While her friends and family have sat back and watched as LiLo’s already-tiny frame has shrunk from a questionable size to an insanely unhealthy one, executives in the ‘biz have actually taken notice and are hankering to do something about it. What a pleasant surprise!

Not many actresses are asked to gain weight for a role, but boy are we ever thankful that this time it’s a requirement.

As you may have heard Lindsay Lohan is taking over for Katie Holmes in the upcoming comedy The Other Side, as Tom Cruise’s better half was forced to withdraw in the early stages after funding fell through. No biggie, Holmes discovered her niche on Broadway instead with All My Sons so it’s all good.

Back to Linds, the peeps running the show are a tad bent out of shape on account of her appearance, which she supposedly agreed to work on when she said ‘yes’ to the film.

“Producers want Lindsay looking like a normal, healthy girl, not a skeleton,” an anonymous source told Star. “So they ordered her to rest up and eat more. They refuse to risk her dropping out of the movie because of her problems.”

Word is that Lindsay also consented to weekly weigh-ins, a nightly curfew, and random drug/alcohol testing.

Sadly it looks as though Ms. Lohan is continuing to drag her heels in the eating-department, which is such a shame because she is a wonderful actress and deserves to get more projects tossed her way. We hope she realizes the down side of robbing your body of the basic nutrients it needs before it’s too late.

~Carolyn French~