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US actor Charlie Sheen is in a stable condition after being admitted to hospital suffering a drug overdose.

US actor Charlie Sheen is in a stable condition after being admitted to hospital suffering a drug overdose.

"He's eating. He's talking. He's aware," said Chris Caraway, spokeswoman for Los Robles Medical Centre in California.

His father, actor Martin Sheen, arrived at the hospital and said his son had been tested for drug use.

"This is not an easy moment in our lives, but it's a necessary one. Our hope is that he will accept recovery and be fine."

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Sheen (32), who starred in Wall Street, Platoon and Hot Shots, checked into a drug and alcohol rehabilitation facility in 1990.

In 1995, a woman sued Sheen alleging the actor struck her on the head several times when she refused to have sex with him. He also admitted at the 1995 trial of Hollywood madam Heidi Fleiss that he ordered her call girls at least 27 times.

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Leonardo DiCaprio might have won the hearts of millions of adolescents in the epic film Titanic but he has yet to convince Britain's waxwork museum Madame Tussaud's that he is here to stay.

The Titanic star is only on a "maybe" list of new commissions because it cannot be sure it will be worth the time and outlay to cast him.

Film star Bruce Willis is on a tour of Europe in a different guise, as lead singer with a rhythm-and-blues group, to perform at a chain of the Planet Hollywood restaurants in which he has an interest.