Two and a Half Men is an American television sitcom which premiered on CBS on September 22, 2003. Starring Charlie Sheen, Jon Cryer, and Angus T. Jones, the show was originally about a hedonistic jingle writer, Charlie Harper; his uptight brother, Alan; and Alan's growing son, Jake. Charlie's free-wheeling life is complicated when his brother gets divorced and moves, along with his son, into Charlie's beach-front Malibu house. The series' premise was revamped in the ninth season, focusing on Alan and Jake moving on with their lives after the death of Charlie with help from their new roommate, Walden Schmidt, who is also dealing with his own troubles following a bad divorce. The three eventually bond and help each other grow and overcome their losses.
In 2011, a news article in The New York Times called it "the biggest hit comedy of the past decade." The show has ranked among the Top 20 programs every season since it first aired. There have been eight seasons of the show and at least one additional season to come. In 2010, CBS and Warner Bros. Television reached a multi-year broadcast agreement for the series, renewing it through at least the 2011–12 season. However, CBS and Warner Bros. decided to end production for the rest of the eighth season due to Sheen entering drug rehab and making disparaging comments about the show's creator and executive producer, Chuck Lorre. Sheen was fired from the show on March 7, 2011. The ninth season will include Ashton Kutcher as Sheen's replacement.
Cast and characters
The main cast of Two and a Half Men (seasons 1–4), from left to right: Melanie Lynskey as Rose, Conchata Ferrell as Berta, Charlie Sheen as Charlie Harper, Holland Taylor as Evelyn Harper, Angus T. Jones as Jake Harper, Jon Cryer as Alan Harper, and Marin Hinkle as Judith Melnick
Main
Charlie Sheen as Charlie Harper, (Season 1-8) a hedonistic bachelor, alcoholic, jingle/children's song writer and Jake's uncle.
Jon Cryer as Alan Harper, Charlie's chiropractor brother and Jake's divorced father, who is conscientious but continually stricken with bad judgment.
Angus T. Jones as Jake Harper, the underachieving son of Alan and Judith.
Conchata Ferrell as Berta, Charlie's sharp-tongued housekeeper.
Holland Taylor as Evelyn Harper, Charlie and Alan's conceited mother and Jake's grandmother. A high powered Los Angeles broker/realtor.
Marin Hinkle as Judith Harper-Melnick, Alan's vindictive, self-absorbed ex-wife and Jake's mother.
Ashton Kutcher as Walden Schmidt (Season 9–present), a broken-hearted internet billionaire.
Recurring
Melanie Lynskey (starring seasons 1–2; recurring seasons 3–present) as Rose, the Harpers' strange former neighbor and Charlie's stalker. Before Sheen's firing, his character ran off with Rose to resume a romantic relationship.
Ryan Stiles (season 2–present) as pediatrician Dr. Herbert "Herb" Melnick, Judith's goofy, train-hobbyist second husband, father to Judith's daughter, and Jake's stepfather. In season 2, he was named "Greg."
Emmanuelle Vaugier (seasons 3, 5–7) as Mia, ballet teacher, Charlie's ex-fiance.
April Bowlby (seasons 3–4) as Kandi,[note 2] Charlie's girlfriend, then girlfriend and wife of Alan, then Alan's ex-wife, Judith's best friend (for one episode).
Jane Lynch (seasons 1, 3–present) as Dr. Linda Freeman, Charlie's and Alan's adept, incisive, sarcastic, but money-hungry psychiatrist.
J. D. Walsh as Gordon, a pizza delivery guy who appears in seasons 1–3 and season six onwards. At one time, he is Rose's boyfriend, or more correctly her substitute for Charlie.
Kelly Stables (season 6–present) as Melissa, Alan's receptionist who briefly dated Charlie before starting an intermittent relationship with Alan.
Jennifer Bini Taylor (seasons 6–7) as Chelsea,[note 1] Charlie's girlfriend for most of season six, who has moved into his house by the end of the season. She then becomes Charlie's fiancée in season seven. (While credited on-screen among the main cast during the seventh season, CBS press releases billed her as a recurring character.)
