True story – as I glanced through the just-released photos of at our agencies last night, my eye barely stopped on these. You know why? Because I’ve trained myself to glance through thumbnails like a champ, and my eye only registered “Snooki… ignore.” But this is not Snooki. This is Lindsay Lohan. Who does that insult? The Cracken or Snooki?
Anyway, these are photos of Lindsay Lohan filming Liz & Dick in Los Angeles yesterday. I don’t know what time frame this is even supposed to be – like, is this when Elizabeth and Richard Burton were still in their “courtship” (while Taylor was still married to Eddie Fisher)? Or is this boat supposed to be Kalizma, the famous yacht that Richard and Elizabeth bought during their first marriage? Unknown.
I’m sort of glad the photos are so blurry and Snooki-tastic. I haven’t built up the strength for lots of close-up images of Lindsay’s crack-face as she attempts to morph into Elizabeth. TMZ did get their hands on what seemed like an official promotional still from the production – you can see it here. Horrible wig. Horrible colored contact lenses. She really looks absolutely nothing like Elizabeth Taylor. She just looks like a crackhead in a busted wig and a decent costume.
Oh, and Lifetime just released this first official promotional image. Okay, ignore the Cracken for a second – that dude (Grant Bowler) really is channeling Richard Burton, isn’t he? I’m worried about poor Grant Bowler. I’m worried that he’s going to get high just from nuzzling Lindsay’s neck.
Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet.
Poor Elizabeth Taylor…
And that is a really budget, busted wig she has on.
The Cracken has such a weird body: skinny legs, flat ass, and a pudgy belly, bloated face.
Thank you for writing my post for me on this. I am still shuddering for Elizabeth.
She has the same body type as Tanning Mom.
She actually looks great. Her boobs are exactly how Elizabeth’s were. I think she’s going to knock it out of the park playing this role. I can’t wait to see it!
Somebody’s been smoking crack with Lindsay…
Elizabeth by that time had had like… 4 children? Her boobs were ok… And she stillmhad a waist. Poor Lilo is nothing like la Taylor.
Would it frighten you even more if i told you apparently that’s her real hair? they cut and styled it for the role, no wig for the Cracken.
OMG Poor Liz Taylor is right. Somebody somewhere in Hollywood must not have thought very highly of LIz. Lilo is just soooo not right for this part. She looks horrible. No, no and just no!! This is really bad. I can’t believe they are really actually making this movie with Lilo as Liz. She looks awful and so old. I saw pix of her with Paris and Nicky Hilton somewhere yesterday and Lilo looks worse than Paris and she is younger than her. Can you believe Lilo is only 25 years old?? Looks like a used up, has been 50 year old hooker. And that promo shot is so photo shopped it’s pathetic!!
I agree deep. . .she is so not right for the part. She must be blowing one of the execs at Lifetime. It just does not make sense.
I was going to say the same thing. She’s fairly thin, but it’s like she has no shape.
this is bad
Yes it is. I had no idea Elizabeth Taylor was orange.
Maybe if they made her sunglasses a LITTLE LARGER?? like over her ass? I hear grave rumblings~poor Liz
This is for tv, right? Think quite a few people will just tune in with the purpose of getting annoyed.
0_o
*is sick*
BLASPHEMY!!!!! ROUND UP THE PITCHFORKS AND FARMERS, WE NEED TO PUT A STOP TO THIS MONSTROSITY!!!!
WORD!
she looks horrible in that swimsuit. is it me or does she look like she has a little gut? and the bruise or birthmark on her leg…um? lol but that photoshopped pic of that guy nuzzling her neck actually looks good. she looks pretty again.
No way is that black & white photo her…exact profile of Rachel McAdams. Lilo had a breakdown, and knew she could call on none other than her Mean Girl’s costar who dreams of one day having a Lifetime flick herself. Sigh, Rachel McAdams, we only hope you could gain half this level of fame and beauty.
Calm down. It’s a Lifetime move, right? Let’s just let Lindsay have this. Good to see her finally working.
I agree. I am sooooooo over the over zealous reverence of early movie stars like taylor and monroe, its way too artificial now.
True.
In this days of the internet & over exposure I assure you these revered movie stars wouldn’t have seemed so perfect..
