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Apr 1 2013 02:35 PM ET

'Late Show with David Letterman' books Lindsay Lohan

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Late night TV isn’t generally kind to Lindsay Lohan — which may be why the actress hasn’t done a formal interview there (or anywhere else) since her Liz & Dick promotional tour last November. Happily, Lohan’s long absence from the airwaves will end Tuesday, April 9, when the Mean Girls star will stop by the Late Show to promote her upcoming appearance on Charlie Sheen’s Anger Management. (Her next stop: Rehab.)

Lohan hasn’t appeared on David Letterman’s couch since May of 2007, shortly before Georgia Rule‘s theatrical release and her first DUI arrest. In 2011, the actress drew criticism after supposedly withdrawing from a planned Late Show Top Ten bit; as Letterman himself eventually explained, Lohan had never actually agreed to read the Top Ten list in the first place.

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Feb 12 2013 11:32 AM ET

Lohan-less Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton movie coming to the BBC

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Reasons the BBC’s upcoming TV movie about one of Hollywood’s most famous couples will be different from Lifetime’s infamous 2012 film based on the very same pair:

1. This one is called Burton and Taylor, not Liz & Dick. (Surnames are classier.)

2. It stars The Wire‘s Dominic West and Academy Award nominee Helena Bonham Carter in the title roles — rather than New Zealand-born actor Grant Bowler and certified train wreck Lindsay Lohan.

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Nov 26 2012 04:22 PM ET

'Liz & Dick' ratings a little soft

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Who’s afraid of Liz & Dick‘s ratings?

Lifetime’s critically trashed Elizabeth Taylor biopic starring Lindsay Lohan delivered 3.5 million viewers Sunday night.

The network points out Liz & Dick ranks as its fourth highest-rated original TV movie of 2012 — which is sort of a weak brag, considering all the advance hype. Liz & Dick delivered fewer viewers than Lifetime movies such as Steel Magnolias, Drew Peterson: Untouchable and Abducted: The Carlina White Story.

The film chronicles Elizabeth Taylor’s romance with Richard Burton from 1961 to 1984 and received hostile reviews, with critics bashing the stunt casting of Lohan as the silver screen legend. “No effort seems to have gone into Lohan’s preparation other than tinting her eyes Liz-violet,” marveled EW’s Ken Tucker.

It’s tough to say whether the negative reviews hurt or helped the film’s ratings since Lifetime’s original movie brand has long been about guilty pleasure titles, and surely many viewers tuned in precisely because they had to see what all the fuss was about.

Nov 23 2012 12:00 PM ET

'Liz & Dick' producer talks the risky business of hiring Lindsay Lohan, giving Taylor and Burton a chance to speak from 'Hollywood heaven'

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On Sunday, Lifetime premieres Liz & Dick, its Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton biopic starring Lindsay Lohan and Grant Bowler. Exec producer Larry Thompson openly admits Lohan brought with her a younger demographic (and headlines) but also risk. He first met with Lohan about the project last December but cameras didn’t roll until June. “When we first met with her, she had two probations, and when we finally closed the deal with her, there was only one probation,” Thompson says. “If we couldn’t have gotten insurance, there would have been no movie. We wound up having to go to Lloyd’s of London to get what we called incarceration insurance…. We had to protect ourselves that if she were to have violated her probation during production, we wouldn’t have had to close down and lose our movie.” READ FULL STORY »

Nov 12 2012 03:09 PM ET

Lindsay Lohan booked for 'Tonight Show with Jay Leno'

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That was quick: After pulling out of a planned 20/20 interview with Barbara Walters on Friday, Lindsay Lohan (and her new PR team) have already lined up what will likely be a more forgiving appearance to promote Liz & Dick. The actress will be a guest on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on Tuesday, Nov. 20, EW has confirmed with NBC. Access Hollywood originally reported the news.

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Oct 15 2012 12:17 PM ET

Barbara Walters set to interview Lindsay Lohan

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Lindsay Lohan will sit down for a one-on-one chat with Barbara Walters in the next few weeks, a source close to the situation confirmed to EW. The talk is pegged to Lohan’s role in the Lifetime original movie Liz & Dick, premiering Nov. 25.

TMZ, who first reported the news, says Walters expressed an interest in interviewing Lohan when she was cast as Elizabeth Taylor, and that the chat will focus on the parallels between the two actresses.

The parallels have been discussed before – Lifetime’s advertising campaign for the television movie revolves around Taylor’s own troubles. READ FULL STORY »

Oct 1 2012 03:42 PM ET

'Liz & Dick' premiere date announced

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The countdown to the triumph and/or catastrophe can officially begin!

Lindsay Lohan’s Elizabeth Taylor biopic for Lifetime, Liz & Dick, finally has a release date. It will premiere on the cable channel on Sunday, November 25, at 9 p.m. ET.

