Lindsay Lohan is citing health issues as the reason for skipping out on the Venice Film Festival over the weekend. One of her latest films, The Canyons, was screened at the festival as a "out-of-competition" showing. Her director, Paul Schrader, was there and had some very pointed words about the frustrations of working with Lohan.
Robin Thicke is getting a lot of publicity this week because of dry humps at the VMA's, and now, he's getting more after an Instagram photo surfaced of Thicke at a New York nightclub, apparently squeezing the butt of a girl he was posing with. visible through a mirror behind them. The girl has been self-identified as Lana Scolaro. She says that when she took the picture and posted it online, unaware of the reflection in the image. Then Saturday, it seems Thicke has gone into damage control mode, posting up a happy family picture with his wife and kid while vacationing in Florida.
It looks like Randy Jackson is very likely to be back for another season of American Idol, according to our report. Harry Connick Jr. is also rumored to be added on as a judge. Fox will reportedly make official announcements about the show's judges in a few days.
Justin TImberlake has thrown his name into the hat for casting in the Batman movie franchise. According to this report, Timberlake has said this week he wants to play the Riddler, and would love to play a premiere villain rather than a superhero. Also in the interview, Timberlake deflected heat off of Ben Affleck, who he says will do just fine as the new Batman.