Monday, November 22, 2010

Lindsay Lohan out as star in Lovelace biopic


NOT PLAYING Linda Lovelace may be the best thing that ever happened to Lindsay Lohan.
Aside from rehab, that is.

Although Tattle was unconvinced the Lovelace biopic "Inferno" was ever going to happen - with or without Lindsay - writer-director Matthew Wilder now says his production team is negotiating with another actress and will make an announcement soon.

(People magazine says Malin Akerman of "The Heartbreak Kid" has agreed to take on the role.)

With any casting change there's always oodles of speculation, but casts change in movies that haven't been greenlit more often than Lindsay changes lawyers.

Some media reports say Lindsay quit to focus on her court-ordered rehab for drug addiction (that's Lindsay's version); others say Wilder wanted her replaced as she may have been uninsurable (that's his version).

Whatever the reason, Lindsay can now try to get a role in a sitcom like we've been suggesting - she needs to do something light - and try to get her career back on track with regular hours and regular castmates plus an opportunity to live at home and go to rehab meetings.

Lindsay is expected to be in rehab in Southern California until at least Jan. 3.

Another positive for Lindsay is that she and her annoying, fame-whore father, Michael, seem to be making progress.

According to TMZ.com, father and daughter spent the entire week together at the Betty Ford Clinic as part of family week. Each attended therapy sessions, first individually and then together.

TMZ says Michael, Lindsay and Betty Ford counselors want Lindsay's annoying, fame-whore mother, Dina, to join them for sessions at next month's family week.

So far no word from Dina except that she doesn't want to attend any sessions with Michael.

If ever two people needed sessions together . . .

As for Thanksgiving, since Lindsay will not be allowed to leave California, TMZ says she'll be talking turkey with her daddy.

Michael wants Dina and the other Lohan kids to join them, but Dina is not yet ready for detente.

Besides, having the two of them and a carving instrument in the same room seems unnecessarily risky.

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