As for Lohan.. No words. She’s over & therefore underserving of my attention
I am not certain how it is “artificial” and I understand your opinion. And yet people just carried themselves better in public back then. It wasn’t better, but it is something lost. i.e. you didn’t go to the grocery store in your sweat pants, if you were a movie star you didn’t drop f bombs in interviews. If you urinated on a fifteen year old girl (R Kelly) you were shunned, not given a Grammy.
Something lost, something gained right?
And Lindsay Lohan is sort of a perfect example of that loss isn’t she?
I agree, Bad Fairy. Lohan is the sad trainwreck of a guest who won’t leave. Stars of Old Hollywood were groomed by the movie studios, so they generally conducted themselves with poise and refinement in the public eye. It was part of their job. Also, standards for public behavior were much higher decades ago. Of course they weren’t perfect, but you didn’t see them stumbling around high or drunk, or exiting cars in short skirts with no underwear. What they did in private, behind closed doors, was another matter.
Today, fools look up to the Kardashians and other reality tv famewhores. They would not have been given even 15 minutes of attention 50 years ago. The type of behavior shown by R. Kelly and Chris Brown would have killed anyone’s career back then, too. In this age of cheap internet “fame”, oversharing, stunt gimmicks, and overall shameless self-promotion (I’m looking at you, Madonna), it does seem like civilization is circling the drain.
Unlike stars of yesteryear Lohan actively promotes and sells herself warts and all to the tabloids. Unlike Taylor et al, she has no real film credits, it’s all tabs. She’s made her deal.
Not only that, Bad Fairy & Minty, but the studios also medicated them with uppers or downers, whichever was required at the time.
There is no shame left.
+1. Again, the outrage seems a little over the to for a silly Lifetime biopic.
***over-the-top
gross
Totally..laughable, ridiculously gross! This movie is so produced by Dina! Nobody in their right mind would cast the has been. druggy, used up, very old looking LILO for the part of Liz Taylor. She looks horrible in her day to day life AND trying..and that’s a BIG TRY to play the part of Liz Taylor in a movie. I just don’t get it.
Christ in the cross!!. This is awful
A drag queen would look better. Gag.
I think you just insulted Snooki!
Poor Grant Bowler! Poor Elizabeth Taylor’s family! This will be awful!!!
I agree about the black and white photo. That looks good and i can suspend my disbelief/horror at the Cracken…just keep repeating, it’s only Lifetime, it’s only Lifetime…
Me too. I think the b&w actually looks pretty good. The rest? She looks cheap. The only thing she’s got going for her is she isn’t stick thin.
The black and white promo shot looks good because IT IS PHOTO SHOPPED WITHIN AN INCH OF LILO’S LIFE!! Please..look at her during the filming..she wishes she looked as good as the photo shopped promo shot…in her dreams!!
Awful. Just awful. Everything the cracken touches turns to $hit. This will be no different.
say something nice… The crackens drawn on eyebrows are quite pretty…?
I would love to be on the post production team for this movie. Should be an interesting experience to make it look somewhat appealing. Every frame will need to be shopped.
How many months pregnant is Snookie? ouch Lilo.
Please, please, Lifetime, please take the advice of the genius celebitchy.com commenter who suggested a behind-the-scenes film where we see the crab person break out of the Liz Taylor/Lindsay suit and see the crew run screaming in horror! Oh please, oh please!
This movie will join the ranks of such recent Lifetime camp classics as LIFE IS NOT A FAIRYTALE: THE FANTASIA BARRINO STORY, THE CLIENT LIST and Rob Lowe in DREW PETERSON: UNTOUCHABLE. They’re complete low-budget trash only worth viewing for a good laugh when you’re hungover on a Sunday morning.
I think you forgot the Leann/Eddie monstrosity…I mean classic: Northern Lights.
I think that black&white photo is ab fab. Can’t wait for the movie.
I think it’s quite good also! (Imagine that—I’m actually being nice today.)
Like I posted earlier..that black and white promo shot is so totally photo shopped. Of course it looks good…It doesn’t look like LiLo. In order to make her look like that in the movie they would have to go frame to frame and photo shop. And, it’s a low budget film so I doubt that Dina can afford to have that done. so, enjoy the black and white shot..after that…it is all down hill. Look at the pictures above. Awful…truly awful.
