Once a liar, always a liar. Dina Lohan, Lindsay’s stagecoach mom, said in an interview that she once told George Clooney she was Lindsay’s assistant instead of admitting that she’s her mom. It turns out Dina has lied about a whole lot more. She claims to be a former Rockette and to have acted on stage and in commercials, but extensive searches by The NY Post turned up a whole lot of nothing:

DINA Lohan, the leggy mother of Lindsay, is always described as a former Radio City Music Hall Rockette - but she’s not. After an inquiry from The Post, a spokeswoman for Radio City called back to say an exhaustive search found no record of Dina Lohan, or Donata Sullivan (her maiden name), ever being a Rockette. Execs at Cablevision, which owns Radio City, were said to be indignant anyone would claim to be a Rockette who wasn’t. “It’s like claiming to have a degree from Harvard when you don’t. It’s a big deal to be a Rockette,” said our source. A Google search of “Dina Lohan Rockette” yesterday turned up 884 links. Biographies of Dina, 44, also say the 5-foot-111/2 blonde acted on the Broadway stage and in commercials - also apparently not true. “Look in SAG [the Screen Actors Guild]. Look in AFTRA [American Federation of Televison & Radio Artists]. Dina isn’t a member,” said a family source. “She never did a Broadway show. She never did ads.”

We know of at least a few other lies Dina has told. She’s always saying Lindsay is fine when she seems to be more than out of control.

I can’t stand it when people lie, it’s a major character flaw and I’ve cut people out of my life for lying to me. Once you find out that someone lied to you, you end up scrutinizing everything they say because you can no longer trust them.

Since Dina is so free and loose with the fibbing, it must have been hard for Lindsay growing up. Some of that casual lying must have passed on to her, too. Lindsay told Vanity Fair last year that she battled drugs and was bulimic, but then denied ever saying she was bulimic and asked them to censor that and her drug admission from the interview. They stood by the interview and said they had all of Lindsay’s words on tape.

Dina Lohan is said to be planning a reality show with the E! Network, in which she manages the showbiz careers of her two younger kids. People are saying she’s a major famewhore to go ahead with those plans now that her oldest daughter got a DUI and is in rehab.

Header picture is of Dina with baby Lindsay and is from the NY Daily News.

Lindsay Lohan went through a difficult detox process in rehab, sweating and shaking as her body adjusted to a lack of opiates and alcohol, according to the upcoming issue of Star Magazine. Lindsay was busted for driving under the influence after a minor car accident before she checked into Malibu’s Promises rehab, and statements by her estranged father indicate that she was addicted to the powerful painkiller Oxycontin.

Star is set to claim that Lindsay is refusing visits from family members, and that she has smuggled in a Blackberry to keep in touch with friends, even though the devices are usually banned at Promises.

Despite toughing out her withdrawal, Lindsay is said to be begging friends to sneak her some sleeping pills into rehab. Maybe she thinks that sleeping pills are a minor transgression compared to what she used to be on, but it’s still not a good sign for her recovery.

Lindsay did not eat much during her detox and is craving sugar, just like Britney did in rehab. Lohan is going for the fake stuff and is said to put up to 25 packets of Splenda in her coffee at a time!

What’s more is that Lindsay has supposedly hired a $2,000/day “sobriety coach” to stick by her side in Promises. Why does a sobriety coach cost that much? Designer rehab Promises costs $48,000 a month and you think that would be enough of a wake up call for Lindsay to get her ass in gear.

Here’s more from the Star article:

The young actress was in such a dire state that staff at the rehab facility prepared for the worst.

“She looked dead,” says a source, who adds that the troubled actress appeared to be scary skinny, pale as a ghost and very quite. “She looked like a stray dog the pound had just taken in.”
Insiders reveal to Star that party girl Lindsay spent her first 4 days detoxing, from alcohol, cocaine, and prescription drugs like Percocet and Vicodin.

“She said she felt bad – really bad,” says the source. But she’s gone through rehab before and she said she’d be OK if she were left alone to lie down in a dark room. She apparently was a veteran who knew the drill and was “used to doing it her own way.”

She got the “sweats” during the detox process, but seemed really tough about it. She refused meals, says the source, but wanted water and crackers. This is Lindsay’s second stint in rehab this year, first in January at the Wonderland Center in L.A.

