Thompson On Hollywood

Lohan Boosted NYMag.com to 9.6 million uniques

If anyone needs proof that media investing in online can pay off handsomely, New York Magazine is the poster child. Their February fashion issue featured Lindsay Lohan channeling Marilyn Monroe with no clothes on. That month NYmag.com's online traffic skyrocketed to 9.6 million unique views, a 120% gain.

Lohan Reality: Must to Avoid

News that Lindsay Lohan's manager/mom-from-hell Dina Lohan has signed up to do an eight-part E! series this summer called Living Lohan, offering a peep into the Long Island lives of her and 14-year-old daughter Ali--who has showbiz ambitions, natch--makes me crazy. What does this woman want to do, screw up her second daughter as much as her first? A reality TV show expose of their lives is hardly the recipe for a well-adjusted family life. Look how well the Osbournes, Paris Hilton, Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown, and Anna Nicole Smith turned out. Sometimes less really is more.

Lohan Star of 2007 Razzie Awards

At the Indie Spirits on Saturday, John Waters asked me if I knew who'd won the Razzies. I had to admit I didn't. Maholodot.com covered the Razzies so we wouldn't have to. (This video is hilarious.) The big winner was I Know Who Killed Me, starring Lindsay Lohan. I should have known.

Lohan Channels Sad, Nude Monroe

The person at New York Magazine who came up with the idea of shooting tragic ingenue Lindsay Lohan as late great Hollywood sexpot Marilyn Monroe should get a raise. (The issue will sell like hotcakes and traffic on the site will surge.) Like it or not, the girl can act and putting her and photographer Bert Stern together to recreate Monroe's last nude photo session was genius. It works. And Lohan's got the right stuff. (I just hope she's not heading toward a similar fate.)

Actually, folks in the office were passing around a poll that asks: If you had to be stranded on a desert island with Britney Spears, Paris Hilton or Lindsay Lohan, who would you pick? To a person, everyone picked Lohan. Why? Messed up and badly parented as she may be, at least she has talent and a glimmer of intelligence to hang onto. The others are truly lost souls. (Thank God The Hottie and the Nottie tanked.)

More sexy nude photos on the jump. [Hat tip Gawker.]