Now that actress Lindsay Lohan and celebrity DJ Samantha Ronson are broken up, the “Mean Girls” star seems to be talking more candidly about her relationship with Ronson than when the two women were going out.

In an appearance on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” on Thursday, the 22-year-old Lohan told the chat show host that she and Ronson are still friends, even though after their breakup early this month members of Ronson’s family inquired about obtaining a restraining order against the actress. Lohan told DeGeneres that she did not know the breakup was coming.

“I had no idea what was going on,” Lohan said. “I just hadn’t seen her in a week. She like disappeared.”

And Lohan, who as news of her break-up emerged would only admit that she and Ronson were “taking a break,”  told DeGeneres on Thursday that she was not dating anyone new.

“I don’t need to deal with that,” the actress said. “It gets too distracting from everything that I need to focus on. Leaving town, you miss someone too much and you don’t want to go sometimes. But I really care about Samantha and we’ll see what happens. Maybe when we’re fully in the right place … and I love her.”

It was a markedly different version of herself than Lohan presented in a comedy video this month for the Web site FunnyorDie.com, in which she jokingly pretended to look for love through a matchmaking company. Lohan’s relationship with Ronson, 31, has been the focus of constant media attention since they were photographed kissing at the Cannes International Film Festival in May 2008.

More chaos in the relationship of Lindsay Lohan and Samantha Ronson. The tabloid targets are on the rocks again following a tumultuous weekend.

“We are taking a brief break so I can focus on myself,” Lohan told E! News on Monday.

The “Mean Girls” actress was barred from a Ronson family party on Friday, and a locksmith was seen at Ronson’s home, where Lohan had resided in recent months, E! said.

Breakup speculation has often dogged the pair, who reportedly celebrated their anniversary in January. In that time, the career of “Mean Girls” actress Lohan has ground to a near halt, while Ronson has kept busy as a celebrity DJ.

It almost seems sad.

E! Online Tuesday offered parts of an interview with Lindsay Lohan in which the young actress sounds off on recent stories in the celebrity media that have her out of money, out of work and out of a relationship with Samantha Ronson.

She complains: “If people would just leave my personal life alone — because it’s really not that interesting— then I could land a great role, but all the sicko fans and the noise is so distracting.”

She asks: “”If people would just stop judging me and accusing me and making me out to be this aloof, spoiled, ungrateful and unprofessional person that I am not and could never be.”

She pleads: “You have to make mistakes to learn so that you can grow up and live your life the right way.  Things happen, and you have to move on, be strong and believe in yourself.  It would be really nice if people would believe in me.” 

Why sad? There is no doubt it’s not easy being hounded by the paparazzi and having your every move in a relationship scrutinized daily. But isn’t that what celebrities ask for when they seek stardom? Really? Sure they want the glamour and glitz, but with that comes the media glare. It always has, and celebrities know it.

Lindsay also says “”I just want to live the dream that I’ve worked so hard for since I was 4 years old. I’ve been through a lot in my life, and there are many things I’d like to do to let people know that they just have to be strong… I’d like to have my own charity, do work overseas, be in Oscar-nominated films, write movies, produce movies/shows/videos, design clothes, make music, write books, etc.”

She adds, “I don’t drink, I don’t do drugs and I don’t lie” and “My past is my past and it’s been a long one, but I’m growing more and learning more day by day.”

Is it time to give young Lindsay a break and, as she asks, believe in her?

For the full E! story, click here.

(Writing and reporting by Alex Dobuzinskis)

The new year is only a few days old, but already 2009 is full of celebrity couples news.

Craig Ferguson, the host of “The Late Late Show” on U.S. network CBS, got married over the holidays. But celebrity watchers didn’t know about it until he announced on his show early Tuesday morning that he married art dealer Megan Wallace-Cunningham. The Scottish-born Ferguson showed off pictures of himself in a kilt at the wedding, which is his third marriage.

Actress Jennifer Love Hewitt and her fiance, actor Ross McCall, have split up, People magazine reported on Monday.  The couple (that’s them in happier times in the picture at left) became engaged in November 2007, when the Scottish-born McCall gave Hewitt an antique engagement ring that had been in his family for more than 100 years. People said that Hewitt, who stars in television show “The Ghost Whisperer,” and McCall broke up over the holidays. A representative for Hewitt could not immediately be reached for comment.
    
In 2008, few couples were in the spotlight as much as actress Lindsay Lohan and her gal pal Samantha Ronson, a celebrity DJ. What does 2009 hold for them?  Numerous media reports indicated last week that that LiLo and SamRo are apparently NoMo, as in “no more”, after several reports of the two girls fighting.

But the “Mean Girls” actress took to her blog on the social networking Web site MySpace to address the rumors. “We did NOT break up!,” she wrote on the site. She also told Life & Style magazine that the stories were not true.

