It has been quite some time since I last saw my favorite Hollywood wild child, Lindsay Lohan, on the big screen (and even on small ones; I miss seeing her sober and well-groomed, unlike all the paparazzi photos of her either drunk or stoned). And I've never really investigated or looked around as to what she was up to. Just recently, I received an assignment requiring me to write a 500-word article on Lindsay Lohan and her efforts to do a comeback in 2012. We are all well-aware of her ins and outs of rehab, occasional nightclub brawls, DUI, social drugs, and all those stuff that merited her to become the new poster child for "Hollywood kid stars gone astray." But hey, life's all good for LiLo---I think.
While doing routine research, I bumped into a lot of things, among which are the following: her recent addiction to facial fillers (I didn't even know there was such a thing; Lohan filler story here), the trouble LiLo has with a Las Vegas tanning salon (apparently, she owes $40,000 worth of sunkissed-skin tanning sessions; please note that a judge has ordered her to pay up 9 months ago!), and this thing about Lindsay finding her "dick."
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| Little Miss Plump Face in NYC (Feb 2012) Photo credits: www.usmagazine.com |
The latter did not disturb me in any way. People were on her back for so long that I had initially thought the issue was about her finding a boy toy (yes, with emphasis on "boy," considering her past relationship with lesbian DJ Samantha Ronson). To my surprise, I realized that what they were talking about was LiLo finding the perfect actor to fill the role of Richard "Dick" Burton in her upcoming TV movie Liz & Dick.
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| Grant Bowler as Dick Burton in Liz & Dick. Photo courtesy of GettyImages |
Liz & Dick tackles the utterly colorful lovelife of the beautiful Elizabeth Taylor, but focuses mainly on her "tempestuous relationship with Burton, her sometime co-star and two-time husband" (Gossip Cop). Production begins next week, June 4.
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| Promotional poster for Liz & Dick. |
Being a LiLo fan has been somewhat shameful on my part, but I can't help it! So I guess you can safely assume that I will be on the edge of my seat until October this year when the TV movie is released (or a little bit longer since I live in this third-world country and yeah, it sucks; or I may never get to see this because it is "not available in [my] region"). I'm so excited to see Lindsay back on track. I have always loved this mean drama queen, and her "rowdy" lifestyle hasn't discouraged me even one bit.
See you in October, LiLo!
