RIP Elizabeth Taylor

Elizabeth Taylor, 79, died of congestive heart failure at Los Angeles' Cedars-Sinai Hospital, surrounded by her family.

Her son, Michael Wilding, said in a statement:

"My Mother was an extraordinary woman who lived life to the fullest, with great passion, humor, and love," he said. "Though her loss is devastating to those of us who held her so close and so dear, we will always be inspired by her enduring contribution to our world. Her remarkable body of work in film, her ongoing success as a businesswoman, and her brave and relentless advocacy in the fight against HIV/AIDS, all make us all incredibly proud of what she accomplished. We know, quite simply, that the world is a better place for Mom having lived in it. Her legacy will never fade, her spirit will always be with us, and her love will live forever in our hearts."

RIP.

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The Phenomenal Charlie Sheen

Advice to Charlie sheen- Don't listen to no stinkin' advice.

Charlie Sheen has been in the news, it seems like forever, from his marriages to his divorces, from his movies to his number one sit-com show "Two and a Half Men" where he was the top paid actor in television.

The guy is a one man phenomenon and CBS and Warner Brothers truly should have just let him be as long as he was showing up for production days and the show stayed on top.

Face it, the character he played..... was himself, not only that, but the show wouldn't have had it's first season without him.

Ironically, Two and a Half Men exists because of Sheen. The project only made it to pilot because Sheen agreed to do it -- CBS boss Moonves had made the pilot order contingent on Sheen, so the comedy wouldn't have proceeded beyond a script without the actor.

Latest news is that Warner Bros. TV has officially fired Charlie Sheen from "Two and a Half Men" and Sheen is vowing to sue. Lawyers are all involved, letters have been sent and like a train wreck, the world is watching, unable to take their eyes off of the unfolding events.

Sheen took to Twitter and immediately broke all records by being followed by his first million twitter followers within 24 hours and now, as of this very moment, that number is up to 2,232,887.

TeamSheen is actively looking for a social media intern and even sets up a page for people to apply, found here.

Billionaire Mark Cuban, owner of Dallas Mavericks and owner HDNet TV channel has been brainstorming with Sheen about a project.

Every network has capitalized with stories, articles and exclusive interviews with Sheen himself, so who exactly is the winner and who is the loser here?

Sheen is outrageous, loud, in some cases deliberately obnoxious but the bottom line is he has become a phenomenon and everyone is cashing in, including Sheen himself.

Everybody except CBS and Warner Brothers TV that is.

Jeralyn, over at Talk Left wrote something that hits the nail on the head:

Sheen really can't do anything but win, because of the business story behind all this. The media -- from the Wall St. Journal on down -- will follow his eventual settlement with CBS. Then there's the story of his single-handedly and overnight breaking all records on Twitter, and eliminating the need for networks, agents and publicists by self-broadcasting on the internet. Sheen is more popular now than ever. Which means, he'll return to the airwaves earning even more money. As for the worst that will befall him, Blair writes "he'll be the next Hugh Hefner with his House of Goddesses."

Proof is in the pudding as they say and doing a few searches I see Charlie Sheen Teeshirts, bumper stickers, cups, etc...

Consider this.

I started writing this 30 minutes ago and he had 2,232,887 Twitter followers, 30 minutes later he now has 2,240,700 followers in the time it took to write this.

Like I said, Sheen is now a phenomenon.

The Phenomenal Charlie Sheen has a ring to it, doesn't it Charlie?

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Salon Feminist Needs To Back Off Natalie Portman's 'Greatest Role' Comment

Natalie Portman won the Oscar for her performance in Black Swan. In her acceptance speech she referred to her unborn child and motherhood stating that her beautiful love, dancer and choreographer Benjamin Millepied, gave her her "greatest role", which most took to mean her pregnancy.

One feminist from Salon has taken issue with those words.

When you're pregnant, especially for the first time, there are a lot of amazed and awed moments in between the heartburn and insomnia. But is motherhood really a greater role than being secretary of state or a justice on the Supreme Court? Is reproduction automatically the greatest thing Natalie Portman will do with her life?

The writer of that garbage piece of writing, Mary Elizabeth Williams, should be ashamed of herself for denigrating Portman's words, because isn't feminism about choice, about women doing what they want and being proud of what they do?

Isn't it up to Portman to decide, to choose for herself, what she considers to be her greatest role?

If Portman believes giving birth, being a mother, raising a child is greater than her acting work, her movies or anything else she has ever done or will do, then for her it is the greatest role.

Would Williams take that "choice" away from Portman?

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Two And A Half Men Discontinued

CBS and Warner Bros. has decided to suspend the show Two And A Half Men, discontinuing production for the remainder of the season, according to Radar Online.

Earlier, CBS and Warner Bros. released a statement, saying: "Based on the totality of Charlie Sheen's statements, conduct and condition, CBS and Warner Bros. Television have decided to discontinue production of Two And A Half Men for the remainder of the season."

Sheen fires back in an open letter to his fans:

What does this say about Haim Levine 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...

Sheen also says he is in serious negotiations with HBO to star in his own half-hour show called Sheen's Corner and is "close to securing" a deal for a 10 show guarantee.

This has not been confirmed with HBO yet however.

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