Happy Birthday to everyone celebrating today, September 17th, including:

Phil Jackson, 66
Cassandra Peterson (Elvira), 60
Rita Rudner, 58
Baz Lurhman, 49
Dustin Nguyen, 49
BeBe Winans, 49
Bryan Singer, 46
Kyle Chandler, 46
Doug E. Fresh, 45
Malik Yoba, 44
Matthew Settle, 42
Billy Miller, 31
Flo Rida, 31
Jennifer Pena, 28

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Charlie Sheen is singing a different tune than he was just six months ago.

The actor whose career imploded in the blink of an eye when he was fired from the mega-successful CBS sitcom Two and A Half Men spent much of the summer waging a public war with Warner Bros (who owns CBS) and the producer of the show, Chuck Lorre, is now fessing up that he wasn’t “winning” at all.

“I said some things that were a little out there,” Sheen told Leno Thursday night. “I might have overshot the mark a little bit. But these were just metaphors. I didn’t really believe I had tiger blood or Adonis DNA. These were just jokes.”

Charlie also said he understands why he was sacked. “No, no. I would have fired my ass, too,” Sheen told Leno. “Well, maybe not like they did.”

The 46 year-old actor also told Matt Lauer that he was unprepared for how “biting” the comments would be at his Comedy Central Roast.

“It was raunchy. I thought I’d heard everything twice. Clearly I hadn’t,” Sheen said. “Yeah, no, they said, prepare yourself, and I said it’s just words. At the end of the day it’s just words and I was sitting there, and it was not just words. They were very biting.”

In the end, Sheen says he’s trying to make amends with his ex-wives, Brooke Mueller and Denise Richards, and have a relationship with his children.

The actor also says that he’s going to catch Two and A Half Men with Ashton Kutcher to see how it all turns out.

“Of course I will (watch ‘Men’),” Sheen told Lauer. “I’m also really curious about what happened to me. Because I don’t look at it just as what they’re doing forward, I look at it as what I left behind for them to continue, and how they’re going to figure all that out. So really, my hat’s off to them, if they can pull it off.”

Watch Charlie’s interviews with Jay Leno and Matt Lauer below. (Read the article)

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The never ending saga of Jennifer Aniston/Brad Pitt/Angelina Jolie triangle was entered into again, this time by Brad himself.

Whether he meant to or not, Pitt gave the impression he felt his life was uninspired when he was married to the Horrible Bosses star.

“I spent the ‘90s trying to hide out, trying to duck the full celebrity cacophony,” he told Parade magazine. “I started to get sick of myself sitting on a couch, holding a joint, hiding out. It started feeling pathetic.”

“It became very clear to me that I was intent on trying to find a movie about an interesting life, but I wasn’t living an interesting life myself,” Pitt continued. “I think that my marriage [to Aniston] had something to do with it. Trying to pretend the marriage was something that it wasn’t.”

This caused a backlash towards the actor whose words many interpreted to put his marriage to Aniston in a negative light.

Pitt released another statement to clarify that he wasn’t referring to his time with Jennifer as being dull but that he was the one who became pedestrian.

“It grieves me that this was interpreted this way,” Pitt said. “Jen is an incredibly giving, loving, and hilarious woman who remains my friend. It is an important relationship I value greatly. The point I was trying to make is not that Jen was dull, but that I was becoming dull to myself – and that, I am responsible for.”

I think Pitt lives in a pretty isolated world to not understand that his original statement would be seen the way it was. He connects his dissatisfaction with his marriage, but he does not ever say it was Jennifer that was the cause.

It almost seems to me he’s trying to say he loved Jen but wasn’t in love with her or the life they had together. That happens to many people.

How do you see it?

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Jill Zarin is among the cast of Real Housewives of New York that may be replaced for the fifth season of the show.

While Zarin’s rep is saying that “no final decisions have been made” and negotiations are continuing, Zarin was a little cagey when discussing her future on the Bravo TV show.

“There really is no such thing as a pink slip when it comes to TV,” Zarin told Showbiz Tonight. “Really they ask you if you’re interested in coming back, and it’s a negotiation and if the money’s right and the timing and terms, so everybody has a different deal.”

She goes on to acknowledges that Bravo is reaching out to potential new housewives as well as talking to existing cast and while she doesn’t confirm she’s leaving, she certainly left the door wide open for a possible departure.

Besides being one of the most polarizing figures on the show (almost the entire season 3 run was Zarin being nothing more than a “mean girl” towards then cast mate Bethenney Frankel) Zarin does have a tremendous following that would be tough for Bravo to pull in with a brand new, unknown housewife.

And, let’s be honest; the show gives each of the ladies a huge platform to plug their other business ventures: Jill’s House of Zarin and Skweez Couture line, and Ramona Singer‘s pinot grigio and jewelry lines are examples, so it doesn’t seem likely any of them would leave willingly.

