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I don't hate Lindsay at all, but I'm so happy that she is getting called on her bullshit.  Here it is:

Lindsay Lohan's hard-partying antics and recent bout of "heat exhaustion" has left one Hollywood big shot steamed, The Smoking Gun has learned. In a blistering July 26 letter to the 20-year-old actress, James G. Robinson, who heads the L.A. firm producing Lohan's current movie, calls her recent erratic behavior "discourteous, irresponsible and unprofessional." Robinson, the 70-year-old chief executive of Morgan Creek Productions, writes that Lohan has "acted like a spoiled child and in doing so have alienated many of your co-workers and endangered the quality" of "Georgia Rule," a movie now being filmed and which stars Lohan, Jane Fonda, and Felicity Huffman. 

A copy of Robinson's letter--which was delivered to Lohan at the Chateau Marmont hotel--can be found below. A Morgan Creek official confirmed to TSG that the missive was sent to Lohan and her various representatives earlier this week. Robinson notes that while Lohan's aides have chalked up her lateness and absences to illness, he is "well aware that your ongoing all night heavy partying is the real reason for your so called 'exhaustion.'" Noting that Morgan Creek refuses to "accept bogus excuses for your behavior," Robinson warns Lohan that she will be held "personally accountable" for losses caused by her actions. Claiming that Lohan's behavior has already "resulted in hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage," Robinson hints at possible legal action against the actress unless she begins honoring her production commitments. He concludes, "I urge you to take this letter seriously and conduct yourself professionally."



I have no words...

My Chemical Romance's Gerard Way Gets Graphic, Pens Comic Book Series



Perhaps we should just hold a tournament to determine the geekiest rock band in the world.

One day after Fall Out Boy announced a line of vinyl action figures made in their likenesses, My Chemical Romance frontman, artist and longtime comic aficionado Gerard Way took steps to reclaim his uncool crown, announcing plans to pen his very own comic book series.

"The Umbrella Academy," a six-issue series from Dark Horse Comics, tells the story of Sir Reginald Hargreeves — a "world-renowned scientist and inventor, intrepid adventurer, successful entrepreneur, champion cricketer and closet space alien," according to a statement from Dark Horse — and his family of superpowered, super-abnormal superheroes.

" 'Umbrella Academy' is the story of seven extraordinary, maladjusted individuals, their triumphs, tragedies, failures and disappointments," the statement reads in part. "Most importantly, it's about a family of superhumans who need to learn to get past their spectacularly dysfunctional childhoods to defeat the Conductor and his evil Black Orchestra and do what they were born to: save the world."

Hey, just like the Way clan! (Mikey's superpower would probably be Lasik-related.) According to Dark Horse, there is no firm release date for "Umbrella Academy" at the moment, though there's a strong possibility the first issue won't surface until mid-2007.

But whenever it does hit shelves, the initial six-issue series — written entirely by Way — will serve as a launching point for an ongoing "Umbrella" miniseries (sort of like what the company does with its "Hellboy" title). The first series features interior artwork from Gabriel Bá and covers by Eisner Award-winning artist James Jean.

In addition to writing comic books, Way and the rest of MCR are continuing work on the follow-up to their breakthrough Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge, recording in California with Green Day producer Rob Cavallo (see "My Chemical Romance Enlist Green Day Producer For 'Dark,' 'Wicked' New LP").

— James Montgomery

Every time I have a conversation about movies with someone, I'm reminded of the fact that I  haven't seen many of the movies that "you are supposed to see".  So, I'm taking the list of Film4’s 50 Films to See Before You Die and highlighting which ones I've seen... just so I know what I HAVE to do before I die I guess...

Film4’s 50 Films to See Before You Die:

As well as having a compelling story to tell, every film in this eclectic mix demonstrates a unique and creative approach to filmmaking. Whether it’s a strength in storytelling, a unique visual style or an ability to simply shock, entertain or enthral an audience, each film has been chosen as a paragon of a particular genre or style.

