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New Boy Band SANTOS BRAVOS + Charlie Sheen Clarifies ‘Sex With Men’ Remark + More

New boy band Santos Bravos (via Instagram)

Some news items as we head into November:

• Queerty: Meet SANTOS BRAVOS (above), the boy band shaking up Latin pop with an out gay member.

• LGBTQ Nation: A man tried to defend a trans woman who was getting harassed but ended up being beaten so badly a piece of jaw bone ended up in his ear canal. He didn’t know how he was going to pay for the expensive reconstructive surgery and then strangers stepped up after hearing his story. Continue reading “New Boy Band SANTOS BRAVOS + Charlie Sheen Clarifies ‘Sex With Men’ Remark + More”

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Charlie Sheen Opens Up About Sex With Men + More News

Charlie Sheen (image via Depositphotos)

Some news items for you as we head into the weekend:

• PEOPLE: Charlie Sheen, of Two and a Half Men fame, opens up about past sexual encounters he’s had with men (“A lot of it was f**king fun, and life goes on”) in his new memoir, The Book of Sheen, and in his Netflix documentary aka Charlie Sheen premiering Sept 10.

• OUT: One of the most popular and respected fashion designers of all time, Giorgio Armani, has passed away at 91 years old. While the Italian designer remained private for most of his life, he opened up about his gay experiences in 2024. Continue reading “Charlie Sheen Opens Up About Sex With Men + More News”

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Burt Reynolds On Charlie Sheen’s HIV Diagnosis: “He’s Getting What He Deserves”

“His father [Martin Sheen] is a very, very decent man and a dear friend of mine,” he said. “I feel bad for him but Charlie—I don’t feel bad for him.”

“He’s getting what he deserves. If you’re going to misbehave like that, they’re going to get you…He misbehaved badly. Very badly. But you know, when you’re that age, it’s tough. All those things are coming at you and it’s difficult.”

– Burt Reynolds appearing on UK talk show Loose Women, when asked about recent news of Charlie Sheen’s HIV+ status

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Charlie Sheen On Hiding HIV Diagnosis: “I Release Myself From This Prison Today”

Charlie Sheen appeared on The Today Show to announce to the world he was diagnosed with HIV four years ago.

Sheen said he made the announcement to end a smear campaign and extortion efforts.

“I have to put a stop to this onslaught, this barrage of attacks and of sub-truths and very harmful and mercurial stories that are about me, threatening the health of so many others that couldn’t be further from the truth,” he said.

Sheen said he’s trusted the diagnosis with people he thought he could confide in, but has paid out upwards of $10 million to keep the illness a secret.

“What people forget is that it’s money taken from my children,” he said about the “shakedowns” he has experienced. “I trusted them and they were deep in my inner circle, and I thought they could be helpful. My trust turned to their treason.”

He said appearing on TODAY will help put a stop to those payouts.

“That’s my goal. That’s not my only goal. I think I release myself from this prison today,” he said.

Sheen said he was diagnosed roughly four years ago but doesn’t know how he contracted the virus.

“It started with what I thought was a series of crushing headaches,” he said. “I thought I had a brain tumor. I thought it was over.”

He also insisted it was “impossible” that he knowingly transmitted the virus to others. While he admitted to having unprotected sex with two people since the diagnosis, both were informed ahead of time and have been under the care of his doctor.

(from Today.com)

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UPDATED: Charlie Sheen Rumored To Announce He Is HIV+ On The Today Show

People.com is reporting that former Two and a Half Men star Charlie Sheen will appear on The Today Show tomorrow morning to share the news that he is HIV+.

People.com cites publicist Howard Bragman as the source of the news.

Bragman says he was informed that Sheen “is getting treatment, and a lot of people in his life know about it.”

“It’s been going on for quite awhile. He’s not necessarily comfortable talking about it. It was very hard to get up the courage for him to talk about it.”

