The 23-year-old's latest film, Labour Pains, was an epic failure.
The movie, in which Lindsay starred as a secretary who fakes a pregnancy to avoid getting fired, suffered the indignity of not just being missing a cinematic release but a DVD one as well, and premiered straight on TV.

Wrote the New York Times: "Labour Pains is supposed to be a light, escapist romantic comedy, but, sadly, it never shakes free of the heavy baggage Ms. Lohan brings to the role."

And the LA Times:: "It all becomes so ridiculous that by the time the (predictable) climax occurs, you're just grateful the ordeal is over."

Despite this, there are a few old hands around in Hollywood who still believe in Lindsay - and not without justification, as the girl's got plenty of talent beneath that layer of nasty fake tan.

The latest is director Robert Rodriguez, who's keen to feature Lindsay in his upcoming movie Machete.

"Lindsay's cool,' he's been reported as saying. "There's actually a cool part in the movie for her - if she takes it."

Machete, as moviegoers among you might recall, originally ran as a fake trailer on Planet Terror, Rodriguez's contribution to the Grindhouse double feature made with Quentin Tarantino. Featuring Rodriguez regular Danny Trejo as a hatchet job Mexican assassin killing for survival (and revenge, naturally!), the imaginary movie looked so awesome plans soon formed to make it into a feature film.

‘Yesterday He Was A Decent Man Living A Decent Life,' reads the tagline. ‘Now He Is A Brutal Savage Who Must Slaughter To Stay Alive.'

Lindsay, please, if he offers you the job, take it! You turned down a role in the super-successful The Hangover, and it could be the initial prick of the shot in the arm your career badly needs.

While she pondered her options, Lindsay arrived at Hollywood establishment Millions of Milkshakes last week to design a signature milkshake flavour. Bet she omitted a couple of her favourite ingredients.

A rather sizeable crowd looked on as Lindsay posed with an employee's baby and got to work creating ‘The Lindsay' - and no, it wasn't made of cigarette ash, Red Bull syrup and a nip of vodka (optional: a shot of self-respect). Their website says it was made of ‘Vanilla, chocolate swirls, then Oreos with vanilla.'

If you've seen Lindsay's twig-thin limbs lately, you'd find it hard to believe she's even been within coo-ey of anything resembling vanilla, chocolate or a cookie.

The event inevitably prompted almost every blogger on the web to remark that her milkshake certainly ‘wouldn't be bringing all the boys to the yard.'

Reportedly paparazzi who were waiting for the starlet told onlookers that it was Lindsay herself who alerted the press.

Millions of Milkshakes seems a curious combination of dairy delights and celebrity. Its website declares ‘Millions of Milkshakes has the brightest colours, the funkiest themes, the hippest up-to-date music, with plasma screens showcasing the latest in Hollywood celebrity content.'

They have several celeb shakes including one custom-made by Miley Cyrus (cookie dough, Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, whipped cream and a Flake). Others it seems they've made on behalf of celebs, like The Britney (Oreos, peanut butter, whipped cream, Flake); the Kardashian (Snickers topped with whipped cream and Flake); and the Heidi and Spencer (mango, pineapple, cream and a Flake). Suprisingly, the Heidi and Spencer shake had no traces of cheese.

Katherine Heigl's fall from favour

Barely two years ago Katherine Heigl was on top of the Hollywood heap. The toast of Tinseltown, the actress had starring roles in two very successful films, Knocked Up and 27 Dresses under her belt, and her knack for romantic comedy was seeing her hailed as the next Julia Roberts.

The 30-year-old actress has been working since she was a child, appearing with Gerard Depardieu in My Father The Hero and in the TV series Roswell before hitting super stardom as Dr Izzie Stephens on Grey's Anatomy.

Last week, US magazine Newsweek ran a rather curious article for one so beloved, entitled ‘Why Is Katherine Heigl So Annoying?'

Fans, critics and the press alike were so enamoured with her in the golden years which followed Grey's debut on network TV - now, it seems, the tables have turned.

First she knocked Knocked Up, the film which really put her on the big-screen map. Then she removed herself from consideration for Emmy nomination last year, stating that she had not been "given the material this season to warrant an Emmy nomination." Two weeks ago, she was on the David Letterman moaning about her 17-hour working day on the set of the medical drama.

