At first the pairing of Stephen Baldwin and Michael Lohan seemed just harmless and goofy. But now the fearless team of evangelical eccentrics has itself a mission: to build a $15 million alcohol and drug treatment center in Southampton, Long Island. According to the NY Post, they’re planning to build it on 10 acres owned by Donald Havrilla, the pastor of the town’s Full Gospel Church—and, oddly, the only person outside Uzbekistan who hasn’t heard of Lindsay Lohan (Michael’s daughter) or her DWIs or her own numerous failed attempts at rehab.

The strangest part of this whole story: Michael is actually still undergoing treatment himself at a separate facility in West Babylon. Which, when you think about it, has to make you smile. At last, Stephen Baldwin has finally found a family more screwed up than his own.

“Papa Do Preach” [NY Post]

(Lohan: AP Photo/ Dick Yarwood; Baldwin: Gwynne Johnson / Rockland Magazine)

Ever wanted to watch Stephen Baldwin get bucked from a horse and/or mauled by livestock and/or gored by a bull? No? Guest that’s just me.

Well, anywho, I’ll sure be tuning into the Upper Grandview actor’s new reality TV series about his adventures bull riding and learning the sport of rodeo. He’ll star alongside Leif Garrett and Vanilla Ice (aka Robert Van Winkle), among others. The show—currently titled “Ty Murray’s Celebrity Bull Riding Challenge”—is supposed to debut at 9 p.m., August 10, on CMT.

After spending 10 days at a ranch learning the ropes, the “celebrities” will compete at a Professional Bull Riders event in Nashville. Will Baldwin have as much chemistry with Ice as he did with fellow friend of God Corbin Bernsen on “Celebrity Mole”? We can only hope and pray.

“Baldwin and Garrett set for Bull Riding Show”

UPDATE: According to Starpulse, Baldwin needed to be rushed to a Texas hospital this week when he broke a shoulder and rib after being thrown off a bucking bull while filming the TV show. And of course, now I feel extra guilty. Be careful what you wish for …

(photo: Gwynne Johnson/Rockland Magazine)

The jury has spoken, and the overwhelming majority of you said it’s “about time” South Nyack resident Rosie O’Donnell left “The View.” 54 percent of you, to be precise.

While I don’t speak for the my fellow bloggers, I sure voted for “Hope she gets her own show on CBS,” if only to continue supplying us with a steady stream of blog material.

Anyway, since expletive-laden answers keep getting added to our sidebar poll, it’s time we changed the question. And seeing as how we haven’t delved into the whole Alec Baldwin mess yet, it’s only fitting that we ask whether he’s more or less delinquent than his siblings — Bedford’s Billy, Upper Grandview’s Stephen, or newly inducted Sopranos extra Daniel?

So when he’s not celebrating Easter at the White House, what is Stevie B. up to these days? Saving the souls of young Hollywood harlots, that’s what!

According to this press release, the Upper Grandview resident has teamed with Michael Lohan, Lindsay Lohan’s estranged father, to accomplish this very goal. You may remember Michael as the prison inmate who became a born-again Christian while in the slammer, and then, like a butterfly emerging from a federally incarcerated cocoon, turned into an ordained minister after he got out.

The two have apparently already teamed up to help troubled teens with substance abuse problems at the Long Island Teen Challenge. And according to In Touch magazine (note: not InTown) the pair is also shopping a reality TV series about their spiritually sanctioned endeavors.

Next up: “The Simple Life: Jesus Camp Edition.”

“Lohan’s dad teams up with Baldwin to help kids” [PR Wire]

(Lohan: AP Photo/ Dick Yarwood; Baldwin: Gwynne Johnson / Rockland Magazine)

It’s hard to believe that there’s a Stephen Baldwin story we somehow missed but yes, it’s true. Over the weekend, Stevie B. payed a visit to the White House for its annual Easter Egg Roll. Joining him at the festivities were First Lady Laura, Shek, Bugs, Bunny, Clifford the Big Red Dog, and plenty of children age 7 and under pushing eggs around with wooden spoons.

I’m not quite sure how much pull the youngest Baldwin—who lives in Upper Grandview and attends a Pentecostal church up in New City—still has with the GOP’s higher ups, but as far as I know he is still a “cultural advisor” to Bush. That said, he was sharing the lawn with Olympic medalist Kerri Strug, Kasey Kahne, and magicians, all of whom may well be on Bush’s advisory team as well. At the very least, I hope Stephen had the good sense to take advantage of the free face painting.

“White House Hosts Annual Egg Hunt” [Celebrity Cafe]

Catching up with a few of my favorite fading celebs:

Rob Thomas: Last time I checked in on Thomas, a Mount Kisco resident, he was holding a benefit concert at Blythedale Children’s Hospital last December. But apparently he’s also been hard at work on the documentary “My Secret Record” about his days in Matchbox 20 debut solo album, which is set to debut in Nashville in April. Is it too early to start lobbying for a sequel about his days writing songs for Taylor Hicks? [WKRN]

Daniel Baldwin: The fugitive brother of Bedford’s Billy and Upper Grandview’s Stephen finally turned up in Detroit (where he, horror of horrors, was actually acting in a movie) after an arrest warrant had been issued for him last week. He pled guilty to felony charges that he illegally took another person’s 2003 GMC Yukon. Sigh. If only Baldwin’s remake of “Car 54, Where Are You?” had come out this year rather than 1994, I might have a good punchline here. [MSNBC]

