Lindsay Lohan walks free after only 10 hours jail time

Lindsay Lohan has defied the odds again and is set to be released from jail overnight after a Los Angeles Superior Court judge overturned a decision to put the actress back behind bars.

Sheriff's spokesman Steve Whitmore told the media Lohan would have to serve the full 30 days she was sentenced to for failing two drug tests and violating her probation on Friday (24Sep10), but reports suggest the Mean Girls star has already left Lynwood correctional facility after just 10 hours.

Shortly after her latest jail stint began, Whitmore told the press, "Ms. Lohan cannot be released early because this isn't a jail sentence. She's being held by court order until her hearing."

But her attorney Shawn Chapman Holley appealed Judge Elden S. Fox's surprise decision to remand the actress in custody without bail until her 22 October (10) hearing, and another Superior Court judge, Patricia M. Schnegg, has ruled the original sentence was legally incorrect because it involved a probation violation for a misdemeanour conviction - and bail should have been an option.

Thanks to the updated decision, Lohan was allowed to walk free after posting $300,000 (GBP200,000) bail.

It's the third time Lohan has served a fraction of her sentence at Lynwood - earlier this year (10), she spent just 13 days of a 90-day sentence behind bars.

TMZ.com reports Lohan will be fitted with another alcohol-monitoring bracelet this weekend (25-26Sep10) under the terms of her release and she won't be allowed to associate with known drug users. She'll also be subjected to random searches.

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Russell Brand Is Arrested -- And Katy Perry Parties!

Russell Brand was arrested on Friday afternoon -- but seems like it only made fiancee Katy Perry love him more! The comedian, 35, was arrested for battery after shoving paparazzi out of the way at the Los Angeles International Airport. As MTV News points out, Brand has been arrested 11 times in the past -- but never for physical violence. So what pushed him over the edge this time? 

Answer: the photographer was trying to take an upskirt photo of Katy Perry. And, as she tweeted later that day, Perry supports his actions: "If you cross the line & try an put a lens up my dress, my fiancé will do his job & protect me." In other words, Brand was arrested for defending Katy's honor! Swoon! 

Brand was released on $20,000 bail, and Perry proceeded with her weekend plans: A bachelorette party in Vegas, thrown for her by Rihanna! The two pop superstars and a group of friends started the party in the Hard Rock Hotel pool, where Perry wore a bridal veil attached to her bikini.

Later, they showed up a Cirque de Soleil performance, where Perry and Rihanna had their picture snapped backstage. The group of about 25 then spent a few hours at a VIP table at XS nightclub, followed by a nightcap at the Sapphire strip club (where a friend bought Katy a lap dance!). Perry, never one for dull fashion, wore a sequined polka-dotted mini dress and a miniature top hat with a veil and a "B" (for "bride," presumably -- or maybe for "Brand"?).

The superstar lovebirds plan to get married at the end of the year in India. We can't wait to see what she wears -- and we wouldn't want to see what Brand does to any invading paparazzi!

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Paris Hilton admits to lying to officer, avoids jail

Paris Hilton won’t go to jail after admitting she lied to cops about possessing cocaine. After a baggie was found in her Chanel clutch, “I said that the purse wasn’t mine to the officer, your honor,” she admitted in court Monday.

Under the terms of a deal, the heiress pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor charges — drug possession and obstructing an officer. She’ll do a year of probation, attend an “intensive” substance abuse program, pay a $2,000 fine — chump change to her — and complete 200 hours of community service.

If the celebutante is arrested within the year, however, she’ll spend a year behind bars, the judge said, adding that “the Clark County Detention Center is not the Waldorf Astoria.”

Why did Paris originally tell authorities the cocaine found in her purse didn’t belong to her, even speculating that it was “gum”?

“At the moment it all came down, she was scared,” a source told People magazine. “But since then, she’s had time to think about her actions and she’s taking this really seriously.”

Indeed, TMZ sources said Paris is “over being a party girl” and has proclaimed to pals, “I’m taking this whole ordeal as a wake-up call.”

The former “Simple Life” star wants to “trade in the club scene for a life at home” and “finally grow up and become a responsible adult.” She reportedly plans to focus on business endeavors and volunteer at animal shelters.

Hm. When Paris did jail time back in 2007, she emerged claiming she wanted to focus on charity work and make a humanitarian trip to Africa.

