In the October issue of Vanity Fair, coming out Tuesday, Lindsay Lohan acknowledges making mistakes in the past and “dabbling in certain things.”

But in a July interview with the magazine before she served 14 days in jail followed by 23 days of inpatient rehab, she defended her actions, saying she was young and curious and was associating with the wrong people.

Despite everything, Lohan is confident in her acting abilities and future.

Star derides agency

Actor Paul Hogan, star of the “Crocodile Dundee” movie trilogy, said Tuesday he cannot afford to pay even 10 percent of what the Australian Tax Office says he owes in back taxes.

Hogan’s interview with the TV program “A Current Affair” was his first public comment since he was barred this month from leaving Australia until he settles a multimillion-dollar tax bill.

Hogan told the news program the tax office was on a witch hunt for a high-profile case, and he should not be classed a flight risk.

Rowling donates

Author J.K. Rowling has given $15.4 million to set up a clinic to treat and research multiple sclerosis, the disease that killed her mother.

The creator of Harry Potter says she hopes the clinic will become “a world center for excellence in the field of regenerative neurology.”

Rowling said Tuesday that the Anne Rowling Regenerative Neurology Clinic will be based at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland.

Emmys top week

The top five prime-time TV shows and viewership for Aug. 23 to 29:

1. “Emmy Awards,” NBC, 13.5 million

2. “America’s Got Talent” (Tuesday), NBC, 10.8 million

3. “America’s Got Talent” (Wednesday), NBC, 10.52 million

4. Exhibition Football: Pittsburgh at Denver, Fox, 10.13 million

5. “NCIS,” CBS, 9.19 million

Happy birthday

Among celebrity birthdays today: Comedian-actress Lily Tomlin is 71. Actor Don Stroud is 67. Singer Archie Bell of Archie Bell and the Drells is 66. Singer Barry Gibb of the Bee Gees is 64. Talk-show host Dr.

Phil McGraw is 60. Singer Gloria Estefan is 53. Texas singer-songwriter Charlie Robison is 46. Actor Ricardo Antonio Chavira (“Desperate Housewives”) is 39. Actor Scott Speedman (“Felicity”) is 35.