Michael O’Keefe: Noonan! I had the good fortune to meet the star of “Caddyshack” last year when I was reporting a story on the decline of caddies in Westchester (he grew up in Mamaroneck and caddied at Winged Foot), and I’ve been keeping tabs ever since. That’s why I was totally psyched to hear that he’s got a new flick, “Cherry Crush,” in theaters right now! Wait, I should qualify that—in theaters in Rochester. Actually, just one theater. And tonight’s the last night. So be sure to head over to the Little Theatre to catch the “teen film noir” at either 7:30 and 9:50 p.m. [Democrat & Chronicle]

(Thomas: AP Photo/Disney Enterprises, Todd Anderson; Baldwin: AP Photo/Orange County Sheriffs Department; O’Keefe: Stephen Schmitt / InTown Westchester)

After failing to show up at Orange County Superior Court on charges of car theft, a judge issued an arrest warrant for actor Daniel Baldwin. The case stemmed from an incident last December, in which the 46-year-old Baldwin bro was found driving a white 2003 GMC Yukon that had been reported stolen in Orange County.

Last year was not an especially good one for the brother of our two LoHud Baldwins, Stephen (Upper Grandview) and Billy (Bedford). In addition to the auto theft charges, for which he could spend up to three years in jail, Daniel was arrested two other times, during which he was found in possession of cocaine and drug paraphernalia. In July, he drove a Ford Thunderbird at 80 mph through a crowd of people and crashed into two parked cars.

No word on where Daniel is right now, but should you happen to see him hiding out with Stevie B. at Turiello’s in Nyack, or Billy at the Mt. Kisco Starbucks, remember to do the right thing and call 911. He should be considered highly dangerous … especially to himself and Alec’s political aspirations.

“Warrant issued for Daniel Baldwin” [AP]

We know marketing is a tricky game—sending the right message about the product your hawking takes a complicated mix of science and art. And apparently the brains responsible for getting the word out about Stephen Baldwin’s new book decided the best way to do that is by appealing to people tossing their trash in New York City. If there is a marketing equivalent of the Academy Awards, they deserve the top prize!

(Photo by Robert Zeliger)

If you haven’t been keeping up on your Mormon media outlets (sinner!), you probably missed the bizarro story in the Deseret News this weekend about Stephen Baldwin’s attempt to break into the comics biz. Of course, the Upper Grandview resident isn’t following the standard superhero formula of, say, mutants like the Hulk or X-Men; no, his “Spirit Warriors” comic is all about six radical teens who get their powers directly from—you guessed it—the Lord.

“If you bring the kids dorkville they don’t listen,” Baldwin said to the Mormon newspaper. “If you bring them really cool, they’ll listen … because all of this is really about sharing the news about a man named Jesus Christ.”

Oh, it gets better.

Alan Ruck (Piermont): I will not star in “Drive,” that dopey sounding Fox series about underground car racing, after all. [Reuters]

Debra Winger (Irvington): I will prove to fans that I’m not dead—just a little loopy—by returning the theater for an experimental, interactive show that uses cylindrical pods and elevator rides. Yes, I’ll totally blow their minds! [Playbill]

Bob Woodruff (Rye): I will play “tennis with that little ball that won’t do too much damage if it hits you in the head.” [Broadcasting and Cable]

Rosie O’Donnell (South Nyack): I will become the next Bob Barker. [Defamer]

Aaron Sorkin (Scarsdale): I will stop portraying my girlfriend, Kristin Chenoweth, as an intolerant homophobe on “Studio 60”—if only to stop her from whining about it to newspapers. [Newsday]

Rob Thomas (Bedford): I will reunite with Matchbox Twenty … only to turn around and break up with them a week later because, hey, it’s just so crazy fun to toy with their fragile emotions. [Contact Music]

Stephen Baldwin (Upper Grandview): I will sue the pants off anyone who tries to take a picture of me with my three heathen brothers. [The Showbuzz]

We present this YouTube clip of the Upper Grand View resident storming Orlando spreading the word of God with this radical extreme sports ministry “Living It.”

It’s deeply, deeply troubling stuff. And also weirdly sinus cleansing.

Clear four minutes out of your schedule and watch it. Otherwise, we may just have to send the Breakthrough Ministry van over to your house and subject you to Stevie’s spittley sermons first hand.

• The police now say that the guy who shot the Clintons’ Chappaqua neighbors is a Hispanic male and driving a dark sedan, possibly a Toyota Camry. We’ve always said that Camrys are to wacko, gun-toting 21st century criminals what VW Beatles were to their parents. [Journal News]

• The latest Rosie feud: Rosie O’Donnell vs. Kelly Rippa. With Clay Aiken thrown into the mix for good measure. Apparently Clay covered Kelly’s mouth during an interview on her show, then Kelly bitched that “I don’t know where that hand has been,” and Rosie pounced, angrily complaining that Kelly was being homophobic. Never mind the fact that Clay isn’t technically out of the closet—or rather wasn’t, until now. [watch some video of the catfight at BestWeekEver’s blog]

• Remember that Stephen Baldwin movie that we said just started filming in East Tennessee? Yeah, looks like that ain’t happening after all. [News Sentinel]

• And speaking of Stevie B., what’s with the Baldwin mobile, covered with the man’s freaky visage and uber-creepy websites, popping up in Scarsdale? The truck, which Baldwin sometimes preaches from using a portable pulpit in the back (watch this YouTube clip of him in action), has been seen the past couple days in a driveway off Hartsdale Ave, near the White Plains border. So, Has Stephen moved over to Westchester to finally save our souls? Nothing could make us more thankful.