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Winning? New Charlie Sheen Sitcom Based On 'Anger Management' Moves Forward

By Kevin Jagernauth
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July 18, 2011 5:33 AM
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While Charlie Sheen spectacularly and entertainingly imploded last year, putting an end to his involvement of the long-running, highly-successful show that made him one of the highest paid actors in television despite the fact that "Two And A Half Men" is fucking godawful. And while Ashton Kutcher has been hired on to replace him on the next season, during which the writers, in a clear ratings grab, will kill off Sheen's character, the man who has declared himself an F-18 already has a new program in development where he'll take the lead role.

By Kevin Jagernauth
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July 5, 2011 8:04 AM
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Jeremy Piven Was Left On The Cutting Room Floor & More From Sports Illustrated's Oral History Of 'Major League'Baseball movies are a notoriously hard sell, which is why they don't get made very often. But every once in a while, one connects, and 1989's "Major League" was nothing short of a homerun, finding favor with both audiences and diehard baseball fans, kicking off a franchise. Starring Charlie Sheen, Tom Berenger, Wesley Snipes, Corbin Bersen and Rene Russo, and directed by David S. Ward, the film follows the hapless Cleveland Indians, a team of misfits brought together for the sole purpose of drumming up a losing season so the owners can move the team. However, when the players catch wind of the plan, they band together and put together an improbable winning season.

By Gabe Toro
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May 14, 2011 7:00 AM
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Theoretical Hollywood leading man Ashton Kutcher has decided to take a knee on his big screen career. The former “Punk’d” creator is now gunning for those lucrative TV dollars by replacing Charlie Sheen on the show everybody watches and nobody likes, “Two and a Half Men.”

By Kevin Jagernauth
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March 4, 2011 3:53 AM
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#Winning? Try #Failing. Charlie Sheen and his addiction to being the best is obviously omnipresent right now. You might love the magic from his fingertips now, but in a week it's gonna be as cute as "Borat" quotes. But with Sheen on everyone's minds these days -- the actor joined Twitter and gained a million followers in just over 24 hours -- specious and unchecked rumors are bound to make the rounds by hit-hungry opportunists.

By Kevin Jagernauth
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February 28, 2011 3:15 AM
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So the Oscars are over and while pundits debate how entertaining (or not) the broadcast was, for this writer, the biggest thrill of the night came from a preview for Charlie Sheen's upcoming "20/20" interview which featured the sure-to-be meme-spawning quote: "I'm on a drug, it's called Charlie Sheen." Pure gold. But as usual, that's just the tip of the iceberg from the Sheen Quote Machine and in an interview that ran this morning on the "Today" show, the actor revealed a pretty random future movie project he says has crossed his desk. We'll let the full quote speak for itself:

By Kevin Jagernauth
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February 25, 2011 3:45 AM
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Throws Lindsay Lohan Under The Bus In The ProcessGranted, Charlie Sheen is probably heading towards a meltdown of epic proportions but you have to admit, his quote-churning flame out is far more entertaining/amazing/hilarious/tragic than anything spewed forth by Mel Gibson. And there's an odd heroic quality to Sheen's outbursts that we can't explain but clearly, there are many who are not happy or impressed with the actor's giant middle finger to the world, and Morgan Creek CEO James Robinson is one of them.

By Kevin Jagernauth
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February 22, 2011 10:21 AM
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Inside of everyone there's a hero and a villain, unless you're Charlie Sheen, where there is a third person, an unapologetic hedonist just living life to the fullest.

By Gabe Toro
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November 2, 2010 8:02 AM
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Your screenplay isn't selling. You aren't scoring acting auditions anymore and your singing voice is being booed at the local bar and grill. Is there any way you can finally score a working job in Hollywood? Well, have you tried attacking an escort lately? You haven't? Well, clearly some of us are making $25-30 million a year working on a shitty sitcom, and some of us aren't.