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LINDSAY LOHAN’s legal woes appear to have given TAYLOR SWIFT her big movi e break - the country sweetheart is the new favourite to replace the MEAN GIRLS actress in a new film about a former child star finding success on a reality TV dating show.
Writer/producer Richard O’Sullivan initially offered Lohan the lead in his new film One Night With You after writing it with her in mind.
He told WENN, "It is ready-made for Lindsay… but we’re proceeding wit h extreme caution while the Lohan family sorts through their issues durin g a very trying time." Lohan has since served two stints in jail - the latest a 10-hour stay o n Friday (24Sep10) - and spent time in a court-ordered lockdown rehab. An d now it looks as if producers have moved on from the troubled star.
A source says, "It appears the romantic comedy may finally be off the t able for Lindsay Lohan. The producers had actually talked to Taylor Swift ’s agent a few months back about replacing Lindsay, but Taylor was in the middle of her tour.
"Now that Lindsay can’t conquer her troubles, they’re taking the offer back to Taylor." It’s the second major role Lohan has lost this year - in April (10), sh e was dropped from new movie The Other Side.
It won’t be Swift’s first acting gig - the Love Story singer has appear ed on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and in the film Valentine’s Day. (KL

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Newlywed MIRANDA KERR made her first big splash as a mum-to-be in Milan, Italy on Saturday (25Sep10) when she proudly showed off her baby bump at a Fashion Week party.
The Victoria=E2=80=99s Secret stunner confirmed she was expecting husba nd Orlando Bloom’s child in August (10) - just weeks after the couple wed ..
And she chose a Milan Fashion Week party to show off her new pregnancy look to the paparazzi.
The Australian model playfully gave photographers a sideways view of he r body, showing off her bump.
It was Kerr’s first big public outing since the baby news broke - previ ously she unveiled her rounder figure in a new advertising campaign for h er organic skincare range.
In the tranquil video, the Victoria’s Secret beauty is seen wearing a s imple vest and leggings whilst relaxing in a variety of yoga positions. (

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Moviemaker PETER JACKSON has taken aim at actors union bosses in his nati ve New Zealand, insisting a planned boycott of his THE HOBBIT film could severely harm the local movie industry.
The Lord of the Rings director fears the project could be moved from Ne w Zealand to Eastern Europe if producers feel filming there could be an i ssue with union officials, who are urging workers not to work on the preq uel over employment issues - and he has released a statement urging membe rs to rethink what they’re doing.
The stand-off revolves around the producers’ refusal to sign a deal wit h local New Zealand performers for their work on the stalled film.
Jackson’s statement reads, "There is a twisted logic to seeing NZ humil iated on the world stage, by losing the Hobbit to Eastern Europe. Warners (film studio) would take a financial hit that would cause other studios to steer clear of New Zealand. Seriously, if the Hobbit goes east (Easter n Europe in fact) - look forward to a long dry big budget movie drought i n this country." The boycott has become an international issue with Canadian Actors Equi ty, U.S. Actors Equity, the Screen Actors Guild and the U.K. Actors Equit y supporting the New Zealanders.
Jackson has explained that Disney bosses no longer shoot in Australia b ecause of frustration with the same union he’s currently battling with.
The Hobbit has been mired with problems for months - the film is still not fully financed and producer Jackson’s original director, Guillermo de l Toro, quit the project in May (10), citing scheduling difficulties.
Jackson is now expected to take over as director.

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BRET MICHAELS is adamant he narrowly missed out on the chance to join AME RICAN IDOL because he was among TV bosses’ final "four" choices along wit h STEVEN TYLER and JENNIFER LOPEZ.
Producers behind the hit reality TV show ended months of speculation th is week (beg20Sep10) by announcing Tyler and Lopez had been hired to repl ace exiting panelists Simon Cowell, Ellen DeGeneres and Kara DioGuardi.
During the race to fill the vacant judges’ seats, Michaels spoke out to insist he was in talks with TV bosses and has now revealed he was one of four final candidates to be considered for the coveted jobs.
He tells Billboard magazine, "Not only was I in meetings with (American Idol production company) Fremantle, I made it to what they called the ‘t op four’…
"But if there’s someone else that would give great career advice and be a lot of fun on TV, it’s Steven Tyler." And Michaels is convinced he still has a chance to become a TV talent s how judge when Cowell brings his British series The X Factor to the U.S. next year (11).
He adds, "We also talked a little about Simon Cowell’s new show, X Fact or, and they asked me about being the host of a dating show they’re doing …."

