LiLo, short on cash, back with mom on L.I.

LiLo, short on cash, back with mom on L.I.

The tax man is at her heels and club owners now keep a wary eye on poor Lindsay Lohan, but that’s barely the worst of it.

Confidential has learned she’s spending her days and most nights back in her teenage bedroom on Long Island.

“For the past three months that has been her home base,” a source close to the family dishes.

And that’s just where her mom, who needs her train-wreck daughter’s help to pay the mortgage, wants her.

“Dina has been trying to get her to move home for years so she can keep a close eye on her. She didn’t want her in L.A. anymore. Not only is she in New York now, she’s in the next room.”

Lohan’s only money these days seems to be coming from overseas appearances, like the $ 100,000 she collected to party with Brunei’s Prince Azim in London this past New Year’s.

That money, another source says, went to her family.

And now, with her latest court appearance in L.A. behind her, it is off to Dubai on an endorsement trip for energy drink Mr. Pink.

But the money is going out as soon as it comes in, keeping Lohan in the family’s Merrick, L.I., home.

Lohan had been fighting to stay on her own, even trying to work out a deal with Donald Trump for an apartment. But he wouldn’t give her a deep discount, so she pulled out.

Last fall Lohan was struggling to pay the $ 8,000 monthly rent on her Beverly Hills pad.

“She had the lease until February, but Dina said come home.”

That house is the same one that Bravo’s “Million Dollar Decorators” spent $ 200,000 renovating â€" with LiLo refusing to reveal the results on the show.

This week she filed a $ 1.1 million lawsuit against her 6126 clothing label partners over breach of contract.

Now the “Liz and Dick” star, who also has had her accounts frozen due to $ 233,904 in unpaid taxes, officially has “nowhere to live” but home.

“After all that time being in the business, making money, she doesn’t own a house, a car, furniture, an apartment. She has nothing to her name,” our source says. “It’s quick money here and there and she blows it right away.”

At home, life has regressed to the mother-daughter relationship of Lohan’s childhood, with the duo watching TV together to pass time.

“Dina’s working on a book at home. ‘A Parent Trapped’ is the working title,” says our source. “She says it’s about surviving domestic abuse. She’s shopping it around now.”

As for Lohan popping up in pictures shopping around New York City, she hasn’t yet resorted to the Long Island Rail Road for the commute.“A car service she hires takes her to and from her mom’s,” says our insider of the troubled star, who was spotted Wednesday night at a Fashion Week shindig at Cipriani Wall Street.

Lohan’s father, Michael, calls the move “awesome” and believes it will help his daughter to be with family.

LiLo’s rep confirms she’s back living in New York, and denied it’s with her mom â€" but wouldn’t say why.

JENNERS ARE SOLID, SAYS FRIEND

Amid endless reports that Kris and Bruce Jenner are moving to splitsville, a source close to the couple who just visited them in L.A. tells Confidenti@l their house is very much in order.

“Their marriage is totally fine,” according to our insider.

“Bruce and Kris have an unconventional relationship, but it works for them,” our source continues, explaining, “They are best friends first, husband and wife second. ... She loves him very much and vice versa.”

Our insider says the family’s celebrity business has complicated things in recent years, but that “he keeps her grounded and reminds her of the importance of family. She loves him for that.”

On Tuesday, Radaronline reported that “the fighting never ends” and that friends of the Jenners fear divorce is near. The gossip site also quotes a source saying the couple of 22 years have stopped sleeping in the same room. Star magazine recently reported they were headed for a “$ 175 Million Divorce.”

According to our insider, “The Kris and Bruce Jenner divorce cover story for Star magazine proved to be one of the highest sellers in months, hence they continue to publish false reports. It’s sad.”

Star magazine didn’t return a request for comment.

ANOTHER FORK IN THE ROAD FOR DIAZ

Cameron Diaz isn’t just running her mouth about being able to put whatever she wants into it. The workout buff â€" who on countless occasions has said she loves to devour steak and fries â€" was spotted at the Lion on Sunday with an older mystery man, testing out the new brunch menu and chowing down on fried chicken and Wild Rice Waffles. “It’s nice to see someone in Hollywood actually eats,” says the source, who adds the actress and her lunch date did not appear “overly flirty.”

SPICE GIRL’S DOG DAYS

It’s a doggone shame for Baby Spice. After an exhaustive search that began Monday, Spice Girl singer Emma Bunton tweeted Wednesday to say her beloved pooch Phoebe, who went missing during a walk in North London, had been found. But, we’re sorry to say, the Labrador puppy is dead. Bunting wrote to her nearly 900,000 followers: “To all the amazing people who supported us at this horrible time Our precious Phoebe has been found and its terrible news, we are devastated.”