She told Letterman she was going to make a public point about her working hours "because I hope it embarrasses them."

It's not like you're earning ten bucks an hour, missus. And in a time where so many people are being made unemployed in the US, I bet this went down like a cup of cold sick. Or old sick! Either or.

The mere mention of this article prompted strong reactions in our office. Most of the girls immediately responded ‘oh, I hate her.' One of the blokes defended Heigl's honour, saying ‘but she's hot.' Take note, guys: being hot and being annoying are not mutually exclusive qualities.

"Heigl's biggest accomplishment of the past 18 months, if you buy the blogs, has been to fully squander her prime position, dropping from a cherubic, popular new actress with a brain to a diva-like shrew," says Newsweek.

The mag does admit that "part of it is pure sexism," remarking that "A lot of actors smoke, curse, drink and mouth off, but she gets the most grief for it." Come to think of it, Sean Penn's won two Oscars while doing exactly the same.

I must say, Katherine Heigl bugs me. Yes, she is talented and she is beautiful, so I suppose many would point the finger at old-fashioned jealousy. I have no wish to be an actress, and I don't watch Grey's. So what gets on my wick about Katherine? I can't quite put my finger on it. She's not like Elizabeth Hurley, who completely rubs me up the wrong way referring to herself as ‘one', and wearing pretty much the same frock (low at the tits, slit high at the thighs) to every event for the past 15 years.

I certainly don't think Katherine Heigl should be vilified for speaking her mind. But perhaps her opinions would have more impact if she didn't share them so frequently, so forcefully, and so publicly. I have also read that she's an A-grade bitch, but it's Hollywood, right? I imagine 99% of actresses are.

She seems smug, she seems full of her own sense of entitlement, and after several years trawling through thousands of paparazzi pics, she doesn't seem like she has many girlfriends. She does have her best friend, former cast mate TR Knight, but I've never seen her snapped with a gal pal. I'm not sure what to make of those girls who don't have girlfriends. There's not one girl who wants to hang out with you? Hmmmm.

I don't know the girl. She could care less what I think of her. But will I be lining up to see her new romantic comedy, The Ugly Truth? No. And like her or not, that's where Heigl's appeal will be judging where it matters - at the box office.

What Katie did next

Katie Price has been keeping very busy since her split with husband Peter Andre a couple of months ago. She's celebrated the launch of a new ‘novel', she's shot photos for a calendar, she's blown off some steam at the Ibiza clubs and, if the tabloids are to be believed, has shared some steamy nights with a stuntman-slash-cage fighter.

But the former glamour model's always got her eyes on the next prize, and talked to More! magazine in the UK about which actress she'd like to play her in a film - her fourth autobiography's set to be released this year. Yes, you read right. Her fourth. And yes, she is only 31, although sporting all that makeup you'd be forgiven for thinking a bit north of that.

Her pick of Hollywood actresses to play her? None other than Julia Roberts.

"The reason is, before my career and everything, my hair was really curly," Price explained.

"And I saw Erin Brokovich, and thought she's be good at playing me. And then Pretty Woman..."

Having played a hooker previously, Jordan may not be too much of a stretch for Julia, but somehow I think the Oscar winner may pass on that role. The only person I can imagine playing Price is Ice-T's wife Coco - shy retiring flower, sometime actress and Hollywood's reigning queen of the Camel Toe.

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Spotted

Lauren Conrad and Lo Bosworth spending a sunny Tuesday afternoon shopping at Barney's of New York in Beverly Hills...Rihanna, wearing a pair of new season Miu Miu heeled boots, heading out to dinner in NYC...Linda Hogan heading into a Florida court to finalise her divorce from husband Hulk Hogan...Jonathan Rhys Meyers and girlfriend Reena Hammer attending U2's third and final Dublin show at the city's Croke Park...Katie Holmes playing in the park with daughter Suri on the set of her new movie in Mount Macedon, Victoria...A heavily pregnant Heidi Klum, due to have a baby girl in October, playing in an LA park with kids Leni and Henry...Dakota Fanning in 70s costume for her role as Cherie Currie on the set of biopic The Runaways...

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