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Posted Nov 26th 2009 8:40AM by TMZ Staff
The geniuses who own the rights to Albert Einstein are suing a cosmetics company for featuring a model whispering in Albert's ear, "Psst, Professor, I'm brighter than you are."
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem -- which owns the Einstein trademark -- claims Benefit Cosmetics had no right to use the image of the relatively brilliant man.
By the way, Forbes lists Einstein as the fourth highest-earning dead celeb ... pulling in $18 mil every year.
By the way, the book,"Einstein" by Walter Isaacson, is awesome.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice
Tags: albert einstein, AlbertEinstein, Benefit Cosmetics, BenefitCosmetics, company, cosmetics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, HebrewUniversityOfJerusalem, lawsuit
Posted Jun 21st 2009 1:10AM by TMZ Staff
Sure, he may have been the greatest mind in all of human history, but how can Albert Einstein possibly compete with a picture of a D-list celeb's bloated belly?
The famous tongue wagging pic of Einstein has just been auctioned off for $74,324 to a bidder in Long Island, NY. To put Einstein's theory of relativity into practice: Tori Spelling reportedly sold her pregnancy pics for $250,000.
E = .29Tori.
Filed under: Wacky & Weird, Tori Spelling
Tags: albert einstein, AlbertEinstein, tori spelling, ToriSpelling
Posted Oct 25th 2006 1:47PM by TMZ Staff
Forbes has once again released its annual Top-Earning Dead Celebrities list, and while it's no surprise why most of the buried big shots made the list (Kurt Cobain, John Lennon and Elvis are all still banking from music sales) there were two lifeless wonders that left us scratching our heads -- Albert Einstein and Marilyn Monroe.
According to Forbes, Marilyn Monroe raked in a cool $8 million last year, earning her the ninth spot on the dead earners list. But where is it all coming from? Nearly a half-century after her death, the blonde bombshell is still cashing in on her image -- or rather the licensing of it.
Just recently, Marilyn's image was used to sell perfume in Europe, Dom Perignon champagne, Absolut vodka and vehicles for General Motors. And don't forget about the thousands of lesser-known products with Marilyn's face on them ranging from t-shirts to posters. Just like J.F.K., seems like the world can't get enough Marilyn.
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Filed under: Wacky & Weird
Tags: absolut, Albert einstein, AlbertEinstein, baby genius, BabyGenius, celebrities, dead, forbes, john lennon, JohnLennon, kurt cobain, KurtCobain, marilyn monroe, MarilynMonroe
