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It's her world, we just live in it: Have you noticed the
rapidly building hype for Lindsay Lohan, the teen pop diva
who's being groomed to become a mini-corporate marketing
empire?
In the fame business, Linday Lohan is the heir apparent
for Britney Spears. Lohan has been in show business since
age four, and at age 18, she's already starred in flotsam
and jetsam like "Parent Trap," "Mean Girls," and "Freaky
Friday."
In "Freaky Friday," she actually sang -- and played
guitar -- so you know a album debut was just an agent phone
call away. Lohan, who released her debut album late 2004,
Speak saw chart success with the song "Rumors." And now
-- proving she's a least a flash in the pan, if not a true
semi-famous person -- her second video/tune hits the
airwaves.
The video starts a little downbeat, with Lohan strolling
meaningfully down a suburban street as leaves fall
dolefully. She gazes into her boyfriend's house, then
indulges in saucy make-out scenes, which cut to scenes of
her band performing and, for some reason, kids at a pool
party. The thing has "hit" written all over it.
This, of course, makes Hilary Duff very upset. Duff, who
owned the teen pop diva market until Lindsay Lohan was
created in the laboratory, might lose market share to the
new "it" girl. Lohan manages to be sexy but essentially
wholesome, where Duff is just, well, wholesome.
Hilary Duff, we can only assume, has a small voodoo doll
of Lindsay Lohan, and is piercing it with pins at this very
moment. But Lindsay Lohan has a large poster of Hilary that
she's throwing darts at. However, they can both relax: the
winner will be decided by corporate marketing budget, not
anything the performers' themselves do. And, with all those
products to endorse, there's room for both.
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