He may have been the reason Justin Bieber and company were kicked out of a London club late last week, but he’s definitely the new man on Kylie Jenner’s arm. Oh, yes, folks: Jaden Smith is reportedly dating this young reality star! The stars have been spotted this week around London, with a source telling Us Weekly in no uncertain terms: “They’re dating.” Smith and Jenner have been friends for years. They ate lunch together yesterday at Caffe Nero in London’s iconic Piccadilly Square. No word yet from either celebrity’s camp, but it’s clear Kylie has similar taste in men to sisters Khloe and Kim Kardashian . Just an observation, folks. Just an observation.
Lindsay Lohan’s trial for allegedly lying to Santa Monica police last summer will proceed in the coming weeks after a judge refused further delays. LiLo’s lawyer asked to “give her leeway to show that she’s worthy of compassion.” L.A. County Superior Court Judge James Dabney wasn’t moved. “I don’t know how the next two weeks is suddenly going to change the history of this case,” Dabney said, scolding the incompetent Mark Heller . Dabney warned that if Lohan continues to use Heller before the March 18 trial, she must waive her right to “competent” counsel under California law. “I am somewhat concerne d whether you have sufficient guidance from local counsel,” the judge told Lohan’s attorney after he filed unnecessary pretrial motions. The judge bluntly lectured New Yorker Heller for 10 minutes on how many of his motions were incorrect procedures for a California criminal court. Until last month, Lohan was represented by one of the region’s top defense lawyers, until Lindsay inexplicably fired Shawn Holley in favor of Heller. Dabney rejected Heller’s motion to dismiss the case and informed the attorney he had not complied with California legal requirements in asking for it. Under California state law, attorneys must file motions to dismiss during the accused’s arraignment, Dabney said; that period has already passed. Santa Monica police said the 26-year-old actress told officers she was not driving a Porsche that rear-ended a truck en route to the set of Liz & Dick . Lohan faces misdemeanor counts of reckless driving, providing false information to an officer and willfully resisting, obstructing or delaying an officer. To avoid trial on those charges, as well as violating probation on a shoplifting conviction, Lohan will have to agree to serve at least 90 days in rehab. She was not required to appear in court Friday. Santa Monica city prosecutor Terry White and Heller have discussed a settlement, but Lindsay rejected a plea deal in which she must go to rehab for 90 days. Looks like she’s going to take her chances at trial. She’s not smart, but she’s been lucky before …
Charlie Sheen wants to save Lindsay Lohan. No for real, he wants to step in and help the spiraling train wreck, and says he’s got both the credentials and credibility to make a difference in her life. Sheen says he may be her best shot, too. The actor tells TMZ, “I have a kinship with somebody [Lindsay] who clearly needs a mentor, whether she wants one or not.” “She can continue to hang out with her dress shredding club buddies , or turn to a guy who’s been down the road as well as every other side trail on the journey.” “If she listens, she’ll win. If she doesn’t, that’s on her.” Charlie and Lindsay are also friends, it’s worth noting. The duo forged a connection on the set of Scary Movie 5 , after which Charlie cut her a $100,000 check to help with her mounting tax problems. Lindsay’s now returning the favor by appearing on Anger Management , although that may be Sheen helping her again more than the other way around. She’s broke. Like big time. Things have gotten so bad financially that the $100,000 from Charlie barely made a dent, and that’s just her tax problems. Also, Charlie still claims they’ve never hooked up , “I love her, I respect her, and I’ve never laid a finger on her that wasn’t on film. How ya like me now, America?” Actually, a heck of a lot more than we used to. What do you think? Can he help Lindsay?
Lindsay Lohan has an incompetent lawyer representing her. Straight from the mouth of Judge Jim Dabney, the man in charge of her criminal case. Dabney reamed out Mark Heller, saying he was incompetent to practice law in California and Lohan has to get another lawyer who knows what he’s doing. That or waive her right to a competent California lawyer. Seriously. The judge informed Heller he screwed up the legal documents he filed by not following California law, and denied his motion to dismiss Lohan’s case. Heller tried to blame the previous lawyer, but the judge had none of it, questioning his knowledge of criminal law or competence to handle the case. To make matters worse, the California lawyer who’s sponsoring Heller to appear in LiLo’s case didn’t show up today, and the judge made note of that. Prosecutor Terry White made it clear that he’s ready for trial on March 18, where Lindsay Lohan faces jail time for lying to cops and violating probation. Quick refresher: She wrecked her car in June and said her assistant was driving, which was not true. This also triggered a probation violation, potentially. Heller pleaded that Lindsay Lohan should be shown both “mercy and compassion,” but offered little in the way of legal specifics … or competence. There was also no mention made of the ongoing plea bargain negotiations, which Lindsay has put the kibosh on so far because they involve rehab. She’s a moron , but it sounds like Heller far exceeds her in that arena.
