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Lindsay Lohan`s Movie Flops at Box Office; Britney and K-Fed Officially Divorce
Aired July 30, 2007 - 23:00 ET
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A.J. HAMMER, SHOWBIZ TONIGHT ANCHOR: Britney and Kevin officially call it quits. I`m A.J. Hammer in New York.
BROOKE ANDERSON, SHOWBIZ TONIGHT ANCHOR: Paris and Nicole have their own kind of breakup. I`m Brooke Anderson in Hollywood. TV`s most provocative entertainment news show starts right now.
HAMMER: On SHOWBIZ TONIGHT, Lindsay Lohan`s movie tanks. In its first weekend out Lindsay`s first movie since her latest DUI arrest absolutely bombs. Is her career the one that`s getting killed?
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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: She just so clearly has to get her life together before she`s going to have a career again.
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HAMMER: Plus, what Lindsay can learn from other stars who almost lost it all and turned all around. Tonight a SHOWBIZ Special Report, secrets of successful rehab.
Tom Cruise targeted. This man calls himself the sultan of sleaze. Now he has been arrested for allegedly demanding a million dollars from Cruise to stop him from publishing stolen photos of his wedding to Katie Holmes. Tonight SHOWBIZ TONIGHT with the inside story of the alleged plot and why so many stars have been victims of million dollar blackmail schemes.
Hello, I`m A.J. Hammer in New York.
ANDERSON: Good to have you back, A.J. I`m Brooke Anderson in Hollywood. Tonight, the long nightmare is over. Britney Spears and Kevin Federline reportedly are officially divorced. In just a moment we will run through all the details, like who gets what and are the ex-couple really done fighting?
HAMMER: But first tonight, not a good weekend for Lindsay Lohan, not at all. Her movie, "I Know Who Killed Me," was DOA, dead on arrival, at the box office. It just so happens I am wearing black today because some people are suggesting we should be holding a funeral for Lindsay`s career.
ANDERSON: That`s right, A.J. I`m wearing black as well, and all of Hollywood is asking is this flop the official death nail on Lindsay Lohan`s career?
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LINDSAY LOHAN, ACTRESS: I feel like he is watching us right now.
ANDERSON: It seemed like a good plan at the time. Casting Lindsay Lohan in an adult psychological thriller, complete with a creepy dual identity plot and a stripper pole, could be just the thing to take Lohan from a Disney friendly cutie --
LOHAN: You and I are like sisters.
ANDERSON: To adult bonafide star.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Lindsay Lohan was allegedly arrested for drunk driving again.
ANDERSON: Sure, there was that pesky DUI/cocaine arrest just days before the movie opened. But in the all publicity is good publicity world of Hollywood, that arrest could have stoked the curiosity of movie goers who would stampede to see her flick. Then "I Know Who Killed Me" opened, and the response?
There are no two ways about it. Lindsay Lohan`s new movie isn`t just a bomb. It`s the big one.
LOHAN: You`re wasting your time.
ANDERSON: Movie audiences didn`t waste any time with "I Know Who Killed Me." It earned an estimated 3.4 million dollars in its opening weekend. That`s the smallest opening of any movie Lohan has stared in.
ALLAN MURRAY, COMEDIAN: I know who killed me? Well, if you know who killed you, why should I see the movie? Why don`t you tell somebody, and we`ll get this over with.
ANDERSON: Lindsay has reason to scream about this one. Even her fellow less talented Hollywood bad girls had better box office luck with their last movies. Both Britney Spears` "Crossroads" and Paris Hilton`s stinker "House of Wax" made more money in their opening weekends than "I Know Who Killed Me."
And coming on the heels of disappointments like "Georgia Rule" and "Just My Luck," it appears "I Know Who Killed Me" will be Lindsay Lohan`s fifth, yes fifth, flop in a row.
LOHAN: Oh, my god.
ANDERSON: The horror continues. In addition to movie goers, the critics weren`t kind to Lindsay either.
LEAH ROSEN, "PEOPLE MAGAZINE": It`s way more fun to write a bad review than good one.
ANDERSON: "People Magazines" Leah Rosen tells SHOWBIZ TONIGHT "I Know Who Killed" me is the kind of turkey her fellow critics love to carve up.
ROSEN: There are so many synonyms for suck and so few for good and fun.
ANDERSON: Looks like reviewers didn`t have any trouble finding words to describe this movie. "The New York Post" called "I Know Who Killed Me" a sleazy, inept and worthless piece of torture porn. "The New York Times" called is pretentious and inane. "The Detroit Free Press" says it`s almost stunning in its stupidity. And the "Hollywood Reporter" says it`s in the running for worst movie of 2007.
SHOWBIZ TONIGHT can tell you "I Know Who Killed Me" was a troubled movie from the start.
GARCELLE BEAUVAIS-NILON, ACTRESS: We shut down for three weeks, and, you know, there were days where we couldn`t shoot because she wasn`t there.
ANDERSON: Garcelle Beauvais-Nilon, who co-starred with Lohan in the movie, tells me that Lindsay had some problems showing up on set. Lohan reportedly had the same problem on the set of her last film, "Georgia Rule." That movie`s executive producer publicly blamed her hard partying ways. Now it appears Lohan`s work ethic hasn`t gotten better.
