Critics pretty much ripped LINDSAY LOHAN to shreds for her performance in the Lifetime movie "Liz & Dick". But that doesn't matter to her . . . because she wants her own sitcom now. Apparently, CHARLIE SHEEN put that bug in her ear when they did "Scary Movie 5" together. A source says he told her it would be, quote, "an easy way to make very good money and help her to get her movie career back on track." Supposedly, she wants to do a sitcom based on her own life. As for the haters, a source says, quote, "Lindsay isn't fazed at all by the criticism. She thinks everyone is insanely jealous of her, and like it or not, she was trending on Twitter [Sunday] night."

We heard yesterday that CHARLIE SHEEN gave LINDSAY LOHAN $100,000 to pay off some of her IRS debt. That money came out of Charlie's paycheck from "Scary Movie 5". Charlie was paid $250,000 to do a single scene with Lindsay. And apparently, he didn't keep ANY of that money. The rest of it went to three charities, chosen by people involved in the movie, including the director and one of the producers.

SIMON COWELL is the latest victim of one of those "swatting" hoaxes. Somebody called 911 Sunday afternoon and said an unidentified person was bound with duct tape and being held in the bathroom of Simon's Beverly Hills mansion.Police showed up, but it wasn't true. Similar hoaxes this year have targetedMiley Cyrus, Ashton Kutcher, Biebs and others.