It’s time for a public service announcement: before you get too carried away with these pictures of Bella Thorne working out in the park, I’d like to remind you that she’s still only 15, you gigantic perv. And since I don’t want to get into any trouble either, let me just say that it’s good to see our nation’s youth getting out and exercising instead of sitting in front of a computer all day. Bella will have plenty of time to do that when she gets older. » view all 12 photos Related Articles: Bella Thorne Is The New Lindsay Lohan Bella Thorne Had A Birthday Bella Thorne Will Get You Into Trouble Bella Thorne Will Get You In Trouble Even During Christmas Photos: PacificCoastNews
I come to praise Lindsay Lohan , not to bury her. Yes, you read that right. Just a few months ago, I had declared the 26-year-old actress a lost cause who had swapped a promising career for a rap sheet. And then Paul Schrader let me see The Canyons . ‘The Canyons’: A Porn Star & A Miniscule Budget Before I focus on Lohan, let me say this about the film: Despite the drawbacks of working with a miniscule, crowd-sourced $250,000 budget, and a cast that included porn star, James Deen , as its leading man, Schrader has made a taut, visually gripping movie that says some really smart things about the movie business and the Los Angelenos in their 20s who populate it today. It’s an unsentimental West-Coast Girls , done as tragedy instead of comedy. Lindsay Lohan In ‘The Canyons’: A Career-Saving Role? Anchoring the movie is a performance by Lohan that should mark the beginning of the 26-year-old actress’s path to professional redemption. Lohan plays Tara, a former struggling model/actress who’s made a Faustian bargain for a more comfortable life, and under Schrader’s shrewd direction, she gives an acrid, wounded performance that is going to change the minds of quite a few people who have written her off. “A lot of people are going to be asking, ‘What happened to the girl from Parent Trap ‘?” Schrader told me. “It’s really tough with young performers. By the time they’re 16 or 17, they have been taught that they are perfect and that everything in the world belongs to them. And then about three years later, somebody comes to them and says, ‘Okay, you have to start over again. And nothing you earned before is going to help you.’” Lohan has endured a lot of misery — much of it self-inflicted — since the giddy heights of her America’s Sweetheart days in Freaky Friday and Mean Girls, and, like Tara, she’s made some regrettable compromises, too, but her performance in The Canyons shows that she is really good at using the drama from her life to inform the character she’s playing onscreen. Her performance in The Canyons is more than a reminder that she’s got real talent: it’s an announcement that she’s ready to play complicated women instead of older ingénues. Paul Schrader Compares Lohan To Ann-Margret “This is her Ann-Margret Moment,” Schrader told me, referring to the 1960s bombshell who graduated from fizzy romantic comedies and musicals by portraying a woman in an abusive relationship in Carnal Knowledge (and earned an Oscar nomination in the process.) “When we were working, I kept noticing that Lindz was this blowsy, tough girl who, at times looked like Gena Rowlands, who, at times, looked like Ann-Margret and at times looked like Angie Dickinson.” That’s quite a compliment from the writer of Taxi Driver , The Last Temptation of Christ and the director of Auto Focus and Affliction (which he also adapted from Russell Banks’ novel) — especially since Schrader was reluctant to cast Lohan in the first place and then, as a lengthy piece in The New York Times Sunday Magazine r eported, the actress behaved like a diva on the set. But Schrader’s praise is leavened with some tough love: After noting that Lohan has got the the chops and a “mesmerizing” quality that can’t be taught in acting school, he adds: “Unfortunately, you also have to have self-discipline. And so, if she can organize her life better, I don’t see why she can’t have a career. A lot of people want to hire her. It’s just that she’s not helping them do that.” Is A Career Comeback Out Of The Question For Lindsay? In other words, it doesn’t matter who’s rooting for Lohan to make a comeback. It ain’t happening unless she gets her act together. And her track record is not exactly encouraging. As Schrader knows too well, there’s also a very loud and distracting contingent of blogosphere voices that envision only failure for Lohan. Their caustic response to Times story, which was snarkily titled Here Is What Happens When You Cast Lindsay Lohan In Your Movie , almost dashed his attempts to secure a distributor for the picture. Schrader says the cruelty of the comments leveled at Lohan and his movie surprised him. “I think that largely because of the Internet, it is now possible to publicly say things that used to be said in bars and locker rooms. We’re seeing a manifestation of vindictiveness and a viciousnessa cruelty — that’s also