Charlie Sheen

Charlie Sheen will star in Anger Management on FX this summer.

In promotion for the sitcom, the network has been using photos of the actor from his most recent gig, Two and a Half Men, a move that resulted this week in a cease and desist letter from CBS, which is demanding Sheen and his production company stop illegally profiting from its images.

To this, Sheen has a simple response: GOOD!

"I'm thrilled," the actor tells TMZ, in a way only he can. "It insulates me from having to redundantly see myself in the idiotic bowling shirt. Perhaps if Warner Bros. spent as much time and energy focusing on THEIR show, it wouldn't be such a steaming pile of ass."

Hmmm... we wonder how he really feels about his former series.

UPDATE: A bit later in the day, Sheen called TMZ and said of the man who replaced him:

I'm tired of pretending the show doesn't suck ... I'm tired of pretending Ashton doesn't suck. It's nothing personal ... I just feel bad for him ... he's saddled with such bad writing.

Two and a Half Men is one of the top 10 most-watched shows on television.

But Charlie Sheen either doesn't know this or doesn't care, because he made his feelings on the sitcom well known during a press conference in Miami this week.

"I don’t think it should go on past this year," the actor said. "I just think that people are there because there’s nowhere else to go."

Of course, Sheen plans to change that with his FX sitcom, Anger Management. Proving that he's not an entirely changed man, the star promised the series - which will start casting in March and premiere this summer - "will not disappoint," adding:

"It’s going to be an absolute f-ckin' rocket ship to the moon."

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Charlie Sheen is on his way back into our living room: his FX sitcom premieres in June.

What made that network take a chance on the troubled actor? President and general manager John Landgraf was asked this question by reporters yesterday at the Television Critics Association press tour and said he was "as skeptical as you might imagine" when he first walked in to a pitch meeting with Sheen. But then...

"I saw [a very different Charlie Sheen] in the room, and what I heard was a really good pitch for a comedy series - funny, complicated, and I think the character that Charlie ought to be playing at this point."

Sheen claims he's no longer a crazy person, and Landgraf is banking on the public being as forgiving of the star's crazy actions as he's trying to be.

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Charlie Sheen has good news for his family members, but troubling news for those of us who dish on celebrity gossip for a living: the actor is no longer insane.

That's what Sheen - posing below with Raising Hope star Cloris Leachman - told reporters yesterday at the Television Critics Association winter press session.

"I'm not crazy any more. That was an episode," Sheen joked last night. "I think I'm a different person than I was yesterday. Everything is a lot more mellow and focused and much more rooted in reality."

Of course, the new attitude doesn't mean Sheen won't zing Two and a Half Men creator Chuck Lorre still. Asked about his upcoming FX comedy, Anger Management, Sheen said:

"It's nice to be in a situation where the people I'm working with are excited about my input. That wasn't the case for a long time."

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We're down to the top three.

With the remaining days in 2011 ticking down to zero, THG has been ranking the most newsworthy celebrities of the year, starting at #10 with Lindsay Lohan and moving on, in order, to...

Jennifer Lopez; Selena Gomez; a host of viral video stars; Katy Perry; Justin Bieber; and pretty much everyone in the Royal Family. Now, at #3, we present... Charlie Sheen!

Due to a relatively quiet second half of the year, it might be easy to forget the unparalleled, unstable tear Sheen was on to kick off 2011. So here is a two-word reminder: Sheen's Korner.

The shenanigans got underway almost as soon as the calendar turned, as Charlie spent into the six figures on a Las Vegas-based sex and drug romp in January that included strippers, cocaine and plenty of headlines. He was then hospitalized a few days later after a similar party in his home.

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Forget the Pritchetts and the Dunphys. Charlie Sheen has given new meaning to the term "modern family."

The actor posted a photo this week of himself, ex-wife Denise Richards and three children at an undisclosed tropical location. Two of those children, twins Sam and Lola, belong the former couple. The third, six-month old Eloise, was adopted this year by the terrible actress.

"What's better than a modern family vacation!?! love spending winter break w/ @denise_richards & my kids!" Sheen wrote on his WhoSay account, having clearly come a long way from a few months ago.

Has Sheen finally realized the true definition of winning? It's all about family, people.

Welcome back to the Tournament of THG, where fans determine the most popular celebrity of the year! We unveiled our official bracket this week, and one by one, we'll post polls of these respective showdowns, updating the bracket after each round.

The concept is simple. Vote for your favorite of the two stars in each poll. Done.

In other first-round matchups, Kim Kardashian is getting her ample arse handed to her by Kate Middleton, while Kristen Stewart and Miley Cyrus are in a relatively close battle and Selena Gomez and Robert Pattinson are neck and neck.

Right now, Kate's sister Pippa looks to join her in the quarterfinals, but she'll need to oust a Warlock - the incomparable Charlie Sheen! Can she? Vote below and decide!

For a few weeks in early 2011, we all got a laugh out of Charlie Sheen. Remember these Korners?

But Two and a Half Men creator Chuck Lorre, who battled publicly with his show's lead, tells TV Guide Magazine this month that he and CBS higher-ups weren't finding the actor's actions very funny. At all.

"The [studio and the network] chose to make a moral decision as opposed to a financial one," Lorre says. "This was not a game. This was drug addiction writ large. This was big-time cocaine, and in his own words, an 'epic drug run' that could have ended with either his death or someone else's."

Lorre said he chose to reboot the franchise with Ashton Kutcher because he had little to lose, adding that everything with Sheen simply spiraled out of control:

"He was a great friend and partner for eight years. And every time he got himself into trouble, we believed that there was healing that was going to come. I certainly believed that sobriety is something that he wants in his life, and I was wrong."

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Brooke Mueller wasn't just arrested last week in Aspen for cocaine possession; she was arrested for cocaine possession with intent to distribute. In other words: police believed the troubled reality star was acting as a drug dealer!

But Charlie Sheen has responded to the incident and given a reasonable explanation for why his ex-wife would never sell drugs. Because she's an upright, clean and sober citizen? No. Because she's rich!

"With the child support I give her... she's gonna deal drugs? Never gonna happen," Sheen told TMZ.

The kind of crazy man has a point: he pays Mueller $55,000 in child support each month.

Sheen, who serves as a co-parent to the kids he shares with Brooke, was also booked in Aspen two years ago for allegedly beating Mueller up on Christmas Day. He took a shot at the officers in the city, as well.

"The cops in Aspen are Keystone on their finest day... these are the clowns that let [Ted] Bundy go."

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According to witnesses, video and arrest records, Brooke Mueller spent Friday night in Aspen drinking, partying, dancing and assaulting.

She's now free on $11,000 bond... thanks to a certain famous, former drug-loving ex-husband.

That's right: Radar Online reports that Charlie Sheen posted his ex-wife's bond, which shouldn't come as a major surprise because he and Brooke have grown close again over the last few weeks.

But why didn't any immediate family members step up?

They "wanted to leave her in jail," a source claims, adding that Mueller's loved one are "done with her" and believe she must get clean... "or she is going to die."

Mueller has been in and out of rehab on numerous occasions. There are still scant details available regarding the latest incident, but documents show she was booked for cocaine possession and third degree assault.