Lindsay Lohan Jailed? Yep Lohan Does All 84 Minutes Jail Time

Lindsay Lohan, once wholesome actress who starred on those wholesome family movies from Disney - Herbie Fully Loaded and Freaky Friday did jail time lat Thursday in Century Regional Detention Facility in Lynwood as part of a plea deal for drunken driving and cocaine possession reports LA Times.

The 21-year-old actress was arrested for a drunk driving escapade over the memorial weekend. She has reportedly admitted herself into Malibu drug rehabilitation center which is her second round at rehab this year.

I think this girl is worse than Britney Spears. At least Britney's sporting some form of a career. Maybe prison has become fashionable these days. Paris Hilton also did jail time this year right? Britney isn't far from it as well. Well, hope they get their act together. Because the picture to the right (care of LA times) is certainly NOT a pretty picture.

TV Series "24" Cancelled Due To Writers Strike. "Lost" Still On Air

Fox on Wednesday became the first broadcast network to announce a strike-affected mid-season schedule minus its signature drama "24" according to a Hollywood Reporter article.

Faced with the possibility of a partial Season 7 of "24," Fox has opted not to air the real-time drama at all this season. "It's not a decision we wanted to make, but it's one based on how we feel the viewers expect us to schedule the show," said Preston Beckman, Fox's scheduling chief.

The decision to act quickly so early in the strike also was prompted by the large amounts of marketing money associated with the premieres of new series and the annual launch of "24." The network began airing promos for the upcoming season of "24" during the World Series and on a big screen in Times Square.

For now, ABC is still sticking to its plan to air heavily serialized "Lost" in midseason, running the eight produced episodes, 10 short of the 18-episode order.

Fox's high-profile new drama "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles," originally slated to run in tandem with "24," will now premiere Sunday, Jan. 13, and will air in "24's" Monday 9 p.m. time slot, following "Prison Break" and new reality series "When Women Ruled the World."

Fueled by "American Idol," which will launch with a two-night, four-hour premiere Jan. 15-16, and helped buy the fact it only programs 15 hours a week, Fox has been considered the best equipped to handle a long writers strike.

Other developments related to the writer strike:

• NBC's "The Office" officially shut down production Wednesday after its star Steve Carell and several other cast members refused to cross the picket line Monday and Tuesday, effectively bringing filming of the hit comedy to a halt. Several "Office" writers, including showrunner Greg Daniels, posted a video shot on the picket line on YouTube.

• With the exception of "Scrubs," which is slated to film for awhile, all comedy series still in production are slated to wrap shooting their available scripts by early next week, followed by dramas, which will go on hiatus by the end of the month, laying off thousands of crew members.

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Hollywood Writers' Strike Halts Desperate Housewives, The Daily Show & Other Shows

Yahoo News reports that several shows will be on halt for the duration of the writers' strike composed of members of the Writers Guild of America. This strike was not expected to have an immediate impact on production of movies or most prime-time TV programs. Most studios have stockpiled dozens of movie scripts, and many TV shows have scripts or completed shows in hand to last until early next year.

But apparently several sitcoms and scripted shows suffer from the strike because they are typically written the same week they are filmed, with jokes being sharpened by writers even on the day of production.

Reality shows on the other hand could flourish because they don't use union writers, despite an aggressive attempt by the writers guild to organize the staffers on the programs.

The strike began Monday after last-minute negotiations failed to produce a deal on how much writers are paid when shows are offered on the Internet. No new negotiations have been scheduled so far. Nick Counter, chief negotiator for the producers union, has said he expected a long standoff. Writers said the next move was up to the studios.

Really this has been a decade long battle about wages and shares. Everybody knows how important writers are and how pivotal their roles are to television shows around the world, but still they are under-paid - kind of like teachers.

George Clooney And Fabio Caught In A Fist Fight

Madeo Restaurant played host to a fist fight between George Clooney and Fabio just last Friday night according to SF Gate Daily Dish. Apparently Fabio was having dinner when a friend of his started taking photos a little too near George Clooney's table. The latter must have thought its yet again another papparazzi.

This led to a heated argument between George Clooney and Fabio, ending in a fist fight that waiters had to break up.

Oprah Goes On YouTube

Oprah goes online with her own channel on YoutUbe. It will preview coming episodes, behind-the-scenes footage and other material from her hit day-time show "The Oprah Winfrey Show." As Oprah learns the rope of Youtube, she will also feature Youtube founders Chad Hurley and Steve Chen on a coming episode of her show. I guess this will be a mutually benefitting experience for both parties as Oprah enters the online world and Youtube gets free televised marketing through Oprah, who by the way boasts of viewers in the millions.

According to Opgrah channel execs, this will provide another communication platform for viewers to interact with the show. Well, this is not only a new market for Oprah but a new venture. She already has her own mall, her own production company, scent, brand, television show, magazine... why not dominate the online world as well right? And Youtube is one of the best places to start.

Britney Spears' New Album "Blackout" Plus Some Psychology

An article in the Los Angeles Times today sort of went overboard trying to psychologically explain Britney Spears using the songs in her most recent album - "Blackout."

Song after song is analogized as part of her life. But really, I think people are over-analyzing her. Nonetheless it's quite good for her that people keep talking about her. It's the best way to stay popular. When people keep talking, they are interested. When people are interested, they buy. And that's the epitome of marketing. There's no such thing as good or bad publicity now for Britney Spears. She has it all.

• Bad publicity over her very publicized marital and family problems as an offshoot of her "addiction" as they call it
• Good publicity over the acceptance of this album. Overall critics say it's good and bad (depending on who you want to listen to)

Overall though it really doesn't matter. The fact that Britney Spears has released this album is already in a step in the right direction and with nearly $4-million advance I bet it was well worth the effort. Despite what people are saying about Britney, that she's an addict or a tragic celebrity or a desperate comeback artist... they can say all they want to say but Britney Spears is still one of the richest and influential characters of this generation.

Let's say she is the perfect example of art imitating life... or is it life imitating art?

J. Lo Pregnant? Jennifer Lopez Confirmed Pregnant

According to Seattlepi.com Roberto Cavalli confirms that Jennifer Lopez's (J. Lo) tummy bump is indeed a baby. He was quoted by People magazine, "Well, Jennifer Lopez, at this moment, she requests something very special because she is waiting for the baby. ... It is so complicated because every week she is getting bigger."

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