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Lindsay Lohan was freed from house arrest Wednesday morning, ending a drama filled 35 days and opening the next chapter in the troubled starlet's efforts to put her court troubles behind her. Sheriff's spokesman Steve Whitmore said Lohan's electronic monitoring equipment was removed shortly before 10am and she was removed from the jail system around 10:20am. Lohan is not entirely free. She still has to complete 480 hours of community service, complete an anti shoplifting class and comply with other terms of her release.

Morgue :- Her spokesman, Steve Honig, said Lohan is very focused on resuming her community service, which is being performed at a downtown Los Angeles women's shelter and will also require her to work at the county's morgue. Lohan, 24, was sentenced to four months in jail in May for violating her probation in a 2007 drunken driving case by taking a necklace from a jewelry store without permission earlier this year. She pleaded no contest to the theft and received no additional penalties, but will remain on probation for several more months. Lohan's shorter confinement was the result of jail overcrowding in Los Angeles' only women's jail and mandatory credits, but it was not without drama.

Out of the area:- Just days into her captivity, authorities were summoned to Lohan's home in the beachside community of Venice because her monitoring equipment reported her out of the area. The equipment had to be replaced because of a faulty battery in the actress' ankle monitor, and after officials learned that a houseguest had spilled a drink another piece of monitoring equipment. Lohan was summoned to court last week after probation officials told a judge the actress had tested positive for alcohol. Superior Court Judge Stephanie Sautner determined after reviewing Lohan's case file that the actress was no longer required to undergo random drug tests and that she had not been ordered by a previous judge to abstain from alcohol. Sautner did order the actress to stop hosting parties while serving house, telling her at one point, Don't give people a reason to hate you. Lohan has struggled to put a pair of 2007 drunken driving and drug arrests behind her. She was jailed twice and sent to rehab twice last year for failing to comply with the terms of her probation.

Theft:- She was accused of the necklace theft roughly three weeks after her release from rehab. She has said she wants to resume acting and remains a cast member of a biopic of the infamous New York Gotti crime family titled, Gotti In The Shadow of My Father. Shooting on the film is expected to begin later this year.


Diana, Princess of Wales was the first wife of Charles, Prince of Wales. Their sons, Princes William and Henry (Harry), are second and third in line to the thrones of the United Kingdom and fifteen other Commonwealth Realms. A public figure from the announcement of her engagement to Prince Charles. See Related Photos Princess Diana would have been 50 this July 1 if she hadn't been killed in that car accident in Paris in 1997. Princess Diana appears on the cover of Newsweek, digitally aged and Photoshopped next to her would be daughter in law Kate Middleton, which has caused some controversy. The deceased princess would have celebrated her 50th birthday on Friday and the magazine's "Diana at 50" cover story imagines what the princess would be like, if she hadn't died in a tragic car accident in 1997.

The article's introductory paragraph sums up the story, Diana at 50 Chilling with the Middletons. Tweeting from Davos. And still the people's princess. If not for that tragic night, what her life might look like now. In the article, Brown wrote that Diana probably would have moved to New York, gotten Botox and would be writing about her daily life to some 10 million Twitter . The cover of this week's issue boasts a computer generated image of an imagined 50 year old Diana superimposed into another photo to make it look as though she's strolling along with the daughter in law she never knew, Kate Middleton. The image is being called tacky,cheap, and creepy by outraged readers, Twitter followers and members of the press.


Brown has long been a provocateur, and she made a statement yesterday about the controversial cover and article, We wanted to bring the memory of Diana alive in a vivid image that transcends time and reflects my piece. While that is all well and good, the overwhelming response has been negative. This is completely offensive and inappropriate, one commenter wrote on the Newsweek website, expressing a common attitude toward the image And Twitter users have been even less kind. The Twitterverse exploded at the launch of the Newsweek cover, with angry posts pouring in from around the globe. Hashtags like proliferated, and one Twitter user commented, Vomit rises in the throat.


Tina Brown is no stranger to controversy, and her article was written from the perspective of one who had studied Diana, and knew her well. But the digitally altered image of Diana, mixed with the speculative tone of what Diana would have been doing had she not tragically died, does not sit well at all with readers. While it may be interesting to travel down the ,what if, path, the fact of the matter remains: Diana died in 1997 in a horrific car crash, during the prime of her life. Her two sons were robbed of their mother. And her death was a wrenching moment for the British and the world as a whole.

