Tabloid

[In honor of what some have called a "Lohanaissance," we're bringing back this conversation from 2022 that looks back at LiLo's formative years. Enjoy.] Lindsay Lohan’s name has become synonymous with maladaptive child stardom, toxic tabloid culture, and the general trainwreckery of the mid-aughts—but it wasn’t always that way. Lena Dunham and Alissa Bennett unpack LiLo’s childhood, her precocious talent and early popularity, the media’s perverse fascination with her prepubescent body, and the beginnings of her Bad Behavior headlines which would drastically influence 2000s pop culture. Lena also shares moments throughout her youth and career during which her and Lilo’s paths have overlapped. For Part 2 of The Lindsay Lohan series on The C-Word, subscribe to the Luminary Channel of Apple Podcasts or directly on Luminary. The C-Word: on Luminary http://luminary.link/lenaThe C-Word on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-c-word/id1567724444

Sex tapes get more common, and celebrity bashing gets meaner.

Pam and Tommy’s sex tape created a whole new way to get famous.

Pamela and Tommy’s sex tape goes from a safe in the woods to sex shops all over the country.

Old world porn bosses + internet upstarts = the celebrity sex tape phenomenon.

A jilted electrician, a stolen safe, and some very invasive cameras.

Pam and Tommy fall in love, and the whole world comes along for the ride.

You probably know Tina Fey’s iconic camp masterpiece, Mean Girls—but do you know the real-life story behind the screenplay? Infamous co-host Vanessa Grigoriadis talks to Zoe Nightingale, the actual person whose mean streak in high school inspired the character of Regina George, about all of it. Listen here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/infamous/id1652941051?i=1000642020663.