Alba Plays Hardball with "Playboy" By Sarah Hall 1 hour, 32 minutes ago Jessica Alba is not feeling particularly playful about her unwitting role as a Playboy cover girl. The Sin City star, whose bikini-clad bod graces the cover of the nudie mag's March issue, is threatening to sue the publication for using her image for commercial purposes without her consent and causing "immeasurable harm" to her reputation and career. Earlier this week, Alba's legal team at celeb-friendly firm Lavely & Singer fired off a strongly worded legal missive to Playboy Enterprises, accusing Hugh Hefner et al of making it seem like she appears in a "nude or semi-nude pictorial" within the pages of the magazine. In the letter, available for viewing at the Smoking Gun Website, Alba's attorney, Brian Wolf, claims that the actress was approached by the magazine about posing for photos in connection with an article on Hollywood's 25 sexiest celebrities, but that she refused the offer and denied Playboy permission to use her picture. Despite Alba's flat-out rejection, her lawyer alleges that Playboy went ahead and obtained a publicity photo of the Into the Blue star under false pretenses by telling Columbia Pictures that the actress had approved the use of the photo, which then wound up on the cover of the bunny-eared publication. According to Wolf's letter, Alba's outrage stems in part from the potential injustice visited upon Playboy readers who might be duped into purchasing the plastic-sealed magazine because of the misleading insinuation that she trades her bathing suit for her birthday suit within its pages. "In featuring Ms. Alba's photograph on the cover of Playboy's March issue, it is clear that Playboy's intent was to create a false belief and/or expectation among the public that Ms. Alba voluntarily appeared in the nude, or semi-nude and that a revealing pictorial of her in contained in Playboy's March issue," Wolf fumes. On behalf of his wronged client, Wolf demands that Playboy "cease and desist" from distributing the offending issue of the magazine and shell out an as-yet undetermined monetary settlement to Alba to compensate her for the damage wrought upon her "good name, reputation and career." He also requests that Playboy turn over any profits from the sale of its Alba issue to the reluctant cover girl. The magazine's allegedly unauthorized use of Alba's photo also earned a stern rebuke from Sony Pictures' legal department, which expressed "dismay and anger over the outrageous, unethical behavior utilized by Playboy personnel" to obtain the cover shot. While Sony has reserved the right to take legal action against the magazine, for now, the studio simply wants an apology and the assurance that Playboy won't resort to similar shenanigans in the future. When she's not busy defending her modesty, Alba has a busy production slate ahead of her, as she prepares to return for sequels to both The Fantastic Four and Sin City. She recently wrapped filming on the upcoming thrilled Awake, in which she stars opposite Hayden Christensen. The film is slated for a fall release. http://www.yahoo.com/s/276372
ruck Alba! LL is poppin out all over! http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2004580002-2006100036,00.html
Lohan is ridiculously overrated. She looks like crap now and is just a strung-out junkie with a massive complex. Evan
Alba's going to be begging Playboy for a pictorial in 5 years, so I don't know why she's acting so indignant.
My friend and I had an idea: Every hot, young actress/singer/model should pose naked for Playboy while they're in their prime. HOWEVER, the photo shots would be kept in storage (or held by a firm like PWC, like the Oscar ballots) until such time as they consent. Alba could pose naked for shots, then give the okay to Playboy years later when she's broke and penniless (because she sucks at acting). The starlets win because they have one additional source of revenue later on (and additional fame), Playboy wins because they sell more magazines, and the fans win because they get to see Alba naked in her prime (albeit years later), as opposed to when she's older and has gone through the "Britney Spears treatment." And PricewaterhouseCoopers wins because they get the prestige of holding on to and securing these legendary photos. Everyone wins. THE END.
I say go get em, girl! That's a bunch of bs tease crapola to sell magazines. Sue those bastids! Down with Hugh!
LOL! I have always found it hilarious how some celebrity girls say "I would never pose fully nude" when they have a trail of pictures and movie appearances where they leave very little for people to guess about. Yah, sure, she's a "wholesome" girl
When I went to the Fantastic Four premier I got to see down Jessica Alba's dress when she was leaning out through a window. She's not big, but she was wearing some super bra that kept things very tight and allowed for excess cleavage. She is hot in person, but because her pictures are so touched up she looks different in real life, in fact if you look at her pictures from the last eight years, she changes her look and complexion every year. I prefer the lighter skin and dark hair more, but cali-style now is ok too. VesceySux wins the thread.
