Lindsay Lohan might teach acting classes at homeless shelter



Posted: 11:23 AM, April 28, 2011

LOS ANGELES -- Lindsay Lohan might teach acting classes at the Los Angeles homeless shelter where she was ordered to do community service, according to a new report.

The Los Angeles Downtown Women's Center, which looks after homeless women, runs a theater workshop and wants Lohan to share her acting talents.

A spokesperson for the center said the staff was "extremely interested in having Lindsay contribute her talents when she kicks off her 360 hours of community service this week."

The workshop, which is called Dames Investing in Very Authentic Storytelling, or DIVAS, includes around 15 women who meet for two hours each week to learn how to express themselves through performing.

Sources said Lohan was interested in the program, adding that the troubled actress believed it would be "a perfect fit for her community service," TMZ.com reported.

Lohan was sentenced in a Los Angeles court this month to 120 days in jail and ordered to serve 480 hours of community service as a result of a probation violation related to the alleged theft of a necklace from a jewelry store.

She was ordered to 360 hours at the homeless shelter and 120 hours of janitorial work at the Los Angeles County morgue.

The actress was released on bail and planning an appeal against her sentence.


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I am not an avid follower of this story, but I thought I heard on the local news yesterday that she was going to have to pick up trash in not so desirable areas.

Anyway, janitorial work in a morgue is even worse IMHO.


TIS

Great idea. Homeless people really need acting lessons. What a joke. She should wipe their asses, that might be more of an appropriate service.

A joke? You do know that Al Pacino used to be a homeless guy who took acting lessons?

Lindsay Lohan invited to work in homeless shelter's theater workshop as part of community service



BY Nancy Dillon
DAILY NEWS WEST COAST BUREAU CHIEF

Thursday, April 28th 2011, 3:40 PM

LOS ANGELES - There could be some extra drama in Lindsay Lohan's court-mandated stint at a women's homeless shelter.

A source at the Downtown Women's Center says the nonprofit is interested in Lohan assisting its once-a-week theater workshop.

"Definitely we're interested. She's an actress," the insider told the Daily News on Thursday.

"We try to match each person's skill set with the jobs that need to be done. If we had a caterer, we'd have them help with the 200 lunches we serve each day."

The workshop isn't musical theater, he warned. It explores highly emotional, painful experiences of domestic violence, sexual assault and being homeless.

For that reason, organizers need to meet with Lohan first to see if it's a good fit.

"We can't say 'Oh yes, she's definitely doing it.' We have to explore the opportunity and the exposure to intensity," he said.

"Making lunch back in the kitchen is one thing. Working with ladies one-on-one is another experience that requires more training and a different comfort level.

"It's not something to start with on day one," he added.

The D.I.V.A.S. workshop - Dames Investing in Very Authentic Storytelling - meets once a week for two hours, so Lohan would have to do other shelter jobs to fulfill her requirement.

She was ordered to serve 360 hours at the center and 120 hours at the county morgue when a judge ruled Friday that she violated her 2007 DUI probation by taking a diamond necklace from a jewelry store without paying for it.

Judge Stephanie Sautner also ordered Lohan to serve 120 days in jail, but defense lawyer Shawn Holley won the starlet's quick release on bail by appealing the sentence.

Holley argued that Lohan mistakenly walked out of the jewelry store with the bling and would have returned it given more than 10 days.

The judge gave Lohan one week to sign up for her community service even though her appeal could take months.

Lohan's jury trial for the alleged necklace theft is scheduled for early June. The case was reduced to a misdemeanor by Sautner last week.

ndillon@nydailynews.com

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Yes, and Yes.

There are a lot of homeless people out there and believe it or not, but a lot of them are struggling actors or people who want to become actors. I see nothing wrong with using Lindsay's talent in a positive way like that and have her inspire these people. Maybe help the next Al Pacino get his shot. Maybe better some lives. There is nothing wrong with caring about the less fortunate. You strike me as a very bitter person.

Don't even start, Vinny.