Two and a Half Men

Charlie Sheen Is Winning with Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III

Sheen's new film, made with childhood friend Roman Coppola, was his first acting gig after his notorious meltdown

Warm-Up Comics Have the Toughest Job in Comedy

Getting sitcom audiences laughing -- by hook or by crook

From Lena Dunham to Matthew Weiner, TV's Best Writers Gathered in a Room Last Night. Here's What They Said

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Rick Calamaro, Charlie Sheen's Assistant During 2011 Freakout, Found Dead in L.A. Apartment

The man who stood by Mulholland Drive resident Charlie Sheen through his notorious, likely drug-fueled freakout in 2010-11 -- and who many have speculated egged him on -- was found dead in his Los Angeles apartment yesterday, surrounded by "a pharmacy full of drugs," reports TMZ. Tragically, TMZ als ... More >>

Mike & Molly Creator Mark Roberts Has Three (Yes, Three) Plays This Summer

Mark Roberts has worn a lot of hats during his thirty years in the entertainment industry, and he's putting on a bunch of them this summer. The screenwriter, playwright, actor, comedian and creator/executive producer of the hit CBS sitcom Mike & Molly now has a new play, Where the Great Ones Run, w ... More >>

Ashton Kutcher Is A Philandering, Racist Toolbag? VIDEO

Ashton Kutcher is a true moralist who has made no secret of his distaste for sex traffickers, adult classified advertising, and men who employ prostitutes (U.S. Secret Service agents be damned). He even launched an ad campaign called "Real Men Don't Buy Girls." Then he allegedly cheated on his wif ... More >>

Ashton Kutcher's Popchips Ad Pulled

A popchips ad featuring Ashton Kutcher in "brownface" was launched, skewered, and pulled in less than 24 hours. The new $1.5 million ad campaign showed Kutcher as four characters -- among which was a fictional 39-year-old Bollywood actor named Raj -- in a parody of an online dating service. Except K ... More >>

Two and a Half Men vs. Mad Men at PaleyFest: Is it Better to Have Ratings or Emmys?

Sometimes on the red carpet, you overhear things. Such was the case on Monday night during the arrivals for PaleyFest's Two and Half Men event, for which the show's stars (sans the glaringly absent Ashton Kutcher, who participated only in the panel) along with its creators walked the red carpet, pra ... More >>

PaleyFest Television Panel Bingo

By Jeremy Blachman, Zachary Pincus-Roth and Brian Guillian The Paley Center for Media's PaleyFest, which begins tonight at the Saban Theatre, always seems exciting, with its parade of panels featuring cast and creators of your favorite shows, from Mad Men to Two and a Half Men to Modern Family. Bu ... More >>

Top 20 Worst Bands of All Time: The Complete List

​What makes a terrible band? Is it being prepared to do the wrong thing, whatever the price? That and a pair of testicles. Only, some of the below groups possess testicles only in the symbolic sense. Because, even if you're composed of ladies, it takes balls to make music that is simultaneousl ... More >>

Top 20 Worst Bands of All Time: #5-1

See also: *Top 20 Worst Bands of All Time: #20-16 *Top 20 Worst Bands of All Time, #15-11 *Top 20 Worst Bands of All Time, #10-6 5. Animal Collective I really wanted to like Merriweather Post Pavilion, even going far out of my way to appreciate the record as it was surely intended: super-stoned, mi ... More >>

Ashton Kutcher: Do Real Men Cheat on Their Wives?

Following revelations that Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore might be splitting up as a result of an alleged rendezvous on the part of the young Two and a Half Men star at a San Diego hotel last weekend, we have to ask, do real men cheat on their wives with a 23-year-old woman? You see, this was bound ... More >>

Ashton Kutcher Lookalike Punking Residents of Newport Beach, Stealing Bikes, Cops Say

NBPDAshton?​Residents of tony Newport Beach are wondering if they're being punk'd. Several valuable bikes have been stolen from the Villa Balboa condo complex, and security videos stills of one of the suspects makes him out to look a little like Ashton Kutcher. Now we know the Two and a Half ... More >>

Amber Lyon and the Media's Paranoia Over Underage Sex Trafficking

​Last week's cover story focused on how Ashton Kutcher was using spurious data to claim there are "between 100,000 and 300,000 child sex slaves in the United States today," but he's not the only one causing panic with those numbers. There's also CNN reporter Amber Lyon, a member of the media y ... More >>

