Charlie Sheen has officially thrown his name into the hat to be considered for one of the vacant judges' chairs on
American Idol, telling host
Ryan Seacrest that he'd be "genuinely interested" in the job. Calling in to Seacrest's radio show Tuesday, Sheen responded to reports that
Idol producer
Nigel Lythgoe had mentioned him as a possible replacement for
departing judges Steven Tyler and
Jennifer Lopez. "It kind of came out of nowhere and ...