Lindsay Lohan Headed to Lifetime
Today: Lindsay Lohan gets a big Lifetime role, Gina Carano keeps on acting, and the BBC cancels a show.
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Today in books and publishing: Richard Burton's diaries; RIP Eva Figes; Iran's booth at the Frankfurt Book Fair; celebrities read Moby Dick.
Today: Lindsay Lohan gets a big Lifetime role, Gina Carano keeps on acting, and the BBC cancels a show.
A painting that hung for decades over Elizabeth Taylor's fireplace in Southern California just sold in New York for $2.1 million, about double what it was predicted to fetch.
Of all the famous people who died this year -- a titan of the tech industry, a leader of a massive terrorist organization, a quixotic dictator, a troubled but talented young singer -- the person who sent the most people searching for information on Google was ... Jackass's Ryan Dunn.
The case against the bad global economy: people spent $115 million on Elizabeth Taylor's jewels last night
Matt Damon tells GQ that Tony Gilroy's first draft of The Bourne Ultimatum could have been a "career-ender," Mikhail Prokhorov prepares to submit a bid on a media company, and Dnaiel Day-Lewis did not steal Richmond's Christmas
Plus: Jason Sudeikis goes 'Eastbound & Down'
Also In today's Smart Set: Bruce Springsteen's letter-to-the-editor writer
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Should deceased celebrities be depicted at their most recent, or in their prime?
The web was fascinated to see Elizabeth Taylor outlive her obituary writer
The Hollywood legend was suffering from symptoms of congestive heart failure
Hollywood hopes telling the Egyptian queen's story won't be a financial disaster
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