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BEYONCE has added an edgy new talent to her resume - she’s now a temporar y tattoo designer.
The pop superstar doesn’t have any skin art herself, but she and her mu m Tina Knowles have created a series of new motorbike gang-inspired ink t o accompany their new House of Dereon fall/winter 2010 collection.
And Beyonce models the eye-catching tattoos in the new ads.
Tina Knowles tells WWD.com, "We decided to invite Temptu to help us cre ate custom body art for (our) model… The resulting images were so stron g that we realised consumers might want to re-create the tattoos themselv es." The waterproof tattoos will be offered in Dereon=E2=80=99s signature fl eur icon and in chains, spider designs, rocker bolts and jewel baubles. A n online-only deluxe kit will feature a signed photo of Beyonce. (KL/WNWC

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Electro-pop stars MGMT are under pressure from their record label to chan ge their musical style following the release of their last album, CELEBRA TION.
The band shot to fame upon the release of their 2007 offering Oracular Spectacular, which landed them a Grammy Award nomination for Best New Art ist, while their track Kids also received a nod.
The duo released the follow-up Congratulations in April (10), but the m usicians admit bosses at their Columbia label were less than impressed wi th their new sound and have vowed to take tighter control of their next a lbum.
Andrew Van-Wyngarden tells Scotland’s Daily Record newspaper, "I defini tely think our music will change in the future because Congratulations is almost two years old now. We have some ideas and have been talking about possible directions of where to go next.
"We are just in much more positive mental states than when we wrote Con gratulations. We’re less anxious. We’ve been looking at relationships wit h the label during the recording process and it’s quite different this ti me. They’ll be more involved and not give us as much freedom." (LR/WNTRE/

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TAYLOR SWIFT had to drop a tribute song she wrote for her mother from her tour set list - because her mum burst into tears every time she heard it ..
The country pop star penned The Best Day in honour of her mum Andrea an d proudly included the track when she kicked off her Fearless trek in 200 9.
But the singer had to stop playing the song at every show as her mum cr ied backstage whenever she heard the touching track.
Andrea says, "She had to drop it from the set because I kept breaking d own."

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MICK HUCKNALL was overcome with grief during a trip back to his hometown for a TV show because the journey brought back memories of his late fathe r.
The Simply Red star headed back to Manchester, England for new programm e Simply Red: For The Last Time, which documented the final months of the band.
And Hucknall admitted he felt nothing but sadness when he revisited pla ces he frequented in his youth, because he is still hurting following the death of his dad Reg last November (09).
He tells Britain’s The Sun, "We went to the houses I was brought up in around Denton. Then we went to the Free Trade Hall where Simply Red have performed and I saw the Sex Pistols in 1976.
"We ended up at Old Trafford. I went to my first Manchester United (soc cer) game in 1968 and I’ve been a fan ever since.
"In the beginning I took going back to Manchester for granted. I though t, ‘I’ve been here so many times, I’ll just… talk and talk, it’ll be fi ne’.
"But it hit me when I got back in the car to go to the airport, I lost my father in November last year and I’m still grieving. I aged 10 years o vernight when he died. And I’m only just realising that I’m coming to ter ms with it."

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SUGABABES singer HEIDI RANGE was taken to hospital on Friday (24Sep10) af ter a nasty fall left her needing stitches in her chin.
The British star slipped in the shower at her home in London and was dr iven to a nearby hospital by concerned fiance Dave Berry with blood gushi ng from her wound, according to Britain’s The People.
The singer’s chin was stitched up and doctors ordered her to rest - pro mpting her to pull out of a performance at a ball for the British Olympic Association on Friday night.
A source tells the publication, "Heidi had a bad fall and it was scary for a while. Dave took her to hospital. She was in shock and it was feare d the injuries could be more severe. She was ordered to rest. She was gut ted that she couldn’t perform. The other girls weren’t keen on going ahea d without her and cancelled the gig."

