Cruise, Kidman Go Courtin'
Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman are together again. At least for the purposes of a lawsuit.
The divorced celeb couple have teamed up for a $15 million-plus lawsuit filed Wednesday in Los Angeles against a beauty-products retailer they say misused their famous mugs in an ad.
Sephora USA, the company in Tom and Nicole's crosshairs, declined to comment on the case Thursday.
At issue: A 2001 Sephora Valentine's Day advertisement featuring a picture of the Days of Thunder duo, and the headline: "L'eau down on celebrity sweethearts."
The text goes on to say: "Tom & Nicole--The red carpet glamour of Hollywood's royal couple never fails to leave us with eyes wide open."
Pretty snappy copywriting, no? To the Cruise-Kidman tandem, it's pretty misleading.
In their suit, they allege they were used as "involuntary models without pay." Not only did they not endorse Sephora fragrances, but if they did, the lawsuit charges, they "would have been paid a very large sum of money."
If Cruise and Kidman get their way, they'll get their biggest payday yet. Their suit seeks $15 million in damages--an amount they want tripled (to $45 million, for the non-math wizards out there) under a federal law, the Lanham Act, which protects trademarks and whatnot (like famous faces, apparently).
To top it off, the lawsuit also seeks unspecified punitive damages.
The lawsuit, it could be said, is Cruise and Kidman's first joint project since 2001's The Others (she starred, he produced). The two formally ended their 10-year, A-list marriage last November, quietly dividing their estimated combined riches of between $150 million and $300 million.
Wednesday's filing marks the latest in a string of lawsuits headed by the ever-litigious Cruise, who has sued everybody and everything from tabloids to an erotic wrestler. Not only does Cruise sue, he wins.
"I've actually never lost a lawsuit," Cruise told CNN's Larry King last December. "Never. I have never lost."
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