Charlie Harper returns to ‘Two and a Half Men’

http://twitter.com/#!/ekessdotcom/status/182176312931254272

Charlie Sheen’s character, Charlie Harper, on the hit show “Two and a Half Men” will be reappearing soon! Only this time, the role will be filled by Kathy Bates.

From Access Hollywood:

It’s getting spooky (and surprising!) on “Two And A Half Men,” as the character of Charlie Harper – formerly played by Charlie Sheen – returns.

The most surprising part of the character’s return is that Kathy Bates will be playing him!

CBS announced that the character – who was killed off on the season premiere – returns after Alan Harper (Jon Cyrer) suffers a minor heart attack and is visited by Harper’s ghost in the hospital.

Bates, who is obviously female and almost 20 years older than Sheen – who is currently working on his own new show, “Anger Management” — will appear on the April 30 episode of the CBS comedy.

Read more: http://twitchy.com/2012/03/20/charlie-harper-returns-to-two-and-a-half-men/

‘Seems impossible’: Montel Williams welcomes home Sgt. Tahmooressi [photos]

http://twitter.com/#!/MelinHB/status/528445531430068225

Montel Williams, who a month ago during testimony before a House committee blasted the Obama administration’s failure to secure the release of Sgt. Andrew Tahmooressi and urged the president to “make the call” on Sgt. Tahmooressi’s behalf, welcomed home the U.S. Marine who had been held in Mexico since March 31:

A federal district judge in Mexico ordered the release of Sgt. Tahmooressi yesterday, and Williams was there when he was released:

Williams, a 22-year military veteran and a vocal advocate for the release of Tahmooressi, was thanked for his efforts:

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Related:

Rep. Matt Salmon: Americans’ support was instrumental to Sgt. Tahmooressi’s release

Sgt. Tahmooressi freed; ‘Obama to release selfie of Obama looking at the Mexican border’

‘Righteous anger’! Proud vet Montel Williams shreds gov’t over VA scandal

Read more: http://twitchy.com/2014/11/01/seems-impossible-until-it-is-done-montel-williams-welcomes-home-sgt-tahmooressi-photos/

Comedian Stephen Kruiser alerts MSNBC host to use of offending term

http://twitter.com/#!/MitchBehna/status/410955181560315907

MSNBC’s Melissa Harris-Perry recently claimed that “Obamacare” is a derogatory term coined by “wealthy white men.”

With that in mind, comedian Stephen Kruiser decided to alert Perry to an entity using the offending term:

http://twitter.com/#!/stephenkruiser/status/410878105914314752

As Kruiser pointed out, a website promoting the Colorado health insurance exchange uses the term “Obamacare” right there on the home page:

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Your move, Ms. Harris-Perry.

Read more: http://twitchy.com/2013/12/11/comedian-stephen-kruiser-alerts-msnbcs-melissa-harris-perry-to-use-of-offending-term/

Helicopter crashes into bar in Glasgow, Scotland

http://twitter.com/#!/allanjswan/status/406559782737170433

A helicopter reportedly crashed landed on the roof of the Clutha bar in Glasgow, Scotland tonight. One man inside at the time tweeted about the experience.

http://twitter.com/#!/scotscribbler/status/406552711426211842 http://twitter.com/#!/crushtina/status/406558500807262208 http://twitter.com/#!/LouMRobertson/status/406558849639137280 http://twitter.com/#!/rupertgmorris/status/406559498447646720 http://twitter.com/#!/Ed_Miliband/status/406561108750004224 http://twitter.com/#!/Janney_h/status/406562470804066304 http://twitter.com/#!/dalycommas/status/406572790708322304 http://twitter.com/#!/scotscribbler/status/406562793572532224 http://twitter.com/#!/scotscribbler/status/406567597619302400

Twitchy will update this post as details emerge.

Read more: http://twitchy.com/2013/11/29/helicopter-crashes-into-bar-in-glasgow-scotland-photos/

Turkish police fire tear gas, water cannon at park protesters [photos, video]

http://twitter.com/#!/ReutersWorld/status/340475620226134017

A demonstration in a park in Istanbul, Turkey, escalated quickly as police moved in to clear out the protesters.

Reuters reports that tourists are among the hundred-plus injured:

Turkish police fired tear gas and water cannon on Friday at protesters occupying a park in central Istanbul, wounding scores including tourists in the harshest crackdown so far on days of anti-government unrest.

The protest at Gezi Park started late on Monday after developers tore up trees but has widened into a broader demonstration against Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan’s Islamist-rooted Justice and Development Party (AKP).

Friday’s violence erupted after a dawn police raid on demonstrators who had camped for days in the park in anger at plans to build a shopping mall. Clouds of tear gas rose around the area in Taksim Square, long a venue for political protest.

Twitter users are passing along pictures:

http://twitter.com/#!/mirkoschaefer/status/340446801981214722 http://twitter.com/#!/_ozan_cetin/status/340499280362086401 http://twitter.com/#!/acarvin/status/340510046888808448 http://twitter.com/#!/IvanCNN/status/340464086984822787 http://twitter.com/#!/SodaLemonSalt/status/340518389556600833 http://twitter.com/#!/alisteaparty/status/340424986101698560 http://twitter.com/#!/sarhosadam/status/340466344711581696 http://twitter.com/#!/IvanCNN/status/340507333081841664

Why, yes it did.

Video of one protester finding out the hard way that water cannons pack a wallop:

This particular revolution is apparently not being televised locally:

http://twitter.com/#!/IvanCNN/status/340492752133439488

Read more: http://twitchy.com/2013/05/31/turkish-police-fire-tear-gas-water-cannon-at-occupygezi-protesters-tourists-among-injured-photos-video/