It seems the media is really digging the Lindsay Lohan/Samantha Ronson relationship. And I am no exception. The two were captured wandering about lower Manhattan yesterday, and they just seem so happy and into each other. More so than Lindsay has ever seemed to be with any guy.

Perhaps it’s because Samantha is more low key, or because she’s got her own career and life, but you just don’t get the feeling that she’s taking advantage of Lindsay, or that she’s going to run to the tabloids and sell her story if the two break up. And she’s willing to tag along while LiLo tries on clothes. Which I’m guessing can be an exhausting experience.

It was a romantic day of shopping, dining and partying in New York City for inseparable duo Lindsay Lohan and Samantha Ronson. The couple’s busy July 28 included a trip to Chanel in SoHo, a late lunch at Bar Pitti and a romantic dinner at Gemma Restaurant.

Holding hands and gazing into each other eyes, the couple dined in a cozy, candlelit corner table at Gemma late Monday evening. The two looked quite happy, sitting next to each other as they chatted and laughed in a dark corner of the popular restaurant alongside Ronson’s brother Mark and a male friend.

After Gemma, Lohan and Ronson continued the party at the Bowery Hotel’s patio bar. Wearing a sky blue T-shirt, white jeans and one of her trademark straw fedoras, Ronson doted on Lohan, often putting her arm around her and laughing with the actress while more friends joined the couple. They left shortly after midnight, with Lohan toting a Chanel-quilted purse and Ronson following in close pursuit.

[From People]

I’m sorry, but that is just too cute. I don’t think it’s so adorable because they’re girls; I think it’s because Lindsay has always seemed to be attracted to jerky douche bags. Seeing her so happy with someone who is awesome, sweet, and good to her is really nice. Here’s Lindsay and Sam out and about yesterday. Images thanks to Fame.

Lindsay Lohan seems to be only about two steps away from officially announcing her relationship with Samantha Ronson to People. Linds followed Sam to her DJ gig at the Ultimate White Party at Shrine at the MGM Grand in Connecticut. Apparently she was pretty shy at first, generally hiding out in the deejay booth for most of the evening. But later on the Lohan we all know (and sorta/kinda/maybe love) emerged, as Lindsay mingled with the crowd and photographers.

… Seated in front of a black door, Lohan kept her head down, and alternated between sipping from Ronson’s sake glass and a bottle of water. She didn’t even dance until Ronson played Aerosmith’s “Walk This Way.” But her self-consciousness set in after the camera flashes started, and she retreated to the corner.

Later in the night Lohan grabbed one lensman’s camera and was overheard saying, “I want to show all these people how it feels, so I’m going to take their picture,” before going berserk with it. Running from side to side of the DJ booth, Lohan snapped a few pictures of Ronson while she was spinning before turning the camera on the crowd. Guests seated next to the booth were the subjects of a particularly long series of pictures because Lohan thought, “they look the sketchiest.”

At 1am, when the party wrapped up, Lohan grabbed the microphone and declared, “She’s taken!” after everyone began yelling Ronson’s name. Security moved quick when the crowd of 1,200 partiers wasn’t leaving the venue. “Lindsay snapped a little bit, and said she needed to get out of there right away. The lights were on, everyone could easily see her and they were all trying to get a picture,” said one insider.

[From the Daily News]

OK! Magazine claims that the phrasing was a little different, and what Lindsay actually said was, “’And no she’s not single!’” But the point is still pretty much the same. It seems like the two are obviously becoming more and more comfortable with their relationship, and slowly making clear that the rumors aren’t just rumors. On a side note, I did find the description of Lindsay’s behavior with the camera kind of annoying, in a vintage Lohan fashion. Regardless, I bet we see the two of them announcing their love on the cover of People within the next two months.

Here Lindsay and Sam on the set of Ugly Betty on Tuesday in Queens. Images thanks to Fame.

I have to admit, I find the relationship between Lindsay Lohan and Samantha Ronson to be really cute. Like, really really cute. Lindsay seemed to exclusively date douche bags when she was dating men. But Samantha seems pretty awesome – and really into Lindsay. And she doesn’t seem like the sort to sell LiLo out, unlike a few of her past paramours. And in a sense, perhaps it says something about their relationship that they haven’t made some big announcement or blogged all over their respective MySpaces. It seems like they’re with each other out of genuine affection, and that’s pretty sweet to see.