Running, Exercise (Sex?) Could Make You Smarter, UCLA Research Indicates

San Diego Shooter​You're jogging briskly and in the zone and all of a sudden you want to write that book you've been meaning to pen and take that night class you've wanted to sign up for. You're invigorated. You're smart! Yeah, who knew a jock pursuit like getting your heart rate up might act ... More >>

Harmontown

Submarine: Directed by Richard Ayoade, English Sitcom Star

Charlie Sheen's Mulholland Estates House Sale: Buy It, Then Boil It

MLS / RedfinCasa Estevez.​If you're looking for a home with history, notoriety and layers of patina (genetic patina), look no further than the infamous casa Sheen, which has been put on the market for $7.2 million, according to Redfin (via Curbed LA). Just don't buy it for mama. She'd be wash ... More >>

The Rapture Will be Good For Los Angeles: Here Are Five Reasons Why ...

dharma communications​Tomorrow will mark the end of the world, according to one famous interpretation of the bible that calls 6 p.m. on May 21 the time for rapture. (Wonder if it's East Coast time or what? What if we're waiting for this to happen at 6 but instead it happens at 3 while we're ... More >>

Community Gathering: Interview With Show's Creator Dan Harmon

Gillian Jacobs and Joel McHale in Community​ Do you watch Community? You should, if you like funny, ensemble-based shows like 30 Rock and Parks & Recreation. Or even if you enjoy Two and a Half Men. Community creator Dan Harmon and the Nerdist folks invite fans and would-be fans to Meltdown C ... More >>

Andy Dick Is (Allegedly) a Drunk A-Hole

Riverside County Sheriff's DepartmentNot exactly a look of regret​Our worst fears, confirmed again: Impossibly irritating "comedian" Andy Dick is also a drunk A-hole! Dick was arrested by Temecula police at a Marie Calender's restaurant in Riverside County last night, where officials say he w ... More >>

Kevin Smith: "I Am So, Like, Sick of Movies and Shit"

On the road with the cult filmmaker turned podcaster turned DIY warrior

Charlie Sheen Inspires 'Winning' Art Show at Hyaena Gallery

He may have been recently booed on stage in Detroit, but Burbank still loves Charlie Sheen. Though the crazy train that is Sheen's 22-city live tour has yet to schedule L.A. as a stop, the warlock/tiger/Adonis/violent torpedo of truth himself stopped by Hyaena for Winning: The Charlie Sheen Exhibit ... More >>

LAPD 'Raids' Charlie Sheen's Mulholland Estates Home

Charlie Sheen got a visit from the LAPD.​Updated after the jump. Quiet day for Charlie Sheen. Eerily quiet. Too much to ask for. And boom goes the dynamite: TMZ reports Thursday night that Los Angeles police were at Sheen's Mulholland Estates home following a possible report that he threaten ... More >>

8 Charlie Sheen Cocktail Recipes from L.A. Bartenders

Liza GershmanThe Bitter End cocktail.​The Charlie Sheen train wreck continues to disgust and fascinate us, inspiring Mad Libs, an online glossary, a gastronomic history and Twitter hashtags. But the oddest by-product of the Sheen meme has to be the cocktail recipes. You can thank the actor's t ... More >>

Charlie Sheen-Branded Marijuana Comes to L.A. Pot Shops (Maybe)

UStreamSheen smokes ... a cigarette.​We told ya about Michael Phelps-brand weed. Then there was Chuck Norris -- apparently it's a kick in the pants. But can you really get any higher than ... Charlie Sheen? TMZ reports that "several" pot shops in our humble medical marijuana capital of the n ... More >>

After All That Work, Charlie Sheen's Efforts Finally Pay Off: He's Fired From 'Two and a Half Men' -- Permanently

Sheen.​Update: Warner Bros. sends a scathing "you're fired" letter to the Sheen camp, after the jump. In the span of a month or so Charlie Sheen has gone from being the world's biggest (and arguably highest-paid, besides Seth MacFarlane) TV star to a crazy guy with webisodes who has weed name ... More >>

Charlie Sheen Offered $3 Million to Shut His Mouth For One Month (Seriously)

Sheen could make a big paycheck by closing his mouth.​Charlie Sheen recently asked for $3 million an episode to stay on top-rated sitcom Two and a Half Men. This week an L.A. beverage company said it would give the actor that much for an endorsement. Easy money, sounds like. But not so fast. ... More >>