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BRIGITTE NIELSEN is heading to British TV with a female-only talk show.
The 47-year-old actress has been offered a deal to host her own program me in the U.K. which will see her interview famous guests to discuss a va riety of topics including politics, current affairs and beauty.
Nielsen insists the show has a "no men" rule and will only feature appe arances from "strong, powerful, successful women".
She tells Britain’s Daily Express, "I=E2=80=99m hosting a women=E2=80=99 s talk show so all us girls can get together and chat. It=E2=80=99s about time. No men will be invited. It=E2=80=99s girls=E2=80=99 talk. There wi ll be a lot of strong, powerful, successful women. There will be actresse s, politicians and models and public figures. Women are complicated but w e=E2=80=99re the best." And Nielsen will also be doling out advice and helping her interviewees with their problems. She adds, "Because of the down periods in my life I am in a position to give good advice to people going down the same path as me. I can hopefully stop them and help them turn their lives around an d make them see they never need to give up.=E2=80=9D

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KATHERINE HEIGL has sworn off ever trying to play matchmaker between her single friends again after an embarrassing recent effort during a house p arty.
The actress and her husband Josh Kelley decided to try and hook up U.S.
TV presenter Chris Jacobs with Heigl’s best pal Cheyenne Ellis - and sta ged a bash to get the couple together.
Heigl tells WENN, "Chris is really good friends with my husband and we set him up with my best friend, who is also my stunt double. We did it in a mixed crowd and had everybody to the house so it wasn’t awkward.
"We asked each one to play it off like they didn’t know. It was handled so poorly and I blame Josh for that completely. I told Josh not to tell Chris that this is happening; just invite him over for dinner and Cheyenn e will just be there, so let them figure it out for themselves and of cou rse he goes and tells him immediately: ‘This girl is going to be here and you gotta meet her.’ "I think they did connect and have a nice time and I think Chris wants to see her again but everyone’s been travelling so much. They met but I w on’t do it again."

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Oscar-winner HELEN MIRREN fears she’ll go to her grave remembered as a ha rd-as-nails police woman or a royal.
The British actress is proud of her Shakespearean roots and her varied TV, film and stage roles - but she’s convinced she’ll never escape the ro les of Jane Tennison in the Prime Suspect TV series and her Academy Award -winning turn in The Queen.
She tells Bust magazine, "There are certain roles that take over your l ife, Prime Suspect was one of them. The reason I stopped doing Prime Susp ect is because I was beginning to feel like if I was knocked over by a bu s, people would say, ‘Tennison sadly died yesterday. She was knocked over by a bus.’ "So I had to reclaim myself and capability to do other things… and th en The Queen came along (and) now I’m ‘the queen’ - regal this, regal tha t. It’s rubbish."

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Actor JESSE EISENBERG is hoping to finally meet Facebook.com founder MARK ZUCKERBERG - the man he plays in new film THE SOCIAL NETWORK - his cousi n has just landed a job with the Internet billionaire.
The film star never got the chance to meet the busy co-founder of the p opular website while he was making the movie about the early days of Face book, but the research he did for his portrayal made Eisenberg fond of th e man he was playing.
He says, "I spent six months thinking about him everyday and developed a great affection for the man and was very interested in meeting him. For tunately my first cousin got a great job working at Facebook about a mont h before we finished shooting and I’m hoping he’ll facilitate an introduc tion.
"I don’t know what I would say. I can relate to the character Aaron Sor kin created in the movie of someone who is desperately trying to fit in a nd doesn’t have the social wherewithal to do so and creates this incredib le tool to feel comfortable… He’s a fascinating character and complicat ed in all the right ways."