BEAUVAIS-NILON: You can`t be completely irresponsible, especially when you are working on a production that`s millions and millions of dollars worth of money that people are investing, and we`re, you know -- it`s hard work.
ANDERSON: So now not only is Lindsay`s on set attendance spotty, not only does she have persistent legal and substance abuse issues, but it appears movie goers are no longer lining up to see her. SHOWBIZ TONIGHT is asking how many more flops can Lindsay Lohan have before Hollywood stops calling her?
Whether she needs to pick better movies or simply get her act together, Lohan had better do something.
LOHAN: I know who killed me.
ANDERSON: If she doesn`t, we`ll all know who killed Lindsay Lohan`s career.
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ANDERSON: And we want to hear how you feel about this. It is our SHOWBIZ TONIGHT question of the day. Lindsay Lohan`s box office bomb, is her career finished? Go to CNN.com/SHOWBIZTONIGHT. Sends us an email at SHOWBIZTONIGHT@CNN.com.
HAMMER: Tonight Brit and K-Fed are kaput. Lawyers for the ex couple took the final divorce papers to the judge today. It is the end of a far from story book marriage, but it looks like it`s just the beginning of a bitter battle for custody of the couple`s two young sons. Joining me tonight in New York Jean Casarez, Court TV anchor, and David Caplan, senior correspondent for VH1`s 24sizzler.com.
Jean, David, it`s good to see you both. The details were supposed to be sealed in this case. Of course, that hasn`t managed to stay as it should, and among what we`re learning, despite all of the erratic behavior we`ve seen from Britney lately, TMZ reporting that the current custody agreement is 50-50. Now there are rumblings that Kevin Federline is going to fight for full custody of these kids.
Jean, what do you think, is there actually a chance Britney could lose custody entirely?
JEAN CASAREZ, COURT TV: Sure, anything is possible. You know, the court here in Los Angeles is going to have a continuing jurisdiction, which will mean that even when the divorce becomes final, that the court can entertain a motion from either side asking for a change in the custody. And, you know, it has been reported that custody could be fifty-fifty in this case, but there is legal custody and physical custody.
Legal custody normally can be fifty-fifty in a circumstance like this, but physical custody many times primarily is with the mother. The father has visitation, but it`s still classified as fifty-fifty.
HAMMER: Yes, I think a lot of people are shocked in some cases that she got custody at all, given the type of behavior we`ve seen. As I said, it`s never been a story book situation. Just last week we learned about the big major meltdown that Britney had at an "OK! Magazine" photo shoot. This was supposed to be a part of her career comeback. It was supposed to be a good thing, and it turned into a really bad thing, which, of course, has been par for the course.
David, I imagine, even though the marriage is over, a lot more fireworks still to come in the coming months.
DAVID CAPLAN, VH1: Oh, yes, absolutely. I think in the coming months we`re going to see battle over custody. We`re going to see battle over the monthly payments Britney is going to be giving Kevin, because Kevin always wants more money, and Kevin really still does want full custody, and Britney is so erratic. That almost goes without saying. This is not going to be a peaceful few months by any means.
HAMMER: And another thing that didn`t go well for Britney, she was accused of violating the custody agreement by taking the kids to Vegas last week, not getting Kevin`s permission, which she was supposed to do. Let`s listen to what Judge Glenda Hatchett told SHOWBIZ TONIGHT about that.
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JUDGE GLENDA HATCHETT, TV JUDGE: The more I hear and the more that goes on, I really question whether she is fit to parent these children. And that`s -- at the end of the day, the judge has to decide what is in these children`s best interest.
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HAMMER: Now, of course, that is one judge`s perspective. Jean, we hear about, and we actually report, of course, a lot of shocking stories about what goes on with Britney, her being out of control. What are the chances that the judge in that case would actually hear those wild stories or maybe that judge is watching SHOWBIZ TONIGHT and does hear them and would actually take them into account when making decisions.
CASAREZ: The test is the best welfare of the child. What is in the best interest of that child? Is that child potentially in subject to harm when in the care of Britney Spears? Of course, Britney`s life is getting a lot of publicity. Kevin Federline, her attorneys are going to line up everything allegedly that he has done in his past to show that he would be unfit to have the custody of those children.
You better believe it`s going to be a fight. And, remember, courts can also award the children to neither parent and even a grandparent situation can step in.
HAMMER: Of course, this is just yet another thing that is distracting from the fact that here was a woman who was America`s sweetheart and now she is doing everything to make some kind of a comeback with her career. David, she still supposedly is recording an album. She needs to revamp her career. I`m kind of thinking maybe she`s at the point of no return here, because of what`s going on in her personal life and all of these distractions.
CAPLAN: Definitely, I think career-wise she`s definitely peaked. Everyone last year was really waiting for this great comeback. Remember when we saw her ice skating at Rockefeller Center in New York with her then manager, Larry Rudolph. It was after she split from Kevin. We were all really excited. Now I just don`t know where this comeback is going to go. I have seen stills from the video. The video didn`t look that great.
