In May 2008, Lohan made her first screen appearance since I Know Who Killed Me, on ABC’s television series Ugly Betty. She guest starred in four episodes, spanning seasons two and three in 2008, as Kimmie Keegan, an old schoolmate of the protagonist Betty Suarez. Lohan has featured in various men’s magazines. She was voted No.10 on the list of “100 Sexiest Women” by readers of FHM in 2005, No.13 in 2006, No.30 in 2007, and No.41 in 2008, while Maxim placed her third on its “Hot 100” list in 2006 and first in 2007. Lohan has been the face of Jill Stuart, Miu Miu, and Dooney & Bourke, as well as the 2008 Visa Swap British fashion campaign. She was also the face of Italian clothing company Fornarina for its Spring/Summer 2009 campaign.Lohan named her clothing collection 6126 after the birthdate of Marilyn Monroe (pictured) whom Lohan greatly admires Lohan has a long-lasting fascination with Marilyn Monroe going back to when she saw Niagara during The Parent Trap shoot. In the 2008 Spring Fashion edition of New York magazine, Lohan re-created Monroe’s final photo shoot, known as The Last Sitting, including nudity, saying that the photo shoot was “an honor”. The New York Times critic Ginia Bellafante found it disturbing, saying “the pictures ask viewers to engage in a kind of mock necrophilia.
At 21 [Lohan] seems even older than Monroe, who was 36 in the originals and the photographs bear none of Monroe’s fragility”. In 2008, Lohan launched a clothes line, whose name 6126 was designed to represent Monroe’s birth date (June 1, 1926). The line started with leggings, before expanding to a full collection, covering 280 pieces as of April 2010. In April 2009, Lohan released a self-tanning spray under the brand name Sevin Nyne in collaboration with Sephora. In September 2009, Lohan became an artistic adviser for the French fashion house Emanuel Ungaro. A collection by designer Estrella Archs with Lohan as adviser was presented in October, receiving a “disastrous” reception, according to Entertainment Weekly and New York. Lohan left the company in March 2010. During the 2008 US presidential campaign, Lohan offered her services to Barack Obama’s election effort, including hosting events aimed at young voters; but her offer was declined. An unnamed source within the Obama campaign told the Chicago Sun-Times that Lohan was “not exactly the kind of high-profile star who would be a positive for us.” She nonetheless posted MySpace blogs with her opinions on the election, urging voters to support Obama, criticizing media coverage of vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin, and describing Palin as homophobic, anti-abortion and anti-environmentalist. Lohan had previously expressed an interest in going to Iraq, during the Iraq War in 2006, on a USO tour with Hillary Clinton. Lohan dated DJ Samantha Ronson in 2008 and 2009. She co-hosted club events with Ronson and accompanied her when she was DJ-ing. Speaking about her sexual orientation, Lohan has said she is not a lesbian. When asked if she is bisexual, she responded “Maybe. Yeah”, adding “I don’t want to classify myself.” In April 2009, following her breakup with Ronson, Lohan appeared in a dating video spoof on the comedy website Funny or Die. It was viewed 2.7 million times in the first week and received favorable comments from the media. In the comedy Labor Pains, Lohan plays a woman who pretends to be pregnant. During the shoot, Lohan’s manager worked with the paparazzi to encourage the media to show her working, as opposed to partying. It was originally planned for a theatrical release, but instead appeared as a TV movie on the ABC Family cable channel in July 2009, “a setback for the star” according to Variety.The premiere received 2.1 million viewers, “better-than-average” for the channel according to E! Online. Joanna Weiss of The Boston Globe commented that Lohan “looks to be coasting through a part that requires little effort, anyway”. Alessandra Stanley of The New York Times said “this is not a triumphant return of a prodigal child star. never shakes free of the heavy baggage Ms. Lohan brings to the role”. Lohan was a guest judge on US TV style contest Project Runway sixth season premiere episode, which aired in August 2009. The same month Lohan’s home was burglarized by The Bling Ring, a group of fashion-motivated burglars whose ringleader considered Lohan to be their ultimate conquest. Video surveillance of the burglary recorded at Lohan’s home played a large role in breaking the case. In October 2009 Lohan’s DUI probation was extended by an additional year, following several instances in which she failed to attend the court-ordered substance abuse treatment classes.
