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  1. Report: Kevin Federline expecting fifth child

    Isaac Brekken / AP file

     

    Kevin Federline is due to welcome his fifth child into the world this summer, a source confirms to People magazine. This will be the first child with his girlfriend Victoria Prince (and Prince's first child).

     

    The former backup dancer had two sons with Britney Spears -- Jayden, 4, and Preston, 5. He also has a daughter Kori, 8, and son Kaleb, 6, with ex-girlfriend Shar Jackson.

     

    Prince is a former professional volleyball player and has been dating Federline for two years.


  2. Not saying I'm Team Sheen...but I was taught to never pick a fight with a junkie (ex or current).

     

    Who Is Chuck Lorre, the Mysterious Producer Who Enraged Charlie Sheen?

    By Meaghan Murphy

     

    Published March 02, 2011

    | FoxNews.com

     

    Jan. 2010: Chuck Lorre, executive producer/co-creator of "Two and a Half Men" and "The Big Bang Theory", participates in the CBS Comedy Showrunner Q&A. (Reuters)

    Charlie Sheen has been on the warpath this week, publicly lashing out against his boss, “Two and a Half Men” producer Chuck Lorre, on the radio, Internet and almost any television news outlet that will have him.

     

    Pundits have characterized Sheen’s rants as everything from “delusional” to “manic” -- but who is Chuck Lorre, the man who has enraged the actor enough for him to label Lorre a “charlatan” and his actions “deplorable.”

     

    A television heavyweight, Lorre is the man behind some of television’s most successful sitcoms, including “Dharma and Greg,” “Grace Under Fire” and “The Big Bang Theory.”

     

    But aside from his hit-making formula, Lorre has also become known for his tendency to make outlandish and bizarre statements, almost exclusively via his “vanity cards.”

     

    All television shows have vanity cards -- usually just a brief flash of the production company’s logo. Since the premiere of “Dharma & Greg,” Lorre’s signature has been a written message where he shares his “personal beliefs” with viewers. While Lorre’s vanity cards are only readable during the broadcast if paused, he has posted an extensive archive of his musings, viewable at chucklorre.com.

     

    During the end credits for “Two and a Half Men” on January 17, ten days before Sheen’s hospitalization for a hiatal hernia, Lorre took an apparent dig at the actor.

     

    “Keep in mind that we employ a highly paid Hollywood professional who has years of experience with putting his life at risk. And sadly no, I'm not talking about our stunt man.”

     

    “Chuck Lorre really fired the first shot with those vanity cards,” a successful television producer tells FOX411. “That’s really not the place for those opinions to be aired. I can understand why Charlie Sheen would be angry about that. No one wins when you air those private battles in public.”

     

    On Valentine’s Day, Lorre added fuel to the fire with this vanity card:

     

    “I exercise regularly. I eat moderate amounts of healthy food. I make sure to get plenty of rest. I see my doctor once a year and my dentist twice a year. I floss every night. I've had chest x–rays, cardio stress tests, EKGs and colonoscopies. I see a psychologist and have a variety of hobbies to reduce stress. I don't drink. I don't smoke. I don't do drugs. I don't have crazy, reckless sex with strangers. If Charlie Sheen outlives me, I'm gonna be really pissed.”

     

    Even before he was taking digs at Sheen, Lorre was making disturbing statements.

     

    A 2008 card read, “Recently the magazine Entertainment Weekly had an article entitled "The 25 Smartest People in Television." Yours truly was ranked at number twenty … Now I'm just thinking out loud here, but if something were to happen to those nineteen people... if say, they were to, one by one, have horrible accidents, or mysteriously disappear, then that would make me, ipso facto, the number one smartest person in television. Then I'd just have to keep an eye on number twenty-one. Christina Wayne, Senior VP of original programming at AMC, looks like the kind of woman who would stop at nothing to move up a spot.”

     

    “Everyone who gets to that level in a creative position in Hollywood is going to be a little nutty,” a Hollywood insider tells FOX 411.

     

    “In Chuck Lorre’s case, I know several people who have worked with him and they all say that he makes great shows, his productions are well-run and the production process with him is a creative and collaborative one.

