March 10, 2006

17:00 Picture of You
The news all over the celebrity mags and shows is Jessica Alba's legal threat against Playboy magazine. The adult publication put a picture of her on the cover even after she refused to appear in the magazine. Alba's argument is that the Playboy cover misleads readers to believe she allowed her image to appear in the magazine and that she appears nude inside the magazine; Playboy argues that many celebrities have appeared on the magazine without taking their clothes off. Personally I think it was a sleazy thing of Playboy to do -- but then again what do you expect from a magazine that uses flesh to sell itself?

I do wonder, though, what Miss Alba's reaction would be to her image appearing on the packaging for a pair of socks from China:

Hey, at least it doesn't mislead people into thinking she appears deshabille on the socks. Ü

Tags: Jessica Alba, celebrities