Jon Cryer says he doesn't have Charlie Sheen's phone number (Reuters)

LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) – In his first joint interview with new "Two and a Half Men" costar Ashton Kutcher and the returning Angus T. Jones, Jon Cryer says he doesn't even have Charlie Sheen's phone number anymore.

"I have not heard from him," Cryer told TV Guide Magazine. "I don't even have his number. He still has mine."

Sheen famously called Cryer "a traitor" and "a troll" during the media blitz that preceded his firing in May. He later apologized to Cryer in public statements -- but apparently not in person.

Kutcher joins the show, which returns September 19, as Internet billionaire Walden Schmidt. Cryer's character becomes something of a mentor to him after a bad breakup -- and the death of Sheen's character, Charlie Harper.

In the interview, Kutcher said he was on a fishing trip with his father in Idaho when he got the call to meet about joining the show. CBS Entertainment president Nina Tassler suggested Kutcher after negotiations with Hugh Grant fell through.

"I was completely convinced that we needed a fortysomething costar who would be a peer to Jon," executive producer Chuck Lorre told the magazine. "It was obvious my assumption was wrong. ... Here was a guy with great comedy instincts, tons of experience and who is totally fearless. Taking the job proves that."

How's the on-camera chemistry between the three? Viewers can find out Thursday when they present a Top Ten list together on the "Late Show With David Letterman."

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Bullseye doesn’t quite hit the mark as a brand new style of app (Appolicious)

APPOLICIOUS ADVISOR RATING:

3 of 5 bars PRICE: $1.99TASTY: Visually interesting app should keep attention spans at least a few times through the song.BUMMER: The interactive portions of this don’t elevate it to anything beyond a musical screensaver.COOL: Two versions of the song to choose from should delight fans of Polyphonic Spree.

Bullseye By Polyphonic Spree bills itself as an “interactive music video,” a statement that conjures a number of different ideas. I was hoping for some sort of game that was timed to end alongside the song. Instead, the interactivity amounts to a lot of window dressing and not much more. But it might still be a step in the right direction.

There isn’t much to the app itself. A small options menu lets you pick which version of the song you want to hear (acoustic or studio), and you’re off and running. The video mirrors the lyrics in the song, so there are some pretty impressive animated visuals of objects splitting apart and coming together, and a big tree with fireworks during the song’s closing moments. But the interactivity leaves a lot to be desired. Tapping certain objects makes them come to life — flowers bloom, plants grow, fireworks explode. But once you’ve seen this once, there isn’t anything to keep you coming back. This isn’t interactivity in the style of a choose-your-own-adventure book. It’s interactivity like rubbing a scratch ’n’ sniff sticker. It just isn’t interesting.

The idea of interactive music videos is a great one that could benefit the music industry tremendously, but this app falls short of that premise. It’s saved a bit, thanks to some unique visuals that feel right at home on the mobile platform. A video like this would look weird on the big screen, but on your iPhone it feels like an extension of a strange app game. That said, only drop the two bucks for Bullseye by Polyphonic Spree if you already love the song, because chances are you won’t be opening it often otherwise.

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Schwarzenegger doesn't want to pay Shriver support (AP)

By ANTHONY McCARTNEY, AP Entertainment Writer Anthony Mccartney, Ap Entertainment Writer – Thu Jul 21, 4:09 pm ET

LOS ANGELES – Arnold Schwarzenegger indicated in a court filing that he does not want to pay wife Maria Shriver spousal support or attorney fees as the couple ends their 25-year marriage.

The dispute may have little impact on the divorce, since the former Hollywood couple is expected to reach a confidential, out-of-court settlement.

Schwarzenegger's filing Wednesday differs little from Shriver's initial petition for divorce, which was filed on July 1. Both seek joint custody of their sons, ages 17 and 13.

Neither indicated exactly when they separated, although they announced in May they were estranged and Schwarzenegger later admitted he fathered a child with a member of his household staff.

The former couple does not have a prenuptial agreement, according to their filings. That means Shriver would be entitled to half of Schwarzenegger's assets under California law, although the exact terms were expected to be set through private mediation.

Schwarzenegger would also be expected to provide financial support for his children. In other celebrity divorces, those sums have totaled tens of thousands of dollars a month.

Any agreement reached by Schwarzenegger and Shriver would become public only if there is a later dispute over its terms, or they opt to handle their divorce through a Superior Court judge.