     

    “That said, Charlie Sheen’s beef with Chuck may be that highly creative people have eccentricities that some people find enduring and others find irritating -- and Charlie clearly falls in the later camp with Lorre.”

     

    What's clear is that there’s no love lost between the two high-powered multimillionaires. "It was a fake friendship,” Sheen told ABC’s 20/20 of their relationship on Tuesday. “I never felt respected in a way that I should have been.”

     

    Sheen continued his rant against Lorre yesterday with a newly opened Twitter account, “Just got invited to do the Nancy Grace show... I'd rather go on a long road trip with Chuck Lorre in a '75 Pacer...”

     

    But with millions of dollars at stake, is it possible that Sheen and Lorre can figure out a way to work together and save America’s No. 1 comedy?

     

    “I don't know if Chuck and I can ever work together again,” Sheen said during his 20/20 interview. “But maybe guys just sit in a room and just go, 'Look, we hate each other. Let's continue to make some great television.' Maybe that's possible. I don't know."

     

    “Plenty of people who loathe each other in Hollywood put aside their differences and get to work,” the insider told FOX411. “I suspect eventually, that’s what’ll happen with ‘Two and a Half Men.’”


  3. I just have a problem with some of her issues:

     

    The acquisitive actress married seven men and finagled as many diamonds out of them as she could manage.

     

    well good for her!

     

    She loved her pets but never bothered to house break them – they messed her carpets – and OTHER people had to clean up.

     

    well, they WERE her carpets. and did she pay the people who cleaned the carpets? Yeah, so who cares?

     

    She had health problems but casually checked into a hospital whenever she wanted a rest.

     

    again, that's her business

     

    Of course her health would have been much better if she had controlled her urges to overeat, drink, smoke, and take drugs – and she never exercised a day in her life. Self-control was not Elizabeth’s strong factor.

     

    I like to do some of those things as well, and the only thing I hate more than exercise is the dentist. Still, not anyone's business but my own

     

    While filming, she expected to find a “gift” in her dressing room every morning or she might not be in the mood to work. We mean jewelry, not flowers.

     

    And if they obeyed, the more fools they. I'd have let her hang in her dressing room and when the film didn't get made, get her for breach of contract. The producers who gave into her precipitated such behavior, so sucks for them

     

    She kept people waiting for hours with no apology.

     

    I know a lot of people who do that - yeah, it's annoying, but I'm not going to light them up after they die, you know?

     

     

    Janet's coming off a tad bitter -- it hasn't even been a full week since she passed!

    Totally agree. The Tributes I have seen here in Hollywood, have been mostly about her film career. She was one of the last true movie star. Now we are left with Kristen Stewart and Jennifer Aniston? THE HORROR! :shocked:


  4. I never in a million years thought I'd say this, but I think I have become Team Denise. Considering the amount of crazy she's had to deal with over the years with Charlie, I think her girls are lucky to have her because she does seem to have shielded them from the worst of it as much as anyone could. I'm sure the alimony and child support she makes off of Charlie every month helps keep her lips zipped but it must take a lot of restraint on her part not to go on every talk show to tell everyone what a nut job Charlie is. It must be soooo tempting when he's constantly trashing her or just being an idiot in general.

    We normally agree, 99% of the time. This maybe part of the one percent time where we may differ. ;)

     

    I'm going to try to phrase this in a way that doesn't offend others. But I have stated before that Denise Richards, along with Mel Gibson's ex, with an assortment of porn stars, professional women, etc...all made choices to become involved with these men who have...."baggage" (putting it lightly). Let's say these men have tremendous issues that may have put their own safety at risk. Again, not saying the women asked for it (abuse, violence, nasty divorces)...but they had to know that relationships with these men weren't going to end well. And even have kids with them? And they got kids and $ settlements.

     

    Denise needs to shut up (IMHO)...someone could easily ask her if/when, she decided to have kids with Charlie, he must've been a kindler, gentler, and sober, Charlie Sheen?


  5. Lopez apologizes for pig joke, but Alley fires back

    By Ree Hines

     

    Remember that pig-related dig late night host George Lopez delivered after Kirstie Alley's “Dancing With the Stars” debut? The one where he commented on the star's “little hooves” and made other piggy comparisons? Well, Lopez certainly hasn’t forgotten about it. After making headlines for his questionable choice of material and getting slammed by the actress herself, it seems he’s had a change of heart.

