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ASCAP honors pop songwriters

LOS ANGELES

Two of the year’s most prolific hitmakers, Lukasz “Dr. Luke” Gottwald and Max Martin, are the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers’ songwriters of the year.

The two men, who are responsible for such hits as Miley Cyrus’ “Party in the U.S.A.” and Katy Perry’s “California Gurlz,” took top honors Wednesday at ASCAP’s 28th annual Pop Music Awards. Train frontman Pat Monahan won song of the year for “Hey, Soul Sister.” EMI Music Publishing was named publisher of the year.

Rod Stewart, Band of Horses and Randy Bachman also were honored at the private ceremony at the Renaissance Hollywood Hotel.

Ke$ha, Adam Lambert, Taio Cruz and Darren Criss of “Glee” were among the night’s presenters and performers.

ASCAP is a performing-rights organization with more than 400,000 members.

Sheen will donate to beaten Giants fan

LOS ANGELES

Charlie Sheen’s tour is taking a softer approach when it arrives in San Francisco later this week, with a donation planned for a Giants fan severely beaten during the Los Angeles Dodgers’ home opener.

Sheen’s publicist announ-ced Thursday that the actor will donate the profits made from merchandise sold at Saturday’s show to benefit the fan, Bryan Stow.

Stow is a paramedic who had to be placed into a medically induced coma after being beaten March 31 outside Dodgers Stadium.

The “Major League” star is an avid baseball fan and has drawn cheers for sporting the hometown ball club’s jersey in cities on his “Violent Torpedo of Truth” tour.

Sheen is selling T-shirts and other merchandise emblazoned with some of his new catchphrases, including “Duh, Winning.”

Associated Press