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An unnamed actress is suing IMDB for a million dollars after she says they revealed her age. She says she never revealed her age and that IMDB obtained it from her credit card information and posted it publicly without her permission. Oh come off it, Jennifer Aniston, everyone knows how old you are.
…actress is demanding $1 million from Amazon.com, accusing the company’s popular movie Web site, IMDb, of revealing her age by using her credit-card information.
The actress, who filed the federal suit in Seattle as “Jane Doe,” says she was keeping her age a secret because if Hollywood producers knew how old she was, she’d get fewer roles.
“In the entertainment industry, youth is king,” the suit says.
“If one is perceived to be ‘over-the-hill,’ i.e. approaching 40, it is nearly impossible for an up-and-coming actress, such as the plaintiff, to get work.”
The woman’s exact age isn’t listed in the suit. It says she is living in Texas.
She claims in the suit that IMDb, which is owned by Amazon, got her private information in 2008, when she subscribed to the site’s pay service, IMDbPro.
“Shortly after subscribing to IMDbPro, plaintiff noticed that her legal date of birth had been added to her public profile … revealing to the public that the plaintiff is many years older than she looks,” the suit says. |NYPost|
Yeah, well Dominican shortstops don’t like revealing their true age either, but what happens when you get out there on the casting couch and pull a hammy? These productions have to know what kind of risk they’re getting into. It doesn’t matter how old you think you look, the closer to 40 you get, the more liable you are to blow out a rotator cuff on your producer-handjob arm, and that’s just a bad situation for everyone. I feel bad for IMDB, who were just trying to protect their producers. But good for this broad, who’s probably going to make more on this suit than she ever did on residuals.
Meanwhile, I think the 23-year-old actresses of the world should band together and file a class-action suit against Cameron Diaz for stealing all their roles of “fresh-faced secretary” and “hot, young teacher.”
Courtney Stodden lives in Texas?
In a related story Julia Roberts is demanding $1 Billion from Youtube.com, accusing the popular video-uploading site of revealing her lust for harvesting the souls of huskies.
Cameron Diaz: Hey, I earned those roles with all my hard work and dedication, and I am insulted that . . . ”
23-year-old Actress: “YARGLEBARGAHH!!!!!!!!1”
B-b-but the neighborhood kids all tell me 40 is the new 20!
Gonna’ have to keep a better inventory of the liquor cabinet from now on.
Steven Seagal makes five movies a week, at least three of which have casting calls for the role of “Worn-out Crack Whore”. This chick just needs to accept her niche and run with it.
over at gawker they have some more info. she’s an asian actress who changed her name… but that still didn’t get us anywhere.
[gawker.com]
If Sarah Jessica Parker can keep working at the ripe old age of one hundred and twelve*, this lady has nothing to worry about.
*Sixteen in horse years
Older women get a bad rap; there’s no substitute for decades of experience, ifyouknowwhatimeanandithinkyoudo.
I smell a movie premise! Draw a ninja turtle on her nose for cross-over appeal and Hollywood will be all over that shit.
I like how Gawker speculates it’s some well known people, whereas it’s most likely just some loser jockeying for slots in Denny’s commercials and this million dollar payday would most likely be the best outcome of this old lady’s life, although maybe Amazon can arrange a settlement for free shipping for life and a public “Me so solly.”
She should really be suing Starbucks for discriminating against older people for their barista positions
The real problem is that SJP was counting in horse years and IMDB was counting in chronological years.
Jeez I know these actors like to change their names when they get to Hollywood but she could have picked something better than that.
My theory: she’s just pissed that she got looked over for the role of Stripper #2 in the straight-to-DVD release of “American Pie Presents: Monkey Farts” because she was 35.
Fuck Gawker. Nothing makes me want to kick a baby like a fucking blind item story. If you don’t know, don’t fucking tell me about it.
Jack: Research doesn’t lie, Jenna. It lets us know what we’re thinking. What’s too boring, what’s too gay, what’s too old.
Jenna: What’s too old?
Jack: That’s a very good question. How old are you?
Jenna: I’m 29.
Jack: What year were you born?
Jenna: 1977.
Jack: When did you graduate high school?
Jenna: ’94.
Jack: When do you turn 40?
Jenna: 2017.
Jack: Junior high crush?
Jenna: Kirk Cameron.
Jack: Prom theme?
Jenna: Motel 30, Boyz to Men.
Jack: What movie did you lose your virginity at?
Jenna: Arachnophobia.
Jack: Theater or drive-in?
Jenna: What’s a drive-in?
Jack: Of course. I don’t know why I bothered to ask. I can tell just from your physical appearance that you’re obviously … 29.
Where are people getting gawker from? This is from page 6.
Gawker also covered it, while contributing some speculation as to who the actress might be.
So like exactly what we did here?