On the heels of reports that Samantha Ronson recently changed her Facebook relationship status to “in a relationship,” she and Lindsay Lohan stepped out in New York City in coordinated fedoras on Thursday. At the Sephora Celebrates Ten Years of Glamorous event, the pair kept mum, but Lohan’s mom Dina gushed about Ronson.

“I love Samantha,” Dina Lohan told reporters. “She’s like a child to me. They’re great friends and as long as my daughter is happy and healthy, it is what it is.” Ronson, wearing her usual skinny jeans and shirt, spun a mix of ’80s tunes and current hits throughout the night, and Lohan, in a slinky multi-colored sequined dress, jammed alongside her. Lohan spent the evening, drink-free, texting friends on her phone, playing with Ronson’s deejay equipment and posing for pictures.

At midnight, the two left together, holding hands.

[From People]

Aww. I never thought Lindsay Lohan would do anything that would make me say that. Here are the Lohans at the Sephora Celebrates Ten Years of Glamorous on Thursday in New York City, where Ronson deejayed for the night. Images thanks to PR Photos.

All celebrities take note: if you want to live your life with some measure of privacy and not have the paparazzi give a crap about you, you need to become friends with David Beckham. It seems that when Becks is around, no one gives a crap about any other celebs. Any and all who hate being followed by the paps: get yourself a David Beckham. Or a David Beckham impersonator. Hell, even a well crafted cardboard cutout might work well. According to E! News, it worked great for Lindsay Lohan – who was pretty much completely ignored in Beckham’s presence.

If Lindsay Lohan ever decides to be keep a lower profile, she should consider spending more time around David Beckham. Lohan and her gal-pal Samantha Ronson were on the same flight to New York today as the soccer hunk.

When the two girls got to the luggage carousel, there wasn’t much fuss: Some kids asked for autographs and a single paparazzo snapped some pics.

Then Beckham sauntered to the carousel…

“About 25 people ran over to him, and there were at least five photographers who showed up out of nowhere taking photos,” a source reports. Beckham had to hightail it to NYC after last night’s ESPY Awards in Hollywood to get ready for Saturday’s Los Angeles Galaxy game against the New York Red Bulls.

[From E! News]

I am currently papier-mâché-ing (that’s a really hard word to conjugate) a life-size Beckham as we speak, to keep the paparazzi from following me. Every morning when I leave the house there’s this guy across the street with his camera. Always sitting on his couch, aiming the zoom out the window at my apartment. Oddly he does it a lot at night, too. Into my window. Weird.

I’m absolutely convinced he’s with X17 and is following me. He just bought that house 7 years ago knowing I’d move to the fanciest part of Brooklyn, become crazy famous, and be a great paparazzi target. Now that I have my faux-Beckham to carry around with me, the guy will have something better to do. Plus, being seen with David Beckham makes me look cool. It’s a win-win.

Here are David and Victoria Beckham (last photo with Candace Parker) at the 2008 ESPY Awards in Los Angeles on Wednesday. Images thanks to WENN.

DJ Samantha Ronson is the sister of famed music producer Mark Ronson, 32. Mark Ronson dates British model Daisy Lowe, 19, who told The Mirror that she had the chance to meet Samantha and her girlfriend, Lindsay Lohan, recently. She called them “a lovely couple,” and said that they’re “genuine” and “so sweet together.”

“I met Lindsay and Sam for the first time during the weekend before the Coachella festival.

“Sam is an amazing girl. The four of us had a brilliant time – a real laugh.”

And it seems that Daisy is also really taken with legendary party girl, Linds, 22. “Lindsay is really down to earth. Her and Sam make a lovely couple – they seem really happy.

“Their relationship is totally genuine. And they’re just so sweet together.

“Mark totally approves. But we’re not going to double-date again – I mean, would you go on a date with your brother? It’s just a bit weird and anyway they live in LA, so it’s kinda difficult.

“But I’d definitely love to see them again.”

[From The Mirror via The Huffington Post]

Last month Mark Ronson told The Mirror that Sam and Lindsay “make a cute couple,” so I think we have confirmation from Samantha’s family. Her brother and his girlfriend sound supportive, and it’s nice to hear someone close to the couple say kind things about them.