Courtney Thorne-Smith (season 7–present) as Lyndsey MacElroy, Alan's girlfriend and the mother of Jake's best friend, Eldridge.
Graham Patrick Martin (season 7–present) as Eldridge MacElroy, Jake's best friend whose mother Lyndsey is dating Alan.
Judy Greer (season 9-present) as Bridget Schmidt, Walden's ex-wife who is in the process of divorcing him.
Episodes
As of 2011, eight seasons have been broadcast and the show has been renewed for one more season. Each episode is titled with a quotation from it; unlike most episodic television, the episode title usually bears no relationship to any of the plotlines; the quote fragment being completely out of context. The show's 100th episode ("City of Great Racks") aired on October 15, 2007. To celebrate this, a casino-inspired party was held at West Hollywood's Pacific Design Center. Warner Brothers Television also distributed blue Micargi Rover bicycles adorned with the Two and a Half Men logo along with the words "100 Episodes." Each bicycle came with a note saying "You've made us very proud. Here's to a long ride together." The cast also gifted the crew with sterling silver key rings from Tiffany & Co. The key rings were attached to small pendants with "100" inscribed on one side and Two and a Half Men on the other.
All seasons except 5, 7 and 8 consist of 24 episodes. Season 5 was narrowed down to 19 episodes due to 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike. Due to Sheen's personal life problems, Season 7 was narrowed down to 22 episodes. Season 8 premiered on September 20, 2010, at 9:00 p.m. ET. CBS initially ordered 24 episodes for the season, but due to Sheen's personal life, the show was put on hiatus, with production scheduled to resume on February 28. After a series of comments made by Sheen on February 24, 2011, CBS and Warner Bros. cancelled the remainder of the season (episodes 17–24). On May 13, 2011 it was widely reported that actor Ashton Kutcher would be replacing Charlie Sheen as the lead on the show. Kutcher will not be playing the character Charlie Harper. Instead he will be introduced as another occupant of the Malibu residence.[
Crossovers and other appearances
"When Chuck pitched the idea to me ... I thought it was an intriguing idea and walked into Naren's office and he said, 'What a nut.'"
– Carol Mendelsohn
Crime Scene Investigation
In 2007, Two and a Half Men creator Chuck Lorre contacted CSI: Crime Scene Investigation executive producer Carol Mendelsohn about a crossover. At first, the idea seemed unlikely to receive approval; however, it resurfaced when Mendelsohn and Lorre were at the World Television Festival in Canada and they decided to get approval and run with it. When Mendelsohn was giving a talk, she accidentally mentioned the crossover, that same day Variety Magazine was already inquiring about the crossover episodes. Mendelsohn later stated: "We're all used to being in control and in charge of our own shows and even though this was a freelance-type situation ... there was an expectation and also a desire on all of our parts to really have a true collaboration. You have to give a little. It was sort of a life lesson, I think.
"The biggest challenge for us was doing a comedy with a murder in it. Generally our stories are a little lighter," stated Lorre in an interview. "Would our audience go with a dead body in it? There was a moment where it could have gone either way. I think the results were spectacular. It turned out to be a really funny episode.
Due Date
At the end of 2010 film Due Date, a scene from Two and a Half Men is shown, in which Sheen, Cryer, and Jones (deleted scene only) appear as their characters, while Ethan Chase (played by Zach Galifianakis in the movie) plays Stu, Jake's tutor.
Following a February 2010 announcement that Charlie Sheen was entering drug rehabilitation, filming of the show was put on hiatus. Filming of the show resumed on March 16, 2010. On April 1, 2010, People.com reported that after seven seasons, Sheen announced he was considering leaving the show. According to one source, Sheen quit the show after filming the final episode of Season 7, purportedly due to his rejection of CBS's offer of $1 million per episode as too low. Sheen eventually stated that he would be back for two more seasons. On May 18, 2010, the New Zealand website Stuff.com reported that a press release issued by Sheen's publicist confirmed that Sheen had signed a new contract for a further two years at $1.78 million per episode. "To put a fitting end on the two and one-half months of whirlwind speculation, I'm looking forward to returning to my CBS home on Monday nights," Sheen was quoted as saying.
