Pop quiz: You are a still-young but decidedly former starlet now more famous for your troubles than your talent, and last seen posing nude for Playboy, what do you do now? Is that really a question? Time for a Lifetime movie, baby! Especially if you can play former Hollywood royalty. Lindsay Lohan is in talks to play no less than Elizabeth Taylor in a made-for-basic-cable movie. Schadenfreude never felt so good. more ›

The upcoming Lifetime reality show, Russian Dolls, has been raising the ire of many residents and Russian-Americans, for its spin on the Russian community in Brighton Beach. But now its co-creator is speaking out against the criticism—and she pulls the beef tongue sandwich card. more ›

Now that we've seen a glimpse of Lifetime's reality show about the Russian community in Brighton Beach, Russian Dolls, featuring "guys wearing Adidas pants, leather jackets and gold chains" and "a lot of hot, decked-out Russian girls" (plus some of their in-laws!), what do actual Russians in Brighton Beach think? Um, how about a community liaison's slam saying "they don’t speak this dirty language and they hate vodka." more ›

You may be fist-pumping in excitement over the upcoming return of Jersey Shore, but will you be saying da or nyet to Russian Dolls? Russian Dolls is Lifetime's new reality show about Russian women (and men) living in Brooklyn. Sheepshead Bites got a hold of the trailer, and it does seem to live up to the producer's promise, "There will be plenty of vodka, techno music and guys wearing Adidas pants, leather jackets and gold chains, and driving souped-up cars. There will also be a lot of hot, decked-out Russian girls." Added bonus: Cocktail weiners in puff pastry! more ›

Is the Gray Lady ready for her close-up? It was announced today that Lifetime is aiming to bring the paper's Modern Love column to the small screen (something that HBO was talking about doing years ago). more ›

Google, once the contract goes through, will soon be the proud owner of an entire New York City block. The tech giant is in the process of finalizing a $1.8 billion deal to purchase 111 Eighth Ave., which already houses the companies New York offices (along with offices for Lifetime, barnesandnoble.com, Nike and Deutsch advertising and more). The building boasts 2.9 million square feet of office space—more than the Empire State Building! more ›

Will the Russian-Americans of Brooklyn give the Jersey Shore kids a little competition? The Lifetime network has just ordered 12 episodes of the Brighton Beach reality show, which was casting earlier this year. A call went out in February beckoning the Russian Snooki and super outgoing types that love to blast Euro/Techno/Russian music. more ›

Talk about a hot mess, the Project Runway powers-that-be barely made it work but word is that the show will finally be able to hit airwaves again. Earlier this year the finalists for the yet-to-be-aired season weren't even allowed to show their faces at their own Fashion Week shows because of the legal battle, but now it's being reported that "the long and bitter litigation over the hit reality series came to an end Wednesday when the Weinstein Company, which owns the show, agreed to pay NBC Universal a settlement fee, acknowledging it had improperly sold the show to a competitive network without giving NBC a right to match the offer." This past September NBC successfully prevented Lifetime from airing the show, and now the Weinstein Company will pay NBC a fee for the right to move the show to Lifetime. Expect the new season to air this summer, and according to their deal, there's five more years to come! more ›

How will Lifetime transition from "woman in distress seeks revenge" movies to "hot tranny mess" is beyond us, but The NY Times reports that NBC Universal, Bravo's parent company, has lost their precious “Project Runway" to the "femme-centric" (per Variety) network. more ›