Lindsay’s family hasn’t been so gracious in their public comments about her relationship with Sam and have never acknowledged it. Her dad once sent an e-mail to US Weekly which dismissively said their relationship “is evident to anyone with half a brain,” but then tried to take it back and claimed that he never saw photos of his daughter holding hands or kissing Samantha. Lindsay’s mom denied that her daughter was anything more than friends with Sam. In an interview in mid May she said “They’re best friends. They’re just friends. It’s pathetic what people say.” She went on to call the rumors “Silly.”

Lindsay and Sam do make a cute couple, and by most accounts Sam is a great influence on Lindsay. It’s a shame Lindsay’s mom calls the rumors that her daughter is in a healthy and supportive relationship “pathetic,” but then that adjective has also been frequently applied to Dina herself. It’s also possible Lindsay hasn’t come out to her family because she assumes they’ll have a problem with it. Dina can justify her daughter’s partying and flitting around, including multiple DUI arrests, but when it comes to acknowledging that Lindsay has settled down into a relationship with a woman she just can’t wrap her tiny mind around it. You know that if Dina was ok with it she would have made some kind of statement, because she never hesitates to talk about her daughter to the press if it means she’ll get some attention too.

Lindsay Lohan and Samantha Ronson are shown on 7/16/08 on the set of Labor Pains. Credit: JC / WENN. Mark Ronson and Daisy Lowe are shown at the Glamour Women Of The Year Awards on 6/3/08. Credit: WENN

There’s a priceless interview with the band McFly in the British Magazine Heat. The band appeared with Lindsay Lohan in the 2006 film Just My Luck, during which Lohan had a brief relationship with drummer Harry Judd, 22. Judd’s bandmates wrote a song teasing him about hooking up with Lindsay, called “Please Please Lindsay Please.” Lohan denied having anything to do with Judd, saying “I didn’t date him. I didn’t fancy any of the McFly boys. But they’re really nice.” She went on to say she doesn’t really like their music either and is more into Arctic Monkeys.

I’m not too familiar with the band McFly but you can tell from the interview that they have a wacky sense of humor and a lot of fun together. The journalist is a bit of a fan girl and asks them if any of their four members are single. They say they all have girlfriends, and when she expresses dissapointment bassist Dougie Poynter, 20, quips “we’re swingers. When we say we’re going on holiday together, we’re actually on a swinger’s cruise.”

Then she brings up the issue that drummer Harry used to date Lindsay Lohan and asks if he’s heard from her. She also asks the band what they think about Lohan’s relationship with Samantha Ronson and most of them express surprise. It’s unclear if this is news to Harry exactly, but you can tell it’s the first his bandmates have heard of it.

Harry, have you heard from Lindsay Lohan recently?
Harry [laughing] Yeah, she sent me a text earlier. [Danny, Tom and Dougie all laugh.] No, of course I haven’t!

What do you make of her going out with Samantha Ronson?
Tom: Is that true?!
Danny: She’s a lesbian?
Harry: [sarcastically] Oh dear… I must have put her off guys.
Dougie: I don’t believe she’s a lesbian! I find it really weird, though, that you’ve been there.
Harry: Whatever she gets up to is her own business.

[From Heat Magazine, print edition, July 12-18, 2008]

That’s a good answer from Harry and maybe he already knew about Sam and Lindsay. The journalist also brought up the fact that guitarist and lead volcalist Danny Jones, 22, set fire to his pubes during a show at G.A.Y. last year. He did something called a “flaming lady,” which is where you tuck your man parts and then burn your pubes. There’s video of this on YouTube and the announcer encouraged him to do it and he just went along with it. It looked mildly painful but he didn’t really burn his skin or anything.

When asked if they have any secrets that we don’t know about, Danny said he “bleached [bassist] Dougie’s bum hole.”

These guys marveled for about half a minute that Lohan is with a woman now, and then they moved on to the next goofy thing. Kind of like celebrity gossip in general.

As I was reading through old stories looking for the news about Lohan’s relationship with Harry Judd I came across an old quote she gave that seems particularly telling in light of her relationship with Sam. She told Harper’s Bazaar “I’ve become like the guy in relationships. Lately I just cannot be in a monogamous relationship.” She seems like she’s in a monogamous relationship now.

Here are links to a GMTV Interview with these guys if you’re interested in seeing them speak. They’re goofy.
GMTV web interview with McFly part 1
GMTV web interview with McFly part 2

And here’s their video “One for the Radio.” It’s pretty solid pop.

Thanks to my husband for bringing back a stack of gossip magazines from his business trip to London.