On January 28, 2011, Sheen entered a rehabilitation center voluntarily for the third time in 12 months. According to Warner Bros. Television and CBS, the show was put on hiatus for an unknown amount of time. The following month, after Sheen's verbal attacks against Chuck Lorre during a radio interview with Alex Jones and an online interview with TMZ, CBS announced that Two and a Half Men would cease production for the rest of its eighth season, affecting an estimated 200 employees, and causing Warner Bros., Lorre, Sheen, and other profit participants to not receive about $10 million from the lost eight remaining episodes. Afterwards, Sheen was interviewed on ABC's 20/20, NBC's Today, and CNN's Piers Morgan Tonight, continuing to make hostile comments about Lorre, as well as CBS. On March 7, CBS and Warner Bros. Television jointly announced that Sheen had been fired from the show, citing "moral turpitude" as a main cause of separation. No decision about the future of the show was announced at that time.
Notable guest stars
John Amos as Ed, boyfriend of Chelsea's father Tom (season 7)
Diora Baird as Wanda, a girl who chases after Charlie when he is engaged to Chelsea (season 6, episode 16)
Orson Bean as Norman, an old man who is married to a woman with whom Charlie had sex (season 2)
Susan Blakely as Angie, an author Charlie met at a bookstore (season 5, episodes 18 and 19)
Paget Brewster as Jamie Eckleberry, Charlie and Alan's high school classmate (season 2, episode 12)
Julia Campbell as Francine, Jake's teacher (season 3)
Elvis Costello as himself, Charlie's poker and cigar buddy (season 2, episode 1)
Josie Davis as Sandy, a girlfriend of Alan's (season 3)
Michael Clarke Duncan as Jerome Burnett, Charlie and Alan's neighbor, and the father of Celeste Burnette (season 6)
Steven Eckholdt as Brad, Alan's lawyer, and Chelsea's replacement for Charlie (season 7)
Jenna Elfman as Frankie (season 1, episode 15 and 16)
Emilio Estevez as Andy, Charlie's long-time friend who dies before him (season 6, episode 11)
Morgan Fairchild as Donna (Charlie's ego) (season 4, episode 16)
Meagen Fay as Martha Melini, Chelsea's mother (seasons 6 and 7)
Frances Fisher as Priscilla Honeycutt, Alan's patient (season 7, episode 19)
Megan Fox as Prudence, Berta's granddaughter (season 1, episode 12)
Judy Greer as Myra Melnick, Herb Melnick's sister, Jake's step-aunt, and Charlie's one-night fling (season 4)
Teri Hatcher as Liz, Judith's sister (season 1, episode 19)
Tricia Helfer as Gail, Chelsea's friend (season 7)
Amy Hill as Mrs. Wiggins, Alan's receptionist after Melissa leaves him (season 7)
Enrique Iglesias as Fernando, Charlie's carpenter/handyman (season 4, episode 23)
Allison Janney as Alan's online dating partner (season 4)
James Earl Jones as himself (season 6, episode 11)
Tinashe Kachingwe as Celeste Burnette, Jake's ex-girlfriend (seasons 6 and 7)
Carol Kane as Shelly, Melissa's mother (season 6)
Stacy Keach as Tom Melini, Chelsea's father (season 7)
Richard Kind as Artie, Charlie's manager (season 5, episode 8)
Katherine LaNasa as Lydia, Charlie's Oedipal girlfriend and Evelyn's doppelgänger (season 4, episodes 6 and 10)
Cloris Leachman as Norma, Charlie and Alan's neighbor, Alan's "sugar momma", and Charlie's former "sugar momma" (season 3)
Richard Lewis as Stan, Charlie's accountant (season 1, episode 14)
Heather Locklear as Laura Lang, Esq., Alan's divorce attorney (season 1, episode 21)
Camryn Manheim as Daisy, Berta's sister (season 2)
Graham Patrick Martin as Eldridge McElroy, friend of Jake and son of Alan's love interest, Lyndsey (seasons 7 and 8)
Jenny McCarthy as Nathan Krunk's lover and grifting partner, Sylvia Fishman (alias "Teddy's daughter", "Courtney Leopold") (seasons 5 and 8)
Katy Mixon as Betsy, a married woman whom Charlie purports to marry after his break-up with Chelsea (season 7, episodes 7 and 16)
Christina Moore as Cynthia Sullivan, Judith's best friend (season 5)
Martin Mull as Russell, Charlie's drug-addicted, unethical pharmacist (seasons 6, 7, and 8)
Ming-Na as the Hon. Linda Harris, Superior Court judge, adjunct law professor, and Charlie's girlfriend (season 5, episodes 3, 4, 5, and 6)
Judd Nelson (season 8) as Chris McElroy, ex-husband of Alan's love interest, Lyndsey.
