It's been barely a week since news broke that Lindsay Lohan's guest stint on Ugly Betty was cut short due to drama on the set, and now she has another botched job on her hands: She's been cut from hosting the World Music Awards in Monaco next weekend.
Apparently the walking disaster hosted the WMAs in 2006, when she proceeded to screw up her lines and call Beyonce to the stage while the singer was still getting her hair done. The producers had a mild case of amnesia and decided the "actress" was so "hot" at the moment that she would be the perfect host. They called in former Desperate Housewives tool Jesse Metcalfe for backup, but LiLo threw a fit because the spotlight wouldn't be totally on her.
In the end, "it was decided by both parties it was better if she pulled out," which means the producers wised up and Lindsay pouted and acted like she didn't want to host the awards in the first place.
Her replacement? Denise Richards. Yeah, that's a step up.
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'BETTY' FIRING WAS FINAL NAIL IN LOHAN CAREER COFFIN "Lindsay Lohan’s professional life is only getting uglier, so to speak, since news broke that Lohan’s stint on 'Ugly Betty' is being cut short because of tension on the set. According to multiple sources, after 'Betty,' Lohan doesn’t have any lucrative projects lined up, and she’s not on the short list for any roles, either. 'It’s over for Lindsay,' said one well-placed Lohan source. 'She’s got no film work, after this (‘Ugly Betty’ news) she’s not going to land TV jobs; I hear she’s tried to get on ‘Dancing With the Stars’ and can’t.'" (emphasis ours)
DIVA-ISH LOHAN'S 'BETTY' GIG AXED EARLY "It got so ugly on the set of 'Ugly Betty' between Lindsay Lohan and the popular ABC show's star, America Ferrera, that Lohan was cut from an agreed-upon six episodes to four. One production source said, 'It was a mess.' … One episode, titled 'Granny Pants,' was about how Lohan, playing Betty's high school nemesis, would 'de-pants' Ferrera. But Ferrera exacts her revenge and pulls down Lohan's pants instead. 'Lindsay wasn't wearing any underwear,' the source said. But a Lohan pal fumed, 'Bullshit! Lindsay wears underwear all the time now. She was wearing a G-string. And it was America's fault. They were rehearsing the scene and America wasn't supposed to pull Lindsay's pants down - but she did. Lindsay was so embarrassed, she started crying.' … The pal blames Ferrera for any issues, saying, 'America was mean to Lindsay. Producers give her too much power. Lindsay didn't do the last two episodes because America didn't like her and got her kicked off.'"
Despite the fact that Hills alum Whitney Port scored her own reality TV spin-off, The City, the NYC paparazzi are still unsure as to who exactly this girl is. Behold the WireImage description of Whit at Us Weekly's Hot Hollywood party, who is identified as "Guest," while her lesser known co-star, Olivia Palermo, was easily named. This can not bode well for the budding fashionista, especially during a time when both Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt can be picked out of a crowd by most Americans.
Other stars deemed "hot" by the tabloid included the High School Musical kiddos, a few Gossip Girls (and boys), America's Next Top Tranny Model Jaslene, some Ugly Bettys and Patti LaBelle. Sounds a little lukewarm to us.
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TV AUDIENCES CONTINUE TO DWINDLE "Every season premiere Thursday night drew a lower rating than last fall, as returning favorites such as ABC's 'Grey's Anatomy,' CBS' 'Survivor' and NBC's 'The Office' tripped across the board. ABC firmly won the night, as expected. Its two-hour fifth season premiere of 'Grey's Anatomy' (18.5 million viewers, 7.4 national adults 18 to 49 rating and an 18 share) was the evening's highest-rated and most-watched show, with each half hour growing in the Nielsens. Yet 'Grey's' was down 17% from last fall’s one-hour opener. Lead-in 'Ugly Betty' (9.8 million, 3.3/9) slipped 15%, marking its lowest-rated debut to date."
