Lady GaGa's Image Is A Persona

Lady Gaga

The image of singer, Lady Gaga, is a persona. Lady Gaga, real name, Stefani Germanotta, is not really like her onstage persona. Right before she launched her mainstream singing career, she underwent plastic surgery, bleached her black hair blonde, was given a stage name, then progressively went from being quiet to loud and outlandish for attention.

Lady Gaga (before the nose job, breast implants and hair bleach) with boyfriend, producer Rob Fusari

She should hope she doesn't get caught up in it and forget who she is as Stefani Germanotta. She wouldn't be the first celebrity it has happened to and to disastrous mental and emotional results.

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Lady Gaga burst onto the music scene with a style reminiscent of Grace Jones and David Bowie. Her music started off on a fairly new course, representing something somewhat new and different, but of late, she has been pilfering items from other singers and it is hurting her name online, as audiences are pointing out the rip-offs.

Kerli (left) and Lady GaGa (right)

The most recent is indie singer, Maluca, who slammed Lady Gaga for stealing her trademark "soda can rollers" look, for her latest video "Telephone" featuring fellow bisexual Beyonce.

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E*Trade To Lindsay Lohan: You Can Bounce Like One Of Your Checks

Lindsay Lohan

Online brokerage house E*Trade told Lindsay Lohan she can go bounce with one of her checks, for suing them over one of their commercials that vaguely resembles her.

Some people did make the connection that the E*Trade ad featuring a "Milkaholic" baby in a love triangle, had hints of Lohan's real life mess of being a promiscuous alcoholic and drug user, but it is so vague, many people missed it.

Lindsay Lohan claims she is like Cher and enjoys one name recognition, but that is not the case. With her career in decline and financial collapse on the horizon, suing E*Trade is a desperate cash grab, as she has claimed $100,000,000 in damages, when commercially her name is not even worth $100,000.

She can't prove E*Trade defamed her, as she has a bad reputation, has slept with many men and women and became known for drug and alcohol problems she admitted to, after the ad aired.

She needs to be careful, as she may end up owing them legal fees over the lawsuit, if she is unable to prove how she has been legally damaged, rather than just being viewed as damaged goods.

E*TRADE: Lohan's Baby Lawsuit Is Bogus

Posted Mar 11th 2010 1:42PM - E*TRADE is firing back at Lindsay Lohan's claims that the online investment company ripped-off her name and likeness in its "Lindsay is a milkoholic" commercial.

E*TRADE issued the following statement to TMZ -- "We believe the claims are without merit and we intend to defend ourselves vigorously in this case." The investment company says its commercial was meant to be "witty and memorable."...

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Lindsay Lohan Sues Over E*Trade Ad

Lindsay Lohan

Disgraced, one-time actress and Kabbalah cult member, Linday Lohan, has filed a $100,000,000 lawsuit against online brokerage, E*Trade, claiming they used her image and likeness without permission to defame her.

The ad features a toddler named “Lindsay” who is a "milkaholic." Lindsay Lohan is no longer known for acting, but for being an alcoholic and drug abuser. She is apparently contending the ad exploited her image as a wino.

There was no invasion of privacy, the similarities are not distinct enough and she overestimates her fading fame, hanging on to the deluded belief, everyone knows her by just one name "Lindsay."

How are they going to credibly prove her name is worth $100,000,000 when no one in Hollywood wants to even hire her. Furthermore, Lindsay is a very common name and the ad was done in jest, in the vein, pardon the pun, of a parody. Satire cases are tricky.

Just because she's blown all her money, on well, blow, doesn't mean she should try to score a payday off a vague, satirical commercial. This case will not be easy to prove and the lawsuit shall not exempt her from public jokes, due to the content of the commercial.

Lindsay Lohan sues over "milkaholic" E*Trade ad

Tue Mar 9, 2010 12:41pm EST - NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - The actress Lindsay Lohan has sued E*Trade Financial Corp for $100 million, saying a "milkaholic" baby girl who appeared in a recent commercial was modeled after her.

Lohan alleged that online brokerage's use in the ad the girl, also named Lindsay, improperly invoked her "likeness, name, characterization, and personality" without permission, violating her right of privacy.

In her lawsuit filed Monday in a Nassau County, New York state court, the 23-year-old actress sought $50 million of compensatory damages and $50 million of exemplary damages. She also demanded that E*Trade stop running the ad and turn over all copies to her...

"Lindsay" was in 2008 the 380th most popular name for newborn American girls, according to the U.S. Social Security Administration. That was down from 241th in 2004, when Lohan's popular film "Mean Girls" was released.

The E*Trade case is Lohan v. E*Trade Securities LLC, New York State Supreme Court, Nassau County, No. 004579/2010.

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