     

    “I misjudged the joke,” the “Lopez Tonight” leader recently tweeted. “No malice was intended and I apologize to Kirstie.”

     

    But Lopez's public about-face isn’t welcome, as far as Alley’s concerned. On Friday morning she responded, this time with a low-blow of her own.

     

    “@georgelopez I don't need or want ur apology,” Alley wrote back Friday morning. “I want your kidney dude..on behalf of ur X and all the women uv insulted...give it back.”

     

    Ouch!

     

    For those unfamiliar with Lopez’s health history, the comedian received a kidney transplant in 2005 from then-wife Ann Lopez. The couple announced their plans to divorce in September of 2010.

     

    Updated at 10:07 a.m. PT: And as soon as the feud picked up, it seems to have ended. "Take life as lightly as u can and then move on ...even u George ....u are forgiven," Alley tweeted.


  6. Jason Patric on Julia and Kiefer, 'arrogant' Ashley Judd

     

    Jason Patric has always been a fiercely private actor — that is, until now.

     

    In a new interview, the star reveals all about his '90s love triangle with Julia Roberts and Kiefer Sutherland, his dislike of former co-star Ashley Judd, and his iconic grandfather Jackie Gleason.

     

    Patric is currently starring in Broadway's "That Championship Season" with Sutherland, his co-star in 1987's "The Lost Boys." The two became pals while making the classic film, but just four years later, Patric flew off to Ireland with runaway bride Roberts after she called off her wedding to Sutherland.

     

    "They had a relationship that ended and I was with her for a little while and it ended," Patric tells Vulture. "They've both been subsequently married several times and I think they're fine."

     

    Patric adds that he and Sutherland never had any issues at the time and still get along great. "We had drinks last night and he said that was one of the best summers of his life when we did 'Lost Boys.' Twenty-five years ago," he says. "A quarter-century later there’s Kiefer and now he’s playing my brother. Something interesting about it as far as the cosmos go."

     

    One co-star Patric isn't so fond of is Judd, who appeared on stage with him in the 2003 Broadway revival of "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof."

     

    "I loved saying the words and working with most of the people every night. I didn’t like my leading lady," he says. "Ashley is just a lazy and arrogant actress. Let’s just leave it at that."

     

    And while most people know Patric's grandfather as Ralph Kramden in the iconic TV series "The Honeymooners," Patric says he hardly knew Gleason at all.

     

    "I didn’t grow up with him," he explains. "I only saw him a handful of times in my life. He’s had as much effect on me as he’s had on you. He has nothing to do with me or my bloodline; I’m not a thoroughbred or purebred dog or something... He was just more of a hermit."


  7. Michael Lohan arrested, could face felony domestic violence charges

    March 22, 2011 | 3:36 pm

     

    Lindsay Lohan's father, Michael Lohan, was arrested Monday after allegedly holding his girlfriend against her will and preventing her from calling authorities. He could face several felony charges for the dispute.

     

    Michael Lohan, who will appear on an upcoming season of VH1's "Celebrity Rehab With Dr. Drew" for anger-management treatment, was arrested on suspicion of false imprisonment, corporal injury on a cohabitant and preventing a report of victimization, L.A. County Sheriff's Department spokesman Steve Whitmore told L.A. Now.

     

    Lohan, 51, was booked and bail was set at $200,000. Charges have not yet been filed by the L.A. County district attorney's office.

     

    Deputies answered a call to Lohan's West Hollywood apartment at about 9 p.m. in relation to a domestic dispute, Whitmore said. Lohan was arrested later when deputies saw him roaming Santa Monica Boulevard near the sheriff's station.

     

    After he was booked, Lohan was taken to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center to be treated for a "medical condition not related to the incident," the sheriff's department said in a statement. The alleged victim declined medical treatment.

     

    Other reports have said that the altercation involved Lohan's ex-girlfriend Kate Major, whom he allegedly tried to choke with a towel after a violent argument. Major filed a police report against her then-fiance in July, alleging that he'd shoved her over a chair and kicked her during an argument. The charges were dropped in August at Major's request.

