Tattle: Hugh Grant in for Sheen?

AYEAR OR TWO AGO when Tattle interviewed Hugh Grant for a very bad romcom with Sarah Jessica Parker, we spoke about sitcoms and how Grant's ability with a quip and the diminishing roles for a leading man who's not a superhero might make him a prime candidate for a show with a laugh track.

Although he admitted to an aversion to work, Grant cautiously agreed.

Now here comes word that the "Notting Hill" star is weighing the possibility of replacing Charlie Sheen on "Two and a Half Men."

Deadline.com reported that a person familiar with the situation said yesterday that Hugh was in negotiations to join the sitcom as its new leading man.

Grant had allegedly been been offered $1 million an episode, but the source said a replacement for Sheen would be paid less than that.

Less than $1 million per episode? Who could work for such embarrassing wages?

Lindsay update

 In the case of the purloined necklace, Lindsay Lohan's attorney, Shawn Holley, entered a no contest plea yesterday for the troubled former starlet, setting the stage for a summer of confinement, counseling and community service.

Holley made the plea for the "actress," who did not appear in court in the misdemeanor case involving a $2,500 necklace taken from an upscale shop in the Venice area of Los Angeles.

Lindsay, 24, did not acknowledge guilt through the plea, but the court will log the case as a conviction, so if it quacks like a guilty duck . . .

Superior Court Judge Stephanie Sautner ordered Lindsay to serve 120 days in jail and remain on probation in a 2007 drunken-driving case while she completes 480 hours of community service and has psychological counseling.

Sautner ordered the additional counseling after reviewing a probation report that showed that Lindsay had again fallen off the wagon, testing positive for the devil's water in February, not too long after she was released from rehab.

The report also said authorities found evidence Lindsay had been drinking while in rehab.

Well, that will sure make the time go faster.

A probation officer stated in the report that despite the relapses, Lindsay appeared to be making progress with her treatment and should receive continued substance-abuse counseling.

Sautner, sounding more like Dr. Phil, disagreed, saying she didn't think Lindsay had a substance-abuse problem.

"She has other problems, which she self-medicates," the judge said.

Besides counseling, community service and her jail sentence (which will most likely be minimal due to overcrowding), Lindsay will have to complete an anti-shoplifting class.

The class will get Lindsay one credit closer to her degree in Drugs, Booze and Career Self-destruction.

Said Lindsay in a statement: "I hope to be able to fulfill my obligation without any press attention. I think the media spotlight should be on issues such as homelessness and domestic violence instead of on me."

Then stop screwing up.

Tattbits

 * Every day there's new news of

another celeb writing a memoir, so it's nice to report today that someone isn't.

Former Rhode Island congressman Patrick Kennedy (son of Teddy) says he's no longer penning his life story.

Patrick, who is getting married and starting a fellowship at Brown this summer, told the Associated Press he's busy with other projects, such as his initiative to improve brain research. * Bristol Palin admits that her

recent change in appearance was not due to plastic surgery.

Although one might have expected Bristol to have one of her two left feet surgically changed into a right one after her appearance on "Dancing with the Stars," Bristol told Us Weekly that she instead underwent corrective jaw surgery. Her face now appears thinner, with higher cheekbones and an angular chin.

"Yes, it improved the way I look, but this surgery was necessary for medical reasons," she told Us Weekly.

Bristol said she doesn't obsess over her face and would consider plastic surgery only in an extreme situation but acknowledged her jaw realignment has changed her appearance.

"I look older, more mature and don't have as much of a chubby, little baby face," she told the mag.

Daily News wire services contributed to this report.

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