How’d that work out? Oh, right, it didn’t.

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Chelsea Handler Fires Back at VMA Critics

Chelsea Handler, host of the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards, doesn't care if The New York Times called her "the worst in show's history."

"I know I had a good night," she Twittered Monday afternoon. She then jokingly added that she knew this because she woke up with "tape on my back & glitter on my face."

When celeb blogger Perez Hilton Twittered to her that even he could have done "a better job" as host, she replied with the F-word.

"I had a blast and the show awesome last night," she wrote. "Bomb? Your life is a bomb."

One thing's certain: The show didn't bomb.

Attracting 11.4 million viewers, it drew its biggest audience for any telecast on the network since 2002.

"Just got word...Highest rated vma's since 2002," Handler, 35, Twittered late Monday. "Good job, mtv! Good job, kiddo."

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Katy Perry won't sleep in the dark

Katy Perry admits she is afraid of the dark, and has to sleep with the light on unless she is with her fiance , comedian Russell Brand.

The singer, whose new album, Teenage Dream, tops the UK chart, told Radio Times she feared something bad would happen if she was on her own at night.

"I think a lot of evil things go on in the dark," said Katy, 25. "I still have to cover my toes because I'm like that kid who thinks there's a witch under my bed who's going to eat my tootsies off.

"I sleep with lights on unless I'm with Russell."

Katy added she had given up a partying lifestyle.

"You have to have talent to make it work or the only thing you get out of it is free booze and no sleep, which makes you no good."

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Jodie Marsh: “I've made a lot of mistakes - I've been an idiot and a first-class moron”

 Star talks to Jodie Marsh about new man superbike racer Michael Howarth, fancying Pamela Anderson, why she'd never go near another of Jordan's ex boyfriend's and her new role as a trainee tatooist...

- On new love Michael Howarth: "He's a real man. The number of rows I've had with young boys who I was with, about who I've dated in the past... Michael doesn't care who I've been with. He knows I'm an ex-wild child and he loves me."

- On her lifelong attraction to Pamela Anderson: “I've fancied Pamela Anderson my whole life. So if she was to come on to me it would be: ‘See you later, Michael!’. She’sone of the most powerful women in the world. She was every straight bloke’s dream for the five years she was in Baywatch. She’s the ultimate woman. So never say never."

- On why she would never again date an ex of rival Jordan: “I wouldn’t go out with someone she’d been with ever again. I wouldn’t have purposely chosen one of her exes in the first place – it just happened by accident. I often  think her exes will come to me because they hate her and we’d obviously get on straightaway. I always find humour in that.”

- On training to be a tatooist for her new reality show - Jodie Marsh Tattoo Apprentice: “I’m doing an apprenticeship, so in the programme I’m showing how hard it is to actually do tattoos and the difference between good and bad ones. It will also film my personal journey as a celebrity and how I want to change my life and go in a different direction.”

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Rihanna Gets Waxed

Madame Tussauds is known to make lifelike wax figures of the world's most famous celebs. Remember the Robert Pattinson one that made girls go gaga? The museum in Washington DC just unveiled the Rihanna wax figure, clad in her signature Balmain gear — all black, lace, peek-a-boo bra effect, major bling. It's the same outfit the singer wore to the Balmain Spring '10 Paris Fashion Week show.

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Kathy Griffin: I had to pull my mum off Kim Kardashian‎

Actress Kathy Griffin has revealed that her mother lost the plot when she met Kim Kardashian.

Griffin's mum was extremely excited when she hit the red carpet and met the reality star at last night’s Emmy Awards in Los Angeles.

Griffin tweeted: 'OMG, my mum lost her s*** when she saw @kimkardashian.

'I had to pull her off Kim.'

The 29-year-old Keeping Up With The Kardashians star tweeted back: 'I love your mum!'
Griffin brought her mum Maggie along as her date for yesterday’s 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards.

She told UsMagazine.com that her mum was 'a fantastic date”.

She said: 'She is a little more popular than I am, so that’s kind of hard for me, but that's what happens when you star in a show and you have a break-out star like my mum, I am the sidekick tonight – I am her wingman.'

Although the former Suddenly Susan star, 49, added that she was most excited to see reality TV star Kate Gosselin at the ceremony.

She added: 'I have had lunch with Kate Gosselin!

'We are BFFs! I'm hoping she is dancing and singing.'

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