Chris O'Donnell as Jill/Bill, Charlie's ex-girlfriend who since became a man (season 1, episode 18)
Gail O'Grady as Mandi, mother of Kandi, ex-wife of Andy, and brief love interest of Charlie (season 3)
Jodi Lyn O'Keefe as Isabella (season 3, episode 6)
Sean Penn as himself, Charlie's poker and cigar buddy (season 2, episode 1)
Annie Potts as Lenore, mother of Judith & Liz (season 7)
Missi Pyle as Delores Pasternak, Jake's teacher (season 2 and 7)
Carl Reiner as Marty Pepper (season 7)
Denise Richards as Lisa, Charlie's former girlfriend (season 1, episode 10, and season 2, episode 9)
Emily Rose as Janine (season 6, episode 12)
Sara Rue as Naomi, Berta's daughter (season 4)
Jeri Ryan as Sherri, Charlie's girlfriend (season 2, episodes 5 and 19)
Martin Sheen as Harvey, father of Rose, and Evelyn's fling (season 3)
Brooke Shields as Danielle, Charlie and Alan's neighbor (season 4)
Rena Sofer as Chrissy, the "mother" of Charlie's "son" (season 6, episode 1)
Kevin Sorbo as Andy, father of Kandi, ex-husband of Mandi, and brief love interest of Judith (season 3)
Harry Dean Stanton as himself, Charlie's poker and cigar buddy (season 2, episode 1)
Tony Tripoli as Phillip, Evelyn's hairdresser (season 4)
Steven Tyler as himself, Charlie and Alan's neighbor and Berta's one-time employer (season 1, episode 4, and season 4, episode 2)
Eddie Van Halen as himself (season 7, episode 1)
Emmanuelle Vaugier as Mia, Charlie's ex-fiancée (seasons 3, 5, 6, and 7)
Robert Wagner as Nathan Krunk (alias "Teddy Leopold"), Evelyn's fifth husband (later revealed to be a con artist), who died late in season 5 (seasons 4 and 5)
Wayne Wilderson as Roger, Evelyn's co-worker (season 4)
Alicia Witt (season 6) as Delores Pasternak, Jake's teacher who became a stripper
ZZ Top as themselves
As part of a crossover from the writers and executive producer of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, George Eads made a brief cameo appearance on the May 5, 2008 episode.
Charlie Sheen's real-life brother Emilio Estevez has guest-starred as an old friend of Charlie's; his father Martin Sheen has appeared as Rose's father. Sam Sheen, the real-life daughter of Denise Richards and Charlie Sheen, has appeared as Lisa's daughter on November 22, 2004.
Reception
The New York Daily News has described the sitcom as "solid, well-acted and occasionally funny." Conversely Graeme Blundell, writing for The Australian, described it as a "sometimes creepy, misogynistic comedy".
The show has received multiple award nominations. It was nominated for 30 Primetime Emmy Awards (winning four technical awards and one for Jon Cryer as Alan Harper), and has also received two Golden Globe nominations. The show won the "Favorite TV Comedy" award at the 35th People's Choice Awards.
