Lindsay does Linda

Fri., May 7, 2010

From Wire Reports

Lindsay Lohan will play ’70s porn star Linda Lovelace in an upcoming independent movie.

A formal announcement of Lohan’s role in “Inferno” is scheduled at next week’s Cannes Film Festival.

Bill Pullman will play Hugh Hefner in the film, which will delve into “the difficult stuff (Lovelace) went through and overcame,” producer Wali Razaqi says.

The “Deep Throat” star later said she was forced into porn by a sadistic husband and became an anti-pornography crusader.

“I would say it’s probably one of the most challenging roles any actor could play – and not because of the sexual content, necessarily – but more because she was so battered and beat up emotionally, that I think it’s gonna take everything Lindsay has to really be able to pull it off,” Razaqi says.

“Not that Lindsay’s life is similar in any way, but she’s been through a lot of ups and downs. A lot of times you’re loved and then you’re hated, and I think she can relate to those emotions and feelings.”

Jimmy, meet Emmy

“Late Night” host Jimmy Fallon will preside over this year’s prime-time Emmy Awards telecast in August.

The “Saturday Night Live” veteran joked in a statement that hosting the Emmys “has been a dream of mine ever since they told me I was doing it.”

Jay need not apply

Former “Tonight Show” host Conan O’Brien is joining the board of directors of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation.

The foundation each year honors public servants with its “Profile in Courage Award.”

The birthday bunch

Singer Jimmy Ruffin is 71. Actress Robin Strasser (“One Life to Live”) is 65. Singer Thelma Houston is 64. Actor Michael E. Knight (“All My Children”) is 51. Actress Traci Lords is 41. Actor Breckin Meyer (“Herbie: Fully Loaded”) is 36.

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