- In a last-ditch effort to avoid reporting to jail on Tuesday, Lindsay Lohan has entered a sober-living facility owned by her new lawyer, Robert Shapiro.
Shapiro founded the facility after losing his son Brent to substance abuse in 2005. After entering the building yesterday afternoon, Lindsay was visited by her mother, sister, and Samantha Ronson. Says source, “The hope is that the judge sees Lindsay getting treatment and puts her in an inpatient (rehab) program for 90 days instead of jail. Lindsay is not trying to fight or appeal the sentence, but adjust it.” [UPI]
- While in jail Lindsay would be stuck in a sparse concrete cell, but the rehab facility features, “lofts with designer kitchens, Internet access and flat-screen TVs.” [Us]
- The prosecutor handling Lindsay‘s case says, “It’s a really a moot point to ask Judge Revel to send Ms. Lohan to rehab only as Judge Revel has already sentenced her.” [Radar]
- Michael Lohan says, “Why is it that I had to cry from the mountain for Lindsay to listen to me and now finally she is doing what I said? None of this would have happened if Lindsay and Dina had [listened to me]. I was telling Dina and Lindsay this privately for years now.” [E!]
- At a closed hearing today, Oksana Grigorieva‘s lawyers argued that she should have custody of their daughter Lucia because Mel Gibson is abusive. [The Wrap]
- Recordings of Mel‘s rants were turned over to detectives during the hearing. [AP]
- Oh, and in case the first four tapes didn’t convince you that Mel is an awful person, Radar released another one today, in which he tells Oksana, “Look at yourself. And look what you’ve done. Look what you’ve fucking done! Look at your son. He’s a fucking mess. You fucking excuse for a mother. You’re a fucking bitch!” [Radar]
- Mel‘s lawyers say there’s evidence that the tapes were edited. [TMZ]
- Mel‘s soon-to-be ex-wife Robyn filed a sworn declaration saying her never physically abused her or their children during their 28 year marriage. She adds that though they’re divorcing, “Mel was a wonderful and loving father.” [TMZ]
- A rep from the L.A. County Department of Children and Family Services was at the hearing. [TMZ]
- In the ’90s, Mel had a reputation for pulling pranks on female co-stars. New York Magazine explains: “Like, there was the time he showed up at Jamie Lee Curtis‘s door in a hockey mask, carrying a knife, and the time he gave Julia Roberts a taxidermied rat, and the time he posed as a stalker to scare director Nancy Meyers.” [N.Y. Magazine]
- In 2008 Mel made an anonymous $25,000 donation to a Boston domestic violence shelter his location scouts had considered for exterior shots in Edge of Darkness. [Boston Globe]
- Janice Dickinson has allegedly signed on for the next season of Celebrity Rehab. [TMZ]
- Pamela Anderson‘s new PETA ad, in which her body is marked with words for animal parts like “breast,” “ribs,” and “rump,” has been banned in Canada for being sexist. [Daily Mail]
- Shannon Price has filed a petition to be named Gary Coleman‘s common-law wife, which would allow her to take control of his estate. [E!]
- Angelina Jolie will appear at Comic Con on Thursday, July 22 — the one day I won’t be there, natch. [Perez]
- Lady Gaga will not be releasing a perfume, so you’ll have to keep taping cigarettes to your glasses and hanging with sweaty dancer boys if you want to capture the eau de Gaga. [People]
- Check out Ryan Reynolds‘ Green Lantern ensemble on the cover of Entertainment Weekly: [E!]
- Will Lost‘s Michael Emerson appear on True Blood? He’s been beaten on screen so many times now that getting bitten should be a nice change of pace. [E!]
- In a post on her blog, Mercede Johnston says she and her mom found out that Levi Johnston is engaged to Bristol Palin online. “My mom was very upset, with tears running down her face,” she wrote. “They were very upset that they had to find out about this engagement from the media and not from Levi himself…even his own mother and sister had to find out that way.” [Us]
- Sharon Osbourne on Kelly Osbourne breaking up with her fiancé Luke Worrall: “I said to her, ‘This will be the first of many breakups. It’s what we all go through. I don’t know any of my girlfriends who have never had their heart broken and end up with the first guy. I don’t know anyone that has happened to… She’s very, very sad right now, but she’ll get over it. We all do.” [People]
- Kelly Osbourne Tweeted, “i am not dealing with this very well 🙁 keeping your head up is not fun! going to bed thank god for tomorrow!” [Us]
- Madonna‘s daughter Lourdes wrote on her blog, “So this week I’m listening to the Dirty Dancing soundtrack….don’t laugh – but I’m obsessed with it, ugh so good. Be My Baby is suuuuch a redonculous song. Also Florence + The Machine are amazing!! Grace Potter and the Nocturnals are great…two of the guys from her band look like Jesus Christ. Praise the Lord.LOL. I recently got really interested in the group Muse, which are like reee-heeaally good. They are BLINGING INNIT MATE (British ghetto talk, its air air LOL).” [Just Jared]
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