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Lindsay Lohan may be facing time for alleged DUI and drug possession, but help is on the way. Sort of. Errant father Michael Lohan told the New York POST: “I’m meeting with my parole officer tomorrow to ask permission to go … have a heart-to-heart with my daughter. Who else is going to step to the plate?” SCORE: 5,163
It’s really over. After a heated, Iraq-themed on-air exchange with Elisabeth Hasselbeck, Rosie O’Donnell won’t return to The View. “I didn’t really fit into the family, and now it’s time for the foster kid to go back home,” she said on ROSIE.COM, prompting friend Nora Ephron to write on THE HUFFINGTON POST, “I feel sad/ And full of woe/ I am going to miss/ My Ro.” SCORE: 803
NBC network head Kevin Reilly has lost his job to The Office producer Ben Silverman. Reilly defenders are livid. “He gave his right arm to save 30 Rock and Friday Night Lights,” TV blog GIVE ME MY REMOTE wails, raising the questions, Did he also give his job? And what happens to those beloved, low-rated shows now? SCORE: 603
Bottoming out: Miss USA Rachel Smith, who fell during the Miss Universe pageant. This is “kind of a big deal when the only judging criteria are how you look in a bikini and your ability to walk,” says blogsite THE SUPERFICIAL. Later in the show, the Mexico City crowd booed Smith out of distaste for non-beauty-related U.S. policy. She lost to Japan’s Riyo Mori. SCORE: 304
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End plundered $156 million over the holiday–but that “weekend” number was padded with Thursday and Monday screenings, a common practice during holiday weekends. Even without the help, Pirates had, ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY notes, “merely the fourth-best premiere … in history.” SCORE: 175
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