At $48,000 for a 30-day stay, Lindsay gets a room with an ocean view in the 16-person facility. No cell phones or BlackBerrys are allowed, but somehow, say insiders she managed to get her BlackBerry in - and shockingly she’s been asking friends to smuggle sleeping pills in as well!

“She’s in rehab because of her addiction to drugs – everything from cocaine to OxyContin and Ambien – but she’s complaining she can’t sleep,” says a close friend. “She’s been texting friends 24/7, begging them for pills!” Insiders also reveal that she’s more concerned about her upcoming 21st birthday bash in Las Vegas on July 2.

Lindsay has given up on meals, but has been loading up on coffee sweetened with about 25 packages of Splenda. A source reveals to Star, “It’s typical for someone coming off cocaine, even alcohol, to load up on sweets. I’ve heard this can happen with almost any patient. Sugar gives you a high.”

Lindsay also hired a sobriety coach at $2000 a day to be with her around the clock, and is occasionally allowed off the Promises premises to attend addiction group meetings. She won’t allow her parents, Dina and Michael, to visit her.

[From Star Magazine, print edition, June 18, 2007, recap from Crazy Days and Nights]

Lindsay has been seen out of rehab several times attending a local gym, and her only visitor so far has been her bodyguard. She was so happy to see him after three days that she jumped up and wrapped her legs around him.

TMZ reports that those shocking knife photos of Lindsay in sexy poses with Vanessa Minnillo were swiped from her apartment while she was in rehab by someone who had ready access - most likely a friend.

While recent reports had Lindsay’s rumored gay lover, DJ Samantha Ronson, setting her up for paparazzi and planting that coke in her car, Ronson denies selling out her friend.

Thanks to INFDaily for these pics of Lindsay greeting her bodyguard. Used by permission.

Can’t get enough of those Oceans guys! While Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie looked positively glowing on the red carpet at the LA Premiere of the new ensemble crime caper, Brad Pitt flew solo at the CineVegas film festival Oceans premiere last night. He had on those same unflattering sunglasses he wore at Cannes, but was still hot in a white shirt left open at the collar and black suit jacket.

Also at the premiere and pictured here were George Clooney, Matt Damon and his wife, Luciana, Ellen Barkin, Don Cheadle, Andy Garcia, Dennis Hopper, Robin Leach, and Jerry Weintraub. Wayne Newton and Carrot Top also showed up and I could resist publishing those pictures too.

Casey Affleck, Ben’s little brother, was a no-show. TMZ reported that he was super rude at the LA premiere and refused to mingle and sign autographs for fans like the other, bigger stars. Fans lining the red carpet were said to have chanted at him about how his career is over when he snubbed them. I read that on TMZ, but the post has since been removed. It shows up in a google search but is not yet cached by Google. When you hit the old URL at TMZ it just redirects to the homepage with a note that the article has been redirected. Was someone feeling litigious or was TMZ just wrong about Affleck?

The video TMZ used to show that Affleck was rude is still available at Brightcove.com with the caption “The boys of ‘Oceans 13′ all were gracious with fans outside the after-party for the premiere.” I didn’t watch it the first time, but this one shows Affleck just walking by the fans and there is no chanting or anything.

Thanks to Photorazzi for these pics.

Last week’s Enquirer and this week’s Life & Style both reported that Nicole Richie is pregnant, as confirmed by an over the counter test and blood work from an OB/GYN.

Richie was looking her normal thin self for an appearance at the Late Show with David Letterman yesterday and there was no evidence of the slight bump that seemed to spur those reports. She was wearing a gathered white dress, so it’s possible she was hiding a little something, but I doubt it.

I was starting to believe the rumors since Nicole has been wearing loose tops and has been covering herself with her shirt in front of the paparazzi.

I watched a clip of the show available through the Late Show website, and Nicole Richie comes off as cute and good natured, despite her reputation as a bitch. She jokes around with Dave and seems to roll with the interview, which focuses on the fact that so many young stars are facing jail time.

Richie says it’s possible she might go to jail when Letterman questions her about it, and she’ll know what her fate is at the end of this month. She says all she can do is keep her fingers crossed. When Letterman asks her why it is that so many young Hollywood women are facing jail time, she says “it’s obviously not Hollywood. Everyone goes to jail. All over the world, I mean.”

When Dave asks her if she knows Lindsay Lohan she says yes and laughs.