become evident in our political rhetoric, by the way — that was not acceptable at an earlier time.” The filmmaker says he feels “vindicated and legal” now that IFC Films has acquired rights to the picture and will release it theatrically and via VOD in the summer. Lohan could end up feeling vindicated, too. Nothing speaks louder than asses in seats, and if The Canyons finds an audience — and Lohan’s new lawyer Mark Heller keeps Lohan from going back to jail — Schrader will have given the actress her last best hope of resuming an acting career worthy of her talents. The rest is up to Lohan. And I’d like to offer this quote from the America’s original Sweetheart, the late Mary Pickford, for inspiration: “What we call failure is not the falling down but the staying down.” [ TMZ , The New York Times ] Follow Frank DiGiacomo on Twitter . Follow Movieline on Twitter . More On Lindsay Lohan & ‘The Canyons’: Lindsay Lohan In ‘The Canyons’ — The Preview Looks Pretty Terrible Lindsay Lohan: ‘The Canyons’ NY Times Piece On Making Of Paul Schrader’s Film Lindsay Lohan In ‘The Canyons’ Teaser Trailer — LiLo & James Dean Get Retro
He’s known for his sense of humor, but Andy Samberg is officially as serious as can be about Joanna Newsom. He’s engaged to his girlfriend of five years! Details on the proposal are scarce, but an insider tells Us Weekly that Samberg was smitten with the singer-songwriter before the two even met. “He liked her music and would go to her shows,” the friend told the tabloid . “He had the biggest crush on her.” Samberg left Saturday Night Live last year and will star as a detective opposite Andre Braughter in an upcoming Fox comedy written by Parks and Recreation duo Dan Goor and Mike Schur. We send our best to this happy couple!
Lindsay Lohan has been cast as a love interest for Charlie Sheen on his FX hit Anger Management . The actress will play herself in an episode of the show. Lohan will reportedly engage in a romantic relationship with Sheen’s character after becoming his therapy patient, which is hilarious for two reasons: Scary Movie 5 Trailer Charlie and Lindsay worked together on Scary Movie 5 , during which she was reportedly repulsed by sharing a love scene with him. Sheen reportedly gave the cash-strapped star A HUNDRED GRAND to help with her massive tax problems , and she never even said thanks. “I’m still waiting for a text to say, ‘Thank you.’ Anything, you know?” Charlie later said of his six-figure attempt to “pay it forward” to his co-star. Nothing says thanks like a ratings boost?
Rush Limbaugh would like to make a clarification. A day after creating a stir by saying he is ” ashamed of America ,” the conservative radio host talked in-depth Friday about exactly what he meant by that comment. Rush Limbaugh: The Left Has Won “The Left has beaten us,” Limbaugh lamented. “They have created far more low-information, unaware, uneducated people than we’ve been able to keep up with… “I’ve always had a Civics 101 view of the country: People get what they want, they vote what they want, and they get the way they vote.” Limbaugh went on to say Democrats “control the education system… pop culture, movies, TV and books” and they do it by creating “dependency,” scaring voters into believing the Right will take it all away if elected. “I’m fed up with it,” he concluded. “I can’t do it anymore…. The whole thing is shamefully absurd. I don’t know how else to say it.” What do you think of Limbaugh’s comments? Has the Left really won? Is there hope remaining for conservatives? And should both sides celebrate the possibility that Rush really is done?
Lindsay Lohan’s former assistant Gavin Doyle was issued a subpoena to testify at her probation violation trial, which is not exactly good news for the star. It was Doyle, after all, who revealed to cops that Lindsay Lohan herself was driving the Porsche that crashed on the Pacific Coast Highway back in June. Lohan reportedly lied to police and said Doyle was driving, and was thus charged with willfully resisting, obstruction, and providing false information. And reckless driving, for good measure. Lohan is still on probation for her misdemeanor jewelry theft conviction at the time of the accident, making the allegations against her a very big deal. The Los Angeles City Attorney moved to revoke Lohan’s probation in December, which could mean eight months in jail – for just the probation violation. If she were to be convicted of lying to police and obstruction as well, that could conceivably tack on more time. Long story short … she could be effed. Lindsay’s next hearing is scheduled for March 1, and Doyle is expected to testify sometime in the next two months. It’s not looking great for the actress. She’s pulled many a rabbit out of her legal hat before, yes, but in this case, she’s got her back pinned against the wall, and not in the sexy kind of way. Lindsay Lohan: Will she do time in 2013? Yes. Her luck is running out and she’s going crazy! No! She always finds a way to get out of it! View Poll »
