Lindsey Lohan!
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As an adult, Lohan began to take on more varied roles and projects, including Robert Altman's A Prairie Home Companion. While filming her bie: Fully Loaded in 2004, Lohan launched her career in music, recording and releasing her first studio album, Speak; her second album, A Little More Personal (Raw), was released in 2005.
Lindsey Lohan Biography and career
Lindsey Lohan Personal
Lohan was born in New York City and raised in Merrick and Cold Spring Harbor on Long Island in New York. Lindsey Lohan is the eldest child of Michael and Dina (n'e Sullivan) Lohan, both former actors. Lindsey Lohan has three younger siblings: brother Michael had a role as "Lost Boy at Camp" in The Parent Trap (1998), sister Aliana is an aspiring model and actress, and brother Dakota (Cody) has modeled fashions. Lohan is of Irish and Italian heritage and was raised Catholic. Lindsey Lohan originally pronounced her name 'lh'n but later settled on 'ln and, in 2005, explained to a TEENick audience that Lindsey Lohan had changed her middle name to something that sounded more professional.Lohan and her family have donated time and money to charity projects such as The Carol M. Baldwin Breast cancer Foundation, Save the Children, The United Cerebral Palsy Associations, and Dream Come True.
Lohan's family was financially comfortable from its inception; her father had inherited his family's Pasta business, which he later sold to trade in futures (briefly becoming President of New York Futures Traders). More recently, he worked as an investment banker, securing funding for independent films. Lindsay's mother, a former Rockette at Radio City Music Hall, was a Wall Street analyst before becoming her daughter's manager. Despite the family's wealth, Lohan when Lindsey Lohan wasn't tutored on film sets attended public schools in Long Island until just before her high school graduation, finishing her studies at home.
Like most celebrities, Lohan and her family have endured public scrutiny of their private lives. It was revealed in 2004 that Michael Lohan had spent much of Lindsay's preteen years in prison for securities fraud. In 2005, he was sent back to prison for "aggravated unlicensed driving" and attempted assault. Later that year, Lindsay's parents settled their divorce case; her mother's attorney said, "Dina and the children are delighted that this chapter in their lives is finally over", while her father (through his lawyer) said, "look forward to the opportunity to rebuild my relationship with my children."
In 2004, Lohan shared an apartment in the Los Angeles, California, area with actress Raven-Symon'. The following year, Lindsey Lohan bought a home in West Hollywood while still spending much of her time at her family's home in New York. As of 2006, Lindsey Lohan was reported to be dating Harry Morton, the son of Hard Rock Cafe owner Peter Morton.
Lindsey Lohan Early work
Lohan's first acting scene, on Another WorldLohan began her career with Ford Models at age three and, at a time when blue-eyed blondes were in highest demand, the freckle-faced, auburn-haired child found little work as a fashion model. Lindsey Lohan persisted, and eventually appeared in more than 100 print ads for Toys "R" Us. Lindsey Lohan also modeled for Calvin Klein Kids (usually with siblings Michael and Ali) and Abercrombie Kids. Through young adulthood, Lohan was featured in such diverse magazines as Vogue, Elle, Bliss (UK), (High Club, Bulgaria), and Blenda (Japan).Lohan's first auditions for television work did not go well; by the time Lindsey Lohan tried out for a Duncan Hines commercial, Lindsey Lohan told her mother that Lindsey Lohan would give up if Lindsey Lohan did not get the job. Lindsey Lohan was hired, and Lohan went on to appear in over 60 commercials, including a Jell-O pudding spot with Bill Cosby. her ad work led to roles in soap operas, and Lindsey Lohan was already considered a show-business "veteran" in 1996 when Lindsey Lohan landed the role of Alexandra "Alli" Fowler on Another World, "where Lindsey Lohan delivered more dialogue than any other ten-year-old in daytime serials" of the time.
