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LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — A Hollywood actress who is more famous for her traffic mishaps and run-ins with the law may have cast herself in her most challenging role yet: a Mitt Romney supporter. Lohan voiced her support for the Republican candidate and former Massachusetts governor last Friday, reportedly telling Fox News that “I think unemployment is very important for now, so as of now I think [my vote] is for Mitt Romney.” She added, “It’s a long story, but you’re going to have to wait for that.” Her apparent change of heart comes after voting for President Barack Obama...

When it comes to Hollywood endorsements, Republicans usually have to take what they can get. The big names generally tend to swing left-of-center, as Tinseltown’s elite regularly host fundraisers and head out on the campaign trail in support of Democratic candidates. This electoral cycle is no different, however it appears that a few, more prevalent actors and performers are stepping up to the plate to endorse GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney. Clint Eastwood, Stacey Dash, and now — Lindsay Lohan. Despite recently getting into an alleged altercation with a Republican congressional staffer, Lohan is anything but turned off by the...

Lindsay Lohan was assaulted in her Manhattan hotel room early Sunday morning by a man she met at a night club, police sources said. According to law enforcement officials, Lohan told police she got into an argument with a 25-year-old man she brought to her room after meeting him 1 Oak in Chelsea. The argument was allegedly over photos the man took of Lohan on his cell phone while they were in her 15th floor room at the W Hotel near Union Square with some of Lohan's friends

The guy driving the giant truck that got rear ended by Lindsay Lohan Friday tells TMZ ... LiLo was trying to flee the scene and when he tried to stop her ... her people tried to buy his silence. Lindsay was driving on the PCH yesterday when she collided with a semi-truck driven by James (we're leaving out his last name). Lohan was trailed by a Cadillac Escalade (which James refers to as a limousine) ... driven by someone connected with her Lifetime movie.

MALIBU, Calif. (KTLA) -- Lindsay Lohan is at a local hospital after being involved in car accident on Pacific Coast Highway. Lohan was reportedly driving her black Porsche on PCH around when she slammed into the back of an 18 wheeler near Morning View Drive. No word on her condition.

Lindsay Lohan has signed on for her first lead role since 2009 after being cast as Elizabeth Taylor in Liz and Dick, an account of Taylor's tempestuous relationship with Richard Burton.

Lindsay Lohan has been sentenced to 30 days in county jail after admitting that she violated her probation by not keeping up with court-mandated community service. Superior Court Judge Stephanie Sautner sentenced the actress for violating the terms of her release by being terminated from a community service assignment at a women's shelter. Lohan will not, however, have to start her sentence until Nov. 7, so she can finish up a nude Playboy shoot for which she signed a six-figure contract.

Lindsay Lohan was released on $100,000 bail Wednesday after a judge determined that the 25-year-old actress violated the terms of her probation. Superior Court Judge Stephanie Sauter says Lohan violated her probation when she was booted from the downtown women’s shelter where she had been ordered to complete most of her community service. The Los Angeles Times reports she wasn’t showing up, but TMZ says Lohan wasn’t “fulfilled” at the center and will be reassigned to the county morgue. Lohan had been ordered to do the work after pleading no contest to a misdemeanor count of theft involving a necklace...

The day unfolded all too familiarly for Lindsay Lohan: a court hearing, a jail sentence, a quick release. The starlet appeared before a judge Friday for the fourth time in nearly a year and was sentenced to 120 days for violating her probation by taking a designer necklace. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Stephanie Sautner said she thought the actress had intentionally taken the $2,500 necklace from an upscale Venice store and shown poor judgment in not trying to return it until police became involved. The judge reduced the actress' charge from felony grand theft to a misdemeanor and imposed...

Lindsay has been remanded into custody and taken to the basement of the courthouse for booking. Lindsay's lawyer has said she'll appeal, which means Lindsay is entitled to post bail. Lohan was also ordered to complete 480 hours of community service -- 360 of those hours must be performed at the Downtown Women's Center, so Lindsay can see how needy women have to live. The remaining 120 hours will be served at the L.A. County morgue. Judge Sautner explained that Lindsay should have called the store and notified the owners about the necklace sooner. She waited several weeks and returned...

