Charlie Sheen weds Wife #3
Charlie Sheen has married Wife #3. The 42 year old television star married real estate investor Brooke Mueller this past Friday night. The couple have been engaged since last summer.
Sheen has starred in several movies and is currently starring in the Nielsen top-10 rated show Two and a Half Men. “She’s just easy, and loving, and smart, and if everybody was just as happy to see me when I walk through a door as her, my life would be perfect,” he said soon after the couple got engaged.
He is currently involved in a bitter custody battle with his ex-wife and soon-to-be-reality TV star of the E! show It’s Complicated, Denise Richards. They got married in 2002 and divorced in 2006. Sheen was also briefly married to model Donna Peele in 1995.
All I can say is congratulations and best of luck to Sheen and Mueller. It’s difficult to make marriages work, and even more difficult with Hollywood marriages.
Yeardley Smith files for divorce
She’s been the voice of precocious child Lisa Simpson on The Simpsons since she was 23 years old, but her problems are more grown up. Yeardley Smith has filed for divorce from her husband of six years.
The reason cited for her split from Daniel Erickson was “irreconcilible differences.” This is the second divorce for Smith, having divorced actor Christopher Grove in 1992. Smith is planning to change her last name back to Smith from Erickson. The couple have no children.Smith is also known for her supporting role on the television show Herman’s Head and a 17 episode stint on Dharma & Greg. She has appeared in several movies including Toys, As Good As It Gets and City Slickers.
I’ve often said that it’s tough to make marriages work in show biz (although it could be said of any business, but I think it’s particularly difficult for entertainers). I think it has to do with the instability of the lifestyle. Gentlemen, if the sound of Lisa Simpson’s voice is a big turn on for you, now is your chance. She’s back on the market.
TV Obits: Gillis, Roe, Phillips
A roundup of TV people from in front of the camera and behind the scenes who have passed away.
- Don Gillis: He was well-known to New England TV viewers and sports fans as a longtime sports anchor (in fact, the first in Boston) on WCVB and WHDH. He also hosted a long-running bowling show and did play by play for all of the Boston sports teams. He died at age 85.
- Jack Roe: He was an assistant director on such shows as Big Valley, Disneyland, and The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet, a position he also had on many big screen movies, including The Bad News Bears, Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory, Night Moves, Funny Lady, Paint Your Wagon, and many of Neil Simon’s movies, including California Suite, Chapter Two, and The Goodbye Girl. He also served as production manager on many movies and TV movies. He died of heart failure at age 77.
- Kate Phillips: She had a long career as an actress in the 30s and 40s, but then switched to writing. She penned many TV shows, including Riverboat and The United States Steel Hour, and several movies. She’s probably most famous as the co-writer of the sci-fi classic The Blob. She died at age 94.
Vampira dead at 86
A veteran horror star famous for playing the undead has passed on herself: Vampira (real name Maila Nurmi) died of natural causes yesterday. She was 86.
While Nurmi appeared in several movies, including The Beat Generation and The Big Operator, she is probably best known for the character of Vampira she created in the 1950s. She was the Elvira of her day, hosting a local show on KABC in Los Angeles where she introduced horror movies. She caught the eye of director Ed Wood, who cast her in the cult classic Plan 9 From Outer Space. She was played by Lisa Marie in the Tim Burton film Ed Wood in 1994.
I was just watching Plan 9 recently and on the DVD there’s a great documentary that features an extensive interview with Nurmi and other stars from the movie.