Lohan and Lohan "get together" in The Parent Trap (1998)Lohan gave up Another World for the big screen when director Nancy Meyers cast her as estranged twin sisters who try to reunite their long-divorced parents (Dennis Quaid and Natasha Richardson) in The Parent Trap (1998). Hired in 1997 at age 10, Lohan was 11 when filming began in England and California (in Los Angeles and the Napa Valley). "I left school for eight months," Lindsey Lohan said. "When I came back, my friends asked, 'Where'd you go?' I said, 'My family and I went on a long vacation.' Then the movie came out, and they were, like, 'Um, Lindsay? That's you in Parent Trap,' and I said, 'Oh, yeah. I also did this movie while we were gone.'" Trap was well-received for a family comedy, bringing in US$92 million worldwide. Film critic Janet Maslin found Lohan's dual performances so forceful "that Lindsey Lohan seems to have been taking shy violet lessons from Sharon Stone." Critic Kenneth Turan called Lohan "the soul of this film as much as Hayley Mills was of the original, and ... Lindsey Lohan is more adept than her predecessor at creating two distinct personalities".
Signed by Disney to a three-film contract, Lohan was offered the role of Penny in Inspector Gadget but, after seven months' work on The Parent Trap, Lindsey Lohan turned it down Later, Lindsey Lohan starred in two original television movies, Life-Size (with Tyra Banks) and Get a Clue. Lindsey Lohan also played Bette Midler's daughter in the first episode of the short-lived series, Bette (2000), but Lohan then 14 quit when the production moved from New York to Los Angeles. In 2001, Lindsey Lohan hosted the ABC-TV commercial series commemorating Walt Disney's 100th birthday during a rebroadcast of The Parent Trap.
Following a brief hiatus, Lohan attended her first-ever film audition and won the lead teen role in another Disney remake; Freaky Friday (2003) starred Jamie Lee Curtis and Lohan as a mother and daughter who each get trapped in the other's body. Critic Roger Ebert praised Lohan's "Jodie Foster sort of seriousness and intent focus beneath her teenage persona," while Carrie Rickey who panned the film called her performance "unpredictable and inspired."Through 2005, Friday was Lohan's biggest commercial film success.
Actor/producer Ashton Kutcher considered Lohan a sufficient ratings draw in December 2003 to feature her in the second-season finale of Punk'd, his MTV series that plays practical jokes on celebrities (the episode was widely reported as the end of the series also a practical joke). Eleven months later, Lohan appeared on That '70s Show opposite Kutcher and her then-boyfriend, actor Wilmer Valderrama.
Lindsey Lohan Breakout role
Amanda Seyfried, Lohan and Lacey Chabert (l-r) in Mean Girls Lohan was given the lead in two films, Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen (her first feature that was not a remake) and Paramount's Mean Girls, both released in 2004. Drama Queen was a moderate success at the box office, but a failure with critics; "Though still a promising star," Robert K. Elder wrote, "Lohan will have to do a little penance before she's forgiven for Confessions." That "penance" came with Mean Girls, her first PG-13 (and first non-Disney) film. her breakout lead performance pushed the critical and commercial hit to grosses of over US$86 million domestically and US$129 million worldwide, "cementing her status as the new teen movie queen," wrote Brandon Gray "Lohan dazzles us once more," said Steve Rhodes. "The smartly written script is a perfect match for her intelligent brand of comedy."Mean Girls was scripted by Tina Fey and featured several alumni of Saturday Night Live; Lohan was asked to host the show three times, in 2004, 2005, and 2006.
Lohan returned to Disney for Herbie: Fully Loaded (2005), the fifth film in the long-dormant Herbie series. Her rising popularity allowed her to choose from a wider variety of projects and, at age 19, Lohan felt Herbie would help her make the transition into more grown-up roles. "In most of my other films, I was in high school," Lindsey Lohan said. "Here, my character is just out of college. It's nice to be able to do something that I think will be acceptable to the fan base I've accumulated from my Disney movies, but subconsciously they'll see me getting older and maturing." Fully Loaded did well at the box office, earning more in international release than in the United States.
