Entertainment Edge: Kutcher Lifts Ratings; Pitt Learns Baseball
By: Brad Reed
Updated: September 20, 2011
Ashton Kutcher is proving he's the man to watch. His debut on the season premiere of "Two
and a Half Men" drew nearly 28 million viewers. Nielsen says that's more than any other
episode in the first eight seasons when Charlie Sheen was the star.
Brad Pitt and the stars of "Moneyball" are
walking the baseball diamond like they've hit a home run. The movie is about Oakland A's general
manager Billy Beane's successful attempt to put together a baseball club on a
budget. Brad Pitt says he learned a lot
about the sport from the movie.
"I never looked at
baseball from the economic standpoint," explains Pitt. "I didn't understand the inequalities that one
team may have because the payroll of another team."
Moneyball hits
theaters Friday.
Robert Pattinson says he is recording an
album. The actor has already recorded
two songs for the original "Twilight" soundtrack.
Simon Cowell plans to turn "The X-Factor" into a
musical. The judge America loves and hates is in talks to turn the singing competition
into a comedic show in London.