Schwarzenegger's disclosure of his out-of-wedlock child forced a temporary halt to his acting comeback plans, although it was recently announced that he will appear in the upcoming film "Last Stand" as a border-town sheriff who unwittingly finds himself battling a notorious drug kingpin on the run.

Shriver, a Kennedy family heiress and former network television journalist, has not announced her plans.

Even before the breakup with Schwarzenegger was revealed, she appeared in videos posted on YouTube and talked about stress in her life, the weight of expectations, and the search for faith in a troubled world.

Schwarzenegger's legal filing was first reported Thursday by celebrity website TMZ.

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Lykke Li: The pop singer who doesn't watch TV (AP)

NEW YORK – Lykke Li is sitting in a TV studio, preparing for an interview, when she catches herself on the TV monitor.

"It's so weird," she says, looking at herself. "Like, you see everything.

"I think I become a bit self-conscious," she continues with a light laugh.

The TV is turned off.

It's one of the few times the Swedish-born singer has seen herself onscreen. She doesn't own a TV, and while her music has been featured in TV shows like "Glee" and movies like "Twilight," she hasn't seen much of it.

But that's just how Li is.

"You just let the music go out into the world and find its home," she said. "When I'm working ... I really take caution and I try to protect myself and my music. But once I'm done, once my album is done, you know, I'm done, kind of."

The twentysomething released her debut in 2008, and while there wasn't much commercial success, there was critical acclaim. The same goes for her sophomore disc, "Wounded Rhymes," released in March. And not only are critics fans of Li's work, so are rappers: Drake and Odd Future have sampled her songs.

The pop-rock singer is touring in the United States and abroad this summer.

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AP: How's the tour going this time around?

Li: It's great to be back with material that I feel so much more confident about, and it's really a pleasure to share an experience with an audience, especially since making this album was such a, like, hardship.

AP: Why was it hard?

Li: I think always when you're trying to put all of your thoughts and your soul into something, it puts a lot of pressure on you and you have this vision that you've been fantasizing about for a long time, so it's always hard to bring a vision to life. It's like giving birth — it takes a lot.

AP: Is it easy or therapeutic to sing about your personal life?

Li: I'm not sure that it's that therapeutic, but you know, it is kind of easy for me to sing about it because I feel like that's a sacred space that I have the key to. So for me it's kind of easy to go into that room.

AP: The video for "I Follow Rivers" is very dramatic. What was it like shooting in the snow?

Li: We went there in the winter and nobody was there. ...There were no toilets, so every time you had to pee you had to just take off, like, 10 pairs of long johns. It was really, really cold. Really painful. And we ran in the forest for like two hours and I had high heels and I kept on, like, falling, you know, and hitting the ground.

AP: So you've lived in Sweden, New Zealand, Portugal, India, Nepal and Morocco.

Li: My mom was a photographer and my dad was a musician, and just I think (they are) wild at heart and true Bohemians. So they couldn't really, and they still can't, they couldn't really find the spot where it felt sweet, so they took their three kids and tried out a few different places. You know I can't remember that much, but it was a very nomadic experience.

AP: Which place did you enjoy the most?

Li: We lived in Portugal for five years and we kept that house and they still live there. ... For me that's my childhood. It's on a small hilltop and it's really a place where I go back to and feel I have some kind of roots.

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Shriver doesn't discuss scandal at Winfrey taping (AP)

CHICAGO – Maria Shriver didn't address revelations that her husband fathered a child with another woman when she appeared at Oprah Winfrey's farewell show on Tuesday.

Shriver, the TV journalist and Kennedy heiress, walked onstage wearing a sparkly blue dress with Winfrey's best friend Gayle King. Earlier in the day it was revealed her husband, Arnold Schwarzenegger, fathered a child with a woman on his household staff more than a decade ago.

In a statement Shriver called it a "painful and heartbreaking time." Last week, Schwarzenegger and Shriver announced they had separated.

But on Tuesday evening Shriver focused on Winfrey.

"You have given me love, support, wisdom and most of all the truth," Shriver said to applause as Winfrey responded, "the truth."

Shriver highlighted Winfrey's efforts at spreading education.

"You've believed in others so they could believe in themselves and most importantly you've taught young women and men to focus on learning everything they can," Shriver said.

Shriver appeared on the second of two star-studded episodes taped at the United Center. It is scheduled to air May 24.

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