Diana was, of course, a celebrity, but many of the comments from readers show an empathy and compassion for Diana's family members who still miss her. One reader weighed in on Newsweek's website: "Ugh this is SO tasteless let the poor woman RIP if I were any of her family members i'd be so offended and upset by this. It is quite interesting that while the cover has stirred up such passionate feelings, most people are less appalled to read about what Diana might be like at 50. So what does Brown say about a 50 year old Diana? For starters, she would have been married a couple more times, settled down in her favorite city New York, and would have a Facebook page and 10 million Twitter followers. There is no doubt she would have kept her chin taut with strategic Botox shots and her bare arms buff from the gym,Brown writes. And, Brown believes, Diana also would have found peace with Prince Charles: "I believe her best male friend in later years would have been, poignantly, her reviled first husband.

And how would Diana have dealt with the publicity surrounding her son's marriage? Brown thinks it would have gone like this Diana, rejoicing in her flawless Spencer pedigree, would have positioned herself as a firm defender of the Middletons against the palace snobs and ostentatiously made Carole Middleton, Kate's dynamic mother, her new BFF."


Jennifer Aniston joins the ranks of the inked, debuting her first tattoo on the inside of her right foot in an outing in New York. The name belonged to Jen's dog, a corgi terrier mix, who died at age 15 back in May. The tattoo reads, "Norman," in memory of her beloved Welsh corgi/terrier mix who passed away in May at the age of 15, the 42 year old actress told People. When asked by host James Lipton to reveal her "favorite word," Aniston said, "Norman," with a tear in her eye. Norman" was her favorite word.


She described Norman as "a little bit skeptical. He's extremely wise, and ruffled by nothing. Not much impresses Norman." The actress recently purchased a new home in New York under the name Norman's Nest Trust, after her dog. Aniston also has another dog, a 4 year old white German shepherd named Dolly. Aniston does have a new man in her life, 39 year old actor and writer Justin Theroux.


Justin Drew Bieber is a Canadian pop singer. The first part of his two part debut album My World was released on November 17, 2009. Four successful pre album singles have been released: "One Time", "One Less Lonely Girl", "Love Me", and "Favorite Girl", which were Top 15 hits on the Canadian Hot 100 and Top 40 hits on the Billboard Hot 100. Justin Bieber attacked by a strange man? Justin Bieber knocked to the ground? Justin Bieber mobbed by fans gone wild outside Macy's Herald Square? The story people heard all depended on what time they checked in on the drama that unfolded Thursday around the pop star's appearance at Macy's Herald Square in New York. Long story short, The Biebs is just fine, the strange man was actually a plainclothes cop, and police said the pop star wasn't touched, only his bodyguard. By the way, the NYPD said later, the misunderstanding was the bodyguard's fault which is why members of Bieber's security team were cited for disorderly conduct.

Now back to the real stars of the Macy's Herald Square appearance the girls. The store was overrun with them in a frenzied, tweenage mess of pink and purple, a tangle of braces, braids and bubble gum, drawn by their idol's efforts to launch a new fragrance. Screaming in unison with faces flushed and arms thrust in the air, the deafening cacophony of 300 some girls' high pitched wailing echoed throughout the store. Even the security guards were wincing and covering their ears. There was an early morning appearance live on the "Today" show, then "The View" and a taping of "Late Night With Jimmy Fallon" all after having appeared on "Late Show With David Letterman" Bieber worked his way down the VIP purple carpet inside Macy's, greeting fans and a throng of media near a nearly 2 foot high Someday bottle topped with a pink and crimson flower. Perfume counters flanked the stage and walls of TV screens repeatedly played Bieber's sexy perfume commercial.

The chanting swelled "Justin, Justin, Justin."  And then: "Hey everybody"  Bieber was onstage cue an eruption of paparazzi like flashbulbs and more shrieking from fans. Then: "ok, love you, peace," he said before sauntering offstage. Who knew that was the tame part? The event was, understandably, not without a little drama. For the next several hours, Bieber would do a feverish junket of TV interviews upstairs on the 8th floor, where he also personally greeted and took pictures with the first 350 fans to buy his VIP gift set. One girl passed out, another child got lost, and the tears of both frustration and ecstasy flowed. Some mothers beamed as their offspring posed with arms around the man of the moment other moms picked fights with Macy's staff, outraged that their kids hadn't gotten $135 worth of face time with the teen idol. And of course there was the drama outside, when Bieber was greeting voracious fans outside the store. After the barrier jumping brouhaha went down, he re entered the store cradling his elbow as security hovered protectively around him.