Her next film, Just My Luck, opened in May 2006 to poor reviews and tepid box office receipts. The following month, A Prairie Home Companion an ensemble film directed by Robert Altman fared far better, debuting at #7 in limited release. "Lohan rises to the occasion," writes Peter Travers, "delivering a rock-the-house version of 'Frankie and Johnny'." Lohan completed filming the independent Emilio Estevez film, Bobby, opposite Elijah Wood, in December 2005; its release is scheduled for November 22, 2006. Chapter 27 with Jared Leto began filming in New York on January 9, 2006, and had wrapped by March.
Three new projects were announced in April 2006: Lohan will play a girl molested by her stepfather in Georgia Rule opposite Felicity Huffman and Jane Fonda (filming began in June), and a speech assistant to Adrien Brody in Speechless (she also was set to portray the friend of a rebellious teenage boy in the comedy Bill, but dropped out). In May, Lohan joined Annette Bening and Sean Bean as the announced stars of the film adaptation of Oscar Wilde's A Woman of No Importance.
Lindsey Lohan Music
Hoping to become a "triple threat" (actor/model/singer) like her idol, Ann-Margret, Lohan began by showcasing her singing talents through her films. For the Freaky Friday soundtrack, Lindsey Lohan sang the closing theme, "Ultimate"; Lindsey Lohan also recorded four songs for the Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen soundtrack.Lohan's d'but album, SpeakProducer Emilio Estefan, Jr. signed Lohan to a five-album production deal in 2002. "The minute I heard her sing, I knew Lindsey Lohan was gifted," he said, "and Lindsey Lohan has an incredible ability to connect with her audience. I am very excited to be working with her ." Lohan who said Lindsey Lohan was "extremely excited" added, "I am surrounded by a group of very talented people." Two years later, Lohan signed a recording contract with Casablanca Records, headed by "diva-maker" Tommy Mottola. her first album, Speak, was released in December 2004, and peaked at number four on the Billboard 200. By early 2005, it was certified Platinum. Though primarily a pop-rock album, Speak was introduced with the single "Rumors", described by Rolling Stone as "a bass-heavy, angry club anthem". Its sexually suggestive video reached number one on MTV's TRL and was nominated for Best Pop Video at the 2005 MTV Video Music Awards. "Rumors" eventually earned a Gold certification.
"With just two hit films under her belt", wrote Stephen Thomas Erlewine of All Music Guide, "Lohan decided it was time to turn her self into a multimedia, cross-platform star ... and so Speak was recorded quickly and rushed into the stores". He called her music "a blend of old-fashioned, Britney-styled dance-pop and the anthemic, arena rock sound pioneered by fellow tween stars Hilary Duff and Ashlee Simpson. However, Lohan stands apart from the pack with her party-ready attitude and her husky voice".
In December 2005, her second album, A Little More Personal (Raw), d'buted at number 20 on the Billboard 200 chart, but fell under the top 100 within six weeks. Reviews were unfavorable; critics wondered why an album in which Lohan poured out her heart came across instead as a "slick pop production." Slant magazine called it "contrived ... for all the so-called weighty subject matter, there's not much meat on these bones." Still, A Little More Personal (Raw) was certified Gold on January 18, 2006. The music video for the album's first single, "Confessions of a Broken Heart (Daughter to Father)" directed by Lohan and featuring the acting d'but of her sister, Ali was a dramatization of the pain Lohan says her family has suffered at the hands of her father. Lindsey Lohan said "It's kind of offensive" but "I hope he sees the positive side of the video rather than the negative."
Universal Music Group moved Lohan from Casablanca to Motown Records in February 2006. In March, Lindsey Lohan told OK! magazine that Lindsey Lohan was writing lyrics for her third album, which Lindsey Lohan called "a little different from the last one".