Here’s a transcript of the interview I typed up while watchnig it.

Letterman: “Is there a chance you two [Paris and Nicole] might go to prison? Because then, there’s your show. You know what I’m talking about?
You had some legal problems of your own didn’t you?… What is the status of that now?”

Richie: “Um, I’m just keeping my fingers crossed… I’m scared also, but I’m willing to face whatever consequences come my way, and I take responsibility for what I’ve done.”

Letterman: “Good for you.”

Richie: “Yeah.”

Letterman: “I don’t know the details of your problems, but is prison a likelihood… or am I?…”

Richie: “Um, yeah.” [giggles]

Letterman: “Really?”

Richie: “It’s not funny, I don’t know what I’m laughing.”

Letterman: “It does beg the question, what has gone wrong with young Hollywood? Honest to God, just look around.”

Richie: “Are you saying what’s my problem?”

Letterman: “No No No no. Just generally, I mean a lot of young people are in a lot of trouble these days and many of our top stars are doing time.”

Richie: “Well I mean, I can’t speak for everyone else, but I mean, it just goes to show that, I don’t, it’s obviously not Hollywood. Everyone goes to jail. All over the world, I mean. I don’t mean it that way” [laughing]

Letterman: “You make a good point, it’s not just Hollywood. Everyone goes to jail. When would we find out if you have to go to jail?”

Richie: “Probably the end of this month.”

Letterman: “Well I hope you don’t have to go to jail.”

Richie: “Thank you.”

Letterman: “So what about that Lindsay Lohan? She was here three weeks ago. She seemed like a lovely girl.”

Richie: “She is.”

Letterman: “Perfectly nice, and beautiful by the way, and a gifted actress, but she has a lot of trouble too doesn’t she? Do you know her?”

Richie: “Yes, I know her.” [laughing]

Letterman: “Do you and she and Paris do things together?”

Richie: “Yeah.”

Letterman: “And, I mean what do you talk about. I mean, how do you?
Let me try it another way. I’ve never been in prison. And I’m three times your age, and I’ve never been in prison. So how is it that three lovely young girls representing new Hollywood are potentially facing prison time?”

Nicole looks at him and laughs, says nothing.

Paul Shaffer yells from his position at the keyboard “objection, objection your honor. The prosecution is badgering the witness.”

[Transcript from video available on Late Show website.]

I have to say that I don’t feel sorry for Nicole, but I warmed up to her a little after watching the interview. I had a deep dislike of her after reading the mean text message she sent to Lauren Hastings. It’s not like she doesn’t deserve to go to jail for driving the wrong way on the freeway while drugged up, though. She could have killed someone.

Last night paparazzi agency X17 reported the rumor that Paris Hilton might be getting out of jail early. I didn’t believe it at all, but now TMZ is reporting that Paris is out after serving just three and half days out of her 23 day sentence.

Reports had Paris without makeup on her third day in and resolved to do her time. She was said to be doing better in jail, and was doing pilates moves and situps to keep busy. Other inmates would stop by and tell her she looked good and that she didn’t deserve to be in jail, and she was eating up the compliments.

Her parents were planning on sending her an eyemask and ear plugs to better cope with the constant noise and light that makes it difficult to sleep in jail.

They won’t need to see if Paris can get that care package, though, because she’s on the outside already!

TMZ has learned that Paris Hilton has not only had her sentence cut short, she is already out of jail.

Unimpeacheable sources tell TMZ the deal was sealed yesterday and Hilton made her exit early early this morning.

She was originally sentenced to 45 days in jail, but that was reduced to 23. She served a total of three days.

The LA County Sheriff’s Department will hold a news conference in an hour to discuss what went down. Stay tuned.

Prison officials are undoubtedly going to say that there was overcrowding, and that excuse seems plausible considering how little time Michelle Rodriguez served in that same jail for a longer sentence.

Still, prison representatives have changed their story about whether the prison is overcrowded and initially said Paris should be expected to serve all 45 days of her sentence. Then they moved it down to 23, even though she was only supposed to get only 6 days off for good behavior, and now after spending less than four days in the slammer she’s out.

We’ll have to see what Prison officials say today, but it’s getting interesting. And all you guys were hoping for a break from Paris news.

