Actress Jessica Alba is threatening to sue Playboy Magazine over an appearance on their cover. Alba was apparently approached by Playboy to do a photo shoot for their cover. Alba claims when she turned them down, Playboy then went to Sony Pictures, who produced Alba's movie Into The Blue to get a publicity photo. Alba and Sony allege that Playboy told Sony she had given them permission to use her photo, so Sony provided Playboy with a publicity shot of her in a bikini. That photo ended up on Playboy's cover this month. The lovely Ms. Alba is annoyed that Playboy may be causing people who see her on the cover of the magazine to assume that she is also inside of the magazine wearing less than a bikini. (We could only hope…) Alba wants Playboy to pull the issue featuring her from newsstands and she wants unspecified monetary damages. Sony wants Playboy to apologize for their "outrageous, unethical behavior", although Sony has not taken any legal action up to this point. E! Online is one of many news outlets covering the story. Even CNN is following this one. (Apparently, even the thought of Jessica Alba naked has piqued everyone's interest.) The Smoking Gun has Jessica's attorney's opening legal shot directed at Playboy, as well as Sony's letter sent to the magazine.

¶ 3/02/2006 03:37:00 PM //

Dennis Weaver, died Friday at the age of 81 at his home in Colorado. Two of Weaver's most memorable roles were in the TV series McCloud and Gunsmoke. CNN has an obituary.

¶ 2/27/2006 05:25:00 PM //

Drew Lachey, Nick's even less talented brother, won ABC's Dancing With The Stars competition. He beat out former football player Jerry Rice and wrestling hottie Stacy Keibler - even though Keibler was much better looking and clearly far more talented. (Not that I'm bitter…) But seriously, how does a guy with that goofy looking beat out a girl whose legs should be declared a national treasure? Something is seriously wrong here…

¶ 2/27/2006 09:35:00 AM //

Darren McGavin died Saturday of natural causes in Los Angeles surrounded by his family. His career included many memorable TV and movie roles, including a role in A Christmas Story. Canoe.ca has an obituary.

¶ 2/26/2006 08:14:00 PM //

Don Knotts, the man known best as TV's Barney Fife and Ralph Furley died Friday at the age of 81. Canoe.ca takes a look at his career, which spanned more than 50 years.

¶ 2/26/2006 03:08:00 PM //

Variety suggests (the link goes to E! Online's recap) that sequels to both Batman Begins and Superman Returns are in the works. The Batman sequel has been pretty well assumed given that the movie made more than $200 million during its theatrical release. The Superman Returns sequel seems a bit dicier given that Superman Returns doesn't even open until June. Variety notes that the actors playing Superman (Brandon Routh) and Batman (Christian Bale) are already under contract for sequels; although Batman director Christopher Nolan and Superman director Bryan Singer are not. And on a completely unrelated note, and am I the only one who thinks this Brandon Routh character looks just plain goofy as Superman?

¶ 2/23/2006 07:47:00 PM //