But I was a bit interested by the news that Judy Greer will join the cast playing a character named “Bridget” who broke Kutcher’s heart or something. Interested not because of the character, but because she has appeared on the show twice before playing a different character. This is perfectly normal to my mind: a show needs an actor for a new regular or recurring part, so it turns to someone who has already been on before and whom the producers already know is good. But it’s not all that common now.
This got me wondering whether producers of an older generation have fewer hang-ups about repeat casting than younger producers. One of the most famous two-peats of recent years was David Milch using Garret Dillahunt twice on Deadwood. This led to a fair number of objections, or at least comments to the effect that this was a mistake. (Fametracker’s statement is typical: “are we supposed to think the characters are brothers? Soul twins? Clones?”) But it may have been more that Milch really likes Dillahunt, as we all do, and wanted to use him again. Dick Wolf, of course, is famous for two-peats, and the Star Trek franchise has done it a lot.
But for younger producers, particularly those who are really plugged into online fandom, the objections to two-peat casting are more pressing. As TV Tropes mentions in its “You Look Familiar” section, Joss Whedon likes using actors multiple times, but tended to avoid using them multiple times on the same show (unless, like Jeff Kober, they were hidden behind enough makeup to make them look different each time, and even there, there was plenty of online speculation that “Rack” was the same guy Kober played in his third-season appearance). And you won’t see many comedies doing what NewsRadio did with Jon Lovitz, using him as multiple guest characters and finally as a regular character, or what Barney Miller did with Phil Leeds and other recurring actors.
This isn’t stated as an objection, because you do what works, and with more online commentary – and easier availability of older episodes while the show is on – it might not work to have the same actor pop up in different roles all the time, at least on some shows. Fans today are very into the illusion of reality, as well as the idea of continuity, that each episode is part of a larger whole. Bringing back the same actor in a new role shatters that continuity to a certain extent, emphasizing that this is make-believe and that the previous episodes are over and forgotten. That’s even more jarring than re-casting a role with a different actor – that shatters the illusion, but it doesn’t write a previously existing character out of existence. That may also be why it’s jarring to viewers in a way that multiple roles in the same story, a la Peter Sellers, is not. The multiple characters are all played by the same person, but they are all “real” within the framework of the story. But on TV, when a guy shows up as a new character, it’s a sign that the old character is gone forever (unless they actually did get rid of the old character; this may be how Milch got away with the double casting).
So M*A*S*H had Harry Morgan as a crazy General, and he impressed the producers enough that when they needed a new commanding officer character, they called on Morgan. This worked in part because there was no direct continuity with that earlier episode, so there was no indication that Morgan’s guest character would ever be mentioned or thought of. Today, fans would remember the earlier episode, and more importantly, the writers would – or at least they’d leave themselves the option of doing so. And that would mean that two Harry Morgan characters sort of exist within the same “universe,” which they didn’t in the original version. This may be why the strategy can work for Two and a Half Men, a mostly consequence-free show whose fans aren’t into analyzing the progress or past of the characters.
Recently, Kutcher detailed to TV Guide that he was nervous about attempting to fill the shoes of the infamous Charlie Sheen as well as Charlie Harper.
"Moving into somebody else's house is a scary thing. Who knew what the dynamic would be and how everybody would feel?" he said.
Sheen’s highly publicized melt down caused the show’s station, CBS, to release him from his contract.
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While on “The Late Show with David Letterman,” Kutcher talked about watching one of Sheen’s UStream video rants and thinking about how extraordinary his role on “Two and a Half Men” was.
“I was just looking at it going; man that guy had the best job in the world,” he told Letterman.
“I went to dinner with a friend of mine and I mentioned to my friend – man, if they offered me that job I would take it in a heartbeat.”
That friend later clued him in that CBS was interested in taking him on in a replacement role in the show.
Detailing to Letterman that the first three episodes of the show’s ninth season have been filmed, Kutcher stated that his nerves have since calmed and he is enjoying being on a sitcom again.
Kutcher got his big break in 1998 playing Michael Kelso on “That 70’s Show.”
