LITTLE ROCK — A Los Angeles judge determined Tuesday that teen actress Ariel Winter’s mother should not regain custody of theModern Family star and that the 14-yearold should remain in her sister’s care for the next several weeks.

Superior Court Judge Michael Levanas issued the ruling after considering a report by child protective investigators that was critical of Winter’s mother, Chrisoula Workman. The report found there was evidence of emotional abuse toward Ariel, Levanas said, and the agency planned to step in and take its own action if Ariel did not remain in a guardianship. The ruling came more than six weeks after Workman was temporarily stripped of custody over allegations she had been physically and emotionally abusive to the teen. The judge set a Dec. 12 trial date to determine whether Ariel should be placed in a permanent guardianship. The teen has been under the care of her sister, Shanelle Gray, since early October. Gray also was taken from Chrisoula Workman’s care in the 1990s over accusations of abuse. Chrisoula Workman contends Gray was a rebellious teen who left home and that she is contending with a similar situation with Ariel, who has been acting since age 7 and stars as Alex Dunphy on the hit ABC series Modern Family. Ariel’s father, Glenn Workman, also filed an objection late Monday to the guardianship.

Lindsay Lohan arrived an hour late to the red carpet to celebrate the premiere of Liz & Dick but basked in the media frenzy - saying it felt good to have the focus onher work as an actress. “It feels great to be on a red carpet for working hard. It feels good,” Lohan said. Lohan plays screen icon Elizabeth Taylor in the made-for-TV film about her romance with Richard Burton that airs 8 p.m. Sunday on Lifetime. Lohan said she felt similarities with Taylor: “She grew up with her mom mostly and so have I and also living your life in the public, I think that’s the main one. It’s hard but I think there are certain people that are, I look to her because she got through it.” Lohan has made headlines for problems with cocaine, alcohol and driving that landed her in a Los Angeles-area jail for about two weeks in 2010, and a shoplifting charge that put her on house arrest.

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