We don`t know how her music is going to sound. Unfortunately, I think the best we saw of Britney really was a few years back, and she`s never going to get there again.
HAMMER: Real quickly, Jean, David mentioned that K-Fed is probably going to fight for money. I mentioned the spousal support runs out in November. That`s a year after she filed for the divorce originally. He needs the money is what I`m thinking. Any chance a judge would bypass the prenup and give him more of Britney`s money?
CASAREZ: That`s an interesting point. Everything is negotiable. That is right.
HAMMER: All right, Jean Casarez of Court TV, David Caplan from VH1`s 24Sizzler.com, I thank you both for being with us tonight.
Hey, Hollywood party girls, I want to you take a memo. Grab your pen and paper and write this down. There are plenty of stars out there who have been where you are, but they`ve managed to turn it around. Stevie Nicks is one great example.
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STEVIE NICKS, SINGER: Both times I went into rehab, I knew. Nobody had to tell me. I said book me into Betty ford.
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HAMMER: She makes so much sense. Such a bright woman and she came through it all. So listen up Lindsay and Britney, because coming up we have done right. We`re going to be taking a look at the stars who almost lost it all, but they managed to turn it all around.
ANDERSON: Also, some shocking news for Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie. And, guess what, this time it doesn`t have anything to do with jail. I`m going to tell you what`s up with them coming up.
HAMMER: And next on SHOWBIZ TONIGHT, this is amazing; an extortion plot against Tom Cruise. It`s true. Tonight we`ve got the unbelievable story about this alleged scheme to get a million bucks out of Tom. You`ve got to be crazy to try that. We`re coming right back with SHOWBIZ TONIGHT.
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PARIS HILTON, "THE SIMPLE LIFE": I`ve always been in a relationship. This is like the first time in my life where I can not pay attention to the guy and get to know myself, because I haven`t really gotten to know me.
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ANDERSON: OK, I want everybody to sit down because I`ve got some really bad news for you. Those kinds of pearls of wisdom from Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie are an endangered species. That`s right. Paris and Nicole will not be doing another season of "The Simple Life." I guess it was hard to schedule taping between the girls` jail sentences. Paris spent 23 days in jail for driving on a suspended license, and Nicole is about to serve four days for a DUI arrest.
The E Television Network hasn`t picked up "The Simple Life" for another season. The series finale airs this Sunday. May it rest in peace.
HAMMER: Feeling a little sad about that. OK, moving on. Tonight, if you are actually thinking that you had the chance to see those secret stolen pictures from Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes` wedding, well, SHOWBIZ TONIGHT can tell you, not going to happen. The FBI has now made a second arrest in connection with the plot to extort more than a million bucks from Cruise to keep thousands of stolen pictures from seeing the light of day.
Federal agents already have arrested David Hahn Schmidt (ph), guy known in the entertainment world as the sultan of sleaze. His alleged accomplice was taken into custody over the weekend. But I can tell you, Tom, of course, not the only celebrity who has actually been at the center of a blackmail scheme. Joining me tonight in New York Andrew Goldberg, managing editor of the SmokingGun.com. and back with me Court TV anchor Jean Casarez.
Andrew, Jean, hello to you both. Let`s talk about David Hahn Schmidt. It makes me a little uncomfortable. He has been right here on SHOWBIZ TONIGHT. I felt dirty just talking to the guy. At the time, though, he did cop to being the sultan of sleaze. Here`s a guy who has pedalled Paris`s sex tape, Screech from "Saved by the Bell" sex tape, among other gems. Andrew, Paris and Screech, small potatoes. How could a guy like this possibly think he could take almost, I think, it was 8,000 stolen pictures and get away with extorting money from one of the most famous guys in the world?
ANDREW GOLDBERG, THE SMOKING GUN: Well, he has also tried to pedal Collin Ferrell`s sex tame. He has shot high before. Basically what he does is -- in this he claims, according to the feds, that he was the middle man here. He wasn`t looking to extort. He was just acting as a second guy that you mentioned. Mark Giddilman`s (ph) middle man -- he was pedalling it out there, and it wasn`t an extortion plot.
He is claiming I was just offering it up there as an opportunity. I didn`t really have the rights to it.
HAMMER: I see. Now, he did say that if Cruise didn`t pay up, he was actually going to go to the black market with these pictures, Jean. Who was actually going to go near pictures like that and risk the legal action that would ensue from publishing them?
CASAREZ: Very true, but there is a black market. Remember, extortion is where you demand money from someone and then threaten them at the same time with what you are going to do if you don`t get paid the money.
HAMMER: Well, this is not the first time, as I mentioned, that this has gone on in the entertainment world. Earlier this year we saw where someone threatened Oprah Winfrey, saying they were going to release these damaging recording of phone conversations that apparently would have wrecked Oprah`s reputation, if you can believe that. This person was looking for 1.5 million bucks from Oprah.
Of course, she makes that in about two days, by my calculations, Andrew. You have to be out of your mind to go after Oprah. Do you think he had the goods on her?
