Ashton Kutcher Appears in First “Two and a Half Men” Promotion – Photo

CBS and Warner Bros are gearing up the promotional machine for the new season of “Two and a Half Men”.

For the first time, Ashton Kutcher has appeared in an official advertisement for the show – plugging the season premiere on September 19, 2011.

Some plot rumors have swirled around where Charlie Sheen’s character of Uncle Charley Harper is killed in a plane crash – insiders say Executive Producer Chuck Lorre even commented “That way he can never ever return to the show – ever”.

We do know that Jon Cryer and Angus T. Jones will appear with Kutcher to headline the new season and there is evidence that the housekeeper “Berta” and nutcase “Rose” will also appear in some capacity as regulars.

Related: Watch Two and a Half Men Blooper Reel – Video

Troubled star Charlie Sheen was fired from the show last year making way for Kutcher to replace his character this season.

For his part, Sheen has just announced he will be starring in a new sitcom called “Anger Management”.

Fortunately, he has not found a writer, producer, or even a network to pick it up yet.

It has also been announced that Sheen will be the focus of the next Comedy Central Roast aired later this year.

Related: Charlie Sheen to be roasted on Comedy Central

We can’t wait for the new season of “Two and a Half Men” and suspect the writers will afford the departing Uncle Charley everything he has coming.

Hollywood can be an evil mistress.

Go get ‘em Chuck Lorre!

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Forget About Planking - “Owling” is the Next Big Craze – Are These People Nuts? - Photos

I think the youth of today are getting extremely bored.

The latest craze to take over the internet in recent months has been a thing called “Planking”.

It’s really a pretty simple and stupid craze that consists of laying down anywhere, on anything, on your stomach stretched straight out like a plank of wood.

But it can’t be a dumb idea because some of Hollywood’s biggest stars have done it like Gordon Ramsay and Justin Bieber. Right?

Still, pretty dumb eh?

Here is what “Planking” looks like:

Justin Bieber Planking

The idea is to “Plank” in a bizarre or unusual place while somebody takes your picture.

Believe it or not, people have actually died while doing it – like the guy in Australia who died planking on top of a moving car.

Not too bright mate?

Well, move over plankers because there is a new trend taking over the world.

It started in Australia on Facebook and is called…..

Owling.

That’s right – Owling.

Owling is the simple process of crouching down and staring out into space – like an owl. It’s not difficult and just as stupid as planking.

Here is what “Owling” looks like:

 

Now you might think that that’s as good as it gets right?

Well, you would be wrong because you can score extra technical points if you can “Plank” and “Owl” at the same time.

The Technical Double "Owl and Plank"

Now be careful with that one – and consider that if all you have are Facebook friends you won’t be able to do this double craze because as you can see – you need two people.



If this is all people can come up with as the latest viral craze then we have lost our imagination and creativity.

But then again, they aren’t really hurting anybody and it does kind of make you smile when you see it.

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Video - Lady Gaga Slammed After Performing In a Wheelchair – Haters Have a Field Day

Being Lady Gaga must really be difficult sometimes.

After all, how do you top a dress made out of meat, emerging from an egg, or appearing in any of the hundreds of bizarre costumes she wears?

She always seems to have somebody yelling at her and criticizing her behavior at every turn. And she seems to love it.

Just recently she upset several religious organizations when she released her sexually charged music video for “Judas”.

Related: Watch - Lady Gaga Releases “Judas” Music Video

Now she has found another way to draw attention to herself while at the same time angering a whole lot of good people, disability groups, disabled American advocacy organizations, and spinal injury groups.

Last night, Lady Gaga appeared on stage during a special concert at the Sydney Town Hall in Australia in a wheelchair.

That’s right. She performed a song while rolling around in a wheelchair.

About two-thirds of the way through her shortened set she emerged on stage to perform “You and I” not only wheeling herself around in a wheelchair – but wearing a rubber mermaid tail.

After the show, several organizations representing people in wheelchairs, and patients suffering from paralysis and spinal cord injuries took to the airwaves to slam Madonna Ms. Gaga.

The Roman Reed Foundation took to twitter to say,

"Dear @ladygaga how about using your celebrity status 2 try 2 get us out of wheelchairs instead of cruising in one. Cool?!"

The Foundation later released an official response saying,

"Since this isn't the first time Lady Gaga has used a wheelchair in her performances, I invite her to learn more about the 5.6 million Americans who live with paralysis. They, like me, unfortunately, don't use a wheelchair for shock value. I extend a personal invitation to Lady Gaga to attend one of our Life Rolls On events where quadriplegics and paraplegics surf, skate, and snowboard, so she can see how much is possible beyond a wheelchair. Maybe that will be most shocking to her of all".

People, you have to realize she knows exactly what she is doing. She knows that by appearing in a wheelchair there will be an outcry and her name will be in the news for days. It’s the oldest trick in the book.



While some are slamming her for her bad taste, others are slamming her for once again ripping of another artist.

After repeated complaints that the singer has turned into Madonna, now people are yelling at her for the mermaid and wheelchair stunt – not because it’s in bad taste, but because Bette Midler already did it.

Related: Is Lady Gaga ripping off Madonna? - Video

But you can’t deny Gaga’s hoards of ‘lil Monster fans and their dedication to their idol.

With 11.6 million twitter followers, and millions of Facebook fans, we suspect this is just another cry for attention that will only leave her looking for that next plateau of bizarreness – maybe she could amputate a body part and wear it as a hat?

After all, when you have fans who have extremely detailed tattoos of the singer inked to their body you know you have a dedicated fan following.

Related: Lady Gaga Fan Tattoos Shock and Excite – Photos

So the world will just have to let her slip by while we await her next big move. But she better hurry because I think she is running out of people to offend.

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