     

    Michael Lohan, who has twice done prison time, including once for attempted assault, divorced Lindsay's mother Dina Lohan in 2007.

     

    We've heard "like father, like daughter," but what a way to continue to ride on your kid's coattails -- unless, this is all some twisted plug for the VH1 show. Dr. Drew Pinsky, incidentally, was in Hollywood at the "Super" premiere Monday night.


  8. Dave Grohl fumes, 'Not everyone loves 'Glee'

    Foo Fighters frontman rips show creator Murphy for attacking bands who withhold songs

    By Jay A. Fernandez and Shirley Halperin

    Hollywood Reporter

     

    Don’t count on hearing the Foo Fighters hit “Times Like These” on "Glee" anytime soon. Frontman Dave Grohl says he and his bandmates are squarely in the corner of Kings of Leon and Slash. As in, they want no part of the Ryan Murphy-helmed show.

     

    “It’s every band’s right, you shouldn’t have to do f---ing 'Glee,'” Grohl told THR following the premiere of "Foo Fighters: Back and Forth," the new Foo Fighters documentary which just made its South By Southwest debut. “And then the guy who created 'Glee' is so offended that we’re not, like, begging to be on his f---ing show ... f--- that guy for thinking anybody and everybody should want to do 'Glee.'”

     

    THR: Behind the scenes on the set of 'Glee'

     

    Has Grohl ever actually watched the show? “I watched 10 minutes. It’s not my thing,” Grohl grizzled. But he doesn’t have as much of a problem with the series as he does with its creator.

     

    Recounting anti-"Glee" comments made by Slash earlier this year and subsequent retorts by Murphy, reported by THR, Grohl explained to drummer Taylor Hawkins: “The 'Glee' guy, what a f---ing jerk. Slash was the first one. He wanted to do Guns ‘n’ Roses and Slash is like, ‘I hate f---ing musicals. It’s worse than 'Grease.'’ Then [Murphy's] like, ‘Well, of course he’d say that, he’s a washed up ol’ rock star, that’s what they f---ing do.’ And then Kings of Leon say, ‘No, we don’t want to be on your show.’ And then he’s like, ‘Snotty little assholes ... ’ And it’s just like, Dude, maybe not everyone loves 'Glee.' Me included.”

     

    Said Hawkins: “Yeah, f--- that s---.”


  9. Lindsay Probation Report: She's Been Drinking Again!

    3/17/2011 12:45 AM PDT by TMZ Staff

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    Lindsay Lohan's probation report says she's been drinking fermented tea that contains alcohol -- yeah, big whoop.

     

    Sources familiar with the report tell TMZ ... Lindsay fessed up to her probation officer ... she was drinking Kombucha tea, which has an alcohol content of 0.5% or less ... and now the L.A. County Probation Department added it to the list of reasons why the judge should violate her probation and send her to jail.

     

    Lindsay was so bold ... she actually left one of her alcohol ed classes clutching a bottle of Kombucha.

     

    That plea bargain's sounding better than ever.


  10. 'American Pie' actor checks into treatment center

    Seann William Scott, who played Stiffler, is getting help for personal issues, rep says

     

    Seann William Scott, who starred in "Role Models," has checked into treatment.By Natalie Finn

    E!online

     

    If Seann William Scott really wants to be a role model, this is a good first step.

     

    The actor, who's best known for his goofball roles in bromance flicks like "Role Models," "Dude, Where's My Car?" and the "American Pie trilogy," has checked into a treatment center, his rep said Tuesday.

     

    Does that mean Stifler is cleaning up his act?

     

    "Seann William Scott has voluntarily admitted himself for proactive treatment to address health and personal issues," his rep tells People. "He appreciates the support of his many fans at this time."

     

    No other details were forthcoming on what these issues are or where he is undergoing treatment.

     

    Scott's was last on the big screen in the 2010 Bruce Willis-Tracy Morgan comedy "Cop Out."


  11. Hermione would not approve: Emma Watson announces she is taking time off from university to focus on acting and fashion

    By Andrea Magrath

    9th March 2011

     

    She became a household name playing extraordinarily intelligent bookworm Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter franchise.

