Who Will Be a Comeback Kid in 2011?

By Jo Piazza Posted Dec 31st 2010 05:00PM

This past year gave us some spectacular flameouts. Sure, Lindsay Lohan and Mel Gibson were a long time coming, but did we really expect them to go down in such a blaze of glory? With all the drama 2010 brought with it finally behind us, the dust beginning to settle and Charlie Sheen's 'Two and a Half Men' in re-runs for the holidays, we can finally take the time we need to reflect on which famous faces we will welcome back with open arms and who will be relegated to the dog house for yet another year.

Sheen is the comeback kid who needs no explanation. He is encased in an armor of career kryptonite that no assault charge, thrown hotel lamp, prostitute or illegal drug can penetrate. Charlie will remain an overwhelmingly celebrated television star, and his most recent consort, Capri Anderson, will be relegated to the dusty corners of Charlie's memory, where he once shot Kelly Preston and no one cared.

Paris Hilton proved in 2010 that not all press is good press. She was finally banned from Las Vegas once and for all, not for leaving her undies at home one too many times, but rather for inexpertly stashing her cocaine in her purse so that it spilled out in front of the wrong people. Paris not only had to face the harsh reality of the law, but she had to face the reality of irrelevance. Vegas could finally stand to lose Paris because they had gained something better, a cadre of Kardashians (three times the fun in just as little clothing). But we haven't seen the last of Paris. Never forget that this woman is an evil genius who first wormed her way into our souls with a grainy night-vision sex tape. Paris will find a way to assault our senses before next year is through.

Lindsay Lohan will certainly try to stage a comeback in 2011. She simply can't help herself. Word to the wise Linds, no one wants to see your face until 2013. Laying low is your last best chance at redemption.

Speaking of laying low, 'O.C' starlet, serial party girl and 2009 flameout Mischa Barton has done a good job of it. So good in fact that we fully expect 2011 to be the year of Mischa. Her former posse has all been rehabbed, married or spawned and it looks like Mischa is all that is left. If she can get it together with her new down-market fashion line and pull off acting chops just a tad more honed than Marissa Cooper's fiery finale in the currently filming "Sibling" (with the Oscar-nominated Michael Clarke Duncan), Mischa may be the last woman standing from her party girl past.

Mel Gibson knows how to wait out a scandal. Following his 2006 drink-fueled anti-Semitic rant, which first made Mel unpalatable to his audience, he stepped out of the spotlight for nearly three years before making another movie. If his mad, mad baby mama Oksana Grigorieva has anything to do with it, he will have to double that this time around following her charges of domestic violence and the release of a miniseries of nasty voicemail messages. As long as Oksana wants to be famous, Mel's star will wane. We won't see a Mel comeback in 2011, but we may see Oksana get her own reality program.

And finally, our dark horse pick for a 2011 comeback: Jon Gosselin. You heard it here first. While his ex-wife Kate stole the spotlight in 2010 and Jon wallowed in his ill-fitting Ed Hardy attire, cuddled up with one low-rent floozy after the next, we believe he was secretly plotting comeback domination. We won't be at all surprised to see another Gosselin make an appearance on 'Dancing With the Stars' (or maybe 'Skating With the Stars,' one-up Kate!), 'Celebrity Fit Club' or some British iteration of 'Big Brother.' Maybe Jon will even start dating someone more abhorred than he is? We haven't heard the last of Jon. Expect big things from him in the next twelve months.

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Friday 31 December

By mw

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I agree, not to see Lilo til 2013, even longer would be better. Never works for me just fine.

Saturday 01 January

By bdyftns

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Michael Jackson. Oh, wait a sec........

By glglan

Mel is not going any where, because rasict people still love the guy.. And Mel has the money to make his own movies.
Charlie is loved by most men because of his ways with the 'ladies.' He still has a hit show, and will keep on living the same way he always has, because he also has to money to get by with anything in court.
Linsay, theres no telling what will happen with her. It seems shes still doing some business in rehab.

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By vbmmv

Mel will make lethal weapon 5 , it will be a big bomb. Then he will loose what little money he has left in his remake of Animal house. He will remarry for the fifth time to a under age barmaid and have a hoard of little midgets..I love this , So does My boyfriend .he is almost 11year older than me .i met him via ageg apsingles.c 'om a nice place for seeking age le ss love.which gives you a chance to make your life better and open opportunities for you to meet the attractive young girls and treat you like a king. Maybe you wanna check it out or tell your friends.. Just love it

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By ddccbn

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By Bobby

~She is a total waste. If the entire entertainment world never heard from her again it would be great!

By Lisa

Not to see LiLo, the Kardashians, Kate Gosselin or Paris Hilton in the news every again would be my New Year's wish.

By RJ

Agee

By abbybunky

MORE THAN AGREE, AMEN!

Monday 03 January

By john

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my wishes exactly

By Brian Sedlock

Does anybody about these stupid, unimportant and useless entertainers? They're not worth a hill of beans. Charlie Sheen has gotten into so much trouble over drug possession like Robert Downey, the same could be said about Paris Hilton and Lindsey Lohan and Mel Gibson is a is a dirty foul mouthed philanderer. Yet the media is still focuses on these people. Why?

By seth

I agree tried of same old crapy,least now new idiots in office to really screw things up. what happened to trought in AMERICA.

The wack-jobs or the right only have one position, no to the D's now they have to had a idea, ha.

The new House Speaker; aka cries like a girl will, go down in flames, the little go put on a dress and go home.

By Rhett C. Bowling

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If Lindsay recovers and gets back into show business successfully, that will be great, but even if she doesn't and still recovers and stays sober for the rest of her life, that will be the best thing for her. Better to fall down and get back up than to never get up at all. She is a beautiful woman.

By Vince

Lindsay Lohan? Back to what? She's been a, "Has-been", since her teen years. Movies are out. They're too expensive to produce for anyone to take a chance on a flake.

I would like to see Lindsay Lohan get herself back together, but I don't see a movie career in her future. In the first place, she was mediocre as a teenage actress and could never handle mature roles. Secondly, considering the huge costs in producing movies, requiring dependable people in all venues, who would take a chance on hiring her? One day's delay would probably cost tens of thousands of dollars.

By joan

Charlie Sheen will be the only one who will return without a doubt. Lindsay needs to get rid of mommy dearest Dina in her life and straighten out and fly right. Mel Gibson has destroyed his own career with his philandering and foul anti everything mouth....

By D Wayne

I agree joan. But why is Charlie even on the list? He has a hit show, and is the highest paid on tv. I've only ever watched one episode, the CSI crossover.

By Bonnie

I agree with you 100%! Really, of the three choices, Charlie is the only one worth seeing.

By PEGGYNHARPER

MY MONEY IS ON CHARLIE, BAD BOYS ARE HOT !!!!!

By Hedge

Some of those pictures of Charlie are either an unflattering camera angle or else he has a portrait stowed away somewhere that has decided to stay young while Charlie grows more hideous looking.

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