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Published: October 7, 2008
■ Michael Lohan is not the type to back down from a fight. Lohan, the estranged father of Lindsay Lohan, has publicly feuded with her, her girlfriend Samantha Ronson and her mother, Dina Lohan. For his next battle, he will use his fists rather than his mouth: He is auctioning off the chance to knock him out in a charity boxing match Nov. 24 at the Hilton Long Island in Melville, N.Y. Bidding to challenge Lohan begins at $5,000. Proceeds will go to charities including the Long Island Community Chest, which provides financial support to needy families. Jeff Cohen, an organizer for the match, said he expects a big turnout. "Anybody who jumps into the ring with Michael Lohan will become famous," Cohen said. "Maybe you'll get one of Lindsay Lohan's ex-boyfriends who'll try and impress Lindsay by beating up her father. Who knows?.... You might get Samantha Ronson trying to put a bid in there."
■ Former American Idol contestant LaKisha Jones married financial adviser Larry Davis at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif., Sunday. Some fellow Idol alums attended the wedding, among them Sanjaya Malakar, Haley Scarnato and Melinda Doolittle. Jones was booted from Idol in May 2007, finishing as fourth runner-up. She has an album due out in February 2009.
■ Miley Cyrus' 16th birthday party was more boisterous than sweet. She celebrated her birthday at an over-the-top Disneyland celebration Sunday -- even though she will not turn 16 until Nov. 23. The theme park in Anaheim, Calif., was closed for the supersized soiree, which included a four-song performance by Cyrus, a fireworks display above Sleeping Beauty Castle and 16 giant inflatable candles. "Miley is really hard to surprise," her father Billy Ray Cyrus said at the party. Organizers estimated that more than 5,000 people attended the party, which cost $250 a ticket. Miley Cyrus, the star of Hannah Montana, said that her parents bought her a puppy for her birthday. What else does she want for her birthday? "My parents shut down Disneyland for me, so I'm good for a while," she said.
■ The ex-headmistress of Oprah Winfrey's school for girls in South Africa has sued Winfrey for defamation. In widely reported remarks last year, Winfrey suggested that Nomvuyo Mzamane, 39, of Philadelphia, knew about the allegations of abuse by a dorm matron and tried to cover them up, Mzamane says in the lawsuit. Her lawsuit, filed Friday in Philadelphia, asks for more than $250,000 on five defamation and related counts from Winfrey and her production company. "The thing that hurt my client the most was when Oprah said, ‘I thought she cared about the girls of South Africa,'" said Mzamane's attorney, Timothy McGowan. "It was devastating. She loved those girls." A spokeswoman for Winfrey said that the company has not seen the suit and plans no immediate comment.
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