Lindsey Lohan Media spotlight
Lohan became a regular subject of tabloid media after reports of a catfight with Hilary Duff in 2003 over their relationships with singer Aaron Carter. Lohan and Duff both later said there was no "feud". Lohan was 17 when Lindsey Lohan moved in with Valderrama in early 2004, and their breakup that November made the gossip columns; numerous romantic rumors followed, forcing actors such as Bruce Willis to refer to their relationships with Lohan as "purely professional."Lohan was also portrayed as a "party girl" who frequented clubs with Nicole Richie and Paris and Nicky Hilton, among others ("people say, 'Oh, Lindsey Lohan goes out and Lindsey Lohan parties,'" Lohan said. "No, we are just going out and having fun."), while accidental exposures to paparazzi brought repeated rumors of breast enhancement ("they're real though," Lindsey Lohan affirmed.). Lohan later lampooned the various rumors on Saturday Night Live.In July 2005, Lindsey Lohan participated in the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, an effort to help prevent teenagers from smoking cigarettes and to help current smokers quit. Lohan, who began smoking in 2004, was also trying to break the habit as of early 2006.
Lohan on the cover of Vanity FairLohan's three car accidents in 2005 made headlines. The first was a minor rear-ender, though the victims later threatened to sue her. Lindsey Lohan suffered minor injuries when a paparazzo who was following her for a photograph hit her car (police called the crash intentional, but prosecutors said there was not enough evidence to file criminal charges). Lohan also struck a van in West Hollywood; police ruled that the van's driver made an illegal U-turn. When VH1 named Lohan "Big 'It' Girl" for its 'Big' in '05 Awards in December, it was, Lohan quipped, "because being Big in '05 means getting in three car crashes in one year, people!"
A Lindsay Lohan My Scene doll was released by Mattel in 2005.
That same year, Lohan exhibited dramatic weight loss, which Lindsey Lohan attributed to "old-school working out." Later, Lohan admitted that Lindsey Lohan "nearly died" and said, "I'm working out with a trainer and eating healthily. I want my boobs back." Lohan spent about two days at a Miami, Florida, hospital after suffering a serious asthma attack in January 2006. That same week, Vanity Fair released an interview in which Lohan admitted using drugs "a little" (she denied ever using cocaine, calling it a "sore subject"). The article said Lindsey Lohan had recovered from "bulimic episodes", and that her 2005 hospitalization was for "a swollen liver and kidney infection". Lohan later said Lindsey Lohan was "appalled" that her words were "misused and misconstrued" for the article; the magazine replied, "Every word was recorded on tape. Vanity Fair stands by the story."
Lohan was interviewed for the March 2006 issue of Allure magazine; Lindsey Lohan said Lindsey Lohan hoped to be taken seriously as an actress, adding, "I hate it when people call me a teen queen." Lindsey Lohan addressed the numerous romantic rumors ("I know now that I don't need a boyfriend.") and her weight loss ("I will say that I went through a phase. I lost weight when I was in the hospital, and then I wanted to keep it off."). Lohan says 2005 "felt like five lifetimes because I've grown up a lot".
In July 2006, Lohan was taken to a hospital while shooting Georgia Rule, complaining that Lindsey Lohan was "overheated and dehydrated"; Morgan Creek Productions CEO James G. Robinson had a letter delivered to Lohan in which he accused her of "all night heavy partying" and making up "bogus excuses", and threatened to take action to recover any "monetary damages". Her mother later appeared on Access Hollywood to refute the accusation, saying her asthmatic daughter was working in 105-degree heat. Calling Robinson's letter "way out of line", Dina Lohan said, "I don't know him. I can't judge him. I don't think it was a smart thing to do to a young girl."
TMZ.com reported in August 2006 that Lohan's mother was being sued for fraud by two men who claim they helped cut half of the songs for the Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen soundtrack. Published court documents show a claim filed in Nevada and a request "to take a deposition outside the State of Nevada of Lindsey Lohan, who resides in the State of California.