In a behind-the-scenes trailer released last week, the TV movie — which will span multiple decades  –  was touted as Lohan’s “first starring role in five years” and declared “Lindsay is back.”

In addition to Lohan as Taylor, the movie will star New Zealand-born TV vet Grant Bowler as Richard Burton.

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Sep 28 2012 04:05 PM ET

New 'Liz & Dick' trailer proclaims 'Lindsay is back'

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In a new behind-the-scenes video for Liz & Dick, the producers point out the similarities between Elizabeth Taylor, and the woman who is portraying her, Lindsay Lohan. Touting “her first starring role in five years,” the video proclaims that “Lindsay is back.”

“It was the start of the exploitation of celebrity,” Grant Bowler, who portrays Richard Burton, explains. He also refers to Lohan as “pretty much Elizabeth Taylor reincarnated.”

“I’m a huge Elizabeth Taylor fan, and I relate to her on a lot of levels,” Lohan added. “Living in the public eye, dealing with the stress of what other people say, whether it’s true or not.”

Check out the video below:

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Sep 21 2012 10:39 AM ET

'Liz & Dick' teaser trailer: Lindsay Lohan in White Diamonds -- VIDEO

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Though we’re still not sure whether Liz & Dick is a triumph or a train wreck, this salacious teaser trailer for Lifetime’s anticipated Elizabeth Taylor biopic — starring Lindsay Lohan and New Zealand-born TV vet Grant Bowler — demonstrates how the network is hoping to use Lohan’s tabloid appeal to drum up interest. When the actress appears onscreen next to words like “infamous,” “scandalous,” and “dangerous,” the parallel being drawn between the off-screen drama of Liz and Linds is pretty obvious.

If you thrill to the sound of lines clearly softened for a basic cable audience (“You’re screwing that witch?”) or the image of a drunk woman dramatically throwing a bottle at her lover, this is the trailer for you. Get a preview of “this year’s most controversial, provocative, scandal love affairs diamonds paparazzi, biggest television event” — and yes, that’s a direct quote — below:

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Sep 19 2012 05:10 PM ET

Lifetime releases poster for 'Liz & Dick' -- PHOTO

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On the heels of Lindsay Lohan’s arrest in New York, Lifetime has released the official poster for her upcoming TV movie Liz & Dick.  And while the words are ostensibly about Elizabeth Taylor, in another case of art imitating life (or vice versa?) they ring true for the troubled starlet as well.

“Controversial Love Affairs. Child Star. Tabloid Front Page. Scandal,” the poster reads.

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Sep 14 2012 11:06 AM ET

Dina Lohan rambles in bizarre Dr. Phil promo -- VIDEO

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On Monday, Dr. Phil will air “a rare one-on-one interview” with Dina Lohan. But from the look of the new promo, it doesn’t appear as though Lohan was all there.

In the clip, Lohan is fidgety and seems a little daffy — though she has denied that she was intoxicated for the sit-down, insisting that her ostensibly bizarre behavior is due to poor editing. Decide for yourself, readers: READ FULL STORY »

Jun 5 2012 04:32 PM ET

'Liz & Dick' costumer on Lindsay Lohan as Liz Taylor: 'There was an audible gasp in the room'

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If the first official image of Lindsay Lohan as Elizabeth Taylor for Lifetime’s original movie Liz & Dick looked familiar, perhaps you grew up reading Life magazine. The promotional shot is a re-staging of an unused image from the April 19, 1963 issue, which reported the production of Cleopatra. “That was an easy one to reproduce, and we just went out and found them both period mock turtlenecks. We took the picture and there was an audible gasp in the room because it was so right on,” says the film’s costumer Salvadore Perez, who spent three weeks researching photos of the couple. “They were the most photographed couple in the world, so doing research was actually quite easy. You can Google almost any event in their lives, and there was a photo of it.” READ FULL STORY »

May 24 2012 09:03 PM ET

Lindsay Lohan gets leading man for Elizabeth Taylor biopic

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Lifetime provoked a frenzy of response last month when it cast Lindsay Lohan as Elizabeth Taylor in its biopic Liz & Dick. In a move that probably won’t generate quite the same divided and clamorous reaction, the network has selected Grant Bowler to play Richard Burton, Oscar-nominated actor and famed lover of the Hollywood icon, EW has confirmed.

Bowler is recognizable to True Blood fans as V-addicted werewolf Cooter and to Ugly Betty fans as Wilhelmina’s love interest.

“Grant will add gravitas to our couple and bring to life one of the greatest actors who has ever lived,” the biopic’s executive producer, Larry A. Thompson, told Deadline, who first reported the news.

Burton starred opposite Taylor in Cleopatra, and their romance was making headlines not long after. The actor was Taylor’s fifth husband.

To get a look at Lohan dolled up as Taylor, check out her recently updated Twitter photo. Filming for the Lifetime biopic is set to begin June 4, with the air date yet to be announced.

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