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    Post by femme fatale Tue Oct 18, 2011 7:13 pm

    AP – 6 hours ago

    SEATTLE (AP) — An actress is suing Amazon.com in federal court in Seattle for more than $1 million for revealing her age on its Internet Movie Database website and refusing to remove the reference when asked.

    The actress is not named in the lawsuit filed Thursday that refers to her as Jane Doe. It says she lives in Texas and is of Asian descent and has an Americanized stage name.

    The lawsuit accuses IMDb of misusing her personal information after she signed up for the industry insider IMDbPro service in 2008. Shortly thereafter, she noticed her legal date of birth had been added to her public acting profile. She requested that it be removed and IMDb refused, the lawsuit says.

    "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," the lawsuit states.

    While she loses opportunities because of her age, she's also missing work because of her youthful appearance, the lawsuit says.

    "Plaintiff has experience rejection in the industry for each "40-year-old" role for which she has interviewed because she does not and cannot physically portray the role of a 40-year-old woman," the lawsuit says.

    The online retailer and its movie database subsidiary, both based in Seattle, are accused of breach of contract, fraud, and violation of privacy and consumer protection laws.

    The lawsuit seeks $75,000 in compensatory damages and $1 million in punitive damages.

    Calls and emails to Amazon and IMDb seeking comment Tuesday were not immediately returned.

    Her name is Nicole Bilderback

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    Post by Supernova Tue Oct 18, 2011 7:35 pm


    I was going to say, how can she expect to win a lawsuit when she won't even give them her name?
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    Post by Alan Smithee Tue Oct 18, 2011 8:00 pm

    While she loses opportunities because of her age, she's also missing work because of her youthful appearance, the lawsuit says.

    What the fuck?
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    Post by RedBedroom Tue Oct 18, 2011 8:03 pm

    Anything for a buck
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    Post by Forgiveness Man Tue Oct 18, 2011 8:10 pm

    Too many people with lawyers these days.
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    Post by CeCe Tue Oct 18, 2011 8:26 pm

    While she loses opportunities because of her age, she's also missing work because of her youthful appearance, the lawsuit says.

    Alan Smithee wrote:What the fuck?

    She can't win for losing lol
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    Post by AtownPeep Tue Oct 18, 2011 8:29 pm

    Maybe the reason why she isn't being hired is because she's not that great an actress?
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    Post by CeCe Tue Oct 18, 2011 8:41 pm

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    Post by AtownPeep Tue Oct 18, 2011 8:44 pm

    ^ If that's how she looks, then I could buy her playing 40...
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    Post by CeCe Tue Oct 18, 2011 8:53 pm

    AtownPeep wrote:^ If that's how she looks, then I could buy her playing 40...

    So could I. Wanted to find something recent & not from 1998 or something. 2010 was the closest I could find. But I'm not seeing the big deal here. Maybe as she got older the roles or at least the ones she wanted dried up. So now she's trying to make money a different way? No offense to her but she doesn't look like she's so remarkably younger than her actual age.
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    Post by Bluesmama Tue Oct 18, 2011 8:56 pm

    Alan Smithee wrote:

    What the fuck?

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