GOLDBERG: That`s small change for Oprah. And ultimately this guy didn`t end up doing any jail time. He worked out a deal where he stays clean. He does some community service. And he never reveals what`s on these tapes. Then he is not going to be in any trouble, not going to end up with any prison time. He probably didn`t -- you know, people get ahead of themselves.
They get very excited when they have something which they think has some value to a celebrity. And then, you know, what`s a million dollars to an Oprah is probably what somebody like this thinks? Ultimately, maybe to Oprah a million dollars isn`t much, but the idea that you are going to let somebody extort you once or shake you down for money once, sets a terrible precedent, and they come back very aggressively.
HAMMER: Exactly. I`m sure that has a lot to do with why she would happily spend much more money, if she had to, to do with it in the legal realm. The list goes on of celebrities involved in these types of things. Cameron Diaz had to go after a man. Now, this is a guy who took topless pictures of her before she got famous. She was working on a modelling career at the time. These pictures never came out.
But, Jean, realistically, it seems that if you are a star, it comes with the territory. Are celebs dealing with blackmail and extortion a lot more than we actually realize?
CASAREZ: I think they are, but a lot of times they are not successful, all of the examples you have just given, because celebrities have money, number one, but they`re also vulnerable because their reputation is everything to them. If someone can try to capitalize on that and get money, then they do that for their benefit, because the star wants to stay the star.
But what stars are doing, as Tom Cruise`s people did, they immediately contacted the feds, the FBI, the U.S. attorney`s office. They got involved immediately and you have now the arrest in U.S. federal court.
HAMMER: One of the biggest star extortion plots involved Bill Cosby. Here is where a woman essentially came out of the woodwork and said I`m your illegitimate child, went after 40 million bucks of Bill`s money. Andrew, it`s easy to feel sorry for the stars, I think, whose image can really suffer from these plots. In addition to not wanting to set a precedent of saying, hey, I`m an easy target, they can still look bad even if they`ve done nothing wrong in these cases.
GOLDBERG: Right, and that`s the danger that comes along with paying someone off. Still some part of it could come out, and you will end up looking bad. In the case, Bill Cosby had sex with this woman`s mother. He just wasn`t her father. So, you know, he ended up looking bad. He ended up having to come out and say, I`m not the father.
Remember, at the time, in the 1990s, when this happened, he was the Bill Cosby on NBC, everyone`s father. It did end up damaging him, but she ended up in jail.
HAMMER: Exactly right. They are easy targets. Andrew Goldberg, Jean Casarez, thank you both for joining us tonight.
So, Brooke, I got to ask, did you see Lindsay Lohan`s new movie over the weekend?
ANDERSON: No, didn`t want to waste my time or my money, A.J.
HAMMER: You would be in pretty good company, because the movie absolutely bombed big-time at the box office in its debut weekend. The question a lot of people asking today, is it the beginning of the end of Lindsay`s career? Lindsay`s career crisis coming up at 30 minutes past the hour. Also this.
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NICKS: Nobody makes you aware that you have a problem. You are the person that gets up out of bed one morning and says this is -- things are going to change.
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ANDERSON: I think Lindsay can learn a great deal from Stevie Nicks. She took responsibility for her own health, for her own career, and look at her now. Stevie isn`t the only star who has turned it all around after addiction. A SHOWBIZ special report, rehab done right, coming up.
HAMMER: And Usher`s ushers didn`t have to show up for his wedding at all this weekend. Coming up, some dramatic drama surrounding the R&B star`s planned wedding. We`ll be right back.
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ANDERSON: Usher was supposed to be a married man by tonight, but his wedding to his pregnant fiance, stylist Tamika Foster (ph), which was supposed to happen over the weekend did not. The couple were set to get married in the Hamptons on Saturday. But on Saturday morning the Grammy winning R&B star`s publicist confirmed that it was called off. There are all sorts of rumors flying around about why the wedding was suddenly canceled, but it`s all speculation at this point.
Here`s the official statement from Usher`s publicist. She says, quote, "it was announced today that the wedding ceremony for Usher Raymond and Tameka Foster was canceled. No additional information will be given regarding the circumstances of the cancellation, but we hope the privacy of this matter will be respected."
So that`s the official line from the publicist. We will keep you posted if any reason for the cancellation does get confirmed.
All right, so Lindsay Lohan`s new movie "I Know Who Killed Me" got killed at the weekend box office. Is this the beginning of the end for her career? Coming up next, we`re going to look into Lindsay`s career crisis. And listen up, Lindsay, we have some advice for you.
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NICKS: Both times I went into rehab, I knew. Nobody had to tell me. I said book me into Betty Ford.
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HAMMER: The amazing Stevie Nicks, one of my favorite artists, and a true success story when it comes to rehab. There are others in Hollywood who have made it through. We are looking at stars who almost lost it all because of addiction and then turned it all around. Just ahead in a SHOWBIZ special report, rehab done right.
ANDERSON: And family secrets from Catherine Zeta-Jones. Catherine opens up to me how she keeps her marriage to Michael Douglass on track and how having kids changed everything when it comes to career. Coming up.
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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Lindsay Lohan, so clearly has to get her life together before she`s going to have a career again.
