Happy Birthday Lindsay Lohan! (The Check is In the Mail) Also, Happy Birthday, Mom!
Lindsay Lohan turns 23 today. (Coincidentally, my mom turns 88 today. Happy Birthday Mom!) In case you're wondering what to get our favorite party girl (that would be Lindsay, not my mom) it seems nothing says 'We Love You' like cold hard cash. (Also coincidentally, that's exactly what my mom prefers, too. But enough about my mom - this post is about Lindsay. But did I mention it was my mom's 88th birthday today? Happy Birthday Mom!)
Getting back to Lindsay and her birthday wish-list, it's being reported that the actress was paid $70,000 by the MGM Grand in Las Vegas for hosting a "pre-celebration" bash at the hotel's Wet Republic pool party last Saturday. But those around La Lohan say that the event, which was also used to promote her Sevyn Nine tanning mist, was really just a desperate attempt to earn some much-needed cash.
"None of her really close friends were there," said an inside source at PageSix. "The only person who was even known was Brittny Gastineau."
Who? Brittny Gastineau? I don't even know who that is, although I vaguely remember that name from the guest list at my mom's pre-celebration bash at the senior center last Sunday.
(Then again, who among us wouldn't take seventy grand for throwing a birthday party for ourselves? The last time I threw a party for myself it cost me $250 and trust me that stripper was so not worth it.)
Though apparently this isn't the first time Lohan has made like Billy Mays and tried to sell her birthday like it was a tub of OxiClean.* She was set to celebrate her 21st at a bash sponsored by Las Vegas nightclub Pure, but it was canceled after she checked into rehab. Lohan also attempted to money-up her 22nd birthday by creating a web page to lure potential sponsors. The desperation! Almost as bad as turning a post on a well-known pop culture site into a birthday tribute to your 88-year-old mother to make up for the fact that you forgot to send her flowers.
Happy Birthday Mom!
Oh, and Happy Birthday to you, too, Lindsay!
*Said purely as a tribute.
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Happy birthday, sweatpantsmom's mama!
As for Lindsay, meh. Whatevs.
Posted by: cindy w | July 02, 2009 at 11:02 AM
Brittny Gastineau--she and her mom did "gastineau girls" reality show for like 3 minutes. her dad was an NFL star (i think he might be deceased) and the show pretty much showed that even though her mom had it mentally together (and invested her money well) the woman cranked out a real loser for a kid. very entitled, uneducated, clueless, and worse. it was disgusting to me.
Posted by: michele | July 02, 2009 at 11:17 AM
and lindsay--should just go learn some other employable skill and get a real job and disappear.
Posted by: michele | July 02, 2009 at 11:18 AM
LIndsay Lohan cool birthday video like you've never seen her before at www.neverwoodhigh.com
Posted by: Happy Birthday Lindsay | July 02, 2009 at 12:30 PM
I shake my head at this. Why would anyone pay her to make a bloody appearance? Puhleez! The 70K is nothing next to the mess she'll make of the hotel room, all the comps she'll steal and booze she'll guzzel. Why bother MGM Grand? It's recession man! Pay me, I'll come to Vegas for Airfare, man! And I promise I'm cute and I'll behave myself! :)
Posted by: Karina in T.O | July 02, 2009 at 03:00 PM