Jessica Alba Wants to Sue Hugh Hefner *update- she forgives him*
Actress Jessica Alba has threatened Playboy lothario Hugh Hefner with legal action, insisting the March issue of his magazine suggests she poses "nude or semi-nude".
Alba shot off a legal warning to the magazine mogul after realizing her image had been placed on the cover of the soft-porn publication, without her knowledge or consent.
The letter demands Playboy immediately stops distributing the offending issue, and Alba insists a "monetary settlement" is appropriate.
Alba's lawyer Brian Wolf claims the actress had previously turned down a substantial payment to be a Playboy cover girl and accuses the publication of tricking Colombia Pictures into allowing them a promotional shot from her film 'Into The Blue.'
Colombia Pictures have also written to Hefner, slamming the "outrageous, unethical behavior utilized by Playboy personnel to obtain" the racy shot.
from World Entertainment News Network 2006
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The way she's provocatively promoted herself over the years to compensate for lack of talent means she'll be heading for Playboy in the future anyway, once the roles inevitably dry up and get passed over to the next hot girl waiting round the corner.......
she might as well get Playboy out of her system now....
While I would be pissed if I was Alba... what does she expect. Whenever I see her on magazine covers she is prancing around in a bikini or very little clothing. Not to mention she has made a movie career of being scantily clad. Frankly, I don't feel sorry for her.
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^I think the main issue here is that she never agreed to be on the cover in the first place, be it a playboy or marie claire cover!
Here's a quote from the cnn.com story on this:
Alba's lawyers say that after the "Fantastic Four" star refused to pose for Playboy, the magazine tricked Sony Pictures into giving them a publicity photo from her 2005 film "Into the Blue," for the cover.
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Those rolls that she plays are for her "career". Her choosing to be/ not to be on playboy seems to me- to not have been a "career" move she wanted to make.
So what if she wore "sexy" clothing and played a stripper. She WANTED to! She did not WANT to be on Playboy. What is so difficult to comprehend?
She has always said that she hates the fact that everyone wants her half naked in all her films or in photos and if she had the choice I am sure she would be fully clothed in most everything she does. But what other attractive actress can you name that hasnt done the same throughout their career? The choice for was have a career or don't. This is the cost. Let's face it, sex sells and Hollywood exists today because of it. HOWEVER, you have the choice to be on a magazine cover, no? What you wear...not so much but to be on one nonetheless. When on Playboy, it's pretty much a given that your going to be as naked as possible. She is in a serious relationship right now.. they disrespected her rights greatly. There is no denying that.
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actually, you do not have a choice. the image of her in a bikini is a legitimate picture of her in support of some movie. playboy bought rights to that image in order to publish it. therefore, they are allowed to print it in their magazine.
A Playboy spokeswoman said Alba was placed on the cover after being chosen "sexiest star of the year" by its readers. She was included inside the magazine in an article on the top 25 sexiest celebrities as chosen in an online poll "Many celebrities have appeared on the cover of Playboy, but not nude, including Claudia Schiffer, Paris Hilton, Goldie Hawn, Raquel Welch, Barbra Streisand, Brooke Shields</SPAN> and Donald Trump," Playboy spokeswoman Lauren Malone said.
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