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Chuckup Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-19-03 02:00 PM
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Spike Lee at it again, the man named Sue
Spike Lee To Sue Media Outlets For Using His Color

http://www.dailyhog.com/Blackout_Law_Suit.htm
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Kamika Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-19-03 02:11 PM
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1. Im going to sue spike
Edited on Tue Aug-19-03 02:12 PM by Kamika
My middle name is Sue and he used that word too much
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Chuckup Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-19-03 04:47 PM
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2. Johnny Cash may have some problems with that!
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Chuckup Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-20-03 10:00 AM
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3. Interesting thing about law suits, how ironic
Edited on Wed Aug-20-03 10:01 AM by Chuckup
By PAUL NEWMAN

The Fox News Network is suing Al Franken, the political satirist, for using the phrase "fair and balanced" in the title of his new book. In claiming trademark violation, Fox sets a noble example for standing firm against whatever.

Unreliable sources report that the Fox suit has inspired Paul Newman, the actor, to file a similar suit in federal court against the Department of Housing and Urban Development, commonly called HUD. Mr. Newman claims piracy of personality and copycat infringement.

In the 1963 film "HUD," for which Mr. Newman was nominated for an Academy Award, the ad campaign was based on the slogan, "Paul Newman is HUD." Mr. Newman claims that the Department of Housing and Urban Development, called HUD, is a fair and balanced institution and that some of its decency and respectability has unfairly rubbed off on his movie character, diluting the rotten, self-important, free-trade, corrupt conservative image that Mr. Newman worked so hard to project in the film. His suit claims that this "innocence by association" has hurt his feelings plus residuals.

http://www.nytimes.com/auth/login?URI=http://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/19/opinion/19NEWM.html&OQ=th
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salmonhorse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-20-03 10:13 AM
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4. Whelp...
There goes the neigborhood ~

Lee is just pissed because there aren't enough people in his demographic who really care about his "art"...
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-20-03 10:39 AM
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5. HA HA! I love this one:
Arnold Schwarzenegger said he was looking up Spike's phone number when he heard the news, "I was just about to give my good friend Spike a call, I wanted to invite him to join me in California to help with my campaign for Governor, but just as I found the number, ABC news reported there was a Black-out in New York. Since Spike was out, there was no reason to call".
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Chuckup Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-20-03 10:41 AM
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7. To be honest
when I heard there was a Black out in NY, the first thing I thought of was Spike Lee...he has I point, I'd sue their ass off too!
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WhoCountsTheVotes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-20-03 10:40 AM
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6. Best Drug War movie ever - 25th Hour
The last Spike Lee movie he did, with Ed Norton. Absolutely brilliant, amazing film.
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