The Mean Girls star's most recent scripted TV offering came in 2008 with an arc on ABC's Ugly Betty . Glee would mark her latest small-screen appearance after hosting NBC's Saturday Night Live during which she poked fun at her checkered past.

Glee has featured a plethora of guest stars this season, including the recently announced Whoopi Goldberg, Ricky Martin, Idina Menzel, Matt Bomer, Nene Leakes and Jeff. Beyond the Glee gig, Lohan, 25, is also in discussions to play Elizabeth Taylor in a television movie for cable network Lifetime.

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She said: "I went out, actually, a few months ago with a friend. And I was so uncomfortable.

Not because I felt tempted, just because it was just the same thing that it always was before. And it just wasn't fun for me.

I've become more of a homebody. And I like that.

" The 25-year-old Freaky Friday star - who has been in and out of jail and rehab since 2007 when she was arrested for drink driving and cocaine possession - is currently carrying out court-ordered community service at Los Angeles County morgue. But having been dropped from movie projects in the past, Lindsay is seeking a fresh start and hopes her hosting slot on Saturday Night Live on March 1 and her role as the late Elizabeth Taylor in a forthcoming Lifetime film could herald a new beginning.

In an interview with NBC's 'Today', which will air tomorrow (01.03.

12), she said: "I think I still need to go through the process of proving myself, you know, with SNL', being on time, being, you know, keeping my - can't say the word, but - stuff together." She added: "I could see where it could be scary for people to invest in me.

And I don't want people to have that reason to be scared anymore. "Being able to have this opportunity with 'SNL' and the film, I'm going to do what I'm supposed to do, and enjoy doing it, and do it as best as I can.

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03.12) - was joined for a meal in the penthouse suite of Los Angeles' Chateau Marmont hotel by 45 friends and family members, with the guests not leaving until the early hours of this morning (30.

03.12).

A source told RadarOnline.com: "Lindsay's guests ate paella, and watched Elizabeth Taylor's Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? Lindsay was in an extremely good mood and grateful to be off of formal probation.

" While alcohol was served at the party, Lindsay - who has endured several stints in rehab - did not indulge in any. Another guest said: "The party went until around 2 am.

Alcohol was being served in moderation but Lindsay wasn't seen drinking. It's just rather strange that Lindsay chose to have the party at the hotel, especially after what the judge said to her in court.

"Lindsay would have been much smarter to have just had a few people over to her house, but that isn't her style, and she just loves the privacy and security that Chateau Marmont offers her." A spokesperson for the star confirmed the Machete actress had held a "gathering" to thank her loved ones for her support throughout her probation, which was set following a 2007 conviction for driving under the influence (DUI).

Her representative Steve Honig said: "Lindsay wanted to say thank you to her family, business associates and friends for all of their support and did so by having a gathering last night." Tweet (less)

The work, which is comprised of four Polaroid photos Zapata took of Lohan, has the words "An Apple..

. that I like.

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with a bite out of it. Adam and Eve changed mankind forever.

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started SIN..

. it was a plain simple apple hanging from a tree.

Then the world changed for all of us," scripted throughout the grid layout. The work is believed to have been sold through the Hus Gallery to a prominent British collector.

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"It's just been a tremendous weight that I feel has been lifted off my shoulders and I feel really grateful and just happy and ready to move forward," she told TMZ.com.

She regained her freedom on Thursday when Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Stephanie Sautner officially closed the case on her 2007 conviction for driving under the influence. After successfully fulfilling the 120 hours of community service and counselling sessions, Lohan is now looking forward to working in Liz and Dick .

The TV biopic is about Taylor's love affair with Richard Burton. Production will soon begin in Toronto, Canada, and Lohan reveals she will be drawing inspiration from her own past to bring Taylor back to life on the small screen.

"I'm gonna put my all into it. I'm really honoured to be playing Elizabeth Taylor and I really love the script, it's phenomenal," she said.

"There's are lot of similarities from my past that I can relate to her on some things that she's gone through and the kind of person that she was,whether it's relationships or just being in the public eye, so I'm gonna obviously do the best I can and hopefully people will enjoy it. I don't want to depict her in the wrong way," she added.

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A few days ago Lohan was accused of hit and run outside a nightclub. The incident led her friends to advise her to stop going out at night until she is in the clear from her probation.

Lohan was said to have struck a man with her new Porsche and fled the scene when leaving Sayers Club in Hollywood on March 14. The actress, however, was adamant she was innocent.

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She completed her last therapy session on March 27 and finished her final day at the morgue on March 28 ahead of a final progress hearing with Judge Stephanie Sautner on March 29. Lohan spoke to reporters after her last day of community service and vowed never to set a foot in court again.

The actress said that she was "very excited" to have reached her final day of community service, and when asked whether Thursday will mark her last ever appearance before a judge she said, "Yes". Lohan also revealed she will be celebrating the end of her probation by having dinner with her younger sister, Ali.

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I don't need to see any more negative stuff, I don't need to put myself in those places anymore," she said. The 25-year-old blonde - who has been undergoing community service at the Los Angeles County Morgue as part of her punishment for breaching probation - claims the experience has been "humbling" and she has "learned from it".

She added: "It's been a learning experience and I'm glad that I experienced it. I'm grateful that I've learned from it.

It's helped me, it's humbling." The Mean Girls actress - who has been in and out of jail and rehab since 2007 when she was arrested in a DUI (driving under the influence) incident - also wants to get her acting career back on track and attend the Academy Awards in the future.

When asked on the 'Today' show where she hopes to be in five years time, she replied: "Hopefully I'll have just come from the Oscars this past weekend." Lindsay has been lined up to portray iconic actress Dame Elizabeth Taylor in new TV movie 'Liz and Dick'.

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