1 Apocalypse Now
2 The Apartment
3 City of God
4 Chinatown
5 Sexy Beast
6 2001: A Space Odyssey
7 North by Northwest
8 A Bout de Souffle
9 Donnie Darko
10 Manhattan
11 Alien
12 Lost in Translation
13 The Shawshank Redemption
14 Lagaan: Once Upon A Time in India
15 Pulp Fiction
16 Touch of Evil
17 Walkabout
18 Black Narcissus
19 Boyz n the Hood
20 The Player
21 Come and See
22 Heavenly Creatures
23 A Night at the Opera
24 Erin Brockovich
25 Trainspotting
26 The Breakfast Club
27 Hero
28 Fanny and Alexander
29 Pink Flamingos
30 All About Eve
31 Scarface
32 Terminator 2
33 Three Colours: Blue
34 The Royal Tenen-baums
35 The Ladykillers
36 Fight Club
37 The Searchers
38 Mulholland Drive
39 The Ipcress File
40 The King of Comedy
41 Manhunter
42 Dawn of the Dead
43 Princess Mononoke
44 Raising Arizona
45 Cabaret
46 This Sporting Life
47 Brazil
48 Aguirre: The Wrath of God
49 Secrets and Lies
50 Badlands

 

Ok, so 7 out of 50.  Is that bad?  Is it worse that I've never even heard of some of these movies?  Actually, who is Film4 and who are they to say that 50 movies I should see before I die?  Hmmmm?  I will make the prediction that I will probably see 10 more of those, at most!

And I found the coolest thing on tmz.com, after every episode they do an "Entourage Decoded"!  Its so cool.  Here's the one from this past episode:

Entourage Decoder

Posted Jul 17th 2006 12:57PM by TMZ Staff
Filed under: TV, Entourage

Last night's episode of "Entourage" was undoubtedly the hottest yet -- and not just because of Eric's unlikely threesome with the smoldering Sloane and the tantalizing Tori. Ari's rage -- which has been pretty well contained all season -- finally exploded in some of the most vintage Gold tantrums yet, and it seems that Johnny's career might just start catching fire (thanks to Lloyd) as Vince's is in danger of flaming out.

Nevertheless, there were, as ever, plenty of blink-and-you'll-miss tidbits that made us go "hmmm," like Drama's potential pilot, Vinny's replacement as Aquaman, and that sexy dinner spot that was the prelude to E's ecstasy.

ART: Lloyd (you go, Lloyd!) gets Drama an audition for the role of "the older brother" in a TV pilot "by Ed Burns" about "four Irish boys." Maybe it's just us, but that description sounds oddly familiar. Why?

LIFE: Maybe it's because Irish brothers are as common in actor-writer-director Edward Burns' oeuvre as Italian mobsters are in Martin Scorsese's or unexplained supernatural phenomena are in M. Night Shyamalan's. Consider: Burns' first film, "The Brothers MacMullen," was about three Irish brothers; his next film, "She's The One," centered around two Irish brothers; his latest effort, "The Groomsmen," also centered around two brothers from an Irish 'hood. Oh, and the one TV pilot he produced? "The Fighting Fitzgeralds," about, yes, three Irish brothers and their recently widowed (Irish) dad.

ART: E realizes just how, shall we say, screwed they are when Ari tells him that Jake Gyllenhaal has been signed on to replace Vince as Aquaman. Has the star of a superhero movie franchise ever been replaced mid-production?

LIFE: Well, this is just exactly why we love "Entourage": In fact, before the release of "Spider-Man 2," it was revealed that Tobey Maguire had such severe back problems that director Sam Raimi was worried that Maguire might suffer paralysis from doing some of the stunts, and as a result the studio had Gyllenhaal prepared to take the role of Peter Parker. The situation was made even more awkward by the fact that Gyllenhaal was dating "Spidey" co-star Kirsten Dunst at the time. So could Ari's epithet for Jake -- "Brokeback" -- have been just a coincidence? We think not. (Val Kilmer and George Clooney replaced Michael Keaton, of course, in the original "Batman" franchise, but we're going to pretend like that whole thing didn't happen.)

ART: Eric, Sloane, and Tori get warmed up for their big night over dinner together at "the Dakota," a choice that elicits approval from the boys. How appropriate would it be to help put our boy -- and his ladies -- in the mood for love?

LIFE: As a place for their cutely awkward pas de deux (or, rather, trois), the sensuously leather- and suede-clad Dakota would be hard to beat. For one thing, just the prices alone might impress the pants off your date: a bone-in 18 oz. filet rings in at $54, and the large seafood platter -- enough for three -- is a cool $90. But add to that the fact that the restaurant is attached to Hollywood' super-trendy Roosevelt Hotel, and the journey from table to boudoir couldn't be easier.

