Denise Richards has her hands full now that she’s caring for Charlie Sheen’s twin four year-old boys along with her three daughters aged nine, seven and two. She’s a single mom busting her butt, but she does just fine on Charlie’s $55,000 in child support a month. She reportedly turned down his offer for additional money now that she’s guardian to the twins. As for how she does it, Denise recently said that it’s hard work, but that she manages because she wants “to be there for them.” At least someone in that wacked-out extended family is sober and responsible. Here’s what she told US Weekly:

Us Weekly caught up with the star on Saturday, May 18, at Carolle’s Adopt-a-Doll event at the Grove in L.A., where she opened up about her fuller-than-usual house…

You just figure it out because you don’t have a choice. You have these children depending on you,” she explained to Us of how she manages. “You prioritize. I had children because I want to be a parent, and I want to be there for them.”

“I think my biggest challenge is [that] their different activities sometimes overlap,” she added, noting that she tries to attend everything. “I have a good schedule going. You just manage.”

For legal reasons, Richards couldn’t talk specifically about the situation with Mueller and Sheen’s kids — the twins were placed under her care earlier this month, when Mueller checked into rehab for the 20th time — but she could (and did) talk about her relationship with her ex. “My situation with Charlie is that we’ve gotten along for quite some time now, and it’s so much better,” she told Us. “There are a lot of feelings and emotions there, but at the end of the day, our daughters benefit from us getting along, and [I do], too.”

“I don’t want to have an unhealthy relationship with him, something toxic with a lot of animosity. Life’s too short for that,” she continued. “We actually enjoy hanging out, and we enjoy being with the kids.”

[From US Weekly]

Denise knows how to hustle and gets headlines, but she’s been nothing but gracious about Charlie and their situation for years. Plus of course she has help, but I buy that she does most of the parenting on her own, and that she cares deeply about those kids. It takes someone with real heart to open their home to their ex’s kids. She is giving those boys a stable home after they were (presumably) neglected by their drug addict mom, Brooke Mueller, although the good news is that Brooke had nannies. Brooke has been trying to strip temporary custody of her boys away from Denise so that Brooke’s brother can get $55,000 a month in child support. Her second attempt to do so failed last week. Brooke’s lawyer was trying to argue that Denise was only watching the twins for the additional money, but the fact that Denise refused to accept any more money from Charlie blew a hole in that.

Brooke is still at Betty Ford rehab, which she chose because she was hoping to be besties with Lindsay Lohan. That’s not going well, according to a source quoted by Radar, who claims that Lohan goes out of her way to avoid Brooke. “Lindsay has said that Brooke is a drug addict, and wants nothing to do with her. Lindsay has told her treatment team to keep Brooke out of her group sessions.” What a bitch. Not that this 20th stint rehab would have stuck for Brooke, but Lindsay’s rejection has to be hard for her to take.

More details are coming out about Brooke’s addiction, with Radar recently reporting that she overdosed six times in the past two years. Brooke is said to have seen her boys for a few hours yesterday when they visited her in rehab along with a court appointed monitor.

Denise is shown on 5-19-13 at an event and earlier that day out with her daughters. Credit: WENN.com and FameFlynet. Brooke Mueller is shown on 12-7-12

We heard last week that Brooke Mueller’s four year-old twins, sons Max and Bob, had been taken away by social workers following Brooke’s involuntary hospitalization for drug use. Max and Bob were placed under the temporary care of Denise Richards, the first ex-wife of their dad, Charlie Sheen. Denise has cared for the boys in the past but apparently they were with their mom when she got deep into drugs this time. Brooke was reportedly a crystal meth addict, although her rep only admitted that she was addicted to “prescription drugs” when she checked into rehab this time.

Yesterday Denise and Charlie attended an emergency custody hearing to review the boys’ placement. The judge agreed that they should stay with Denise, who is already a single mom to three daughters under 10. Their dad Charlie has agreed that the best place for the boys is with Denise, and the judge upheld that. He also read a “shocking report about conditions in Brooke Mueller’s home.” No news outlets have details of that report, but we can imagine how bad it was if Brooke was high on crystal meth all the time. There may be a reason that we aren’t getting specifics. Radar reports that the judge issued a gag order so that none of the parties leaks information to the press.

