From the NY Post:
Now we know why Lindsay Lohan broke her promise to stay in for a quiet New Year’s Eve and instead — with her mom in tow — went partying in London. Cold hard cash.
She collected at least $100,000 to celebrate with Brunei’s Haji Abdul Azim. Known worldwide as Prince Azim, he throws some of the wildest, most lavish bashes ever, topped off with gift bags stuffed with expensive party favors like iPads and jewelry dripping with diamonds.
Lohan, who claimed to be planning a dinner at home on Monday night, had the party on her schedule for a while, says an insider.
“Prince Azim not only flew her out; he put her up in a beautiful suite in the Dorchester for the weekend and following the party. Her mom, Dina, is also in London with her at the hotel and attended the party,” says the source.
Azim, son of Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei, is third in line to throne of the small, Southeast Asian nation.
The insider tells us the 30-year-old, celebrity-obsessed prince also paid Lionel Ritchie a whopping $250,000 to come sing for him and Pamela Anderson, a favorite, to come show herself off for $75,000 at the crazy bash, which he holds annually in the 10,300-square-foot ballroom at the five-star Dorchester in Mayfair. Azim’s sister, the gorgeous Princess Fadzilah, also buddied up to Lohan at the party.
“He rents the ballroom and does this for his amusement,” says our source. “He rents the ballroom and pays stars to show up. Lindsay went because she’s that desperate for a paycheck.”
In June, Azim threw himself a massive 30th birthday bash at the Dorchester. That time, he flew in his celeb flavors of the month, including Mariah Carey, Chace Crawford, Raquel Welch, Marisa Tomei and Dionne Warwick, who performed a few songs. In 2009, the billionaire prince’s holiday gathering was proclaimed party of the year by the British press.
Lohan’s father, Michael, told Confidenti@l that he didn’t think his daughter’s appearance for money was a good idea: “Now she’s getting paid for dates?”
100k a pop to just show up at events and pretend like you’re still relevant? Gosh, sign me up.
Ha! And you thought your job was easy/awesome/ridiculous/dumb/depressing.
probably how she got her “new” face.
Prince Azim is probably collecting stats for a real celebrity death match! On an unrelated note Princess Fadzilah is far more beautiful than blowhan could ever hope to be.
IT IS CALLED HIGH CLASS PROSTITUTION AND ITS ALWAYS BEEN AROUND. DENISE RICHARDS, TARA REID, BRIGITTE NIELSEN AND OTHERS COULD BE ADDED TO THE LIST….. SAD BUT TRUE
Sorry XYZ but you misspelled “high class” prostitution it’s spelled NO CLASS prostitution
When I look at this photo, I picture blowhard opening her eyes and me pokeing my fingers in them. Am I a horrible person ? I didn’t think so.
They might call it being a “paid escort” in the rich part of town, here we call it being a “whore”.