Lindsay Lohan and Samantha Ronson are shown on 7/2/08, Credit: WENN. All the photos of Lohan in various outfits below were taken on the set of Labor pains on 7/11/08. Credit: WENN. McFly are shown in February and May, 2007. Credit: PRPhotos.

I never thought I’d say this, but I am really impressed with Lindsay Lohan. At least for her. If you were to hold Lindsay up to a regular person, probably not so much. But considering she’s nearly on par with Paris Hilton, she’s made some pretty big changes in her life – for the better. Lindsay’s relationship with DJ Samantha Ronson has really seemed to mellow her. She’s been acting much more mature lately, focusing on her work, not getting into any car accidents, and seemingly not drinking to such a ridiculous extent that she ends up in rehab. All big steps for her.

And it seems pretty clear that Sam is just as in to Lindsay. For her 22nd birthday last week, Ronson bought her a $22,000 diamond ring from Cartier. Not too shabby.

Samantha — the sister of super-producer Mark Ronson — reportedly splashed out the hefty amount on a Cartier diamond ring for Lindsay’s 22nd birthday.

Lindsay was later seen sporting the band when she and Samantha were shopping in LA. A source says, “Sam took Lindsay shopping to celebrate her 22nd birthday.

“Although Lindsay is the major breadwinner, Sam has her own money and is very proud.

“It’s not an engagement ring – simply a token of her commitment. Lindsay is thrilled and she and Sam are very content.”

[From Showbiz Spy]

According to a good deal of internet gossip, Sam not only pays her own way, she generally pays for Lindsay too. Considering the rumors of money problems that have been hounding LiLo for well over a year, that’s not too surprising.

Lohan made a cryptic comment about her birthday wish to Ryan Seacrest – and everyone is saying it’s as good as if she actually admitted that she and Sam are together.

“I just wanna live a happy, healthy year, continue on the path that I’ve been on and be with the person that I care about. And my family.”

[From the Mirror]

Samantha also posted a picture of the two of them kissing on her MySpace page. I’m not sure what else the two of them can do to make it more obvious to us that they’re together. You know, except actually publicly acknowledging it.

Here’s Lindsay and Samantha on their way to eat with friends at La Scala in Beverly Hills on July 2nd, Lindsay’s birthday. They went to Cartier earlier that day. Images thanks to WENN

I don’t know why, but I find Lindsay Lohan’s relationship with Samantha Ronson absolutely fascinating. I think anytime you assume someone is one thing, and then find out they might be another, it’s kind of interesting. But what really intrigues me is that we just don’t know what’s going on there. Lohan was all kinds of a skank with men. Has she turned to women permanently? Is she bi? Is she just going through that “I experimented in college” phase, without bothering with actually going to college?

Well no matter why she’s in to Samantha, Sam’s brother, producer Mark Ronson, seems to have confirmed that the pair are indeed a couple.

Mark Ronson has fuelled rumors that his younger sister Samantha is dating Lindsay Lohan. The pair were spotted kissing and cuddling at the Cannes Film Festival in France last month.

And Mark, 32, reckons they’re a great pairing. ‘My sister and Lindsay make a cute couple, don’t they?’ he tells the Sunday Mirror.

Neither Lindsay, 21, or Sam, 30, have confirmed they’re an item. Earlier this week they were spotted partying with singer Lily Allen in LA.

[From NOW Magazine]

There were rumors floating around that Lohan, Ronson, and Lily Allen were engaged in some kind of lesbian three-way… but that’s obviously complete speculation. The Enquirer also has a story about Pink flirting with Ronson at a party on June 4th. Supposedly Lindsay bugged Samantha in her DJ booth until Pink eventually gave up and walked away.

The story doesn’t sound all that true – simply because Lohan is known more for freaking out and screaming at the top of her lungs when someone tries to even talk to Samantha. Pestering her for attention doesn’t seem like Lohan’s style. At least she’s still got some drama – the most important ingredient for a Lohan relationship.

Here’s Lindsay and Samantha on the set of her new movie “Labor Pains” on Tuesday. Images thanks to Splash.

I believe that the bigger the celebrity ego, the more second careers they try to have. And if they keep trying new careers instead of working on just doing one thing right… well that’s what I like to call the Lindsay Lohan formula. No one would really call Lohan a good actress anymore. She was great in Mean Girls and a few other films back in the day. But everything since Herbie Fully Loaded has pretty much sucked – the pinnacle of suckitude of course being I Know Who Killed Me.

