<![CDATA[Gawker: defamer, lohan fuckagewatch]]> http://tags.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/gawker.com.png <![CDATA[Gawker: defamer, lohan fuckagewatch]]> http://gawker.com/tag/defamer/lohanfuckagewatch http://gawker.com/tag/defamer/lohanfuckagewatch <![CDATA[Fans, Coreys Offer Opinions On The Lohan Mess]]> lohan-mugshot-z.jpgLast week's wall-to-wall coverage of Lindsay Lohan's spectacular transformation from mostly harmless, self-destructive fun-time girl to alleged hostage-taking, assistant-stalking Denali drag-racer provided ample opportunities for various experts to weigh in on the degree of legal and career fuckage she may have suffered as a result of her latest DUI arrest. Today, however, Good Morning America largely eschews the opinions of so-called professionals in favor of those whose area of expertise is limited to a single pursuit: mindlessly consuming anything to which Lohan's name is attached. GMA's nonscientific, random sampling of I Know Who Killed Me ticket-buyers revealed a mixture of disappointment in the current product tempered by a delusional faith in the actress's abilities:

"There is so much controversy about Lindsay Lohan, I just want to see if her abilities are still intact," one moviegoer said. [...]

"I hope she can pull herself together," another fan said. "This movie wasn't that great and I hope in the future she might come out with better movies."


With these fans' thoughts on the record, the GMA crew then turned to two of the most accomplished child-actor fuck-ups of the 1980s for their perspective on the Lohan flameout:

It's a possible fate 1980s teen stars Corey Feldman and Corey Haim know firsthand. Their movie roles dried up as they struggled with addiction.

"I see a version of me that is female and younger, and I just hope that she catches it now," Haim said.

Feldman said the actress should focus on her health.

"All that should be on Lindsay's shoulders or anybody right at this moment is, 'I need to get myself healthy,'" he said.

The blueprint for Lohan's survival, both personal and professional, has been clearly drawn by the Two Coreys: Take a decade or two off from the Hollywood grind to get one's shit together, then pray that basic cable network looking for some easy publicity will set her up with a reality show, perhaps one where Lohan invites her onetime SUV-bound prisoners to crash on her couch as a camera crew documents their lightly scripted attempts at healing the wounds of the past.


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<![CDATA[How Fucked Is Lindsay Lohan?: Acting Career Edition]]> lohan-brillstein.jpgWhile yesterday afternoon's Lohan FuckageWatch focused exclusively on the legal ramifications of the regrettable incidents of early Morning morning, today we plunge the business end of our ice-cold Fuckometer into the haunches of her career to discover the degree of professional damage the actress may have suffered following her arrest. Today's NY Times liberates troubled-talent managing legend Bernie Brillstein from the "In Case Of Emergency Need Of Sound-Bite Concerning Self-Destructive Stars, Break Glass" container in which he patiently waits for a new crisis, and is repaid with this money quote about the Lohan situation:

"I hope they put her in jail for as long as they can," said Bernie Brillstein, whose company has represented John Belushi and Chris Farley. "Maybe she'll realize how serious it is. I believe she's uninsurable. And when you're uninsurable in this town, you're done."

Indeed, there is virtually no word in the industry invoked with such hushed reverence as "uninsurable," a label that can sentence a once-hot individual to the Phantom Zone of Unacceptable Liability for the duration of his or her best earning years. But fortunately for Lohan, her handlers seem to have foreseen such a potential crisis, and have adequately diversified her talent portfolio; should the actress find herself unable to find movie work while this ugly, overblown DUI mess fades from the memory of studio actuaries, she can always use the downtime to devote more attention to her promising, if recently neglected, music career.

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