Did you know that Ashton Kutcher is a huge tech geek? Sure, you may have heard that he’s about to take over the lead role of a TV sitcom you may have heard of — Two and a Half Men — but when he’s not taking up Charlie Sheen‘s sloppy seconds, he is immersing himself in the latest and greatest tech offerings available in the social media world. Ashton talks about his geek love in the pages of the new issue of Details magazine AND in a new online-only version of Details that will be available on Facebook, Tumblr and other notable online destinations of the day. Click below to see Ashton‘s Details cover and read more about this digital version of Details.

Last Friday we got our first look at photos from the set of Two and a Half Men that gave us our first peek at the fictional funeral the show plans to hold for ex-castmember Charlie Sheen‘s character. Today we get to see the first photo of his replacement, Ashton Kutcher, taking his curtain call bow when that episode finished taping in front of a live studio audience. Previously, we saw a couple of promo photos (HERE and HERE) of Ashton and his other Men lead co-stars — Jon Cryer and Angus T. Jones — but the curtain call photo below shows the entire, main cast of the show (including Marin Hinkle, Conchata Ferrell and Holland Taylor) all assembled together. Check it out.

Late last week we learned that actor Ashton Kutcher was hired to replace Charlie Sheen on the CBS series Two and a Half Men. Earlier this week, we got to see a photo of Kutcher hanging out with Men creator/writer Chuck Lorre at a coffee shop here in SoCal. Today we get to see photos of Kutcher with his new Two and a Half Men co-stars from their appearance together at the CBS Upfronts presentation in NYC to promote the revamp of the show, set to premiere this Fall. In addition, Ashton posted a personal photo with his new co-stars on his official Twitter profile. Click below to meet the New and a Half Men.

Last week we learned that Ashton Kutcher has been hired by CBS and Warner Bros. to replace Charlie Sheen as the lead on the hit sitcom Two and a Half Men. Over the weekend, TMZ managed to snap a photo of Ashton and Men creator/writer Chuck Lorre having a powwow over coffee in Glendale, CA. It’s unclear if the guys were talking business or were just chillin’ in an effort to get to know one another but it is the first time the guys have been seen together in public since news of Ashton‘s casting was announced last week.

Plans for the reboot of Two and a Half Men are officially a go! The Hollywood Reporter is confirming that Ashton Kutcher has been hired by Warner Bros. and CBS to replace Charlie Sheen on the upcoming new season of the show. Earlier this week, it was reported that Hugh Grant was up for the role but negotiations fell thru at the last minute. Ashton‘s casting may come as a surprise to most because his name has not been tossed around in the weeks since it was decided that Sheen would not be coming back. Read on for all the deets about Ashton‘s new gig on Men.

Ashton Kutcher is featured on the cover and in the pages of the new issue of Men’s Fitness magazine and in his extremely kooky interview, he explains to the Men’s Fitness readers that he is in the process of prepping for the coming apocalypse, the proverbial End of Days. It’s not entirely clear if Kutcher‘s comments are tongue-in-cheek in nature or if he truly believes that the end is nigh but … it sure makes for an interesting read.

Ashton Kutcher, who was either in a cheeky mood or a pissy one, decided to throw up his two middle fingers in salute to the photogs who were snapping photos on the Pasadena, CA set of his new movie:

It seems unlike him to be so annoyed with the attention he draws from the media, considering how much he likes to share as much of his life with the world as possible, it’s not often that we see him lookin’ so pissed. It’s possible that he is just playing around in these photo but I dunno … could the strain of all of his oversharing be finally getting to him?

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Congratulations goes out to the New Orleans Saints today who, as I’m sure you are well aware, won Super Bowl XLIV last night at Sun Life Stadium in Miami Gardens, FL. Props go out to the Indianapolis Colts for playing a strong game and for taking an early lead (making it look like they were going to blow out the Saints) but, in the end, the New Orleans Saints pulled off the biggest comeback in Super Bowl history and ended up winning their FIRST Super Bowl Championship ever by a final score of 31 – 17:

The New Orleans Saints almost left when their city flooded and their stadium had been turned into a shelter, a disaster seeming to provide the perfect escape route for a team in search of a better stadium and a bigger market. Displaced and disheartened, the Saints haltingly returned to a repaired Superdome after Hurricane Katrina. And a team so awful that its fans used to wear bags on their heads came to symbolize and be embraced by a battered but rebuilding community. On Sunday, with a quarterback who had hitched his career to resurrecting the Saints and with a team that played nearly flawlessly, the Saints gave New Orleans a reason to do what it does better than any other American city: celebrate. In the franchise’s first Super Bowl, the Saints beat the Indianapolis Colts, 31-17, sending New Orleanians into the streets for a party. “Who Dat?” Saints fans ask about which opponent might beat their team. Now they have their answer: nobody. The Saints are the N.F.L.’s champions, after 42 seasons of futility. Confetti fell on the Saints here, but back in New Orleans, where Mardi Gras begins in less than two weeks, Bourbon Street erupted in joy, four and a half years after the city was nearly engulfed by despair when the levees broke. “Louisiana, by way of New Orleans, is back,” said the Saints’ owner, Tom Benson, clutching the Lombardi Trophy. “And it shows the whole world.” The play that sealed the victory, a comeback from a 10-0 deficit, came with a little more than three minutes to play at the expense of a New Orleans native. Colts quarterback Peyton Manning, a son of the beloved former Saints quarterback Archie Manning, was intercepted by Saints cornerback Tracy Porter — a Louisiana native, too — when the Saints blitzed. Porter jumped in front of the intended receiver and returned the interception 74 yards for a touchdown that gave the Saints their winning margin. “Four years ago, whoever thought this would be happening?” quarterback Drew Brees said. “Eighty-five percent of the city was under water. All of the residents evacuated across the county. Most people not knowing if New Orleans could ever come back or if the organization or team would ever come back” … Brees was the M.V.P. of the game, but Saints Coach Sean Payton made the most valuable — and the gutsiest — decision. With the Saints trailing by 4 points and kicking off to the Colts to open the second half, Payton called for an onside kick. The Saints call the play “ambush,” and that was what it was. Colts players admitted after the game that they did not see it coming. Thomas Morstead, the kicker on the play, said: “I wasn’t worried. I was terrified” … At long last, the Saints have arrived, and they brought New Orleans back with them.