Instead of working on becoming a non-sucking actress (yes I mean that the way it sounded) Lohan decided to get her ass to the music studio, with varying results, depending on your opinion. Now that that’s done with, Lohan has moved on to the number one favorite celebrity second career: fashion designer, or more accurately known as product endorser. Lohan has put out a line of leggings, which will range from $40 to $140.

LINDSAY LOHAN’s leggings are getting closer to store shelves! ET has learned that the starlet’s new line, named “6126″ after MARILYN MONROE’s birthdate, has been picked up at L.A.’s posh Fred Segal boutique and online retailer www.revolveclothing.com and will start shipping around August 30th, “6126″ LLC partner KRISTI KAYLOR says.

Last month, Lindsay caused a frenzy in Beverly Hills when she and two models posed for publicity shots wearing the pieces. So far, the “6126″ collection includes “footless tights” made from “Supima cotton and Modal ribbed knits” along with other fabrics spruced up with zippers, foil prints, yarn dyes and sexy metallic and screen prints.

Cashmere leg warmers and something called an “ankle glove,” a modified warmer that covers the ankle, are also part of the line, which will start at $40 and go up to $140.

[From Entertainment Tonight]

Well thank goodness. I had this extra $140 sititng here, and I was trying to figure out the best way to completely blow my money on something generally unnecessary and ridiculously overpriced. And $140 for leggings seems to be just about the stupidest thing I could possibly do – so I’m going with that.

In other LiLo news, she and Samantha Ronson haven’t broken up. The pair had a fight at a sushi restaurant the other night, prompting mass blog panic that the two were headed for splitsville.

Forget those break-up rumors. On Monday, Sam Ronson visited Lindsay Lohan on the Los Angeles set of her new comedy Labor Pains.

Blogs had speculated that the pair were on the rocks after they got into a fight Saturday at Glendale, California, sushi hot spot Katsuya. (A witness tells Usmagazine.com that Lohan, 21, stormed out of the restaurant in tears. Ronson, 30, was overheard saying “it was just a joke.”)

But on the Pains set, the two were photographed hugging and laughing.

[From Us Weekly]

Here’s Lindsay having dinner with Samantha Ronson and Lily Allen at Il Sole in Los Angeles last night. Images thanks to WENN.

In many ways it seems like Lindsay Lohan’s relationship with deejay Samantha Ronson is probably the healthiest one she’s ever been in. Though the two have yet to come out publicly as a couple – and Lohan has never acknowledged her (likely) bisexuality or lesbianism – it seems like their relationship is remarkably strong and fairly stable, at least as a Lohan affair goes. According to several of their friends, they key to their happiness is trust – the pair have been friends for years.

Why does Lindsay Lohan spend so much time with good pal Samantha Ronson?

“Lindsay just feels safe with her,” socialite – and Lohan friend – Cory Kennedy told PEOPLE at Billabong’s 2nd Annual Design for Humanity Event Wednesday night in Hollywood. “I just feel like they have a very loyal and trustworthy relationship, which is really hard to come across in the world that Lindsay’s in. It’s a trust thing.”

[From People]

It seems like Lindsay and Samantha’s friends are trying to be sort of discreet by not actually calling them a couple or saying they have a romantic relationship, but still want to make it known that they’re supportive of the pair.

“DJ Steve Aoki, a close friend of both Lohan and Ronson, said their bond is easy to understand.

[Samantha] truly is a friend to her,” he explained. “She’s a very positive influence …. [Lindsay] sees that and sees a genuine, good friendship.”

“I think the most important thing in a relationship is, really, trust,” agreed Kennedy. “I feel like that’s what their relationship thrives on. I love the fact that they’re both really happy.”

[From People]

Though it is a little unusual to go from dating just men to women, it definitely happens, especially around Lindsay’s age. 21 is a pretty common time to figure out your sexuality. I do find it interesting that so many articles are calling Lohan gay, when it’s just as possible that she’s bisexual. Or perhaps she doesn’t feel the need to define her sexuality, and just goes with what works for her. Either way, it seems like she’s pretty happy and relatively drama-free, for a Lohan. Whatever influence Samantha has had on her seems to only be good.

Here’s Lindsay and Samantha doing some late night shopping at Mayfair Market on May 3rd. Images thanks to WENN.