Mean (drunk) Girls
Okay, troubled Mean Girls star Lindsay Lohan has again been nicked for drink-driving (as the British tabs and the IMDb news say). I’d say this is probably it for her career-wise.
What is probably going to happen next is she is going to be come “unbondable.” When hired for big productions, most major creative talent– especially ones with interesting social lives– must post completion bonds and pass health and drug test before greenlighting so the studios or investors can be assured of at least getting the whole film in the can.
Aaron Sorkin made fictionalized hay out of this stipulation in the pilot of “Studio 60 On The Sunset Strip.” He was writing his own drug-related difficulties into the story, but his inside perspective on movie business indemnification was interesting. Unlike the rest of the show.
Lohan is probably uninsurable now, at least as far as big-budget films go. If this is indeed so that means, practically speaking, she’s out of show biz.
This last fracas had her chasing down a woman in a Cadillac Escalade (US$50,000) in her Yukon Denali (US$45,000). What is this, clash of the SUVs?
At least Lohan is going down-market a bit with her rides– the DUI accident that got her nailed last time involved wrecking a 2005 Mercedes-Benz SL65, a 600-horsepower AMG conversion with a sticker price of over US$160,000. Wow.
Maybe if she is going to continue her DUI hobby, she could save money by switching to a Kia or something. God knows she should start watching her money.
Killer mug shot, huh? The image finally fits the deed.
–Skot C
July 25th, 2007 at 5:37 am
It certainly doesn’t mean she’s out of showbiz! Look at that Robert Downey Jr. fellah. What it means is until she cleans up, she’s in a terrible negotiating position. Look for occasional art pictures a la Downey, or myriad crap pictures a la Jan Michael Vincent. More cameos too, because you can’t sink a production if you only have one day’s work on it.
I agree, it’s the best mugshot since Tom DeLay.
July 25th, 2007 at 6:27 am
Alright, alright– I’m using my BIG, unqualified Blogger voice. The qualified version: “Lindsay Lohan is, until some unspecified point in the future when she becomes a responsible person, finished opening movies.”
See how dull that reads? It’s better to bloviate and peddle innuendo. That’s the high standard of ersatz journalism the blogosphere needs to uphold.
More details via IMDb: The woman Lohan was chasing down was a personal assistant who had quit on her hours before! How fun is that?