Charlie Sheen WINNING in Haiti

So, you’re Sean Penn. And your passion is Haiti. And you want to do whatever it takes to raise money for charities in Haiti. What do you do? Well, you put aside your dignity and you jump on the Charlie Sheen Train Wreck WINNING Bandwagon to capitalize on making money by glorifying a lifestyle that shouldn’t be glorified. Did we learn nothing from the Kid Rock experiment, people? Ah, sigh. But there is some good (by which we mean non-repulsive) news in this story.

So, apparently what happened was that Sean Penn and Charlie Sheen, for what reason we can’t discern, both visited Haiti together this month. It would seem that visit had quite the impact on the cold, hard, heart of Sheen, and now, on the advice of Penn, he’s bringing his “Violent Torpedo of Truth/Defeat is Not an Option” tour to Haiti. We guess in good news all of the proceeds from the show will go to charities in Haiti.

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Sean Penn :" I don't get along with people very well"

Sean Penn has said that his dedication to helping Haiti’s earthquake victims does not make him a good person.
'I'm not,' the Hollywood star told Zoe Heller writing for the New York Times magazine. 'I mean – I'm really not [a good person].'
The Milk star, whose aid group J/P Haitian Relief Organisation has been running since last March, insisted that his charitable work has not altered his long-running problems of dealing with the world.
'I have great moments where I feel very connected and loving toward humankind, but I never have a good moment toward human beings.
“That's the way it is – I love humankind, I don't like humans. I don't get along with people very well – I never did,' he said.
And the actor-director – who is currently rumoured to be dating actress Scarlett Johansson – also admitted that his commitment to the ongoing relief efforts in Haiti keeps him out of trouble.
'If I wasn't here, I know what I'd be doing – and it's probably got to do with designs on women,” he said. “Probably it would be reduced to that…”

Vermont delegation optimistic about Haiti

Haiti’s recovery from a massive earthquake in early 2010 has been painstakingly slow, but progress is being made, two members of Vermont’s congressional delegation visiting the island nation said in a telephone news conference Tuesday.

“I have real hope for the future,” Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., said after he and Rep. Peter Welch, D-Vt., toured areas around the devastated capital of Port-au-Prince. “I am far more hopeful after this trip here than I was before I came down.”

Welch agreed but said it was hard to see the damage the earthquake had done to a country that was already struggling with extreme poverty. The January 2010 earthquake measured 7.0 on the Richter scale, flattened much of Port-au-Prince and killed more than 222,000 people.

“It was something I was not able to fully appreciate by reading about it,” Welch said of the earthquake’s impact. “I’m not sure I can fully appreciate it by seeing it. ... The complexity of life here is immense — just the traffic snarls and the challenge of getting from here to there.”

Leahy and Welch spent the day visiting a medical center where youths who lost limbs during the earthquake were being fitted with prostheses, observing a “rubble removal site” and meeting with American aid workers and Haitian officials, including Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive.

“There’s an immense amount of suffering that you see, but what you also see is enormous amount of hope,” Welch said. “People are going about their business. They’re cleaning up the rubble, they do set up medical care facilities. They do get their kids to school.”

Leahy estimated that about 25 percent of the $1 billion the United States has dedicated to the recovery effort has been spent and said he was told that American officials were monitoring the release of the remainder of the money in order to make sure the money was not misspent.

“The concern I heard from a lot of the Haitian officials was that ‘You — the United States — have lot of things going on around the world. There’s Japan, Libya, two wars. Don’t forget us as we try to rebuild, as we try to bring people back. It cannot be done overnight.’”

Leahy and Welch said they were encouraged that the presidential election held in the country last weekend appeared to have been conducted properly and that the anticipated winner appears to be someone who will have the confidence of the Haitian people.

According to polling, entertainer Michel Martelly was the frontrunner in the contest. His closest challenger was the nation’s 70-year-old former first lady Mirlande Manigat, who is also a law professor. Results of the voting are expected to be made public next week.

“They are going to have to have a government that cares as much about the people as it does about itself,” Leahy said. “For decades, that has not been the case in Haiti.”

The two were joined for part of their tour by actor Sean Penn, who has spent months on the island helping Haitians recover from the devastation.

