Misery & Company: Kathy Bates to Play Charlie Harper on Two & a Half Men

It seems Chuck Loree and the producers of Two & A Half Men over at CBS are still trying to mine nuggets of humor out of their on-going feud with axed actor Charlie Sheen!

The network announced yesterday that Academy-Award winning actress Kathy Bates will make a cameo appearance on the hit sitcom, appearing as the ghost of Sheen's character Charlie Harper. After Sheen was fired from the series following a long episode of erratic and freakishly odd behavior, the producers decided to off his alter ego on the show by having his obsessed stalker Rose push him in front of a Paris Metro train in the season premiere. That 70s Show actor Ashton Kutcher was brought onto the canvas as a replacement for the troubled star.

Bates will appear to Charlie's brother Alan (played by Jon Cryer) after his character has a mild heart attack and ends up in the hospital. Bates will no doubt steal any scene that she is in! The episode is set to air on April 30.

Village of the Damned: English Towns Re-Named Ashton Kutcher

Photo Courtesy the Daily Mail

Village dwellers in the UK woke up yesterday to find that their little hamlets had mysteriously been re-named...after Two & A Half Men star Ashton Kutcher!

The sleepy English villages of  Ashton Hayes in Cheshire, Ashton under Hill in Worcestershire, Ashton in south Northamptonshire and finally Ashton Keynes in Wiltshire were all re-christened Ashton Kutcher in the middle of the night! 


Most villagers were shocked by the sudden, unannounced name changes! Not only were the town's names changed, but flowers beds sprang up spelling out the star’s name and local pubs were re-named the Ashton Kutcher Arms, serving 3.9% Ashton Kutcher Ale - much to the confusion of many of the regular patrons. Busts and statues of the handsome star were also spotted in local shops and town squares!


It seems that Comedy Central UK wanted to play a bit of a prank on the locals, while promoting the new season of the hit comedy series Two & A Half Men, which is returning to English airwaves with Ashton famously replacing the ousted Charlie Sheen. 

SplitsVille: Demi Moore Files for Divorce from Ashton Kutcher

"Nothing lasts forever..."

Surprise, surprise...Not!!!

Actress Demi Moore has announced her plans to seek a divorce from Ashton Kutcher!

Moore, 49, released the following public statement earlier today: "It is with great sadness and a heavy heart that I have decided to end my six-year marriage to Ashton. As a woman, a mother and a wife there are certain values and vows that I hold sacred, and it is in this spirit that I have chosen to move forward with my life."

The move comes after weeks of speculation about the super-couple's marriage when Kutcher's alleged infidelities with another woman, 22-year-old Sara Leal, broke to the tabloid press. This came a little more than a year after another woman claimed to have had a fling with the 33-year-old Two & a Half Men star.

The couple have been seen together over the past few weeks, with many speculating that they were attending couple's therapy to mend the rift in their marriage. No official statement has been released yet from Kutcher's camp.