Oh, and to answer the headline … YES, HORRIBLE AND OFFENSIVE!!!!!!!
She wouldn’t have to look exactly like Liz Taylor, but the twit can’t act. All she can do is read cue cards. But it’s only Lifetime so I guess girl gotta eat (smoke*drink*swallow*inhale). Don’t plan on watching though. Haven’t watched anything she has done since that Love Bug movie.
That wig looks so bad. They should have had her dye her hair. If Cracken really wanted this part, she would have made the sacrifice and dyed her hair for it. I don’t get how they think that Cracken in any way resembles Elizabeth. Elizabeth was a true beauty.
Ummm, they did!
The hair is not a wig at least according to TMZ. Cracken cut and dyed her hair she shouldn’t have bothered if this is the best she can do. I think Dame Elizabeth would be rolling in her grave. Cracken looks nothing like her and I bet her accent will be just as bad. You can’t “act” classy and ladylike Cracken has no idea on how to be either. Good thing it is just a Lifetime movie I don’t think this will be good for Grant Bowler’s career. Lindsay’s is over she needs to find something else to do. I hope they are paying the production staff extra I think there is going to be a lot of television tricks needed to make this movie even watchable.
According to hair and makeup (via TMZ) That’s not a wig.
LOL – what is with people (**cough cough Kate Middleton cough **) and denying it when they are obviously wearing wigs. If you’re wearing a weave, own it!
This is going to be a budget trainwreck of huge proportions. Worst of all, Lindsay has a rough voice. Liz had a very unique but soft voice.
OMG , I never thought about the voice. Lindsay sounds like she just finished a pack of Marborl Reds, and Liz was so Girly. You know at this point maybe everyone should just laugh about this, I mean what can you do. I read that Liz had a wicked sense of humor so maybe she would find this hilarious. Who knows.
Imagine Liz speaking in that grizzly voice Joel McHale uses on The Soup. “It’s Lindsay.” She sounds like Ma from Ma’s Roadhouse, but drunk(er).
She is so wrong for this role ,Elisabeth Taylor was a stunning actress with grace and elegance ,her beauty was one of a kind .
Getting high off her fumes should be the least of his worries. How many diseases could he allegedly catch just from kissing her? It turns my stomach to even think about it. (From her alleged paid-tramp ways, I mean.)
What a disgrace! It would have been waaaaay less repulsive if if they’d cast Megan Fox for it. The Cracken realy triggers my barf reflex, the walking Petri dish that she is.
Saw pictures of her in a fighting scene with “Dick”. Extremely funny (her facial expressions) and her boob popped out. So classy.
Aw, you beat me to it! I was writing while you were posting. Those pics were hilarious, no?
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Thanks, Boo, for that link!
Links, please. I’ll be your best friend!
Your wish is my command:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2154781/Lindsay-Lohan-falls-sundress-dramatic-new-scenes-Liz-Dick-set.html
If you look at those pictures both of her boobs have flopped…Such a class act.
Link please.
i mean, this is budget and all, but i don’t see it as “offensive”. who cares, really? it’s a lifetime movie, it means nothing.
Oh gosh, how ugly.
At least hire a personal trainer, she does look anything but fit.
Ugh.
That bathing suit is just embarrassing. All the costumes seem so …wrong, just off in key ways to make them (and her)look super cheap. And did you all get a load of the Daily Mail pics where her boob popped out of her dress? We haven’t seen that move in a few months. I’m sure this was her subtle way of seducing Grant Whateverhisnameis…those pictures show her “acting” angry. Looks just like every nasty faced picture we’ve ever seen of her, sneering. And the bloat has reached cosmic proportions. It’s like she is playing Elizabeth after she has been dead in the water for three days.
Wow, that is one unflattering swimsuit.
no matter how many wigs you purchase she still looks dirty and icky.
