Morning Mix: Report -- Lohan Dodges Drug Charges

Headlines: Lindsay Lohan's cocaine charges may be dropped... Lohan gives OK! magazine access for rehab photo shoot... Janeane Garofalo joins cast of "24"... Joey Fatone to cover red carpets for TV Guide Network... Sally Field thinks she looks like "dog poop"... Bob Newhart nominated for Thurber humor prize... Foxy Brown pregnant... Phil Spector won't testify in murder trial... Brad Pitt calls New Orleans green building project a "small victory"... Amy Winehouse cancels North American tour... Barnes & Noble stores won't be stocking O.J. Simpson book... DNA testing confirms another James Brown child... Bette Midler fells 200 trees on Hawaiian property without a permit... Dodging the bullet yet again, Pete Doherty released on technicality in drug possession charge (and is he back with Kate Moss?)... "Wizard of Oz" to get remake?

Video: Beyonce has a "wardrobe malfunction" at Toronto concert (probably NSFW).

Rumor Mill: Britney Spears backs out of Justin Timberlake duet... Wayne Newton to compete on new season of "Dancing With the Stars" (other rumored contestants: "90210" alumna Jennie Garth, Spice Girl Melanie Brown, CNN anchor Richard Quest, actor/dancer Patrick Swayze, boxer Floyd Mayweather, actress Nia Peeples)... Nicole Richie wants to postpone marriage until after she gives birth... Adrian Grenier dating Paris HIlton or just helping her go green?

Say What?
"I don't think much changes when you are 18... I think the only things I can do is buy cigarettes, porn, and if I get in trouble with the law I'm kinda screwed." -- "Heroes" star Hayden Panettiere on reaching her 18th birthday

"Mine will sell and his will still be on the shelf. He should be terrified. What do I do? Do I send flowers? Do I send my condolences?" -- 50 Cent on how to react when his new album crushes "rival" Kanye West's same-day release (third item)

By Liz |  August 22, 2007; 7:40 AM ET  | Category:  Daily Mix
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Gee, that second bit pretty much blows out of the water any concern for Lindsay's privacy in this difficult time, doesn't it?

At this point, I'd say that if Ron Gallela popped up in her shower and filled up a 2MB memory card with pictures, she STILL wouldn't have a valid complaint.

[And "filled up a 2MB memory card with pictures" is not nearly as nice a phrase as "shot a roll of film" - another loss in this age of digital photography.]

Posted by: byoolin | August 22, 2007 8:39 AM

Well, Sally Field may or may not look like dog poop, but at least she isn't wasting all that time taking an osteoporosis pill *every day*.

Amy Winehouse has almost achieved her goal of becoming a one-hit wonder. For Christmas I plan to get her a paragraph on the "Where Are They Now?" website.

DNA testing will soon confirm that we are ALL descended from James Brown. Apparently "Sex Machine" wasn't just him boasting.

Posted by: byoolin | August 22, 2007 8:46 AM

I'm kind of sad about this quote from Hayden Pantierre that has been going around everywhere...

All she can do now that she's 18 is buy porn and cigarettes? What about VOTE?! Maybe I'm a nerd but when I was 18, I was excited about being able to vote. And to buy clove cigarettes - I wasn't ready for the real ones quite yet.

Just what this country needs... another idiot actress in Hollywood.

Posted by: Melinda | August 22, 2007 8:48 AM

Isn't that woman on 24 - the one whose last name is all consonants - a rabid right-winger?

Maybe she and Janeane will have a political knock-down-drag-out on set. As Kramer would say, "C-c-c-c-c-c-c-c-c-c-catfight!"

Posted by: byoolin | August 22, 2007 8:50 AM

At least Hayden Pantierre recognizes that if she breaks the law she will get into trouble. You can't say that about most actresses in Hollywood.

Posted by: michael | August 22, 2007 8:55 AM

I think Hayden's tongue was firmly in cheek when she said what she did. Besides, everyone knows your vote doesn't really count anyway, right?

Posted by: byoolin | August 22, 2007 8:59 AM

It doesn't seem quite fair if Swayze's rumored participation in DWTS is true. Wouldn't he be quite the ringer?

Posted by: boutros | August 22, 2007 9:02 AM

I hate to admit it, but I was right about LiLo. I didn't think she was taking rehab seriously and now she just proved it.

Posted by: st.louis | August 22, 2007 9:03 AM

Come on, Hayden's just being a normal (and funny) teen. I know I didn't wake up on my 18th birthday and think "hells yeah, I get to VOTE!" Give her credit for making a funny.

