Denise Richards : Talks About Charlie Sheen ... Likes Ashton Kutcher Choice

Denise Richards opens up about her marriage to [and divorce from] Charlie Sheen in a new memoir, and yesterday spoke with reporters about her ex-husband's departure from "Two and a Half Men.

"I am sad to see Charlie not on the show ," says Richards . "The show was written for him and he was so brilliant at it.

She does think , however , that Sheen's replacement , Ashton Kutcher , is "going to be great."

As for her troubled ex Richards' upcoming book will not be a slam piece.

"I'll get into the good stuff about my marriage because people have only gotten the rotten stuff," said the actress at the  Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric Aids Foundation  'A Time For Heroes' Carnival in Los Angeles.

"There was a beautiful love story ... I talked about how I felt during that time because I feel like a lot of women can relate to that , going through a divorce and custody and being a single parent  and trying to work."

"I protect my children from that ," she said , "I don't keep the news on when they are around in my house , none of those shows are allowed to be on ."

"So far they are OK , but that could chane as [they] get older and more aware . But today we are good."

Just a thought : Richards continues to do her best to shield daughters  Sam  and Lola  from the media circus their father's life became in recent months.

Yeah , it's pretty clear the "MEDIA" don't care who they hurt for a storyline .

Even mainstream media is guilty of this .

But hey , that's just me. 

Which Married Hottie is Finally Leting Go of His Bachelor Pad ???

We imagine it's hard for a guy to let go of his man cave , even when he's already sharing a perectly nice husband-and-wife cave for fives years.

Bur apparently it was time for this sitcom actor  turned movie star to unload his four-bedroom home in Los Angeles' famed Laurel Canyon neighborhood.

If he doesn't want his bachelor pad to languish any longer  , perhaps this hottie should tweet  the listing . Surely one of his 6 million -plus followers  has $2.6 million in the bank !

Yup ,  Ashton Kutcher  is finally selling  the craftman home he bought in 2004 , a year before he swapped vows with  Demi Moore  and became a step-father of three.

Lovingly renovated by Kutcher  and his dad in 2008 ( a majorly adorable selling point , we think), the  3,235-squre-foot residence boasts hardwood floors , beamed ceiling  and a custom-built  two-story wine tower  that can hold 210 bottles . Along with the four bedrooms  and four-and-a-half bathrooms , there's a professional home theater .

An infinity-edge  spa in the uber-private backyard spills down a theree-tiered waterway into an infinity-edge pool , which spills into  a waterfall . Don't worry , there are stairs built into the lush grounds to take you up and down all those tiers.

just a thought : Well , if Kutcher doesn't want it anymore......Hmmmmm . any takers ??