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HAMMER: And that was the nicest thing any critic has said today. "I Know Who Killed Me" bombs at the box office. Lindsay Lohan`s fifth flop and amid drug charges and DUI charges. It has Hollywood asking tonight is Lindsay Lohan`s career cooked?
HAMMER: Welcome back to SHOWBIZ TONIGHT for Monday night. It`s 30 minutes past the hour. I`m A.J. Hammer in New York.
ANDERSON: And I`m Brooke Anderson in Hollywood . This is TV`s most provocative entertainment news show.
HAMMER: Well, Brooke, young Hollywood`s meltdown continues, and of course SHOWBIZ TONIGHT is all over it. Let us get you up to speed right now.
K-Fed and Britney officially kaput. Attorneys for the two went to court to finalize their divorce. They tried to keep the terms of their settlement secret, but TMZ.com is reporting that despite Britney`s breakdowns of late, she`s going to get 50-50 custody rights of their kids. TMZ also records that K-Fed`s spousal support will come to an end as of November.
"The Simple Life" has officially been simply pulled. Executives at E! saying the Paris Hilton/Nicole Richie reality show will end for good this summer. We figure their reality, one just out of slammer, one about to head into the slammer, it was much crazier than the reality show ever could be.
Lindsay Lohan`s latest movie, "I Know Who Killed Me" died at the box office. Absolutely bombed. A good number of people in Hollywood are saying between her two DUI arrests, drug charges, and revolving-door rehab, Lindsay Lohan `s career has been killed.
ANDERSON: If you thought the box office was bad, we were blown away by the scathing reviews of film critics across the country. Torture, worthless, sleazy, even painfully dull are just some of the ruthless reviews.
"I Know Who Killed Me" opened on Friday, the same week as the second DUI arrest. The film is just the latest in a long list of Lohan`s box office bombs. SHOWBIZ TONIGHT has got to ask is Lindsay`s career over? With us tonight in Hollywood is Steve Mason, box office expert, and lead analyst for the web site Fantasymoguls.com; and in New York Howard Bragman, founder of Fifteen Minutes Public Relations.
Howard, Steve, welcome.
HOWARD BRAGMAN, FIFTEEN MINUTES PUBLIC RELATIONS: Thanks.
STEVE MASON, LEAD ANALYST, FANTASYMOGULS.COM: Thank you very much.
ANDERSON: This film a complete bomb. I mean, we`re talking "Gigli" proportions here. What do you think, Howard, is Lindsay`s career as good as dead at this point, because she has had numerous consecutive flops?
BRAGMAN: She has had five flops in a row. She`s still got it. And I`ll always believe anybody who has ever been successful in Hollywood can be successful again, but she`s got to get her life cleaned up. And what we haven`t seen her do is do one thing toward cleaning up her life. We heard that there was a rumor, she was going to rehab. Then she made the text message to somebody else that said it wasn`t my cocaine. Nothing productive. Her publicist quit last week.
What`s going on with this kid? There`s nothing happening, and until she gets her personal life in order, she has no career.
ANDERSON: But you say she still has it. I really like that optimism, Howard.
BRAGMAN: I think -- well, you know, you hire a publicist to be optimistic, don`t you?
ANDERSON: That`s true.
BRAGMAN: I do think down the road if she gets it together, people will give her a chance again. She does have the talent.
ANDERSON: Everybody likes a comeback story. You`re right.
BRAGMAN: And you`ll be reporting it.
ANDERSON: I do want to read a couple of the reviews she got for this film. First from the "New York Daily News". "No review could really do justice to the monumental trashiness of this mess. It really has to be seen to be believed."
From "The New York Post": "A sleazy, inept, and worthless piece of torture porn." I mean, those are really harsh.
Steve, what do you think? Did her latest arrest help this film, or hurt this film?
MASON: Well, I actually think it may have slightly helped this film. If you look at the tracking, believe it or not, it was tracking to do $1 million to $1.5 million and actually came in a tick over $3 million. The fact that Sony didn`t put any money into P&A, they only put 1,200, 1,300 prints out there. And then on top of that spent almost no money on advertising. Without the added free media that the DUI arrest delivered, I think this picture probably would have done far, far worse.
That being said, it`s still a disaster by any standards.
ANDERSON: And explain what that means what you just told says because this film wasn`t released in a huge release, so to speak, for theaters, was it?
MASON: No. In fact, you know, "The Simpsons Movie" was released on almost 4,000 screens. And "I Know Who Killed Me" was released on just 1,300. It`s unfair to compare that really on a head-to-head basis. What happens is Sony didn`t feel like they had a good movie. They knew this was an awful picture. They didn`t show it to critics. They only struck 1,300 prints. And they put no money into advertising the film.
That`s why this was a strange case because the DUI, and the media surrounding it, probably actually helped this film a little bit.
ANDERSON: Even though it was a stinker, obviously, but, yeah, no marketing push. Another review, this one from "The Salt Lake Tribune": "Lohan`s hitting rock bottom on screen, too." It`s clear. It`s getting a little personal here. It seems like it`s all coming to a head. The studio is upset set with her, critics upset with her, audiences simply not showing up anymore.