Posted by: 23112 | August 22, 2007 9:07 AM

-.Sally Fields doesn't look like dog poop, but "Brothers and Sister" stinks to the high heavens.

-What is wrong with Kate Moss? Why is she holding on to the druggie loser Pete Doherty?

-Beyonce's stage clothes seem inappropriate for the all the dancing and jumping she does. She would have done better with a sports bra and some shorts

Posted by: lisa1 | August 22, 2007 9:17 AM

Wow, it's all so interesting today.

Okay, one: Either Brit is really proud or really stupid. If she's rejecting Justin's help because she doesn't want a boost from her ex (who talked all kinds of sh#@ about her), then I commend her, even if that choice was not so bright. He certaintly could have helped her make a come back. He's so hot right now.

And two: Sally Field looks like a sixty year old. Some sixty year olds do look like dog poop. And then again, so do some 20 year olds. Sally, however, is crazy if she thinks she doesn't look terrific. Crazy, I tell you.

Three: What is up with that website saying Beyonce is past her prime? Outrageous! Her singing voice annoys me and a lot of her songs sound similar, but her body is hot. She's only 25 and I bet most guys wouldn't throw her out of bed and definitely wouldn't mind seeing her boobies peek out of her dress. (At least, my husband wouldn't. haha)

Posted by: 23225 | August 22, 2007 9:20 AM

britney: what if the hair (sans extensions), the pull out of the duet, and the week without her on the cover of a magazine doing something stupid (i know, it's only wednesday) is britney turning over a new leaf? what if she's trying to settle, get serious, keep her kids? (maybe i should change my name to pollyanna?)

LL: i can imagine two scenarios for her 'inviting' a magazine to rehab for a photo shoot. the altruistic optimistic scenario--she figures they're going to get pics anyway, so invite them in, get control, make them pay and give the money to charity. the opportunistic scenario--she figures they're going to get pics anyway, so invite them in, get control, make them pay and pocket the money. either way, she's in control, which doesn't sound too stupid to me.

sally field: she looks fine. she doesn't look 60, but she doesn't look under 50 either. her show, emmy nominations notwithstanding, is AWFUL. emmy has been wrong before and will continue to make errors in judgment.

Posted by: methinks | August 22, 2007 9:35 AM

For the love of anything holy, DO NOT REMAKE THE WIZARD OF OZ.

Posted by: ep | August 22, 2007 9:37 AM

Hayden's comments weren't bad. Yes, I was excited to be able to vote but: 1) I am geeky like that and 2) so she forgot to list one thing, let's not read too much into that. At least she acknowledged that despite being a STAR, she can get in trouble with the law. That puts her ahead of a bunch of 18-20something year olds in Hollywood.

In the privacy comments yesterday, someone mentioned that rehab is about learning you are not the center of the universe. I have no clue how a photo shoot by a national magazine fits in with that. Can you imagine Hazelden or Betty Ford allowing this? Could be why she is not at those places that really do work.

Posted by: ep | August 22, 2007 9:42 AM

"Wizard of Oz" to get remake? Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Anonymous | August 22, 2007 9:59 AM

Now that the drug charges are dropped, when Lilo serves her time or pays her fine, she will be out of rehab and back at it in no time. The rehab was just a ploy. She's still just a loser who is only famous for being a mess.

Posted by: POS | August 22, 2007 10:09 AM

I think the WoO remake could work - it's all about the casting and the director.

I'm thinkin':

Dorothy - Scarlett Johanssen (or another actor who doesn't mind taking her top off)

Wicked Witch of the West - One of the Olsen Twins
Glenda the Good Witch - The Other One of the Olsen Twins

Tin Man - Billy Bob Thornton
Cowardly Lion - Will Ferrell
Straw Man - Nicolas Cage

Wizard - Robin Williams

And let's not forget tons of little people - mostly CGI duplicates of Peter Dinklage.

For the dog, we get that Jack Russell Terrier from Frasier.

I see it directed by McG or Mel Gibson, with lots of explosions, chase scenes, some religious imagery and a love story between Dot (hence the toplessness requirement) and Straw Man.

Larry King will soil himself with delight when he reviews it.

Posted by: byoolin | August 22, 2007 10:22 AM

You guys are totally misparsing Hayden's comment. She pretty clearly indicates her awareness of her ability to perform in porn... 'shave the cheerleader save the world' anyone?

Posted by: Quintilus Varus | August 22, 2007 10:40 AM

"Larry King will soil himself with delight..."

That's such a perfect phrase, byoolin. Wish I'd thought of it first.

