Emilio Estevez is comfortable in the role of "The Good Son."

On Tuesday, Estevez and his father, Martin Sheen, came by the Star Tribune to promote their new movie, "The Way," which opens Oct. 7. Sheen was an absolute sweetie, sharing his dried mango slices and playfully pointing out his media-shy grandson to me.

Charlie Sheen has no part in "The Way," although the role he sometimes plays in this family looks a bit like a remake of "The Bad Seed" (sans homicides).

Earlier this year, Charlie had a mega public meltdown, complete with kooky chatter about warlocks and goddesses. The antics ultimately got him booted from his $20 million CBS job on "Two and a Half Men," which now will star Ashton Kutcher (who doesn't look to me like he can fill Charlie's socks).

Since this was not the first time Charlie, who's had substance and domestic abuse problems, has acted out, I asked Emilio about his public image as the good son.

"I don't know how to be any other way than who I am. What you see is what you get. It's authentic," said Estevez, the elder brother. "Good, bad, indifferent, it's who I am."

Although Charlie has lately claimed the erratic behavior was calculated, I asked Estevez if we can now stop worrying about his kid brother.

"I don't know. I hope so," said Estevez, as you can see for yourself at startribune.com/video. "He seems to be getting it together. We'll see."

Remembering PaulaEstevez retains a faint memory of buying a ring for Paula Abdul at a Minneapolis antique shop in 1992 while he was here shooting "The Mighty Ducks." His assessment of their union was typically "Straight Up," to borrow from one of her hit songs.

"That marriage didn't last too long, did it?" he said. "She's doing well, though."

She is indeed. An original "American Idol" judge, Abdul returns next week to Fox as a judge on Simon Cowell's "The X Factor," which premieres Wednesday night.

Martha does Minneapolis"What should I eat in minneapolis? And what should I see? Best ideas only," Martha Stewart tweeted Tuesday night.

She arrived at Bar La Grassa, which is definitely one of the best ideas in town, as it's one of the restaurants co-owned by chef Isaac Becker, the James Beard Foundation's 2011 Best Chef in the Midwest.

Word is Stewart had the gnocchi with cauliflower, orange and cream and remarked that it was her favorite of the pastas her table ordered.

Oh, Martttttha, I know Twitter is casual, but would it have killed you to capitalize the "M" in Minneapolis?

Oh wait. Other tweets included "General mills ... minnesota."

There must be a problem with the cap "M" on Stewart's device, although her cap "I" seemed to be working just fine.

In twitpic.com/6kioz8 Stewart shares a photo of an apron with stitching that reads: "MARTHA meets Betty."

A reference to that sweet talker Betty Crocker.

Oprah, you don't write, callIn other sweet talker news, word has it that Oprah made an appearance Wednesday at a Target Corp. event. Now there's a woman with some Missoni that wasn't made for and purchased at a Target! Or so I assumed until she tweeted this at 6:45 p.m.: "Spent the day going to and from Minneapolis. Gorgeous CLEAN city. had a fun time meeting our friends at TARGET! Got a MIssoni box!"

Ross Mathews' picksWhat Ross Mathews' NFL picks from Week 1 lacked in accuracy he made up for in enthusiasm.

"Oh, my God! I'm a huge football fan. HUGE," Mathews said when asked to help me with my picks for the Sunday and Monday games.

Mathews was in Minneapolis to be honored by the Human Rights Campaign, arriving after the Packers defeated the Saints in the NFL opener, a game that Ross attended. He was right on only seven of the 15 games he picked, however.

My two-minute startribune.com/video of Mathews is entertaining in the same way as his work on NBC's "The Tonight Show" and E!'s "Chelsea Lately."

Among Mathews' wrong picks: the Vikings.

I discouraged Mathews from making what sounded like a mercy pick influenced by his presence in Minnesota. After my camera was turned off, Mathews stressed that he was picking the Vikings to defeat the Chargers. They didn't. In fact, the Vikings came charging from ahead to lose.

The Donovan McNabb era looks like the start of another 6-10 season. I do believe I could throw for more than 39 yards.

If the previous sentence doesn't motivate them ...

C.J. is at 612.332.TIPS or cj@startribune.com.