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Lohan, Dreyfus and two tall Hollywood tales?

From the wacky world of Hollywood comes two larger than life stories — but  only one of them may be true.

1) Double Emmy winner,  actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus of “Seinfeld” and “The New Adventures of Old Christine”  fame  gets a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Grumpy “Seinfeld” creator Larry David was among those turning out to celebrate with her.  But there’s one problem.  Just before the ceremony,  organizers realize they have spelled one of Julia’s names wrong  (Whoops!) and scramble to fix it before she arrives.

2) Lindsay Lohan, erstwhile child star turned wild child,  has been cast to play porn queen Linda Lovelace in a planned biopic about the star of the infamous 1972 movie “Deep Throat.”   That’s certainly a headline for the 23 year-old actress who has been making more news off screen than on it for the past three years.  And it seems to fit with a recent week of hair-raising exploits from the LiLo camp, including a racy gunplay photoshoot and Daddy’s bid to put the brakes on Lindsay’s  life in the fast lane.

So which tale is too good to be true, and which has the ring of truth?

1) It’s true — the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce left out the hyphen and the “O” in Julia Louis-Dreyfus’s name and sent workers to chisel out the “Luis”  and replace it with a temporary Louis-. The Huffington Post has the tell-tale evidence

2) May be true (but for all those who loved “Parent Trap” and laughed at “Mean Girls”, we hope not).  Depends which of the several executive producers of the forthcoming biopic, or which of Lohan’s un-named “friends” you believe.  We’re planning on waiting until an official announcement, said to be forthcoming at the Cannes film festival next week, before losing all hope. Then again,  Lindsay did play a stripper in the 2007  low-budget thriller “I Know Who Killed Me”   — and won a Razzie for worst actress. We’re just saying….

from Environment Forum:

Hollywood’s greenest stars honor U.S. environmental group

Dozens of the world's top movie, television and music stars showed off their green cred on Saturday night at a Hollywood-style fundraiser honoring the Natural Resource Defense Council's 20 years in Southern California.

The event at Beverly Hills' Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel was a who's who of Hollywood environmentalists, including actors Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert Redford, and Laurie David, a global warming activist and producer of the Al Gore movie "An Inconvenient Truth." All three are trustees of the NRDC's Southern California office. In 2003, the group even dedicated its new building to Redford.

It's no secret that the environment and climate change is a hot cause in Hollywood, and it's hard to imagine another social issue drawing as much star power to one event. The party also raised a hefty $2 million.

"Mad Men" star Jon Hamm and designer Tom Ford also attended the party, which was hosted by "Seinfeld" star Julia Louis-Dreyfus and included a musical performance by Grammy-winning rockers Maroon 5. Actress Rosanna Arquette deejayed the after party.

On stage, Redford recalled why he joined the NRDC in the 1970's, saying it was "because they had the power to sue."

Many attendees echoed that refrain throughout the night, with Louis-Dreyfus bluntly stating: "I love lawsuits."

The evening also included a list of the group's legal victories in the region, including helping to stop inadequately treated sewage from being dumped into the Santa Monica Bay and testing children for lead poisoning in the 1990s. More recently, NRDC and other environmental groups last year reached a deal with land holder Tejon Ranch to permanently protect 240,000 acres of California land from development.