Charlie Sheen made it official Thursday, suing Warner Bros. and the executive producer of "Two and a Half Men" for $100 million, seeking to recoup his salary and wages for the show's crew.

No word on whether the suit was printed in tiger blood.

The breach of contract lawsuit alleges production was halted on the CBS sitcom in part to punish Sheen for recent behavior that has included two hospitalizations and, in recent weeks, a series of interviews in which he has attacked executive producer Chuck Lorre.

The filing comes four days after Sheen was terminated from "Two and a Half Men," leaving the top-rated sitcom's future in doubt.

Sheen's lawsuit cites a termination letter mentioning concerns about Sheen's health. His lawyer Marty Singer said it would be illegal for the studio to fire the actor if he had the physical and mental issues described in the letter. Which may or may not have included ingesting dump trucks full of cocaine.

"We're saying he was ready, willing and able to work and he could have worked," Singer said.

Singer said the actor is attempting to get reimbursement for all members of the show who lost money because of the actions of Warner Bros. and Lorre. The studio declined to comment on the suit. Lorre's attorney, Howard Weitzman, did not immediately return a phone message.

The 45-year-old actor took to Twitter soon after the lawsuit's filing, writing, "Fastball: Torpedo away ... You

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The suit states Sheen's most recent contract, executed in May, entitles him to be paid whether the series films for up to 24 episodes per season through late 2011, and that Sheen tried returning in mid-February, but was told Lorre had not prepared scripts for the season's remaining episodes.

Sheen has acknowledged use of illegal drugs, although he says he's currently clean. In a series of interviews, Sheen boasted about his "epic" partying, said he's fueled by "violent hatred" of his bosses and claimed to have kicked drugs at home in his "Sober Valley Lodge." He glorified himself as a "rock star from Mars" with "fire breathing fists" and "Adonis DNA" and talked about his home life with two women.

AND IN NEWS ABOUT PEOPLE ACTING MORE RATIONALLY THAN CHARLIE SHEEN: Lindsay Lohan rejected a plea agreement Thursday that included a return to jail in a case involving the theft of a $2,500 necklace.

The "Mean Girls" actress told a judge she agreed to delaying her case until an April 22 preliminary hearing, when prosecutors will present evidence against her.

Her decision came after Superior Court Judge Keith Schwartz offered the actress another opportunity to resolve the case. He said Thursday he laid out to Lohan's lawyer how he would sentence Lohan if she pleaded guilty or no contest to the theft of the necklace, and she could accept his offer at a hearing March 25.

The exact terms of the proposed plea deal by prosecutors and the judge's offer were not disclosed.

Schwartz previously told Lohan he would sentence her to jail if she accepted the government's plea deal but did not indicated how much time he would impose.

If eventually convicted, the actress could be sentenced to up to three years in state prison. Lohan, 24, who has pleaded not guilty, was on probation in January when a Venice jewelry store accused her of taking the necklace that a security video showed she was wearing when she left the shop.

The preliminary hearing would have a dual purpose, with another judge determining if there is enough evidence for Lohan to stand trial on the grand theft charge and whether she violated the terms of her probation in a 2007 drunken driving case. If the judge decides she was in violation of probation, Lohan could be immediately sent to jail.

In the past 10 months, Lohan has been jailed twice and sent to rehab twice for probation violations.

TODAY IN HISTORY
Today is Friday, March 11, the 70th day of 2011. There are 295 days left in the year.
  • 1942: As Japanese forces continued to advance in the Pacific during World War II, Gen. Douglas MacArthur left the Philippines for Australia. (MacArthur, who subsequently vowed, "I shall return," kept that promise more than 2 years later.)
  • 1985: Mikhail Gorbachev was chosen to succeed the late Soviet President Konstantin Chernenko.
  • 2004: Ten bombs exploded in quick succession across the commuter rail network in Madrid, Spain, killing 191 people and wounding more than 2,000 in an attack linked to al-Qaida-inspired militants.
  • 2006: Former Serb leader Slobodan Milosevic was found dead of a heart attack in his prison cell in the Netherlands, abruptly ending his four-year U.N. war crimes trial for orchestrating a decade of conflict that had killed a quarter of a million people; he was 64. Michelle Bachelet was sworn in as Chile's first female president.
  • 2010: A federal appeals court in San Francisco upheld the use of the words "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance and "In God We Trust" on U.S. currency. Pro Football Hall of Famer and former television actor Merlin Olsen died in suburban Los Angeles at age 69.
    BIRTHDAYS
    Media mogul Rupert Murdoch (80), ABC News correspondent Sam Donaldson (77), Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia (75), singer Bobby McFerrin (61), movie director Jerry Zucker (61), singer Nina Hagen (56), country singer Jimmy Fortune of the Statler Brothers (56), singer Cheryl Lynn (54), singer Lisa Loeb (43), actor Terrence Howard (42), actor Johnny Knoxville (40), rock singer-musicians Joel and Benji Madden of Good Charlotte (32), singer LeToya (30), actress Thora Birch (29).
    -- Associated Press