So here we are still talking about Jill’s possible departure. Smart business woman.

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Happy Birthday to everyone celebrating today, September 16th, including:

Lauren Bacall, 87
B. B. King, 88
Jules Bass, 76
Susan Ruttan, 63
Ed Begley Jr., 62
Mickey Rourke, 60
David Copperfield, 59
Jennifer Tilly, 54
Richard Marx, 49
Molly Shannon, 48
Marc Anthony, 44
Amy Poehler, 40
Fan Bingbing, 30
Alexis Bledel, 30
Sabrina Bryan, 27
Madeline Zima, 26
Ian Harding, 25
Daren Kagasoff, 24
Teddy Geiger, 23
Nick Jonas, 19

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Jonathan Taylor Thomas had disappeared from the public eye almost completely since he left Home Improvement in 1998 but the EW reunion photo and his 30th birthday earlier this month have brought the 90s teen heartthrob back in the limelight, even if just for a bit.

Jonathan told the magazine he still loves TV and film but feels behind the scenes is where his heart is right now.

“I think at this point, I’d eventually like to work behind the camera,” he said. “That’s not to say I would never act again, I’m not quite sure to be honest. I still have a passion for TV and film could see myself working in it.”

But one thing he was sure of – how great the reunion was with his Home Improvement family; Tim Allen, Patricia Richardson, Zachary Ty Bryan, Taran Noah Smith, Debbi Dunning and Richard Karn.

“It was great, it obviously had been a number of years and it was really remarkable how easily everyone slipped back into our old banter and behavior with each other,” Jonathan revealed of the cast photo shoot and later get-together at Richardson’s house.

“It was though as nothing had changed, and we had literally stepped back onto the set. It really felt comfortable, the way we were joking with each other. It was like a family reunion, like old times.

With Tim Allen returning to TV this fall in Last Men Standing – wouldn’t it be nice to see JTT too?

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Contract negotiations for cast members of the Real Housewives of New York City are continuing but according to reports, three of the women have not been asked back.

Jill Zarin, Alex McCord and Kelly Bensimon are out according to a source cited by a Huffington Post report. All three of the women were told Thursday morning by Bravo according to the report and will not be regulars in season 5.

McCord has denied this report via twitter.

“Speaking for myself only, there is no decision yet whether I’m in or out of #RHONY. Nothing’s finalized, though I’d like to do another year,” she tweeted.

Zarin’s rep responded with a similar statement saying the discussions are ongoing “and no final decisions have been made.” Bensimon’s rep echoed the same on going discussions statements of the other two women.

Cindy Barshop has weighed in on the rumors as well. She is also reported to have been given the boot from the show’s fifth season.

“Everything out there right now is just rumors. Nothing is 100 [percent] decided yet, it could go either way,” Barshop said.

Countess LuAnn de Lesseps and Ramona Singer are the only originals left if this ends up being true. Sonja Morgan entered the cast in season three.

It seems unlikely Bravo would replace that many cast in one season. Jill  – who is a lightning rod for controversy each season – seems the least likely to get fired.

This sounds like a lot of casting controversy for publicity to me.

What do you think? Want Bravo to start over with the cast or are you happy with how things are?

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January Jones has delivered and the actress had a baby boy on Tuesday.

Jones named her son Xander Dane Jones and both are “doing great” according to her rep.

The Mad Men star has never revealed who the father of her child is and still is tight lipped about the paternity.

Jones and SNL star Jason Sudeikis broke up in January of this year and she announced her pregnancy in April. It has been speculated that the father is her X-Men: First Class director Matthew Vaughn (who is married to Claudia Schiffer) but Vaughn’s lawyer said it was an “absolute lie.”

Regardless, Jones is moving forward with single motherhood and her Mad Men director Matthew Weiner says she’ll be a fantastic mom.

“She’s got a big heart and she’s been talking about having children since I met her, which is not always common with actresses,” Weiner said. “I think she’s going to be amazing.”

This is the first child for the Emmy nominated, 33 year-old actress.

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Melanie Griffith and Antonio Banderas were beaming as they headed inside for the 2011 Alma Awards at the Civic Auditorium in Santa Barbara, Calif on Saturday, September 10th.

Griffith chose a brightly colored floral pattern strapless gown for the evening. She pulled her hair back in a tousled up do and carried a black clutch for the evening.

Banderas was honored at the event. The Skin I Live In actor grabbed the win for Favorite Movie Actor.

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Naya Rivera graced the red carpet of the 2011 NLCR Alma Awards at the Civic Auditorium in Santa Monica, Calif on Saturday, September 10th.

The Glee actress wore a striking black and gold strapless dress that showed off her enviable figure.

Rivera, 24, was nominated for Favorite TV Actress in a Comedy/Musical but did not take the trophy. Demi Lovato grabbed the win for her Disney show Sonny With A Chance.

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