Actress Sues IMDb For Revealing Her Age 465
Alain Williams writes "An actress has sued Amazon.com for more than $1m (£639,000) after her age was posted on its Internet Movie Database. She says revealing her age on the site will lose her acting opportunities. From the article: 'The lawsuit states: "If one is perceived to be 'over-the-hill,' i.e., approaching 40, it is nearly impossible for an up-and-coming actress, such as the plaintiff, to get work as she is thought to have less of an 'upside,' therefore, casting directors, producers, directors, agents-manager, etc. do not give her the same opportunities, regardless of her appearance or talent."' So is her career dependent on lies?"
Re:Prediction (Score:4, Insightful)
The streisand effect could only benefit an unknown who is having trouble breaking into the industry.
In short, yes. (Score:5, Insightful)
All careers in Hollywood are based on lies. Having myself attempted to break into commercial voice acting, it was often a question as to whether you (as a voice actor) should include your mugshot. The specialty of the woman who taught my classes was the "teenage girl" part. Why not use an actual teenage girl? Because she was a much better actor in her 40's and 50's, yet can still sound like a teenager. Is it a lie for her to audition for teenager parts? Would she have gotten the audition (just the chance to tryout for the part) if she included a picture of herself as a 40-year-old?
Keep in mind that Bart Simpson wouldn't have the voice he does if Nancy Cartwright hadn't come in to audition for Lisa's part. Does that make Bart's voice a lie?
From a certain point of view... ;)
actors lie (Score:2, Insightful)
"Is her career dependent on lies?"
You do understand the nature of acting right?
Trolling in the summary (Score:5, Insightful)
Wow, trolling in the summary?
Re:Yeah... (Score:4, Insightful)
40 goes into 20 a lot more than 40 goes into 40 as well.
It's been demonstrated that many men don't have ED problems when dealing with younger women compared to older women. The younger women manage to still allure.
James Doohan (Scotty from Star Trek) fathered a child at 77. His own dad fathered one at 80.
Re:My position is... (Score:2, Insightful)
No. TFA says she provided the DOB when she signed up for an IMDB Pro account, believing it would be kept confidential.
So she is willing to lie to a potential employer but is completely truthful on the internet? Sounds like a true moron to me.
Re:Seriously (Score:5, Insightful)
Actually it is just missed place. They tagged it censorship but it should be privacy or YRO.
The claim is that they got the data from her credit card info when she subscribed to the service. That has some nerd/tech ramifications in the privacy category.
Not as wack-a-doodle off the nerd track as the story about the stock holders trying kick out Murdock from News Corp. That was pure finance.