WEEEELLLLLL….let’s check in with our ol’ pal Charlie and take a peek at his “Rock Star” world:
Sheen blindsided by sons being removed from house
By AP News
Wednesday, March 02, 2011
Charlie Sheen said Wednesday that after his two young sons were removed from his house overnight, he's "very calm and focused" but ready to fight to get them back.
Interviewed live on NBC's "Today" show, Sheen said the nearly 2-year-old twins, Bob and Max, were removed after a court order was granted to his estranged wife, Brooke Mueller, who is their mother.
Mueller is claiming the youngsters shouldn't be raised in that environment, where Sheen lives with his two "goddess" girlfriends and where partying that Sheen has described as "epic" has taken place.
The star of CBS' "Two and a Half Men" appealed on camera to Mueller "to reach out to me" to discuss the situation.
He said he doesn't know where the boys were taken.
Moments after the "Today" interview, Sheen told reporters outside his Los Angeles home that the legal move caught him by surprise.
"It came out of the bleachers, actually," he said. "Yeah, I was told a restraining order was being delivered and I thought, 'OK, I can deal with that.' And it was revealed that it was something much more serious."
Asked why Mueller got the court order, he replied, "It's just silly. I think she's latching on to some of this recent press."
Los Angeles police media relations Officer Cleon Joseph confirmed the Sheen kids were taken away.
"Last night police did respond based on the court order and the kids were taken," he said. The officer furnished no more details.
Charlie Sheen: 'It's Not an Act'
Wednesday March 02, 2011 08:00 AM EST
Yes, Charlie Sheen is acutely aware that plenty of people think he's crazy. And he doesn't care.
"It's not an act," he tells PEOPLE in this week's cover story. "Here's the good news: If I realize that I'm insane, then I'm okay with it. I'm not dangerous insane."
During the course of a late-night interview at his Beverly Hills home, Sheen, 45, addressed everything from his ongoing "war" with Two and a Half Men co-creator Chuck Lorre to his two-girlfriend living arrangement to his self-styled path to sobriety.
Expressing disdain for the Alcoholics Anonymous model of recovery, he says, "I'm not interested in addiction, disease, all that crap. Twenty years they took from me. I just decided that I was going to think differently, that I was not going to believe anything I'd been taught."
"It's not an act," he tells PEOPLE in this week's cover story. "Here's the good news: If I realize that I'm insane, then I'm okay with it. I'm not dangerous insane."
During the course of a late-night interview at his Beverly Hills home, Sheen, 45, addressed everything from his ongoing "war" with Two and a Half Men co-creator Chuck Lorre to his two-girlfriend living arrangement to his self-styled path to sobriety.
Expressing disdain for the Alcoholics Anonymous model of recovery, he says, "I'm not interested in addiction, disease, all that crap. Twenty years they took from me. I just decided that I was going to think differently, that I was not going to believe anything I'd been taught."
As for his unorthodox home life with 24-year-old girlfriends Rachel Oberlin and Natalie Kenly, he says, "everybody's needs are met, everybody's cool."
The actor is more reflective on the subject of his young children: 2-year-old twins Bob and Max with ex-wife Brooke Mueller and daughters Sam, 7, and Lola, 5, with ex-wife Denise Richards.
"There's a feeling ... that I haven't spent enough time with them, and they're getting older," he says. "Not the boys, but the girls. But rather than sitting here and going, 'What have I done?' I just change it."
"I'm so tired of pretending like my life isn't perfect and bitchin' and just winning every second."
– Raving about his life to The Alex Jones Show
– Raving about his life to The Alex Jones Show
"[That way of life] was written for normal people, people who aren't special, people who don't have tiger blood and Adonis DNA."
– Explaining why he won't slip back into addiction, on Today
– Explaining why he won't slip back into addiction, on Today
"I don't have a tuxedo that fits anymore because my chest and my biceps are too big."
– Explaining why he wasn't planning on attending the Oscars, on Pat O'Brien's Loose Cannons radio show
– Explaining why he wasn't planning on attending the Oscars, on Pat O'Brien's Loose Cannons radio show
"I have a disease? Bull–t. I cured it … with my mind."
– Rejecting his father Martin Sheen's statement that his son suffers from alcoholism to The Alex Jones Show
– Rejecting his father Martin Sheen's statement that his son suffers from alcoholism to The Alex Jones Show
"There's a new sheriff in town. And he has an army of assassins."