After the Haiti earthquake, Lohan gave fund-raising assistance to the British Red Cross in March 2010 to provide aid for the country. The same month, Lohan commenced legal proceedings in which she sought $100 million from financial services company E-Trade for a television advertisement that Lohan claimed invoked her likeness without her permission. The suit was settled on confidential terms in September. Lohan narrated and presented the British television documentary Lindsay Lohan’s Indian Journey about human trafficking in India. It was filmed during a week in India in December 2009 and aired on BBC Three in April 2010. A reviewer for The Times said that rather than highlight trafficking “the spotlight was effectively turned on Lohan and under it she wilted.” A review in The Independent found it “very compelling” and said that the inclusion of Lohan was “definitely not a terrible choice. Just a very, very odd one.” Lohan said the experience was “truly humbling” and “I hope my presence in India will bring awareness to the really important issues raised in making this film.” In April 2010 Lohan was let go from the film The Other Side where she had been set to star, with the director saying she was “not bankable. In May 2010 Lohan traveled to the Cannes Film Festival to promote the biographical drama Inferno, in which she was set to star as the lead, adult-film performer Linda Lovelace. While she was in court mandated rehab in November, it was announced that Lohan would be replaced by another actress. Because she was in Cannes, Lohan missed a mandatory DUI progress hearing. A bench warrant was issued for her arrest which was rescinded after she posted bail. Lohan was ordered to attend alcohol education classes, wear an alcohol-monitoring bracelet, and undergo random drug tests to remain free on bail. At a July 6 hearing, the judge determined that Lohan had violated the terms of her probation by missing several mandatory classes and meetings. She was sentenced to 90 days in jail followed by 90 days of inpatient rehab treatment. Lohan served only 14 days of the jail sentence, between July 20 and August 2, due to overcrowding then entered an inpatient rehabilitation facility, from where she was released after only 23 days. She was ordered to submit to random drug and alcohol screenings and attend therapy. In June 2010, Lohan was the subject of a fashion shoot in the photographer docu-series Double Exposure on Bravo. Lohan appeared on the October 2010 cover of Vanity Fair. She told the magazine: “I want my career back” and “I know that I’m a damn good actress”. Talking about her DUI incidents she said “These were my college years … but they were in the public eye. I was irresponsible. I was experimenting.” Lohan appears in one sketch in the movie Underground Comedy 2010 . She is dressed up as Marilyn Monroe, while still visibly wearing a SCRAM bracelet, and shoots at paparazzi photographers. As of September 2010, the movie was still seeking a distributor. Robert Rodriguez’s action exploitation film Machete opened on September 3, 2010. Lohan filmed her scenes for the movie in August and September 2009. Her character takes drugs, is naked in much of her appearance and later dons a nun’s habit while toting a machine gun. The Washington Post described Lohan’s character as “a campier, trampier version of herself – or at least her tabloid image”. Premiere.com said she was “terrible” while Variety called it “her best work in some time.” Because of her rehabilitation and legal engagements Lohan did not participate in promotion of the movie. On September 24, 2010, Lohan’s probation was revoked following a failed drug test. She spent part of the day in jail before being released on bail. A few days later she entered the Betty Ford Center, a drug and alcohol treatment center, where she remained on court order for three months until early January 2011. On February 9, 2011, Lohan was charged with the theft of a necklace reported stolen from a jewelry store in January. She was sentenced to 120 days in jail and 480 hours of community service for misdemeanor theft and probation violation, to which she pled no contest. She was also ordered to remain under supervised probation until the completion of her community service. Due to jail overcrowding, Lohan served the sentence under house arrest wearing a tracking ankle monitor for 35 days between May 26 and June 29. In November Lohan was found to have violated the terms of her probation by failing to perform the required community service. She was sentenced to 30 days of jail and 400 hours of community service. On November 7 Lohan spent less than five hours in jail due to overcrowding. On March 29, 2012, Lohan’s supervised probation ended after she completed the required community service and therapy. She will still be on informal probation for the necklace theft until May 2014, with the only requirement to follow the law. Lohan appeared in the January/February 2012 issue of men’s magazine Playboy, in a shoot inspired by a nude pictorial of Marilyn Monroe from the first issue of the magazine. Editor Hugh Hefner said Lohan’s issue was “breaking sales records.” Lohan had not appeared on Saturday Night Live since 2006, when she hosted the show for the fourth time in March 2012. Her appearance received mixed to negative reviews. Critics appreciated the self-deprecating references to her personal troubles, but also commented that she largely played a supporting role. The episode had the second highest ratings of the season with 7.4 million viewers. In May 2012, Lohan appeared on the television series Glee in the episode “Nationals” as a celebrity judge. Critics commented that her appearance was brief, and said that she was “silly in a good way” but also “sort of depressing”.Lohan stars as a surfer in the art film First Point by artist Richard Phillips. It debuted at Art Basel in June 2012 and features a score by Thomas Bangalter from Daft Punk. Comments from critics on Lohan’s work were mixed. Lohan stars as Elizabeth Taylor in the biographical made-for-television movie Liz & Dick. It was filmed in June and July 2012 and premiered on the Lifetime cable channel in November. Reviews of Lohan’s performance in the film were largely, but not unanimously, negative. The Hollywood Reporter said she was “woeful” while Variety called her “adequate”. Entertainment Weekly described the premiere ratings of 3.5 millions as “a little soft”. Lohan has a starring role in Paul Schrader’s independent low budget thriller The Canyons, written by Bret Easton Ellis, which was filmed in July 2012. In September 2012, Lohan filmed scenes for Scary Movie 5, where she appears alongside Charlie Sheen.
