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It’s been a banner week for Lindsay Lohan: she’s stayed out of jail and gotten back into one of her favorite Manhattan clubs.

The New York Post reports that Lohan, 23, is no longer persona non grata at Avenue — the hotspot that banned her earlier this year, following an incident in which she Tweeted about Justin Timberlake cheating on girlfriend Jessica Biel by dancing with another woman.

“It’s true,” a Lohan pal confirms to Usmagazine.com of the Post’s new item.

The newspaper notes that the star “besieged the management with calls and e-mails to let her back in, and she promised to be on her best behavior.” This past week, she’s hit Avenue twice — laying off the alcohol and, indeed, even refusing free drinks.

Alcohol abstinence would be a smart move. Earlier this week Lohan (mom Dina calls her a “genius”) saw her probationary period extend from three to four years to fulfill the terms of her probation relating to her 2007 DUI arrest. She had risked jail time for skipping alcohol education classes as mandated by her probation.

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Big hair. Big earrings. Big scarf. Big bag. Big everything! Hilary Duff visits a hair salon in Los Angeles, where she received a parking ticket. Maybe that’s what the sour face is for.

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Entertainment Weekly’s EW.com has learned exclusively that two months into its run, The CW’s ratings-challenged (but creatively-smokin’) Melrose Place reboot is about to undergo a major renovation. EW’s Michael Ausiello reports that Ashlee Simpson-Wentz and Colin Egglesfield have been let go (they’ll last air in January), and the “Who Killed Sydney?” mystery is being wrapped up in December. Then, in addition to Heather Locklear’s Amanda, several new characters will be introduced and the show will take on a lighter, more fun vibe. Here, in an exclusive interview, exec producers Todd Slavkin and Darren Swimmer explain why they’re fixing a series that many (myself included) felt wasn’t broken and tease what’s ahead for Melrose 2.0 3.0.

What was behind the decision to let Ashlee and Colin go?

TODD SLAVKIN: Well, we always knew that this murder mystery would end in episode 12. And we always knew that [Ashlee's] character of Violet would be instrumental in that as a suspect, and [Colin's character of] Augie as well. And once that murder mystery was solved, she would go on her way. That was the original plan going into the development of the show.

So it was always the plan for Ashlee to leave after episode 12?

SLAVKIN: Yes. Because we felt that once the murder mystery was resolved, the tone of the show was going to shift into a much more fun, romantic, sexy upbeat kind of show, and [her] character would move on.

Is it fair to say that if either of those characters clicked you would’ve found a way to keep them?

SLAVKIN: Well, you never know when you go along. But in the end, we felt like it was right [decision].

DARREN SWIMMER: The nature of soaps is that as things progress along, the story takes on a life of its own and the characters come and go in relation to that.

How did Ashlee and Colin take the news?

SLAVKIN: They’re total professionals and they took it like professionals. When you go into a show you never know what’s going to evolve and what the possibilities are. But because they knew ahead of time [that leaving was a possibility], it wasn’t a complete shock.

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