Posted by: Libidinous Johnson | August 22, 2007 10:43 AM

i'm reading along these delightfully bawdy comments about the WoO w/out scrolling down to read the author's name because i knew who the man behind the curtain was....byooooooolin!!!!!

Posted by: methinks | August 22, 2007 10:49 AM

QV, thanks for that image. The impurity of my own thoughts frankly shocks me.

Posted by: byoolin | August 22, 2007 10:55 AM

Byoolin, your version is exactly why I don't want it remade. I just couldn't express it as well -- of course.

Posted by: ep | August 22, 2007 10:59 AM

Sally Field looks like a skinny piece of dog poop.

Posted by: Stick | August 22, 2007 11:01 AM

I just saw a pic on perezhilton.com of Hayden registering to vote. Whew! I take back what I said about her being another idiot in Hollywood.

Come on, 23112. Actors can't make funnies! Don't you read the news or watch Entertainment Tonight? Every line they say outside of a tv/movie studio is to be analyzed and broken down to an offense of some kind to some person somewhere so that they have to arrange a press conference to apologize to the public for any possible offense they might have caused. A-duh!

And, byoolin, I just moved to Florida and learned about votes not counting. Can't believe I forgot about that. Thanks for the reminder!

Posted by: Melinda | August 22, 2007 11:05 AM

Sorry, byoolin, but Moose (the dog from Frasier) died a couple of years ago.

Posted by: st.louis | August 22, 2007 11:14 AM

No more Moose?

*sniff*

Okay, so we re-cast - get that dog that was in "Air Bud" a few years ago. He probably hasn't worked since and we can pay him scale. Or maybe we make him a wisecracking CGI cockatoo... then we don't have to pay him at all and the programmers only eat Mountain Dew anyway. MUCH cheaper.

Navin Johnson, you're a lifesaver!

Posted by: byoolin | August 22, 2007 11:19 AM

byoolin... you have great taste in dogs, but unfortunately the Air Bud dog is also in the doggie here after

Posted by: Witchy | August 22, 2007 12:00 PM

Damn, I was hoping Spector would testify so we could get to see the crazy up close & personal!

If they remake the Wizard of Oz I will never set foot in the theatre to see it, won't rent it, wouldn't even illegally download it. Just the mere thought that they're considering it at all makes me wanna hurl.

Not that I didn't know this already but apparently nothing is sacred in Hollywood. A remake of Citizen Kane isn't far behind I suppose.

Brad Pitt could play Kane, it'd be box office GOLD!!

Posted by: Bored @ home | August 22, 2007 12:17 PM

They did a remake of the Wizard of Oz, it had Michael Jackson and Diana Ross

Posted by: Anonymous | August 22, 2007 12:19 PM

If I were the father of Kate Moss' kid, I would tell her she could have Pete Doherty or residential custody, but not both. Who would want their kid living around this chronic dopehead?

Posted by: JanetK | August 22, 2007 12:44 PM

Sally Field, you look fantastic!

I've always thought LiLo in rehab was just a publicity stunt. Aren't photos in rehab pretty disrespectful to the other clients who really ARE there to heal and get clean and sober? It wasn't rehab, but I took a series of intensive personal-growth classes a few years ago and a big-name celebrity was in them also. We all were kind of on an unspoken honor system not to treat her any differently or let any media know she was there, because we didn't want a circus and more importantly, we were all there to work on our issues and heal them. We took the classes seriously and didn't want that ruined by the paparazzi. Seems like the rehab facility LiLo's in needs to crack down, both out of respect for their real clients and for LiLo's health.

Posted by: Californian | August 22, 2007 12:45 PM

Someone needs to point me to a Dead-or-not-dead-dogs website soon or I am going to keep embarrassing myself.

(FWIW, there's nothing at michaelvick.com that was even remotely helpful.)

Posted by: byoolin | August 22, 2007 12:54 PM

Why, oh why is Beyonce not wearing a bra? God bless her, she is NOT a scrawny chick and those girls need to be controlled. Even if she were an A, even members of the Itty-Bitty-T*tt*e Committee get stretch marks. Beyonce - take better care of your body before its too late!!!!

Posted by: Alison in TN | August 22, 2007 1:38 PM

Has anyone seen the McFarlane Wizard of Oz toys?

http://www.spawn.com/toys/series.aspx?series=184

If THAT'S the future of the WoO, well, that might be something I could get behind!!

GO BONDAGE DOROTHY!!

Posted by: Bored @ home | August 22, 2007 3:12 PM

Byoolin for commenter of the week!

Posted by: tamerlane | August 23, 2007 11:08 AM

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