Lindsay Lohan wants $100M
over E-Trade ad
This ad:Lindsay Lohan is suing the financial company E-Trade, insisting that a boyfriend-stealing, "milkaholic" baby in its latest commercial -- who happens to be named Lindsay -- was modeled after her. And she wants $100 million for her pain and suffering, The Post has learned.
Not pain and suffering! I said Cocaine and Huffing!And what is the basis for this lawsuit? Besides needing coke money, I mean.
The girl at the end of the ad is named "Lindsey."
Really.
A ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!!!!!!!!!
Oh my God, you're killing me! Oprah and Madonna! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!!!!!!
Oprah, Madonna and you? Ha ha ha ha ha ha!!!!!!!
Seriously, do you have any idea how many gold records Madonna has hanging on her walls? Do you have any idea how many Emmys Oprah Winfrey won before she became "Oprah?" And you were, what, in "Mean Girls?" Oprah was in The Color Purple. And she was nominated for an Oscar. And she still wasn't "Oprah."
Madonna, of course had a head start since she only has one name.
But anyway, let's pretend your accomplishments were actually on a par with these two superstars. Your first name is Lindsey. That's a fairly common name. If you want to have single-name-recognition, you need to have an unusual first name, like, say Oprah. Or Elvis. Or Cher.
Let's take the Beatles for example. There has probably never been abigger star in the music world than Sir Paul McCartney. Besides being a Beatle, he has had an extremely successful solo career. The man is a living legend, but if you say, "I'm listening to a song by Paul," the response is going to be "Paul who?"
On the other hand, if you say "I just got Ringo's new record," Everyone knows who that is, except these damn teenagers, and to hell with them! Ringo was never as big a star as Paul. Either as a Beatle or as a solo artist. But he has an unusual first name. See how it works?
Civil rights? Violated her civil rights? There is a civil right to not be made fun of? Are you referring to the landmark case of I'm Rubber v. You're Glue?
Seriously, what civil rights could possibly be violated by this law? Even if the drunk baby really is based on Lindsey Lohan, is there some right to not be parodied? Get ready for the case of Everybody Who's Ever Been Famous v. Saturday Night Live!
The girl at the end of the ad is named "Lindsey."
Really.
Lohan's lawyer, Stephanie Ovadia, said the actress has the same single-name recognition as Oprah or Madonna.
A ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!!!!!!!!!
Oh my God, you're killing me! Oprah and Madonna! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!!!!!!
Oprah, Madonna and you? Ha ha ha ha ha ha!!!!!!!
Seriously, do you have any idea how many gold records Madonna has hanging on her walls? Do you have any idea how many Emmys Oprah Winfrey won before she became "Oprah?" And you were, what, in "Mean Girls?" Oprah was in The Color Purple. And she was nominated for an Oscar. And she still wasn't "Oprah."
Madonna, of course had a head start since she only has one name.
But anyway, let's pretend your accomplishments were actually on a par with these two superstars. Your first name is Lindsey. That's a fairly common name. If you want to have single-name-recognition, you need to have an unusual first name, like, say Oprah. Or Elvis. Or Cher.
Let's take the Beatles for example. There has probably never been abigger star in the music world than Sir Paul McCartney. Besides being a Beatle, he has had an extremely successful solo career. The man is a living legend, but if you say, "I'm listening to a song by Paul," the response is going to be "Paul who?"
On the other hand, if you say "I just got Ringo's new record," Everyone knows who that is, except these damn teenagers, and to hell with them! Ringo was never as big a star as Paul. Either as a Beatle or as a solo artist. But he has an unusual first name. See how it works?
"Many celebrities are known by one name only, and E-Trade is using that knowledge to profit," Ovadia said.
"They used the name Lindsay," Ovadia said. "They're using her name as a parody of her life. Why didn't they use the name Susan? This is a subliminal message. Everybody's talking about it and saying it's Lindsay Lohan."
Oh, yeah. Clearly it's E*Trade's fault that people think of you whenever they see a tragic, underaged drunkard.
Ovadia said E-Trade has violated Lohan's rights under New York state civil-rights law
Civil rights? Violated her civil rights? There is a civil right to not be made fun of? Are you referring to the landmark case of I'm Rubber v. You're Glue?
Seriously, what civil rights could possibly be violated by this law? Even if the drunk baby really is based on Lindsey Lohan, is there some right to not be parodied? Get ready for the case of Everybody Who's Ever Been Famous v. Saturday Night Live!
The lawyer said that since the spot was seen by hundreds of millions of people watching the Super Bowl and Winter Olympics finals, the firm has garnered great profits.
honest to God, if E*Trade's profits went up because of this particular stupid talking baby commercial, If this annoying talking baby commercial was even marginally more successful than all their other annoying talking baby commercials, I will eat my foot!
(For legal purposes, the term "my foot" shall be assumed to be understood as meaning "a ham sandwich")
She says Lohan is owed $50 million in exemplary damages, plus another $50 million in compensatory damages.E-Trade could not be reached for comment.
They were laughing too hard to hear the phone ring.
