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Lindsay Lohan’s Legal Shenanigans Have Cost Taxpayers ‘Millions,’ Says Expert

Ridiculously, obscenely short four-hour jail sentences notwithstanding, Lindsay Lohan ‘s legal woes have cost more than just her professional respectability and reputation; one expert guesstimates that the actress’s 20+ court appearances have wasted “millions” for the people of California. “It has likely cost taxpayers millions of dollars,” attorney Vikki Ziegler told Fox News. “It costs tens of thousands of dollars per court appearance for all the clerks, the security, and those court reporters who get paid by the page,” adds former federal prosecutor Michael Wildes. “Plus it diverts the administration of justice for other matters.” Truth . Besides, how can anyone get on processing Kim Kardashian’s divorce when LiLo keeps hogging the spotlight? [ FoxNews ]

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Lindsay Lohan’s Legal Shenanigans Have Cost Taxpayers ‘Millions,’ Says Expert

Weekend Receipts: Puss in Boots Claws its Way Back to First

Listen closely and you can hear the womp wooommp coming out of Universal HQ from miles away — that’s the refrain of the day as Tower Heist underperformed its way into second place behind the incredibly resilient Shrek spinoff Puss in Boots . Faring as well as could be reasonably expected in both films’ shadows, find the latest Harold & Kumar installment. Your Weekend Receipts are here.

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Clint Eastwood’s Brawl Lessons, and Other Revelations from the J. Edgar Press Conference

At the press conference for J. Edgar , which premiered last night at AFI Fest to mixed, often hilarious reviews , stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Armie Hammer and Naomi Watts joined director Clint Eastwood, screenwriter Dustin Lance Black and producer Brian Grazer fielded questions about the very issues that make the biopic seem difficult to make: the ambiguity surrounding both Hoover and his confidants’ personal lives. Movieline culled the best five quotes from the panel, one of which involves 81-year-old Eastwood’s on-set brawling.

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John Cho on A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas, Meeting the World’s Leaders, and Talking Basketball with the President

The sweetest feel-good flick of the holiday season may well be the one about two ex-BFFs, who’d once gone in search of White Castle sliders and tangled with Homeland Security, who reunite on Christmas Eve to hunt down the perfect fir, crossing paths with drug-sniffing babies, Ukrainian gangsters, and a sweater-clad Danny Trejo along the way. Stoner heroes Harold and Kumar have come a long way since 2004 — and so has co-star John Cho , who sat down with Movieline recently to talk H&K, career moves, and his encounters with the likes of U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and President Obama.

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John Cho on A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas, Meeting the World’s Leaders, and Talking Basketball with the President

John Cho on A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas, Meeting the World’s Leaders, and Talking Basketball with the President

The sweetest feel-good flick of the holiday season may well be the one about two ex-BFFs, who’d once gone in search of White Castle sliders and tangled with Homeland Security, who reunite on Christmas Eve to hunt down the perfect fir, crossing paths with drug-sniffing babies, Ukrainian gangsters, and a sweater-clad Danny Trejo along the way. Stoner heroes Harold and Kumar have come a long way since 2004 — and so has co-star John Cho , who sat down with Movieline recently to talk H&K, career moves, and his encounters with the likes of U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and President Obama.

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John Cho on A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas, Meeting the World’s Leaders, and Talking Basketball with the President

First Look: Bill Murray is FDR in Hyde Park on Hudson

The first image of Bill Murray as Franklin Delano Roosevelt has emerged from the behind the scenes of Hyde Park on Hudson , director Roger Michell’s tale of the great president’s royal visitors (and concurrent extramarital dalliance) in 1939. “”I wouldn’t have done it without him,” said Michell of the long “dance” to get Murray. “But after a year of waiting, I received a wonderful text that said, ‘Yes, I’ll do it.'” And here you have it. Chime in with your thoughts after a browse through the rest of today’s Buzz Break.

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First Look: Bill Murray is FDR in Hyde Park on Hudson

First Look: Bill Murray is FDR in Hyde Park on Hudson

The first image of Bill Murray as Franklin Delano Roosevelt has emerged from the behind the scenes of Hyde Park on Hudson , director Roger Michell’s tale of the great president’s royal visitors (and concurrent extramarital dalliance) in 1939. “”I wouldn’t have done it without him,” said Michell of the long “dance” to get Murray. “But after a year of waiting, I received a wonderful text that said, ‘Yes, I’ll do it.'” And here you have it. Chime in with your thoughts after a browse through the rest of today’s Buzz Break.

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First Look: Bill Murray is FDR in Hyde Park on Hudson

First Look: Bill Murray is FDR in Hyde Park on Hudson

The first image of Bill Murray as Franklin Delano Roosevelt has emerged from the behind the scenes of Hyde Park on Hudson , director Roger Michell’s tale of the great president’s royal visitors (and concurrent extramarital dalliance) in 1939. “”I wouldn’t have done it without him,” said Michell of the long “dance” to get Murray. “But after a year of waiting, I received a wonderful text that said, ‘Yes, I’ll do it.'” And here you have it. Chime in with your thoughts after a browse through the rest of today’s Buzz Break.

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Caption This Winners Announced for Movieline’s Immortals Premiere Ticket Giveaway

Thanks to all who entered Movieline’s Caption This contest for the chance to attend the L.A. premiere of Tarsem’s Immortals — after the jump, see which entries won over Movieline’s editors with their snappy stylings. And remember, each winner gets a pair of tickets to the premiere, so it’s not too late to lobby them to bring you as their plus-one. Just sayin’. Read your winning captions after the jump.

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Caption This Winners Announced for Movieline’s Immortals Premiere Ticket Giveaway

Caption This Winners Announced for Movieline’s Immortals Premiere Ticket Giveaway

Thanks to all who entered Movieline’s Caption This contest for the chance to attend the L.A. premiere of Tarsem’s Immortals — after the jump, see which entries won over Movieline’s editors with their snappy stylings. And remember, each winner gets a pair of tickets to the premiere, so it’s not too late to lobby them to bring you as their plus-one. Just sayin’. Read your winning captions after the jump.

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Caption This Winners Announced for Movieline’s Immortals Premiere Ticket Giveaway