Lala LiLo

(Newser) - In yet another attempt at reinvention, 22-year-old Lindsay Lohan has launched a brand development company that will hawk her merchandising ideas, Women’s Wear Daily reports. Expensive leggings are en route to boutiques this fall, but the company, called 6126, also plans to develop a cheaper spandex line, natural self-tanners, and other moderately priced accessories.  More »

(Newser) - To the ranks of celebrities unimpressed by John McCain's choice of running mate, add Lindsay Lohan, E! reports. "I really cannot bite my tongue anymore when it comes to Sarah Palin,” she wrote in a joint blog post with girlfriend Samantha Ronson. “Is our country so divided that the Republicans' best hope is a narrow minded, media obsessed homophobe?" More »

(Newser) - Lindsay Lohan's girlfriend, Samantha Ronson, says she plans to marry her Hollywood sweetheart in the next 6 months, the Sun reports. Ronson told clubgoers at the Chateau Marmont in LA, where she was DJing, “By the end of this year, my love will be Mrs. Ronson,.” the tabloid reports. More »

(AP) - Nothing grabs attention at New York's fashion week like Lindsay Lohan and girlfriend Samantha Ronson attending your show. The duo sat in the front row for the Saturday presentation of Ronson's sister Charlotte's spring collection, and were swarmed by photographers who brushed past other famous folks like Sean Lennon. More »

(Newser) - Lindsay Lohan has turned down an offer to pose for a $700,000 topless photo shoot for Playboy 's 55th anniversary issue, the New York Post reports. The mag's creative directors had hoped she'd pose in tribute to '60s sexpot Ann-Margret and her film Kitten With a Whip , but her rep told them: "If there's nudity, then the answer's no." LiLo caused a stir last year with a naked photo shoot as Marilyn Monroe. More »

(Newser) - After a week in which Lindsay Lohan’s tempestuous relationship with her father re-entered the headlines, OK! Magazine reports that Michael Lohan’s father died yesterday. “My father just, literally, died in my arms,” says Michael Lohan, who was called “a public embarrassment and a bully” yesterday by his 22-year-old daughter in a posting on the actress’ MySpace page, AP adds. More »

(Newser) - Michael Phelps is getting more Hollywood by the day, AP reports: The swimming star yesterday filmed a cameo spot for the show-biz-centric HBO series Entourage , and will be a presenter at MTV’s Video Music Awards on Sept. 7 (six days before he hosts Saturday Night Live ). And, the Daily Mirror adds, starlet Lindsay Lohan has been calling and texting the Olympian with requests for a date. More »

(Newser) - Ever-opinionated, Michael Lohan is furious over rumors that his daughter Lindsay’s girlfriend is penning a tell-all tome. "She's using my daughter. People never even knew who Samantha Ronson was until she met Lindsay. She was just some LA DJ. And now she's writing a book? I am at wit's end with this stuff,” Lohan fumed to E! Online. More »