Actress Lindsay Lohan who has been in the eye of a media storm because of
reports of her drinking problems and also because of a video that allegedly
shows her using cocaine, did not shy from the cameras Tuesday evening (May 8)
as she walked the red carpet in New York City for the premiere of her film,
"Georgia Rule."

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1. VARIOUS OF THE EXTERIOR OF THE ZIEGFELD THEATER, THE VENUE FOR THE
PREMIERE OF "GEORGIA RULE"
2. ACTRESS LINDSAY LOHAN ON THE RED CARPET
3. FANS ACROSS THE RED CARPET SHOUTING FOR LINDSAY
4. (SOUNDBITE) (English) LINDSAY LOHAN, ACTRESS WHO IS ONE OF THE LEADS IN
"GEORGIA RULE", SAYING:
"The thing was I was never really, I mean I knew I did something
wrong, that was obvious. I took care of that, that was me, I was nineteen
during filming, but it wasn't like that on the set, they blow things out of
proportion and the work that we had in the movie, and all the craft that
everyone put into it, really showed through and that's what's
important."
5. A CAMERAPERSON
6. (SOUNDBITE) (English) LINDSAY LOHAN, ACTRESS WHO IS ONE OF THE LEADS IN
"GEORGIA RULE", SAYING:
"No, no, I love it, this is what I do I am an entertainer, I like
it. I like talking to people so that people know that I'm a real person, and
I'm not some Hollywood change girl."
7. MEDIA COVERING THE RED CARPET
8. LOHAN GIVING AN INTERVIEW

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9. A CLIP FROM THE TRAILER OF THE FILM, "GEORGIA RULE"

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10. ACTRESS JANE FONDA ON THE CARPET, FIRST POSING FOR PICTURES WITH
DIRECTOR OF "GEORGIA RULES" GARRY MARSHALL
11. FANS ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE RED CARPET
12. MARSHALL AND FONDA ON THE RED CARPET GIVING INTERVIEWS
13. (SOUNDBITE) (English) GARRY MARSHALL, DIRECTOR OF "GEORGIA
RULE", SAYING:
"Life is more important than showbusiness, it's my advice. Have a
life and try to keep friends around that will help you have a life, and she's
working on it. She's going to do all right."
14. ACTOR GARRETT HEDLUND ON THE RED CARPET
15. (SOUNDBITE) (English) GARRETT HEDLUND, ACTOR WHO IS ONE OF THE MALE
LEADS IN "GEORGIA RULE", SAYING:
"I won't say that, I know that in press everything really gets
blown out of proportion, I just know that I mean we got every one of our
scenes filmed. We went home at the end of the day complete and that's
that."
16. JANE FONDA ON THE CARPET

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17. FONDA AND LOHAN ON THE SETS OF "GEORGIA RULE"
18. (SOUNDBITE) (English) JANE FONDA, ACTRESS WHO IS ONE OF THE LEADS IN
"GEORGIA RULE", SAYING:
"She has an ability to access her emotions - that's very
beautiful. She's made me cry several times when I am giving her the off stage
lines, and she's made me cry. She's very moving."
19. A CLIP FROM THE TRAILER OF THE FILM, "GEORGIA RULE"

STORY:
Less than a month after coming out of rehab, actress Lindsay Lohan,
whose late-night partying with the likes of Paris Hilton fueled tabloid
headlines and who has been reported to have caused some trouble on the sets of
the film "Georgia Rule" by being late for shoots, hit the red carpet
regardless in New York City on Tuesday (May 8) for the premiere of the film.

Lohan, 20, shot to stardom as a kid in Disney movies like "The
Parent Trap" and "Freaky Friday," and as her fame grew, so did
persistent hounding from the paparazzi as the young actress was nearly weekly
caught out club hopping in Los Angeles.
In July last year, the producer of "Georgia Rule", wrote a
letter to Lohan in which he called her behavior "discourteous,
irresponsible and unprofessional" because she was showing up late to the
movie's set. Lohan portrays a head-strong, troubled young woman in the film.

When asked about the situation on the sets and all the brouhaha around
her being late for shoots, Lindsay replied that things might have been blown
out of proportion in the gossip mills.
"The thing was I was never really, I mean I knew I did something
wrong, that was obvious. I took care of that, that was me, I was nineteen
during filming, but it wasn't like that on the set, they blow things out of
proportion and the work that we had in the movie, and all the craft that
everyone put into it, really showed through and that's what's important,"
said Lohan.
Lohan has said earlier in an interview with Allure magazine that she had
been a bit irresponsible at the time of filming "Georgia Rule"
because she was going through something then in her life.
According to Allure, at the time, she was ending the relationship with
then boyfriend Harry Morton, who is the son of Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
founder Peter Morton.
This past January, Lohan checked herself into a Los Angeles
rehabilitation clinic for one month.
Later, when asked by another reporter on the red carpet whether she
found facing the media at premieres like this a grueling task, Lohan replied
in the negative, saying that getting a chance to convey her real self to
people was important to her.
"No, no, I love it, this is what I do I am an entertainer, I like
it. I like talking to people so that people know that I'm a real person, and
I'm not some Hollywood change girl," Lohan said.
Lohan also hugged her director in "Georgia Rule", Garry
Marshall, on the red carpet. Lohan said that he was glad that he was able to
complete the film in proper time, and was excited that the film was finally
going to be in theaters.
When asked whether he might have any advice for Lohan, Marshall
answered, "Life is more important than showbusiness, it's my advice. Have
a life and try to keep friends around that will help you have a life, and
she's working on it. She's going to do all right."
Actor Garrett Hedlund, who plays Lohan's love interest in the film, said
that he didn't think it would be right to say that the atmosphere on the sets
of the film was difficult because of Lohan.
"I won't say that, I know that in press everything really gets
blown out of proportion, I just know that I mean we got every one of our
scenes filmed. We went home at the end of the day complete and that's
that," said Hedlund.
Jane Fonda, who plays Lohan's grandmother in "Georgia Rule",
did not speak to Reuters on the red carpet but in an earlier interview done on
the sets of the film, with the in-house crews, she praised Lohan's ability to
"access her emotions" as an actress.
"Georgia Rule", which also stars actress Felicity Huffman, and
tells the story of a three different generations of women in one family and
the difficult but strong bond they share, opens in U.S. theaters on May 11th.