A judge overseeing the custody battle for Charlie Sheen and ex-wife Brooke Mueller‘s twins issued a gag order Tuesday preventing them from discussing the case, RadarOnline.com has learned.

Lawyers for all sides were in Los Angeles Superior Court on Tuesday for an emergency hearing — Charlie and Denise Richards, the boys’ temporary guardian, showed up too — in the wake of Brooke, 35, being placed on an involuntary psychiatric hold and later checking into rehab to deal with her drug addiction.

The court reportedly maintained status quo, ordering that Bob and Max, 4, remain with Denise and her two daughters with the Anger Management star — Sam, 9, and Lola, 7 — as well as a third daughter she adopted on her own in 2011, Eloise, who is almost two years old.

But a source said: “The judge ordered no comment to anyone from everyone involved in the case.”

Late last week, Sheen went public with a statement declaring his support of the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services who removed Bob and Max from their mother’s home late on Thursday.

“Charlie supports the actions of the Department of Children and Family Services,” the star’s publicist said.

“He knows Max and Bob are safe and in a stable, loving environment with Denise and the boys’s sisters. Charlie will fully cooperate and fully participate in all proceedings.”

[From Radar Online]

Radar has had direct statements from Charlie in the past, so they’re probably getting this information from him. It was a smart move by that judge, he probably realizes whom he’s dealing with. It’s just sad that these boys had to see their mother like that, but at least a responsible person close to them stepped up when it was needed. It’s not like Charlie could have cared for his sons with the help of his goddesses of the month, ordered from the “Barely Legal” film franchise. He knows he’s not equipped to be a full time dad. That’s more than you can say for Brooke.

Brooke with the boys in 2011

Charlie Sheen is shown in April. Denise Richards is shown with her daughters in February and at an event in April. Photos of Brooke alone are from December, 2012 and January, 2013. Photo credit: WENN.com, Fame/Flynet and PCNPhotos

Denise and Brooke with their kids in September, 2012

Last week we heard that Charlie Sheen’s ex wife, Brooke Mueller, had her four year-old twin boys taken away by child protective services. We didn’t report it because I assumed the boys were being cared for by Charlie’s other ex, Denise Richards, for some time and that it was just a formality. Brooke has been a drugged-out mess for years, and she’s been in and out of rehab while relatives have been watching her kids. It sounds like the boys were still with Brooke though, and it was reported that social workers had to step in to formally remove them and place them in Denise’s care. Denise has been appointed a temporary guardian, which Charlie says was the right decision. (I would say who cares what Charlie thinks, but he’s their dad. His goddesses were probably better babysitters than Brooke.)

It turns out there was a lot of drama behind the scenes. According to Radar Online, Brooke lost custody of the twins after she was placed on an involuntary 5150 psychiatric hold at UCLA medical center. She was strung out on crystal meth when they took her in. She refused to stay past the two days they were legally allowed to hold her and then she went missing, turning off her cell phone so her friends and family had no way to contact her. She finally checked into some kind of treatment, and it sounds like she’s going to get short term treatment for detox and then will transition into a residential rehab. She’s done that several times in the past and we’ve seen how well that’s worked out for her. Here’s more:

“Brooke was released from the hold last week but she made the decision that it’s in her best interests to seek treatment for her drug addiction at UCLA, at least, in the short term,” a source close to the troubled socialite revealed.

“The plan is for Brooke to stabilize and then she’ll move to to another treatment facility soon.”
Added the source: “It was Brooke’s sole decision to check back into UCLA.”

In a statement, a rep for Mueller, said she’ll “likely transition directly into a residential treatment facility to get help for prescription drug abuse.”

“Brooke misses her children and wants to get healthy so she can resume her life and get back to being a mom,” Steve Honig added.

