So it looks like Lindsay Lohan is trying to get her career back on track with a comeback of sorts – I’m not sure hosting Saturday Night Live and banging a weird old photographer can really be considered a comeback – and what better way to get back to your old self than by changing your hair color. Girls are weird. Anyway, I guess she was at her most popular back when she was a freckled face ginger and wants to get back to that Lindsay Lohan . Personally I want the drunken fire crotch Lindsay back, but I guess I don’t get any say in this decision.
Jimmy Ellis, the voice behind the dance floor anthem “Disco Inferno,” has died. He passed away Thursday in South Carolina at the age of 74. Ellis died of complications from Alzheimer’s Disease, his daughter told the New York Times . Ellis was the lead singer of the funk band The Trammps, which released several R&B singles in the 1970s, including their Top 10 mega-hit “Disco Inferno.” The Trammps – Disco Inferno With its infectious “burn, baby, burn” refrain, the song helped propel sales of the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack to 15 million, making it the second highest selling soundtrack in history (behind Whitney Houston ‘s The Bodyguard ). The band toured together until 2010, according to the Times . In addition to his daughter, Erika Stinson, Ellis is survived by his wife, Beverly, son James III, three brothers, a sister, eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. A memorial service will be held next week in Charlotte, N.C.
Jack White’s ‘Saturday Night Live’ performance proves he has awesome to spare, in Bigger Than the Sound. By James Montgomery Jack White and Lindsay Lohan on “Saturday Night Live” Photo: NBC The most distracting thing on “Saturday Night Live” this weekend wasn’t Lindsay Lohan’s face (or overall lack of preparation); it was Jack White and his general awesomeness. This is, of course, nothing new. Back in 2010, when writing about the White Stripes’ “Under Great White Northern Lights” film, I compared White to “a woodblock printer, a missionary, a wheelwright [and] a buckskin-clad frontiersman” (among other things), all of which are thoroughly awesome in their own way. Shoot, before that, I praised White for phoning a Chicago radio station — from Spain, nonetheless — to accuse them of cowardice (always awesome) after they played a leaked copy of the Stripes’ Icky Thump album. ( White subsequently rationalized the call to me thusly : “Jack White the singer and songwriter isn’t reacting to you; it’s the president of Third Man Records calling you and asking for an explanation.” And referring to yourself in the third person is most definitely awesome.) In reality, there is no end to White’s inherent awesomeness. He makes his entire road crew dress in matching suits and bowler hats. He haggled like a pro (and wore an excellent fedora) on “American Pickers.” He runs his entire Third Man empire out of a record shop/ warehouse located next to some train tracks in a less-than-desirable section of Nashville. He’s recorded with auctioneers and the Insane Clown Posse (and just about everyone else). He made the “Treat Me Like Your Mother” video. And the sentiments he expressed when announcing the end of the White Stripes — namely, “The White Stripes belong to you now and you can do with it whatever you want” — well, they were certainly incredibly awesome too. Anyway, here’s the point: As you are probably aware, next month, White will release his first solo album, Blunderbuss. And this weekend on “Saturday Night Live,” while Lohan flailed, he performed a pair of songs from that album: sublime first single “Love Interruption” and the spastic, space-truckin’ stomper “Sixteen Saltines.” They were notable for several reasons, the least of which being that, unlike the recent spate of “SNL” musical, uh, efforts — I’m looking at you, Lana Del Rey and Karmin — they were actually really good. And the pair of songs probably served as a reminder to some about White’s power and prowess. But that’s not what made them so distracting. Rather, it was the fact that, for reasons apparent only to him, White decided to bring two backing bands to the show: one all female, the other entirely male. And sure, you could probably argue that the lithe “Love Interruption” could only be played by females, while the more muscular “Sixteen Saltines” benefited from male musicians ( Noel Gallagher certainly believes both of these things to be true ). In fact, that might actually be why White did it, though I’d prefer to think that he had another reason: Because he is awesome. From his earliest days, White has excelled at turning the most minute of details into the most important of points: everything from the Stripes’ unflagging color scheme to the “official tartans” the band had made for their “aluminum anniversary” (that’s 10 years, FYI). It’s sort of what makes him stand out from his rock-star contemporaries — he genuinely seems to care about stuff like connecting the dots and cultivating a mystique. And his “SNL” stunt is just the latest