    But Emma Watson has made a decision that her alter ego would certainly not approve of - she is postponing her studies at Brown university in Rhode Island to focus on her career.

     

    The 20-year-old star made the announcement on her website today, telling fans that juggling the two has become 'a little impossible'.

     

    She wrote: 'I've decided to take a bit of time off to completely finish my work on Harry Potter [the last one comes out this summer] and to focus on my other professional and acting projects.

     

    'I will still be working towards my degree... it’s just going to take me a semester or two longer than I thought.

     

    'As you know, I love Brown and I love studying pretty much more than anything but recently I've had so much to juggle that being a student AND fulfilling my other commitments has become a little impossible.'

     

    Emma jetted back into Heathrow from the U.S. last week, and was also in London throughout the Bafta party season last month.

    Brown university is currently in the middle of its semester, which runs from January 26 to May 29, with a spring recess later this month.

    Emma's London spokesperson declined to elaborate on whether the actress has already pulled out of classes or if the break will commence after this term wraps up.

     

    However judging by her current jetsetting, the former is more likely.

     

    Fashion career: Emma recently released her most recent People Tree collection, and she just announced a collaboration with designer Alberta Ferretti

     

    Emma is busy working on a number of fashion projects before she turns her attention to the Harry Potter promotion trail in the summer.

    Last week she announced a new collaboration with designer Alberta Ferretti.

     

    The line, called Pure Threads by Emma Watson Alberta Ferretti, is eco-friendly, like her People Tree collections.

    The Italian designer revealed why she chose the gamine star to join forces with. 'She’s an actress I’ve followed since her early days,' she told Women's Wear Daily.

     

    'I like her freshness, her spontaneity and simplicity.'

    Miss Watson added: 'I believe this is a big step forward for all of the international fashion industry, but also an important step for an increased sensitivity to the problem of ecology.'

     

    Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/artic...l#ixzz1GgqodMSt


  12. Gyllenhaal in bathroom scuffle with photo-taking fan

    Picture deleted from man's camera after exchange with star

    Us Weekly

     

    Obvious note to Jake Gyllenhaal fans: Don't snap a pic of Jake in the john!

     

    Over the weekend, TMZ reported that Gyllenhaal, 30, got upset inside a men's room during a screening of his flick "Source Code" at the South by Southwest Festival in Austin, Texas — when another guy snapped a photo of the sexy star.

     

    "That's true," the sexy actor admitted, laughing, to Entertainment Weekly.

     

    Don't miss these Entertainment stories Disney Enterprises A mom's look at recent kid flicks

    Is "Tangled" OK for tots? Does "Ramona and Beezus" live up to the beloved books? Here's one parent's guide to more than a dozen children's films.

     

    ..According to the initial report, after Gyllenhaal and the bathroom paparazzi exchanged words, the bathroom pic was deleted.

     

    Of the heated encounter, Gyllenhaal added to EW: "I think it's an appropriate space to keep privacy. I hope that people wouldn't disagree with me on that."

     

    Gyllenhaal (who split from Taylor Swift over New Year's) loved watching his new thriller "Source Code" while a pal from Austin took it all in.

     

    "Literally he grabbed my leg at one point and then at another time....he was like 'Oh my god, what the hell?!' I was like 'Yes!'" boasted the star.

     

    Copyright 2011 Us Weekly


  13. Huckabee denies criticizing Portman pregnancy

    Former Arkansas governor accuses 'Hollywood media' of distorting comments

    By ANDREW DeMILLO

    The Associated Press

     

    updated 3/4/2011

    LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee on Friday denied that he was criticizing Academy Award-winning actress Natalie Portman when he suggested her pregnancy was glamorizing the idea of having children outside of marriage.

     

    Huckabee, who is considering a run for the Republican presidential nomination, earlier this week complained about the perception of celebrities like Portman having children while unmarried. Portman, who won an Oscar for best actress for her role in "Black Swan," is expecting a child with fiance Benjamin Millepied.

     

    "One of the things that is troubling is that people see a Natalie Portman or some other Hollywood starlet who boasts of, 'Hey look, we're having children, we're not married, but we're having these children, and they're doing just fine,'" Huckabee told radio host Michael Medved on Monday. "But there aren't really a lot of single moms out there who are making millions of dollars every year for being in a movie."

