Las Vegas Weekly

November 8, 2008 · 8:02 AM

Video Exclusive: Lindsay Lohan’s return to Pure draws a full house

By Robin Leach

Lindsay Lohan and her partner, Samantha Ronson, at the DJ booth in Pure.

Photo: TVT

Hollywood’s Lindsay Lohan, in and out of the headlines for various controversies the past two years, showed up on time for her party at Pure nightclub in Caesars Palace this morning. More than 7,000 people crowded the casino floor at the resort hotel trying to get into the club and catch a glimpse of the 22-year-old actress, who has been more in the news for alcohol- and drug-related incidents than her showbiz career.

In addition to at least five bodyguards provided by the nightclub, Lindsay also had three of her own private Secret Service-style security agents complete with hidden mics and earpieces. It was Lindsay’s third appearance at the nightspot, making up for two earlier canceled appearances she’d committed to before her spate of legal troubles. On her last visit to Pure, she still wore an ankle-monitoring device.

After dining with best girlfriend and DJ Samantha Ronson and a small entourage of 10 others in a private dining room at the Palms restaurant in the Forum Shops at Caesars, they made separate entrances at the massive nightspot. Samantha raced down the red carpet in less than 10 seconds, not stopping for photographs or interviews.

“That was the fastest red carpet appearance I’ve seen in my entire life,” said our contributing celebrity photographer Scott Doctor. “They want the publicity. We wait for two hours, and they go by in a fleeting second!”

Seconds later a skittish and nervous Lindsay followed suit, but the Mean Girls actress , model and singer did stop for reporters’ questions about her new 6126 fashion line of leggings, her involvement with the Ovarian Cancer Research fund -- and, with a smile, said she was in “great shape and good health.” Rumors abound that she’s dropped 14 pounds in the past month and is now down to a size 6 dress. Then, in a flash, she, too, also vanished.

There were no answers to questions about Lindsay’s reported, yearlong, gay relationship with Samantha or her supposed spate of very recent text messages to handsome Chace Crawford from The CW's Gossip Girl, whom she met recently.

Lindsay seemed more relaxed inside and spent a good amount of time with Samantha in the DJ booth, where the top-rated turntable mistress performed a two-hour guest set on the wheels of steel until past 2 a.m. In between hugs and kisses, Lindsay danced to Samantha’s music and enthusiastically applauded her catwalk models, who showed off her new fashion line. She posed for photos in the DJ booth with hair king Michael Boychuck -- his Color salon at Caesars did Lindsay and all her models’ hair -- and also with Michael Greco, Pure’s entertainment veep.

Vegas DeLuxe will be back Monday morning with the full story -- and will try to unravel the mystery of the massive ring on Lindsay’s third finger of her left hand, with its different color nail polish!

“Don’t know what the significance of that is all about,” said contributing celebrity photographer Erik Kabik, “but it stood out when she posed, so I had to shoot it.”

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