we will talk exclusively to her mom, dina lohan in a moment. t first, her daughter's story. >> he did it. >> you and you -- pack your bags. >> gone are the days when lindsay lohan's biggest punishment was summer camp detention. >> that's 90 days in jail. >> now the courtroom is where she's getting most of her screen time. lohan completed 14 days in jail for a probation violation on a 2007 drunk driving conviction. the former teen queen is completing a 90-day stay in drug and alcohol rehab. but what will be waiting for her on the other side? >> our experience working with lindsay lohan on her "maxim" cover was positive. >> maxim magazine asked her to be the cover. >> the lindsay lohan that showed up was happy, she was on time, happy to be at work. >> can the actress, star of hit movies like "freaky friday" -- >> you're ruining my life. >> -- and "confessions of a teenage drama queen." >> i'm from new york. >> -- take the drama out of her real life and get back to the business of selling movie tickets and, more importantly, should she? >> take the

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reports say that lohan has been offered $1 million to host a radio talk show with her mom, dina. she may have trouble fitting that into her busy court-ordered schedule, which includes weekly therapy and drug testing. it's always tough to juggle all those things. >> it would probably do well, you know? as crazy as it sounds. >> yeah. i don't know if dina lohan is like the best person to be out there -- >> they could give advice. how perfect would that be? >> -- giving the mother-daughter -- >> they could take normal people and give them advice and screw their lives up. >> it's like bizarro world. >>> all right, this comes to us from wnbc 4 new york, where one man is going through some pretty extreme measures to fight his technology addiction. he's been couped up living in his bathroom for the past five days. the self-described internet iphone social media junkie said he felt like he was losing control and needed to do something extreme to kick the habit. i think he took care of that. but don't feel bad for him because he has all of the essentials stashed right there in his medicin

matt lauer sits down with dina lohan for her first exclusive live interview since her daughter lindsey was sentenced to jail. >>> and 22-year-old pop star ke$ha rocks the plaza this morning with her summer concert debut. >>> and this sunday on "meet the press," an exclusive interview with general david petraeus. >>> and now keep it on this channel for continuing local news, weather, sports, and much more. i'm veronica de la cruz. thanks for watching "early today," just your first stop of the day, today on your nbc station. the day, today on your nbc station. have a terrific weekend. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

. >>> well, dina lohan is speaking out for the first time since her daughter's release yesterday morning, telling radaronline lindsay is doing well and is in very good hands at a ucla rehab center. >>> tweens everywhere can rejoice. you can no get a little closer to justin bieber. paramount has acquired the rights to the pop star's life story and is now planning a 3-d movie starring bieber himself. >>> who's in and who's out on "american idol?" well, randy jackson didn't say much to answer that question, telling "e!" quote, the only thing for sure is ryan. >>> and, finally, pamela anderson is taking the gulf oil disaster into her own hands by adopting two dogs affected by the massive spill. the long-time peta activist has also been actively working to relocate dozens of more pups. always great to hear, isn't it, bill? >> a nice story. pam is still looking great. >> i knew you'd throw that in there. enough about the dogs, how about pam? this comes from wnbc 4 new york, where balance rin as endured a little pain. for a lot of gain. over 200 ballerinas gathered in central park to break the

we're going to find out when dina lohan joins us live tomorrow on "today."re going to begin this half hour with new questions about what that jetblue flight attendant was doing before he slid away on the emergency slide. we're going to talk to one of the passengers on that plane and steven slater's ex-wife in just a moment. but first, nbc's jeff rossen is outside slater's home in queens, new york. jeff, good morning to you. >> reporter: hi, meredith, good morning to you. steven slater and his boyfriend are back home here this morning maybe sleeping. he doesn't have a job to get to anymore. but the neighbors around here in queens are really eating it up. one of the neighbors made this sign, hanging it from the balcony. good for you, steve, i feel your pain, love anyone who has to serve the public. but this morning there are, as you mentioned, the tide is sort of turning against the flight attendant himself. passengers on board that flight now saying that he's the one who was acting rude and weird the entire flight. bumping into people as he walked up and down

dina lohan took best friend parenting to a new level, often hitting the party scene with daughter lindsayil and is currently back in rehab. >> maybe she shouldn't have been out there so much and lindsay would be on a straighter path. >> reporter: in contrast, country music star taylor swift is by most accounts a well adjusted 20-year-old. >> my mom, you're my best friend. >> reporter: she acknowledged her close relationship with her mom andrea at this year's grammy awards. but striking the right balance between friend and disciplinarian goes well beyond hollywood. >> do you know where the line is drawn? >> i'm learning it. i don't know if anybody ever knows. >> when some parents become more of a peer to their child, i think that's where you run into trouble. >> that's part of the role of parenting. you have to be friends with your kids or your kids won't respect you. they won't respect your rules. >> reporter: rules most parents try to follow. maintaining the respect of a child without losing a friend. michelle miller, cbs news, new york. >> joining us now early show contributor jennifer

but appearing on "today" earlier this month lohan's mother dina told matt this time the results will be different. >> has she changed? >> yes. she's grown up considerably. >> do you think she is capable of going through rehab this time no matter how long it lasts and coming out a changed person able to handle her surroundings? >> absolutely. >> what gives that you confidence? >> age. just living life and growing up. >> reporter: lohan was scheduled to begin shooting her next movie next month, a starring role as porn star linda lovelace. the outpatient program would likely still allow her to do that. >> it means that she has a schedule that she's going to go straight into which is going to really help keep her on the straight and narrow and keep her in work. >> reporter: a change of scenery might help as well. lohan's mother hinted she may take her to new york. different city, different friends, perhaps a less tempting environment than here could make a big difference. mat senate. >> lee cowan, thank you very much. to be continued. coming up, even as tiger woods practices this morning