Why buy the cow when its way of life is so reliant upon you that it can't leave, despite the fact that you rob it blind? That's apparently the abusive husband-like thinking of the city of Los Angeles, which continues to watch shows formerly filmed in its borders – Ugly Betty, In Treatment – head east after failing to offer film and television productions tax breaks comparable to those of New York City.
LA has always sucked, but it's going to suck even more if visitors driving around and looking at it can't every 20 minutes go, "Hey, that's that building from that one movie." According to the numbers, that's happening quite frequently these days. The mayor's office estimates that in just five months since the city of New York enacted their massive tax breaks, city-based shoots have contributed $505 million more in spending than they did during the same time last year.
And New York's not the only city wising up to how profitable playing nice with the movie stars is:
WAS IT A LEGGINGS CHALLENGE? "When Project Runway returns on Lifetime in 2009, [Lindsay Lohan] will sit in the guest judge's chair for the season premiere. According to Access Hollywood, the 22-year-old — who has been in New York City recently shooting episodes of ABC's Ugly Betty — filmed the premiere episode on Thursday."
• Seriously, how do people like this get through life without being beaten to death? [INO]
• A new book of sex scandal stories about dead famous people will be released soon. Rest in shame! [DListed]
• Surprisingly, prima donna actors are having a difficult time on the set of Nailed, a film by David O Russel, the director known to call his actors and actresses "cunts." [PS]
• Kiefer Sutherland looks to be off the sauce. Good for him, bad for Anheuser-Busch. [CityRag]
• Kate Hudson and Owen Wilson have again broken up. Wah wah. [Yeeeah]
• America Ferrera, on moving Ugly Betty filming to New York: "I’m excited. I’m a little nervous too. New Yorkers are really cool." And don't you forget it, hippie! [ICYDK]
New York's new tax breaks for film and television productions already have camera crews sprouting like Pinkberrys all over Manhattan, meaning this summer could be perfect for heckling actors until they punch us and we call our lawyer. (We're back, baby!)
Of course, as is always the case, one man's fortune is another man's shit luck. Much as we despise Hollywood types, it's terrible that they're finding it harder and harder to get work.
That's why we're publishing the full-page ad the recently fired production crew of Ugly Betty took out in tomorrow's Variety. We love New York and want her citizens to live well, but we're always in for some righteous Schwarzenegger bashing.
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NY BEATS LA YET AGAIN "ABC's 'Ugly Betty' is about to get a make-over that has nothing to do with Betty's bushy eyebrows or shiny braces. The production is planning to pack its designer bags and leave Los Angeles for the Big Apple, where the fictional Mode magazine where Betty works as an assistant to an emotionally needy editor is supposed to be based. Cast and crew members learned of the move at a meeting Monday … About two-thirds of the show's 150 crew members … are expected to lose their jobs. … Two weeks ago, New York's governor signed into law a bill that tripled the amount of the state's film tax credit. Feature films, television series, pilots, and TV movies and miniseries that complete at least 75% of their stage work at a qualified production facility are eligible for a 35% refundable tax credit."
• Selfish prick Al Sharpton figures the best way to protest the acquittal of the three police officers who killed Sean Bell is by "shutting down" New York City, home to 8 million people with lives and issues of their own. Thanks, Al. [SH]
• "One actor asked the woman why she loves [Clay Aiken] so much, she answered the only way a crazed Claymate would answer, 'He is the Savior.'" [DListed]
• According to the gays, Ugly Betty is the best comedy on television. Blue Collar TV was robbed again! [PS]
• What does Elizabeth Hurley do? Is she a model? Is she a zombie? [HT]
• James Bwunt huwt his wittew fingew! [INO]
• The Iceman is melting. (We don't know how we do it. It just comes to us.) [ICYDK]
• Heather Locklear was caught momentarily making an unattractive face. Now everyone's making fun of her. Being famous sure is awesome, huh? [Yeeeah]
• Reese Witherspoon has cut out her plastic bag consumption, which is nice of her. [CityRag]
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