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Former E.R. star JULIANNA MARGULIES has signed up as the new face of cosm etics giant L’Oreal Paris.
The actress will join Eva Longoria Parker, Penelope Cruz and Beyonce as the brand’s latest spokesmodel.
The honour comes as Margulies enjoys a career rebirth in hit show The G ood Wife.
And she can’t wait to utter L’Oreal’s famous catchphrase: "I remember t he first time I heard ‘because you=E2=80=99re worth it’. I was young, and I said to myself, ‘When I have money, I will buy beautiful products and feel I=E2=80=99m worth it.’" She tells WWD.com, "I always have considered my skin my best beauty ass et because I got lucky. I have small pores. I am also very pale so I have stayed out of the sun most of my life."

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OLIVER STONE’s WALL STREET sequel is big business at the U.S. box office - the film has debuted at number one with an opening week $19 million (=C2 =A312.6 million) take.
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps stars Michael Douglas, Josh Brolin and Shia LaBeouf.
Animated adventure Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga=E2=80=99Hool e opened in second place with $16.3 million (=C2=A310.9 million) and Ben Affleck’s The Town drops to three.

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Actor ANDREW GARFIELD shut down his personal Facebook.com account after b ecoming addicted to the social networking website and "wasting" hours onl ine.
The 27 year old stars as Eduardo Saverin, one of the co-founders of the popular site, in new movie The Social Network, which chronicles the earl y days of Facebook.
But Garfield confesses he no longer uses the website to keep in touch w ith friends after implementing a self-imposed ban.
He tells WENN, "I used to be on Facebook, I’m now not… Like most peop le I was just wasting my time on it and I just realised I could be spendi ng my time more wisely." However, the star insists he is still a big fan of the brains behind th e online phenomenon: "I admire it (Facebook.com) greatly, I feel like (co -founder) Mark Zuckerberg is a true alchemist and magician for creating t his device that has revolutionised the way we communicate and I’m in awe of that."

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ELIZABETH TAYLOR is selling off a number of prized pieces from her art co llection including a series of works by famed Welsh painter AUGUSTUS JOHN which were salvaged by her father.
The Hollywood actress inherited the works from her dad Francis, a Londo n art dealer, who pieced the sketches back together after the artist tore them up in a fit of rage in the 1930s.
The drawings will be sold in Britain through Chiswick Auctions and Tayl or has passed a letter to the auction house to authenticate the lots.
Taylor writes, "In the late 1930s my father Francis Taylor based his bu siness as an art dealer in London. During that time he acquired a great m any works by Augustus John, including these drawings that the artist had torn up in a fit of anger… and which my father subsequently persuaded h im to allow to be pieced back together, a task that my father undertook h imself." The 44 drawings, which include female nude studies and portraits, have an estimated value of between $300 (=C2=A3200) and $1,200 (=C2=A3800). (L

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TERI HATCHER’s mother is determined to end her daughter’s days as a singl e woman - she’s constantly searching out potential boyfriends for the act ress.
The Desperate Housewives star is twice-divorced and has been resolutely single over the last few years, but her 75-year-old mother is determined to find her a date.
Hatcher reveals her mum has been enjoying a holiday in Europe and even made time during her vacation to scout out potential love interests for h er daughter.
Hatcher says, "There is still no new man, but it is not for lack of my family and friends trying… She (my mother) goes on the cruise with her girlfriend - she=E2=80=99s over there right now - she sends me a picture.
She=E2=80=99s e-mailing me what a great time (she=E2=80=99s having and) sends me a picture that says, =E2=80=98I=E2=80=99m with our private guide in Dubrovnik (in Croatia)=E2=80=99 and the email says, =E2=80=98He=E2=80 =99s very available and very undemanding.=E2=80=99 =E2=80=9CI thought, =E2=80=98OK, well wait. First of all, he=E2=80=99s 12 and he lives in Italy (sic).=E2=80=99 But =E2=80=98undemanding=E2=80=99 ? That=E2=80=99s the overriding quality my mum thinks I=E2=80=99m looking for? =E2=80=98He=E2=80=99s very undemanding’? So there is my mum on her cruise looking for a guy for me."

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