''Living Lohan'' is an American
reality television
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series that debuted on
E!. It premiered on May 26, 2008 and ended on July 27, 2008, with a total of 9 episodes over the course of 1 season.
Synopsis
The program documents the daily lives of
Lindsay Lohan
Lindsay Dee Lohan ( ; born July 2, 1986) is an American actress and singer. Born in New York City and raised on Long Island, Lohan was signed to Ford Models at the age of three. Having appeared as a regular on the television soap opera '' An ...
's family, with most of the focus on her mother and manager
Dina
Dina ( ar, دينا, he, דִּינָה, also spelled Dinah, Dena, Deena) is a female given name.
Women
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* Princess Dina Mired of Jordan (born 1965), Princ ...
and younger sister
Aliana's attempt to break into show business. Also appearing are brother Dakota "Cody" Lohan, grandmother Ann "Nana" Sullivan, who is Dina's mother and a former radio actress, and Jeremy Greene, a music producer helping Aliana with her debut album. Lindsay did not participate in the series.
According to Dina, the series did not air a second season because producers "wanted us to do these crazy things, like my son cheating on his girlfriend, me faking a pregnancy. I was like, 'No, no, no! They had ideas that weren't conducive to our ideas."
Critical reception
Gillian Flynn
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of ''
Entertainment Weekly
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'' graded the show F and commented, "The irritation turned to repulsion around the first minute ... Dina snipes about the
paparazzi
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's invasion of privacy, but thanks to her, there's not much left to invade."
Troy Patterson of ''
Slate
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'' magazine said, "The show is crisply edited and tangily ironic without pushing its points too hard .... ''Living Lohan'' is not just a symptom of cultural decay but an active agent of it, commodifying the very youth and soul of Ali Lohan—younger sister of poor little Lindsay ... ''Living Lohan'' is one big exploitative mess."
Mark A. Perigard of the ''
Boston Herald
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'' graded the show D and said, "''Living Lohan'' scrapes the bottom of the stupidity barrel."
Brian Lowry of ''
Variety
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'' said, "It's a tedious exercise, joining E!'s ''
Keeping Up with the Kardashians
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'' in the realm of mother-daughter bonding experiences, with limited appeal beyond, perhaps appropriately, those pesky tabloids for which the featured "talent" profess disdain... The show at times provides unintended comedy, representing E!'s best hope of transforming ''Living Lohan'' into a guilty pleasure, if not for the reasons Dina (who doubles as a producer) would doubtless like... the most salient aspect of the series is that it's profoundly boring, wringing out sprinkles of drama as best it can."
While on ''
Live with Regis and Kelly
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'',
Anderson Cooper
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bashed the show during the opening segment of the chat show.
Kelly Ripa
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proceeds to show Cooper what the show is about. Video of Cooper's comments was placed in the "Top 20 Best Clips of the Year" by ''
The Soup
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''when he stated "I cannot believe I'm wasting a minute of my life watching these horrific people."
Episodes
Home releases
The show was released on DVD in Australia by
Shock Records
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History
The three founding members had all previously worked in music retail or distribution: Williams for a Melbourne distribution company called "Musi ...
on March 28, 2009.
"All the Way Around"
"All the Way Around" is a single performed by American
pop recording artist
Aliana Lohan
Aliana Taylor "Ali" Lohan ( ; born December 22, 1993) is an American singer, actress, model and television personality. Lohan is the younger sister of actress and singer Lindsay Lohan.
Early life
Lohan was born in Cold Spring Harbor, New York, ...
. The song was showing during the "Show Girls" episode, even though snippets of the song were played throughout the run of the series. It was released digitally on July 14, 2008. "All the Way Around" reached #75 on the
Hot Digital Songs
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Background
The single, which was recorded in Las Vegas and Los Angeles, was produced by Emanuel "Eman" Kiriakou and written by Kara DioGuardi
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. This was the first single to be released through upstart Maloof Music and distributed through Interscope Records
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.
Charts
Release history
References
External links
*
The Boulevard Magazine website
Living Lohan Fan Site
*
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