Hearst Heiress Cast in Lohan-Like Role

Lindsay Lohan just can’t catch a break this year. Not only is she in rehab at the Betty Ford Clinic, where she was recently accused of assaulting a staffer, but also a film will be made based on her tumultuous life. Model and heiress Lydia Hearst Shaw, heir to the Hearst publishing empire and daughter of once-kidnapped Patty Hearst, will play the lead role in the film, Dogs in Pocketbooks. “Lydia will play a bratty movie goddess in and out of rehab, in trouble with the law, and hounded by greedy agents, predatory paparazzi, off-the-wall stalkers and crazed media”—a role obviously based on Lohan—said the film’s screenwriter, Charles Casillo, adding, “The [movie] is in no way mean-spirited towards Lindsay. It's the kind of thing she has spoofed about herself in the past.” Dynasty icon Joan Collins will also star as a high-powered agent in the movie, which begins shooting in New York City and Los Angeles in February.