Here's hoping you spent a lot of the weekend outside or at least doing something fun. In any case, here's some of the weekend coverage you may have missed. more ›

Chicago criminal defense attorney, Stuart V. Goldberg, is the latest individual to get wrapped up in actress Lindsay Lohan's legal woes. Lohan--who was sentenced to 90 days in jail last week after violating her parole--personally called Goldberg on Friday and he spent seven hours talking to Lohan and her mother and sister. Lohan also asked Goldberg to fly out to Los Angeles, he revealed to the Chicago Sun-Times. more ›

Proving, once again, that politics has jumped the shark, both the McCain and Obama campaigns released statements today regarding Obama's no-thanks to an offer from Ms. Lohan to host a fundraiser. Said an Obama source to Zwecker, "[Lohan] is not exactly the kind of high-profile star who would be a positive for us.'' McCain spokesman Tucker Bound told TMZ, ""So let me get this straight - they turned away Lindsay Lohan, but Barack Obama has friends like unrepentant terrorist Bill Ayers and convicted felon Tony Rezko? Maybe LiLo is just too upstanding for Barack Obama." Obama spokesman Tommy Vietor responded, "Glad to see they're focused on the important issues over in McCain HQ." Snap! Of course, while the two campaigns exchange bitch-slaps over Lindsay Freaking Lohan, the economy still sucks, unemployment is still high, and apparently there's still a war in Iraq. more ›

Last week Oprah was on top of the world with good movie reviews and positive caucuses. Ah, how things can change in a week. Now, Oprah and FOO(Friends of Oprah) are having a bit of a rough time. more ›

Following Lindsay Lohan's lead, a Cook County man (FINALLY) agreed to plead guilty to driving with a suspended license after his 25th offense. more ›

The Emmys were last night, and if you cared, you watched. So the three of you that did can skip this post and move down the page to see what the other -ISTs wrote about last week. As for the rest of you who were catching up on episodes of "Degrassi: The Next Generation" during the big ol’ marathon this weekend, you can check out the Mo Ryan’s wrap-up here, complete with all the good... more ›

Now Chicagoist hasn’t really listened to B96 since we were in high school. The Eddie and Jobo morning show just isn’t a part of our lives any more, and if we wanted to listen to Lindsay Lohan we’d start babysitting Dakota Fanning. But we still fondly remember that there were times late night driving on the Eisenhower that B96 really hit that aural sweet spot of keeping us awake with the late night dance mixes that went on for 30 minutes. That usually did the trick to get us to at least the old Magikist lips sign. more ›