Mes: septiembre 2019

LOS ANGELES — Kim Kardashian wants Old Navy to stop using a lookalike to advertise its clothing. The reality show starlet and model on Wednesday sued the clothing store and its parent company, The Gap Inc., in a Los Angeles federal court alleging their ads violated her publicity rights with ads that feature a woman who looks like her. A video of a broadcast ad featuring a smiling, dark-haired woman who bears a resemblance to the real Kardashian has been viewed more than two million times on Old Navy’s YouTube channel. Photos: Melissa Molinaro: A Kim Kardashian look-alike?Read: Kardashian lookalike in Old Navy ad Kardashian’s lawsuit claims consumers may be confused by the ads and the model’s actual endorsements, which include her own clothing store and shoe line. A commercial, titled, “Super C-U-T-E,” began airing in February and Old Navy is still using some of the promotions, the lawsuit states. Pictures: Kim Kardashian’s birthday surprises The case cites all the benchmarks of modern celebrity: her eight million followers on Twitter, more than five million fans on Facebook and ranking as one of the most searched-for celebrities on the Internet. Photos: Kim Kardashian’s sexiest TwitPics Kardashian “has invested substantial time, energy, finances and entrepreneurial effort in developing her considerable professional and commercial achievements and success, as well as in developing her popularity, fame, and prominence in the public eye,” the...

Leaders of the Catholic Church in Australia have released its response to a roster of recommendations by a royal commission in the wake of a sexual abuse scandal that has roiled the church. A press release out Friday morning from Australia’s Catholic leaders vows “that the church’s shameful history will never be repeated” and expresses “deep sorrow that vulnerable children were abused, weren’t believed and weren’t supported when seeking justice.” The royal commission — Australia’s highest form of inquiry — laid out 26 recommendations on how the Catholic Church could reform. Leaders say they accept 98 percent of the recommendations, according to the press release. The report was completed after consultation with the Vatican. However, the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference (ACBC) — the country’s top Catholic body — isn’t accepting a recommendation that would require priests by law to report abuse to the police when it’s revealed during confession. “The Council … continues to support retention of the civil law protection for the seal of the confessional,” the ACBC said in its response. ACBC president Archbishop Mark Coleridge told reporters Friday the seal of confession was “a non-negotiable element of our religious life and embodies an understanding of the believer and God.”  According to the Reuters news agency, one of Australia’s eight states and a territory have introduced laws making it a crime for priests to fail to report abuse...