Lindsay Lohan's dad defends her against Rosie O'Donnell
Soon after Rosie O'Donnell expressed her displeasure Tuesday that Lindsay Lohan will be playing Elizabeth Taylor in an upcoming Lifetime movie, LiLo's daddy dearest, Michael Lohan, came to his daughter's defense.
"Lindsay's talent isn't limited to being a comedian or getting notoriety for adopting and raising a bunch of kids," Michael Lohan told www.tmz.com Tuesday. "Sure, (Lindsay) has her pitfalls, but she is 25, and how old is Rosie? Two failed talk shows, a failed marriage."
O'Donnell, while visiting NBC's "Today" on Tuesday, said she feels sorry for Lindsay but opined that a starring role in "Liz and Dick" isn't going to help her.
"She's had a lot of trouble doing every single movie, including 'SNL,' " O'Donnell said of Lindsay's March appearance as host of "Saturday Night Live." "She was out and not at rehearsal. I think she's not in a place to work."
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"The Beatles: The Lost Concert," a documentary that features newfound footage of the Fab Four's first full-length concert in the U.S. (recorded at Washington, D.C.'s Washington Coliseum in February 1964) will be released nationwide on May 17 and May 22, the Associated Press reports.
Levon Helm's family has invited fans and friends to pay their final respects to the musician Thursday at his home and studio in Woodstock, N.Y., the Poughkeepsie Journal reports. Helm, a longtime member of roots-rock group the Band, died last week after battling throat cancer.
For more, go to www.levonholm.com.
A nude image of Michigan native Madonna that was originally shot by photographer Steven Meisel for her 1992 book "Sex" is expected to be sold for thousands of dollars when it goes under the hammer at Bonhams auction house in New York on May 8.
For more, go to www.bonhams.com.
Jennifer Lopez will step aside from the judges table and perform her latest single, "Dance Again," on the May 3 results show of "American Idol," according to www.celebbuzz.com.
"Real Time with Bill Maher" has been renewed for its 11th and 12th seasons, HBO announced Tuesday. The sometimes politically incorrect comedian is scheduled to perform at East Lansing's Wharton Center on June 17.
E! announced Tuesday that it will bring at least three more seasons of "Keeping up with the Kardashians" to the network. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The 18-episode seventh season kicks off May 20.
Ted Nugent agreed to pay a $10,000 fine and serve two years of probation after he pleaded guilty Tuesday to transporting a black bear he illegally killed in Alaska in May 2009. The Motor City Madman also accepted a special condition as part of the plea agreement approved by a U.S. District Court judge in the Alaskan town of Ketchikan that he not hunt or fish in Alaska or on U.S. Forest Service properties for a year.
Glenn Beck is scheduled to speak to members of the Economic Club of Southwestern Michigan on May 9 in the Mendel Center for Arts and Technology at Lake Michigan College in Benton Harbor, the organization said Tuesday. For more, go to http://theeconclub.com/.
Tickets ($49.50-$126) for Rush's previously announced Sept. 18 concert at the Palace of Auburn Hills go on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday.
Tickets ($25-$59.50) for Train's Aug. 7 concert at Meadow Brook Music Festival go on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday.
Ferndale's Go Comedy! will host its Bailout Improv Tournament Spectacular beginning tonight at 8. It continues through Aug. 8. Sixteen local improv teams will compete in a single-elimination tourney every Wednesday for a $1,002 cash prize! .
Tickets for the individual shows are $7. For more, go to www.gocomedy.net.
Tickets ($35-$115) for the previously announced June 23 Jacksons reunion concert at the Fox Theatre will go on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday, promoters announced Tuesday. The Unity Tour 2012 marks the first time famous Jackson siblings Jackie , Jermaine, Marlon and Tito have toured together since 1984's Victory Tour.
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1. Jenners head to Seventeen
Kendall Jenner, 16, and Kylie Jenner, 14, will debut Kendall & Kylie's Fashion Journal in the June/July issue of Seventeen, the magazine says. Fans will learn more about the sisters' new magazine jobs when the seventh season of E!'s "Keeping Up with the Kardashians" debuts May 20.
2. Flying Burrito Brother dies
Chris Ethridge, 65, bassist and founding member of country-rock group the Flying Burrito Brothers, died Monday of complications from pancreatic cancer at a hospital in his hometown of Meridian, Miss., the Los Angeles Times reports. Ethridge also performed with Willie Nelson's live band.
3. Bieber takes on accuser
Justin Bieber, 18, left, says he has recorded a song about Mariah Yeater, the 20-year-old woman who falsely claimed last November that the teen pop sensation fathered her infant son. It's uncertain whether the tune will be on "Believe," the new album from Biebs. It's due out June 19.
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