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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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THURSDAY, APRIL 16,2009
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Woody Allen sues American Apparel
LARRY NEUMEISTER
Associated Press
NEW YORK — A clothing company known for its racy ads is fighting a $10 million lawsuit brought by Woody Allen, arguing that it can't have damaged his reputation by using his image because the film director has already ruined it himself.
The 73-year-old Allen started the fight against American Apparel Inc. when he sued the company last year for using his image on the company's billboards in Hollywood and New York and on a Web site.
Allen, who does not endorse products in the United States, said he had not authorized the displays, which the Los Angeles-based company said were up for only a week.
Now the company plans to make Allen's relationships to actress Mia Farrow and her adopted daughter Soon-Yi Previn the focus of a trial scheduled to begin in federal court in Manhattan on May 18, according to the company's lawyer, Stuart
Slotnick.
"Woody Allen expects $10 million for use of his image on billboards that were up and down in less than one week. I think Woody Allen overestimates the value of his image," Slotnick said.
"Certainly, our belief is that after the various sex scandals that Woody Allen has been associated with, corporate America's desire to have Woody Allen endorse their product is not what he may believe it is."
One billboard featured a frame from "Annie Hall," a film that won Allen a best-director Oscar. The image showed Allen dressed as a Hasidic Jew with a long beard and black hat and Yiddish text. The words "American Apparel" also were on the billboard.
Slotnick said it was not a cheap shot to bring up Allen's sex life in a lawsuit over the billboard and
Allen's lawsuit said the billboard falsely implied that Allen sponsored, endorsed or was associated with American Apparel.
"It's certainly relevant in assessing the value of an endorsement," he said, noting that Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps lost endorsement power after a photograph surfaced of him using marijuana.
Farrow starred in several Allen's movies during a relationship with the director that ended in 1992, when she discovered he was having an affair with her oldest adopted daughter, then 22. Allen married Soon-Yi Previn in 1997.
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During a bitter custody fight, Farrow accused Allen of sexually abusing their adopted daughter Dylan, 7. Allen was exonerated of the abuse charges, but Farrow won sole custody of the children.
Leslee Dart, a spokeswoman for Allen, said Friday that she does not believe Allen wants to comment on the litigation at this point.
American Apparel is known for its provocative ads of scantily dressed young models in tight-fitting and sometimes see-through garments.
Allen testified at a December deposition that he considered the company's advertising to be "sleazy" and "infantile."
ARIES 19)
Today is a 7
Keep doing the same old job and hauling in your pay. Meanwhile, keep listening. You'll get the news on the grapevine that can help you advance to the next level. Don't forget to verify.
10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.
HOROSCOPES
ARIES (March 21-April 19)
Today is a 7
Make travel plans, but don't take off yet. It'll be much easier after the sun goes into your sign on the 20th. Can you put it off that long? In the meantime, go virtually.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20)
Today is a 7
Today is a 7
Don't rush into anything,
not even a sweet proposition.
Make sure you have
the solid points down
in writing, and that you
agree. Don't fall for fanciful
schemes that aren't on a substantial base.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21)
Today is a 7
CANCER (June 22-July 22) Today is an 8
You're just the cutest thing. You can charm the paint off the walls. Avoid a potentially stressful situation. Go around it. You can disarm an adversary by simply not playing that game.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)
Today is a 6
If you have to work anyway, might as well save up for something you want. You always do best when you're working toward a dream. This can be anything. Go wild, in your imagination.
An unexpected development works out well for all concerned. You didn't have to do a thing, but keep everybody on course. Don't offer to do anything else now. Watch to see what develops. It'll be OK.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
Today is a 7
Figure out what you can fix before you go shopping. You may decide you don't need a few things on your list. And you may need something else. You can sand, paint and varnish. You have natural talent.
Your arguments are gaining converts more easily now. Stay practical to a fault. Make sure whatever you're proposing will actually work. Have the facts to back you up.
Don't buy toys; it's more important to fix what ever's broken. Don't waste a cent. They're hard to come by, but you should have enough. Protect your resources.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)
Todav is an 8
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)
Today is a 7
You definitely are a hard worker, but that's not your best quality. It's that you can be relied upon. Your friends know this about you. Reassure a person who's worried.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
Today is a 7
You're a wide-eyed idealist, surrounded by entrepreneurial types. Can they help make your dreams come true? You'll never get there without them. Listen carefully.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)
Todav is a 6
Review your alternatives one more time. Your adviser will support the decision you've been favoring on a hunch. You're more powerful and perhaps wiser than you realized.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)
Today is an 8
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The former cast member of the MTV reality show was feeling more than a little anxious. "I want to get this thing started, because the sooner I do it, the sooner it'll be over," he said Wednesday, "I'm kind of just getting antys with time."
NEW YORK — Ryan Conklin, the impish, guitar-playing merry prankster of this season's "The Real World: Brooklyn," was packing his guitar to head off to Iraq on Sunday.
TELEVISION Real World cast member leaves for Baghdad
He hopes to serve a rotation of just nine months.
It was one of the show's most poignant moments: His brother called with the news, and Conklin's emotional reaction ran the gamut from denial to disbelief to tears.
Conklin, who voiced his opposition to the war and participated in a Veterans Day parade on the show, touched the hearts
The 23-year-old Gettysburg, Pa., native was on the front lines three years ago. He received his deployment notice while living in the "Real World" house.
of viewers who sympathized with his predicament.
"I knew it could happen." Conklin said of being redeployed. "I really wish it never did, but it did."
"They're all here," he said in an interview from Fort Bragg, N.C. "They're all pretty bitter ... Misery loves company, so we stick together."
He estimates there are hundreds of soldiers in his brigade who've been recalled to active duty through the Army's Individual Ready Reserve program.
Conklin enlisted in the Army at age 17, spurred to take action following 9/11. In his previous experience in Iraq, he constantly risked death and, in lighter moments, played soccer with Iraqi children. He also played his guitar.
He has no regrets.
"It's opened my eyes to see this, do things and learn things about myself and other people — and in any other environment, I wouldn't have gotten that experience. ... it's kind of cool just to look back at what I did and actually be proud of what I did. If I could do it all over again, I'd do it again," he said.
Associated Press
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