Keanu Reeves had his outdoor lunch with a female companion interrupted four separate times yesterday by fans who wanted to pose with the tousled-hair actor. Keanu was looking better than he has in months, and was freshly shaven with short hair. He’s been photographed in the past few months looking disheveled and drunk in public, so this is a nice change.

There was more than one paparazzi present to document his meal and he surely picked such a high-profile location to get his picture taken. It was a good strategy for Keanu because he seems like a nice guy to so patiently pose with fans. At the end of his lunch though, he’s starting to look a little tired of all the attention.

He was eating outdoors at the Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, California.

Keanu is currently working on the film Night Watch with Forrest Whitaker. Reeves stars as an LAPD cop with a drinking problem who gets framed in the murder of another police officer. Earlier reports that Kevin Federline would have a small role in the film were false.

Thanks to Splash News for these pictures.

Britney Spears is rumored to be dating her sort-of drug counselor, according to the upcoming issue of the National Enquirer and reported on MSNBC’s The Scoop.

Britney was referred for counseling to John Sundahl, a 38 year-old well off real estate developer, by someone working at Promises rehab. John was going to help her work the AA steps or something, but when Britney went over to his house she ended up jumping him and they were soon making out.

The sort-of counselor denies a relationship with Britney, as does Britney herself, but K-Fed thinks there’s something going on. Britney’s mom, Lynn, is supposedly also encouraging her to date the older man and figures he’ll be a good influence on her:

Sundahl, who is 38 years old and is also a wealthy real estate developer, was recommended to Spears by someone at Promises, the rehab center where Spears stayed. At first, they met at his Beverly Hills house to discuss topics such as the twelve-step program — but the conversation allegedly got intimate rather quickly.

“Britney and John ended up making out beside the pool — and Britney acted like she didn’t care who saw her,” the source told the Enquirer. “She’s got no shame.”

Dating a patient is considered to be an ethical breach — though it’s not clear that Spears would be considered Sundahl’s patient. And although he acknowledges that he helps recovering addicts at his home, he denies that he’s dating Spears.

“I am not having a relationship with Britney Spears,” Sundahl told the Enquirer.

It seems like Britney hooks up with whoever would have her, and I wouldn’t be surprised if she threw herself at this guy who was supposed to help her get sober. She was said to have had a relationship with one musician she met at an AA meeting outside of rehab, an unknown guitarist named Jason Filyaw, but that romance was quickly forgotten for another rehab romance with a different singer, Howie Day. Now she’s supposedly going for the drug counselor and who is surprised?

She doesn’t seem to have anyone in her life except for her assistant, All, who she claims is her cousin. She’s mighty lonely and no guys will stick with her. This latest hookup will likely be forgotten by next week too. Remember that guy Isaac Cohen she was with at the beginning of the year? I didn’t until I looked him up.

Josh Hartnett and Penelope Cruz have been linked together for just a few weeks. The two were seen out on a romantic date and making out at a bar in New York about two weeks ago. They also took a romantic trip to Turks and Caicos together in April.

Star Magazine reports that Josh is renting a mansion in the Hamptons so that he can impress Penelope:

Penelope Cruz, 33, is scheduled to be in Spain this summer to work on Woody Allen’s latest film project, but her boyfriend of over a month, Josh Hartnett, 28, has found a surefire way to keep their romance hot: Rent a love nest in the tony Hamptons! “He’s rolling out a sandy carpet to try and sweep her off her feet!” an insider tells Star exclusively. “If it means breaking the bank to secure on e of the most impressive homes in the snazziest neighborhoods, he’ll do it.”

[Hartnett] is rumored to be looking at an estate near Steven Spielberg’s mansion.

[From Star Magazine print edition, June 11, 2007]

I bet all Star knows is that Hartnett wants to rent a house in the Hamptons, not that he’s doing it specifically for Penelope.

Cruz and Hartnett might be over already, because the NY Daily News said there was a blonde sitting on his lap at a bar last week. Maybe there just weren’t any chairs available.

We’ll have to see what turns out for these two, but I doubt they’ll settle down into rented summer bliss anytime soon.

The LA County Sheriff’s spokesman revealed in a press conference today that Paris Hilton will be confined to house arrest with an ankle bracelet tracking device for 40 days due to medical reasons. Intense questioning by reporters could not get him to reveal which medical condition prompted Paris to get out of jail 20 days early to serve double the rest of her sentence in plush comfort at her West Hollywood mansion.