Howard, how does she win everybody back?
BRAGMAN: She has to start by acknowledging she has a problem. She has to start by getting her life cleaned up, and we`re talking six months, a year, even longer before she can do that. It`s so not about her career right now. And it`s about her personal life.
ANDERSON: Should she just go away? Is there Lindsay overload right now?
BRAGMAN: There is so much overload of Lindsay. We would love not to see her for a while. We would love her to go to rehab and not break out of rehab to go to clam bakes on beach in Malibu. We really want her to stay in rehab for a change.
ANDERSON: Not just a day pass and go when you want to. She didn`t make a lot of friends on the set either. Her co-star in "I Know Who Killed Me" Garcelle Beauvais-Nilon said her behavior was completely unprofessional. Listen to this.
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GARCELLE BEAUVAIS-NILON, ACTRESS: We had our difficulties. I mean, we shut down for three weeks, and there were days where we couldn`t shoot because she wasn`t there. I think it`s just been a snow balling effect, and until you grab it at a certain point, it`s going to keep going, so hopefully this is a wakeup call.
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ANDERSON: All right. Everybody talks about what a talented actress Lindsay Lohan is, but, Steve, what do you think? Is she talented enough to pull off what Robert Downey, Jr. has done and come back stronger than ever, and what kind of film is it going to take?
MASON: When Lindsay was at her best, she was in these sort of smaller, independent films. One of them, which was from Picture House, "Prairie Home Companion", directed by Robert Altman, she got terrific reviews. And Meryl Streep, who played her mom in the film, actually raved about her afterwards and said she`s a great little actress. Same for Martin Sheen, who had very nice things to say about her after she did "Bobby", which was directed Emilio Estevez.
If she`s smart, she takes time away from the business right now. She either, on her own, or the court mandates that she does six months of rehab, hopefully away from Hollywood , away from her people. And, again, mandated, not optional. After that she chooses some careful supporting roles, like "Prairie Home Companion," like "Bobby". If she goes with roles like that I think people will quickly find out that she is very, very talented. Talent will --
ANDERSON: Some good choices, yeah?
MASON: Talent will always be a premium in Hollywood , and she`s got it.
ANDERSON: Just 21 years old. A lot of potential. She has to take control. Steve Mason, Howard Bragman, thanks to you both.
BRAGMAN: Thanks, Brooke.
MASON: Thanks.
ANDERSON: We`ve been asking you to vote on our question of the day. Lindsay Lohan`s box office bomb, is her career finished? Keep voting. CNN.com/showbiztonight. Write to us, showbiztonight@cnn.com. We`re going to read some of your e-mails tomorrow.
HAMMER: So many people have told me that things would be so much better for Lindsay if only she had done rehab right.
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STEVIE NICKS, SINGER: Nobody makes you aware that you have a problem. You are the person that gets up out of bed one morning and says this is -- things are going to change.
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HAMMER: Coming up, a SHOWBIZ TONIGHT special report rehab done right. We look at other stars who have gone through rehab and actually come out with their lives and their careers intact. It can happen. Lindsay, if you are watching, listen up.
ANDERSON: Plus, I remember when you couldn`t walk past a newspaper or magazine without the cast of "90210" being on the cover. And their off the set antics were fodder for the tabloids. It shocked me to hear what Jason Priestley has to happen with the likes of Britney and Lindsay. That`s coming up.
Plus, it`s amazing how many A-list stars don`t live in Hollywood anymore. Catherine Zeta-Jones says why she zooms out of here any chance she gets. That`s straight ahead. Stay with us.
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HAMMER: Welcome back to SHOWBIZ TONIGHT, TV`s most provocative entertainment news show. I`m A.J. Hammer in New York.
Tonight, a SHOWBIZ TONIGHT special report, "Rehab Done Right". Now, Lindsay Lohan may have relapsed following her second stint in rehab. But there are tons of celebrities out there who have entered into treatment and actually gotten their addictions under control. What`s the secret to beating substance abuse? For them it`s a SHOWBIZ TONIGHT special report.
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STEVIE NICKS, SINGER: Both times I went into rehab, I knew. Nobody had to tell me. I said, book me into Betty Ford.
HAMMER (voice over): Stevie Nicks front woman of the `70s super group Fleetwood Mac getting candid with SHOWBIZ TONIGHT about her nearly deadly battle with cocaine and the powerful tranquilizer Klonopin, and how rehab literally saved her life.
NICKS: I didn`t want to change. I didn`t want to stop doing it what I was doing. People tried to talk to me and I didn`t really listen to anybody.
HAMMER: By the late 1980s, Nicks says her addiction to cocaine was so strong, that the drug had burned a hole in her nose. In 1986, she went straight to the Betty Ford Clinic.
NICKS: I, unfortunately, think that you have to make your own mistakes.
HAMMER: Fresh out of treatment, a psychiatrist put Nicks on Klonopin, the same drug Anna Nicole Smith was given to treat panic attacks. Stevie says she took Klonopin for eight years and was under the influence at Bill Clinton`s 1993 inaugural bash. It was that high-profile moment that drove Nicks to a second stint in treatment.