Ann Coulter said Sarah Palin shouldn’t run for President, and in recent weeks Coulter has been in huge favor of Gov. Chris Christie running for President. Ann Coulter believes that if Christie doesn’t run for President, Mitt Romney will win the Nomination and lose to Obama. “I especially love her for her enemies, I’m insanely jealous of that,” Coulter said. “I love her for how she makes liberal heads explode. I think it would be a step down for her to run for president,” Coulter said, adding that she admires Palin. “She’s huge. She has enormous power. She sends out...

A prison minister is reaching out for the third time to child-actress-turned-troubled-celebrity Lindsay Lohan, who has battled DUI, felony grand theft, and drug charges. In his latest letter to the “Mean Girls” star, Marty Angelo, who himself was arrested in 1980 for two counts of cocaine possession, said he is “saddened” to see her face yet another formal charge. “Lindsay, I am speaking to you today as not just a prison minister and friend of your father but as a person who has traveled down the same road you are on,” writes Angelo in a letter released Thursday. “I know...

Lindsay Lohan has been charged with felony grand theft after she allegedly shoplifted a $2,500 worth of necklace from a Venice, California jewelry store on January, 22, 2011, according to Access Hollywood. The 24-year-old actress arrived at Los Angeles Airport Superior Court on Wednesday afternoon together with her attornery to face the charge and was said to have pleaded not guilty.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Actress Lindsay Lohan was charged on Wednesday with grand theft over a $2,500 necklace that was allegedly taken from a Los Angeles jewelry store. Lohan was scheduled to appear in court later on Wednesday for an arraignment on the single felony count. If convicted, the 24-year-old "Mean Girls" star could be sent to prison just as she struggles to end more than three years of court appearances, failed drug tests and brief spells in jail stemming from a 2007 drunk driving conviction. Lohan's lawyer has said that the actress denies the allegations and will fight them...

Lindsay Lohan is in the spotlight again for all the wrong reasons. Police got a search warrant Tuesday to look for a $2,500 stolen necklace at the troubled actress' home near Venice Beach, a freewheeling boardwalk known for its mix of performers, tourist shops and seaside gym.

Lindsay Lohan has been fired from Inferno, the Linda Lovelace biopic, following her numerous stints in rehab, legal troubles, and generally unreliable behavior. Writer-director Matthew Wilder has been shockingly supportive up to this point, waiting patiently while the 24-year-old former actress’ countless attempts to overcome her addictions to drugs and alcohol. A cynical person might think Wilder was using her for the free publicity, since the movie’s title made an appearance in almost every story about Lohan’s personal decline and disappearing career.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Fresh out of rehab and a 13-day stint in jail, Lindsay Lohan returned to Twitter on Thursday -- and blasted the paparazzi who have been following her every move. "Clearly.. Paparazzi shouldn't be allowed to take pictures or video while someone's driving or at a stop light. 4every1's sake," Lohan said in her first Tweet since the eve of being locked up on July 20. Lohan, who was released on Tuesday after just 23 days of a court-ordered 90-day rehabilitation program, has also got back behind the wheel, after the suspension of her driving license for...

Lindsay Lohan is due back in court Tuesday to surrender for a 90-day jail sentence that is likely to be whittled down by overcrowding and other credits.

“Important” events happened recently to two women. The relative attention paid and press coverage about the two tells a lot about where we are as a nation, and it isn’t good. The two women are Lindsay Lohan and Pam Murphy. All of you know that Lindsay Lohan is a spoiled, self-centered, self-destructive twit who was just sentenced to 90 days in jail for multiple instances of contempt of court. But how many of you know who Pam Murphy was? Let’s not always see the same hands. Pam Murphy was the widow of Audie Murchy, the most decorated US soldier from...

She was the oh-so-cute child star who grew up into a troubled teenage movie queen leading a life of wild excess - even by Hollywood standards. But in an LA court on Tuesday it came tumbling down for actress Lindsay Lohan, 24, who broke down as she was sentenced to three months in prison for breaking the terms of her probation. Here, in pictures and Lindsay's words (with a little imaginative help from Claudia Connell), we chart the highs and lows of her crazy life ...