example of this; not only were his backing bands uniform in their sex, they wore color-coordinated, outfits too. Is there anyone else who would go to these lengths, for no particular reason? Of course not. And yet, the best thing about White is the fact that, even though we’ve come to expect the unexpected from him, we’re always surprised by what he does. Or how effortlessly he seems to do it. Blowing the likes of Lana Del Rey off the “SNL” stage isn’t difficult, but doing it with style to spare — well, that’s something else entirely. It’s awesome. And it’s inherently Jack White. He’s back and badder than ever, with two new bands at his disposal. For his next trick, perhaps he’ll try to revive Lohan’s career — and who knows? He might even succeed. What do you think of White’s latest incarnation? Let us know in the comments! Related Artists Jack White Lindsay Lohan
Mila Kunis is hoping for her tiny lil cakes to become a tad bit juicier: Mila Kunis may have weighed a pin-thin 95 lbs. for her role as Lily in Black Swan, and the actress says she’s still struggling to get back the figure she lost two years ago. Drastically shedding the weight to play a perfectionist New York City ballerina, Kunis, 28, tells Harper’s Bazaar that her post-movie bod “has never been the same.” “My shape is different. When I got down to 95 pounds, I was muscles, like a little brick house, but skin and bones. When I gained it back, it went to completely different areas,” the actress tells Harper’s. “All the weight that left my chest went to my side hip, my stomach.” And while most women would think otherwise, Kunis doesn’t view her rear as a trouble spot. “I’d be happy if my ass got bigger,” she said. A self-proclaimed homebody, Kunis says she’d much rather stay at home on the couch and eat leftovers and drink wine than hit the Hollywood party circuit. “I don’t go out very often. I prefer to stay home and have a nice little beverage and watch television,” says Kunis, a Top Chef devotee. “My glass of wine and I are besties.” Check out a few pics from her spread below: Source Terry Richardson/Harper’s Bazaar More On Bossip! EXCLUSIVE: Mike Epps’ Daughter Bria Monae Speaks To Bossip About Her Father’s Threats, Drug Use, Deadbeat Steez, And His OTHER Secret Love Child!!! Exhibitionists PT 2: The Most Revealing Celebrity Twitpics Of All Time Stop The Violence: Ex G-UNIT Member Young Buck Shot At 11 Times In Homicidal Drive-By Bling Bling For Love: 10 Huge And Unforgettable Celebrity Engagement Rings
Lindsay Lohan has a rough Saturday…so how did she deal with it? Well, actually…she stayed sober! Apparently, Lohan didn’t care if her Saturday Night Live performance was all kinds of doo doo butter as she partied the night away. However, and just as importantly, she managed to party without getting drunk as she’s apparently really dedicated to her sobriety. Go figure. After the show ended, Lindsay, her guests and the cast and crew headed to Kibo, a Japanese restaurant in New York’s Gramercy area, where Lindsay went from table to table thanking everyone. “It was such a huge celebration at the after-party,” a guest told me. “No one wanted to leave. Around 3:00 a.m., folks started to say goodnight after Lindsay worked the room, making it clear that she was back. Not drinking, but rather enjoying being back in the limelight doing something good, not bad.” “Good” is obviously a subjective term because um, her performance was nothing short of brutal. But we’re glad she stayed sober! Pic via WENN More On Bossip! EXCLUSIVE: Mike Epps’ Daughter Bria Monae Speaks To Bossip About Her Father’s Threats, Drug Use, Deadbeat Steez, And His OTHER Secret Love Child!!! Exhibitionists PT 2: The Most Revealing Celebrity Twitpics Of All Time Stop The Violence: Ex G-UNIT Member Young Buck Shot At 11 Times In Homicidal Drive-By Bling Bling For Love: 10 Huge And Unforgettable Celebrity Engagement Rings
Lindsay Lohan, Dina Lohan, Seth Meyers, Jill Zarin, Rachel Dratch, and Stephen Baldwin were all spotted at Kibo Japanese Grill where “Saturday Night Live” hosted a special after party even in honor of Lindsay Lohan hosting their show on Saturday, March 03, 2012. “Like” us on Facebook @ facebook.com
Lindsay Lohan hosted Saturday Night Live last night, and … meh. We wouldn’t say she bombed last by any means, but we expected better. Maybe all the hype and expectations were just too much, or the show itself just isn’t that good. In any case, it left something to be desired from start to finish. Lindsay Lohan Saturday Night Live Opening Monologue Several late changes – such as ditching a singing monologue in favor of one with cameos from Jimmy Fallon and Jon Hamm (above) – may not have helped matters. Some critics and fans are calling it an epic fail ( EW asks in its headline if she was the worst host all season), but people are also predisposed to hate on Lohan. Linds did look a bit tired, worn out and nervous, but that’s to be expected, and she can’t take all the blame for mediocre skits. Do you agree? Vote in our poll: Lindsay Lohan as SNL host: How’d she do?
