Over the weekend, troubled star Lindsay Lohan reportedly checked out of rehab stint Number Three (let's hope the third time is a charm) and is ready, willing and able to return to work in front of the cameras. In spite of some good reviews for her work in Emilio Estevez's ensemble bio pic BOBBY, she desperately needs a hit. I KNOW WHO KILLED ME and GEORGIA RULE were both big disappointments and her soon-to-be-released CHAPTER 27 has generated a less than encouraging advanced buzz (aside from Jared Leto's startling physical transformation into a near-perfect recreation of John Lennon's killer, Mark David Chapman). Her participation in the Shirley MacLaine & Olympia Dukakis project POOR THINGS still seems to be up in the air, so I wonder what kind of motion picture vehicle/role would best help her get back into the A-List groove?

Personally, I'd like to see her do something squeaky clean that might befit her newly "cleaned-up" life. Fans who have been supporting her throughout her efforts to become sober and healthy would like to see that manifested on the screen. Lilo: take a break from the pole dancing and bad girl parts and show us a grown-up version of the talented and adorable girl next door we came to love in HERBIE FULLY LOADED, FREAKY FRIDAY and THE PARENT TRAP. If she's truly committed to being a clean-living professional, she can prove it to audiences (and maybe more urgently, to the Studio Execs) that Art can imitate Life!

If she does that, perhaps other celebrities will follow suit and return to their roots...or at least to the personae that made them popular in the first place.

When Britney Spears burst onto the pop music scene, it was her provocative, musical mixture of innocence and sexuality that caught our attention. Lately, she's exuded neither quality. Look at how many times Madonna has reinvented herself over the decades...but the indelible mark of the original "Material Girl" is what keeps her public riveted.

Thus, the irony of Actors versus Personalities. Meryl Streep, Robert DeNiro, Cate Blanchett and George Clooney are willing to be chameleons for their craft, while some film stars are usually accepted in only one fashion...like Ben Stiller, Will Ferrell, Drew Barrymore, The Rock or Bruce Willis. The great stars of the Silver Screen understood that sometimes being "pigeon-holed" was the best way to keep employed. Look how many times Errol Flynn was the swashbuckler, Joan Crawford the tough-as-nails shopgirl, John Wayne the swaggering tough guy, Myrna Loy the brainy socialite, Rock Hudson the chiseled romantic heartthrob or Greta Garbo the tortured beauty.

So what are your thoughts? If you were Lindsay's agent, what kind of role would you suggest she take on next?