– Explaining why he's decided to be so outspoken
– Explaining why he's decided to be so outspoken
"I have defeated this earthworm with my words – imagine what I would have done with my fire breathing fists."
– Sheen, on Two and a Half Men creator Chuck Lorre, in an open letter
– Sheen, on Two and a Half Men creator Chuck Lorre, in an open letter
"This is me warming up."
– Sheen, promising more to come, to PEOPLE
– Sheen, promising more to come, to PEOPLE
LAPD: Charlie Sheen's Twin Boys Removed From His Home
Soon-to-Be Ex Brooke Mueller Gets Restraining Order Against Sheen
By JESSICA HOPPER
March 2, 2011
Charlie Sheen's twin boys have been removed from his home after reports that Sheen's soon-to-be ex, Brooke Mueller, has been granted a restraining order against the actor, the Los Angeles police said.
TMZ reported that Mueller obtained the restraining order Tuesday because Sheen had made a death threat against her.
Mueller said Sheen threatened to cut off her head, put it in a box and send it to her mother, according to TMZ.
Sheen denied the allegation this morning on NBC's "Today Show," adding that he did not where his twin boys were taken.
"At this moment on live television, I do not know where my children are but I'm not panicking," Sheen said. "I've professed in ... the last few days to not deal and come from a place of panic, ego, emotion any of that. I stayed very calm and focused."
Sheen addressed Mueller, asking her to call him.
"Brooke, I'm sorry that you felt this had to be done in this way. … I think the cooler, smarter, leveler heads can prevail and I urge you to reach out to me immediately, if not sooner, and tell me where our sons are," he told NBC News.
RadarOnline claims to have caught Sheen on camera handing the twin boys over to police. One of the boys, clinging to his dad, said goodbye as Sheen put him in a car, the video apparently shows.
"We'll see you soon, pop don't lie," Sheen is shown telling the boy on the RadarOnline video.
Sheen continued his media blitz Tuesday and joined the ranks of Twitter users gaining thousands of followers by the minute.
Sheen tweeted a picture with one of his "goddesses," his two girlfriends, and later tweeted about the 2-year-old twin boys, Max and Bob.
"My sons' are fine... My path is now clear... Defeat is not an option..!," Sheen tweeted.
In a recent interview with ABC News' Andrea Canning, Sheen said he would unleash a violent side that was "unlike anything you'll ever see" to "protect his family."
Sheen and Mueller were previously involved in a violent altercation in December of 2009 when Mueller accused Sheen of threatening her with a knife.
Sheen Defends his Lifestyle
Sheen acknowledged that his two girlfriends, graphic designer Natalie Kenly and porn star Rachel Oberlin, help rear his children.
Kenly, who was once a nanny, said in the Canning interview, "We've got the kids here. They take precedence over anything else." She said she enjoys helping Sheen care for the boys while mom Mueller is not around. "I love those boys. I would take a bullet for them," she said.
Despite his love for his children, Sheen said he was not worried about his kids' being negatively affected by his lifestyle choices or recent headline-making actions.
"I'm not going worry about it, or I can say, 'Hey, kids, your dad's a rockstar. Look at his experiences. Look at what he survived.' Bang. There are some of your lessons, but the real lessons are going to be in the future," Sheen said.
Sheen is a father to five children -- 26-year old daughter Cassandra, who was recently married, and four kids who are minors, including two daughters, Sam and Lola, who are in the custody of ex-wife Denise Richards.
Sheen said he doesn't spend enough time with his daughters, who are 5 and 6, to have his more controversial behaviors, such a highly publicized weekend bender, have an impact on them.
"I don't see them enough to have that influence, but that was yesterday and today it could be different. I don't know," he said. "They'll wake up one day and realize how cool dad is. And, you know, signs all the checks on the front, not the back. And you know, we need him and we need his wisdom and his bitchin'-ness."
I HAD A WEIRD DREAM LAST NIGHT ABOUT TURTLES….we lived in a cool concrete & steel house by the water – and Morgan had found a rather large turtle for Jonathan. It was like a red-eared slider. Something about me looking out my window & seeing a large…at first it was a frog – we’re talking the size of a pig - but after it took off – it turned into a rather fast moving turtle. There was also something to do with me borrowing a co-worker’s car…..