     

    Huckabee made the comments after Medved mentioned the Oscars and Portman's pregnancy. Huckabee said the public wasn't seeing the financial struggles single mothers face.

     

    Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee has said he is seriously considering a run for president. Huckabee also said in the interview that "it's unfortunate that we glorify and glamorize the idea of out-of-children wedlock."

     

    A publicist for Portman did not immediately respond to a request for comment Friday.

     

    On Friday, Huckabee accused the "Hollywood media" of distorting comments that he said were more about society as a whole and not Portman. Huckabee praised Portman as an actress and said he's glad she and Millepied are getting married. Huckabee said he wasn't trying to attack Portman or single mothers.

     

    "My comments were about the statistical reality that most single moms are very poor, under-educated, can't get a job and if it weren't for government assistance, their kids would be starving to death," Huckabee said in a statement posted on his political action committee's website. "That's the story that we're not seeing, and it's unfortunate that society often glorifies and glamorizes the idea of having children out of wedlock."

     

    It's the second time this week that Huckabee has stepped back from comments he's made while promoting his new book. Huckabee suggested in a radio interview on Monday that President Barack Obama's childhood in Kenya shaped his worldview — even though Obama did not visit Kenya until he was in his 20s.

     

    Obama's grandfather, Hussein Onyango Obama, was detained in a 1952 uprising against British colonial rule in Kenya. Huckabee said childhood stories of the Mau Mau rebellion would lead President Obama to want to remove from the Oval Office the bust of former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, who ordered a crackdown against that uprising.

     

    The executive director of Huckabee's political action committee later said the former governor misspoke and meant to reference Obama's childhood in Indonesia, where he lived from the ages of 5 to 10. He didn't explain the reason Huckabee mentioned the Mau Mau uprising.

     

    The winner of the Iowa caucuses in 2008, Huckabee has said he's seriously considering another run for president. His national book tour schedule includes stops in Iowa and other early GOP contests.

     

    Huckabee's comments on Portman echoed remarks Dan Quayle made in 1992 when he went after the TV series "Murphy Brown" by saying its depiction of a single mother was irresponsible and set a bad example for America. The Republican vice president said the fictional character was "mocking the importance of fathers by bearing a child alone and calling it just another 'lifestyle choice.'"

     

    Copyright 2011 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.


  14. Mike Huckabee slams Natalie Portman for pregnancy

    'It's unfortunate that we glorify and glamorize ... out-of- wedlock children,' politician says

    Matt Sayles / AP

     

    She won over the Academy, but Natalie Portman doesn't have a fan in presidential prospect Mike Huckabee.

     

    The former Arkansas governor and Fox News Channel host attacked the best actress winner, 29, who's currently expecting her first child with fiance Benjamin Millepied.

     

    "People see a Natalie Portman who boasts, 'we're not married but we're having these children and they're doing just fine," Huckabee told radio host Michael Medved on his show Monday. "I think it gives a distorted image. It's unfortunate that we glorify and glamorize the idea of out-of- wedlock children."

     

    Calling Portman's pregnancy "troubling," Huckabee went on to say that many single parents don't have the resources to hire help, the way someone like the Black Swan star would.

     

    "Most single moms are very poor, uneducated, can't get a job, and if it weren't for government assistance, their kids would be starving to death and never have health care," he said. "And that's the story that we're not seeing."

     

    In her acceptance speech Sunday night, Portman thanked Millepied, saying he gave her "the most important role" in her life.

     

    Medved quipped back that Millepied "didn't give her the most wonderful gift, which would be a wedding ring!"

     

    Copyright 2011 Us Weekly


  15. New 'Blade Runner' movies on the way?

    Alcon Entertainment is looking to acquire the rights to produce prequels and sequels to the 1982 cult classic "Blade Runner," according to the Hollywood Reporter.

     

    The trade paper reports that the company is in final negotiations to potentially create a franchise around the movie, which was based on Philip K. Dick's "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep."

     

    It was director Ridley Scott's follow-up to the box office smash "Alien," but it was considered a box office bomb at the time, only grossing $27.6 million, according to Boxofficemojo.com.