Isn’t that the guy from Mission Impossible II? I guess beggars can’t be choosers…
That most certainly is a wig !!!! Note the hairline ..her own resedes have way back on her head and that one is glue in way to low for her face….LOL…as for the swimsuit I think her ass may have slipped around and settled on her belly cause it’s missing in the back and pooching out in the front like shes 5 mos preggers…
And you got to see those fight scene picture on ROL they are halarios…talk about over acting she looks like Theda Barre in a Silent movie scene acting outraged. !!! or my three yr old grandson trying to pretend cry at a supposed hurt….LOL
There isn’t enough make-up or CGI in the world to make Lindsey look like Liz.
She looks exactly like Joan Crawford in the TMZ promotional still link.
why didn’t they just hire an unknown to portray Liz?.. I’m sure if they hunted, they could find someone who REALLY resembles her more than LiLo…I just don’t get how they’re going to hide all of those freckles. Nothing against them, but Liz was alabaster gorgeous. I get that in still photos they can photoshop, but what about the movie itself?…. can makeup cover that?…. also, geez, in that black and white still photo you can pretty much make anyone look like Liz. Lipstick, dark eyebrows, dark wig.. going to think positive and wish good things for LiLo and the film…. you never know, it could be decent.
Elizabeth DID have freckles, especially as she aged. Richard Burton wrote a poem on them. However, that still doesn’t mean Lilo looks a darn thing like her!
Saw some photos yesterday on another site (same photos the The Today Show revealed…she looked like CRAWFORD NOT @ALL LIKE TAYLOR!! A VAST difference between the two Icons! Then again when you looked longer than a glance you just saw Lohan in a busted wig & drag makeup (which Crawford did especially w/ the lips)!!
Which is ironic Lohan looking like Crawford, bet she and Ali couldwrite a “Mommie Dearest” Book On their “loving”, blind eyed, deny everything, pimp my kids, fame whore Dina and call it Mommy Dearest II, portrait of a wannabe “Hollywood Mom”!
Grant Bowler isn’t a household name in the USA yet but he is so much better than this. I feel like this is career suicide for anyone in this film. Maybe Grant thinks any publicity is good publicity for him to get more film or television roles in America?
I don’t know; maybe he’s trying to “redeem” himself after playing Cooter on True Blood? (Not that his acting was bad; but the character was not the most…flattering.)
As for the photoshop pic, I wish someone would publish the real one so that we could do a real side by side comparison. As for bathing suit pics, LL is too skinny! Elizabeth Taylor had curves, even when she was thin, she had a shape to her. LL busted wig and orange skin should be ashamed!
Elizabeth Taylor had her scandals. Back in the day, the Eddie F., Debbie R. scandal was huge. She did not come off looking good on that one. Debbie R. was America’s sweetheart.
But a big difference for me regarding ET is her work with the Aids foundation. She has given back much. So there is that too when judging one’s character.
Looking at Lindsay in the swimsuit, it is all wrong. What happened to her cleavage? Liz always had clevage. It may be minor but it stands out to me and wouldn’t it be a simple thing to fix.
There’s a lot of “little things” the stylist should be fixing. Yes, Liz ALWAYS had cleavage and Lohan certainly has it, so why isn’t it being used? Also, Liz Taylor had a large bust, small waist and large hips. Why haven’t they styled Lohan in a swimsuit that portrays that, or in the same suit padded properly as to show the proper proportions? I get that this is Lifetime, but these are simple fixes.
Does anyone else think that this is an overabundance of photos and publicity for a basic cable movie that just started shooting?
what are the producers trying to achieve by releasing all of these photos?
I know right. The only way this muck is going to make any money is from the advertisers. Here’s a tip: make sure your spot is scheduled for this first half hour cause I’m pretty sure the channel is gonna get changed pretty quickly.
Missing you on tmz! Blohan is SELLING these ‘secret locations’ for a little coke money, as Lifetime isn’t paying much.
I don’t think she looks anything at all like Elizabeth Taylor in those swimsuit pictures. She looks like herself in a black weave.
Holy crap, this is going to be so epically bad it turns around to amazeballs.
A GF of mine and I already have plans to watch it. We’re trying to come up with a drinking game to go with, but are concerned we’d have to get our stomachs pumped by the first commercial break.
Rio if you stick to drinking only during the good acting scenes you’ll probably be sober enough for church.
I think I love you Lady D! Although, ‘sober’, ‘church’ and Blohan don’t exactly mesh.
Oh, this needs to be a drinking game! DEFINITELY!
