Lindsay Lohan has struck up an unlikely friendship - with pop star Lily Allen.

The pair was spotted chatting and laughing together over dinner with their mutual pal DJ Samantha Ronson at Il Sole restaurant in Los Angeles on Monday.

But Allen only mentioned the Mean Girls star in passing - without saying her name - when she blogged about her dinner date on Tuesday.

Allen is currently in the US to finish recording her as-yet-untitled second album, which is due out later this year. The Smile singer is friends with Ronson through her producer Mark Ronson - Samantha's brother.//music.launch.yahoo.com