Guys, I think I have this Amanda Bynes thing figured out. Although her behavior has seemed mystifyingly strange lately, what with racking up those endless driving violations and all (I mean, when Lindsay Lohan bags on someone for being a public menace you know the situation's officially gotten out of control), Bynes actually started flying her freak flag more than two years ago. 
 
 I'd totally forgotten about this, but Bynes made headlines in June of 2010 when she jumped on Twitter at 3 a.m. to announce that she was done with acting. "I know 24 is a young age to retire," she wrote, "but you heard it here first I've retired." 
 
 She "unretired" a whopping 35 days later, and according to some sources, the retirement was all a cover-up for the real reason she wasn't being seen on the big screen: Hollywood was sick of her increasingly bizarre behavior. 
 
 According to the Daily Beast, in the spring of 2010, Bynes was kicked out of the Farrelly brothers’ film, Hall Pass. Although Bynes tweeted that she left because of "scheduling conflicts," word on the street says otherwise: 
 
 One source said Bynes had acted strangely during the filming—paranoid and fearful. Star Owen Wilson and the Farrellys wanted Bynes to continue in the film if she could get a hold of herself, but nothing changed—the co-directors, the source said, kept the cameras running in between takes to show Bynes' odd behavior in case anyone from her camp decided to sue. 
 
 Bynes was named one of People's "25 Hottest Stars Under 25" in 2006, but before her "retirement," she had a number of professional missteps: a failed clothing line, a canned TV pilot, and a movie that went straight to video. And despite the fact that she retired from retiring, she hasn't worked since 2010's Easy A. 
 
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 So basically she went from being a hugely popular child star to a young woman who can't find success in Hollywood. Is it any wonder she's been headed straight for a giant meltdown? I'm not saying it's a valid excuse, I'm just saying that based on historical evidence, the odds on her transitioning to adulthood as a healthy, well-adjusted person weren't good. 
 
 Who knows what's going to happen next with Amanda Bynes, but based on the reports of her mental instability -- including yesterday's disturbing behavior in a clothing store dressing room -- it sounds like she's headed for a pretty big fall. Here's hoping someone can convince her to get some help before it's too late. 
 
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 Image via Maxim ||||| In a recent series of strange antics on Twitter, Amanda Bynes revealed that she is creating a clothing and perfume line and allegedly suing celebrity blogger Perez Hilton and Us Weekly -- all in the space of five minutes. 
 
 On Thursday, the troubled actress took to the microblogging site to vent about the media: 
 
 “I'm suing @usweekly & @perezhilton for continuing to act like I'm doing something wrong by tweeting and walking to photoshoots. F--- you!!!!” she wrote. 
 
 Five minutes later, she tweeted, “Check my twitter for updates on my clothing and perfume line plus pix!” 
 
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 The bizarre tweets from Bynes could be a part of her recent image change, which she has documented on the site. On Tuesday and into the wee hours of Wednesday morning, Bynes posted a combined eight different pictures of herself, all taken in a mirror, in what appears to be the same outfit. Her new look includes cheek piercings, an abundance of makeup and blond hair. 
 
 In the middle of the photo spree, she tweeted: “My selfies were taken after those paparazzi photos. I was walking to a photo shoot for my clothing line & perfume line that's in the works!” 
 
 Bynes is referring to the photos published on Us Weekly’s website of the actress walking around New York City with a shirt over her face. 
 
 The publication reported that the Easy A star “looked like she was ‘pretending to be a ghost,’ while a second eyewitness notes that she was ‘walking into things because she couldn't see.’ ” 
 
 Even more bizarre than the shirt-head incident: “She ducked into a nearby McDonald's, where she ordered a coffee and a soda and sipped both simultaneously,” reports Us. 
 
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 Bynes sparked previous media reaction March 21 when she tweeted about rapper Drake: 
 
 “I want @drake to murder my vagina” 
 
 Bynes rejoined the Twitterverse -- via an unverified account -- only two months ago, after deactivating her previous account. And although she does tweet her fair share of “selfies,” this latest blast has many concerned for the troubled star, who was arrested for a DUI back in April.
– A month after stunning Hollywood and sparking questions about her mental stability with the news of her retirement, Amanda Bynes wants a do-over. "I've unretired," the 24-year-old on-again-off-again actress tweeted. She's a co-star of the buzzed-about high school comedy Easy A, notes People—and within minutes of "unretiring," Bynes was tweeting about the trailer.