I’m at a loss as to why people are making such a big deal about this movie – it’s a friggin’ LIFETIME MOVIE. Thought it has its place, WTF cares what Lifetime puts out? Though whoever green-lighted casting the Cracken as Taylor must be smokin’ the same shit she is – even if she pulls off a mediocre performance – it a LIFETIME MOVIE.
Did Elizabeth Taylor ever look that orange? Pretty sure she didn’t. Yikes. 0_0
NO! she was an English rose. Her trademark was her dark hair, fair complexion, and those Violet eyes… NOT an orangey fake spray tan.
Read a quote about LL on set that said, “She’s in a good mood.”What the hell does that even mean? Maybe it’s code for “she hasn’t crack-smacked the crew (yet) and for that we are eternally grateful.” probably no big deal, but my smut sense tells me that people tip-toe around her as usual.
Well, as others have mentioned, it is a Lifetime movie. When has a Lifetime movie ever gotten this much press. They are probably tip-toeing around her, hoping she makes it through filming before she collapses in a pile of cocaine and booze.
True. Made me laugh.
people please don’t forget, lindsay used to be a hell of a good actress…..just sayin’.
she looks shitty right here but what can u do. i think she will be soon member of the Club 27.
This is a bit off-topic, but my sister and mother (sort of) met Liz Taylor. This was when she was married to that senator from Virginia (I forget his name — Warner)? She was walking around an outdoor mall, looking in the window at some cheap shoes. My mom said, “isn’t that Liz Taylor?” and she turned and smiled at them. My sister said she had the most amazing eyes, and I wonder how they are going to capture that in the film.
she couldnt pull this off even if she trys, she is nothing even close to elizabeth taylor
They must have photoshopped the sh*t out of her lips…they haven’t been that thin since before Mean girls
The 4th picture where she’s facing the camera, her bottom lip looks just ridiculous.
Hey, hey, hey JC!
Erm liz was an alcoholic junkie
same with Marilyn Monroe, and a lot of other hollywood legends, do you honestly think lindsay is anywhere close to their level just because she happens to have substance abuse issues herself?
I feel so bad for Liz. She was a legend and doesnt deserve this.
That black and white photo looks exactly like Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. Unfortunately the movie is in color and she won’t be doing the film only showing her profile.
I saw Liz with Dick when I was a kid, on vacation in Mexico in the ’70s. Liz had a completely different body type, very shapely with curvy legs. She was also much shorter than Lindsey, maybe 5’1″.
Lilo’s hair is still several inches too long. Liz never had long hair irl. In movies, yes, Nat’l Velvet, Raintree County.
The promo pic is really nice. Yeah I said it. lol However, the other pics are frighteningly hideous. I do like what they did with the promo pic though. God help us all.
Same old Bloathan but in a black wig (weave??).
Where’s my TWIN Belle?
I’m here, Mad! It just took me awhile – property inspection today at noon that I had to prepare for, plus I broke my right hand’s “bad-man” middle knuckle yesterday, so it takes me FOREVER to type. (Quick, somebody pass me a cracktini.)
That’s not a wig, y’all! It’s HER HAIR. Or her extensions, whatever.
Are you OK? Give me a ‘bell’ Belle, we have tons to catch up on.
Nevermind, on the phone with you NOW!
What’s that sound? its the sound of Liz Taylor spinning in her coffin like a cat in a tumble drier.
Cat In a Hot Tin Can?
Her figure is terrible for her age. She is so untoned & unhealthy looking.
Lifetime’s promoting heck out of this because–dreadful as it may be–they will get massive ratings… just from everyone wanting to see Lohan belly-flop.
Do browse the DM pix though: I’d swear True-Blood-Guy seems to loathe her. It’s written all over his face, & body language is hilarious. Have never seen so many publicity/pap shots in which an actor’s not even trying to appear chummy with a co-star.
OMG just make it stop and please make LILO go away. This is just too bad for words. What a disgrace..even for lifetime. Ugh!
I don’t get the Liz Taylor love. I never got why she was famous other than for being the original J-Ho but prettier. How many marriages? Oh and she hung out with pedo-Jackson. Yes, I first “met” Liz Taylor in the 80s when she hooked up with that trashy dude she met at rehab.
