Lindsay Lohan by 201559649

Childhood fame

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The Parent Trap (1998)

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Lindsay Lohan's first big break came in 1998 at just 12 years old in the Disney film The Parent Trap where she skilfully played both twins. She performed both opposite twins as a well-taught English girl and an American country girl.

Young success

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Lindsay Lohan started her climb to stardom at just 3 years old, signing with Ford Models. Featuring over 60 commercials and modeling for Calvin Klein Kids and Abercrombie, Lindsay quickly became known as an upcoming star before 10 years old. She even featured in adverts for The Gap, Pizza Hut, Wendy's, and Jell-O.

Another world (1996)

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She made her first acting debut in the television series Another World as the third actress to play the role of Ali Fowler.

Movie Star

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The downfall

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Critical acclaim

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Public perception

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Mug shots

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Developing a selection of mug shots illustrates to the public the shift in presentation from the childhood Disney actress developing into the troubled star. The development of the mug shots from the first one looking almost shocked to the smirk and unbothered look she develops gives the a public a perception of carelessness and bad girl attitude.

Mean girls (2004)

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Mean Girls presents Lindsay Lohan as an innocent student turned 'plastic' teenager. Lindsay plays the heroic saviour student who gets carried away with popularity only to realised her caring and kind nature to save the school from being destroyed.

Schrader, P. Film comment; New York Vol. 49, Iss. 4, (Jul/Aug 2013): 26-27

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The Star is presented as ' "troubled", "tormented", "train wrecks"- but we can't turn away. We can't stop watching.' Lindsay's natural talent as an actress keeps the public glued to her story and life. This source shows the contrast between her professional life and her large life but this is what the viewers are drawn to. The drama and trouble that she portrays in her real life makes her noticeable and entertaining.

Present Day Social Media

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Baby bump

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Instagram shifts the public viewing of Lohan as her family life brings about new beginnings. Her posts of baby bumps and her new born with her husband Bader Shammas makes her social media family friendly and heart warming, giving the public a different perception of Lohan as she makes her public viewing settled and warming.

Substance abuse

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In 2007, Lindsay was arrested for drink driving for the first time. By 2014, she had spent over 250 days in rehab due to drink driving, drug use and addiction. The repetition of her actions makes the public perceive her as unbothered. This contradicts with her professional star image she had created but also creates some empathy from some members of the audience as her personal life crosses lines with her star image and shows her struggles as someone who can't stop her addiction.

David Letterman interview (2013)

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Mid interview Lohan starts crying, showing her struggle with the situation as David Lettermen asks inappropriate questions about her rehab and addiction. The audience laughing contrasting with her emotional and professional response represents her star image as insecure and troubled while the public perceive these questions as funny.

Freaky Friday (2003)

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Lindsay Lohan plays the role of the moody teenager swapping places with her stressed mother and creating a bond through living her life and understanding her struggles including 2 characters with different emotions and approaches through out the film.

The Tonight Show interview (2022)

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Lindsay presents this image of moving forward, she is laughing and smiling the whole way through. The interview is based on positives of her moving forward such as getting married and producing more movies which creates a public perception of motivation as we can visually see how the gossip and interviews have become positive. The public can see the happiness she has created in both her work and personal life now. Furthermore, the audience show their happiness for her as the public now perceive her as someone to look up to.

Falling for Christmas (2022)

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In Falling for Christmas Lindsay plays the character of a moody and spoilt woman who loses her memory in a tragic accident. Through this accident her character starts to show a wholesome and loving character, showing Lindsay's talent as an actress to play multiple characteristics while producing a heart-warming film.

Jonathon Ross interview (2014)

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This interview presents how scared Lindsay was. Her image here is shown as vulnerable as she tells the honest truth of her time in jail. She also uses this interview to show the complex and difficulties of her life as she talks about the silence that she finally received while being in jail which was a sense of relief for her. This shows how chaotic her star image is as prison is her only peace.

Lindsay Documentary (2021)

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This documentary portrays Lindsay's life as chaotic. The public in the documentary portray how her image has been damaged but all wish her well, showing the positive effect she's had on public as they still support her through her downfall. Her life is portrayed as complicated and Lindsay illustrates an image of trying to get back on track and move forward in her life from her addiction. Although the business and chaos in this documentary shows how her image is never straight forward but rather changes all the time.

