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Friday
27Mar2009

Lohan's 'Labor Pains' Bounced to Cable, DVD

DateFriday, March 27, 2009 at 8:07AM
A few days ago, we ran a story about Lindsay Lohan desperately trying to gain respectability as an actress. Tough to do when her behavior remains as erratic as it is, but she says she's talking to Sean Penn and wants to do something with Seth Rogen and on and on and on.

I said at the time that if she wants to work so badly, prove it. She's nobody's idea of a great actress, although she showed flickers in Freaky Friday and Mean Girls. But that was a long time ago. Nobody is going to hitch their wagon to Lohan version 2.0. What she needs to do is build a reputation for doing solid supporting work and not being a terrible nuisance, two things she has yet to prove.

To make matters worse for LiLo, the actress' most recent flick, the phony pregnancy comedy Labor Pains, will probably not make it to a theater near you. That's right: She's unconscioulsy emulating the Jessica Simpson strategy. Instead of the megaplexes, Labor Pains will hit cable for a little bit this summer and then wind up on DVD.

Ouch.

But in case you're thinking that HBO or Showtime gobbled this up, Lohan should be so lucky. The rights have been sold to ABC Family to run in July, typically one of the worst months for TV viewing all year. The production company said the film might be shown in ten theaters for a limited time, which is less a theatrical run and more a contractual obligation.

There are two ways Lohan can handle the news: The way she's handled everything else in the past five years, or as a professional, one who has learned to roll with the punches and who realizes that as hard as it is to make it to the top, it's that much harder to stay there. And then maybe she'll look around Hollywood and notice that even among the very successful actors, they had some lean years. So she can either dig herself a deeper hole or steadily work her way out of it.

AuthorColin Boyd | | in | Print ArticlePrint Article | | Comment1 Comment |

Reader Comments (1)

Stick a coke spoon in her and her career, beacuse they're done!

Friday, March 27, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterFXFLAV

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