From breakups to babies, Comedian Tim Allen, 55, and his wife, actress Jane Hajduk, 42, are expecting their first child together, the U.S. show “Entertainment Tonight” reported on Monday. The couple have been married since 2006. Allen starred in the TV sitcom “Home Improvement” in the 1990s, and has appeared in a number of Christmas-themed films since then, including 2006 movie “The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause.”
    
Speaking of “escape clauses,” if divorce trends are any indication, this month could be an eventful one in celebrity breakups. (See Love Hewitt above, sort of) Divorces often spike in January, because couples who kept their marriages together for the sake of the holidays suddenly split when the Christmas decorations come down. The Web site First Wives World reports that lawyers in London are calling Jan. 12 D-Day, as in Divorce Day, because that will be the first Monday after children return to school.

(Reporting by Alex Dobuzinskis)

For months now, Lindsay Lohan has been out in public with gal pal DJ Samantha Ronson, and speculation has swirled around whether the pair are involved in a love affair. Along the way, Lohan has made vague statements about the nature of their relationship that many celebrity watchers have taken as confirmation the two are more than just friends.
    
The most recent entry into the Lohan/Ronson guessing game is an interview Lohan gave to Harper’s Bazaar magazine in which The “Mean Girls” star was still guarded about their relationship.  Below is an excerpt from the interview in which she discusses the topic:

“…’I think it’s pretty obvious who I’m seeing,” Lindsay admits after much, much prodding. “I think it’s no shock to anyone that it’s been going on for quite some time. … She’s a wonderful person and I love her very much.”

“Has she previously been with a girl?  She laughs and says, ‘I don’t know. Maybe.’ Has she ever been embarrassed about being attracted to a woman? ‘No.’ Would she classify herself as bisexual? ‘Maybe. Yeah.’ Lesbian? ‘No.’ She goes on, ‘I don’t want to classify myself. First of all, you never know what’s going to happen — tomorrow, in a month, a year from now, five years from now. I appreciate people, and it doesn’t matter who they are, and I feel blessed to be able to feel comfortable enough with myself that I can say that.’  She sees herself getting married ‘eventually,’ but whether to a man or a woman, ‘I don’t know.’…” 

Lohan has dated men in the past, including reality star Calum Best and actor/singer Aaron Carter.

Why the interest?  In the gay community, Lohan being “out” is a big deal, if in fact she is a lesbian. (Apparently, from reading above, she doesn’t consider herself one). Hollywood now has many gay and lesbian stars who live their lives out of the closet, but the gay community in entertainment is still waiting for major talent to come out. Comedian Ellen DeGeneres is, for now, perhaps the biggest name to do so.

As if anyone who reads celebrity gossip pages and magazines didn’t know already, Lindsay Lohan and Samantha Ronson are dating. … big duh.

We’ve been reading with a lot of amusement the headlines that “confirm” Lohan and gal pal Ronson are an item. Lohan was being interviewed on the syndicated radio program “Loveline” Monday night when the DJ asked the “Mean Girls” actress: “You guys, you and Samantha, have been going out for how long now?” Lindsay laughed, and Stryker continued: ”Like, two years, one year, five months, two months?

“A very long time,” Lindsay answered. 

Headlines popped around the globe exclaiming that finally, FINALLY, this little snippet confirms that Lohan and Ronson are the real deal — girlfriends who truly are BFFs. In West Hollywood, they call them “Celesbians.”

But did it really need to be confirmed? For months, the pair have been hanging out together and been photographed in public, and only two weeks ago Lindsay lashed out in her own blog against Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin asking, “Is it a sin to be gay? Should it be a sin to be straight…”

Well, so now we know what we already knew: Lohan and Ronson are dating. But questions do remain. Does this mean she is a lesbian? Or, as many men and women do, is the 22 year-old simply experimenting with her sexuality? Put another way, Is she like Clay Aiken, who finally came out of the closet only today and by his own admission is gay? No doubt. Or, is she like actress Anne Heche who was straight, then gay (living with Ellen DeGeneres), then straight again? When Lindsay truly comes out, if she ever does, now that will be a headline.

After pop star Pink’s rant last week against Sarah Palin, Lindsay Lohan declares she can no longer keep biting her tongue when it comes to the most talked-about woman in American politics.

“Is our country so divided that the Republicans best hope is a narrow minded, media obsessed homophobe? “, asks Lohan, 22, in her MySpace blog.

The “Mean Girls” star says she is beset by “Fear, Anxiety, Concern, Disappointment, and Stress” the more she learns about the Alaska Governor and Republican vice-presidential candidate.

And what upsets her most are Palin’s views on gay rights, abortion and sex before marriage. “Is it a sin to be gay? Should it be a sin to be straight? Or to use birth control? Or to have sex before marriage? Or even to have a child out of wedlock?” asks Lohan, whose own sexuality is currently the cause of much speculation given her close friendship with British DJ Samantha Ronson.

The blog is signed with an “xoxo” (love and hugs) from both Lindsay and Samantha, although Ronson reminds fans that as a non U.S, citizen she doesn’t have a vote on Nov. 4,  but she is a bit worried about her green card.

