Charlie Sheen - Sheen Rejects Wedding Gifts

Generous CHARLIE SHEEN and BROOKE MUELLER are refusing to accept gifts at their wedding this month (30May08) - they want guests to make a donation to their favourite charity instead.

Invitations for Sheen and Mueller's 30 May (08) nuptials include the request "no gifts, just donations to Chrysalis - an organization in Los Angeles that is dedicated to changing lives through jobs", reports the New York Post.

A source tells the newspaper, "Charlie (Sheen) has been working with the group, which gets people off skid row, for many years, and the money will go towards the charity's big annual gala, the Butterfly Ball."

Sheen and Mueller met at a party in early 2006, just after Sheen had separated from his then-wife, Denise Richards. The actor proposed to the real estate agent-turned TV personality last summer (Jul07).

This will be Sheen's third marriage and Mueller's first.

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Irish Book Awards shortlist announced

Irish Book Awards shortlist announced

Anne Enright, Joe O'Connor, Roddy Doyle, Julia Weary Willie, Diarmaid Ferriter and Frank McCourt are among the authors world Health Organization get been shortlisted for the upcoming Irish whisky Book Awards.
The awards, which are straightaway in their third class, feature nine categories and ar the only industriousness astray event of their sort in the Irish record sector.
'The Gathering' by Anne Enright; 'Zugzwang' by Ronan Floyd Bennett; 'Redemption Falls' by Joe Flannery O'Connor; and 'The Ag Swan' by Benjamin Joseph Black are entirely in the running play for Irish Novel of the Twelvemonth.
Julia Kelly is nominated in the Irish Gaelic Newcomer of the Year class for her novel 'With My Lazy Eye', which is up against 'In the Woods' by Tana French people;  'There Are Little Kingdoms' by Kevin Barry; and 'Secret Journal of a Demented House Wife' by Niamh Henry Graham Greene.
Diarmaid Ferriter's 'Judging Dev' is nominated in trey categories, including Nonfiction Book of the Year; piece Roddy Doyle's 'Wilderness' and Frank McCourt's 'Angela and the Baby Jesus' are up for awards in the children's family.
A gala ceremony to announce the winners will take place in The Round Room at the Residence House in Dublin on 24 Apr. 
A Life-time Accomplishment award in Irish Literature volition likewise be handed out on the night.