Conversations with little me

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Instagram builds on Lindsay's star image with her using her platform to reminisce on her younger self. This reel shows the diva star becoming settled and happy as her family life is shown as steady unlike we have seen in other videos. This once again challenges her troubled star persona and shows how much her star image has altered and changed through her journey with addiction.

Documentary

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Although her life is shown as complicated, the troubled star is also portrayed as a diva character through this documentary. We can see her addiction controls her life, altering her schedules and making her unreliable. When she is protecting herself we see a diva image and she can be passive aggressive to those around her trying to help. This shows just how complicated her life is since her addiction.

Waxman, 2007 'For Lohan, a mix of sympathy and scorn' The New York Times.

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Lohan's new image shows her Disney time has run out as the first images of her drink driving appeared in 2007. This article reaffirms her troubled star persona, showing a childhood star going wrong. The comparison to Marilyn Monroe and Brittany spears shows her star image falling into complicated and troubled talent, surrounded by addiction and pain.

People magazine cover 2004

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Family life is publicly displayed in media at just 18 years of age. This cover predicts her downfall as a teen going through these issues. Creating sympathy for Lindsay's image but also portraying the potential crisis to occur.

People magazine cover 2007

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This source clearly shows the confusion of the public at the start of her substance abuse as it questions what to expect next right as she gets her second arrest. 'Falls apart' shows her destruction of the star image she built up from a childhood star to a troubled teen.

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Family drama

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Press coverage of arrest

Oprah interview 2013

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Lindsay's interview portrays the chaos of the stars life. The need of peace as she was conforming to Hollywood's ways and never stopped. The interview gives a positive outlook on her future showing the star as getting the help she needs.

Whitman, Hollywood Life (2022)

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Lindsay's parents were 'abusing drugs' and 'abusing each other' as she was growing up in the Hollywood spot light, with both parents being in jail at different times. This family lifestyle while dealing with her growing spotlight at such a young age shows the complication of Lindsay's life leading to her troubled star image.

Lohan Beach house

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This shows creates the perception that Lohan surrounds herself with the party life. We can see her professional, working lifestyle but this presents how she entwines this with parties and alcohol.

New York Magazine Cover 2008

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The comparison of Lindsay Lohan to Marilyn Monroe shows the persistent damage of Hollywood to female star images. Marilyn was a talented actress caught up in her star image as her and Lindsay have been grouped together through their drug use and misbehaviour. This article shows the public perception of good talent gone to waste as many members of the public were disappointed by Marilyn's behaviour as such as talented star.

Tiger, Rebecca. Celebrity gossip blogs and the interactive construction of addiction. New Media and society, 2013. Pages 340-355.

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This Article states how '98%' of the 250 readers who posted responses to Hilton's story on Lohan's arrest 'expressed support'. The rest showed less sympathy towards her addiction. The amount of posts and articles surrounding Lindsay's addiction emerges her personal and star image, making her image questionable and perceived subjectively as each public reader understands the situation differently.

Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen

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Lindsay Lohan starred in Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen in 2004, portraying a spoilt, attention seeking teenager who wants more. Lindsay Lohan perfectly dramatises this role playing a troubled teenager with family issues turned good, successful girl.

Lohdown podcast

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Lindsay started her own podcast in April 2023, interviewing celebrities that she has either come in contact with or wants to get to know. This presents a different image to Lindsay through showing her with friendly faces, discussing what she loves and asking the questions herself instead of getting asked the questions.

Lindsay Lohan official

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Her website was posted on her instagram account for all of her followers to look at on the 7th July- setting up her main interests as film, music, fashion, her podcast and food and creating a fresh start with everything she's proud of in one place.

Music

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Even though Lindsay's main mode of media is film, she has released some singles in her career. Filming in Freaky Friday and Mean Girls have led her to have some music career.

Sister support

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Although family life for Lindsay can be dramatic, she has shown that she has a strong bond with her siblings.

Sanchez, 2022. BAZAAR. Lindsay reveals she stopped singing for her younger sister.

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Lindsay shows she has always put her support for her siblings first as she states in an interview 'I slowed down on the singing because my sister's biggest passion in life is singing.' Creating a bond for the public to see between her and her family that takes away from all the drama.

Drama Queen

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Her music career began through her musical features in movies.

Speak (2004)

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A little more personal (2005)

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Walmart Advertisement

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In this recent Walmart advertisement, Lindsay brings a spark of joy and hope to all the public as they reunite the mean girls cast to recreate and sell their products. This brings back the talent that everyone remembers of Lindsay Lohan and makes the public see her old self in her work.