“I’m impressed with him,” Leahy said. “I have a lot of movie actors, entertainers who want to come in and see me because they’ve adopted the issue of the day, usually for the day, and I usually say no. He’s lived here for month after month after month. ... That’s why I’ll continue to work with him.”

Contact Sam Hemingway at 660-1850 or e-mail atshemingway@burlingtonfreepress.com. Get news updates from the Free Press via Facebook at www.facebook.com/bfpnews.

Charlie Sheen: Headed to Haiti?

You never know what he’s got up his sleeve next, and now  Charlie Sheen is reportedly taking his comedy tour to Haiti.
The “Hot Shots” actor is apparently working with close friend, Sean Penn, to make Haiti a stop on his quickly sold-out upcoming stage plans.

According to TMZ, all the proceeds from the show will go to charity efforts of Penn's in the nation still recovering from hurricane devastation.
Meanwhile, it was reported early this morning (March 21) that CBS is willing to forgive and forget all of Charlie’s recent antics and continue broadcasting “Two and a Half Men.”
                                                                        
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Scarlett Johnson might be the hollywood next celebrity to visit Haiti .

At the 83rd Academy Awards Scarlett Johansson was spotted flirting with a host of A-list stars including dad-of-two Matthew McConaughey as well as Hurt Locker actor Jeremy Renner, however it appears her amorous behaviour was just a rouse to hide her real relationship with actor Sean Penn. Despite the 24 year age gap a source suggested Scarlett has fallen “head over heels” with the fellow actor who reportedly whisked her away on a romantic holiday to the exclusive Las Ventanas resort in Mexico. “They were last seen at the resort’s spa bar, drinking margaritas, talking and smoking,” revealed an eyewitness. “When they finished, they left quietly and casually, but also hand in hand.” The vacation comes just days after the couple were spotted enjoying various cosy dinner dates together. At one particularly lunch date in a Los Angeles dinner ScarJo, who was once allegedly involved in a love in an elevator incident with Benicio Del Toro, spent the entire meal with her foot on Sean’s lap. A source spilled, “She thinks Sean is amazing. He’s exactly the kind of guy she wants.” Adding, “She doesn’t care about the age difference. In fact, that’s what makes him so attractive.” Although both actors deny allegations of a romance their trip to Mexico seems to prove they are more than just friends, and recent claims that ScarJo plans to join Sean on his humanitarian trip to Haiti further fuel theories that they’re an item. Their main common interest is charity work with the Lost In Translation actress working as a global ambassador for Oxfam while Sean is launching the J/P Haitian Relief Organisation after the country’s catastrophic earthquake. And it’s believed that the former bad boy’s kind hearted nature is what appeals to the 26-year-old beauty – “They are reportedly planning to head to Haiti together in the spring, and Scarlett doesn’t care about the age difference because she was sick of being with someone who’s childish.” “Scarlett first reached out to Sean when she was planning to visit Haiti with Oxfam. She knew Sean was living there in a tent and turned to him for advice,” explained an insider. “While the actress didn’t end up going on the trip, she did develop feelings for Penn who split from wife Robin Wright after 14 years of marriage last August.” A further source added to rumours of a burgeoning romance stating, “The duo began their fling in early January when she was staying at LA’s Chateau Marmont while filming We Bought a Zoo with Matt Damon. Their first hook-up was in Scarlett’s Bungalow. Scarlett’s smitten with him.”

Can Haiti cure Mr " Tiger blood " Charlie Sheen .

Now that Charlie Sheen has cured his cocaine addiction with his evolved brain, he can put that, along with his tiger blood and Adonis DNA, to good use.

In Haiti.

According to ABC News, Sheen has enthusiastically agreed to take a trip to the economically crippled country with friend and fellow actor Sean Penn, though neither have said when they'll be leaving.

Penn has been encouraging the manic star to shift his focus to something productive since Friday, now that Sheen has the country's undivided attention.

"Charlie is one of the very few public people who cannot be accused of using the media to his own benefit," Penn said in a public statement. "I would very much like to show my old friend the world of needs on the ground in Haiti, and introduce him and his tremendous wit to our hard working Haitian staff."

Needless to say, Sheen's response was not exactly what you'd expect.

"I'm excited as hell because, you know, if I can bring the attention of the world down there, then clearly this tsunami keeps cresting," Sheen told "Access Hollywood."

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.'