NICKS: Nobody makes you go to rehab. Believe me, you make yourself go to rehab. Nobody makes you aware that you have a problem. You`re the person that gets up out of bed one morning, and says, I -- this is -- things are going to change.
HAMMER: Stevie`s not the only star to know and beat crippling addictions. Robert Downey Jr. spent most of the 1990s in and out of Southern California courtrooms, jails and rehab centers, hooked on cocaine, alcohol and methamphetamines. Downey couldn`t come to grips with his addiction.
ROBERT DOWNEY, JR., ACTOR: You know, there`s a reason it is listed in American medical -- you know, in books, as a disease.
HAMMER: The headline-making bouts with rehab eventually worked for Downey who is now clean and sober and working in movies like "Zodiac", where he ironically plays a cross-addicted reporter.
On "Larry King Live" Downey talked about the second chance he`s been given at sobriety.
DOWNEY: Part of it is that is largely a moral issue, but I think once you have an opportunity to get the help you need to get out of it, you just have to remember that sometimes that train doesn`t come back around for seven years. It is very specific how many chances you get.
DANNY BONADUCE, ACTOR, REALITY TV: I like that better.
HAMMER: Danny Bonaduce knows all about second chances. Bonaduce went from squeaky clean conniver on "The Partridge Family" to a conniving homeless addict when the show went off the air.
BONADUCE: I was on "The Partridge Family" then I lived between the dumpsters at Grauman`s Chinese.
HAMMER: Danny did countless stints at rehab centers and detox facilities before finally going on the straight and narrow. He`s now open and honest about his addictions on the VH-1 reality show, "Breaking Bonaduce."
BONADUCE: It`s my nature to fall. And I pray that I can be forgiven.
HAMMER: Danny told SHOWBIZ TONIGHT`s Brooke Anderson that as many as 90 percent of rehab patients fall off the wagon. So for him, every day is a statistical victory. Sobriety is something he takes one day at a time.
BONADUCE: You and I could wrap up this show and go have a cocktail like civilized people. And I could go home and life would be fine. The next day I think, well, I`ll have two. And within three months to a year I`d be in jail somewhere. That`s just the way it goes. So, no, in the long run, I can`t have just one drink.
HAMMER: "Different Strokes" actor Todd Bridges hit rock bottom after his TV show ended in 1986. In 1989 Bridges was charged with shooting a drug dealer in a crack house after a four-day cocaine binge. He was jailed and later went to rehab.
TODD BRIDGES, FMR. ACTOR: My father was very dysfunctional. He was an alcoholic and abusive.
HAMMER: Bridges tells SHOWBIZ TONIGHT`s Brooke Anderson the sexual and physical abuse he suffered as a child made him turn to drugs. Religion, he says, turned his life around.
BRIDGES: I may have had problems growing up like any other kid did, but I have completely turned my life around.
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HAMMER: There are other rehab success stories. "Brady Bunch" star Maureen McCormick, of course, you know her as Marcia, she recently told me how rehab saved her from a terrible cocaine addiction.
ANDERSON: Well, no rehab stories for Oscar-winning actress Catherine Zeta-Jones, just a good old-fashioned recipe for success at Hollywood, and at home. Zeta-Jones is staring in "No Reservations" where she plays a chef who thinks all there is to life is work, work, work.
But when I talked to her recently about making movies, and raising her two kids with Michael Douglas, she let me in on her secrets to balancing it all without falling prey to the trappings of celebrity. And she said motherhood has changed her work habits for the better.
CATHERINE ZETA-JONES, ACTRESS: Before I was married and I had my children, if anyone said to me, do you want to go to Mozambique, not that that exists anymore, and do a movie there. I would have said, what time is my flight? I`ll pack my bags, I`m on my way. And that has changed considerably. And that`s a favored choice for me.
I`ll never get these years back with my kids. So, if I am going to leave them for any amount of time -- albeit I was in New York and they were in Bermuda, so and we were going across the Atlantic every weekend -- I have to be like 100 percent passionate and committed to something to leave. Otherwise, I just don`t want to do it really.
ANDERSON: That`s great. And it seems that you and your husband really have your priorities straight. And you put your family first.
And, you know, I`m sure you have heard about what happened with Lindsay Lohan, her second DUI arrest. It`s really another young talented actress who is in the battle for her life. How do you avoid the trappings of Hollywood? I know you don`t live full time in Los Angeles, but how do you maintain that sense of normalcy?
ZETA-JONES: Well, I`m never -- you know, we don`t have a place in Los Angeles, but on saying that, it`s very important for us to be in tune and in contact, which you can do now with technology.
We made a choice. It is a choice. I mean, I`m not schmoozing and moving around Hollywood. Not that I ever did actually before I met my husband or had my children.
I just feel that, you know, my kids never asked for this life. They were born into it. For them to have some normalcy in their life and a schedule that they -- they hang out with their friends and go to their play dates and arrive on time to karate is really important. That`s the way that I was brought up. And I think -- and it`s really important for me and Michael to have that solid life.