Negative speculation and prognostication has been brewing for months for Disney’s sci-fi actioner John Carter thanks to dismal tracking and rumors of bloated budgets, but Disney’s finally released their review embargo for the March 9 would-be blockbuster. So what’s the early buzz from the first critiques of Andrew Stanton ‘s take on the Edgar Rice Burroughs saga, about a Civil War veteran named John Carter ( Taylor Kitsch ) who lands in the middle of a civil war on Mars? Given the naysaying hype, the first batch of reviews are surprisingly… positive. Well, mixed positive, for the most part — critics agree on many of the film’s strengths, from the well-crafted CG world of Barsoom (that’s Mars, to us humans) to the spirited action sequences Pixar veteran Stanton has pulled off. (Look for Movieline’s John Carter review to post next week.) ” Some of the stuff that Stanton pulls off in John Carter is mind-blowing ,” enthuses Badass Digest’s Devin Faraci . ” There are a few sequences that feel simply classic, like we’ll be referring to them for years to come. There’s one scene, where John Carter stands alone (well, with Woola) against a rampaging army of nine foot tall, four armed Tharks, that is an all-timer. ” Speaking of those Tharks — the four-armed green Martian warriors that first enslave John Carter and force him to fight for them — Stanton’s CG background directing Finding Nemo and Wall-E seems to have helped him create believable, dimensional characters with a combination of CG animation and performance capture. HitFix’s Drew McWeeney was particularly impressed by the CG-heavy characters. ” The Tharks, led here by Tars Tarkas (Willem Dafoe), are compelling creations ,” he writes . ” By a few scenes into their time onscreen, I stopped thinking about the technical trick involved in bringing them to life and simply accepted them as real .” Meanwhile, actress Lynn Collins drew high marks for her portrayal of Martian princess Dejah Thoris, a science-minded warrior princess who serves as Carter’s romantic foil while holding her own with her smarts and her sword. ” Lynn Collins’s feisty Dejah Thoris is the best kick-ass sci-fi princess since Leia, and she looks stunning too with her Martian tattoos ,” says SFX Magazine . In addition to potentially launching young teenage boys into puberty with her sensual, revealing costumes (the skimpiness of which Dejah at least acknowledges with a wink), she’s one of the better-written and unusually strong female characters to come along in genre filmmaking in a while. Or, as Faraci declares : ” Dejah Thoris is the best female character in science fiction/fantasy cinema since Ripley. ” But the critics also agree where John Carter ‘s flaws are concerned — for instance, the sprawling, often-unwieldy scope of its story and the clumsy way in which Stanton and Co. filter it down to a dense (maybe too-dense) feature-length runtime. Part of the problem lies in compacting Burroughs’ Princess of Mars novel down to one feature-length script while juggling the many moving parts — John Carter’s Civil War past, the mechanics of his Mars-aided powers, the political machinations between the two warring city-states of Zodanga and Helium, the omnipotent Tharks who walk among them pulling the strings, the warrior culture of the Tharks, and an Earth-bound framing device involving Carter’s nephew, Edgar Rice Burroughs, phew! — while additionally attempting to set the stage for sequels to come. ” Amidst the CGI environments and constant plot machinations, the story veers between interesting, boring and borderline incomprehensible ,” said Fan the Fire Magazine . ” There are moments when the film soars, only to stall and sputter on a well-meaning but extraneous –- or overlong -– character moment ,” complains SFX Magazine , adding that ” lengthy exposition scenes and Martian politics are hampered by cod pomposity and the dreaded ‘silly-made-up-sci-fi-words’ disease. ” Ultimately, if audiences react as CinemaBlend’s Sean O’Connell did, Disney’s biggest problem on March 9 will reflect its early tracking woes from weeks ago: Viewer indifference. ” The bulk of Carter [is] a tough slog, despite some decent performances and the admirable introduction of a tough-as-nails action heroine in Collins ,” O’Connell writes. ” Arid, barren Barsoom is a dull environment for a sci-fi blockbuster, and the consequences of the conflicts happening on screen are small. John Carter just never pulled me in .” Read more on John Carter here.
