LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) - Charlie Sheen and Brooke Mueller want the world to know their "martial trials and tribulations" have not split them up.

"Please let us clarify this: They are not seeking a divorce nor has one been contemplated," their individual spokesmen said in a joint statement Monday.

Yale Galanter, speaking for Sheen; and Mark Burg, representing Mueller, said they wanted to correct "the subject of enormous speculation in the media" that has spewed forth online since Sheen's December 25, 2009, arrest on domestic violence charges. FULL POST

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It's Christmastime in New Orleans, but only John Goodman's in a festive spirit. Four months after the storm, things are far from 100 percent and it's fraying the nerves of the characters in "Treme."

Creighton Bernette (Goodman) has taken to YouTube for a Barq's root-beer fueled rant; Janette DeSautel's restaurant is forced to close for a night because the gas to the stoves won't stay on; Albert Lambreaux can't get his insurance money; and Davis McAlary loses a wheel and some musical equipment because of a "Cave of Mystery" pot hole on the West Bank.

The characters are surviving – in this episode, on coffee. They've chosen Cafe Rose Nicaud on Frenchman Street as the coffee stand of choice. While it is December, I suspect many of those patrons are drinking cold-brewed iced coffee. It's a year-round kind of drink in the Crescent City. FULL POST

“The Office” star B. J. Novak is scheduled to host the 14th Annual Webby Awards in New York City.

As host of the ceremony, which will be held at Cipriani Wall Street, Novak will be responsible for ensuring that all winners stick to the Webby Awards' famous five-word speech limit.

Winners are selected via the Internet by fans who vote in The Webby People's Voice Awards.

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It’s no secret that Lady Gaga’s little monsters are spread the world over, and now we have proof that they’ve infiltrated a military base in southwestern Afghanistan.

A video of a few soldiers breaking it down in probably one of the most resourceful remakes of Gaga’s nine-minute “Telephone” video went viral over the weekend, jumping from a couple hundred thousand views to more than 2 million.

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Lynn Redgrave, a member of the famed Redgrave acting dynasty noted for her roles in "Georgy Girl" and "Gods and Monsters," has died. She was 67.

Redgrave's death was announced by her children.

"Our beloved mother Lynn Rachel passed away peacefully after a seven year journey with breast cancer," the children - Ben, Pema and Annabel - said in a statement. "She lived, loved and worked harder than ever before.  The endless memories she created as a mother, grandmother, writer, actor and friend will sustain us for the rest of our lives.  Our entire family asks for privacy through this difficult time."

Redgrave was the daughter of actor Michael Redgrave, sister of Vanessa Redgrave and aunt of Joely Richardson and the late Natasha Richardson. She first gained fame for 1966's "Georgy Girl,"  a comedy about an upbeat woman making the most of Swinging London. The role garnered her an Oscar nomination. She was nominated more than 30 years later for "Gods and Monsters," in which she played director James Whale's housekeeper.

Over the decades, Redgrave appeared in several movies and many TV shows, including recent appearances on "Ugly Betty" and "Law & Order: Criminal Intent."

A funeral is scheduled for later this week.

If there’s one thing Conan O’Brien - former "Tonight Show" host and current touring comedian – wants the world to know after his "60 Minutes" interview, it’s that he’s doing just fine.

“I’m doing great,” he told CBS correspondent Steve Kroft Sunday. “I hope people still find me comedically absurd and ridiculous and I don’t regret anything.”

At the moment, it doesn’t look like O’Brien has much to frown about anyway. After getting kicked out of his post at NBC's "Tonight," O’Brien has rebounded with the aforementioned tour, a very active Twitter account and a contract with TBS for another late-night program, to start in November preceding George Lopez on “Lopez Tonight.”

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Roman Polanski has published a personal appeal to Swiss authorities asking that they deny a request by California prosecutors to extradite him to the United States.

"I can remain silent no longer," Polanski said Sunday in a posting on a website run by his friend, French philosopher Bernard-Henri Levy.

The Oscar-winning director's letter came 10 days after a California Court of Appeals Judge Peter Espinoza denied a petition by his victim to dismiss the 33-year-old sex case against Polanski.

"I have decided to break my silence in order to address myself directly to you without any intermediaries and in my own words," he wrote.

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While news recently broke that actress Halle Berry and her model beau Gabriel Aubry are splitsville, it appears that the news is not so new.

Berry’s spokesperson confirmed to CNN that the pair broke up awhile ago.

"Berry and Aubry have been split for some time, but they remain close friends and committed parents to their daughter," the spokesperson said in a statement released to CNN.

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Heads-up headbangers. "OZZfest" returns for 2010 with a bill co-headlined by Motley Crue and the Prince of Darkness himself, Ozzy Osbourne. The tour reunites the two metal giants, who haven't shared a stage since a 1984 trek best remembered (or not remembered, in this case) for its rock and roll debauchery. Each will play full sets, as will Rob Halford - who was last seen at OZZfest in 2004 with Judas Priest. This year's extravaganza kicks off August 14 in San Bernardino, CA, then travels to five other cities - Chicago, IL, Hartford, CT, Camden, NJ, Pittsburgh, PA and Boston, MA.

The announcement was made by in the bordello-like studio of Motley Crue's Nikki Sixx, who hosts a daily radio show out of Sherman Oaks, CA. Creepy artwork lined the walls, while leopard carpet padded the floors and sculptures of hands graced wood tabletops. All the comforts of home for a rock star. FULL POST

It’s only fitting that Bret Michaels’ team won this week’s challenge to produce three radio commercials for a home-services company. The “Celebrity Apprentice” episode was taped awhile ago, but you can’t watch the show without wishing him well as he recovers from his brain hemorrhage. This is the second week NBC aired a “get well” announcement at the end of the show. This week, the network announced the show was dedicated to him.

In this week’s episode, Michaels was RockSolid’s project manager, and his teammates Sharon Osbourne and Maria Kanellis tried to tell him that the stiff, humorless, corporate executives wouldn’t like the jingle that said plumbers “crack” a lot of jokes. He insisted he would accept the blame if the team lost for it. It was a risk, but the team won for its overall originality. I like how this team works collaboratively. You also know when they get into the boardroom, they will accept blame for whatever goes wrong.

At first I thought Curtis Stone should’ve been the one fired because he really didn’t do anything this challenge. He proved he couldn’t sing or write a jingle, but he is a chef. They told him they were going to tweak a few lines, so he still probably thinks he did a good job.

But an incident involving Cyndi Lauper changed my mind. Tenacity’s project manager Summer Sanders couldn’t decide whether to use Cyndi Lauper’s voice on a jingle, after Lauper told her she had recovered from her laryngitis. I wanted Summer Sanders fired immediately. No need for boardroom drama. In the end, she decided Lauper should sing on the jingle, but why does a swimmer have to wonder if she can trust the voice of a professional singer?

Donald Trump played games in the boardroom. First, he asked Sanders to determine which person was the best on the team. Holly haters, she chose your girl. Yes, Holly Robinson Peete is safe another week.
When Sanders returned to the firing squad with Lauper and Stone in tow, he announced that he would not fire Lauper either. The executives had loved hearing Lauper sing on that one jingle.

Trump threatened to fire two people at the beginning of the show, so I hoped he would make good on that with Sanders and Stone. No such luck. Only Sanders left this week.

Who do you think will be eliminated next week? Post your comments.