Lindsay Lohan: Will Jail Hurt Her Career?
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Lindsay Lohan's upcoming stint in jail and then rehab won't just keep her out of Hollywood clubs. Ordered to surrender to authorities on July 20, the 24-year-old, previously called "uninsurable" thanks to her erratic behavior, will also be taking an inconvenient break from her film and fashion projects.
Sentenced on Tuesday to 90 days in jail and 90 days in rehab for violating her probation related to a 2007 DUI arrest, the hard-partying Lohan had multiple professional commitments on her agenda.
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Lohan will be unable to promote her action flick Machete, set for a theatrical release in September; Fox studios had no comment to the Associated Press following her sentencing.
Also hampered: production on Inferno: A Linda Lovelace Story, in which the former child star was slated to play the title role of a real-life porn actress. The biopic's writer-director told the Associated Press that he is "100 percent behind Lindsay" despite her sentencing. "We are proud to have this remarkable artist on our film."
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The Mean Girls star was also in negotiations to star in the film The Dry Gulch Kid (about country music legend Willie Nelson), according to producer Kerry Wallum. "We're behind her," Wallum told the AP. "We'll wait until all of this blows over."
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Then there's Lohan's burgeoning fashion career. Items from her fashion line 6126 -- she helped design the pieces and plan the marketing -- hit department stores this month. Although Lohan already shot ads for 6126, she'll now be unable to further promote the clothes. Her business partner Kristi Kaylor didn't respond to requests for comment.
Still, Lohan's jail time -- if not her rehab time -- may be far less than 90 days. A spokesperson for the L.A. Sheriff's Department told Access Hollywood that the actress could serve just 25 percent of her sentence due to jail overcrowding.
Back in 2007, the actress spent just 84 minutes of a 24-hour sentence at the women's Century Regional Detention Facility in Lynwood, Calif.
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98uhmm what career? she doesn't really have one.
HA! Thats A Joke Right? WHAT Career?!?..
Lol. this is so funny! Jail is the least of her problems. She messed up her career long before this. She hasn't done a good movie since parent trap so if anything jail will help her career cause she'll stop being a drunk slob kabob and clean up.
how about will drugs and alcohol end her life?? her career is over.
seriously? how can this even be a question?? shes already hurt her own career by all the drugs, alcohol, and partying. the jail time is only putting the cherry on top.
everyone feels bad cause of the jail sentence she got her mother is like her child doesnt deserve dat....oh get over it cause ur part of the reason y she is so messed up MoM....she deserves wat she got it shud teach her a good lesson and she is such hot mess i wouldnt even hire her for no jobs every again
What career is that? Seems her only career these days is getting wasted and making a fool of herself.
She has an acting career?
uhhh, what career??
UHHmmmmm..??????what career is that?
ummm is it just me or does this jail always overcrowded? if i were the judge id send her to one to one that isnt,like paris hiltons jail that she spent days in or is that the same one?
will jail hurt her career? uhm... not more that its already maimed.
uh no, after Deep Throat, she will be doing the real Deep Throat, destined to be a porn star.
She is ugly!!
Hot mess
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Um, I think its safe to say her career has already been hurt. And rightfully so, if any of us average joes had multiple arrests/DUIs and other problems with the law we'd be out of jobs too. I hope she can turn it around though.
Errrrm, what career???? Oh you mean clubbing and doing lots of drugs?? Yea, it'll probably hurt that..
I AM SO CERTAIN THAT THERE'S NOT TOO MUCH OF ANYTHING, (IF AT ALL), THAT CAN BE DONE WITH THIS. CASE AND POINT, THIS TWO BIT NOTHING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO BELIEVE HER "WRONGS" ARE "RIGHT" - SO AT THIS POINT IT IS NOT TOO MUCH OF ANYTHING, THAT CAN BE EXPECTED. STRAIGHT UP!!
Maybe this will open her eyes. It's her reckless behavior that's putting her projects at risk. She's the one who's responsible for what happens as a result of her addictions. She has a lot to clean up, she has left a clear path of destruction in her path and she needs to face the music and quit BLAMING everyone and everything else for her problems. She needs to grow up and quit believing she's the center of the universe. She has a lot of work to do to make amends. Jail and rehab are just the first steps.