The penultimate episode of Lindsay featured all the classic elements of "the Lohan suite"—a little bit of Dina, some familial finger-pointing, 7 am coke jaw, pathological tardiness and lack of professional commitment. It was enough to push an Elle editor—who forgot she was still wearing her mic pack—over the edge.
Yes, Lindsay Lohan's flakiness, pathological tardiness, and refusal to adhere to a shooting schedule—all of which have become the meat of her docu-series—makes her look totally unprofessional and a risky hire for potential producers. But the real reason why Lindsay is the final nail in the coffin of her career is that …
The established formula of each episode of Lindsay—Lohan's docu-seris airing on OWN—is that she encounters an obstacle in her life, and instead of taking steps to remove it, she stands there and makes excuses for why she can't. In last night's installment, she's confronted with her stalled acting career, which she…
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A brilliant move by the documentary team behind Lindsay is that they filmed Oprah's reaction as she got briefed on the progress of the docu-series. The news was not good: Lindsay was being difficult, refusing to film and holding the entire production hostage. Oprah sucked on her cheeks before saying she would rather…
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Just two episodes into Lindsay it's apparent that the troubled actress needed the OWN reality series for more than just to relaunch her career. She's seemingly flat broke and the production company behind her show had to come through with checks for her rent, security deposit and broker's fee. The money was an advance …
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Lindsay was supposed to be her redemption song, but it's unlikely that Lindsay Lohan can carry the tune. It was apparent very early on in last night's premiere of the OWN docu-series—particularly when she was shown ditching her AA meetings within days of leaving her sixth stint in rehab—that Lindsay is not doing her…
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Lindsay Lohan's long-awaited (and very creatively titled) eight-part series Lindsay has gotten a release date and time: Sunday March 9 at 10 pm on OWN. Coincidentally, March 8 is International Working Woman's Day!
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Temp Ryan Howard, played by B.J. Novak, will not be returning to the Dunder-Mifflin office on The Office. It's open to speculation whether he's leaving for a bigger role on Mindy Kaling's new Fox show The Mindy Project. Novak will continue to hang around as a guest-director and writer of future episodes. With Michael,…
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At an event last night, the verbally-incontinent crooner was alternately silent and douchey.
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Welcome back to Midweek Madness! We read Star, In Touch, Us, Ok! and Life & Style, and found out the name of Angelina's new kid, the truth about Megan Fox's face and what Sarah Palin doesn't know about Bristol.
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Lohan is thinking outside of the box, though. She recently revealed that she’s got a business idea to carry her over until her next windfall: She’ll be starting her own line of leggings. Lohan told Life & Style, “It will be a while before it comes out, but I’m going to do it. Some of them will have prints and some…