On Mar 9, 8:46=A0am, edonline wrote:
> http://www.popeater.com/2010/03/09/lindsay-lohan-e-trade-commercial/
>
> Lindsay Lohan Reportedly Suing E-Trade for Ad
> By PopEater Staff =A0Posted Mar 9th 2010 08:03AM
>
> Lindsay Lohan is reportedly suing the financial company E-Trade,
> insisting that the company's new commercial about a boyfriend-
> stealing, "milkaholic" baby -- who happens to be named Lindsay -- was
> modeled after her. Lohan reportedly wants $100 million, The NY Post
> reports. Lohan's lawyer, Stephanie Ovadia, told the newspaper that the
> actress has the same single-name recognition as Oprah or Madonna.
> "Many celebrities are known by one name only, and E-Trade is using
> that knowledge to profit," Ovadia said.
>
> The actress filed a lawsuit yesterday in Nassau County Supreme Court
> over the commercial, which debuted during the Super Bowl this year. In
> the ad, a baby boy apologizes to his girlfriend via video chat for not
> calling her the night before. The suspicious girlfriend asks, "And
> that milkaholic Lindsay wasn't over?"
>
> "Lindsay?" the boy replies, just before a baby girl sticks her head
> into the frame and slurs, "Milk-a-what?"
>
> "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."
Lindsay is a joke. It's not all about you, Lindsay - as if she were
already a "one-name" star. Not. Most people refer to her in print,
as "Linds."
I love that commercial; I predict this "lawsuit" will go nowhere,
fast. According to eTrade, they used "Lindsay" because it was the
name of someone on the team. (Hey, maybe "Lindsay" is referring to
Vonn - spelled wrongly, but hey, nobody spells names right, anyway!)
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