Archive for the ‘entertainment’ Category
- In: backlash | BBC NEWS | cosmetics | entertainment | in | row | Thurman
- Leave a Comment
US actress Uma Thurman is countersuing French cosmetics firm Lancome for $15m (£8m) over the use of her name and face in advertising campaigns.
Thurman, 38, claims the firm boosted its sales by allowing her image to be used on Canadian billboards and Asian web sites after her contract expired.
Thurman’s legal action follows Lancome’s on Wednesday in Manhattan.
The firm denied breach of contract and asked the judge to dismiss Thurman’s original claim for $1m (£512,000).
Until then, lawyers on both sides had been trying to come to an out-of-court agreement.
The actress’s legal case claims Lancome enhanced its “prestige, stature and bargaining power” by helping retailers and others use her in advertising after September 2004.
The company gave the “false impression” Thurman was still linked to Lancome, her case says.
It also failed to tell wholesalers and retailers to stop using the ads that feature Thurman, said her lawyer Bertram Fields.
“Celebrities will now be careful about doing deals with Lancome,” he told Reuters.
“They continued to use her photographs long after the contract was over.”
Lindsay Lohan’s Mugshot Used In Liquor Industry Ad – Entertainment on The Huffington Post
Posted on: May 4, 2008
- In: Ad | entertainment | Huffington Post | in | industry | lindsay lohan | Liquor | Mugshot | on | The | Used
- Leave a Comment
Lindsay Lohan is not exactly toasting her latest public appearance. A mugshot of the 21-year-old actress, who has been in and out of rehab after two arrests last year on drunken driving and cocaine charges, was prominently featured Friday in an advertisement attacking legislation for devices that measure a driver’s blood alcohol level before their vehicle can start.
The full-page black-and-white ad appeared in USA Today on Friday and was paid for by the American Beverage Institute, a trade group that supports the interests of the alcohol industry. The ad reads “Ignition interlocks are a good idea for” above Lohan’s mug shot from her July 24, 2007 arrest and “But a bad idea for us” above smaller photos of people drinking.
“The reason that we used Lindsay Lohan is because she’s had multiple DUIs that have been high profile,” American Beverage Institute managing director Sarah Longwell told The Associated Press. “We needed to create the distinction for the public what someone with multiple DUIs looked like versus a low blood-alcohol-level first-time offender.”
Lawmakers in several states have passed bills that would require drunken driving offenders to pay for and install an ignition interlock system. Under many such laws, the interlock requirement extends to first-time offenders driving while “highly intoxicated” _ or with a blood alcohol level of 0.15 percent or higher.
The ad suggested that ignition interlocks were fine for “hard-core” drunk drivers, but suggested they would bring an end to champagne toasts at weddings, wine at dinner and ballgame beers.
“USA Today is idiotic to run such an irresponsible advertisement suggesting that drinking and driving is some kind of American ‘tradition’ we should protect,” Lohan’s lawyer Blair Berk said in a statement. “Not identifying that this ad was paid for by the liquor and restaurant industries is profoundly reckless.
- In: entertainment | Gisele Bundchen | high-earning | list | Models | of | Reuters | tops
- Leave a Comment
(Reuters) – Brazilian Gisele Bundchen is the world’s top supermodel with estimated earnings of $35 million during the past year, according to new ranking released on Wednesday.
She more than doubled the estimated $14 million earned by Heidi Klum, who came in at No. 2 on the list by Forbes.com, followed by Kate Moss with $7.5 million, Adriana Lima with $7 million and Doutzen Kroes with $6 million.
Forbes.com said that although Bundchen finished her lucrative Victoria’s Secret contract last year, she continues to juggle 20 other modeling jobs.
“The 27-year-old continues to bag new contracts, noticeably with Pantene and a cosmetics giant yet to be named. Her face graces ads for Disney, Nivea, Vogue eyewear and Aquascutum, the U.K.-based luxury line,” Forbes.com said.