Charlie Sheen Now Has His Own Tiger Blood Hot Dog

​ Thanks to Charlie Sheen, #tigerblood isn't just a Twitter meme, it's a condiment. @charliesheen​Around 2 p.m. today, the former "Two and a Half Men" star rolled into Sherman Oaks hot dog stand The Infield, where he Tweeted about the daily deal: The Charlie Dog, a $5 hot dog served wi ... More >>

Healing "female genital derangement": 12 deeply crazy discoveries at The Last Bookstore's warehouse sale

​Each Monday, your Crap Archivist brings you the finest in forgotten and bewildering crap culled from basements, thrift stores, estate sales and flea markets around Los Angeles. Here's some news sure to hearten the laid-off crew of Two and a Half Men. According to local boy Dr. Frank McCoy's ... More >>

AIDS Anal-Protection Gel Shows Promise: Finally, Some Good News For Charlie Sheen

Could porn stars like Capri Anderson, once linked to Charlie Sheen, benefit from a new STD gel?​Charlie Sheen, we know these past few weeks have been hard for you. CBS and Warner Bros. pulled the plug on Two and a Half Men for the season. Your publicist dropped you. And you sound like a nutcas ... More >>

Zero Men: Charlie Sheen Loses Show, Goes Off Deep End, Calls 'Two And a Half Men' Creator Chuck Lorre 'This Contaminated Little Maggot'

CBSCharlie Sheen begins his descent.​Wow. Charlie Sheen went borderline Mel Gibson on the show-runner of Two and a Half Men, and now he has no show to return to, at least for this season. Not just any show, mind you, but one of the most-successful on TV in recent history. And he single-hande ... More >>

Charlie Sheen Invents 2-Week Rehab Program, Says He's Ready For Work On 'Two and a Half Men'

Slam rehab for Sheen.​Sorry Dr. Drew, but Charlie Sheen has discovered the secret to condensed rehabilitation. You might say it's not possible, but just listen to the actor talk: "They said get your act together and I did. ... Check it, it's like I heal really quickly. But I unravel pretty qu ... More >>

Is This the Best Description of the Black Eyed Peas Ever?

​ [Originally published 2/4/11] Veteran rock writer Marc Spitz just published a fairly nonsensical essay on the Vanity Fair blog about how watching the Black Eyed Peas at the Super Bowl (an event that hasn't happened yet) is gonna change his life and how they are as punk rock as the Village P ... More >>

Charlie Sheen Porn Girl Kacey Jordan Sees Videos Released Friday by Vivid Entertainment: Porn Maker Offers Sheen Lifetime Membership

VividKacey Jordan is only 22 but she's already rocking with the best.​Let's see, two porn stars, four other women, an alleged briefcase full of cocaine. And now Vivid Entertainment, arguably the world's largest porn-maker, is celebrating Charlie Sheen's own reported celebration this week by re ... More >>

Charlie Sheen Gets 'Tummy Ache' After All-Night Rager on Mulholland Drive

babble.comCharlie Sheen's other tummy problem​Updated after the jump: Might Charlie's stomach pains have had something to do with a TMZ-touted "briefcase of cocaine"? Or did he just... wait for it... laugh too hard? Not sure why we care, but Charlie Sheen's been in the emergency room at Cedar ... More >>

Porn Star Capri Anderson Says Charlie Sheen Became Abusive, Put His Hands Around Her Neck, During $3,500 'Date'

GMACapri Anderson.​So Charlie Sheen has porn-star/alleged-hooker problems. Again. Who would have guessed. Turns out Capri Anderson, the adult video performer he hired for a dinner "date," planned to file a claim Monday in Los Angeles Superior Court accusing the Two and a Half Men star of false ... More >>

Rock Picks: Fuck Buttons, Exene Cervenka, Imogen Heap, John Fogerty

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Is Leno Ready for Prime Time?

The over-the-hill NBC hack should have shuffled off to ABC

CBS's New Fall Season: Guyville, U.S.A. The Mentalist's Hunky Crime Solver, Gary Unmarried's New Bachelor and Worst Week's Stumblebum

A male-centric lineup with Simon Baker, Jay Mohr and Kyle Bornheimer

Club Emmy

Nightranger

This Peeping-Tom World

Fleshy Las Vegas, sloughed Skin

Odd Coupling

From Two and a Half Men to Dr. Zhivago