[From Radar]

Well I hope it sticks this time for her, but she keeps relapsing hard. Meanwhile the boys will stay with Denise for some time.

DCFS had been investigating and monitoring Brooke Mueller’s care of her twins for at least four months. An investigation was opened because of her ongoing alleged drug use around the boys, and her inability to care for them,” the source tells us.

“The boys will stay with Denise for the foreseeable future, and social workers just won’t hand the boys over to Brooke if she finally decides to get help. Brooke is going to have to jump through hoops just to get supervised visitation with the boys. Brooke was given every opportunity to clean up her act to avoid this, but she is just lost to the disease at this point.

“Denise has told social workers that the boys can stay with her for as long as necessary. She has stepped up big time and the social workers are amazed at the love she has for the boys,” the source reveals.

[From Radar]

Denise is now a single mom to five kids! She surely has help since she gets a lot of cash from Charlie still, but that’s so much for one person to take on. She has daughters Sam, 8, Lola, who turns 7 next month, and she adopted daughter Eloise about two years ago. Charlie is so lucky that Denise is watching his boys. She’s proven herself over and over again since their divorce.

Brooke in February

Photo credit: WENN and FameFlynet

It seems a major line-up change did little to deter fans, as "Two and a Half Men" will return for an 11th season on CBS.

Though Charlie Sheen left in 2011, the show continued on with Ashton Kutcher taking his place. This season brings another shuffle as Angus T. Jones will not appear as a regular cast member.

Last year''s rant against the hit show, calling it filth and even suggesting people stop watching it probably played a role in his departure.

John Cryer and Ashton are both on board to hold down the fort on the popular comedy.

The 19-year-old actor may not be out totally, as the network is in talks with the young star to appear in a recurring role.

Christina Aguilera will be rubbing elbows with Hollywood’s hottest names — right in the comfort of her own home.

The former The Voice judge has splashed out $10 million on a six bedrooms, eight bathrooms mansion that’s just a stone’s throw away from Charlie Sheen‘s many Beverly Hills properties, reports TMZ.

Located in the swanky Mullholland Estates neighborhood, the home sits at an astonishing 11,000 square feet with enough space to house a library, screening room, salt water pool, spa, gazebo and outdoor bathhouse.

Previously, the 32-year-old lived in a $13.5 million mansion once owned by rock royalties Sharon and Ozzy Osbourne. Aguilera sold the gothic-inspired home this February after the, um, “uniquely-decorated” pad had spent two years on the market.

Word’s still out if the singer will be taking her pink porcelain horse to her new abode.

For now, take a peek inside her home — untouched by wall-to-wall leopard print carpeting – in the gallery above.

Is Charlie Sheen a Belieber?!  According to E! the actor appeared last night on The Conan O’Brien Show to promote his new flick Scary Movie 5 and the two men started talking about Justin Bieber. Apparently Charlie tried to DM Justin his phone number on twitter but inadvertently sent the message public, resulting in over 1800 texts!

Charlie went on to say that the reason he was sending JB his number was just to reach out to the singer;

 ”I wouldn’t mind being his friend…Do you think he’d be our friend?”

To which O’Brien replied, “I don’t think he wants anything to do with either one of us.”

“Dammit,” Sheen said.

Something tells me that Charlie will have better luck with Lindsay Lohan being his friend than with Justin Bieber!

Photos by FAMEFLYNET

He’s always had a lovable, albeit crazy, disposition, and Charlie Sheen would love to become buddies with teen pop singer Justin Bieber.

During his interview on “Conan” last night (April 11) the former “Two and a Half Men” stud took a break from promoting his new flick “Scary Movie 5” to chat about the “Never Say Never” hitmaker.

Charlie noted that when he tweeted his mobile phone number to his millions of followers, he was actually just trying to reach out to Justin- “I wouldn’t mind being his friend… Do you think he’d be our friend?”

Conan shot back, “I don’t think he wants anything to do with either one of us.” Sheen exclaimed, “Dammit!”