What a game, eh? As I said yesterday before the game got underway, I was not rooting for any particular team because I didn’t have a vested interest in either side winning but you gotta admit, it’s pretty sweet to see the people of New Orleans cheering in the streets just 4 years after their city was devastated by Hurricane Katrina. The Saints‘ win was well-deserved, they played hard … make smart moves … and, in the end, proved they were the best team of the year. After the jump, check out some of the celebs who were in the hiz at Super Bowl XLIV last night …

The 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards will take place LIVE this Sunday January 17th and today we are hearing of a new batch of celebs who have been selected to act as presenters during the big show. In addition to folks like Cher, Leonardo DiCaprio and Christina Aguilera, today we are hearing that Ashton Kutcher, Zoe Saldana, Kate Hudson and Amy Adams have been lined up to present awards at the Golden Globes this Sunday night:

Kate Hudson, Ashton Kutcher, Zoe Saldana and Amy Adams will appear on the Golden Globes. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association, which puts on the Globes, says the four actors will serve as presenters at Sunday’s ceremony. Ricky Gervais will host the 67th annual awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. The show will air live on NBC (8 p.m. EST). Other presenters include Cameron Diaz, Josh Brolin, Christina Aguilera, Colin Farrell, Julia Roberts, Leonardo DiCaprio, Jodie Foster, Mel Gibson, Sophia Loren and Cher.

I am really excited for the GGs this year … it is the first big awards show of Awards Season and will give us an idea of how things may play out in other awards shows leading up to the big enchilada, The Academy Awards. The laid back nature of the Golden Globes usually results in some unscripted yet very entertaining moments and the cavalcade of fashions on the red carpet usually tends to be better than most other carpets. To prepare for this year’s awards show, you can click HERE for a full list of this year’s Golden Globe nominees. Considering the folks listed here (and others) will be the ones handing out the trophies, it might be a good idea to pick your faves in case they end up winning :)

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For the past few days, Ashton Kutcher (@aplusk) has been in a “Twitter War” with CNN (@cnnbrk) to see which user of the micro-blogging service could reach the hallowed level of 1 million followers first … and last night, a winner was determined and Ashton Kutcher came out on top. From what I understand, Ashton managed to break the million follower mark ahead of CNN by just 12,000 to win the competition … and in celebration, Ashton is making a donation of 10,000 mosquito nets to the charity Malaria No More (tho, I gotta say, a donation of 1,000,000 nets would’ve been more apropos, don’t you think?). Here are some photos of Ashton and his wife Demi Moore (@mrskutcher) celebrating the win last night and some deets about the Twitter War:

Take that CNN. Ashton Kutcher, 31, has become the first Twitter user (@aplusk) to reach more than one million “followers.” For the past few days, he’d been locked in a race with CNN’s breaking news feed — (@cnnbrk), but just before midnight Thursday he became the first “Twitter millionaire.” Around 1:30 he tweeted, “Victory is ours!!!!!!!!” and posted a twitpic of the win. Kutcher says he’s donating 10,000 mosquito nets to the medical charity Malaria No More to celebrate, and the video-game publisher Electronic Arts says the millionth follower will become a character in “The Sims.” Plus, there’s the promised ding-dong-ditch of Ted Turner’s Atlanta home to look forward to! Stay tuned for his appearance on Oprah Friday, where he plans to teach Winfrey how to Twitter.

If anything, this really goes to show how quickly Twitter has crossed over from being a fun new online social networking site to THE most talked about new fad on the Internets. I only hope that all of this Twitter saturation doesn’t kill all the fun that goes along with the service. I had a great time posting tweets on my Twitter profile (@trentvanegas) last night from the Britney Spears concert at the Staples Center. It’s really fun sharing thoughts, observations and photos in real time with anyone interested anywhere in the world … especially among friends. Now Ashton Kutcher has 1,000,000 people following him to read/see whatever he has to put out there … here’s hoping he uses this new power for good rather than evil. Congrats Ashton, I’m not sure what this accomplishment wins you but I suppose the bragging rights of being the first Twitter user to have 1 million followers should be enough to keep you pretty happy for a while … at least until the next Internet fad comes along.

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