GOOD NEWS HAITI: 03/06/11

Penn welcomes Charlie Sheen to help him in Haiti .

New York/Washington - Actor Charlie Sheen, whose violent rants during television interviews prompted police to remove his two children this week, might undertake a humanitarian mission to Haiti.Fellow actor Sean Penn told US magazine that Sheen would be welcome to join him in his ongoing efforts to help Haiti recover from the January 2010 earthquake . 'I think his energies, intelligence and passion could be both of service and servicing to him, as it is to all who are touched by the struggle of the Haitian people,' Penn was quoted as saying by US on Friday. 'Charlie is one of the very few public people who cannot be accused of using the media to his own benefit.'
Earlier in the week, Sheen, US television's highest paid actor, (Two and a Half Men) announced he was 'heading' to Haiti and would refocus the intense media attention now on him onto Haiti's problems..
The hit TV show has cancelled the show after Sheen publicly ranted criticism at the producer. A flurry of broadcast interviews followed in which his bizarre statements about his lifestyle and abilities has prompted many to question his mental state.
On Tuesday, police removed Sheen's twin children from the house he shares with two girlfriends after ex-wife Brooke Mueller was granted a temporary restraining order against him.
Mueller claims that Sheen, 45, threatened to kill her, saying: 'I will cut your head off, put it in a box and send it to your mom.'
Penn, 50, told US magazine that Sheen's 'energies, intelligence and passion could be both of service and servicing to him, as it is to all who are touched by the struggle of the Haitian people.'

Donation should be from the heart .

Last year reports surfaced that she rang in New Year's Eve in 2009 by performing at a party in St. Barts thrown by Libyan dictator Muammar Qaddafi's son, Moutassim.

With Bey earning a reported $87 million in the year prior, I thought it was bad form to perform for a violent dictator's son — even when the gig pays a cool $2 million.

Now Qaddafi is back in the international headlines as his violent attempts to retain power create civil war in Libya, and many are questioning Beyoncé and other celebrities who have been publicly associated with his family.

Reactions have been mixed — Nelly Furtado has pledged to donate her $1 million performance fee to charity, while Mariah Carey is just calling the experience "embarrassing."

But Beyoncé says she is in the clear because she donated her entire fee to humanitarian efforts in Haiti at the time of the performance.

"All monies paid to Beyoncé for her performance at a private party at Nikki Beach St. Barts on New Year's Eve 2009, including the commissions paid to her booking agency, were donated to the earthquake relief efforts for Haiti, over a year ago," said Yvette Noel-Schure, Beyoncé's publicist, in a statement released on her website. "Once it became known that the third party promoter was linked to the Qaddafi family, the decision was made to put that payment to a good cause."

What's curious is that Beyoncé never bothered to report the connection between her performance and her Haiti donation before, so in theory she could have donated her own money (generously) to Haiti, and is now using that to distance herself.

by SARAH RUFCA