LITTLE ROCK — C h a r - lie Sheen spent the better part of Christmas Day in a Colorado jail cell after being arrested on domestic violence allegations. He was taken into custody Friday morning by officers responding to a 911 call from a house in Aspen, about 200 miles west of Denver. Sheen, 44, the star of CBS’ Two and a Half Men, was taken to the Pitkin County jail and booked for investigation of second-degree assault and menacing, both felonies, along with criminal mischief, a misdemeanor, Aspen police spokesman Stephanie Dasaro said. He was released in the late afternoon after posting $8,500 bond.
When he takes on a role, Johnny D e p p often paints a watercolor portrait of the stillf o r m i n g character to help find his face and personality. After putting the finishing touches on his painting for Alice in Wonderland, Depp, 46, looked down at the Mad Hatter staring back at him from the canvas and giggled. His version of the Mad Hatter for Tim Burton’s interpretation of Alice in Wonderland arrives in theaters March 5. Depp said his Hatter’s springy mass of tangerine hair became a particularly important detail because of one of the suspected origins of the term “Mad as a hatter.” In the 18th and 19th centuries, mercury was used in the manufacture of felt, and when used in hats it could be absorbed through the skin and affect the mind.
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