HANDLE WITH KERR

Miranda Kerr turned heads Down Under when she modeled a floral blue and white Ellery dress and other outfits for a fashion show at David Jones Elizabeth St. store in Sydney.

STYLE TAKES A STERN FOR THE BETTER

The King of All Media has become fashion royalty, thanks to John Varvatos. The urban-chic designer, whose ads feature rock stars like Keith Richards and Gary Clark Jr., says he’s thrilled to be outfitting super-tall “America’s Got Talent” judge Howard Stern. “He’s in really good shape, so most things fit him really well,” Varvatos told us at a relaunch party for his eponymous website. Asked if he had clothes that fit short and stout celebs, Varvatos chuckled, “I’m sure we could get them into a pair of shoes.”

REAL FASHION PLATES

Fashion moves fast, but who ever thought it would need a license plate? Visitors at Lincoln Center during Fashion Week will see decorative vanity plates created by nearly 50 fashionistas, including models, designers and front-row types. Rachel Zoe, Anna Sui, Betsey Johnson, Charlotte Ronson and Karlie Kloss have all designed one. The display will hang outside the Mercedes-Benz Star Lounge through Valentine’s Day.

THESE GUYS GO DIRECT

Blockbuster filmmakers Steven Spielberg and George Lucas joined forces in Los Angeles Tuesday, where they horsed around at the dedication of the Sumner M. Redstone Production Building at USC. Spielberg is up for a Best Director Oscar for “Lincoln” on Feb. 24 while last weekend, Lucas’ box-office fighter pilot flop “Red Tails” won the NAACP Image Award’s Best Picture honors. The pair famously first teamed up in 1981 to make the classic action film “Raiders of the Lost Ark.”

SHELL OF A GOOD TIME

New York hotelier Eric Goode hosted the inaugural Turtle Ball at the Bowery Hotel on Tuesday to raise awareness about his favorite endangered animal. Karlie Kloss, Graydon Carter, Gina Gershon, Parker Posey and Jenna Lyons were all there, along with Sandra Bernhard, who emceed the night. A live auction got the high rollers to open their wallets, including Goode’s partner in the Jane Hotel and Bowery Hotel, Sean MacPherson. His wife, Rachelle Hruska MacPherson, took away the night’s most prized possession: A 1985 Jean Michel Basquiat drawing of a dragon. She shelled out a whopping $ 52,000 for the art.

ONE HIT CAN'T STOP RICE

Hours after falling off a celebratory parade float in Baltimore only to rise again and shout “Let’s party!,” Ravens running back Ray Rice did just that at SoHo nightclub Greenhouse Tuesday night. Sources tell us the New York native and Rutgers standout entered the club with a handful of buddies, ordered a few bottles of Ciroc and was quickly surrounded by women. “The crowd cheered him on and the deejay stopped the music so everyone could congratulate him,” said our insider.

A ‘SMASH’-ING TIME

Perhaps the cast of “Smash” has stumbled upon a good-luck tradition. The stars of the struggling NBC series gathered at the Palm restaurant on W. 50th St. Monday to watch the first episode of their second season. “They had a private room with a television to watch the two-hour premiere,” says a source. The 15-person party included Anjelica Huston, Christian Borle, Katharine McPhee, Raza Jeffrey and Debra Messing. They celebrated the season one premiere the same way last year. Noticeably absent this time was Jennifer Hudson, who doesn’t mingle much outside of work.

HIGH LIFE FOR CEE LO

It was a celeb-packed crowd Wednesday night at amfAR’s annual black-tie gala at Cipriani Wall Street. Out to support the group’s efforts to end AIDS were the chairman of the board of amfAR, Kenneth Cole, Gov. Cuomo’s gal pal Sandra Lee, Janet Jackson, Heidi Klum, Woody Allen, Carol Alt, Glenda Bailey, Harry Belafonte, Sarah Jessica Parker, Zac Posen, Chloe Sevigny, Diane von Furstenberg and Mary Alice Stephenson. The crowd was treated to a performance by Cee Lo Green.

STATE-OF-THE-HEART MODELING

They’ve got bods and they’re not afraid to use ’em! Two of Victoria’s Secret’s leggy ladies, Candice Swanepoel and Lily Aldridge, got in the Valentine’s Day spirit as the Angels showed off the goods in the lingerie giant’s store in Herald Square Wednesday.