On Mar 10, 12:11=A0pm, Gracenote wrote:
> On Mar 10, 11:45=A0am, Twitchell wrote:
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> >http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/lindsay_super_bawl_time_out_2wZ...
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> > Lindsay Lohan is no "milkaholic," but she does cry like a baby.
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> > The "Mean Girls" star was left sobbing uncontrollably when she saw an E=
-Trade ad
> > on Super Bowl Sunday about a ditsy, boyfriend-stealing infant named Lin=
dsay she
> > believed was created in her likeness, her irate mom told The Post yeste=
rday.
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> > "She said, 'Mommy, help me. This is wrong. How can they do this?' " Din=
a Lohan
> > said of a tearful phone call with her 23-year-old daughter after the bi=
g game.
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> > La Lohan had just set her peepers on an ad for E-trade that features a =
pair of
> > babies video chatting about a boyfriend-stealing tyke -- and became "ex=
tremely
> > upset" because she believed the spot was taking a jab at her hard-party=
ing ways.
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> > "They're little babies doing this, mocking another child who's just try=
ing to
> > survive Hollywood, basically," Dina Lohan said.
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> > In the ad for the financial-services company, a baby girl is upset with=
her
> > boyfriend for not calling the previous night.
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> > After the boy apologizes, saying he was diversifying his portfolio, the=
girl
> > asks suspiciously: "And that milkaholic Lindsay wasn't over?"
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> > "Lindsay?" the boy asks sheepishly before another baby girl pokes her h=
ead into
> > the frame and asks, "Milk-a-what?"
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> > Lohan filed a lawsuit in Nassau County on Monday seeking an eye-popping=
$100
> > million in damages for her pain and suffering.
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> > "I'm just basically glad I took a stand. I'm not going to let them do t=
his to us
> > anymore," Dina Lohan said of the "horrible" and "mean" ad.
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> > She said that the ad was clearly aimed at her daughter because unlike o=
ther
> > stars, her daughter's first name is synonymous with the "Herbie Fully L=
oaded"
> > actress.
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> > "Everyone knows Lindsay, like Cher or Madonna," Dina Lohan said. But Gr=
ey Group,
> > which produced the ad, insists that -- unlike Oprah or Cher -- Lindsay =
is a
> > popular baby name. In fact, company spokesman Chris Brown said that som=
eone
> > working on the spot shared the name as well.
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> > Lindsay's lawyer, Stephanie Ovadia, has requested an injunction to have=
the ad
> > yanked.
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> > E-Trade declined to comment until it could thoroughly examine the court=
papers.
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> I never once thought of LLO when I saw that ad and I guess that is
> what upset them. So they have to make sure to get some publicity =A0from
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Exactly. And notice how Dina Lohan is putting herself into the mix by
making the announcement herself. "She's" so glad she took a stand. |
