Celebrity Justice
Woody vs. Hipsters - Oy Vey!

Woody Allen is suing the skinny jeans off of American Apparel over the use of his image on billboards and on the Internet.

And in true hipster irony, it's not a sexual harassment case - as AA Chairman Dov Charney has been taken to court for multiple times.

Allen is suing for $10 million saying he was never contacted by and did not give American Apparel his consent to use an image of him dressed as a Hasidic Jew from a scene in "Annie Hall." Not a very kosher move for AA!

In a U.S. District Court in Manhattan on Monday, Allen stated that he does not endorse commercial products or services in the U.S., which makes the May 2007 American Apparel billboards and website displays "especially egregious and damaging."

American Apparel billboards are usually clad with skinny young hipsters, often in compromising positions. The company did not immediately reply to an email seeking comment.

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61. I really liked Woody Allen as an artist (Everything You Ought to Know About Sex, But Were Afraid to Ask is one of the funniest farcical movies of all time, and Crimes and Misdemeanors is one of the most thought provoking movies that I've ever seen) but I don't respect him for having a romantic relationship with his own step daughter, and I think that his current lawsuit is just a way of making some more money for himself (what the hell does his refusal to endorse commercial products or services in the US have to do with anything?) (....and what are his reasons for not endorsing services/products in the US--his own country?) I agree wholeheartedly with Carolyn Abernathy that Woody Allen was paid a compliment by American Apparel--that they even used his image at all was at least paying a compliment to him as an artist, even if he is a slimeball in his private life.

Posted at 12:07PM on Apr 1st 2008 by LouRazz

62. Robert is A jew, so don't get to upset. this is about pissing off people like you. sorry I didn't have time to play last night.be back in a few days.












Posted at 9:34AM on Apr 1st 2008 by Robert

63. Todd Hunter, if that is your real name, obviously a Woody Allen fan or pedophille, or both, just read WestLaw, no one except a few morons like yourself are making jokes about that hack pedophille who much like Roman Polanski has used his Hollywood friends and contacts to hide behind the facade of "art" to undertake the abuse of children ranging in age from 5 years old, 14 years old, through 17 years old, and you and others such as yourself may dismiss it simply because of his celebrity and wealth - but if he were a poor American livining in a trailer doing the same thing - he would be serving lengthy prision sentences in protective custody because the general population in Federal institutions would use him for a human poke machine before killing him.

Do you hear anyone laughing now? No? Well it definitely is not his past, present, or future victims.

Posted at 9:34AM on Apr 1st 2008 by Todd Hunter NOT Jokes Read WestLaw You Moron

64. I guess Woody needs to make money somehow seeing as he hasn't had a hit since....ummm...I can't even remember the last successful movie...Hannah and Her Sisters? Just kidding. Seriously, I think the American public has spoken on their feelings for this guy. Only the actors who still swoon over working with him seem to admire him anymore. Then again, they are actors.

Posted at 9:34AM on Apr 1st 2008 by annie2

65. Woody and Soon Yi were not related by blood, so it's not incest. He wasn't married to Mia. Love doesn't always last forever.

Posted at 9:39AM on Apr 1st 2008 by Realist

66. Woody Allen does not endorse commercial products or services in the U.S.? Maybe he should live in another country then.....

Posted at 9:48AM on Apr 1st 2008 by michele

67. sorry, jews built this so calld world we live in. you should be thanking jews for the USA.




Posted at 9:51AM on Apr 1st 2008 by Robert

68. USB: You're projecting. If you re-read #58 you'll see I am in no way closing down a discussion. We simply disagree.

Posted at 9:57AM on Apr 1st 2008 by Carolyn (Abernathy)

69. Jesus was a Jew.

Posted at 9:57AM on Apr 1st 2008 by Religion sucks

70. hey #9, FlBiker

And when OJ and Nicole's son wanted to go out, OJ said... "I don't know son, ...go axe your mother"

Posted at 10:11AM on Apr 1st 2008 by M

71. As a Jew I have to apologize to Robert, and all of the rest of you that have uncovered the truth of our deep seeded conspiracy to ruin not only America but rule the entire world by establishing the New World Order. Now here is how the plan was supposed to work:

1. Make all the Aryan racist supporters drop out of highschool or primary school and be borderline illiterate so they cannot be employed in anything other than menial jobs and therefore we can work hard at school and university and take all the high paying, long working hours, professional jobs
2. Help lead the civil rights movement in America when the Aryans and the Ku Klux Klan had almost elected all the politicians necessary to defeat the Civil Rights Act and assisinated or lynched many of the African American leaders
3.Leave high paying professional positions and volunteer in every sector of American society from education to law to help the poor and disenfranchised just to stop the Aryans from making them look like welfare cheats and genetic misfits
4.Actually do an objective doctrinal analysis of the Bible, Torah, and Quran just to wreck a whole weekend of work by two highschool dropouts who head the Aryan Bible study research group
5. In general just do anything and everything to bring the races and religions of the world together against the strict code of the Aryans and the trailer trash brotherhood who are only interested in the real American people

I am sorry, and as a Jew, I have only one option, I am taking my billion dollars in pennies, and jumping off of the highest building in New York, hopefully I hit another couple of Jews on the sidewalk or street. Forgive me Aryans, forgive me.....ahhhhhh.....

Posted at 10:22AM on Apr 1st 2008 by As a Jew I have to apologize

72. I hope Woody kicks butt in court. He has worked his lifetime to create his public image and no one has the right to use it but him. If Harley Davidson can try to patent the unique "sound" of it's engines, Woody has the write to control the use of his own face. GOOD LUCK WOODY

Posted at 10:32AM on Apr 1st 2008 by jim

73. Ironically, Woody Allen and my ex-husband are dead ringers. Need I say more?

Posted at 11:18AM on Apr 1st 2008 by Susan L

74. I have no desire to bandy words with you. Suffice to say that I am in fact a Mental Health professional, your charges are ludicrous and pathological. They are beyond any realistic expectation or requirement for one to express an opinion on this forum and I don't see you revealing any personal information regarding yourself.....

Good day to you

Posted at 11:04AM on Apr 1st 2008 by USB

75. Woody, Woody, Oh Woody it does not require an unzipped fly for a young innocent child to SUCK YOUR FINGER. You have no shame PERVY!!!

Posted at 11:07AM on Apr 1st 2008 by totellthetruth

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