibson was sentenced to just 16 hours of community service after pleading no contest to assaulting Oksana Grigorieva, and he’s planning to do the hours at his ex-wife Robyn Gibson‘s children’s charity. [Daily Mail]
Robert Downey Jr. was spotted having lunch with Mel at an In-N-Out Burger, and supposedly RDJ wants to rehabilitate Mel’s career. [E!]
Justin Bieber recently told People, “One day Robert Pattinson came up to me at a party and said, ‘For whatever reason, people love our hair and it’s always a great ice-breaker with girls.’ He is like, ‘Hey my name’s Robert. Want to touch my hair?’ I thought he was joking, but it really works.” Pattinson responded, “I’ve never met this guy. I saw that as well. I was like, ‘You’re really famous, man-what are you doing? You don’t need to use me to make up stories!'” [E!]
When Katy Perry said she was thinking of covering a Justin Bieber song during a concert in London, the audience booed. Katy said, “Justin is mine and Russell‘s adopted son. We love him dearly. Don’t boo him, guys. Come on.” [Daily Mail]
Sean Penn and Scarlett Johansson had dinner at a West Hollywood restaurant. “They looked really happy together,” says an eyewitness. “They playfully touched each other a few times. They were really just laughing, and it seemed like they were having a lot of fun together.” They left in the same car and ScarJo was sitting in Sean’s lap (presumably he wasn’t driving). [E!]
- Madonna celebrated Purim by dressing up as Charlie Chaplin. Photo at the link. [TMZ]
- Sad news: Soulja Boy‘s younger brother died on Sunday night in a car accident. He Tweeted, “At home crying my eyes out I can’t believe my Lil bro is gone… today is so not my day.. RIP lil brother love you always :(” [ONTD]
- Melanie Brown is pregnant with her third child. Fellow Spice Girls Victoria Beckham and Emma Bunton are also expecting, so this may call for a joint baby shower/reunion. [Us]
- Corey “Big Hoss” Harrison, who most of you probably don’t know from Pawn Stars, was arrested last night on suspicion of battery after a bar fight. [TMZ]
- BREAKING: Sandra Bullock‘s son Louis has started walking and is still a cutie pie. [Radar]
- Zooey Deschanel responded to an E! post about her heavily-Photoshopped Rimmel ad, Tweeting, “@eonline – um… what happened to YOUR face, eonline? RUDE!!!” I hate to defend E!, but the site was complaining about the excessive airbrushing in the ad, not attacking Zooey’s looks. [E!]
- My beloved All My Children may be the next soap to be canceled. Actually, I abandoned ship after Stuart’s murder, so this isn’t all that surprising. [Deadline]
- Today in totally random homophobia, SNL alum Victoria Jackson posted a rant about Glee on her blog. She wrote, “Did you see Glee this week? … Sickening! And, besides shoving the gay thing down our throats, they made a mockery of Christians-again! I wonder what their agenda is? Hey, producers of Glee – what’s your agenda? One-way tolerance?” She added, “This new al-Qaida magazine for women has beauty tips and suicide-bomber tips! Gimme a break! That is as ridiculous as two men kissing on the mouth! And I don’t care what is politically correct. Everyone knows that two men on a wedding cake is a comedy skit, not an ‘alternate lifestyle’! There I said it! Ridiculous!” [E!]