Lohan’s not the first celebrity to plunge into politics and she won’t be the last. But her concerns about gay issues seem to have increased the closer she gets to Ronson although Lohan’s forthright opinions haven’t yet extended to coming clean to curious fans about the exact nature of their friendship.

So is Lindsay a lesbian or isn’t she? And does it matter?

Lindsay Lohan has been getting up close and personal with DJ Samantha Ronson this year, but is marriage to her gal pal really in the cards?

Figuring that out is like putting together a jigsaw puzzle of picture clues, hearsay, and the occasional cryptic comment from the “Mean Girls” actress herself.

Lohan, 22, was pictured this week wearing a sparkly heart-shaped ring on her left hand, adding to speculation that she and her constant companion were engaged. One British newspaper reported that Ronson told clubbers during her disc jockey stint in Hollywood at the weekend that “By the end of the year, my love will be Mrs. Ronson.”

But Lohan’s spokeswoman was quoted as telling People magazine on Friday that the ring wasn’t a “diamonds are forever” symbol at all.  “She bought it herself. It’s an antique ring that she found at an antique store in New York city,” the rep told People.

The two girls are certainly close.  Lohan has preferred to keep the relationship ambiguous but she told Marie Claire magazine in an interview that she and Ronson had matching hearts and stars tattoos.  She also said that she was looking to buy a new home “with someone” — but without saying who.

Lohan said she was really happy, calling the British DJ ”a great person. And she’s a great infuence on people around her.”  As for clarifying their relationship,  she said “Um, people can think what they want. I’m really happy, and that’s all that matters.”

Lindsay Lohan’s paternal grandfather has died, which appears to have brought the actress and her father closer together after a public spat, according to reports on a few celebrity web sites on Friday.

Michael Lohan, the actress’ father, told the cable network E!that his father, Richard Lohan, died of cancer on Thursday.

“I was holding him, laying in bed with him, when he died,” Lohan told E!

“Lindsay did reach out to me. She sent me a message this morning. She said, ‘Now papa has found peace and maybe we can find peace in our lives, too.”

The message appears to show some warmth in the otherwise icy relationship between estranged father and daughter, and perhaps it portends a thaw. Time will tell.

Lindsay and Michael Lohan in recent days were caught up in a new war of words, this time centering on the 22-year-old Hollywood star’s relationship to gal pal Samantha Ronson.

“He’s out of control,” Lindsay Lohan told celebrity television show “Access Hollywood” on Wednesday. “I want him to stop hurting and talking to the media about the people I love,” she said.

Lohan also talked down her dad on her MySpace blog, as Ronson did on her page.

Lohan’s comments followed an interview Michael Lohan gave to E! earlier this week in which he criticized his daughter’s constant companion, Ronson, over rumors she was writing a book.

“She’s using my daughter,” Michael Lohan told E! “People never even knew who Samantha Ronson was until she met Lindsay. And now she’s writing a book? I am at wit’s end with this stuff.”

Meanwhile, if there is a thaw in the chilly relationship between Lindsay and Michael, the same cannot be said for Michael and his ex-wife, Dina, Lindsay’s mom. He told OK! magazine on Friday, “Let’s see if she has the decency and respect to bring my kids to the wake and funeral.”

So, we are still wondering, will the Lohans’ drama ever cease?

(Reporting by Alex Dobuzinskis)

For a week, celebrity and gossip magazines have been buzzing with talk that Lindsay Lohan’s “friendship” with DJ Samantha Ronson is more than just friendship. They are having an affair, according to the gossip mill. The current talk was fueled mostly by a picture published last week of the two kissing while attending a Cannes film festival party.

Pictures of Lohan sporting an engagement ring last week in Cannes set off speculation the 21-year-old starlet could be heading to the wedding chapel with Ronson. But beware, it’s not the first time Lohan has stoked public interest by wearing something shiny on her wedding finger. She also did it a couple years ago, back when her constant companions were mostly of the male variety. 

Amid the media firestorm — several reports had her being offered $1 million to admit she was a lesbian – Lohan’s parents have said a few things about Lohan’s close ties with Ronson. Mom Dina Lohan has said she just wants her daughter to be “happy.” For her part, Lohan isn’t talking, and her spokeswoman has pushed back at the gossip by describing speculation about Lohan’s sexual orientation as “gross.” The spokeswoman did not return Reuters call or an e-mail for comment on Tuesday.

Just this past Sunday at the MTV Movie Awards here in Los Angeles, reality show star and bisexual Tila Tequila – not one to be shy of publicity – reportedly called on Lohan to come out of the closet.

But is Lindsay, who turns 22 years-old in July, really a lesbian and does it really matter what her sexual orientation is? Does she risk the loss of an already troubled career in Hollywood if, in fact, she is? And is it anybody’s business who she is kissing? We’re curious to know what our readers think.

(Reporting by Alex Dobuzinskis)