It’s been one heck of a week for troubled star Lindsay Lohan, even by her standards. Two months behind on rent, her landlord sent a legal notice to pay or get out.

Lindsay paid ,000 and avoided eviction … this time.

The one-time actress isn’t pulling in any income and her prospects for work are near non-existent because of substance abuse woes, according to inside sources.

We’ve told you how people close to her fear for her life. Well, there is a strong feeling - even resignation - that Lindsay Lohan will die soon if she doesn’t get help.

There is deep frustration among many that her mom, Dina, enables her by insisting Lindsay is fine. As for her other parent? Well, that dude defies description.

Michael Lohan, who has gone on a crusade against Linds’ supposed enablers (and this website in his free time), is none too pleased with her recent allegations.

Yesterday, she Tweeted abuse accusations once again. His reply?

“There was no physical abuse,” he said. “When there’s yelling, I tried to shelter my kids from arguments my wife and I had. Dina unfortunately got the kids involved in the things we did, the arguments we had, and still does. She uses my kids as pawns.”

As for his preferred means of electronic communication lately?

In an interview with E! News, he admitted that yes, he’s been reduced to tweeting and texting with his daughter (and emailing us) to get his point across:

“I am not going to sit back and watch my daughter die or fall victim to something that so many other kids did. She’s going to a rehab, there’s no doubt.”

“My daughter is going to go to a rehab center and she is going to get better. It does not matter how many times you go, but it has to be done the right way.

“I want her to be willing to do it on her own, and it seems that she’s living in denial. She thinks it’s OK and everyone says she’s fine. But is she fine?”

“Is Lindsay Lohan fine? Tell me I’m wrong and then I’ll stop.”

On that topic, Michael and Dina are on the same page for once. He went on to play a voicemail recording on which Dina is heard expressing her concern for Lindsay.

“I’m telling you, Michael, time’s running out with this kid; I know it, I’m a mother, I feel it,” Dina said. “She needs to get to a psychiatrist’s office today. Even if she just talks about anything. So she feels like she’s helping herself.”

Lohan said, laughably, that he didn’t want to drag other people into this.

“I don’t want to say anything about her assistants and the people around her, but I think they’re turning a blind eye and that’s enabling,” Mike alleges.

“She went from such a vibrant, wonderful, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, caring, loving and inspirational woman to the exact opposite.”

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Is Taylor Swift torn between two young hunks?

We can’t independently validate this report, but that’s the rumor going around. The hot rumor. It all started when she spent the night of March 23 cozying up to Glee cast member Cory Monteith at Pinz Bowling Center in Studio City, Calif.

Then, the very next day, Swift reunited with former co-star and ex-boyfriend, Eclipse star Taylor Lautner, for lunch. Are both just friends - or potential boyfriends?

If it’s the latter, how many heartthrobs does one girl need, and who’s the frontrunner? Despite her namesake being so hot, Cory might have the inside track.

The Taylors are “good friends,” an insider tells OK!, while Cory Monteith and Swift are more than that - and have been “happily and quietly dating” for a while!

Taylor Swift and Cory Monteith at an event earlier this year.

Rumors first swirled that the two were a possible couple in late January, when they were seen at a number of different locales, including a pre-Grammys event.

While bowling with Cory and a few other fiends (like best pal Selena Gomez), she was “effervescent,” according to a witness, and didn’t even let gutterballs get her down - whenever she rolled one, she would laugh and hug Cory.

Maybe she’s just a good sport about bowling?

This isn’t to say Taylor Lautner is no longer in the picture. The two spent hours laughing and talking over lunch with the singer’s mom at The Farm of Beverly Hills.

Who will win her heart, Cory or Taylor? Who should Swift date - and do you believe the rumors tying her to Monteith? Weigh in with comments.

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Jesse James’ friend and attorney says the biker mogul, embroiled in a sordid sex scandal, is a “broken man” who’s still in love with wife Sandra Bullock.

He’s also a man who was just issued a vandalism citation following a dustup with a celebrity gossip photographer last week. But that was relatively minor.

What has most people interested in James lately is the cheating he did on Sandra with tattoo model porn star Michelle Mcgee, a.k.a. Michelle Bombshell.

And Michelle Smith, and Brigitte Daguerre, and some other chick.

Joe Yanny, who has known James for several years, said allegations of James’ infidelity and the resulting media “feeding frenzy” have ruined his life.

Can someone pass us a tissue? We’re tearing up over here. Forget about Sandra Bullock’s humiliation and heartbreak … Jesse James is, like, so sad!

Poor Jesse James is a broken man … thanks to Jesse James.

James entered a treatment facility this week, but Yanny declined to say what the Nazi lover / West Coast Choppers owner is being treated in rehab for.

As if that weren’t bad enough, the latest predicament for James was a citation for vandalism involving a photographer’s vehicle near his bike shop.

Local detectives reportedly were given a copy of the video that celebrity gossip photographer Ulises Rios captured of the March 25 run-in with James.

The video allegedly shows James and another man confronting Rios in an SUV parked near James’s bike shop. The incident resulted in slashed tires, a dented door and a scratched window on the vehicle, claims attorney Mark Haushalter.

The attorney for James did not respond to requests for comment, but Rios also was cited for stalking James, said Long Beach Police Sgt. Dina Zapalski.

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As if our interns weren’t already asking for May 7 off so they could pregame all day. Nerds. But to be honest, we can sort of see where they’re coming from now …

While fans have eagerly awaited the sequel to Iron Man ever since the first Robert Downey Jr. vehicle debuted in all its ass-kicking glory, this has upped the ante.

A new poster for Iron Man 2 showing a red-maned Scarlett Johansson in a form-fitting Black Widow bodysuit? Gulp. Anyone camping out for tickets yet? 35 days!

Scarlett Johansson’s new poster for Iron Man 2 defies comprehension.

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Didi Benami’s journey came to an end on American Idol this week.

The 23-year-old won praise (albeit without a judges’ save) from the show’s panel on Wednesday night and moved many to tears on her road to stardom.

While she fell short, Didi Benami has a lot to be proud of, and despite disappointment, she’s not feeling distraught, just looking forward to what’s next.

Below are excerpts from an interview she did with USA Today …

On the scrutiny she faced: “I was not prepared for that. I was not an avid American Idol watcher, so I didn’t know what to expect. Honestly, I was just being myself, and I did stuff that meant something to me and had a good time.”

On making the top 10: I’m relieved that I get to go on tour. I don’t have to work as a waitress anymore. I get to do what I love. It’s a blessing. It’s a relief to know I’ll be able to make a living doing what I love for the summer, hopefully longer.”

On wearing her heart on her sleeve: “[Crying] has definitely been therapeutic for me, and I do it as a release. It’s funny because the camera was always catching me when I’m emotional. And I’m not always that emotional.”

On losing her way, or so Kara said: “I don’t feel like I lost my way. I feel like they wanted me to do something specific every week … and I went out on a limb several weeks and did different things. And they weren’t expecting it.”

On her moment with Siobhan Magnus after being ousted: “Siobhan is a unique, amazing person. I love her very much. She’s a sweetheart. She ended up being my roommate the first week. I met her the first day of Hollywood Week.”

On the judges’ save that wasn’t: “It was tough. The whole crowd was chanting, and that was pretty cool. Ultimately, I kind of felt like I was going home, but I thought it would be cool if they exercised the option to let me stay.”

On her competition’s reaction: “Crystal Bowersox and Siobhan and I are really close. Crystal came down and stayed with me last night. They’re amazing, wonderful people. It’s hard when you meet other artists you really connect with.”

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