Still regardless of my lack of interest in the real Liz Taylor.
This looks bad. The swimsuit makes her look fat and the hair in the official still is too light.
She looks nothing like her.
@ zenbitch, you seem to have forgotten her major contribution to helping the AIDs/gay cause at a time when other stars were hesitant to do so. plus, she also saved her friend montgomery clift’s life after he had his car accident. how many times has lindsay ever done anything as heroic as that? please, this b*tch can only dream to be like elizabeth. she is not fit to play her at all.
I know Liz Taylor is dead and it’s important for people to honor those who have passed, and she wore fantastic jewelry and lived an action packed life, but lets not forget that Liz Taylor battled drug and alcohol addictions most of her life and overdosed several times, so Lindsey Lohan playing her shouldn’t be that far off. Facts are facts. That said, I really don’t see the resemblance physically.
Battling drugs alcohol and ongoing criminal charges are not acting qualifications.
Yes, but the difference between Lilo and Liz is that Liz didn’t look like she was ran over by a truck. No she wasn’t perfect..but she darn sure looked perfect. She was absolutely beautiful. Lilo drug, alcohol and living life in the fast lane has taken a major toll on her mind, body and soul. And, it shows. She really does look 50 years old at 25. That’s just fact.
It’s a wig. She did darken her hair but that’s a wig she’s wearing. Her hair is destroyed from the extensions and dye jobs. She looks nothing like Liz. The coke bloated face and stomach aren’t helping either. The b&w pic looks decent.
God damn you Lifetime
lol I totally heard Liz from who’s afraid of Virginia Wolfe when I read your post & in my head she added lifetime-if u haven’t seen the movie she yells @ George (RB) “GD U!” as he opens the door to receive their guests.
Ha ha. Now I hear it the same way too despite being my own post. Thanks for the laugh! I loved Taylor I can’t believe they are doing this to her memory
This will be just as tragic as Flex playing Michael Jackson.
Liz was no angel in her day, but she deserves wayyyyyy better than this! I get chills whenever I watch “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf.” Lifetime should be ashamed. But they put out such crappy movies, so I doubt they’d feel shame.
I can’t wait until she quits (Yeah right! lol) this acting Bull S@@t and starts doing porno’s where she’s destined tend up anyway.
nice gunt…
Ok, I’m back and properly bandaged.
There’s so much wrong with this, I don’ t know where to begin.
(Broken knuckle people – have mercy for the typos!)
sorry to hear of your injury. We don’t realize how the smallest parts of our bodies work until we hurt them. In Feb I knocked over a plantstand while standing barefoot on a tile floor only to have the ceramic planter land on top of my foot breaking my big toe clear thru the bone. A little tiny bone & the pain (YIPES) plus I had to wear a boot (halle berry style) for 9 weeks until the bone healed enough & still bothers me.
back to LILO vs Liz It is wrong on so many levels Even if it’s only a lifetime movie of the week.
Yes Liz fought her demons but she was Elizabeth Taylor. I have several of her movies from early B&W to color & I’ve been guilty of hitting pause to to stare @ her beauty. And she worked with F’n James Dean, Montgomery Cliff, Paul Newman, Rock Hudson…dreamy list if u ask me.
I hope the ghosts of Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton come down and haunt Lilo into a crack induced meltdown frenzy.
she’s a talented actress and she looks good in these pics. i just hope she’ll get her act together before it’s way too late
I don’t get why everyone expects her to look the spitting image of LT. I’m not Amerixan but even I’ve worked out Lifetime isn’t a great network, therefore why would she have the best wigs/makeup/body match? It’s just not gonna happen. What about when Michelle Williams played Marilyn Monroe? She in no way resembles MM, so why did no one crucify the producers of that MUCH larger film for their choice? Yes, I know MW can actually act, unlike LL these days, however the ability to act doesn’t seem to be a requirement for a Lifetime film. I mean, I’ve seen Eddie Cibrian on Sunset Beach and it’s obvious his acting skills aren’t Oscar-worthy, so who cares if LL’s the same on a crappy tv film?
The only good thing I can think of to say is… maybe the gofugyourself girls will do a Fug the Fromage on this…? Those are always hysterical.