Dina & Ali Lohan talk about "Living Lohan", Fame and Lindsay



Why, why, why? You're the mother of one of the most hounded people on the planet (Lindsay Lohan, or LiLo, to her hounders). And yet here you are: Enabling your 14-year-old daughter, Ali, to pursue a similar white-hot career track and, for added measure, you have just opened up your house in North Merrick to a TV network so that the rest of the world can look inside.

Funny how the same question always seems to come up with Dina Lohan, in Manhattan yesterday to field questions from some of those same paparazzi who have made her life so (avowedly) miserable and to promote her eight-part E! show, "Living Lohan," that bows Memorial Day.

And - you won't be surprised to learn - she has an answer.

"Initially if you'd asked me two years ago, would we do something like this, it would definitely be a no," Dina Lohan said. "I never even thought reality [TV] would be in existence now. But there are so many rumors about us and I feel that we're in the power seat right now so that I'm able as a mom to say - this is our life, check us out and move on so we can be normal."

Which, naturally, begs another question. What is the meaning of "normal" in the context of any family with the last name Lohan?

"We live a normal existence in suburbia," she says. "I do the food shopping, the laundry. There is so much sensationalism out there and people are so obsessed with celebrity. This doesn't consume us. It really doesn't and by showing our life, we'll show that I don't get up and crack the whip and say, 'Wake up Ali and go be a star.'"

You almost don't even have to ask Lohan about the rumors; they hang about her, like an impenetrable fog. Of her other daughter's well-publicized drug and alcohol problems, she says, "I don't mean to go in depth with that, but with any family across the country, it's a problem. It would happen no matter where you are or what business you're in, and, God willing, people learn form their mistakes." Of Lindsay, she says she's doing "great."

Another one of those annoying "why" questions: Why tempt fate a second time with your younger daughter? ("Living Lohan" also follows Mom and Ali to Las Vegas, where the 14-year old aspiring singer records another album.)

"If I told Ali, you're a singer and you want to be an artist but you can't because [the paparazzi] are going to trip you up. But that's with any career. It's like me telling my son, you can't play lacrosse because you're going to get hurt."

Ali, who was also on yesterday's press junket, does - for the record - seem like a nice, normal 14-year-old who genuinely loves her mother. (She would often glance at her mom while answering questions.)

"She's our manager and like any other mother in the world she's trying to help her kids fulfill their dreams," she said. "I just hate it when people twist that and make her into some kind of crazy backstage mom. She's a mom like anybody else and I want people to know that she's the greatest mom in the world."

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Pictures of tents being put up at the Simpson house for Pete and Ashlee's wedding.



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I guess that it's offical now.

Sony Picture Classics has released 2 more teaser trailers for the upcoming "The Wackness," starring Josh Peck, Sir Ben Kingsley, and Olivia Thirlby. The first one centers around Luke's relationship with his therapist, the second, his relationship with Stephanie.

If you want to know more about the film, check out: http://www.thewackness.com







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Josh Peck shoulders anyone??

Here’s Katie Price, aka Jordan, sunbathing topless in Cannes. If my memory serves me correctly, Katie had her breasts reduced, so this is probably the first time we’re seeing them since. I think they’re a good size, but what’s up with her nipple? It’s all messed up.

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Dita Von Teese on Germany's Next Topmodel!!

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i got an e-mail from the We Are Scientists mailing list today. amongst their news and ramblings were some U.S. tour dates for the summer! the boys return home! naturally, things got really exciting in my pants. but then i saw they weren't coming anywhere near me, and things got considerably less exciting:

THE AMERICAN U.S. AMERICA TOUR, PART 1:
From San Diego to Seattle we spread word of our effective, pleasantly-scented lotion that augments male and female chest development.

Tuesday July 1 2008
Glasshouse Pomona, California, USA

Wednesday July 2 2008
The Casbah San Diego, California, USA

Thursday July 3 2008
El Rey Theatre Los Angeles, California, USA

Saturday July 5 2008
The Blue Lamp Sacramento, California, USA

Sunday July 6 2008
The Independent San Francisco, California, USA

Tuesday July 8 2008
Berbati’s Pan Portland, Oregon, USA

Wednesday July 9 2008
Neumos Seattle, Washington, USA

faithful me kept reading, though, and joy returned when i stumbled upon this:

THE AMERICAN U.S. AMERICA TOUR, PART 2:
During which the Eastern Seaboard and Midwest are enticed to purchase our vanilla flavored, high-caffeine cola product, “Pepspi”.

Tuesday July 29 2008
Johnny Brenda’s Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Wednesday July 30 2008
Middle East—Downstairs Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

Thursday July 31 2008
Music Hall of Williamsburg Brooklyn, New York, USA

Friday August 1 2008
Bowery Ballroom New York City, New York, USA

Saturday August 2 2008
Black Cat Washington, DC, USA

Sunday August 3 2008
The Basement Columbus, OH, USA

Monday August 4 2008
Magic Stick Detroit, Michigan, USA

Tuesday August 5 2008
The Music Mill Indianapolis, Indiana, USA

Wednesday August 6 2008
The High Noon Saloon Madison, Wisconsin, USA

Thursday August 7 2008
Varsity Theater Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Friday August 8 2008
The Abbey Chicago, Illinois, USA

Sunday August 10 2008
Southgate House Newport, Kentucky, USA


and realized not only are they coming RIGHT HERE but also Minneapolis! a great love of mine(in small doses).


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Larry Birkhead was spotted shopping for his 21-month-old daughter Dannielynn. The gifts included Sesame Street toys and a shirt that says “My Dad’s A Hunk!” It’s been a while since we’ve last seen the little girl.

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He should buy her a shirt that says "Howard killed my mom" TBH

That creepy Oceanic spokeslady (I forget her name) sure seems like she could have connections to Widmore. I wonder if we're gonna find out that the "O-6 story" is not so much concocted by the survivors themselves but by Widmore via this spokeslady...

Then again our island timeline seems to suggest a possible elimination of Big Bad Widmore Droogs on both the boat and island, which somehow leads to the 6 "getting themselves" discovered.

Oh, and - aren't people gonna remember that Claire was big & preggers at the time of the flight, and Kate was, ummm, NOT?

So, it was my last "Falcon Friday" as my school likes to call them... EVER. The "omg I'm leaving soon." depression is HELLA STRONG now. Starting Monday, it will be my last week ever in HS.

And the Senior class kicked it off this morning by pulling the Senior Prank. It wasn't an amazing piece of prankitude that will go down in prank history but it provided a couple of hours of amusement.

So I took pics of my day!

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Coldplay's new video for their single "Violet Hill" popped up on youtube last night.

if it gets taken down, it's also here.

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Can't wait to see this movie.


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Yesterday, Tina and Amy were on with Oprah chatting and promoting their film Baby Mama. In case you missed it, here are the clips!

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Mmmm, jerky. Or is it a corndog? Or a kebab? Maybe a fudgesicle? Whatever it is, Jamie Lynn is goin' to town on that sucker! We spotted Juno of the South with baby daddy Casey, chillin' on the back of an ATV; now that is good old fashioned fun! Later on we caught Casey hosing down one of his sweet off-road whips.

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