 

Can't wait til next Sunday!

I thought everyone knew about it by now, and I'm pretty sure a lot do as I'm watching the vid views/song play numbers skyrocket today (seriously over 25,000 plays in the last three and a half days!), but just in case you are hiding under a rock, here's my newest obsession:

Cobra Starship via myspace

Read Gabe's stuff, the boy is hysterical!

You HAVE to watch the vid</b>, here's the link:
Cobra Starship- Snakes on a Plane music vid.  Its also up on their myspace page... and will be on my page in a min!

And if you can't live without this song, much like my life lately:
Snakes on a Plane for download

Quick background- Gabe, lead singer of Midtown, is friends with FOB and The Academy is... William from Academy Is... introduced Gabe to phenomenon known as Snakes on a Plane, Gabe was very interested, had been working on some solo material, decided to rework one of the songs b/c he just had to find a way to become involved in the movie.  Pete Wentz felt the same way and is releasing the soundtrack on his label, as well as Gabe's new venture, Cobra Starship, the band under which him and William wrote Snakes on a Plane.  Interesting fact, Gabe came up with the band name b/c of his two favorite jackets, one says cobra, the other says something about a starship.

Go read Gabe's ramblings on his friends or enemies page.  I love the latest where he says he's staying with William b/c he wants to cuddle!  Score one for boytouching!

Gabe b/c he's funny:

Funny article about how Gabe snuck into Gwen's fashion week show via Elle Girl and asked her what she thought about his cover "Hollaback Boy"

I'm going to try and go to Cobra Starships very first show which is at the Key Club in a few weeks, and I already put in a request for tix to when they are playing Jimmy Kimmel the next night, thankfully I have a friend who works over there!

Ok, I think thats the end of my spamming my obsession... for now!  Go watch the damn vid!!!!! 

Semi-related note- I can't wait til FOB is finished recording their new cd out here.  My head is going to explode with too much Wentzness!  He's everywhere!!  And now I have to see him on billboards this fall modeling for Gap?  no no no no no!

These were some thoughts from my first week in LA (last year):

 

So, I moved to LA about a month ago. LA should come with a warning: LA- where common sense comes to die. I could keep that broad, but for now, I'll be nice and limit it to the drivers/driving ability of those in LA. #1- people dont know how to stay in their lanes, theres been too many times where I have to slow down b/c the person a little ahead of me in the opposite lane decided to make like Kramer and decide to ignore the lines so they can have luxury sized lanes. Just no, stay in your lane, we'll get along better.

#2- they like to randomly switch lanes. When someone cuts me off, I don't get mad b/c I figure either someone stopped in their lane and they would like to keep driving, or they realized they have to turn soon, not from the lane they were originally in. If that were the case, I can live with that, hell, I lived and drove in Chicago for how long? Cutting people off is more than ok to me! But, the people in LA seem to have no reason for their moves other than maybe that lane didnt look good on their car anymore and my lane seemed like such a better place to be. And the oddest part is that when I get cut off, I look over to see the other lane empty! So fine, I move over and get ahead of them, whatever people.

#3- they drive under the speed limit. When I first got here and wanted to look at everything I passed, I loved this b/c everyone goes so slow anyway! But, now that I know where I'm going and where everything is, for the love of god people, the speed limit is only 35, can we atleast go that ridiculously low speed? When theres 3 lanes and everyone is doing 30, it tends to frustrate me a bit.

#4- I realize that I am a person, and you are driving a car, so when I want to cross the street, I will wait for you to drive by before I cross, you don't have to stop in the middle of the street so I can cross. Really, I appreciate it, its nice and all, but its so unnecessary, you slow everyone down behind you. In Chicago, if you try to cross while someone is driving, they will run you down, and thats ok by me, b/c I have common sense and I realize not to cross in front of cars. On the flip side of this, LA expects you to let them cross! I have now been yelled at and flicked off twice b/c I didnt stop for someone who was trying to cross in the middle of the street when cars were coming. WTF? You wait til there are no cars, or until oncoming traffic has a red, and then you cross, why is that such a hard concept to grasp?!?! OMG, ok, I'm done with LA and the driving situation, b/c really, I could go on all day.