“I’ve known about this a long time, it’s not a surprise to me,” says Bragman of the news (which was first reported by the National Enquirer). “I feel very sorry for his pain. And I hope it’s used as a teachable moment for the world. This is a disease that can affect anyone.”

The actor, 50, has long struggled with substance abuse and has admitted to soliciting prostitutes in the past.

TMZ has this update:

Our sources say Charlie has known for more than 2 years that he was HIV positive … and one source says he’s known way longer than that. We’re told Charlie was taking meds for the HIV and has had a series of blood tests, and over time, the virus has been “undetectable” in his system.

We’re told Charlie freely admits he’s had scores of sexual partners over the years, many of whom had intimate relations with him after his diagnosis. The implication here is clear … Charlie is saying he didn’t deceive anyone, since the blood tests did not reveal the presence of HIV.

Doctors beg to differ and say once someone has HIV they have it for life, at least until medicine advances.

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Review of Charlie Sheen’s “Violent Torpedo” tour

And the word is not good, apparently.

According to the L.A. Times, Charlie Sheen’s opening night in Detroit at the Fox Theater started out with an enthusiastic crowd, but as time went on it became more and more apparent that Sheen had not taken the time to develop an “act” for his paying audience. It seems ranting sound bites for youtube is a lot easier than being interesting for a paying audience.

From the L.A. Times: Whether Sheen was thrown off by the steadily increasing hostility in the audience is unclear. But the impression is that beyond the video content that made up more than 50% of his 70 minutes of stage time, there didn’t appear to be much of a plan. The Two and a Half Men debacle was referenced only in one or two indirect swipes.

Irrespective of the vague information supplied about the show in advance, it seems dishonest to promise a night of soul-baring and deliver a lot of rehashed Web fodder.

There’s a certain trainwreck fascination in watching a meltdown in progress, but this anthropological study of the homo loco species wore very thin very fast. And Sheen appears to have known it. As the booing, and the shouts of “Loser” and “You suck” grew more insistent, and the walkouts increased, he said he would take a music break and return when the crowd woke up.

Afterward, Sheen did not return (reports that he reappeared on stage after the end are false). House lights came up. No bow. Show’s over. Half the audience sat there looking stunned for a time, watching the road crew clear the stage. On the way out, I overheard someone say, “Dude, that was seriously the worst thing I’ve ever witnessed.”

Ticket sales were reported to be brisk in the initial announcement of the tour, but now there are reports that a lot of those tickets were bought by scalpers in hopes of a block buster event. Word is now out that tickets are now available through those same scalpers at less than original price.

Is anyone surprised at any of this?

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Charlie Sheen fired from “Two and a Half Men”

From the LA Times: “Warner Bros. has fired Charlie Sheen from the hit CBS show “Two and a Half Men.”

The move comes after several weeks of very public battling between the actor and CBS, Warner Bros. and “Two and a Half Men” co-creator Chuck Lorre.

In a statement, the studio said, “After careful consideration, Warner Bros. Television has terminated Charlie Sheen’s services on ‘Two and a Half Men’ effective immediately.”

Production on the show was stopped in late January after top executives from CBS and Warner Bros. confronted Sheen about his private life. Sheen has made no secret of embracing a sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll lifestyle. Messy divorces, accusations of violence toward women and trips to rehab have been staples of his life for over two decades.

None of his personal life seemed to have any impact on his career. He is the highest paid actor in television, with a salary that reaches $2 million per episode when his portion of rerun money is included. Although production was also shut down last year because of Sheen’s personal issues, CBS and Warner Bros. never publicly came out against that star.

That all changed last month when Sheen suddenly became very critical of Lorre, Warner Bros. and CBS. He made fun of Lorre, and CBS and Warner Bros. announced they were suspending production of the show for the rest of the season.

Sheen then retained Hollywood lawyer Marty Singer, who threatened to sue Warner Bros. if Sheen was not paid for the rest of his contract, which runs through next season.

Warner Bros. and CBS did not say if they would try to keep the show alive without Sheen. The deal CBS has for the program runs through next season and costs about $4 million per episode.”