Tattle | Lindsay Lohan curbs her enthusiasm

THE FIRST stage of

Lindsay Lohan

's intervention took place over the weekend.

Unfortunately for Lindsay, the intervening party was the Los Angeles police.

Proving that young women really do want to emulate Paris Hilton, Linds was arrested on suspicion of DUI early Saturday morning after her 2005 Mercedes SL-65 convertible struck a curb on Sunset Boulevard.

Two passengers ("friends" who did let their "friend" drive drunk) were in the Benz at the time - about 5:30 a.m.

Assuming Lindsay was not out for a sunrise jog, there is no reason why someone who can afford a taxi, limo or private chopper should be driving herself around at dawn after a night of clubbing.

Oh, and it appeared she was speeding, Lt. Mitch McCann said at a news conference.

Even if the car wasn't going too fast, Lindsay probably was. Officers found a "usable amount" of white powder at the scene. Imagine, snow in L.A. in May.

Lohan, who wasted money in a rehab stint earlier this year, was driven in another car to a hospital for treatment of minor injuries, McCann said. Her two passengers were not hurt.

After receiving a 911 call about the accident, police said Lindsay was arrested at the hospital. She was released from custody when she was admitted to the hospital.

No comment yet on Lindsay's blood-alcohol level, but she could face misdemeanor and felony charges. It's a shame her tentative arraignment date isn't until Aug. 24, because otherwise maybe she and Paris could bunk together in jail and do their own DUI version of "The Cell Block Tango."

Having three months, however, to prep for arraignment does give Lindsay plenty of time to, like Paris, buy a Bible.

* As deadline approached last night, In Touch Weekly reported that Lindsay had found religion - she agreed to return to rehab.

Possible jail time can do that.

She may, in fact, already be at Promises (which we hope does a better job than Wonderland, where she rehabbed in February).

The decision came after another hard night of partying, in which, In Touch reports, Lindsay was photographed in the passenger seat of the car of her friend Samantha Ronson.

She was passed out at the time.

* Eager to help Lindsay get back on track is her estranged father, Michael Lohan, who recently did jail time for his own DUI.

"This could be a blessing," he told the New York Daily News. "This could be the sign that gets her the help she needs.

"I believe the people my daughter is hanging around with are the wrong people," said Michael, a counselor for Teen Challenge, a program for youths with substance-abuse problems.

"Lindsay has to find hope in God and put her family first, not listen to what other people say, and listen to her heart," he said.

Michael, listening to his own heart, also accused his ex-wife, Dina the party mom (and Lindsay manager), of being one of the "people who have built walls between Lindsay and me because they know how close we are."

"Maybe if Dina would tear down the wall of division in our family, maybe then we could come together and show Lindsay how both parents can help," he said.

"I made some mistakes but I righted my mistakes and that's what Dina and everyone else has to do," he said.

But Michael wants Lindsay "to know that her Daddy is here for her."

Tattbits

* Barbra Streisand canceled her concert in Rome next month - a move that followed protests by Italian consumer groups angered by what they said were excessively high ticket prices.

Concert organizers, of course, blamed delays, not the protests.

Barbra's European tour will now kick off June 18 in Zurich - fitting as you'll need a Swiss bank account to afford tickets.

* TMZ.com reports that "OC" star Mischa Barton was hospitalized Sunday after having a bad reaction to antibiotics she was taking for bronchitis.

The bad reaction was reportedly caused by alcohol.

A Mischa rep told TMZ.com she was "feeling much better."

* Gauhkar Rakhmetalieva (aka Miss Kazakhstan) said her country is preparing its own movie in response to "Borat," which portrayed the nation as bigoted and backward.

Too bad it's in Super-8.

"In the end we have to understand that it was only a joke," Rakhmetalieva said ahead of last night's Miss Universe pageant. "The advantage is that now our country is world famous. As people are looking toward us, we have the opportunity to show how we really are: A modern country with infrastructure and a very developed culture."

* Friday we wrote that 20th Century Fox had teamed with the Franklin Mint to put the Silver Surfer on 40,000 U.S. quarters.

Fox may now need to call in the Fantastic Four to get them back. It is illegal to turn a coin into an advertising vehicle.

"The promotion is in no way approved, authorized, endorsed, or sponsored by the United States Mint, nor is it in any way associated or affiliated with the United States Mint," said a statement.

"We are very, very protective of the currency of this country," said Franklin Mint Chairman Moshe Malamud. "Our goal was to enhance the coin."

Fox spokesman Chris Petrikin said that neither the studio nor the Franklin Mint meant to violate any laws or "suggest that there was any approval from the U.S. Mint or the U.S. Government" for the Surfer coins.

* In an oddly related story, a set of 15 U.S. Postal Service stamps marking the 30th anniversary of "Star Wars" went on sale Friday in Hollywood.

May the 41 cents be with you. *

Daily News wire services contributed to this report.

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