Lindsay Lohan is not pregnant, the actress announced Tuesday, refuting herself.
"April Fools. Where's everyone's sense of humor?" the troubled actress wrote Tuesday morning on her verified Twitter account. This after unleashing a retweet storm with three simple words posted April Fool's night: "Its official: pregnant."
Some, but certainly not all, of those following @lindsaylohan went for it hook, line and sinker. Within an hour, it had been retweeted more than 9,000 times.
FULL STORYIt didn't take long for the tweet to ping around the world.
"Its official. Pregnant..." said the three simple words.
But coming from the verified Twitter account of a troubled actress whose every move elicits intense scrutiny, they were enough to send the Internet into a tizzy.
Its official. Pregnant...
— Lindsay Lohan (@lindsaylohan) April 2, 2013
Shortly after the tweet appeared on @lindsaylohan, it became a worldwide trending topic. Within an hour, it had been retweeted more than 9,000 times.
Was it an April Fool's joke?
Very likely.
The soap opera that is Lindsay Lohan offers more drama after the actress missed a Sunday night flight to Los Angeles, where she goes on trial Monday morning.
With no more red-eye flights heading west, Lohan called on a Los Angeles-based beverage company for which she has made promotional appearances.
"Thanks Mr. Pink for the private jet see you all in a few hours in LA," Lohan tweeted early Monday. Mr. Pink makes "premium ginseng-infused wellness beverages," according to its website.
Fortunately for Lohan, the courthouse where her trial is set to begin at 8:30 a.m. is just two miles from Los Angeles International Airport.
FULL STORYA woman filed a battery complaint against Lindsay Lohan on Saturday, accusing the actress of shoving her at a West Hollywood nightclub two nights earlier, according to a Los Angeles County Sheriff's official.
"It's just an allegation," Sgt. Chris Bowman said. "It's been received by our detectives."
A detective will check the validity of the complaint, Bowman said.
If the allegation had been made last month, before Lohan was released from the strict rules of supervised probation, it might have had more serious implications for her. Any arrest then could become a probation violation leading to jail time.
Lohan publicist Steve Honig questioned why the woman waited until Saturday to go to the sheriff department's West Hollywood Station to file a complaint.
"You have to wonder about someone who calls the media before the police," Honig said.
FULL STORYLindsay Lohan's probation should end next month, clearing the way for the actress to revive her acting career possibly playing Elizabeth Taylor in a made-for-TV movie.
Lohan appears in court Wednesday for a judge to check her progress, but she's gotten glowing probation reports for the last two months.
Lohan's "on the home stretch" to completing her 480 hours of community service - most of it cleaning up at the Los Angeles County morgue - on schedule next month, her publicist Steve Honig said.
Once she's done, Lohan will be released from the strict probation requirements that started five years ago after two drunk driving convictions. She should have finished two years ago, but it was extended after several probation violations, including missed counseling sessions, failed drug and alcohol tests and a shoplifting conviction.
Stints in jail and court-ordered rehab cost Lohan acting jobs, but the light at the end of the strict probation tunnel appears in sight for Lohan.
Lohan travels to New York next week to host NBC's "Saturday Night Live" on March 3. It's her fourth time hosting the show, but the first since her legal troubles began in 2007.
She appears close to signing a deal to play the lead in a Lifetime network movie about legendary actress Elizabeth Taylor, who died last year.
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Lindsay Lohan was released from jail early Monday morning, the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department said.
Lohan, 25, checked herself into the Century Regional Detention Facility in Lynwood, California, on Sunday.
Last week, a Los Angeles County judge ordered Lohan, 25, to serve a 30-day jail term after she admitted she violated her probation on a necklace theft conviction.
"It's possible she could be booked in and booked out" the same day, Los Angeles County Sheriff spokesman Steve Whitmore said Wednesday.
"It depends on the fluctuations of the day, what's going on in the jail," Whitmore said.
After that, the actress must work at least 12 days a month at the county morgue until she completes the 53 remaining days on her court-ordered community service, Judge Stephanie Sautner told her. Lohan must also attend 18 psychotherapy sessions.
If Lohan misses any of those goals, she will be returned to jail for another 270 days, the judge ruled.
[7:30 p.m. ET, 4:30 p.m. PT] Lindsay Lohan was ordered Friday to serve 120 days in jail for violating her probation by getting arrested on allegations of stealing a necklace from a store.
Lohan was immediately taken into custody.
Her lawyer immediately filed a notice of appeal, which allowed her to post bond since the case involves a misdemeanor violation.
The judge set her bond at $75,000, which she was expected to post Friday evening.
The same judge earlier reduced her felony theft charge to a misdemeanor.
[5:30 p.m. ET, 2:30 p.m. PT] The judge has ruled that the necklace theft case against Lindsay Lohan will go forward to trial, but with the felony charge reduced to a misdemeanor.
"I'm going to give her an opportunity," Judge Stephanie Sautner said.
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Lindsay Lohan is not accepting a plea deal that would involve jail time for a jewelry store theft, CNN confirms.
The decision means the troubled actor will proceed to trial on a charge of felony grand theft.
The actress is accused of walking out with a $2,500 necklace from Kamofie and Company, a jewelry store in Venice, California, on January 22.
She faces possible jail time for violating her probation for a drunk driving arrest because of the theft charge.
Lohan's attorney notified Deputy District Attorney Danette Meyers that there will be no court hearing Friday, a Los Angeles Court spokesperson said.
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Actress Lindsay Lohan pleaded not guilty Wednesday to a felony grand theft charge based on allegations that she stole a necklace allegedly from a California jewelry store last month.
Lohan waived her right to a preliminary hearing. A February 23 hearing on the case was scheduled "in an attempt to resolve the case," Los Angeles County Judge Keith Schwartz said.
After the hearing, Lohan, who is free on bond, took to Twitter to respond to a message a concerned-sounding tweet from HLN's Dr. Drew Pinsky.
Pinsky on Wednesday afternoon had tweeted the following: "I [am] mortified how @Lindsaylohan is getting attacked when she is so fragile and just establishing her sobriety. Not at all what she needs."
Lohan responded via Twitter: "@drdrew thank you for your support.. I appreciate it."
Pinsky's new show airs nightly on HLN beginning this spring.
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