Paris’ medical problems will have to remain the stuff of speculation as they are protected by confidentiality laws. Someone is going to talk soon, though.

It’s not so much of a stretch to assume that Paris got out for some psychological problem or other, as her psychiatrist visited her in prison on Tuesday for over 90 minutes and she was said to be audibly weeping in her cell at night.

Justice does seem to favor those with enough specialists and experts to find loopholes.

Paris Hilton will serve out her 40 days in comfort that the majority of the world’s population will never experience in their lifetime. She has chandeliers hanging in her closet and over her bed, along with a separate area for her dogs with a little custom gate that features the letter “H.” Her bed alone is worth nearly $20,000. Here are some pictures from an OK! Magazine article about Paris that came out last spring. Among her quotes in the article include:

I usually don’t pay attention to the news about the “reality” shows, even if there’s a fake engagement and a bunch of infighting.

We did cover the racist scandal on Big Brother UK this January, when Jade Goody hurled ignorant racist remarks at Shilpa Shetty. Shetty ended up winning the contest and getting all sorts of career opportunities while Goody became a public pariah.

Now another racist scandal has rocked the Big Brother house - with a contestant using the “N” word. In the formerly all-girl house of twelve, which now has one male member, three girls were dancing when one referred to the other using the forbidden word. It wasn’t an insult though, and it seemed like she tried to do it in an oddly casual way.

The Big Brother people took her aside a few hours later and made her get out without saying goodbye to anyone.

Emily Parr was removed from the Big Brother house in the early hours of this morning after calling Charley a “n*****”.

The blonde 19-year-old was dancing with Charley and Nicky in the living room of the Big Brother house at approximately 8.30pm last night when she was heard to say “Are you pushing it out you n*****?” to Charley.

Emily immediately made clear that she had not intended to offend and that the comment had been meant as a joke. In discussing what she had said, Charley and Nicky agreed that they were not personally offended, although both did express shock at the language she had used.

Emily then admitted she should have been more careful with her words.

The comment was not screened as part of the ‘as live’ streaming on E4 and was immediately reported up to senior production staff at Endemol. The decision was taken to remove Emily from the house.

Emily was called to the Diary Room at approximately 3.30 am to be informed of the decision and was removed from the house immediately without further contact with other contestants. The remaining housemates were informed of Big Brother’s decision at approximately 9.30am today.

Emily was one of two housemates nominated for eviction this week and as a result the latest eviction vote has been suspended.

[From News of the World]

Big Brother officials say that it was a “careless” not a “malicious” remark, and it reminds me of Paris Hilton saying to some friends at a party in one of the Paris Exposed videos that “we’re like two n******” which certainly sounded derogatory to me.

Here’s a transcript of what happened:

Emily: (referring to Charley dancing/pushing her hips forward) You pushing it out you n*****.
Nicky: (shocked laughter) Em, I can’t believe you said that.
Charley: You are in trouble.
Emily: Don’t make a big thing out of it then. I was joking.
Charley: I know you were… but that’s some serious s**t, sorry.
Emily: Why?
Charley: Oh my god. I’m not even saying it.
Nicky: Just don’t talk about it anymore.
Emily: I was joking.
Charley: Do you know how many viewers would watch that?
Nicky: Okay, don’t make a big deal out of it.
Charley: Fancy you saying that. I can’t believe you said that.
Emily: Somebody has already used that word in this house.
Charley: No way. (Pause) Yeah, me. I’m a n*****.

Nicky laughs.

Charley: I am one. Fancy you saying it. I know maybe you see it in a rap song. Maybe you and your friends sit there saying it.
Emily: I’m friendly with plenty of black people.
Nicky: And you call them n******?
Emily: Yeah and they call me n******. They call me wiggers as well.
Nicky: I’m quite shocked.
Charley: I’m f***ing in shock.
Emily: It’s not a big deal though is it?
Charley: Not for us it ain’t. F*** me.

[From News of the World]

In the transcript above, Emily justifies her use of the word, saying it’s something she throws around with friends. People are going to say that it’s commonly used in conversation in the black community, but I don’t think it should be thrown around like that on television, even if it is a “reality” show.

You can watch Big Brother online on their website. The episode with the slur will air tonight, and ratings are sure to be up after this latest scandal.