     

    In 1992, a Director's Cut - which removed the narration from star Harrison Ford, among other things - hit theaters, and the movie has since been considered one of the greatest sci-fi movies of all time. A "Final Cut" was released on DVD and Blu-Ray in 2007, the same year that the American Film Institute ranked it in its list of the 100 best films.

     

    The more recent cuts especially left the resolution of the story up in the air, so this is probably not the first time a sequel has been pondered by fans and Hollywood execs alike.

     

    In a statement to THR, Alcon Entertainment's Andrew Kosove and Broderick Johnson said, "We recognize the responsibility we have to do justice to the memory of the original with any prequel or sequel we produce. We have long-term goals for the franchise, and are exploring multi-platform concepts, not just limiting ourselves to one medium."

     

    What do you think of this idea? Are you excited to see more "Blade Runner" or should the original stand on its own? Would you like to see Harrison Ford or Sean Young return to their roles?


  16. After Charlie Sheen's Rant, CBS Pulls Plug on Two and a Half Men

    By: Glen Levy

     

    In the words of CBS and Warner Bros., due to the "totality of Charlie Sheen's statements, conduct and condition," production has ceased on the top-rated sitcom Two and a Half Men.

     

    The 45-year old Sheen, who seems to be doing his best impression of how to spectacularly end a career in showbiz, gave a bizarre and incoherent radio interview with Alex Jones in which he tore into his executive producer Chuck Lorre and other targets such as Alcoholics Anonymous, calling it a "bootleg cult" with a 5% success rate, compared to his own "100%" success rate.

     

    Going down the same path that some would say was already taken by Mel Gibson, Sheen's spleen seemed to carry elements of anti-semitism. "There's something this side of deplorable that a certain Chaim Levine -- yeah, that's Chuck's real name -- mistook this rock star for his own selfish exit strategy, bro. Check it, Alex: I embarrassed him in front of his children and the world by healing at a pace that his unevolved mind cannot process."

     

    But Sheen wasn't done. "Last I checked, Chaim, I spent close to the last decade effortlessly and magically converting your tin cans into pure gold. And the gratitude I get is this charlatan chose not to do his job, which is to write," he said.

     

    While Lorre had no comment on either Sheen's remarks or the production shutting down, the increasingly erratic Sheen would not go quietly. In what the website TMZ dubbed an "open letter," Sheen called Lorre a "contaminated little maggot" and wished the producer "nothing but pain." He also wants his fans to start a protest movement for him, which may be difficult considering that he could be down to single figures on that front. "I urge all my beautiful and loyal fans who embraced this show for almost a decade to walk with me side-by-side as we march up the steps of justice to right this unconscionable wrong," he wrote.

     

    Because of the already existing hiatus in the schedule due to Sheen's rehab for reported drug and alcohol abuse, there were only going to be 20 episodes rather than the usual 24 in a season. This will now become 16, which is an additional headache the network could have done without. "It may be lonely up here but I sure like the view, Alex," said Sheen. At this rate, Sheen may need to get used to spending a lot more time by himself.

     

    Read more: http://newsfeed.time.com/2011/02/25/after-.../#ixzz1F1bsdYzN


  17. Sheen blasts 'Men' creator after show's shutdown

    By Anna Chan, TV Editor

     

    "Two and a Half Men" star Charlie Sheen has responded in an open letter after CBS and Warner Bros. Television decided to shut down production of the hit sitcom. The move by the companies was in response to the actor's rant against show creator Chuck Lorre during a Thursday radio interview and later to TMZ.

     

    Sheen gave his letter to TMZ, which reads:

     

    What does this say about (Chuck Lorre) after he tried to use his words to judge and attempt to degrade me. I gracefully ignored this folly for 177 shows ... I fire back once and this contaminated little maggot can't handle my power and can't handle the truth. I wish him nothing but pain in his silly travels especially if they wind up in my octagon. Clearly I have defeated this earthworm with my words -- imagine what I would have done with my fire breathing fists. I urge all my beautiful and loyal fans who embraced this show for almost a decade to walk with me side-by-side as we march up the steps of justice to right this unconscionable wrong.

     

    Remember these are my people ... not yours...we will continue on together...

     

    Charlie Sheen

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