And that is our life. Everything else is a bonus. Even if I wasn`t into this profession, even if I was in a corporate world, you can -- I mean -- this is a huge analogy to the film that -- to "No Reservations." My character is a woman that has nothing else but work in her life. And sometimes you have to make a conscious decision to just separate work and life because, you know, if you want -- people can make that choice and just live to work, and for me it`s the opposite. My work is a bonus.
ANDERSON: It`s a talent that you have that you can separate, because it`s easier said than done. I know that from experience. Also, in Hollywood it is very rare to see a marriage like yours and Michael`s, and we love to highlight, actually, those successful marriages, so what is the secret? How do you and Michael make it work?
ZETA-JONES: Well, we like each other a lot, and --
ANDERSON: That`s a start.
ZETA-JONES: Obviously. That`s always a start, right?
But we`re kind to each other. Especially in this business, you spend so much time being nice to strangers. You know, we meet so many people, whether it be fans, or on the street or, you know, you go to a set. There`s a whole bunch of people you have never met before. And me, personally, I was brought up to be nice and gracious and kind to people.
Sometimes we forget that the people that we love, and are the closest to us, we sometimes just take that for granted. We never take each other for granted, and we`re kind and nice and respectful to each other.
We have fun. And I think that`s the bottom line. Just keep having fun.
And my father-in-law gave me and Michael a really great tip -- and he is such an inspirational man. This is one of millions of tips and great lines that he comes up with. I should record them all. They`re so beautiful.
He said, "You know, the most important person in your life is your partner. Whether it be your spouse, or your partner, or your love of your life, because with children and friends, I mean, they grow and they flee the nest. Or they move on, or they get redirected in their lives, but the end of the day it`s just you and that person.
It`s a great -- it`s a great philosophy to have in the back of your mind, you know? I don`t want to wake up when my kids are in college, and not coming home after a late night, and look at my husband and say remember me? You married me 17 years ago.
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ANDERSON: Terrific advice for couples in and out of Hollywood, and you can catch Catherine Zeta-Jones in "No Reservations" in theaters now.
HAMMER: Well before Paris, Lindsay, Britney and Nicole, it was the cast of "90210" on the cover of all the tabloids. Jason Priestley speaking out about young Hollywood.
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HAMMER: Jason Priestley is sounding off about something he knows about from experience -- the pitfalls of being young, rich, and famous. Who can forget Jason as Brandon Walsh on the hit series "Beverly Hills 90210"? That show catapulted him and his co-stars, including Shannon Doherty, Luke Perry, Ian Ziering and Tori Spelling -- to near rock-star fame.
Jason was on "The View" today and Barbara Walters asked him how he and his co-stars managed to stay out of trouble, for the most part, especially compared to what`s going on with Lindsay Lohan and company in young Hollywood nowadays.
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JASON PRIESTLY, ACTOR: We all kept it pretty much together. I think a lot of us were -- I was 21 when I started that show. Some of us were a little bit younger, but Luke was 24 and Ian was 26. A lot of us were somewhat older. I think what we`re seeing with some of these other kids, certainly with the Lindsays and Paris and Nicole, they were all a lot younger when all this happened to them.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: You think it was too early for them, to be in show biz?
PRIESTLEY: Yeah. I mean, that`s -- it`s pretty common.
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HAMMER: Your eyes did not deceive you. That was the lovely Nancy Grace guest co-hosting on "The View." Jason Priestley is starring in "Side Order of Life" on Lifetime TV. He and his wife have their hands full with a four-week-old baby girl.
ANDERSON: And Nancy did a great job.
OK, last week, we asked you to vote on our SHOWBIZ TONIGHT question of the day. It was this: Lindsay Lohan, does she deserve to go to jail? Take a look at this: 96 percent of you say yes! Only 4 percent say no. Here are some of the e-mails that we received.
Karina in Virginia writes: "Why should anyone feel sorry for her, after what she`s done? And her saying that the drugs weren`t hers ... Give me a break!"
And MegiSue from New Hampshire says, "She needs to be put in her place. She needs to know that she`s not above the law, and since she`s a celebrity, she should be acting a lot more like a role model, and a lot less like a train wreck!"
Thanks for your time, MegiSue, we feel the same way.
HAMMER: Yes, we do.
Let us now find out what is coming up on SHOWBIZ TONIGHT.
Tomorrow: The comeback kids! It`s a SHOWBIZ TONIGHT report. The secrets of successful celebrity comebacks. How stars like Isaiah Washington, Mel Gibson, even Don Imus have bounced back from their disastrous scandals! The secrets behind some of the biggest celebrity comebacks ever, tomorrow!
Also tomorrow, Hollywood `s bad girls, you know them: Lindsay , Britney, Nicole, and Paris. Between the four of them, which one will be able to dust the dirt off their shoulders, and come away more successful than the others? That`s tomorrow. Good question. We`ll answer it tomorrow.
That is it for SHOWBIZ TONIGHT. Thanks a lot for watching. I`m A.J. Hammer in New York.
ANDERSON: And I`m Brooke Anderson in Hollywood. "Glenn Beck" is coming up next. Right after the latest headlines from CNN "Headline News. Take care.
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