He mentioned that he once heard that acclaimed actor Robin Williams wished to go back to sitcoms after winning the Academy Award for “Good Will Hunting,” and it always kept him wanting to return to television.
“I never forgot that when I was on the 70’s Show because I never forgot what we had. How great and how fun the job was, and how great it is to go to work everyday and make people laugh,” he said.
Kutcher stated that he is looking forward to the season nine premiere of “Two and a Half Men” on September 19.
Christopher Ashton Kutcher,born February 7, 1978, best known as Ashton Kutcher, is an American actor, producer, former fashion model and comedian, best known for his portrayal of Michael Kelso in the Fox sitcom That '70s Show. He also created, produced and hosted Punk'd, and played lead roles in the Hollywood films Dude, Where's My Car?, Just Married, The Butterfly Effect, The Guardian, and What Happens in Vegas. He is also the producer and co-creator of the supernatural TV show Room 401 and the reality TV show Beauty and the Geek. It was announced in May 2011 that Kutcher would replace Charlie Sheen in the hit CBS sitcom Two and a Half Men.
Early life
Kutcher was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to Larry Kutcher, a factory worker, and Diane (née Finnegan), a Procter & Gamble employee. Kutcher was raised in a conservative Roman Catholic family, with an older sister, Tausha, and a fraternal twin, Michael, who had a heart transplant when the brothers were young children. Kutcher attended Washington High School in Cedar Rapids for his freshman year before his family moved to Homestead, Iowa, where he attended Clear Creek Amana High School. In a 2010 interview on Late Night with David Letterman, Kutcher claimed to be an all-state linebacker who averaged 15 tackles per game in high school. According to a former coach, however, Kutcher played sparingly as a wide receiver on a team that won only two games in his entire high school football career. Kutcher also appeared in school plays. Kutcher's brother's cardiomyopathy caused his home life to become increasingly stressful. He has stated that "I didn't want to come home and find more bad news about my brother" and "kept myself so busy that I didn't allow myself to feel". Kutcher admitted that during adolescence, he contemplated committing suicide. At thirteen, he attempted to jump from a Cedar Rapids hospital balcony, with his father intervening in the incident. Kutcher's home life worsened as his parents divorced when he was sixteen. During his senior year, he broke into his high school at midnight with his cousin in an attempt to steal money; he was arrested leaving the scene. Kutcher was convicted of third-degree burglary and sentenced to three years' probation and 180 hours of community service. Kutcher stated that although the experience "straightened him out", he lost his girlfriend and anticipated college scholarships, and he was ostracized at school and in his community.
Personal life
In 2003, Kutcher began dating actress Demi Moore. Moore and Kutcher married on September 24, 2005, in a private ceremony conducted by a Rabbi of the Kabbalah Center; the wedding was attended by about 150 close friends and family of the couple, including Bruce Willis, Moore's ex-husband. In October 2010, Kutcher and Moore met with co-director of the Kabbalah Center Rabbi Yehuda Berg in Israel.
Kutcher has invested in an Italian restaurant, Dolce (other owners include Danny Masterson and Wilmer Valderrama) and a Japanese-themed restaurant named Geisha House located in Atlanta, Los Angeles and New York.
Kutcher is a self-described fiscal conservative and social liberal. He is a student of Kabbalah; his co-star, Natalie Portman, stated in 2011 that Kutcher "has taught me more about Judaism than I think I have ever learned from anyone else".
On September 17, 2008, Kutcher was named the assistant coach for the freshman football team at Harvard-Westlake School in Los Angeles. However, he was unable to return in 2009 because he was filming Spread.
Career
Modeling career
After participating as a modeling contestant in an IMTA competition (losing to Josh Duhamel) in 1998, Kutcher signed with the Next modeling agency in New York, appeared in ads for Calvin Klein, modeled in Paris and Milan, and appeared in a Pizza Hut commercial.
