Tattle: Child-aid workers visit Charlie Sheen
CHARLIE SHEEN's publicist, Stan Rosenfeld, says child-services workers went to Sheen's home this weekend for a routine visit. If they had come to take Sheen's kids away, chances are that Rosenfeld would not be the one blabbing about it.
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HARLIE SHEEN
's publicist,
Stan Rosenfeld
, says child-services workers went to Sheen's home this weekend for a routine visit.
If they had come to take Sheen's kids away, chances are that Rosenfeld would not be the one blabbing about it.
Instead, he said, the visit had been scheduled and was procedural. He declined to discuss specifics.
The visit was connected to a pending felony domestic-violence case in Aspen, Colo., against the "Two and a Half Men" star.
The child-services department says it can't confirm that workers had gone to Sheen's home or that there was any case involving the actor or his wife, Brooke Mueller.
* Brooke, meanwhile, has left rehab
and moved in with a friend in California.
So says her stepfather, Jon Fiore, in an exclusive interview with RadarOnline.com.
You know it's an interesting news cycle when Brooke Mueller's stepfather is doling out exclusives.
Brooke apparently left rehab because of an information leak.
"We, her parents, are very upset about this, that a private facility would go so far as to break their security like this . . . for what? That is totally ridiculous," Fiore said.
Tattle infirmary
Famed tenor Placido Domingo is expected to undergo surgery later this week in New York after suffering abdominal pain during a recent performance in Tokyo.
Publicist Nancy Seltzer would describe the procedure only as "medically recommended preventive surgery."
Seltzer says Domingo expects to resume his performance schedule after recuperating for about six weeks.
Tattle stork
"Top Chef" host Padma Lakshmi has given birth to a daughter, Krishna Thea Lakshmi.
Publicist Christina Papadopoulos says that the baby was born Saturday and that both mother and daughter are "well and happy."
Lakshmi, 39, has not said who the father is.
Tattlematch.com
Frumpy middle-aged woman with great lungs seeks boyfriend.
Age: 48.
Career: Gangbusters.
Income: Will tell you later.
According to London's Daily Mail, Gerry Boyle says his sister Susan is desperate to find someone to share her happiness.
"Susan has the world at her feet in terms of fame and money, but at this precise moment in time it means nothing, absolutely nothing," Gerry said. "The one thing she wants above all everything else is love. Who doesn't?
"Her biggest wish is to find someone who she can share her success with and support her through the difficult times.
"Of course her family will always be there for her, but it is not the same as having someone special in your life."
Chin up, Susan. If Simon Cowell can find someone . . .
Tattbits
* Eagles quarterback Michael Vick
has reportedly been offered a chance to show off his long snapper.
Playgirl has offered to give PETA a $1 million donation if Vick, who did prison time for animal cruelty and promoting dogfighting, agrees to pose for them.
In a shameless ploy for a bit of publicity for their relaunched magazine (yes, it worked), a Playgirl spokeswoman told Life & Style: "I sent the request to Michael Vick on Wednesday, but we haven't heard back yet. I figured he paid back society for dogfighting, but what about the animals?"
* With former "Growing Pains" star
Andrew Koenig missing, Kirk Cameron is reaching out through RadarOnline.com. Kirk wrote:
"If you're reading this, please call me. Mike and Boner could always work things out when they put their minds to it. I'm praying for you, pal. Hope to hear from you soon."
It seems unlikely to us that someone missing is reading gossip Web sites, but best of luck.
* Cash-strapped music company
EMI has shelved plans to sell Abbey Road and is now looking for an investor to help save the London recording studio.
Tax dodge anyone?
EMI - whose artists include Coldplay, Lily Allen and Robbie Williams - has struggled financially since it was bought in 2007 for about $4 billion by private equity firm Terra Firma Capital Partners.
An audited report released earlier this month revealed that Terra Firma needs a huge cash infusion by June to avoid defaulting on its loans from Citigroup and may require more than $165 million to last through this year.
But why lend those guys that much dough when for so much less you could buy us and own one outstanding big-city newspaper plus the Inquirer?
* In our latest install-
ment of "Not Everyone Is Broke," a rare copy of "Action Comics" No. 1, the first comic book featuring Superman, sold yesterday for $1 million, smashing the previous record price for a comic book.
The book was sold from a private seller (labeled by auctioneer Stephen Fishler of ComicConnect.com as a "well-known individual") to a private buyer, neither of whom released his name. The issue features on its cover Superman lifting a car and originally cost 10 cents.
* Entertainment Weekly's EW.com
reports that first lady Michelle Obama has invited the cast of "Glee" to perform at the annual White House Easter Egg Roll on April 5.
She and the girls are fans, and there's not much glee around the White House these days.
* Shakira had meetings yesterday
with staff from the National Security Council and the Domestic Policy Council to talk about early-childhood development.
If it's true her "Hips Don't Lie," they're the only things in Washington that don't.
Daily News wire services contributed to this report.
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