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I don't like to kick someone when they are down, but sometimes a few extra kicks won't hurt when there has already been 100 of them. I'm sure you know this column will be in reference to the infamous Lohan letter from Morgan Creek CEO James G. Robinson. I'm sure most of you have heard about this and if you have not, where have you been? To sum it up, she missed numerous days of shooting a new film entitled GEORGIA RULE claiming "exhaustion" and "dehydration" due to the extreme heat.
Now if this was anyone else say Natalie Portman, Scarlett Johansson, or Camilla Belle, we'd believe it and chalk it up as valid. But the fact it was from Miss Lohan, who has a storied history of partying, out of control behavior, and being unreliable, it does not hold as much ground. The above mentioned CEO did not buy it for one second. He went so far as to call her out and tell her to get her cute little butt and melon breasts on set or she'll be sued. Momma Lohan defended her daughter and said she's wonderful and was really sick. Yup, as long as the checks cash and you can go to the tanning bed, right momma?
Acting is a privilege, not a right. I won't deny that Lohan can act, has charisma, and some talent. She has shown that in films such as MEAN GIRLS, FREAKY FRIDAY, and even in the piece of junk CONFESSIONS OF A TEENAGE DRAMA QUEEN, she stood out. She has not been handed her job in Hollywood, she has worked for it, and has 
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proved she belongs. Yet she is throwing it all away for a quick drink, easy fun, and a night out with goons. I'm just glad someone had the guts to tell it to her in letter form and put her in her place. It's long over due.
But did it fall on deaf ears? Is Lohan avoiding reality?
Lohan's mother apparently has no interest in being a real mother and giving her daughter some tough love. Then again, Lohan is 20 years old, and has her own money. Her mom can't do much. But the least her mother can do is sit her down and have a little mother/daughter chat and say: "This won't last forever, take it more seriously, party later." Lohan thinks she'll be young forever, live forever, and have roles forever. As the song goes: "You got another thing coming."
Hollywood can be rough on children and teens. One minute you're the biggest thing on the planet, then the next you're chewed and spit out. I can name 100 sob and sad stories of child/teen actors who turned to drugs, died, or didn't end up happy But that would take up numerous columns and space. You need the proper, guidance, assistance, help, and direction. So I'm calling on some of Hollywood's leading ladies to give Lohan a call, e-mail, take her out to lunch, anything. Try and knock some sense into her before it's too late.
Meryl Streep, Renée Zellweger, Nicole Kidman, Hilary Swank, Joan Allen: I'm talking to all of you.
You all have the gift. The gift to 
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entertain, act, and make money. You also have the gift to inform, help, and reach out to your younger generation. The generation that will take over when you all hang up your acting boots. As I stated above, Hollywood is a scary place for someone young. You have money, drugs, and everything you could possibly want. It's confusing. You all were there before, you know how it is. Now save one of your own, before her career is left to ponder, "what could have been?"
I am a solution oriented guy. I like Lohan. I like people. I think instead of being negative and just pissing on something, come up with a solution. I'll go as far as to say Lohan could be the next Katharine Hepburn. She has the beauty, talent, and the means to do so. Just needs to dedicate herself to her profession first and foremost. She says she wants to be treated like an adult and respected. Well, how about taking on a juicy and meatier role? Then the critics will shut up and respect you.
It is in the hands of Lohan. She can chose to listen to those who want to help and state the cold, hard facts. Or she can go on living in denial and dating one moron from the next and being spanked silly by the media for her behavior. Let's hope Lohan wakes up. If not she'll be 30, fat, unattractive, and she'll be lucky to get a role for a buck and a quarter in an unseen Indy film. People always say it will never happen to me. That is, until it does happen to them.
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