10:19a….listening to Mike Gallagher – the Supreme Court sided with that crazy church/cult that protest at funerals. Sad, sad day. 6 hours 10 minutes left in this day
12:21p – made a list on my blog of books every student should read as complied by Bill Bennett. I am an admirer of Bill Bennett. What is my reason for wanting to read these books? To be able to brag that I’ve read them? So what. Do reading these books enlighten me?
As heard on the Dennis praeger show today – men are mono-minded…single minded. Only have one thing on their mind – at one time…..in other words can only focus or think about one thing at a time.
Guys want to be admired by their wives.
Good men get married and marriage makes men better.
Women like to be pursued – men should make a call every day to check in….
12:42p-----I’m STILL working on this lapsed days report. It is excruciatingly painful!!!!!! I hate it – I want to go home…..FOUR HOURS LEFT……BOOOOOOOO!!!!!
Three hours 15 minutes
Two hours 55 minutes – I don’t feel all that great today – so that is another reason I am watching the clock so steadfastly…..
TWO HOURS LEFT! YAY!
41 minutes….and counting
US court allows Westboro Baptist's anti-gay funeral pickets to go on
Supreme Court rules in favor of reviled church group's right to free speech over demonstrations at military funerals
Members of the Westboro Baptist church stage a protest across the street from a school in Maryland. The church can continue to picket military funerals following a supreme court ruling.
One of the most detested church groups in America can continue to picket military funerals after the supreme court ruled in favor of their right to free speech.The fervently anti-gay Westboro Baptist church demonstrates at military funerals across the US claiming the Iraq and Afghanistan wars are God's punishment on America for tolerating homosexuality.
The court decision, at the end of a classic free speech debate, will anger military families who have turned up for services to find the group waving placards rejoicing in the deaths and who want other families to be spared the same ordeal.
The supreme court ruled eight to one in favor of Westboro in a case brought by Albert Snyder, father of a 20-year-old marine, Lance-Corporal Matthew Snyder, who was killed in Iraq in 2006 and buried in Maryland. Outside his funeral, Westboro church members carried placards saying Thank God for Dead Soldiers and You're Going to Hell. Among the placards was one describing marines as "fags".
The group has turned up to about 200 military funerals, regardless of whether the dead are gay or not: Snyder was not. His father launched a legal action a year later, saying he objected to the service being marred in this way and that he had suffered emotional distress. He won $11m (£6.7m) in damages against the church, and this was later cut by a judge to $5m.
The federal appeals court in Virginia overturned the verdict, ruling that the constitution protected protesters from liability. The supreme court upheld that ruling on Wednesday.
Chief justice John Roberts acknowledged in his ruling that the protesters caused pain but concluded the constitutional right to free speech overrode that. Judges and lawyers in lower courts had argued that there were times when free speech was not protected, such as remarks that were hateful or vulgar.
Roberts agreed that the Westboro protesters' comments were hateful and their contribution to public discourse was negligible. "But Westboro addressed matters of public import on public property in a peaceful manner in full compliance with the guidance of local officials," Roberts said.
The judge concluded: "Because this nation has chosen to protect even hurtful speech on public issues to ensure that public debate is not stifled, Westboro must be shielded from tort liability for its picketing in this case."
In the ruling, he noted the pain such protests caused. "Speech is powerful. It can stir people to action, move them to tears of both joy and sorrow, and — as it did here — inflict great pain. On the facts before us, we cannot react to that pain by punishing the speaker," Roberts said.
The dissenting voice on the Supreme Court, Samuel Alito, said: "Our profound national commitment to free and open debate is not a license for the vicious verbal assault that occurred in this case."
Alito added: "In order to have a society in which public issues can be openly and vigorously debated, it is not necessary to allow the brutalization of innocent victims like the petitioner."
The Westboro church is small, with a congregation of about only 70, made up mainly of the extended family of the Reverend Fred Phelps. In 2007 the BBC broadcast a programme by Louis Theroux which was billed as The Most Hated Family in America. Two years later, the Home Office banned Phelps from entry to the UK where he planned a picket.
As well as picketing military funerals, the church also pickets sporting events, concerts and other occasions in the apparent hope of publicity. As well as being anti-gay, it is also anti-Jewish, anti-Catholic and anti-Chinese.
Snyder's case was backed by 42 out of 100 US senators, veterans groups and 48 states, some of which have already introduced bans on the presence of the demonstrators near funerals.
But some mainstream media groups backed the church because of fear that a victory for Snyder could undermine the constitutional right to free speech.
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