Television and film career
After some success in modeling, Kutcher moved to Los Angeles and, after his first audition, was cast as Michael Kelso in the television series That '70s Show, which debuted in 1998 and ended in 2006. Kutcher was cast in a series of film roles; although he auditioned but was not cast for the role of Danny Walker in Pearl Harbor (2001), (role went to Josh Hartnett), he starred in several comedy films, including Dude, Where's My Car? (2000), Just Married (2003), and Guess Who (2005). He briefly appeared in the 2003 family film, Cheaper By The Dozen, playing a self-obsessed actor. His 2004 film The Butterfly Effect was an unusually dramatic role for Kutcher, playing a conflicted young man who fell in love with a girl named Kayleigh; the film received mixed to negative reviews, but was a box-office success.
In 2003, Kutcher produced and starred in his own series on MTV's Punk'd as the host. The series involved various hidden camera tricks performed on celebrities. Kutcher is also an executive producer of the reality television shows Beauty and the Geek, Adventures in Hollyhood (based around the rap group Three 6 Mafia), and The Real Wedding Crashers and the game show Opportunity Knocks. Many of his production credits, including Punk'd, come through Katalyst Films, a production company he runs with partner Jason Goldberg.
Because of scheduling conflicts with the filming of The Guardian, Ashton was forced not to renew his contract for the eighth and final season of That 70s Show, although he did appear in the first four episodes of it (credited as a special guest star) and returned for the show's series finale.Ooma revamped its sales and marketing strategy with a new management team in the summer of 2008, replacing Ashton Kutcher as their creative director. Rich Buchanan, from Sling Media, became Ooma's Chief Marketing Officer.
He currently advertises for Nikon cameras. In July 2011, Brazilian fashion label Colcci hired Kutcher and Alessandra Ambrosio to feature in a steamy denim advertisement.
Twitter presence
On April 16, 2009, Kutcher ("aplusk") became the first user of Twitter to have more than 1,000,000 followers, beating CNN in the "Million followers contest". Kutcher announced via Twitter that he would be donating $100,000 to a charity to fight malaria. However, there have been several reports that Twitter manipulated the contest's results by preventing users from "unfollowing" Kutcher or CNN.
Controversy
In April 2011, Kutcher and wife Demi Moore began a public service announcement campaign claiming that "Real Men" do not engage the services of child prostitutes who are the victims of human trafficking. Kutcher's claims that 100,000 - 300,000 American children were sold in to sexual slavery were criticized by newspaper the Village Voice, which gave evidence refuting the claims. Kutcher represented a study referring to minors 'at risk' for sexual exploitation as referring to children actually being prostituted. Experts estimate the true numbers to be in the hundreds, not the hundreds of thousands. Kutcher reacted to the criticism by accusing the Village Voice of promoting child prostitution and using Twitter to request that Village Voice advertisers including American Airlines, Disney and Domino's Pizza withdraw their advertising from the publication.
Filmography
1998–2006 That '70s Show Michael Kelso Seasons 1-7 (Regular); Season 8 (Recurring)
180 episodes
1999 Coming Soon Louie
2000 Down to You Jim Morrison
Reindeer Games College Kid
Dude, Where's My Car? Jesse Montgomery III
2001 Just Shoot Me! Dean Cassidy 1 episode
Texas Rangers George Durham
2002 Grounded for Life Cousin Scott 1 episode
2003–2007 Punk'd Himself/Host
2003 Just Married Tom Leezak
My Boss's Daughter Tom Stansfield
Cheaper by the Dozen Hank Supporting role
2004 The Butterfly Effect Evan Treborn Main role
2005 Guess Who Simon Green
A Lot Like Love Oliver Martin
Robot Chicken Various Voice
2006 Bobby Fisher
The Guardian Jake Fischer
Open Season Elliot Voice
2008 Miss Guided Beaux 1 episode
What Happens in Vegas Jack Fuller Lead role
2009 Spread Nikki Main role
Personal Effects Walter Main role
2010 Valentine's Day Reed Bennet Main role
Killers Spencer Aimes Main role
2011 No Strings Attached Adam Franklin Main role
New Year's Eve Randy Supporting role
2011–present Two and a Half Men Walden Schmidt Main role