Will Ferrell movies can usually be summed up as “Will Ferrell as a…” and you get it. Will Ferrell as a reporter? That’s funny. Will Ferrell as a NASCAR driver? Also funny. But Will Ferrell as a Spanish soap opera action hero? Casa de mi Padre is a Spanish language film starring Ferrell as a rancher’s son who goes to war with drug dealers to protect his brother’s girl (Genesis Rodriguez). Where, exactly, did he come up with this idea? At the film’s press junket today, Ferrell said he’d had this idea for five to seven years. The inspiration struck him, as such ideas do, during a 2:00 a.m. channel surfing session. “I’m probably like so many people, turning on the television going through the channels at two in the morning and landing on a telenovela going, ‘What is this? Why are they so over the top? This is amazing,’” Ferrell said. “That’s my exposure to them. I’d always had this idea of that’s such a heightened, funny world that it would be really funny to see myself in that world. I thought God, you’ve never seen an American comic in a foreign language film and have them commit to it in a way that’s believable. I thought that’s something if you could pull it off, that would be an original movie.” The TV dramas that pop up on Univision or Telemundo in the states take the drama pretty seriously. You can tell Ferrell thinks it’s funny by all the intentional mistakes (continuity errors, visible boom mics, stuffed animatronic animals and mannequin stand-ins) intentionally placed in Casa de mi Padre , which is written by Andrew Steele and directed by Matt Piedmont, both alumni of Saturday Night Live and Funny or Die . “It technically really isn’t an homage to telenovelas,” Ferrell said. “Telenovela is kind of the broad description for it but it’s an homage to that, it’s an homage to the Mexican spaghetti western. It’s an homage to bad moviemaking, continuity mistakes. It’s an homage to overacting. It’s an homage to stuffed wild animals. Once we started writing the script and talking about how we were going to shoot the movie, we saw this was a real opportunity to play around with a bunch of different elements.” The script by Steele was written in English, then the dialogue translated into Spanish. Ferrell only speaks en espanol ; only an American character delivers a few lines of English. Of course, now Ferrell only remembers the naughty words. “ Chingado is a good one,” he said. “I love that word. Chinga this, chinga that. That’s a good word, but that’s commonly used. Chinga is the F word.” Ferrell got over the language barrier on his first day of filming. “For some reason the schedule worked out to where I literally had like a two page monologue in Spanish on the first day. Once I got the first couple takes under my belt, and I could see people watching behind the monitors going, ‘His Spanish is okay. It’s not that bad.’ Then I thought oh, okay. I’m going to make my way through this. Had I kept up with the Spanish, I’d be really good right now. But I didn’t. I could make my way at a resort. At the Four Seasons in Mexico I’d probably be okay.” Fulfilling his dream of starring in a Spanish language melodrama, Ferrell was proud to use his box office clout to get an outrageous film made. “This ranks up there as one of the things I’ve gotten to do which you can only be so lucky to be in a position to take risks like this.” Casa de mi Padre opens March 16. Watch the trailer here . Follow Fred Topel on Twitter . Follow Movieline on Twitter .
Fuck LINDSAY LOHAN and the media blitz she’s getting for being on Saturday Night Live….also known as the most depressing show on TV….cuz it means you are sitting at home on a Saturday night…waiting for a depressing fucking sunday….well now they done gone made it worse…sadder….unless you’re like me and you love sad, depressing, horrible things so much you want to fuck it right in her bloated fucking pig face, cartoon character cheeks like you were Sam Ronson’s skinny jeaned dick…… Either way, this Lohan face looks like it’s got a mind of it’s own…a mind I wish was rimming my fucking ass.
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