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Lindsay Lohan’s Intolerable Shit Costs Her ‘Manson’ Role
11:00AM Seth | Semi-rehabilitated celebrity minknapper Lindsay Lohan was all set to star in charmingly titled anti-romantic comedy The Manson Girls, the second installment of her Great Homicidal Psychopaths of Modern History Trilogy that began with Chapter 27 and was to conclude with her harrowing performance as the Austrian incest dungeon victim in The Basement, a Starz Original Film. But as Deadline Hollywood Daily now reports, Lohan has been let go from the production:
The Day The CW Laughter Died
5:25AM Seth | Bastard toddler network The CW has had a bit of a rough time rebounding after the writers strike, its slate failing to find traction with an audience comprised almost entirely of easily distracted tweenagers and confused elderly disappointed to learn they hadn’t found a new home for Hee Haw reruns. Six of their series recently learned they had been spared the guillotine, including the always-dependable America’s Next Top Model, the under-performing Gossip Girl, and the hanging-by-a-thread Everybody Hates Chris; sadly, however the same could not be said for 25 ill-fated staffers just handed their pink slips–curiously enough, printed on the netlet’s branded green. From Variety: More »
NBC Throws Pink Slip Parade For Returning Carson Daly Writers
3:03AM Seth | Who could forget that disconsolate look on Carson Daly’s face when we caught up with him at CES in Las Vegas, lamenting the absence of the beloved staff of gag writers that make each and every episode of Total Late Night Live a journey worth taking (if you can’t afford cable, and CBS comes in really fuzzy regardless of where you point your bunny ears). But news of the strike’s resolution isn’t likely to do much to raise the spirits of the crestfallen talk show host, as the network has celebrated their return with a hearty round of axings. Deadline Hollywood Daily reports: More »
