Tattle: Lindsay Lohan's parents tell all in twin books

AS IF Lindsay Lohan doesn't have enough problems, numerous gossip sites are reporting that her crazy parents are both writing books.

Her mom, Dina, is penning a tell-all about her intensely insane relationship with Lindsay's father, Michael, and Michael is writing a book defending his parenting skills - I Am Not Daddy Dearest . . . If I Can Turn It All Around, So Can You!

But don't you have to actually turn it around first?

Ben Affleck's Iran-hostage drama "Argo" has won best picture at the British Academy Film Awards.

Affleck was also named best director for the based-on-reality story of a longshot plan to rescue a group of American diplomats from Iran after the 1979 Islamic Revolution, and the film also took the editing trophy.

Affleck, who has made a remarkable journey from little-regarded actor to award-winning director, dedicated his directing prize to "anyone out there who's trying to get their second act."

George Clooney, a producer of "Argo," quipped: "I don't know what you're going to do for a third act."

Daniel Day-Lewis won his universally expected best-actor trophy for "Lincoln" - the only prize out of 10 nominations for Steven Spielberg's historical biopic.

Emmanuelle Riva, the 85-year-old French film legend, was named best actress for Michael Haneke's poignant old-age portrait "Amour." It also was named best foreign-language film.

Made-in-Britain French-revolutionary musical "Les Miserables" won four prizes, including best supporting actress for Anne Hathaway. James Bond adventure "Skyfall" spied some elusive awards recognition, winning trophies for music and best British film.

Quentin Tarantino picked up the original-screenplay award for "Django Unchained," and Christoph Waltz was named best supporting actor for playing a loquacious bounty hunter in Tarantino's slave-revenge thriller.

Waltz said that his victory was entirely due to Tarantino - "you silver-penned devil, you."

Tarantino also revealed that he plans another film that sets out to right a historical wrong, after anti-Nazi saga "Inglourious Basterds" and "Django Unchained."

"I think there is something about this that begs a trilogy," he said. "I don't know what the third one's going to be yet."

Actor G.W. Bailey shared the spotlight Sunday as celebrity king of the Bacchus parade - one of the biggest in the run-up to Mardi Gras - with more than two dozen child-cancer patients from across the country.

As Bailey suited up in his Bacchus tunic and cape, 28 teens and preteens being treated for various stages and types of cancer boarded a float and readied themselves for an hours-long ride through New Orleans, where they would toss Mardi Gras beads and trinkets to throngs of crowds well into the night.

"Five Broken Cameras," an Oscar-nominated documentary about Bil'in, a village in the West Bank, has managed to infuriate people on both sides of the Israeli-Palestinian divide.

Israelis are asking why the government helped fund a film so scathing in its criticism of its own policies. Palestinians are shocked that the film is winning accolades for being "Israeli."

"Five Broken Cameras" is the story of a years-long struggle by residents of Bil'in to wrest their village lands back from Israel's military.

The title refers to the number of cameras belonging to the main protagonist, Palestinian filmmaker Emad Burnat, that Israeli forces broke as he sought to film weekly demonstrations against the military.

Palestinians said they did not want Israelis to take credit for a film that documents how the Palestinians have suffered at the hands of the military.

"They say it's an Israeli film. It is not an Israeli film," said taxi driver Adib Abu-Rahmeh, who is in the documentary. "Are the people in the film Israelis? The people who suffered, who were shot, who were arrested, who were hurt, were they Israelis?"

Guy Davidi, the film's Israeli partner, rejected the criticism. He said the movie should be seen for what it is: a human portrayal of the village residents.

"For me, documentaries have no identities," he said. "Here are the facts: The film is a Palestinian-Israeli-French co-production with a Palestinian and Israeli director," he added.

* Police in Beverly Hills say that Chris Brown escaped injury after his Porsche slammed a wall to escape pursuing paparazzi.

Paparazzi say they were nowhere near him at the time.

* Music fans who turned out to BMI's annual pre-Grammy Awards "How I Wrote That Song" discussion not only got to listen to Snoop Dogg, but they got to inhale him.

Snoop smoked marijuana during Saturday's panel discussion, lighting up a large, Kush-filled blunt onstage. He briefly passed it off to B.o.B before methodically reducing it to ash over a 15-minute period. The panel also included Busta Rhymes and songwriters Luke Laird and Evan Bogart, all of whom abstained - at least onstage.

Fittingly, the conversation eventually turned to Snoop's groundbreaking work on "The Chronic."

The Roxy concession stand reported record profits.

- Daily News wire services

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