“Her line of Grendene sandals, Ipanema by Gisele, banks her about $6 million a year. And her romance with New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady keeps her in the tabloids,” it added.
The web site said that while Klum is still a Victoria’s Secret model, the mother of three is “more of a media and retail mogul” these days with her U.S. “Project Runway” and “Germany’s Next Top Model” hosting duties and lines of jewelry, jeans and skincare.
Bloggers abuzz about Miley Cyrus photo scandal | Entertainment | People | Reuters
Posted on: May 1, 2008
(Billboard) – Miley Cyrus is the only recent teen superstar who has had to manage career-endangering controversy in the midst of major success on several fronts.
drawControls();
The wholesome 15-year-old singer apologized on Sunday for posing for sexually provocative pictures for Vanity Fair, and has taken a drubbing in the media. Everything had been going so well: She has three albums on the Billboard 200, a box office hit with a recent concert film, a sold-out 2007 tour, as well as a hugely popular television show.
The first measure of Cyrus’ album sales since the story broke won’t be available until May 7, but Nielsen BuzzMetrics, which measures blog traffic, shows a 150% spike in discussion about Cyrus’ album “Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert” between April 27 and April 29.
That album was perched at No. 3 on The Billboard 200 last week. She also has two other albums on the chart: “Hannah Montana 2” (No. 34) and “Hannah Montana 2: Non-Stop Dance Party” (No. 141).
To date, the singer and star of the Disney Channel series “Hannah Montana” has sold nearly 7 million records in the United States between her two personas, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
Other teen musicians touched by scandals in the rece
- In: Breaking News | entertainment | Nightclubs | Opinions | report | Socialite
- Leave a Comment
Ryan Seacrest addresses “Paula Abdul rumors”
Ryan Seacrest addressed the rumors that Paula Abdul might get canned from “American Idol” after her loopy behavior on Tuesday night.
Abdul critiqued contestant Jason Castro on both of his performances even though he had only sang once.
This sparked speculation among gossip columns that someone else might be writing Paula’s comments or that “American Idol” might be scripted.
On Wednesday’s results show, Seacrest said Abdul was a part of the family and loved. Awww. Warm and fuzzies.
As for the other people competing to stay on the show, Brooke White got voted off. That leaves David Archuleta, David Cook, Jason Castro and Syesha Mercado as the top 4!
- In: entertainment | global | industry | merges | Sport
- Leave a Comment
An unprecedented auction at the Hilton Towers hotel in Mumbai on February 20 illustrated just how dramatically sport is spreading beyond traditional boundaries and merging into the global entertainment industry.
At the conclusion, India’s one-day cricket captain Mahendra Dhoni was richer by $1.5 million for approximately six weeks’ work. Dhoni was the biggest winner after eight franchises had bid around $20 million for players to take part in the Indian Premier League (IPL) Twenty20 tournament starting on April 18.
The sums in themselves were eye catching, if nothing outlandish compared to the purses commanded by leading prize fighters.
But they were paid for a form of cricket specifically designed to appeal to a worldwide television audience and featuring players chosen not by selectors but in a marketplace for a competition sanctioned, but not organized, by the game’s traditional authorities.
“A hundred years ago your community was your local town and village,” Mark Waller, a senior vice-president with the National Football League (NFL), told Reuters. “Two thousand of you wandered down to the stadium or the church or whatever and that was your focal point. Then it became your county or your country and now it is a global community. There are no boundaries now.
“The world is a global one. Brands, entertainment and sports properties operate at a global level and our job is to make sure that we cater to these people.”
EXPANSION PLANS
Last October, the NFL staged its first regular-season game outside the United States, a sellout meeting between eventual Super Bowl champions the New York Giants and the Miami Dolphins at London’s Wembley stadium, home of the English national soccer team. Continued…
Valleywag - valleywag.wordpress.com 
Recent Comments